Once again today I decided to test the waters and make sure I was still capable of lifting my max in squats and sumo deadlifts. Warm up: Kettlebell plie squat: 4 x 25, 12 lbs DB romanian deadlift: 4 x 25, 10 lbs Resistance band lateral leg raises: 4 x 25, green band Workout: SumoContinue reading “Heavy and max deadlifts and squats”
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PR’s are cool, but..
Personal records are cool and all, but don’t allow them to define your worth. Of course, for professional athletes in weightlifting & powerlifting, we use those PR’s to determine where we are at within our goals and wanting to increase weights, but sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate the situation andContinue reading “PR’s are cool, but..”
New leg day strategy
Today, I decided on a new strategy for my powerlifting workouts, due to wanting to switch things up a bit and still challenge myself. The changes will only concern my leg day workouts (Tuesday and Thursday’s) but hopefully I will see good results from the switch up and reduce the soreness. I will continue toContinue reading “New leg day strategy”
Lifting Weights & Lunch with mom
Caution: Mini Story! So today’s workout at the gym went well, but not only that, my mom decided to stop in for the second time at the gym this morning — and she got to meet my boss (the owner of the gym) for the first time, which went over very well. Small background onContinue reading “Lifting Weights & Lunch with mom”
Sumo Saturday—
Short & Sweet Not gonna lie.. Saturday’s workout I on purpose, made it shorter than any other workout, because I was just wanting to get home at a decent time and “hopefully” study and get to bed at a rather decent time after dinner, but you know me.. —- that never did happen. I got theContinue reading “Sumo Saturday—”
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