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No gym day #5
Jul. 31st, 2007 09:27 pmToday we walked around the mall, went up and down stairs, went down an up escalator again (with no one else around this time), and, in one of the entry ways, did some standing stretches and some strength training.
Wall squats - Stand a couple of feet away from a wall, facing away from the wall. Lean back into the wall and slide down until you look like you are in a seated position. Do not get lower than the position that brings your thighs parallel to the floor. One version is to stay like this for 15 - 30 seconds. One version is to slowly slide up and down, into and out of this position. (We all agreed that the walls had too much friction for this.) One version is to slide up and down keeping all your weight on just one leg. One version is to lift one ankle so that your entire leg becomes parallel to the floor, then put it back and repeat with the other leg. I think we each picked our favorite version and just did that one.
Wall push-ups - Stand a couple of feet away from a wall, facing it this time. In one version you hold your thumbs to the sides of your hands, then touch your hands together so they make a diamond shape and set them so the palms are against the wall in front of your chest. Do push-ups from this position. In another version you put your hands on the wall in front of your shoulders. Keeping your elbows close your sides, do some push-ups. In another version, you put your hands further out to the sides before starting your push-ups and don't worry about keeping your elbows in. We each did all three of these; they use different muscles.
I know, not very exciting, but at least you didn't have to hear about traffic detours or switching to Stellant or mistaken parole people.
Wall squats - Stand a couple of feet away from a wall, facing away from the wall. Lean back into the wall and slide down until you look like you are in a seated position. Do not get lower than the position that brings your thighs parallel to the floor. One version is to stay like this for 15 - 30 seconds. One version is to slowly slide up and down, into and out of this position. (We all agreed that the walls had too much friction for this.) One version is to slide up and down keeping all your weight on just one leg. One version is to lift one ankle so that your entire leg becomes parallel to the floor, then put it back and repeat with the other leg. I think we each picked our favorite version and just did that one.
Wall push-ups - Stand a couple of feet away from a wall, facing it this time. In one version you hold your thumbs to the sides of your hands, then touch your hands together so they make a diamond shape and set them so the palms are against the wall in front of your chest. Do push-ups from this position. In another version you put your hands on the wall in front of your shoulders. Keeping your elbows close your sides, do some push-ups. In another version, you put your hands further out to the sides before starting your push-ups and don't worry about keeping your elbows in. We each did all three of these; they use different muscles.
I know, not very exciting, but at least you didn't have to hear about traffic detours or switching to Stellant or mistaken parole people.