Mr Pig presents... the wobble cushion

Hi, Mr Pig here again after what seems like quite an absence. Here's Susie's latest piece of kit: the wobble cushion.

The idea is that it is very unstable so you engage lots of underused muscles in order to balance on it. It works the legs and core deceptively hard. Susie has started using it to progress the gym session, by doing her single leg exercises on it. It's very hard work.

Here's her session from this morning:

1 mile treadie 8:58
Ball bouncing - left, right, centre - on wobble cushion. 30secs each leg x 3
Bend knees, forward onto toes, straighten, lower onto heels. 2x5kg dbells. 6 reps each leg x 3
Single leg dips on cushion. 10 reps each leg. 5 reps x 2 each leg with 10kg barbell. 10 reps each leg 15kg barbell.
Dead lift. 41kg. 10 reps x 2
Standing from seated 15reps x 2 each leg.
Cushion on step box. Dip to touch toe on floor. 15 reps x 2 each leg
Lunge. 2x9kg dbell. 10reps x 2 each leg.
20 crunches on gym ball
10 dorsal lifts on gym ball
20 asymmetric crunches on gym ball
Side raises on gym ball 10 reps on each side
Head and shoulders on gym ball, raise leg, 10 each leg
Hanging knee raises with ankle weights 3x10
Face up, shoulders on floor heels on gym ball. Single leg hamstring curls 5 each leg
Face down on gym ball on step, holding step, raise legs 2 x 10
Sit on gym ball 1 min
Kneel on gym ball 1 min
1 mile treadie 8:40
Full stretches

...and now a word from Susie:

Generally the running has been going well. I'm back to daily running and will soon start doubles. Blogwise, I'll start doing the weekly summaries, and maybe summarise what I've been doing since the injury. I've been strapping my leg, but have started alternating runs without strapping. For the last few days my leg has felt absolutely 100% - something which hasn't been the case since the injury, largely because the gym work has been working my calves really hard and I've done a lot of runs on tired legs. It's all coming together now though!