Session 17

Friday, June 29th

Probably one of my worst workouts in terms of ability to perform and just positive energy:

Fitness assessment:
Lost 5 lbs but over the course of just a month -- terrible!
Fingers to toes flexibility, Grade 20 (I dont know what I was when I started)
6 pushups! Way better than doing just one
Right hand grip strength - 60. Left hand grip strength 52 (sigh)
Body Fat Comp - so baddddd - fuck -- still above 30%.

But I suppose that is reassuring -- if I lose all that fat, I can get to my dream weight of 165lbs.

Workout:

No warmup because we were running late

5 exercise circuit:
Prisoner Jump Squats - 12 reps

Pump Shoulder Press - 25lbs - 12 reps each arm
Rack Dead Lift (dont know the weight) - 10 reps

Pushups on same dead lift bar - 6 pushups
Jump and Jacks - 30

On the 3rd set of these -- on the jump and jacks - I got a really sharp cramp on the my left back side area which George was was probably a Lat pull -- everytime I breathed, it hurt really bad. After like a 5 minute break George modified the set to:

2 sets of:

Standing (arms out) body squats - 12 reps

Pump Shoulder Press - 25lbs - 12 reps each arm
Rack Dead Lift (dont know the weight) - 10 reps
Incline Pushups on higher bar - 10

I was dying on the shoulder press -- my shoulders were so tired. He wanted to get rid of jump and jacks and do jump rope but I kept jumping too high. I told him I was never able to jump rope properly so he said he wants to work on that.

The last thing we did before we cut the workout short was

Drop set of Tricep Pulls:

45lbs - 8 reps
40lbs - 10 reps
35lbs - 5 reps (My arms could not do any more)
30lbs - 12 reps

Next week - I was going to take off Monday for a Wedding, Tuesday George is off, Wednesday is 4th of July, and then Thursday & Fri -- travel for work -- so I wouldn't be able do a session till following Saturday or Monday.

So -- I decided to just come in Monday morning and do a session and then go home. Waste of gas, but needs to be done.

I really think I have to eat salads just to lose more weight. With Chris, I did planet fitness pretty much everyday -- whereas now, because of travel, I don't consistently go to the gym. Even when it's downstairs for some really bad reason, I dont have the motivation. Plus, when I go out, I like to try different (usually high calorie food)

It sucks!