Kicked HARD!!
Home from today's session with my trainer. Oh you bet I've got THAT feeling! Last Monday at the end of my session a different trainer was starting a session with her client as my trainer and I were wrapping up. There's something they call the sled. Just a flat metal sheet with a post in the middle and loops for ropes. Load it up with weight plates. Pull it! So this trainer's client is pulling the sled with one tiny weight on it and I remark to my trainer that I pull a lot more than that. Oh yeah but that client is new. By the way, that trainer pulls 100lbs. Can I do that? SURE! Bring it on! I really don't know how much my trainer loads up when I do the sled so I'm not sure what I've just bragged I can do.
I did it today, first thing. 95lbs. The length of the gym and back.
SIX TIMES.
Turns out I'd misunderstood the challenge a bit! I thought the amount of weight was the big deal but the trainer pulls that amount for six rounds! Twelve lengths of the entire gym building. I did pretty much just about collapse to the floor! And I got pretty shaky. My trainer thought my blood sugar had crashed so she insisted I have a small cup of apple juice. That was crazy alright but I loved it! My trainer kept yelling instructions on form to me and I yelled back that I was just going to DO IT, any way, any how. There was no way I wasn't going to do it! I would have pulled that thing until I DIED!
It is getting hard for me to find exercises that truly challenge my abs. We did one today that I really liked! On the floor, on my back, legs up on a Swiss ball, knees bent, the ball tucked under my legs. My trainer held my feet; I'm not sure how these will feel if I try them myself. Just sit straight up! I'm very good at isolating the muscles that are the target without cheating so I will give them a try.
Another similar exercise is the Get Up Sit Up. Besides being an awesome abs move on its own, many people consider it a good learning step to developing a strong Turkish Get Up. I usually do this with two small kettlebells instead of one big one. The phenomenal Anthony DiLuglio has a perfect video to show you how to do it.
Learn the Get Up Sit Up
I did it today, first thing. 95lbs. The length of the gym and back.
SIX TIMES.
Turns out I'd misunderstood the challenge a bit! I thought the amount of weight was the big deal but the trainer pulls that amount for six rounds! Twelve lengths of the entire gym building. I did pretty much just about collapse to the floor! And I got pretty shaky. My trainer thought my blood sugar had crashed so she insisted I have a small cup of apple juice. That was crazy alright but I loved it! My trainer kept yelling instructions on form to me and I yelled back that I was just going to DO IT, any way, any how. There was no way I wasn't going to do it! I would have pulled that thing until I DIED!
It is getting hard for me to find exercises that truly challenge my abs. We did one today that I really liked! On the floor, on my back, legs up on a Swiss ball, knees bent, the ball tucked under my legs. My trainer held my feet; I'm not sure how these will feel if I try them myself. Just sit straight up! I'm very good at isolating the muscles that are the target without cheating so I will give them a try.
Another similar exercise is the Get Up Sit Up. Besides being an awesome abs move on its own, many people consider it a good learning step to developing a strong Turkish Get Up. I usually do this with two small kettlebells instead of one big one. The phenomenal Anthony DiLuglio has a perfect video to show you how to do it.
Learn the Get Up Sit Up
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