More fun than a stick in the eye

[Veronica]

but just barely more fun.

Drop set bicep curls:

10 reps with a 50 pound bar
15 reps with a 40 pound bar
20 reps with a 30 pound bar.

That's a lot of weight to move around.

Veronica

[SheFly]

I'll take the stick .

Good work, V!

SheFly

[Veronica]

Thanks!

I'm surprised my biceps aren't sore today.

Hips and glutes are sore from one legged burpees with a shoulder press.

Veronica

[Veronica]

I just finished up Spinervals Recharge video. It's a good one for me when I'm not feeling particularly motivated to get on the trainer at 5 AM. It's funny how some mornings I'm just feisty as all get out and I'll do the hardest video I have. And other mornings... not so much.

Spinning definitely helps alleviate my muscle soreness from weight work.

Veronica

[Catrin]

but just barely more fun.

Drop set bicep curls:

10 reps with a 50 pound bar
15 reps with a 40 pound bar
20 reps with a 30 pound bar.

That's a lot of weight to move around.

Veronica

That is indeed a lot of weight - sounds like the same level of effort for our "squat a ton and run" workout. I still think I would take it over the stick though

[Veronica]

Wednesday is leg day.

The fun round today was:

50 lunge jumps holding a 6 lb medicine ball over your head
30 1 legged leg press @ 230 lbs, repeat for other leg
20 kettle bell swings with 26 lb kettle bell, followed by 40 mountain climbers, repeat 2 more times

3 sets of this. Boy, am I hungry!

Veronica

[Catrin]

Wednesday is leg day.

The fun round today was:

50 lunge jumps holding a 6 lb medicine ball over your head
30 1 legged leg press @ 230 lbs, repeat for other leg
20 kettle bell swings with 26 lb kettle bell, followed by 40 mountain climbers, repeat 2 more times

3 sets of this. Boy, am I hungry!

Veronica

That is one good leg workout, no wonder you were hungry Your fun round today includes two of my three favorite things (leg presses and KB swings - deadlifts are my third favorite thing). I like the sounds of the lunge jumps, we do them but not with an overhead weight. I am going to remember that for when I am cleared for over-head stuff again...

[Veronica]

Today's workout

3 minutes of jump rope
1 minute of push ups - repeat 3 times

My push up count was 22, 26 and 30 - real push ups.

Did some ab work - leg lifts and crunches holding a 45 pound bar over my head. Oy!!!!!

Then we did some weird kettle bell figure 8 things around your legs. 30 of those followed by a minute of burpees. Repeat 3 times

My burpee count was 20, 24 and 30.

Veronica

[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