Thank you for dragging my thread out of the cellar!! (:
I was thinking of doing it myself as today was supposed to be my dramatic return to the gym after two weeks (don’t mess with mother nature). Instead I’ve been in the hospital for the last two days because my niece’s appendix ruptured causing an infection. Scary stuff but she is slowly getting better.
Cliff notes of my workouts the last few months: benching up to 105, and on squat and DL I’m just shy of big wheels. I rejoined a gym I really like with people who actually know what they are doing.
My DL is suffering because I feel like I am using my back when I first pick up the weight and the heavier I go, the more of a problem it becomes. And it ruins squat day also. I figure my core is weak and I’m begging an injury if I’m not more proactive.
Every time I would start lifting again, I would hit a brick wall because I wanted to get back with the heavy lifting right away. I will try this ‘progression’ thing and hopefully it will take me where I want to go. I know it’s common sense but I’m so stubborn sometimes that it is ridiculous!
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
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Every time I would start lifting again, I would hit a brick wall because I wanted to get back with the heavy lifting right away. I will try this ‘progression’ thing and hopefully it will take me where I want to go. I know it’s common sense but I’m so stubborn sometimes that it is ridiculous![/quote]
Thanks everyone! I am happy to be back. My workouts are probably going to be quite lame at first but it’s better than nothing. I am going to focus on working up my squat and DL and some chest stuff or lite benching.
I am going to start things off this weekend. Next week I’m only working 2 days total so I will be resting up and try to keep my head on straight at the gym!
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
welcome back…hope the niece feels better[/quote]
She is finally getting back to normal but what an ordeal. Even though she missed almost two months of school, it doesn’t look like she will have to stay back. Thanks for asking!
Started with 20 min of stretching and foam rolling. Got to the gym and did 15 min warm up on precor. My numbers are low but I still managed 10 sets and nothing hurt afterwards. My form was the best it’s been in a long time too due to the lower weight.
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
Here is a pic of my new chucks cause I believe in all that new beginning shit. I will post my workout later, just odds n ends.[/quote]
Somehow I did not see you as the skull motif type of person…I like the girl ones with the cute pink bows!
[quote]tootles27 wrote:
Here is a pic of my new chucks cause I believe in all that new beginning shit. I will post my workout later, just odds n ends.[/quote]
Somehow I did not see you as the skull motif type of person…I like the girl ones with the cute pink bows![/quote]
You are so right…but cute pink bows FTW!
EDIT: And I had to retire my hot pink hi top chucks because I looked like a clown.
