Re: Thursday/Friday workouts

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

Glad to hear you fixed you back before it got worse! Great pace

on the tmill! I swear, you walk faster than I " jog " . LOL

I hope you find a good chair, or a ball works out for you. I like

the chair in my computer room, but the one in my craft area isn't

very good. I tried using a ball in place of it, but then I couldn't

really move around and get into the drawers and stuff I needed to

reach, lol.

Sara

>

> Hi,

>

> It dawned on me I didn't post Thursday's workout - which turned out

to be Classical Stretch Full Body Workout Volume 1.  I had planned to

do PIlates, but I had a major/minor (major in that it hurt bad, minor

in that it was short-lived) set-back w/ my back (pun intended).  I

blame my office chair as I had been doing great for several days and

Wed was my first day back in the office. By the end of the day, I had

really bad back/hip pain.  I switched chairs out again for today and

so far so good.  I brought my stability ball in and when everyone is

off to the holiday party today (I'm not going, I can't afford to take

time off to go - I'm short on time due to my summer vacation still!)

I'm going to blow it up and try using that as a chair.  None of the

chairs I have tried in the office are good for my back (I feel like

Goldilocks!).  I'm going to see if my chiro can recommend a

particular brand or type and then see if they'll buy it for me (Heck,

I'll

> buy it msyelf and take it w/ me if I leave here).  I was quite

unhappy w/ the set-back yesterday - and it did bother me all day.  I

managed to fix it by sleeping on a heating pad and doing lots of

stretches throughout the day.  I also suppose that it didn't help

matters that yesterday I had one of those days - lots of running

around and stuff.  I also think the Classical Stretch helped - it

definately loosened up some areas and improved my mobility.

>  

> Anyway, on a happy note, I woke up today feeling much better (the

heating pad and stretching must have worked!).  I still didn't want

to push it so I just walked on the TM today.  I did a 4 mile walk in

about 50 minutes - so a decent pace.  I then did 10 Min Solution

Pilates w/ Lara Hudson - I did the abs, legs and upper body

sections.  My poor upper body has been so neglected.  I need to pay

more attention to it.

>  

> I hope that my back holds up today and that I can get back on track

(again, pun intended!) with it feeling good!

>  

> Take care,

>  

> Donna

>

[Guest guest]

4 miles in 50 minutes? That's awesome, Donna! My 50 minute lunch hour

walks are just a little over 3 miles, and I'm not at a shopping mall

stroll pace either, so you must really be power walking it!

would be so proud of you!