This weekend I assembled it, which turned into an all-weekend project. It's a bit like doing a 3D engineering jigsaw, marvelling along the way at the ingenious design using about fifteen pulleys. And it's much better and safer than the old bench and barbells I had been using. Of course, I'll never look like anything other than a 9-stone weakling, but at least I'll be a strong weakling. And it has even helped me get back into doing yoga.
The second time I used it, I tore something in my shoulder while trying to develop pectoral muscles. Later I read in "Weight Training for Dummies" that the Pec Deck should really be called the Shoulder Wreck, and you should never use it.
So now I had to look around on the internet for specialised exercises to help heal rotator cuff injuries. But then I remembered I already know what to do - yoga! At work yesterday I tried a couple of sun salutes, various warriors and the chair, and I feel the benefit already. If I do the yoga regularly, eventually I may even be able to start using the home gym again.
This is another way to injure yourself on gym equipment:
Congratulations on your new home gym...it is awesome.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your injury.
Congratulations on getting back into Yoga!
Have a great week Rob!
~xo
Lee Ann
Albert? Is that you on the running machine? Have you lost your hair scissors? Anyway, I've never been on a running machine, but after seeing that, I'd like to have a go! Hotboy p.s. For that keystone cops effect, you could maybe get your students to line up behind you first. Corporal punishment's last stand!
ReplyDeleteLA - thanks, it's always good to look on the bright side.
ReplyDeletehotters - never run with scissors. Is that how you got your haircut? Dearie dearie me!
I say!
ReplyDeleteIs that girl on the right trying to jump a hurdle? She failed miserably.
Never tried a home gym myself. Cricket gives me all the exercise anyone needs. Batting, fielding, bowling, catching, and especially sledging.
MM III
OHh i have that same home gym thingie... I haven't used it cuz I had to move it to the garage to remodel a room...
ReplyDeletebut I do yoga all the time
xoxo
MM - are you sure you haven't got Australian blood?
ReplyDeleteShibari - one of the nice things about yoga is that it's holistic so it takes care of every part of you - the ancient Indians or whoever have worked it all out over centuries, so that all have to do is do it.
Albert? A press report from MIT said standing on your head helps you think. Have you been standing on your own head. I can only get my toe in my ear! Hotboy
ReplyDeleteHB - standing on my own head? I can think of a few heads I'd like to stand on.
ReplyDeleteI say!
ReplyDeleteThere's an international incident brewing over at Hotters' place. May need your attention. Perhaps someone at the McDonald Institute might get involved?
MM III