Good workout last night

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Martha S. Gallagher said:

I don't know whether it was serendipity or just great minds work alike.

Because I started out w/ some serious strength deficits and had a problem
w/ overreaching as a result, my trainer has had me doing a lot of work to
fill in some of the gaps - lots of stability work, abs (I was starting to
hate the captain's chair <g>😉, bridges, SLDLs w/ fairly low weights, etc.
At the end of the day, all the workouts were challenging and there were
definitely some where I felt it afterwards, but nothing where I really
felt like I was pushing the big muscles.

But, last night we finally moved on. Ok, I'll be the first to admit that
the weights on the barbell weren't exactly bending the bar, but by the 3rd
set of Romanian deadlifts I felt like I was definitely fighting to
complete the rep in good form.

It felt great. I don't mind doing cardio and as I get fitter I find myself
trotting up the escalators on the metro just because I can. I find the
stability and bodyweight exercises gratifying because I can see how far
I've come. But, I really just love weight training.

Just thought I'd share.

Martha

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Welcome to the wonderful world of iron...... :-)
I know just how you feel!

I had to take all of last week off due to a nasty little head cold so
just went back today.

Two weeks ago on deadlifts, I had worked up to 155 lbs. Was able to do 3
sets, 8 reps the first time, 5 reps the second and 3 reps the third. I
did not try to add any weight at that point.

Today, I did that same weight. :-) 10 reps the first time, 8 the second
time, then added 5 lbs. (to 160 lbs.) for 5 reps!!!!!

Yay!

Tomorrow I'm going to see if I can go up on the bench press. I'm stuck
at a louse 80 lbs. :-P Still using the Smith Rack for squats.

After 10 weeks back at the gym, I finally have the torso strength to be
able to do a full sit up from the crunch, but I don't do it. It's just
nice to know I can. ;-) Still making myself do crunches with proper
form, and am up to 70 lbs. on cable crunches.

Ain't it grand????

Cheers!
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Quoted message said:

It felt great. I don't mind doing cardio and as I get fitter I find myself
trotting up the escalators on the metro just because I can. I find the
stability and bodyweight exercises gratifying because I can see how far
I've come. But, I really just love weight training.

Just thought I'd share.

Yeah. I was really surprised that I was able to do a chinup with only
two fingers per hand the other day 🙂 That was a few days after a
really good workout (12x225lbs, 6x275lbs, 6x295lbs). At least for me.

Eric