Our Physical Fitness

[Evaniel]

Workouts have been consistent (lifting 5x/week, running 2-3x/week), but I think I'm abandoning calorie counting for now. The students are back, which means the gym is packed, but I've been able to get it done so far.

 

[Mannahnin]

Got in Friday (8/29) after work for two circuits of dumbbell bench, dumbbell inclined curls, and dumbbell lateral raises. Then did three sets of machine overhead press. I was going to use a machine for tricep extensions (for some reason I wasn't feeling my dumbbell behind the head skull crushers) but it was out of order. Had to rush a bit to get stuff done and get down to Boston for the concert, but it was pretty good.

Sunday (8/31) I got back in for three circuits of dumbbell bench, my behind the head skull crushers, and dumbbell lateral raises, then three sets of lat pulldowns. My shoulders were complaining on the skull crushers more than I'm accustomed to, so I reduced reps on the first set and weight on the next two.

Didn't get back in until Thursday the 4th, when it was busy but I did straight sets instead of circuits. Got in three sets (plus a few drop sets) of four different exercises- dumbbell bench (which I've recently advanced in weight on a little), dumbbell inclined curls (slight gain in reps), machine overhead press, and machine triceps extensions.

Saturday the 6th I was hoping to hike a small mountain but car issues foiled that plan. Did get to the gym and did three circuits of dumbbell bench, dumbbell inclined curls, and dumbbell seated lateral raises, then did straight sets of machine triceps extensions (with drop sets), and then three sets of hack squats, adjusting my foot position a bit and pushing more weight than I've managed in the past. Got some satisfying quad soreness the last couple of days, too.

Monday I had to take off work due to those car issues (which sucked), but I made use of the resultant energy to do a hard gym session. Same circuits as Saturday, then instead of triceps extensions and hack squats, did three sets of face pulls and three sets of triceps pushdowns (haven't done those in forever but the extension machine was broken).

I've been doing better about sleep and about getting consistent again on my morning PT/calisthenics. The BPV has pretty much all faded, though I'm also skipping rolling back and forth on the ground exercises so as not to trigger it.