Yesterday was my mom's birthday! Happy birthday Mom!!
I'm still trying to figure out a gym routine. I now have 3 gyms to choose from, all with varying levels of convenience, and types of equipment. I went to my old gym, the AFC, last night. I planned ahead and packed a bag to bring to lab. At the end of the day, I took the bus straight to the gym, and changed in the locker room. Then Joey gave me a ride back after we were both finished. It worked out pretty well, but it's dependent on both remembering to bring everything I need, and being on the same schedule as Joey. There's a bus I could potentially take back home from the gym, but it's a 20 minute ride, and I don't know how often it runs in the evenings.
Anyway, this is what I did at the AFC last night!
Assisted Pullups:
70lbs assistance: 4, 3, 2
As soon as I finished the last set, I changed the weight to 90lbs assistance and did 7 more
Assisted Dips:
90lbs assistance: 5, 5, 5
I used a 20lb KB for all of the KB exercises. I started with the 10-2 ladder, and did that one time through. Then I moved onto the level 2 card, and did 2 sets of strength and 2 sets of tabata. I followed that up with 3 sets of 3 gets ups with a 7.5 DB. Then I did the Ab set. My hips completely locked up during the Ab extenders so I didn't make it through all 10...
Between the 10-2 Ladder and the Level 2 card, Joey came over to check my progress. It's been a while since he's seen me do any KB exercises, and I wanted to make sure I was doing them correctly. He said for the most part I was doing everything right, which was good. Then he tried to teach me some new things. I'm still struggling to figure out the Snatch. Every time a card says to do snatch, I substitute American Swings. I'm getting closer to it, but still not quite there. He showed me how to do American Swings with a turn, which adds a little extra movement into it. He also showed me how to do Swing Catch - something I had done with DB (modified slightly) in one of our last sparty sets. It's definitely more complicated with a KB - you start with a swing, and then toss it towards you so the grip rotates. Then you squat and press, and toss it back to grab and finish the bottom portion of the swing. I think I got the hang of it - it's one of those things where you can't be afraid of it.
After Joey finished up in the hot tub/sauna - without me because I forgot my suit :( - we went back home and got dinner started. He steamed some carrots, yellow squash and green beans for us, and microwaved a couple of potatoes (russet for him, sweet potato for me), and I made mustard and brown sugar tilapia again. I've been adding just a dusting of cayenne, so I get the sweet and spicy flavor in the mustard.
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Later I was still a bit hungry, so I took a slice of my sandwich bread (some kind of whole wheat whole grain thing) and topped half of it with homemade strawberry jam, and half with chestnut butter. Delish.
I'm still trying to figure out a gym routine. I now have 3 gyms to choose from, all with varying levels of convenience, and types of equipment. I went to my old gym, the AFC, last night. I planned ahead and packed a bag to bring to lab. At the end of the day, I took the bus straight to the gym, and changed in the locker room. Then Joey gave me a ride back after we were both finished. It worked out pretty well, but it's dependent on both remembering to bring everything I need, and being on the same schedule as Joey. There's a bus I could potentially take back home from the gym, but it's a 20 minute ride, and I don't know how often it runs in the evenings.
Anyway, this is what I did at the AFC last night!
Assisted Pullups:
70lbs assistance: 4, 3, 2
As soon as I finished the last set, I changed the weight to 90lbs assistance and did 7 more
Assisted Dips:
90lbs assistance: 5, 5, 5
I used a 20lb KB for all of the KB exercises. I started with the 10-2 ladder, and did that one time through. Then I moved onto the level 2 card, and did 2 sets of strength and 2 sets of tabata. I followed that up with 3 sets of 3 gets ups with a 7.5 DB. Then I did the Ab set. My hips completely locked up during the Ab extenders so I didn't make it through all 10...
Between the 10-2 Ladder and the Level 2 card, Joey came over to check my progress. It's been a while since he's seen me do any KB exercises, and I wanted to make sure I was doing them correctly. He said for the most part I was doing everything right, which was good. Then he tried to teach me some new things. I'm still struggling to figure out the Snatch. Every time a card says to do snatch, I substitute American Swings. I'm getting closer to it, but still not quite there. He showed me how to do American Swings with a turn, which adds a little extra movement into it. He also showed me how to do Swing Catch - something I had done with DB (modified slightly) in one of our last sparty sets. It's definitely more complicated with a KB - you start with a swing, and then toss it towards you so the grip rotates. Then you squat and press, and toss it back to grab and finish the bottom portion of the swing. I think I got the hang of it - it's one of those things where you can't be afraid of it.
After Joey finished up in the hot tub/sauna - without me because I forgot my suit :( - we went back home and got dinner started. He steamed some carrots, yellow squash and green beans for us, and microwaved a couple of potatoes (russet for him, sweet potato for me), and I made mustard and brown sugar tilapia again. I've been adding just a dusting of cayenne, so I get the sweet and spicy flavor in the mustard.
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Later I was still a bit hungry, so I took a slice of my sandwich bread (some kind of whole wheat whole grain thing) and topped half of it with homemade strawberry jam, and half with chestnut butter. Delish.
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