I had a check up with my doctor yesterday and she wants me to try physical therapy for my knee. I never know how to choose a doctor I've never been to before. There are several PTs in town and I have no clue where to start.
Today was stage 2 B3. Two more workouts in stage 2!
I started out with 5 minutes on this odd elliptical/stepper machine that lets you vary the length and height of your stride. I was just playing with it. Kind of fun.
I don't think I'm going low enough on the split squats. Otherwise things went well. I increased some of the weights.
wide grip deadlift from box: 95# then 100#
Bulgarian split squat: (per hand) 30# then 25#, had to split the first set on my left leg, then kept it low for the second set. I need to go lower on these, but I think I would need my back leg to be a bit lower.
Underhand lat pulldown: 92#
Rev. lunge from box: 15# each hand
DB prone Cuban snatch: 15# each (that was hard!! I had to really focus on form.)
Swiss ball crunch: I used the smallest ball and 26# over my head, still not very challenging, but I've given up expecting much from these
Reverse crunch: on a 15deg incline. taking them slow increases the intensity, I found
Lateral flexion: style #3, I concentrated on really contracting my side, but not very intense
Prone cobra: 90secs, focused on getting chest far up off the mat, these DID challenge me! I'm still feeling them in my lower back.
I didn't do the intervals today. I was already over an hour at weights alone. Maybe tomorrow.
2 comments:
Melly, your weight training is awesome and inspirational! I hope to follow in your footsteps soon; you make it seem so darn easy, even though I know it's not!
Thanks! It's fun. I like having a plan to follow, like with c25k. I don't have to think much about what to do next. It's easy in that regard. If lifting the weights were easy, I wouldn't be doing the program correctly! LOL!
Hopefully, I'll get my knee figured out and can work on running more along with the weights, though.
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