More fun than a stick in the eye

[Veronica]

Tough shoulder workout today. I hope I don't need to write much on the whiteboard!

Veronica

[Catrin]

Tough shoulder workout today. I hope I don't need to write much on the whiteboard!

Veronica

Where is the like button? We are still trying to persuade my left shoulder to actually ACT like a shoulder, so I am a bit jealous to hear about your great shoulder workouts

[Veronica]

Since my big event this year is an Aquabike, instead of a tri and I've set a pretty fast swim time as my goal. we're spending a lot of time really fatiguing my shoulders and back - moderately heavy weights, lots of reps!

One of the women who works out with me has decided she wants to enter a Power lifting contest. I am envious of her low reps. Not so envious of the heavy weight...

Veronica

[Catrin]

I think you are going to have a lot of fun with the Aquabike!

Since my shoulders are limiting me right now, I really want to focus on lower-body strength this year. I can leg-press over 4x's my weight (I actually don't know my 1-rep max for leg presses right now). I want to get away from the leg press machine however and focus more on compound lifting such as deadlifts and back squats. Front-squats are problematical with my shoulders, but back-squats are fine if approached properly. I think compound lifting is far better for me in the long-term than leg-presses. I would LOVE to do some power lifting competition, but I doubt that is in the cards with my shoulder as it is.

Keep us posted, I enjoy reading about your workouts

[Veronica]

I have no idea what my max leg press would be. I know I can do 450 pounds multiple times.

How about weighted step ups? I always feel those in my glutes.

Veronica

[Catrin]

I have no idea what my max leg press would be. I know I can do 450 pounds multiple times.

How about weighted step ups? I always feel those in my glutes.

Veronica

Our trainer has us doing this pretty often - I don't feel them in my glutes however (doesn't mean it isn't working them), for me I feel them in my quads. The box he generally has me use IS pretty high though, at least for a short person. I've been up to ~475 pounds multiple times on the leg press I start feeling it in my cranky knee around 450ish, so I really don't want to take it any higher than that...

[Veronica]

I set a new jump rope PR today - 4 minutes straight through. I finished with a big grin on my face.

Veronica