swan_tower | In which the Swan admits she has no upper body strength

See that icon? Yeah, I'm nowhere near that.

These numbers will be a little embarrassing, but I want to record for posterity what I'm lifting here at the start of my exercise regimen, on the principle that I can then feel proud when I look back and see how far I've come. (In theory.) So here is what I'm doing for strength training right now.

Bench press: 2 x 12-15, 12 lbs. (It was disappointing to discover that the bar alone on the normal bench is heavier than I feel capable of. Not sure how much that thing weighs. Fortuantely, they have these nice, padded weight bars in a variety of numbers. I'll start with those and work my way up.)
Shoulder press: 2 x 15, 12 lbs. (See above about the weight bar. I quite like those things.)
Row: 2 x 15, 5 lbs. (Nothing like a single-digit number to make you feel pathetically weak, but since I do the exercises in this order, by the time I get this far, those muscles are already tired.)
Lat pulldown: 2 x 15, 30 lbs. (A higher weight, at last! And I'm going to add to this one the next time I do it; it isn't tiring me much at all, at the current weight.)
Back hyperextensions: 2 x 12, no weight. (Today's addition to the regimen. I really need to strengthen my lower back more.)
Crunches: 2 x 15. (God, I hate crunches.)

So there you have it. I'm not doing lower-body stuff as yet; leg muscle has never been a problem for me, and my cardio work alone will give me some of that. I think I may add "pullups" on the lat machine, though, as a step toward doing proper pullups, since those always look cool.

I don't have any particular goals regarding what I want these numbers to be in six months; I don't have enough experience with weights to know what's reasonable to aim for. But I'll be keeping an eye on the stats, and reporting back in when I feel like I've made progress.