Plyometrics

[Irulan]

Crankin, I'm just curious: do you work out at the kind of place where you can talk to the trainer about your weakness/apprehension and work with them to build strength and confidence in those areas?

[Crankin]

With the one that has us doing this stuff, yes. She knows my weaknesses from when she had us standing on the flat part of the Bosu in circuit training. I had to hold onto her! I was not the only one, though. I did progress to being able to get up on the thing and sort of crouch. I couldn't stand up though. But, it's 5:30 in the AM. I really just want to get in and out. I have improved a lot, and I feel stronger. Balance is never going to be my strong suit, but I am glad I started this, even though it's 20 years too late. It's all tied up in my laterality, visual perception, and spatial ability, all of which I have very little. I am doing all of this balance stuff in a class in a very basic, no frills Gold's Gym. I used to belong to a very fancy full service gym/club, but I quit when I went back to school. I could not afford any long term personal training there, although I did a couple of rounds, none of which addressed balance, just strength.
I just keep focusing on what I *can* do, compared to in the past. And I come from a long line of uncoordinated people!

[bluebug32]

Veronica, just curious how you fit the plyos into your training week? Do you combine them with other strength training or do them on days when you ride? I always have so much I want to do off the bike, but when I do the exercises then I have to wait another day to feel recovered enough to train on the bike.