[quote]Renton wrote:
rondastarr wrote:
Hahaha
Did you fall? I take it you used a barbell?
The balance aspect is a bit weird. I use DB but even with those I had to stop and rebalence this morning. You really feel it in your glutes though… good exercise
lol - Missed your question Ronda - No I didn’t fall. Well - not as such. I simply put the barbell down in a very unprofessional manner. i.e. dropped it on top of me when I hit the deck.
Fortunately there weren’t too many people round to see :-)[/quote]
I’m glad you didn’t get hurt.
Could you feel that exercise the next day, not the part that you dropped on you, I mean in your glutes ? It really surprised me that I felt it the next day.
Looking at my schedual coming up this semester I think I will have to be very creative to get all my studying and work outs in plus I am hoping to get a job on the weekends. I hope I can keep everythng together
Thanks Susan for having such faith in my abilities, lol!
I may make a video for my trainer so we can be sure my squating form is correct, if I put one up you will be the first to know
I am hoping to fit in a job on Friday and Saturday nights. That will leave me time for studying and the gym, I’ll have no social life what so ever but I just need to get through the semester.
Maybe you could find a job at the gym. Are they hiring desk people? If not yours, maybe another gym is hiring?
In regards to the imbalance thing… I definitely notice that my left side is weaker than my right. I won’t go up in weight on the right until the left is ready.
I usually try to fix this by sneaking in a few extra reps on the left side. Say I’m doing a set of 5 reps. As soon as I crank out the 5, I’ll put the weight down, count to 10, pick it up and try to do 2 more reps.
This method helped me in biceps curls and DB rows.
[quote]sic wrote:
Maybe you could find a job at the gym. Are they hiring desk people? If not yours, maybe another gym is hiring?
In regards to the imbalance thing… I definitely notice that my left side is weaker than my right. I won’t go up in weight on the right until the left is ready.
I usually try to fix this by sneaking in a few extra reps on the left side. Say I’m doing a set of 5 reps. As soon as I crank out the 5, I’ll put the weight down, count to 10, pick it up and try to do 2 more reps.
This method helped me in biceps curls and DB rows.[/quote]
I asked at the gym and they are not hiring, though if they were it would have made my membership free, which would have been nice I actually broke down and applied at Old Navy, lol.
My trainer had the same suggestion as you so I am going to do extra reps on that side.
I was going to skip the gym today, having been at the hospital and school for 13 hours but somehow I felt rather energized when I got home so I went.
Deadlifts 5x5x185 (I tried with out straps but that wasn’t going to happen tonight)
Bent Over Barbell Row 3x8x65
Lat Pull Downs(To front of Chest) 3x8x90
Squats 3x5x115 ( I just did these tonight to get a video for my trainer)
Problems I am having with my work out include
Bent Over Barbell Rows are not going up. I cannot keep the correct position without lower back pain nor can I squeeze when I come up correctly if I go up.
I have no idea what is going on with my lats but the front part, that goes over my ribs are interfering with lat pull downs and seated cable rows. Hell, it’s interfering with most of my exercises and it won’t go away and only really bothers me at the gym.
I took off yesterday because my side was hurting me too mucha nd I was thinking of taking today off but I modified my routine a bit to not stress my injury, or what ever it is, too much.
Good mornings 3x8x95 (I did these instead of SLDL, which really hurt my ribs lately. I haven’t done these in a long time and had a little trouble getting my form right at first. I was surprised I couldn’t do these at a higher weight)
I injured my right external oblique about a year ago. I had to modify a lot of what I did in order to let it heal for a good three weeks. You may just have to back off some things for a while to make sure you aren’t aggravating any existing injury/strain/pull or whatever it is.
[quote]sic wrote:
I injured my right external oblique about a year ago. I had to modify a lot of what I did in order to let it heal for a good three weeks. You may just have to back off some things for a while to make sure you aren’t aggravating any existing injury/strain/pull or whatever it is.[/quote]
Tis Monday again. I can already say that I will be going to sleep early tonight yawns
Barbell Bench Press 1x10x65, 2x5x95, 2x5x100
Neutral Grip DB Press 1x8x30, 2x8x35
Hammer Strength Iso Row 2x8x45, 1x8x55
Seated Cable Rows 3x8x80
As much as I don’t want to cut things out of my work out I did leave out the One Arm Rows today as they tend to aggravate my side. Other then that everything went along well.
Hey Ronda, I had the same type injury a while back and it hurt like heck. It was from not pulling correctly with deadlifts.
Looking at your past DL video, you may be having the same problem I had. You pull way out in front. This puts a lot of strain on your upper back.
