Home Physical Fitness

I have worked, challenged, and strengthened my body over the past six months with the following activities:

Rebounder

I spend about 20-30 minutes on my rebounder. The first 15 min are spent health bouncing. I can do 5 min on my own, then I need Jack to bounce me by placing his foot between my feet on the rebounder and pumping while I hold onto the bar. I spend the remainder of the time marching in place, stretching, and doing leg exercises such as squats, side kicks, calf raises, etc.

Stationary Recumbent Bike

I tune into my iPod shuffle and spin away. On the bike I currently use at our apartment gym, I do 15 min of the Fat Burning cycle followed by 15 min of the Strength cycle at Level 3. According to the console, I travel over 11 miles and burn approx 120 calories.

Swimming Pool

With the advent of warmer weather, I began getting in the water at the apartment swimming pool. At first, I gripped the edge of the pool as I walked. Then after some coaching from Jack, I walked across the pool on my own. I now walk multiple laps and perform various water exercises such as kickbacks, marching, squats, toe raises--the possibilities are endless. I LOVE the freedom being in the water gives me. I can stand, walk, and move on my own. And nothing beats a hot TX day like a dip in the pool. It's wonderful!

  Mat Work

I use my yoga mat on the living room floor for numerous activities. I stretch and do yoga postures such as bridge, fish pose, cobra, spinal twist, etc. I also do core exercises to strengthen the vital center of my body as it supports everything else. Jack gives me a chiro adjustment once a week or so which helps tremendously.

Upper Body Strength Training 

I do a combination of free weights and machine weights to build the muscles in my upper body. I use the Lat Pulldown and the Pects/Delts machines at the apartment gym. I do bicep curls, tricep extensions, shoulder presses, reverse bicep curls, and tricep kickbacks with free weights and have worked up to 3 sets of 10 reps with a 4 lb weight. The 5 lb dumbells are close by and I am nearly there ;) 

I have also started doing dips on our stairs, pull ups from a seated position using the bars on a machine in the gym, and yoga pushups on my knees--V TOUGH!