Personal training

Hello

I have a different question. I am doing some personal training. This trainer calls it "ninja" training. In his training sessions we do lots of different excercises. So far i have been fine with pretty much everything he asks me to do. I have seen pictures and videos of other people he trained. And he usually gets them to do headstands, climb walls ect at the end of each 5 week session. I have been fine with doing planks and pushups and even the dreaded burpees. I am just not sure about the headstand or the wall climb. Has anyone else done anything like this?

Thank-you
Laura

4 Comments

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by Tracey_E - 2014-07-01 05:07:48

You won't hurt anything by trying it. Most people get dizzy doing those moves so it's hard to say how you'll handle it. I have problems with anything upside down, but my meds drop my bp (which wasn't high to start with) so that's the problem, not the pm. I can do wall climbs, headstands and handstand push ups, but not more than a few at a time. Our workout yesterday had an insane number of hspu's. I knew it was too much so I did presses instead. Same movement/muscles but right-side up.

I try everything, then modify if it doesn't work. A good coach will learn quickly what you can handle in moderation and what you need to skip. There is always a modification!

Upside down

by brushmore - 2014-07-01 07:07:42

After I got my PM anything upside down just didn't feel right. It's not like I am worried about passing out just some dizziness that last a couple of seconds. But I am also on medications to raise my blood pressure so that could be part of the issue as well just like what TraceyE said. I just avoid headstands and and handstand pushups. There are plenty of alternatives.

I wouldn't worry about giving those things a try and see how they feel. One thing you might want to be careful is with the burpees. My coaches don't let me do that because they are concerned with me hitting my chest too hard off the ground.

Upside down

by JoeS - 2014-07-02 06:07:08

I use an inversion table.

I just hang upside down for a minute or two to stretch my muscles.

Feels good, haven't thought about the pacemaker.

Thanks again!

by scotia - 2014-07-03 10:07:18


You guys are fantastic . Thanks again for all the input. It really puts my mind at ease knowing other pacers that have already tried this stuff. I will be trying it for sure. And yes i will go easy.

Thanks

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