Lift, Train, Fitness

If I don't have goals, I will just stagnate and returning to full competition and associated goals would not be healthy for me right now, but a possibility in the future.
 
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Training went well last night, but it was HOT and steamy in the gym, at 6:30 last night on the drive into town it was still 30 outside. Hammer curls were a little challenging on the bad elbow feeling good this morning.
 
Gaaah, I hate it when the gym feels like a badly-ventilated shower cubicle! But if it still makes you feel good, that's all that matters :)
 
I'm so dreading the summer. All of my fitness activities are in various sketchy warehouses that don't have air conditioning. Swamp ass abounds.
 
Even though the gym has aircon, when the temp is pushing 40 all day and not cooling down at night the aircon is overwhelmed.

I have gained 1/2 a kilo overnight from fluid retention caused by a mighty case of 2nd day DOMS, so training tonight is going to be fun NOT
 
Ouch. 2nd day is the worst. At that point I prefer cardio. Everyone has their own poison and I just take the weights and rep increases slow to minimize the suffering. What's strange to me is I can feel it in the legs with the goblet squats I'm doing but at similar reps to failure, my curl to press dumbbell weights are getting neither DOMS or progress.

I'm sure you've been down that road many times and know how to get through the hurt.
 
Contrast showers work well for DOMS when there in no ice bath available. tonight's training is

Heavy Squat
Speed Deadlift
Hamstring Raises
Lat Pulldown

the muscle which have DOMS won't be worked again till Thursday.
 
I have eaten a little more than usual at this time of the afternoon, but should be all good by the time I hit the gym tonight, I do not eat back exercise calories but will allow myself to go over normal calories on a heavy day if I need to.
 
Dropped the retained water overnight plus a further 500 grams.

Training went well last night, I may have set my starting point for squat a bit low, but have to remind myself that I wrote this program focusing on rehab. Abs are feeling slightly tender this morning but nothing unexpected, pregnancy takes its toll on core muscles and squats work the entire core far more than isolation exercises.

Today my daughter is at daycare, so I get to catch up on some stuff I have been putting off, however I will need to find time to set up my light box to photograph some bugs that hubby brought home from work. The teachers he works with want good pics of their pets lol and the photos will be used as another display at the school.
 
Trusylver said:
Training went well last night, I may have set my starting point for squat a bit low, but have to remind myself that I wrote this program focusing on rehab.
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Yup, goals are important but the body needs the time it needs. Well done on the drop!
 
I used to love doing squats, but the last time I did some, one of my knees hurt like crazy.
Well done on the loss Tru. You are back in action & being sensible about it all.
 
Glad the water weight is gone. I also agree with Lama. I completely understand the temptation to do more because it feels too light/not hard enough and I think you're smart to keep that temptation in check when you're trying to rehab an injury.
 
Light bench press and accessory work when I get to the gym tonight, will spend some time on the bike during the day.

Checked my 7 day nutritional averages, I am hitting 96% of my nutritional targets. Vit K and Iodine is still a little low.
 
today has been ok so far, bit stressful with bub but not to bad. Eating is on track, lot of steps (walking irritable baby around) looking forward to the gym tonight for stress relief.

Managed to take bug pics this morning but cannot transfer them to the computer until my battery charges. Also installed stacking software on the computer so my next macro project will be a stacked image if that works out I will be at the limit of my current photography equipment but I have a few things on my wish list (extension tubes, macro ring flash and a X 2 teleconverter)
 
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