Upper body workouts

[groundskeeperwilly]

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ir_lwKCp_s

[Andy H]

That's nothing Willy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaCFA86DqCY&NR=1

[wayne1966]

Remember muscle is twice as heavy as fat. My advice is drop the weights and take up a bit of swimming or surfing for upper body tone. 

I took my 10yo swimming at Mingara this afternoon. He isn't as fit as he should be at his age. I could easily swim 2km in primary school, but he can't swim 50m without changing strokes to catch his breath. I thought I could use the training too, so we both went to do some laps.

Anyway, to my horror, I discovered that I can't swim 50m without catching my breath either ! I was shocked.

What this has shown me is that while my legs are coping easily with the cycling, my lung capacity or cardiovascular fitness is FAR worse than I thought.

I plan to visit the pool a lot over the next few weeks. I might be a lot further away from getting back into racing than I thought.

Thanks for the suggestion, Matt.

[Zanne]

Hi there, I recently discovered push ups. It's like discovering that water tastes good or that the sky is blue, it's always been there. But 15 minutes a day will get a result. When I started I couldn't do one, so I started pivoting from the knees , now I do about 130 - 200 a day , 30 at a time. Although, I'm back to zero now due to an accident, I miss them!