Originally Posted by nutbar
Holy suckarooni, Batman. My workout sucked today. My knees were both hurting and popping, along with both hips. Suck, suck, suck.
NR4W Stage 1, Workout A, 5 of 8
Warmup: ADW from PBD, followed by squats 1 x 5 x 50# and 1 x 5 x 85#.
Squat: 1 x 10 x 95#, 1 x 8 x 95#, 1 x 10 x 95#. My knees were just so not cooperating with me today. Reps were lowered and I didn't even go ATG like usual (still got slightly below parallel, though) but I still had trouble with the same stupid weight as last time. Shit.
Push up: 1 x 10 (5 @ floor, 5 @ 30 degrees), 1 x 10 (6 @ ground, 4 @ 30 degrees), 1 x 10 (5 @ floor, 5 @ 30 degrees). At least push ups were an improvement over last time.
Seated row: 3 x 10 x 100. Didn't get full ROM on the last 2 reps of that last set but, by that time, I didn't really give a crap. Still, did those 2 at probably 90%.
Step up: 3 x 10 x BW. I was ready to try a couple light DBs with it this time but, the way my knees were during squats, I decided to just stick with bodyweight again.
Prone jackknife: 1 x 10, 1 x 12, 1 x 11. Holy hell. First set, I had the ball on a floor mat and as I got near the end, the mat started slipping (we have concrete floors) on the floor and the ball kept getting further and further away... Wham! Yep, I bit it. I Frenched the floor. But not before my head hit the dresser in front of me and took some of the impact. That was handy and I still have all of my teeth. Second set, I remembered to move the stupid mat and did fine. Last set, I don't know what happened but I fell off in the middle of #12 and said what the hell, I'm done. Oh, on these, my hips were doing a crepitus-like pop upon straightening. Not actual pops but not actual grinding. Kind of a combination. It was freaking me out. Which may account for my lost focus and conversation with gravity.
Oh, yeah. Then I was feeling like such a suckass, I decided I'd throw in a round of HIIT on my elliptical (which has 16 resistance levels).
HIIT: 5 minute warmup, then 3 full rounds of 1 minute at R16 (fast as it would go), 2 minutes at R5 (moderate pace).
I need to just go outside and run for my HIIT. Much easier to hit high enough intensities that way. I thought my poor elliptical was going to explode as fast as I was cranking it.
In short, I've said more bad words today than most people even know exist. (I'm an ex-sailor so I'm fully-qualified to cuss professionally. I can also form some cussing classes for a small fee...)
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