No, today Emily and I stayed dedicated to our New Year's goal and went to Body Works class to work on these:
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Fried Chicken!
No not this kind of fried chicken:
No, today Emily and I stayed dedicated to our New Year's goal and went to Body Works class to work on these:
Oh yeah, that's the kind of chicken wing I'm talking about. We have recently started referring to Body Works class as "Chicken Wing Workouts". As you might guess from my blog, I would prefer to just run. I don't cross-train. And if it isn't my 2-year-old or a bag of groceries, I don't lift things with my arms in any sort of repetitive motion. I can run for 3 hours straight, but my arm strength rivals only that of a 6-year old girl. Yeah, I'm a total wimp. Body works can work my abs and quads all they want (yes, it burns, but I can handle it)... but my poor chicken wings can't take the pressure. The teacher with her 10 lb. hand weights and me, in the back, barely pumping my 2.5 lb. hand weights. Really? I can't even pump the equivalent of a cantelope? Pitiful. We're on our third week of class (we missed one week due to sick kids), and inevitably after class and sometimes the next day and sometimes even the day after that, the texts about our "Fried chicken" begin. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. This will get easier, right? Just like running got easier, right? Please tell me that this will in some way benefit my body other than just being able to lift 3 grocery bags instead of 1.
No, today Emily and I stayed dedicated to our New Year's goal and went to Body Works class to work on these:
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11 comments:
i don't cross train either. i probably should start. and you're kind of guilting me into it...tmrw? maybe? but it'll get either for you. keep it up
Oh, man, I so totally understand! I have ZERO upper body strength and is is just SAD! My triceps were killing me after a day of snow tubing recently...I mean, really?? Keep up the great work...you will see results in no time!!
I have always been so good about weights but lately I just want to run! I am a little panicked since I can feel my chicken wings forming! It will get easier and before you know it you'll be pumping those 10lbs in no time!!!
Um, really?!? Did not think you were that much a wimp...I learned something new about you! Haha!
Hahaha! I hear ya! I've got no arm strength at all.
I need to follow in your footsteps on this one! I am the same - I don't cross train. I'm usually too tired or unmotivated. In high school when I was in PE I couldn't even bench press the bare bar with no weights on it!
I am with you on this 100% run 14 miles - no problem? upper body stuff… UM.
And where did you get that picture of my arm?
I am a weirdo....I LOVE cross training!! It will make you a better runner, I promise. I also do Body Works class at my gym and I love the new nickname--chicken wings. I know that you don't run on your arms, but strenghtening them will only help your running because our arm swing helps propel us forward. Plus you will look hot in your tank tops...haha.
See now I'm the opposite--I was into weight training before I got into running. I've always run uber low mileage. I credit my muscles for enabling me to gut out those last miles of a marathon.
Awesome! Do you read Runners World? I recently started doing a lot of the upper body strength suggestions they gave in their newest edition. Love it! By the way, I have no upper body strength, either...
I do a lot of cross-training (I have to because I'm usually sidelined with a running injury at least once a year): yoga, spinning and strength-training. Incorporating yoga and strength-training into your workout regimen will definitely improve your arm strength. I also think it will improve your running; it helped me become faster. :)
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