Re: Exercises for those with limitations

[Guest guest]

So it would be mostly the upper abs....

What can you think of for inner thighs?

How about upper back, across the shoulders... to balance chest/peck work?

I can't get on the floor or on my knees, even on the bed...

All the stuff that I used to do was using free weights or machines... no

I have only one dumbbell... and a thigh master (right now my knees can't

handle the thigh master) that I've been using for arm resistance. I've

also been using water bottles, food cans and a couple of ankle weights

for resistance.

Topper ()

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:55:54 -0300 Janaina Viggiano

writes:

> You can lie down, legs bent like you are gonna do a regular crunch,

> stretch your arms over your head, cross your hands, and do short

> crunches like that.

>

> Jan

[Guest guest]

I love those " rope " crunches, that is how I call them, cause your arms

are like they are holding on to a rope - but nobody seems to be into

them, I've never seen anyone do them in any gym I've been to. I wonder

why... I also like to use that arm position to do the twist crunches.

For inner thighs... lie on your side, supporting your head with your

arms. Bend the leg that is on top so that the sole of that foot touches

the ground (it will be crossed in front of the other leg). Then lift the

other leg. You can wear ankle weights for this. This one of those old

calisthenics exercises from gym class, but it really works. It is

actually better than the abduction machine, cause that seems to work

only the top of the inner thigh, and this works the weak area around the

knee much better.

Upper back is pretty much only one-armed bent rows, at home... that is

what I am stuck with now that I am not attending the gym. Of course, if

I could do an unassisted pull-up, it would be a different story, haha.

Jan

topper2@... wrote:

>So it would be mostly the upper abs....

>

>What can you think of for inner thighs?

>

>How about upper back, across the shoulders... to balance chest/peck work?

>

>I can't get on the floor or on my knees, even on the bed...

>

>All the stuff that I used to do was using free weights or machines... no

>I have only one dumbbell... and a thigh master (right now my knees can't

>handle the thigh master) that I've been using for arm resistance. I've

>also been using water bottles, food cans and a couple of ankle weights

>for resistance.

>

>Topper ()

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great.. the inner thigh leg lift sounds perfect.. low stress to the

back... a doable 'bedxercise'....

The bent row.. I haven't been able to do that without having issues with

my back.. and can't do it while on my knee... the only way that I can do

it is in the kitchen, using the counter as a support and that gets to be

a thing that I'll only be able to do when no one is around...

I'll have to keep pondering that one... I'd actually backed off on the

chest work for fear that I'd start rolling my shoulders forward.. I think

you know what I mean with that.....

Ah... the challenge that is our lives!

Topper ()

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 16:30:04 -0300 Janaina Viggiano

writes:

> I love those " rope " crunches, that is how I call them, cause your

> arms

> are like they are holding on to a rope - but nobody seems to be into

> them, I've never seen anyone do them in any gym I've been to. I

> wonder

> why... I also like to use that arm position to do the twist

> crunches.

> For inner thighs... lie on your side, supporting your head with your

> arms. Bend the leg that is on top so that the sole of that foot

> touches

> the ground (it will be crossed in front of the other leg). Then lift

> the

> other leg. You can wear ankle weights for this. This one of those

> old

> calisthenics exercises from gym class, but it really works. It is

> actually better than the abduction machine, cause that seems to work

> only the top of the inner thigh, and this works the weak area around

> the knee much better.

>

> Upper back is pretty much only one-armed bent rows, at home... that

> is

> what I am stuck with now that I am not attending the gym. Of course,

> if

> I could do an unassisted pull-up, it would be a different story,

> haha.

>

> Jan

[Guest guest]

Mmm...Do the lying row then. Do you have a table or something you can

lie face down on? At the place I used to rent they had this stupid

gigantic fish tank in the living room that supported my weight (it was

like, the size of a small pool, made out of brick and tiled), so I'd lie

down on it and do them.

Jan

topper2@... wrote:

>Great.. the inner thigh leg lift sounds perfect.. low stress to the

>back... a doable 'bedxercise'....

>

>The bent row.. I haven't been able to do that without having issues with

>my back.. and can't do it while on my knee... the only way that I can do

>it is in the kitchen, using the counter as a support and that gets to be

>a thing that I'll only be able to do when no one is around...

>

>I'll have to keep pondering that one... I'd actually backed off on the

>chest work for fear that I'd start rolling my shoulders forward.. I think

>you know what I mean with that.....

>

>Ah... the challenge that is our lives!

>

>Topper ()

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

No.. there is nothing here like that.. Unless I did it one arm at a time

on the bed... I was hoping to find some free weights and a bench at a

garage sale this spring.. but the money was not available....

I'll just keep on tryin'!

Topper ()

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 20:54:28 -0300 Janaina Viggiano

writes:

> Mmm...Do the lying row then. Do you have a table or something you can

> lie face down on? At the place I used to rent they had this stupid

> gigantic fish tank in the living room that supported my weight (it

> was

> like, the size of a small pool, made out of brick and tiled), so I'd

> lie down on it and do them.

>

> Jan