November 18th, 2008 by Cynthia
I was doing counter push-ups for the 30 Day Challenge I just finished, but, well, I can't ALWAYS make it to the gym. The gym has a nice window in the cable stack area with lovely rounded edges to the windowsill... that's where I like to do my counter push-ups.
At home, options are less nice, my kitchen counters have a sharp edge and even with a folded towel to protect my hands, it just plain hurts, even for a few push-ups. So today, when I realized that I probably would not make it to the gym after doing my Nordic Track intervals in the morning, I decided to trot out ye olde TRX trainer and try a few stability push-ups.
I set the TRX trainer to its fully shortened length. That might be a touch higher than my counters, but I am pushing against an unstable, suspended surface, so it is TOUGH! I'll list what I did and update as I improve.
11-18-2008 Training: Resistance: Stability Push-ups
One minute rest between sets
Set 1 = 8 reps
Set 2 = 5 reps
Set 3 = 4 reps
I can't tell you how tricky it was to try and photograph this! My camera remote gives me TWO SECONDS to get in position before it fires the camera! I captured myself in the down position... that's the harder for me to hold than the up position! Feet are together, which makes it less stable than if I had them apart. (The latter is difficult to do in my doorway corner anyway.)
November 18th, 2008 by Cynthia
Whew! I was TIRED after getting the final challenge post done!
Eating was pretty marginal on both Saturday and Sunday. I ate too little Saturday. Sunday I ate at maintenance level of 2500 calories, but my macros weren't great. Monday was my cheat day... most of that was clean eating, except for a little fast food. Had a craving for egg rolls and a pumpkin pie shake and hubby obliged by bringing it home! Now that I've seen how many calories were in that, it may dampen future cravings!
Sunday, my head was just pounding and I was freezing cold all day. Monday was a bit better. Today, Tuesday, I feel pretty normal.
I'll need to roll and ice my feet tonight... they've been a bit neglected. Haven't been on them too much, but Friday's leaf raking got them a bit irritated. That's the tough part of the plantar fasciitis, you may not feel pain DURING whatever you are doing, but later, it comes and bites you.
Back on track today... low carb for the first part of the week as per usual. I have a meal plan set, and I'm hitting the Nordic Track shortly.
As for the future... I'm planning to continue. Only with a few more calories. I'll be following Cheat To Lose, which is low carb for a couple days, then moderate carb (fruits and legumes added) then high carb/low fat (starchy carbs added and fat minimized). Calories will be right around challenge levels for the low carb days... but then go up as the week progresses. Hopefully that will keep the headaches and assorted other body reactions from coming back to haunt me.
Progress pictures and measurements probably won't be posted weekly though. Monthly sounds more reasonable to me, but we'll see. I have to confess to some curiosity, especially with measurements.
