Man I had to rescue my log from page 4. You guys are animals. Sorry not much time to lurk due to work hassles this week but I'll catch up with ya'll this weekend.
I want to post my workout though while it is still in my mind...
Warmup = 1 mile run at 2% incline and 6mph
We started with deads... Way cool!! And I got to add a lot of weight but we still had high reps. He is wary of my hamstring so not letting me go all out.
Deads (I love these for some reason)
1x15 (45lb)
1x15 (55lb)
2x15 (90lb) Can you believe this? 90lb and it was easy. Actually it was a tiny bit hard until he put straps on me. Then it was easy because my grip was secure. Yeah. I can't wait to see what I can lift. We worked a lot on me keeping my form for these.
Next he had me load hamstrings again only with a swiss ball. I forget what these are called but I had to lie on back and put feet on ball, lift at hips and bring in legs and out legs all the while the hips stay up. I did
3x12 of these and they kicked my ass too.
Squats came next baby!!!! I love these too for some reason. We took a lot of time to get form correct. He started me out at 90lb because it is most often the case that someone who can deadlift that weight for such high reps can also squat that much. He spotted me from behind so that I did not get too scared but even so it was scary. I did 1x15 (90lb) as a first set but I did not get down as low as I should. Mostly it was due to my fear but also I felt my back round out at the bottom. So we had a long discussion about weight belts again. He wants me to get one but we will only use it for when I am doing heavy weights.
And here is where the trainer earns his money again. He noticed that at the bottom of the squat that I shifted my weight into my left hip instead of my right hip. In other words I am protecting that injured one still. I don't feel pain there but do have a definate weakness. For that reason he took me back to 65lb and we finished up the sets. So I did 2x15 at 65lb of that.
With his new finding we went to step ups next. I told himI sucked at these. He said that is why we need to do them and also said that I suck at them due to my imbalance. So we did this with just 30 lb weights and stepped up to a bench. I did 2x12 of these and on my right leg my hamstring started to scream at me.
So we stopped there and he made me lie down on the pad and he stretched my hams. I hate stretching. He says I am really inflexible and again stressed that I find myself in yoga or some similar activity once a week.
We talked about that for awhile and why it is important.
Anyway that is all for now.
What do you think really motivates us to stay fit?
