I didn’t log last week’s workouts but had some good ones! I tinkered around with barbell bench press, did my favorites (T Bar row, leg press, Arnold press, etc.), and added some direct adductor work for the first time ever.
There was this Nick Tumminello article we published a few years ago on adductor training, and I started wondering if my (chronic at this point) high-ham issue might be related to weak adductors, so I started hitting those along with the abductors. The machines are right next to each other, so why not?
Bonus: between sets of adductor machine, I whispered to my husband about how I’ll eventually be able to crush him between my jacked inner thigh muscles. Not sure if he’s scared or excited about that.
Inappropriately flirting with your spouse: I recommend it. Especially in public.
Today’s Workout
I woke up at 1:30 this morning and never fell back asleep. So despite having the drive to lift, I didn’t have the drive to do extended sets, or push the weight too hard, or be a social butterfly. Today’s workout was all about getting an adequate challenge and feeling the muscles work.
So I ramped up with a weight I could hit for 12-15 reps, then did a few heavy-ish sets hitting failure at 5 reps, then did a back-off set of 10-12 reps. This was for compound lifts. Then for isolation, 2 sets of 15 with a controlled tempo.
• T-Bar Row
• Hammer Strength Chest Press
• Leg Press
• Abductor (booty) machine
• Adductor machine
• Banded shoulder drill
My shoulders and upper back feel kinda wrecked from painting the cabinets in our laundry room over the weekend.
Weekend Stuff
We took these guys for an adventure. Gotta do that as much as possible before the weather gets gross.
That’s Pike’s Peak out there.
Kipper being the goodest boi.
Roxy’s facial coloring looks like she’s wearing the most dramatic winged eyeliner. She’s a Jack Russel mix of some sort with the funniest personality.
So when the story about the Jack Russel – who guarded her owner’s body on a mountain for 72 days popped up – it made me think of our girl. There’s no doubt in my mind that she’d do the same. I get the sense most dogs would.
Here’s that story:
My dad told me a fun fact. He said the name Fido comes from the word fidelity, which explains a lot.
And then on Sunday we did some more stuff: church, matching couples’ onesie pajama shopping, reinstalling the freshly-painted laundry room cabinet doors, and Chris made a dinner that included the best potatoes of my life.
Tall girls are allowed to wear shoes that make them even taller. No slouching.