[Tejas]

I've been adding much more elliptical work and it seems that I do really well for a week, then pay for it with pain in my quads. Then I go back, do well, then suffer.

I use the foam roller all the time but I still get adhesions in my quads, especially on the right side. Trainer says it is tap dancing; dancing teacher says it is weight lifting

Anyway, the last 4 days my right quad has really hurt so yesterday I did all upper body...trainer showed me new tricep exercises. That simply means that today I hurt all over

[fitmom]

My foam roller is my best friend, seriously. It doesn't totally take away the soreness but it does ease it where it's at least manageable.

[Tejas]

Yes, foam rollers are required!

Today I did this:

10 alternating presses with 15 # db
10 vertical jumps
10 side lunges (on each side) with 26 pound KB
10 squat thrusts
10 push ups
10 of these: lay on your back, raise legs to about a 45 degree angle. Do chest presses with 25 # dbs while simultaneously pushing legs out from your body and straight out at an angle.

Did it three times...

That was followed by 25 minutes at 80% MHR on the elliptical.

[Tejas]

Forgot the 10 ball slams...12 pound soft, weighted ball held overhead and slammed to the floor...there is something so satisfying about that.

[fitmom]

Gets all the anxiety out when you slam a medicine ball...hard. LOL.

[Tejas]

Fitmom, I was thinking more of rage myself!

I also forgot the 20 KB swings, and that's the complete routine.

Last night my niece called and said "let's go to yoga at the gym." Ok. It was Pilates! Not what I needed after the workout, but I did it anyway. Not too sore, yet