Wednesday, June 10, 2009

No Body Weight Matrix for me :(

Today I did Stage 3 Workout A3 for New Rules of Lifting for Women.
It was a good workout today. I was sweating up a storm! I felt strong.

I did these weights today:
1 arm db snatch - 1x25#, 2x30# (with 30# I felt really strong for some reason)
db single leg Romanian deadlift - 3x35#ea (got better with each set)
barbell bentover row - 3x80#
db single arm overhead squat - 3x12# & 25# (partial squat due to knee)
db incline bench press - 1x25#ea, 2x30#ea (limit of left arm, a little scary due to wobble!)
plank - 3x90s (sweat!!)
reverse woodchop - 3x41# lifted (~81# on the cable)

Instead of the body weight matrix of squats, lunges, squat jumps, and lunge jumps, I did an interval session on the stationary bike. My left knee was really clicky when I squatted, so I headed my physical therapists advice and skipped those. He said I should ride my bike a lot, so I chose that for the interval session.

All in all a great workout. Several of the exercises seem to get better with each set. My balance improved over time, too. Weird.

My heart rate actually didn't get much higher while biking. Probably because I was sitting. It doesn't show up for the planks, either, even though I was really working! Those first three big spikes were the 1 arm dumbbell snatches.

Heartrate for Weight Portion

Heartrate for Bike Intervals

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