Workout felt great today. I felt as if I had a tonne of energy to burn and was really focused. Id give it a difficulty of about 8/10 again. I’m officially at the 2 week point now. I’d summarize everything to say I feel great and like I could add more weight to the workout. I think I’ve mastered the rock!
I went around to my Dads yesterday and for my birthday he’s going to get me some dumbells/barbells. It’ll be a great present and this year is one of the few years I actually know what I want. If my mum asks me, I’m going to ask her to get me the JML Iron Gym Total Upper Body Workout Bar. It can be bought on Amazon for £14.78 including delivery and is great for sit-ups, pushups, pull-ups, tricep dips etc.
My form in this workout was
Squats – 12
Calf Raises – 35
I’m definitely mastering this weight and need to ater my calf raise routine as its too easy. Maybe a slower decline and incline would work better?
In my last leg workouts on Days 4, 7, 11 & today respectively, I got…
Calf Raises – 21, 21, 28, 35
Squats – 6, 12, 13, 12
Definite progress on the calf raises. Part of this is down to improving my technique. The squats have improved a lot but maybe I’ve plateaued at this weight. I’m going to my Mums later tonight and will pick up some hand weights for holding when I go for my Sunday runs. That will be a killer!
I would give todays workout a hefty difficulty of 8/10. Glad I got that out of the way .
My form was
Rock Lifts – 17
Pushups – 5
With the push-ups I always start with about 17 then down to 10 for round 2. That’s what I’m supposed to do. Maximum exertion from the start but the low scores in the later rounds are frustrating. In other news my rock lifts are going really well. I’m loving that I did 68 rock lifts today. Much better than previously.
Day 2, 6, 9, 13 respectively so far (arm workouts) have given me
Rock Lifts (Bicep Curls) – 2, 6, 11, 17,
Push-ups – 8, 6, 4, 5.
Interesting results. Rock lifts have gone up rapidly. Push-ups not so much. I think it’s because I’m actually going 100% in the first few rounds. on push-ups now so my score suffers at the end.
A side note, I’m looking at a £100 dumbbells/barbells set from Argos. These York Chrome sets would rapidly increase my workout development. I’ll keep you updated. Tomorrow is “Legs Thursday”. I can’t believe it’s nearly been 2 weeks at this! I’m equal with when I gave up last time in July but I don’t feel like giving up at all now.
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