April 21: back to back Bikram Yoga classes: 2 classes at 95 minutes each- 190 minutes
Totals:
23 workouts
2311 minutes
April 22: 95 minutes Bikram Yoga-- was going to go to the gym instead but I was very sore in weird places so I wanted to stretch out rather than lift weights.
60 minutes on the Stairmaster, resistance at nine, aerobic intervals, left me dripping sweat.
Usually I do pushups and bench presses on Tuesday mornings, but my shoulder still feels tender from yesterday's injury and I don't want to mess with it.
So I was overcompensating ... and upset over the scale reading this morning.
April 22:
-10 min spin bike warmup, pullups, dips, DB shoulder press, cable tricep pulldowns, DB lying tricep extensions, bicep curls and high pulls w/barbell
-40 min Pilates mat class
April 23:
-20 min 9.5/4.0 mph intervals on treadmill, total 2.25 miles
April 22: 95 minutes Bikram Yoga-- was going to go to the gym instead but I was very sore in weird places so I wanted to stretch out rather than lift weights.
45 minute spin class with weight intervals
60 minutes shoulders, chest & triceps. When I tried to do bench tricep dips and those pushups where your hands are way back & right up against your sides -- I think of them as yoga pushups or "danda" -- my arm practically gave way underneath me. The thing that I hurt on Monday morning is my front delt. I'm gonna rest it again tomorrow.
Did my FIRST unassisted pull up. But I can only do 1 at a time!
YESSS!!!! [Doing the wave for Jen.]
This is one of my goals, so I know what this can mean as a physical achievement.
For me, it may not happen for a couple more months. I'm still getting stronger. Also if I dropped some weight, that would help.
Friday is when I do assisted pullups. I may have to skip them this week. Tomorrow I'm trying to rest my anterior deltoid (that's what's hurting me) after straining it, even with a trainer watching ... and moments after he'd talked about how delicate the shoulders are. We'll see how I feel Friday morning.
Thanks Saef!! I've been able to do unassisted chin-ups for a while, but pull-ups have been a no go! In an attempt to get my back muscles more defined, I've been working hard on assisted pull-ups and last night FINALLY managed to get my chin over the bar without help!
I am sore today, so I agree with resting when your body tells you to! Let me know when you are able to do an unassisted one!!
I left work 3 hrs early yesterday after a lunchtime run with my BF outside and sub sandwiches at a picnic table in the sunshine. Pfffft. I am an administrative professional and yesterday was Administrative Professionals' Day, so what better way to celebrate than to leave work early?
April 24: 2.5-3? mile jog at lunch, then walked maybe 5 miles from BF's house across the river, to a park (Peebles Island!) and back.
April 25 AM: DB bench press, barbell pendlay rows, deadlifts (moved weight up to 155# - DL my most recent "heavy" self!), tried front squats w/barbell and did one set of OHP. I forgot sneakers but had hiking boots handy - they are WAY better on lifting days than my running sneakers!
60 minutes on lightweight Life Fitness elliptical, which I didn't like much, alternating forward & backward, resistance at 10. This hotel had a fabulous gym but not a particularly good model of the elliptical, even though it was brand new
Also hamstring curls and leg curls, and that thing where you hold a barbell in one hand and pull upright with your abs
April 25 PM:
-12 min on stair stepper
-Leg press 4 x 5 215#, lat pulldown 5 x 5 120, 115, 110, 110, 110#, leg raises 5 x 5 150#, bent over DB row 5 x 7 40# (haha), situps catching exercise ball (some friends were there too), cable tricep pulldowns 3 x 8 80#
