Some of my excercises today

Today I did all my training and some of them I managed to increase weight 💪

Leg press 65 kg again! Finally 😉
With manuals I increased from 2 to 3 kg on my damaged vrist!

I sometimes stand on a half fitnessball to balanse. Not bad? I stand on the flat part.


Hope everyone have a nice day/evening?

 

1 year at the gym! New record!

                                                         💖 WOW 💖

This week it is 1 year since I started at the gym! I am sooo proud of myself because earlier I stopped after 1-2 months! Even with all that has been happening this winter (1 ugly falls on the ice, colds, food poisening +++) I have managed to continue 👍

I really should celebrate! With balloons and cake 😉 

Yesterday I did the whole program, still less weight on leg press than I did in November, but soon....
Last Saturday we had summer temperature, yesterday it was snowing again 😢

How are you doing? Do you reach your goals? How is the season where you live?
I would love to hear from you 😍

BIG hugs to you from me,- who is very proud of myself today 🌹

 

I cannot give up!

Finally I was able to go to the gym again! I did most of the program 👍 When I started I got pain in my lower back, but after 3-4 excercises it was ok 😊 

I wanted to see how I have been doing this year,- wow!!  It is almost 1 year since I started!
I do more different excercises now than last May, but to compare then and now I have looked at some of the excercises to see if I am better. There are 3 columns: May 2016, November and April 2017, I have had some accidents (2 falls on ice) and some colds = no training.

                                    May 2016                        November 2016           April 2017
Treadmill:         5%, 5,5 km 25 min                11% 5,5 km 30 min          11% 5 km 15 min
Seated leg press:     35 kg                                    75 kg                              55 kg
Pulldown:                  25 kg                                    30 kg                              27,5 kg
"Roing":                      6                                           9                                      9
Back extension:         54 kg                                     47 kg                               47 kg
Rotation:                    45 kg                                     25 kg                              25 kg





As you can see, something is better and something is worse. 2 falls on the ice (forehead in November and fractured wrist in January) and the colds made it necessary to take some time out 😢 The reason Back extension and rotation is less is because the weight was too much for my back.


                                                                This is how I felt on the gym today! It was really hard!

We had winter visiting again this week 😞

 But they say we will get almost summer next weekend! I really hope is will happen 💓
My body is really tired after this icy winter.
How is your body after winter? Do you know any difference? Or do have summer all year? 😏

 

Easter

The only excercise I have been doing this Easter is walking with my little dog,- I still have the cold and caughing 😞
But the snow is gone and Dennis and I have had some nice walks! I always have my Nordic poles with me and then I can walk for longer walks.

There are lots of things to see in nature now:

These are some of the first flowers we can find in Spring :-) Blue Anemone

There is still lots of ice on the water, but it is not safe to walk on! You can find lots of nice patterns in it 😊 I found these beautyful stars.

Hopefully I can go back to the gym in a few days! This winter has not been good to my body 👎 So I have lots to catch up! I have made some goals for this summer too,- one is the same as last year just to see if I am better now!

In this photo I am really tired and you can easely see my angelwing (right shoulderblad sticking out)

 I hope you all are doing fine? Have you had Eastervacation? In Norway shops are closed for lots of days during Easter, life "starts" again the 18. of April.

I really hope we are getting warmer weather soon, I have to have fire in my fireplace and outside I use woollen clothes.

And this was what we had this morning 😞

My dog is originally from Tibet (Himalaya) so he loves snow

This early in the spring I allways buy flowers that can take some snow and minus degrees

My gym :-)

This is my gym, it is not very big but very nice people working there 👍 And it is not only people with big muscles working out in front of the mirror,- we are older people and handicaped,- a good mix!

I did almost mye whole program today too,- I am getting there 😊

I use this with one hand at a time now to train my left hand. Today I could increase the weight from 2 to 4! On my right hand I do 6 now. When I could use both at the same time I used 10 or 11.

(Photo over and under text) This is where I do rotations, my weight is only 25 but the most important is to rotate my body.

Leg press. Before I broke my hand, I managed 65 and 75 kg. Now I do 55.

I like this one! It feels like I get a strech at the same time as I have to work for it :-) I do 47 kg

After the training I went to town,- silly me! Back was not ok when I got home. Better after a rest and some food 😏

We have spring here now and most of the terrible ice is gone! Waiting for the flowers to get out of their sleep 💚

4 years ago I was interviewed in a Norwegian paper about my life with scoliosis, nice respones 😍

I hope you are ok? 

Almost all excercises!

Today I managed almost all of the program! Because of my hand I have to have not so heavy weights, but I managed 💪
This is what I did today:
* Treadmill -  11% increase, 5 km speed, only 15 minutes this time but it is ok 
* Rowing - one hand at a time (normally I use both at once) Left hand: 10 X 3 at 4
                                                                                               Right hand: 10 X 3 at 8 and 7
* Pulldown - one hand at a time Left hand: 10 X 3 at 2
                                                   Right hand: 8 X 2 at  7
* Backextension - 10 X 3 47 kg (the only divice I did as earlier)
* Manuals - 2 kg 10 X 3 both ways

* Pectoral fly - 10 times 5 kg, 10 times 12 kg, 10 times 5 kg
* Torso rotation - 10 X 3  25 kg
* Seated leg press 10 X 3 55 kg

I love colours when I am at the gym so today was a lot of pink/red 💕

Hope you all have a nice evening/day 💓

Finally at the gym again,- will I get back to the shape I was?

As you know this winter has been troublesome for me 😠 2 big falls on the ice (forehead first time and broke my wrist on the second fall). Winter can be ok,but not like this winter with lots of pure ice! 

I think this will be my next outfit  for winter ;-)

Last week I tried to start at the gym,- it was superhard!! Both because I was not as fit as in November, and because the vrist was not good. So my physiotherapist suggested we should find some excercises that is good for both my back and my vrist💪 It is very important that I do not forget the rest of my body because of the vrist!

Today our main goal was to check out my vrist and excercises for both the vrist and my scoliosis. First I tried manuals on the left hand. O'boy! It was hard! My tears flowed. We found out that max is 2 kg at first. As usual 10 X 3 times.

2 kg

 Then I tried some other devices to train my arm muscles because they are worse after the accident.
I also learned how to use the old devices for my back,arms and legs with lower weight than earlier as long as the vrist is not healed. It was hard,- 
            
                                                                BUT

the hardest was to use lower weight than I had reached in November 😢 It felt really like a defeat, and I hate it!

WHY?? Is my selfconsious SO low? 
Lots of people tell me: remember,- you have been hurt! It takes time! I know but it is hard to realize in my heart.


I know I have to get back to 3 days a week at the gym again, and I have to realize that I have to start lower than in November, and in some weeks/months I will be on the same level again! And in the summer I will go for long walks with my dog again and use my bicycle + going to the gym and be much more healthy than I am right now 👍



Do you experience the feeling of defeat too? How do you beat the feeling?

This small ball is my trainingdevice at home. It is soft but hard enough to give my muscles resistance.

I wish you all a nice day! Hopefully your back (and the rest of your body!) do not give you much trouble 💓

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL MY TWISTED SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD! 
WE STILL NEED MARCH 8.!