April workout check in thread - aprilliant workouts here!
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Since this is April workout check in thread and :happy: today is the last day of April, is this thread open tomorrow or will a new May workout check in thread start ?0
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Since this is April workout check in thread and :happy: today is the last day of April, is this thread open tomorrow or will a new May workout check in thread start ?
There will be a May one, but I'll probably forget and post in the April one. :blushing:0 -
Thank you so much for the advise, i will try again tomorrow. BTW today my cardio was heavy bag punching/ kicking for 35 minute, that gets my heart rate up, it very good cardio and fun.
Oh man do I know this to be truth.0 -
Thank you so much for the advise, i will try again tomorrow. BTW today my cardio was heavy bag punching/ kicking for 35 minute, that gets my heart rate up, it very good cardio and fun.
Oh man do I know this to be truth.
I want to do this once I can get a pair of gloves. I tried bare knuckled and I think I bruised my knuckle. :laugh:0 -
First day of Stronglifts.
Did Workout A all 5x5 then did 3 sets of split squats, 12 reps. I just did 45, 55, 55 for those. Then I ran splits for a mile, cooled down and got out of the gym. Was a bit nervous for my first day in weight room solo, but it was okay.
Had one minor -____- moment.
Me: *approaching a girl in squat rack after she finished her current set* "Hey, how many sets do you have in here?"
Her: "I just started."
Me: ......................................... "okay...so, do you know about how long it will be?"
Her: "Well...I just started, so probably a long time."
Me: "Okay then."
I left and went to another room at the gym where they have extra bars. Since I was just doing the bar weight I didn't make a big deal about it, just grabbed a bar, pressed it over my head and then into position for squats. After every set just put the bar down then picked it up for the next set.0 -
Oh, also my rows looked so funny for a couple sets and then for the last 3 sets I found my groove. Got a nice neutral spine and rhythm going.0
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So I decided to switch from 5x5 to 3x5 and add in some accessories. It went pretty good.
Squat 3x5 140 lbs (so close to be)
Bench 3x5 80 lbs
Row 3x5 70 lbs
Lateral barbell lifts 3x8 20lbs
Flys 3x8 10lbs
One arm rows 3x8 25lbs
It was nice to change it up from the usual.0 -
Whew! Last day of April, went out with a bang. Although I know my body here and I know I'm on the cusp of overtraining. But it was just one push for that crossfit training and now it's done and I can go to any class i feel like. Won,t be too often but it will happen! And hey, I cleaned up my clean technique and learned tricks to help with pull-ups so yay!
We did TGUs (Turkish get-ups) to start off. EVIL -_-' And some good mornings. Learned thrusters. KB Swings. Hand release push-ups and hanging swings with shrug and hip thrust. While the trainer was basically teaching us how to kip, the whole momentum training for someone like me who can't get a single pull-up was helpful!
Then the WOD was 20-15-10-5 of wall balls and push-ups. I tried to do as many as I could standard but had to resort to knees. I'm just too beat down right now.
We finished off with 3 rounds of 30s on10s rest of hollow holds and med ball twists.
Noteworthy that I went for a 1.5mile run at lunch break and while I wasn,t pushing the pace, my legs felt like lead coursed through them.
So that's 5 days in a row of relatively intensive activity here. Tomorrow is off. Friday might be run + yoga. Saturday I'm helping my mom move.
So I guess I'm starting the main program on either sunday or monday depending on how sore I am then! Wee!
BTW, to folks that have tight shoulders, this video might help!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y6Q2rq1XaQ 0 -
Tonight's workout was not exactly phenomenal.
- 5x5 squats @ 145lbs (did this weight last workout, going stay here for another 2 workouts)
- 3x5 and 1x4 bench press @ 85lbs (was able to just barely finish this weight @ 5x5 last time, so figured I'd try it again and I had to do the roll of shame on the 4th rep of my 4th set)
I was exhausted after the benchpress struggle and disgusted with barbell at that point so I finished my workout with:
Single-arm bent over dumbbell rows 5x5 @ 35lbs
3x10 bench dips
I think I'm going to breakdown and buy a foam roller. My right glute & hamstring get pretty tight/crampy right after squats.0 -
I'm the one driving! :laugh:
Too much awesomeness for just one train :drinker:
Krok and me on the crazy train ---
Come join us! It's fun! There are lots of gifs!0 -
I didn't think about the laser eye surgery thing. I had mine done over 10 years ago and I did mention to my eye dr that I was boxing at my last appointment, but he didn't indicate it would be a problem.
I was legally blind. To correct my vision, the Dr had to remove a large amount of my cornea, and now my left eye is very thin. My right eye is fine, but how do you tell an opponent "you can punch me in the face, just avoid my left eye please?" lol. I miss the challenge and haven't quite found another sport to take it's place. Weightlifting is close...0 -
Wow! This was a great month - lots of new posters. I've been away / only posted once or twice and had a whole detailed post about my killa workout yesterday and then... poof!
So - yay April and yay to lots of PRs in May!0 -
Thank you so much for the advise, i will try again tomorrow. BTW today my cardio was heavy bag punching/ kicking for 35 minute, that gets my heart rate up, it very good cardio and fun.
Oh man do I know this to be truth.
I want to do this once I can get a pair of gloves. I tried bare knuckled and I think I bruised my knuckle. :laugh:
Also get wraps to wear under the gloves , to provide more protection. Not only to protected against bleeding knuckles but broken bones.0 -
Good day of lifting today!
Squats: 2x3@45, 1x3@65 5x5@95
OH press 1x5@45, 5x5@60
DL 5x5@130
I was sure I would fail on the OH press today but I did it! This finishes week 5 for us. I am very happy with the progress so far! I notice I am stronger lifting things on a daily basis too.
I passed all the "untrained" strength standards for my weight today. Next week I start concentrating on eating at a deficit more to speed up the weight loss so I don't know how that is going to affect lifting. I guess we will see!
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MAY Thread started!0
