I could tell as soon as I got to the gym that this wasn't going to be the best day ever. My squats were not feeling good. I struggled to find a position where my knee wouldn't click and my legs were wobbly. Everything seemed harder than it should. I did manage to stick with the higher weights from my last workouts and not drop back at all, but I didn't increase. I guess I should remember that getting out on a Saturday morning is itself an achievement.
In total, I took 56 minutes. Several times I had to stop to pause. I kept getting a bit light headed on the squats, so the pauses were necessary. For some of the sets, I had to break up my counting to thee mini-sets of 5 to get through it. Sometimes I would pause between mini-sets, sometimes I wouldn't. I think part of the difficulty with this stage is mental. It's hard to imagine 15 reps and on top of that, it's hard to imagine holding out for 4 rounds of those 15 rep sets.
Today's workout was Stage 7 Workout 4 of New Rules of Lifting for Women.
Squat - 2x6@55# (didn't go deep enough on some reps)
DB Squat, heals raised - 4x15@15#ea (heals on 2# DBs)
DB Shoulder press - 4x15@20#ea
Step-up - 4x15@12#ea (on padded bench, better with not pushing off)
Underhand lat pulldown - 4x15@87# (hard, hard, very hard, extremely hard!)
2 comments:
I hate those types of days. Yeah, I may complete all the reps and such at the same weight as before, but it still feels bleh and I don't awesome afterwords. I notice this happens after I eat like crap for a couple of days.
I've been eating like crap a lot lately. Maybe when I get control of that, I'll be back in good form.
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