a day behind and stuff...

[anotheranon]

I did go out rapier fencing on Sunday.

I've been doing the weight exercises the coach recommended, and while my arm was certainly tired at the end of 3 hours, it didn't feel like it was falling out of its socket, so I'd say that's an improvement! I was also better able to control the point and actually scored a touch or two. Go me!

Yesterday - lower body workout (link somewhere in last week's archives - no time to look it up now) with slightly lighter weights so I'll be able to walk this week :P Also rows, using the footstool as a bench - these hurt some but I'm not suffering too much this morning.

Got a busy day/week ahead - picking up car this evening (yay!), must get books for class and clean house a bit. Pictures of latest sewing projects forthcoming at some nebulous future time.

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[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Well! Sounds like you've got things totally under control there. The exercises sound perfect - if you can walk the next day, that's always a good thing, LOL.

And you get your car!!!!!! Yahoo! I'll bet THAT'S a good feeling.

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Touches! Congratulations!

Have just finished 3/4 of the lower body part of that workout ... certainly woke my hamstrings (the most pathetic muscles on my entire body) up. ***grin*** Felt very good and 'twas most convenient not to have to move all the sewing projects off the weight bench (I substituted 30 military situps and 50 regular crunches for the bench crunches). MUST find something stable to use for the calf exercises ... in the Lethbridge house the doorway between the kitchen and the back entry was a single step down of the perfect height for this; current apartment is FAR too level. :p Thanks so much for posting that link. :-)

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

skill_grl told me that a large phone book sometimes works well as a "step" for the calf exercises. Haven't tried it, but there you are :)

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

You guys must have sturdier phone books than we do. :p I thought "Hey, yeah, brilliant!" and just tried it; unfortunately I could feel the (obviously very flimsy) spine shifting/skewing sideways under me, which was quite unsettling (and using the page edge was even worse), so guess the investing-in-something-stable plan is still on the to-do list. Damn ... and here I was, all excited at this practical and cheap solution. :-(

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I could suggest a hardcover version of a large book like, say, the Oxford English Dictionary, but I think that would be crossing over into book abuse, no?

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

With an Oxford, yes it WOULD be book abuse. My big dictionary at home is a bargain bin Webster's, which is completely abuse-worthy, but I don't trust its spine either. I'm sure I'll find a bargain at Liquidation World or Real Canadian Superstore. :-)