Blog on the Lillypad
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
 | Back to the Gym
Well, at last I am able to get over menopause problems enough to go back to the gym and start following the advice given me by both my family doctor and chiropractor. I started lifting weights again this morning, with a focus on strengthening my back. First (at home), I did five minutes on my stair stepper, then hung upside down on my inversion table for five minutes. Then I did five minutes again on the stair stepper and then hung upside down again. All of this is in consideration of my tricky back. But by the end of the two sets I felt warmed up and loosened up along my spine. |
My car was pre-packed the night before, so I grabbed my purse and sped off to the gym, where I did a circuit of back extensions, rhomboid rows on a Smith Hammer machine (30 lbs, then 40lbs), and squats on the Smith machine with no weights on the bar (just getting the form perfect for this highly effective but oh-so-dangerous-if-you-it-wrong exercise). My chiropractor had told me to do no more than four exercises, three sets each. So I did this circuit three times. Then I did three sets of tricep dumb bell lifts.
It's six hours later, and my muscles feel sore, but everything is still moving properly, and there's no burning or sharp pains. Next session is scheduled for Thursday, Lord willing! And tonight I will definitely hang on the inversion table!
