Saturday on Tuesday

Hi ya'll! Well, here it is. My saturday workout posted on tuesday...oops! Well, see, it's like this...my most EXCELLENT husband and I worked out together, went to a movie together and he threw a SURPISE BD PARTY FOR ME on saturday, which was my 40th! I think I am still recovering from the shock and awe of it! That was an awesome day all the way around. I broke pr's at the gym and partied the night away with my friends and love of my life...Now...that's what I call a GREAT day! Here ya go! Bench press always warm up with the bar 65# x 3 75# x 3 85# x 3 95# x 1 100# x 1 1 5# x 1 110# x 1 New PR 115# x almost~~ argh two attempts man I almost had them! I need to work on my explosiveness from the chest. But I will get it. DB Incline flyes and presses supersets 15# x 3 sets BB over head presses in the smith machine warm up with bar 65# x 6 75# x 6 85# x 6 95# x 4 1/2 (hey I gotta take the half...) Tricep DB French Presses 15# x 12 20# x 12 25# x 6 Rope pulls to face 35# x 12 45# x 12 55# x 12 65# x 12 Tricep push downs 50# x 12 60# x 12 70# x 12 80# x 12 90# x 1 set x breakdown set Abs Side bends with 20# 3 sets of 12 each side Eliptical Only about 10 minutes while waiting on Earl to finish up...hmmm for some sneaky reason he wanted to get out of the gym by a certain time...I should have know he was up to something then.... Ok, well it's back to the gym tonight. I will let you guys know how it went. Have a great week! Hugs, Valerie

Nice job on the party Earl!! Val - WOW!!! Your are so strong!! It is so cool to see you post your workouts with the new PB's all the time. You seem to be getting so many stregnth gains lately. I can't wait to have those again. All the inconsistency in the gym has really thrown me off and it has been hard to measure progress. Right now I measure it by showing up and being joint pain free. Last year I was in the same boat as you - I would increase weight almost every session. I miss it!!!!!!! I think my favorite upper body move has got to be the tricep dumbell french press lying face up. I've been doing them on a flat bench or with a slight incline using 20lb dumbells and usually fail on my 3rd set by the 2nd or 3rd rep. Yesterday when I did them I had to drop to 15 lbs on the 3rd set. I've also been trying to do a lot more dips on the flat bench and using my own body weight. I have to keep my knees bent though by the 2nd set. Dana does them with his legs straight up on a 2nd flat bench the whole time. He ways a 80lbs less then me but sometimes I forget that. I tried to do that and fell right on my butt in front of everyone!! Once I drop some body weight I will work some more on it. The other thing I can't do for the life of me right now is the hanging reverse crunches or the verticle/dip bench reverse crunches. I've never been able to do more then 3 in a row without breaking. Hopefully these might get easier too. Maybe one day I might even be able to pull of lunges again.... imagine that!!! Ok enough daydreaming for me... time to get back to work!

Thanks Stacy! I am feeling it too! I love it. You just do your best. Right now is really hard for you I know. I have been there!! I know what that's like, so I was just happy to be able to get to the gym and get my workouts in. Never give up. Upper body has been my weak areas but I am really beginning to like training my arms and chest. Of course, leg days are my Favorites because that is my strong area. I would like to try lunges but unfortunately my knees protest too much. It really scares me to do some stuff becuase of all the popping and cracking. I won't squat unless I have Earl to spot me, I don't trust anyone else! Well, I am off again, gotta get that workout in. Hang in, do your best and that's all that's important! Hugs, Val