Gold's Gym Long Tube Workout - Triceps

In case it's not clear, I am doing the entire Gold's Gym Long Tube Workout 3 times each week. I'm not doing just the Triceps portion.

However, each time I workout I am writing about the next section that we do. And today we are up to the triceps.

We start with single-arm triceps kick-backs. Standing on the cord, bent forward with the elbow arm raised, bend just at the elbow to extend the triceps back. Of course we then repeat for the opposite arm.

Next is the single-arm triceps pull-down. Holding the cord above our heads, we extend the triceps down. Sometimes this seems like more work for my arm that is held up over my head.

The final triceps excercise is triceps raises (behind the head). Standing on the cord, this is done with both arms together.

For people who don't work out at all, triceps are often among the most neglected muscle groups so it is good to work on them specifically.

Running With Brooke

I ran another 25+ minutes with Brooke today as training for her spring soccer season. We ran past a dead animal in the road which she thought was a bunny (it was pretty flattened and I'm not sure) and it upset her greatly.

Gold's Gym Long Tube Workout - Shoulders

After the chest exercises and a cardio interval of lateral hops, the DVD (and I) progress to shoulders. The first shoulder exercise is very similar to the chest exercises, it is a shoulder press from the squat position.

Next we did something that Mia on the tape called offering but I would call front raises. Standing with the back foot the band, palms up, lift your arms forward.

The final shoulder exercise was lateral raises, or bringing the arms up to the sides. This is always an exercise where I feel weak, so I'm sure working on it 3 days / week will help.

Gold's Gym Long Tube Workout - Chest

After some stretching, this workout starts with the chest (or shoulders?). The first exercise is a chest fly, standing with your back leg on the cord and bringing your arms up and together at the top.

The second exercise is very similar, a press, still standing with the back leg on the cord but this time bringing the arms straight up over your head.

Admittedly I have done almost nothing since my hernia last spring, but I am really feeling like this is a decent workout for me.

Early Morning Long Tube Workout

I got up this morning and did the Golds Gym long tube workout with the Mia Finnegan video. I did an array of stuff, chest, biceps, triceps, legs, abs, with some cardio interspersed. In future days I'll try to blog about the exact exercises that the video uses, in order.

It was a pretty decent workout. My goal for now is to do it consistently for several weeks to justify the purchase of the P90 and then P90X videos.

Pain, Blood, P90X, Running, Bands

Well as you can tell I can't come up with a title for today's post.

My groin pain is still nagging. I'm up to taking the pain medicine 3x/day and will start the nerve medicine next week. The pain medicine seems to have no effect.

I gave blood this week on Wednesday. I'm a pretty regular donor now at 5-6 times / year. This time I got a coupon for a free Frosty at Wendy's.

I've heard a couple people talking about this extreme workout video called P90X. I thought maybe I would give it a try. My groin pain isn't disabling, it just makes me cautious about running far from home in case the pain increases and I have to walk back. So I thought a workout video would be good.

Well I did some research and found that I would need a pull-up bar and a set of stretch bands / tubes to do this workout. I also found out that P90X is pretty advanced and there is a lower level workout called P90, which maybe I should start with.

So anyhow I went to WalMart on Thursday night and got the Perfect Pullup bar and mounted it in the doorway to the utility room in the basement, and also a set of Gold's Gym Long Tubes (something like this but not exactly.) The tubes came with a workout video so I made the decision to make sure I would do the workout video consistently (maybe 3x / week for 2 weeks) before I spend the money on either the P90 or P90X.

Brooke's U11 soccer coach is requiring her to run 25 minutes at least twice weekly (outside of practice). So she and I got up and went for an easy run this morning (well easy for me). We did just over 2 miles on an out-and-back course. To be precise, we went 4 telephone poles past the 1-mile turn around. She did really well, only stopping once to tie her shoes.

After I got back I thought Luke and I could do the long tube workout video but even though we have 3 tubes, we only have 1 set of handles so really only one person can do the workout at a time.

Still, the bottom line is that I did run AND work out (chest, biceps, back, triceps, abs, and a little cardio mixed in).

Pain Doctor

So I'm still having some tenderness in my groin area after my hernia surgery last year. My surgeon referred me to a pain specialist. I'm taking a prescription of Tizanidine, one / day for 5 days, then two / day for 5 days, then three / day for 5 days.



Well I'm 5 days in and if anything, my groin pain is more consistent than before. Very frustrating.