12/ 15 Lower body
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Loading ...And 10 days until Christmas, to boot. Just got my online gift orders in for the ‘rents and the bro.
I orginally was thinking I’d do 6 days on 1 day off for workouts, but I’m thinking that might be a bit too ambitious in terms of getting benefit from the work. So I’ll take tomorrow relatively easy, get some work in saturday, rest sunday and then perhaps do a MT ThFS schedule for the next two weeks, cycling through my three days of upper/lower/full w/o weight. We’ll see. I might just do one day of each and make the fourth/fifth days a more ‘experimental’ sort of workout where I just mix it up and try some new exercises whilst working up a sweat. I’m thinking getting some work in at Tabata intervals (20s work, 10s rest, 8 sets) will be beneficial, particularly since I’ve got my ankle keeping me from doing too much running. I think I’ll give it a try saturday.
Anyways, today’s workout…
Jump Squats 3×10@80lbs (+)
Lunges 3×12 @40lbs, mixing in angle/side squats
Sl RDLS 3×10 @ 20lbs
Sl Calf Raises w/ 3×15
Leg Curls 2×12, 1×15 @40 (^)
Turkish Get-up 3×10 @10
Clean & Press (more of a warm-down) 15 @40
+–needs more reps/set
^–needs more weight
these are in addition to regular progression, I could’ve been pushed more in both.
Feeling much better today than I had the first couple days in terms of soreness; the body adapts quickly to the extra workload. Keeping well-hydrated and having decent nutrition (my house isn’t the most health-consious) likely helps too, and I’ve been working on my massage technique with a lot of self-massage too, which probably helps with the recovery.
I’ve been sticking to my fitness goals pretty well so far, I think; I’ll revisit them at the end of the break and see how well I’ve done with an eye to keeping it up over the winter term.
