Well, I'm still drugged, but today was so much more productive than yesterday's session! I'm still sleepy, but I could deffinitely work through it...unlike yesterday when I felt practically immobile! So, today I was more "together," making our session more active.
I started the workout with the TRX. I rolled my chair under it, and leaned myself back. Grasping the handles with both hands, I spent awhile doing "pull-ups." I tried pulling my shoulders and elbows back with each "pill-up."
Nicole had me do chest pesses with 4 lb weights...one in each hand. This exercise had me pushing my arms up in a raised position, arms straightened. Then I lowered my arms down, elbows bending. Nicole also hed me do some chest flies, also with 4 lbs in each hand. For these, I straightened my arm and held them out to the sides. I would then, bring my arms up in front of me, allowwibg the weights to meet and then slowly lowering my arms back out to the sides.
Doing the chest-presses and chest-flies deffinitely made the side effects of the drug stand out! My grip on the weight in the right hand kept releasing and the muscle just so much heavier! So, although it was difficut, I was happy and just didn't give a sh*t!
Next, Nicole walked around my chair to my feet, and then it was time for leg exercises. Nicole grabbed my right foot and we bent my knee up, and I pushed my leg straight. Nicole pushes back on my leg, making pushing my leg straight a battle! We did a number of the leg-presses with the right leg, then I switched legs. After my left leg got a workout, Nicole had me raise both legs simultaneously. My right leg could easily and quickly raise up, while my right leg took a lot more effort and it took a lot longer for my right leg to catch up to the left. I used a lot of strength and concentration to raise both legs at the same/similar levels.
Thoughout our session, I switched back to TRX "pull-ups" and chest-presses/pulls. At the end of the session, Nicole had me do both chest-presses and -flies without any weights. She pressed on my arms to provide tension. I squeezed my arms together while Nicole pressed out. And I pushed my arms out while she pressed inward on my arms.
As the session ended, both Nicole and I were feeling funny cuz we had both taken Flexerol---her for stiff neck, and me for my leg spaticity! It's very convenient that Nicole is on Flexerol too because she knows first-hand how the med effects me!
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