What's Your Workout Today VSGers - Tuesday!
Bad idea! The only way you are going to get comfortable is to do it...in the gym. All the right equipment is there. There are people there for you to ask questions. If you are going to do it at home, you just need this:
But you should use weights in the gym. In fact you should use free weights. There are plenty of videos on YouTube to show you proper form.
I will definitely think about this. I can't do burpees or mountain climbers with my torn ACL. I think I may be making this more complicated than it is.
That's the other thing.. since my gym is not a big gym and in my apartment complex, there isn't anyone there to ask for help. Just the manager on duty and they aren't a trainer.
I will figure this out sooner or later! LOL
*Alana* HW: 277.3, SW:267.8
Pre Op: -9.5, M1: - 21.8, M2: -12.8 M3: -11.4 M4: -12.7 M5:-13 M6: -8.4 M7 - 14.4 M8: -4.6
Ah, ok, I thought you were going to a gym.
First yes you can do both burpees and mountain climbers, you just won't do them as fast and you do the one leg at a time. The form and motion are the important part. Instead of jumping up and down. You will bend over place your hands on the floor and put one leg back at a time into the right position and then get back up, repeat.
Same thing with mountain climbers, get down into the position and put one leg back at a time. The idea is to get through the range of motion. As you strengthen your leg muscles and the muscles around your knees you should eventually be able to go a little faster and a little longer. You can do this with any exercise involving your knee. You will be amazed at how quickly you can compensate.
As for the weights, let's start by adding just a few simple weight training exercises and when you are comfortable with them, we can add more. How about starting with a bench press and some curls (you can use dumbbells or a barbell). I am guessing your gym has a machine for bench presses. Start with a weight you are comfortable with for your warm up. Do 3 sets of 10 reps at that weight, then for your 4th set go up 5 or 10 lbs and get through as many of the 10 as you can. If you can get thorugh all 10 then the next time start with that weight for your first 3 sets.
Same thing with curls. I would suggest a bar bell if it is available only because it forces you to train both arms at the same time and to be the same strength.
