Gym post

[redbird]

I was going to make this a light workout, because I'd been coughing and otherwise not feeling 100%, but I'm not very good at that. The only thing that I really took easy was the cardio: I did a seven-minute "warmup" program instead of my usual, significantly more intense 20-35 minutes, or even 10 minutes at that level of intensity. I did reduce some of the weights on the lifting, but not consistently.

Cardio, 7 minutes, top heart rate 113
Calf machine, 70 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 60 pounds, 14 *
Leg press, 270 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Adjustable row, 90 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Tricep pulldown, 50 pounds, 15; 40 pounds, 2 sets of 15. I seem to have let my form on this slip, over time; I paid attention and got it right, or closer to right, in the 40-pound sets

Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 20
Yoga tree, 2 sets of {4 on each leg}

Bicep curls, 40-pound bar, 3 sets of 16 (because I was still in the groove of counting higher from the mat work, and caught myself saying "16" on the first set, then decided to do them all that way. So much for lightening anything).
Lateral raise, 5 pounds in each hand, 3 sets of 15 *
Leg extension, 70 pounds, 2 sets of 12 [I'd been doing 80 pounds, but one set, not always a full 12]
Seated leg curl, 110 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Should presee, 50 pounds, 8; 40 pounds, 3 [Just couldn't get into the second set: it seemed far too heavy even at the lower weight]
Chest press, 40 pounds, 2 sets of 12 *
Stretches
Wrist curl with dumbbells, 3 pounds in each hand, 2 sets of 15

*These are the ones I took lighter, though often more reps at the lower weight

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

And here I was thinking I was the only one who does workout posts. (Not usually listing all my weights, but sometimes.) Those are.... not inconsiderable weights, especially as you make it clear you're paying attention to proper form - Unlike, say, the guy at my gym who moves a weight about three inches, usually by curling up his body instead of the appropriate limb(s). I was wondering at first why your calf raises are so much lower than your leg presses. Mine are much higher. Then I realized it's because I do my calves on the seated leg press machine (because I'm lazy) and that when I do them on the actual calf machine I raise my body weight as well as whatever weights I'm doing and thus do in fact use a much lighter weight. Mystery solved.

And by "not inconsiderable", I mean "impressive".

[redbird]

And by "not inconsiderable", I mean "impressive".

Thanks.

Now I get to do weird things to the workout for a bit: my GP wants me to do a week of doing the bicep and tricep exercises with no weight at all, and then I can go back to half the weight I was using, and (though she seemed unhappy about this) back up to the full amount gradually. [Continued on next rock.]