BeckieA’s BodyBlog

I’ve spent all of today lying on the couch blowing my nose-not exactly conducive to training I’m afraid!

I was supposed to do back and shoulders today but now that has to go on hold until my nose stops dripping and my head stops pounding…not a happy camper i’m afraid esp with such a busy week scheduled.

Well I’ve been training 3x week for the past month and so far so good-I’ve gained back some of my lost muscle from my shoulders and back

I’ve been sticking with a number of basic exercises:

Legs:Leg Press,leg curl,3/4ROM leg extensions,single leg calf raises

Back: Lat pulldown from high pulley with rope,cable row,DB row,bent over cable row,straight arm lat pulldowns

Shoulders: DB lat raises,Standing machine shoulder raises

Chest:Machine chest press,unilateral chest press

Arms: BB curls,close grip pullups(assisted),cable pressdown,assisted dips

Abs: Core on Swiss ball

Reps and sets: I generally do 3-4 with reps in the 8-12 range

Rest: I vary this alot-sometimes even though I go heavier I keep my rest periods down to build a bit of strength-endurance. Rest varies between 30-90 seconds