Today the focus of our core training class was on upper body strength. Most of the work outs involved plank, push-up and free weight variations. Out of all the core groups, I would say that my upper body is in need of the most improvement. When we did our planks, we switched between side, forward, leg raised, and dynamic stances. In the push-up routines, we did many that we have done before, but one new one was the triceps push-up. In this exercise, I put my hands shoulder-with apart below my rips, rested my knees on the ground, and twisted my wrists. I then lowered my body as if to do a normal pushup with bent elbows. This proved very difficult and will definitely be a great workout for improving my triceps strength. Then for the free weights, we did many variations of raising 5lb weights parallel to the floor in sets of ten. Thankfully, we interrupted our upper body routines with a few ab routines which was a much appreciated break. One interesting opportunity I learned today was an alternative to free weights. As we were getting tired in class, Jenna suggested that we instead take off our sneakers and use these in our reps. I imagine that idea will come in handy one of these days when I do not have access to free weights.
(Before class, I had a light breakfast of a banana and peanuts. After class I had a bowl of uncle sam cereal with grapes, kiwi, soy milk and banana.)
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