Today was the last of the 12 reps workouts for Stage 1. Next week I’ll get to move down to 10 reps!
So here follows today’s results:
B. Deadlift – 2×12 – 70 lb barbell
B1. Dumbbell Press – 6 & 5 – 17.5 lb dumbbells
B2. Pullovers – 2×12 – 15 lb barbell
C1. Lunges – 2×12 (each leg) – 3 lb dumbbells
C2. Swiss Ball Crunch with arms overhead – 2×15 – 12.5 lb dumbbell
I’m still not sure of my current limit for the deadlift. I’ll definitely be bumping it up another 5 lbs next session. I think I’m keeping good form on these. I’m thinking about figuring out how to set up my camera to take video. The camera has some sort of video function, but I don’t have a tripod or timer and am not sure what I’d need. Definitely keeping it in mind for the future though.
I managed a couple more reps than last time on the dumbbell press. It seems like I should have been able to do a bit more on these, but it just didn’t happen. Still, progress is progress.
For the pullovers, I had all sorts of trouble with this weight last session and didn’t get in all the reps. No difficulty this time around, so I’ll be bumping up the weight on these for next time.
It was pink dumbbell time for the lunges. A couple of B sessions ago, I’d tried it with 7.5 lb dumbbells, ended up with the worst form ever, and then went back to bodyweight. I haven’t been having much trouble with bodyweight, so long as I go slow, so decided to add in a bit of weight this time. After adding in the 3 lb pink dumbbells (they aren’t actually pink though), I got in all the reps, but my form on the second set was pretty awful. I think I’ll be sticking with pink for the next time around until the form is good for both sets. I am going all the way down at least. It wouldn’t physically be possible to get any lower as my back knee is brushing the ground.
These swiss ball crunches are pretty easy so far. The weight makes it a bit more difficult, but not in the ab crunch area. I think as I bump up weight, my arms will give out holding the weight up long before my abdomen would feel much of anything. I didn’t up the weight from last session though because I did have difficulty staying on the ball. No problems with the ball this time around.
Also, the minor weight plate injury from Wednesday was completely gone by today, so no gloves. I don’t have any chalk though, so I’ve been using baby powder. It seems to be working so far.
On Monday, it’s back to workout A. Ugh. I like workout B much better than A, but at least I can decrease the reps! And!!! I’ll get to do 3 sets for each exercise instead of only 2 sets!!
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