Concentrate on bringing the bar straight up your legs and not out in front. The bar should be in constant contact with the front of your legs for the entire pull.
You do need to let it heal first though, which is probably the hardest part
Hello everyone! This morning cam early but tonight I really am going to go to sleep early
This is my Tuesday so far:
Back Squat 1x5x95, 2x5x115, 2x5x135
Good Mornings 3x8x95
Goblet Squat 3x8x65
Umm… I got confused here and mixed up some of my Thursday work out in here
Lat Pull Down 2x6x90 (I didn’t finish these because they hurt my side right now)
Cable Rows 3x8x80
I’ll just throw my arm workout into my Thursday routine
I made a video of my squatting form and my trainer reviewed it. He pointed out a few things that I had to work on, but today I think I did well. I got up to 135lbs but I have say that it was a bit weird holding that much on my shoulders. Between back squats and Good mornings I was happy to finish with that barbell, lol. If I keep doing this though I’m sure I will get used to it.
Lat Pull Downs(To front of Chest) 2x8x90
4 Single leg split squats 4x8x60
Tonight it felt like DL took me forever to finish! My side was a bit sore after DL so I cut out the cable rows and the last set of Lat pull downs, but it does seem to be getting better, yay!
Not that I want this log to turn into a list of my injuries but I have a question if anyone has any idea that could help me.
I don’t know when I did this exactly but I pulled something in my groin area or it may very well be my hip flexor. Where the thigh meets the body and connect to the lower stomach… I’m not sure if that is a good description.
I am noticing it in everyday activities such as putting my ankle on my knee to tie my shoes and at the gym when doing squats. If my leg is turned out slightly at all or I go down too far I feel tightness/pain in that area, and it is only on the one side.
I have been trying to strech it out but I can’t figure out how because I can’t get into any of the positions I know that would strech it out w/o pain. Does anyone have any idea on how to fix this ?
Once again I must say that I really dislike the gym in the afternoons. None of the guys unload their weights and leave, I kid you not, a bar bell with 8 45lb plates on it in the squat rack on the floor. I can’t unload that because I can’t slide the weights off. I had to go get help to unload it, grrrrr!
here is my work my for today:
Good Mornings 3x8x95
Lumberjack Squats Squats 3x8x55
Goblet Squats 3x8x65
Close Grip Bench Press 1x10x45, 1x5x65, 3x5x85
Seated dip (machine) 3x8x110
I have to say that the Goodmornings feel weird. Kinda like I am debating if I feel the strain in my hamstrings or my lower back. It just never quite feels right. I’ll be happy to get back to SLDL.
Have you tried rolling the weight over a 2.5 or 5 pound plate to elevate it a little, then take the plates off? I suck at loading and uloading the bar for deadlifts, but that makes it easier. But you shouldn’t have to worry about that to begin with…
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Have you tried rolling the weight over a 2.5 or 5 pound plate to elevate it a little, then take the plates off? I suck at loading and uloading the bar for deadlifts, but that makes it easier. But you shouldn’t have to worry about that to begin with…
looks like it was a good workout anyway.[/quote]
I didn’t think about rolling it on to something, that is a good idea. Hwere I usually do my DL I can laod it it and then lift it to the floor but who ever this guy was, and I don’t think he was doing DL in a squating rack, I’m not sure what he could have been doing, but he just left it on the floor.
Other then that though it was a pretty good work out
There was no one at the gym this morning, it was kinda nice.
Barbell Bench Press 1x8x65, 4x5x95, 1x5x105
Neutral Grip DB Press 3x8x35
Hammer Strength Iso Row 1x8x45, 2x8x65
Seated Cable Rows 3x8x80
I still cannot do the One Arm Rows but I am healing and will probably be back to my normal routine soon.
For my cardio I usually do spinning twice a week for an hour but I was thinking, though I don’t think it is cardio, of doing a Forza sword class on Saturdays in addition. I don’t think we willa ctaully be using swords, though I heard you could get one if you wanted, but it will be more of a weighted stick. Should be fun, I hope.
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
… but I was thinking, though I don’t think it is cardio, of doing a Forza sword class on Saturdays in addition.
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Cool! Strength and Power. From what I’ve read Forza should give you a good workout, the weighted sticks you’ll use should take the session outside the realms of cardio and into more of a HIT session but coupled with mental relaxation.
The sartorius (tailor muscle) is what you may feel when you put your ankle on your knee. It’s your longest muscle, in your inner thigh, and extends from the iliac spine (pelvis) to the knee. Maybe that’s an issue? How does it feel now?
? It really surprised me that I felt it the next day.
