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Originally Posted by TRACE
Hey Amy glad to see your doing better. Congrats on the gold, bummer on the hammy. Your training has changed up alot since I last viewed your journal.
I'm trying to get back into the gym durn sinuses, but atleast I got some bad/good news out of going to the doc for the sinus crud. I can finally get back on track with my training now and finally get some actualy results since I'm on TRT now.
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Thanks! The hammy will heal. Oh yeah...my training has really changed up! I've been lifting rather light the past couple of months while the knee ligament healed up. I just started back heavy this week.
And now my focus on lifting is lifts that support my backpacking and my ma training. Lots of auxiliary lifts. (Which I love!)
Sorry to hear about the sinuses! That stuff sucks! I had to have surgery for mine at one point...was it ever heaven to be able to breath again!
So here is from Wednesday's training:
So...I got back to the gym today. The knee is healed up...I've been feeling a little bit better from day to day so I figured I'd give it a try...
Well...I got in there and they had replaced every single machine in there as well as my beloved squat rack!
I'm not a fan of the new rack. The side bars are not adjustable and they are too high to help catch me if things go bad with my zerchers. I had to do my zerchers out of the rack. Went through my routine...got a little cranky because I had to lift up on my toes a bit more than usual to get the bar re-racked between sets and that was awkward. And then I went looking for the back extension machine...and it's totally gone...and not replaced!
I loved that thing...
So...here's the work:
Lower body day
Squats
warm-ups 8 reps - 95#
set 1/8 reps - 135#
set 2/8 reps - 135#
*Adjusted to my 'working' weight fine
Zerchers
set 1/8 reps - 95#
set 2/8 reps - 95#
*same as above
Romanians
set 1/8 reps - 95#
set 2/8 reps - 95#
*same as above
Good mornings
set 1/8 reps - 95#
set 2/8 reps - 95#
*same as above
Hyper extensions
2 sets - bodyweight
Hip Adductions
2 sets/8 reps 70#
*I struggled with these! So very bummed about these as my working weight before my lay off was well above 100#.
Hip Abductions
2 sets/8 reps 70#
*No struggle with these...but definitely not as strong as I was prior to my lay-off.
Machine Calf Raises
Set 1/15 reps - 60#
Set 2/15 reps - 70#
Set 3/15 reps - 70#
*I did not like the new machine. It felt awkward as hellz and I felt that even at the tallest setting my legs are just too long! I guess next time I go back to seated cr's.
I'm really not happy about the changes at my gym. I just 'tolerated' the rack they used to have. It also was not adjustable...but I 'fit' it fairly well. I've been thinking about checking out a gym that opened a year or so ago that is 10 minutes closer to me. I may take a trip over there early next week to see what they have for equipment.
Eh.../rant over
Today's gym hunting adventure...
So I went hunting for a gym today...I was biatching pretty badly about the changes at my old gym when I got to my ma class on Thursday night. Eric told me I should check out his gym...in his words, "They are all about free weights there."
So I took a ride over this afternoon and....
When I walked into the gym I said to the manager "If you can answer this in the affirmative for me you will have a new client...is this club equipped so that I can do zerchers, bottom up zerchers and good mornings as well as rack deads? And...can I bring my loaded backpack in to do my cardio because it's almost backpacking season for me and I need to train in my pack?"
He looked at me smiled nice and wide and said, "Let me show you around." He brought me to the stepper/step mill and then straight to the racks and cage. I took one look at the cage and the set of bars with a pretty little hex bar standing nearby and said, "Sold!" He grinned and told me..."you do realize that everyone is going to be watching you?" I laughed and told him that as long as they stayed out of my way I didn't care.