Short week this week so no mid-week recovery. I'm going straight through to Friday. Another morning shake and morning workout. I will be sad when this schedule ends... NEXT WEEK!!! Because next week is back to reality and work. I'm still not sure what my schedule will be like this coming week, so I will need to see what happens so I can figure out a workout schedule. I don't even know when my tennis day can be if it will happen at all. It all depends on class schedules. I should know by October, though. Back to today. Today is resistance, but the last resistance I did on Monday brought on a little light headedness and nausea mid-workout so I was a little nervous about today's workout. But since it is only upper body, specifically shoulders, my worries were quickly dashed.
Went for Shoulders today and I was a bit nervous because, frankly, it has been a while since I really worked my shoulders. The weights I had noted were from February. So it has been over 6 months since I was on a regular resistance program. Plus, this being day 3 of my come back, I notched it down a bit. Check out the worksheet below to see how much I went down. The numbers after the "/ " are the weights I did today. Only three moves saw no reduction in weights. I have a little tweak in my right shoulder from sleeping in a weird position so that was causing a little apprehension as well. But once I got into the workout, it was just me and the weights and Segi. I really burned out my shoulders today. I almost hit failure on every heavy set. The only move I significantly modified was in the second Super Set, the "Dumbbell Scap Trap". Since I don't have a bench, I initially tried it on a Swiss Ball, but I was too low to get any resistance on the weights, so I ended up having to do the raises standing with a hinged at the waist. Hitting those Traps are hard, but I think I did a pretty good job. Really felt a great shoulder pump afterwards. I am considering getting another set of dumbbells, and EZ bar and a bench. Sort of a long term project I have is to set up a small gym in my son's room, or what will be formerly known as my son's room. Just need the green light from my wife.
There was only one focused ab move today, so I felt the need for more abs, so I got out one of my favorite "go to" routines. I only used 1kg hand weights today but I really tried to target my core and the burn was ON! Great routine!
Splits, again, it that same low as yesterday, but today, there was a little kink in my hip flexors so no lower push. Just hit that point, held it for about 50 seconds, then came out of it. Hamstrings are still really sore, so the side splits are a work in progress. The Flow was as usual, clean and smooth.
In the end, I torched around 850+kcals. Pretty much what I expected with the focus on upper body. I wonder what will happen tomorrow.
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