I wanted to workout on Friday. I had a half-day off and got home around 1pm. I was feeling really tired though when I got home so I relaxed for a spell. Then, my wife asked me to drive her around town to complete some of her errands. I agreed. But when she saw how tired I was, she started to insist that she could go alone. So I insisted back and so we went. It ended up being very productive, fun and some nice together time. We got back too late for me to start a workout so Friday ended up being my off day.
Saturday night Bulk! That is the name of the game. After church I took a short nap, only about an hour, and when I woke up, I was not feeling in the mood to do anything strenuous. But I knew I had to get it done, I got to it. Luckily, Bulk Shoulders is a short workout. This was another routine that would require me to be brutally honest with my strength level. So I reduced the weight on a few moves by an average of 2.5kgs. The first move on the beginning Super Set, Lateral Raise, I kept it at that level. That move has always been tough for me. Also, whenever I tried heavier weights, my right shoulder would start to click, and I would feel some pain, sort of like cracking my knuckles to hard. So, I kept it at the same level. But the second move, Arnold Press, I was always going too heavy and needing a lot of cheats to get the heavier weights up. So I went down... way down. Set 1: 13.25kgs to 10kgs, Set 2: 14.5kgs to 12kgs, Drop Set: 17kgs/15.75kgs to 14.5kgs/13.25kgs. That was a huge drop, but I was finally able to get the heavy weights up without cheating, but it was still really tough. I almost hit failure. I have always been pretty good with the Upright Row, so on the Progressive Set, I kept the same weights. It wasn't too heavy, but my stamina, or lack of stamina showed. I was able to finish, but not without some short mid-set breaks on the declining round. The next Super Set of Alt. Front Raise and Plate Twist-Twist, remained the same, but with the Alt. Front Raise I felt I could probably go up a little on the light and medium sets, but the heavy set was just under failure level. The Progressive set with the Reverse Fly was somewhat a question. I've always had trouble with the reverse fly, especially with the heavy weights. So, I decided that in order to keep form, I would reduce the weights a bit. So, I went back to the first weight levels I used way back in February and March. So on the ascending: 5kgs/6.25kgs/7.5kgs to 4kgs/5kgs/6.25kgs. Descending followed suit in reverse, heavy first. The ascending heavy weight was heavy, and my range of motion suffered. But on the descending, after the short break, I was able to keep form on the heavy weight. It fell apart a little on the last few reps of the medium weight, but the light weight was okay, but I got a huge burn which necessitated a couple quick mid-set breaks. But range of motion didn't suffer. On the final Super Set, the Superman Stretch was fine, and I increased my reps on both sets of the Plank Twist-Twist by 2reps over the last time, 38/40. Shoulders were feeling so pumped. I was happy to get it done.
Today is the end of the week, but the beginning of my workout week. So I was wondering if I should go up to the next level of Abs or not. I decided to stick with Chalene for one more day and them move up to Tony for my next round of Abs. I felt better with my abs today. Some of the more intense moves saw better form, and slightly wider range of motion. Push Ups were choice, and the weighted moves seemed better, but I still got a huge burn by the 5 minute mark. I feel ready to move on next time. Maybe I'll go to Ab Ripper X.
Post-Off-Day Splits have always been more painful than regular days, but today, the pain didn't last as long, and I was able to hit my mark a lot sooner, So I was very happy. I increased the hold times and the rep count on the inner thigh stretches so I'm pushing harder to open up my hips more. I'm "millimetering" lower and lower. Just over two months to go. Flow was good. Just one hiccup one the second round. Accidentally went the wrong direction on the second move, but I just went and started over. Perfect from there.
In the end, I torched 873kcals. Pretty much what I expected from Bulk Shoulder. Not using a lot of big muscle groups, so I'm happy with the burn. Nice way to start my week.
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