Sick alllll week with a nasty cold and today was my first day back on the weights since Saturday. God it felt good! I eased back into my routine yesterday with some light cardio and stretching. Feeling a bit better today, I decided to do a full workout focusing on back and chest.
To start I did a 20 minute eliptical warm-up. Not quite feeling up for a run yet but we'll see how tomorrow goes. After warming up I did some stretching on the mats and a series of single leg lifts with a bar behind my back, held vertically. These are kind of like the one-leg dead lifts I do only without weights or a step so its really just balancing work. I always find that I lose some of my balance when I've been sick so I try to work on it more than usual until I'm feeling 100% again. To start my weight sesh I did 4 sets of 8 rows, balancing on a bosu ball and rowing with the 45 lb. bar (loving these lately!!). Then I moved onto incline bench chest flies (4 sets of 8), sitting rows on the cables (3 sets of 8) and lastly, lat pull-downs also on the cables (3 sets of 8).
Moving on to abs, I started with standing leg lifts on the leg lift machine (2 sets of 8 front lifts and 2 sets of 8 side-to-side lifts). Finishing up, I alternated bosu ball pushups and bosu ball plank leg crunches (where you hold the plank position and alternate crunching your knees to your chest). I did 3 sets of 8 of the pushups and 3 sets of 12 of the crunches. I finished my workout with some light stretching on the mats. I'd say I'm almost back in the game after that workout! Hopefully I didn't push myself too hard because I really want to get back to running tomorrow. Given that tomorrow is Black Friday, I may have to scope out the athletic wear stores for a good deal on running shoes!
Well, it's almost time to head over to the rents to begin the Turkey Day feast with some festive-inspired cocktails! I fully plan to eat as much turkey as possible and have already planned ahead by donning my "fat jeans" haha. I'm sure I'll be making up for it in the gym tomorrow so I don't feel too guilty! To all you gym rats out there, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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