Day 44 was a wonderful change of pace and a much needed day off. My body felt ROUGH and I just needed to get some quality nutrition, stretching and rest. I got in 15 minutes of cardio followed by 15 minutes of total body stretching. Every inch of my body was sore as hell, but I love that feeling.
Day 45 just happened to be a great day for massage therapy and my specialist did a great job and loosening up my super tight upper back and legs. I really advice if you have the discretionary expenses and time, do afford a qualified massage therapist; it is SO worth it. I just go into a session, tell her what is aching me most, she works the hell outta that area, I silently scream and internally cry as she works it to near deep tissue levels. But, afterward, I throw back lots of water, meditate then stretch and I feel like a million bucks! Later in the day, I grabbed a cardio session for 20 minutes (on the recumbent bike) followed by stretching the lower body. I'm happy to say that over the past 90 days, I have been incredibly diligent in my lower body stretches and I can now comfortably grab my feet from a seated (legs extended) position. Woo!
Day 46 was the low intensity priority training day followed by leg training. Warm up was on the treadmill at high inclines for 10 minutes. Immediately, I hit the assisted pull up machine and duplicated last Tuesday's routine, but with the assist at 95 pounds (5 pounds less than last week). I cranked out 100 reps...rather easily. My emotions were at a high today and my confidence through the roof. So, it came as no surprise.
The real test will come in 2 days when I attempt the same weight for 100 repetitions of alternating single arm pull ups. I will have that documented on video and will share what I will be able to do. Now, I share that the traditional pull up today was easy, but I will not let my ego dictate this next workout and drop the weight significantly. Single arm pull ups, regardless of assist or no assist, are no joke and should be performed with caution. Otherwise, injuries can happen and I'm not about to restart this routine a year or two from now because my ego decided that I could do this easily at a lower weight.
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-Dale L Roberts
One Jacked Monkey
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