binge n yoyo: I've told this story before, but the first time I went to lift in the gym, I tried to do 10 pounds on the chest fly machine. Couldn't budge it. I had to take the pin out and do the machine at 0 pounds, using just the weight of the apparatus. I was so embarrassed! But I didn't let that stop me, and here I am a couple of years later, much stronger and much much smaller! Keep at it.
JossFit: Ok, fair enough on the Tough Mudder... but I bet you still ain't gonna be back of the pack.
Nice job on the yoga pose. I tried that one a long time ago and found it hard-- wonder if I could do it now.
fromthebox: Welcome back!
A half marathon is awesome, hope you had fun doing it! Good luck getting back into the lifting-- a bit of time away makes it all the sweeter.
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I took 3 days off from exercise because I was feeling so beaten up. Started fresh yesterday. I'm continuing the push/pull split I've been doing, but with a more varied rep scheme (1st 3 weeks 4x10, then 3 weeks of 4x6, then 4x8, then 4x4). I've been doing low volume higher weight while I've been cutting (3x5 mostly, sometimes even 2x5). Four sets of ten reps yesterday was an ego killer!
It was a really tough workout, but I enjoyed it.
I went for a run later in the evening yesterday. Forced myself to keep it to 3 miles. I need to restart at lower mileage and build up slowly. It's hard when you're already relatively fit-- my lungs & leg muscles are ready to go, but I know I need to take it slower so my joints/etc get used to the pounding. Last week I ended up doing 21 miles total after only being back to running for a month, and that was not a great idea-- aches and pains all over the place.