Just checking in, fell off the wagon last week and felt terrible, both mentally and physically, unlike previous times I'm not looking at it as having failed, just a bump in the road and have jumped back on the wagon. Just done some time on the bike followed by some weights, 15 reps 4 sets of bicep curls, shoulder press, shrugs, think I need to up the weight a bit as I'm not really feeling "the burn". Mind you at the moment I'm still working on form/technique, I'm finding when I'm doing barbell or curl bar work I'm still very right sided dominent. Maybe I need to switch to more dumbell work?P.S All my weight work is free weights, I don't go to a gym, just the spare bedroom!!
Upped the weights today and it feels better, not painful but I can feel where I have worked. Still worried my workouts aren't really long enough, I start with 15 mins on the bike then after going through 4 sets on 4 different areas is only taking another 15 mins, kinda feel I should be doing more!!Did bicep work with dumbells today instead of the curl bar, ol' lefty bicep aint piggy backing on righty no more!!
Quote from: Viking on February 27, 2013, 12:03:19 PMUpped the weights today and it feels better, not painful but I can feel where I have worked. Still worried my workouts aren't really long enough, I start with 15 mins on the bike then after going through 4 sets on 4 different areas is only taking another 15 mins, kinda feel I should be doing more!!Did bicep work with dumbells today instead of the curl bar, ol' lefty bicep aint piggy backing on righty no more!! Viking glad you are back on the saddle. Finishing your weight session in just 15 min is somewhat a cause for alarm... it means you are not taking enough rest between sets. this can lead to injury if you are doing at least ten reps on each set then aim for a 45 sec-1min break between each set... im not sure what you mean by 4 different areas... do you mean 4 different muscle groups? If that is the case then I strongly suggest you focus on two muscles during every session. for example chest and triceps. This method is far more effective and will get better results.Also do at least 5 exercises rather than 4.Best of luckSahil
Good Job Beardman!!!Mine went good, avg about 8 hours a week, would like to have got more mile but will take what I can get....injury free month works just fine! On to March!Cheers,Ty
YOu are most welcome Viking That's it, 3 chest, 3 triceps. My last 3 day lifting routine I only did 5 exercises, did flat bench , incline bench, dips, Triceps press and triceps pull downs. I was using the dips as both chest and triceps exercise by leaning forwards a bit, if you keep a straight back you are almost exclusively using triceps.
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