Personal Training (Day 8) - upper body begins!
Today I started the upper body training - let’s face it, this is the bit that people really care about. Up at 5.50am for a 6.30 start and all was looking good (despite only getting to sleep at 11.30pm and having a late night the night before).
Upper body workouts are totally different to standard cardio workouts or leg workouts. I did loads of sets on upper body and core strength this morning and hardly broke a sweat. Totally different to the leg training last week which was a complete cardio workout at the same time.
My plank time is now 1 minute (if you don’t know what the plank is: it involves propping yourself up on your elbows and keeping you body totally straight for as long as possible). The aim is to get this to 2 minutes. It really helps strengthen all the core muscles. Try this link - http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm
Stuart is promising to lay weights on my back during this which should be interesting!