Carliee's Supercharged Report
CarlieeBear
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Since some of you are curious about how my workouts are going, I thought I'd start a thread rather.
I did Basic Training I Workout B for the first time tonight. It went really well. All exercises were challenging. I was even able to do planks, which means my elbow has healed a lot since I did workout A. I could only do 15 secs at a time, but was working against sliding elbows the whole time...any ideas for surfaces that are soft that won't slide or that my elbows won't slide on?
The RAMP up went much better than last time, and I hardly had to look at my cheat sheets. I used an ARC trainer for intervals and it worked great for that.
I don't think my legs will hurt, but my arms might! I definitely felt like I worked my whole body. I just went easier on my legs. I did my push-ups with the bar on the Smith machine elevated to the level of the top of my thigh and was able to do 2 sets of 10. I did the kneeling lat pull-down for my pull using the machine with a pully on each side and loved it! I really hope the 4 on the weights doesn't mean I only did 4 lbs/side, 'cause that was a lot of work. I did 10 lbs on my combo (back lunge with shoulder press).
I chatted with the owner who I hadn't really talked to before (not my home gym), and he and his wife seemed impressed with my workout :-) I do think I'll really like this once I get my balancing muscles working and get my routine down.
I did Basic Training I Workout B for the first time tonight. It went really well. All exercises were challenging. I was even able to do planks, which means my elbow has healed a lot since I did workout A. I could only do 15 secs at a time, but was working against sliding elbows the whole time...any ideas for surfaces that are soft that won't slide or that my elbows won't slide on?
The RAMP up went much better than last time, and I hardly had to look at my cheat sheets. I used an ARC trainer for intervals and it worked great for that.
I don't think my legs will hurt, but my arms might! I definitely felt like I worked my whole body. I just went easier on my legs. I did my push-ups with the bar on the Smith machine elevated to the level of the top of my thigh and was able to do 2 sets of 10. I did the kneeling lat pull-down for my pull using the machine with a pully on each side and loved it! I really hope the 4 on the weights doesn't mean I only did 4 lbs/side, 'cause that was a lot of work. I did 10 lbs on my combo (back lunge with shoulder press).
I chatted with the owner who I hadn't really talked to before (not my home gym), and he and his wife seemed impressed with my workout :-) I do think I'll really like this once I get my balancing muscles working and get my routine down.
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Sounds like you are doing great! Interesting about the sliding elbows - I have not have that problem. I usually do the planks on an exercise mat. My gym has two different types and both seem to work well for planks. Have you been able to increase the time?
I just came back from 2 weeks in Sweden. I went there to celebrate my mother's 100th birthday and it was a lot of fun, but I ate too many pastries and did not work out. I plan to resume my BT 3 workouts tomorrow and also weigh myself so it will be interesting to see how much damage I did.
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I've been slacking for about a week. I'm facing end of the semester deadlines and having a hard time forcing myself to write the paper that's the only thing I have left.
I figured out the problem with sliding was due to having my elbows too far out in front of me. I've done one workout since this one and it went really well. Some of the trainers from the gym were working out at the same time and were really encouraging! I asked one of them what the 4 meant and he said it's 40 lbs :-)0 -
Glad you figured out the elbow issue! It's nice that the trainers there are encouraging, in my gym they kind of just look at me.
Is it 40 lbs for each side? If so, you are strong!
Good luck with your paper!0
