Weights Wednesday

Went out for the usual 2 mile run with the Mountbatten pupils this morning. It was freezing at 7.30am, but shorts and T-shirts were enough for most of my group. A hardy bunch!
In the evening I went to the Rapids for a 90 minute gym session.

The gym session started with a 5 minute warm up on the elliptical trainer to get the heart rate up, then a few lunges to stretch out.
Then onto the swiss ball - 3 attempts at balancing on my knees, upright with my arms out. Can do this for a good time now, so its not strength training any more, but still good for core endurance. Interspersed these balances with 3 x 20 press ups with my feet on the swiss ball to make it unstable and harder on the shoulders.
Next up 3 V-sits (lie flat on the floor, arms up, then slowly bring arms and legs up to meet, then slowly lower them both) very tiring - good strength work.
Warm up over, onto the heavier stuff.
3 x 5 squats with 42kg
Dips 3 x body weight (15,10,7)
Chins - small number with different grips
Warm down, 5 minutes of speed intervals on the bike

Pretty good session - I'm starting to feel stronger, need to make sure it translates into the running now