Half a workout

[redbird]

Half a workout is better than none. "Half" in terms of how much I normally do, and of how much I'd hoped to do this evening. (And it doesn't take as long, which is not entirely a bad thing when I'm fitting exercise, grocery shopping, and cooking in after a full day at the office.)

In addition to needing to avoid certain exercises for the sake of my right shoulder, I discovered when I tried doing leg presses that my left leg--despite, or maybe because of, having happily gone through three sets on the calf machine--wasn't happy about supporting that weight. It's downright annoying to go to the trouble of loading plates on the leg press machine, and then have to unload them again without getting the good of them.

Cardio, 20 minutes, top heart rate 127. I wish I could figure out why some days it goes happily up to 135, 140, even 150 and above, and others it sits in the low 120s.

Calf machine, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 12: an improvement, back to where I'd been in the past, before dropping back because of the break from gym visits.
Leg press, 230 pounds, 2--my left knee hurt on both reps, so I stopped.
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 15, 11; 40 pounds, 4, to complete the second set

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

Wrist curls, 25 pounds, 2 sets of 15

Stretches

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Is your shoulder getting any better?

K.

[redbird]

I think so. Physical therapy again in an hour and a half.