Up nice and early today, hitting up World's about 8:30. Its the best time of day to work out because its pretty empty and the usual creepy old men are few and far between. I grabbed a treadmill and did my routine 20 minute run. I skipped the run in yesterday's workout to let my legs recover and today seemed so much harder than before. It probably didn't help that I was still thawing out from having taken my pup for a pre-gym walk in these arctic October temperatures!
Today was a shoulders day so after A LOT of stretching out my hams/quads/glutes I started with 3 sets of standing arnold press and then did three sets of incline bench shoulder press. In between sets I did pull-ups but I wasn't feeling very strong so I only managed to do two sets of 3 :(
For abs I did 3 sets of 12 side-crunches on the back extension machine. I prefer to do this without any weights because I have a better range of motion so I can really crunch it up with each rep! Then I did 3 sets of 12 rope pulley crunches on the floor. Not my favorite ab move but I was aiming for some variety today. Be careful who is behind you when you do this because your ass will be right in their face! Lastly, I went back over to the stretching area and made another attempt to balance (standing) on the stability ball. Not happening. I just can't figure out how to get my feet up! Urghhh I'm going to have to watch some YouTube videos and try to copy someone's technique.
Anyway, I felt pretty refreshed and ready to take on the day when I left. Tomorrow may be a rest day depending on how the Halloween festivities go tonight. My mental state may not appreciate it but my legs sure will be happy. Cheers to the weekend!
Nice!
ReplyDeleteLegitimate pull ups?! You are truly awesome!
Is this listed in the order that you did them? If so, the reason why you couldn't do many pull ups was because you worked the shoulders first. Even though they only function as synergists in that exercise, it's advisable to work big muscles to small muscles.
Yeah legit, thats why I can only do a few haha
ReplyDelete...also why I only do one set at a time so I have some time to recover between sets. They have an assisted pull-up machine but I know I'd cheat if I used it so its way better to only get in a few if they are real ones :)
Yes on the order question. Usually I don't do only one major muscle in a weight sesh, it was kind of an off day.