{"id":257,"date":"2019-12-28T16:52:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darmain.co.uk\/wordpresser\/?p=257"},"modified":"2019-12-28T16:52:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T16:52:24","slug":"joined-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darmain.co.uk\/darmainworld\/index.php\/2019\/12\/28\/joined-the-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Joined the Gym!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, joining a Gym just after Christmas is always the joke. In my case its not actually related to Christmas but under the instruction of my Osteopath. His instruction is that I need to improve my upper body strength and the gym would be the way to do it.<\/p>\n

The problem was finding the time to go and set things up.\u00a0 Monday 23rd was the day I did it, so technically I joined BEFORE Christmas.\u00a0 Today was my first day to visit.\u00a0 FIL also attends this establishment, so I went along with him to get a feel of the place.<\/p>\n

So, here’s the plan for this blog.\u00a0 I am going to record my progress on here to encourage myself.\u00a0 I do have an appointment to setup a training plan but I also know what the Osteopath wants as well.\u00a0 This is the machine selection that I have made so far, and my self determined program for each one.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Firstly the good old Cross trainer. All though to be fair the ones I get to use are a lot more jazzy than this one. Mine has a TV built in. I jumped on one to warm up and worked my way up to 100 calories burnt. The resistance level was set to 7. FIL commented I was working myself hard at this level but I have always had powerful legs so it was no worries. It took about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later on I returned an did another 100 calories. I aim to increase the calorie burn by means of increased resistances and longer time. I have to get the audio system set up for some sounds to listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The “Low Row” machine was one that the Osteopath was particularly interested in my getting to grips with. I set the machine up for a load of 30 and completed 15 reps. Its a baseline, now I have to improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Osteopath wants me to pull a load towards me with my arms, with my shoulder blades (Scapula) pulled right back so I could trap a pencil in my back. Okay, do what? This picture shows what he means, its called Scapular Retraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yeap, I see how you could hold a pencil like that. Not that I would want to…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So on the upper body strength theme I then selected the “Shoulder Press”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is like the weight lifters final lift, pushing the load up above your head. I was surprised how hard this was for me. The load was set to 10 and I completed 10 reps. Again its a baseline to improve on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIL then showed me the “Lateral Pull Down” machine, which is a multi-mode machine designed for upper body work. These are the two types of exercise I can do with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, these are different machines but the one I use caters for both functions. For the pull down I attempted with hands wide apart at each end of the bar, and hands close to the cable eye. I set the load to 4 and completed 10 reps in each of the three actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, that’s my first session done. I came away feeling pretty good to be fair. My shoulders were loosened up and my legs knew about the cross trainer, but not badly so. I am thinking of returning tomorrow, which on account its a 24 hour gym, is do-able.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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