pensnest: unicorn cake, fabulously iced in rainbow colours (rainbow unicorn)
pensnest ([personal profile] pensnest) wrote2020-04-07 03:13 pm

Exercise, mostly.

We exercised with the fitness bands yesterday. I had devised a considerably longer program, and I think it gave us a workout that was reasonably comparable to being in the gym—neither of us ever gets a very high heart rate from resistance machines, so working with the band resistance was good enough in that respect. If you're looking to get some fitness bands, I don't particularly recommend the meglio brand: the bands are wide but insubstantial, and the resistance is a bit feeble. Beast and I are using the two highest strengths (we go down to the medium/high bands for arm work) and frankly, they could be a lot tougher.

Incidentally, if anyone would like the list of exercises to do with the bands, just let me know.

Today it was yoga, and my new yoga mat is already crumbling, grrrr. I bought it in part because it came with strap and block, and the block is useful, but the mat, eh. Beast's mat, however, is a much classier object.

We followed the yoga session with a spot of furniture moving. Beast was grumbling about our quite new mattress, so we have swapped our 5' bed for the twin beds from bedroom 3, which are zip-and-link. So we now have a 6' wide bed in our room. We shall see. Since the mattresses on the twin beds are traditional sprung mattresses with no foam component, I foresee them not answering, and the whole operation needing to be done in reverse in a couple of weeks' time, sigh. But, it is a bit of extra activity, and that is probably good.

In theory, I think I should spend some time dusting. Ahahahaha.

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I think there is a wild creature trapped inside my belly. It is howling.

Today's Covid Coffee Corner post is by me, asking about your creative outlets. Pop over and have a read, and checkout the artwork some respondents have linked.

Also, may I recommend to you this post, and particularly, the comments. Some of them are very amusing.
turps: (Nsync ( musiquedevie))

[personal profile] turps 2020-04-07 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Related to exercise, I've been trying that boyband routine you linked to, and man, I'm not cut out for boyband moves. The arms movements, maybe, and I feel I nailed the 'look into the distance' end part, but the shuffles made me laugh and I was constantly steps behind.

It was fun though, and a nice change to the usual at-home routines I do.
rikes: nsync laughing (Tell me how long)

[personal profile] rikes 2020-04-14 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahaha, I feel you Terri! Just ten minutes of pure flailing. But it's fun!
turps: (Lance ( pensnest))

[personal profile] turps 2020-04-20 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Ten minutes of pure flailing is right.

I'm glad it was only the cats watching my attempts. But yes, it is fun and now at least I know I'll always be the Lance of any boyband *g*
turlough: megalith stone circle with setting sun, solstice at Stonehenge ((other) evening twilight)

[personal profile] turlough 2020-04-08 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Moving furniture around should definitely count as excercise. And if beds or sofas are involved I would even call it heavy excercise :-)
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[personal profile] frausorge 2020-04-09 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
The mattress swap made me grin - it does seem all too likely that a reversal is coming. I hope neither the mattresses nor the carrying take a toll on your back.