Waiting For the Elbow to Get Right
Last night I did 45 minutes of cardio. My intention was to run for 4.25 miles. I ate dinner about 2 hours prior, so I thought I would be fueled up and ready to go. I had the sopa dinner it came with two sopas, topped with steak, lettuce, and tomatoes. I only ate one of the sopas, b/c that was plenty of carbs, and ate all of the steak and lettuce and stuff. I got to the gym my body could do the run, but I kept getting all gassy and ‘refluxy’; so I had to stop before I made myself yack. I ran for 20 and did the elliptical for the remainder of my time. Then I worked the abs by 3×20 of hanging knee raises and crunches.
This morning was chest and biceps. Looks like I have tendenitis in my left elbow, so I was looking to modify my workout a bit to still target the muscle but mimize the disomfort. I used the cable machine and used the rope attachment. I limited my range of motion (lifted from the mid-high point). I was able to do 50 pounds that way.Then I also attached the handles to each side of the cable machine (you know when you look like Hercules between two pillars?) and worked biceps that way (20# ). I also did weight assisted pull-ups, and that was fine. I could never do much of those anyway, which is a good enough reason to just keep doing them. I’ll keep playing with grips and weights until the elbow heals. I threw in 3 sets of full squats since my legs weren’t sore. I will probably go back to the gym tonight. I’ve just got to see if I can run more than 4 miles.
I got caught without my lunch today and went to a local burger joint–not fast food, the mom and pop smokehouse type. I had a veggie burger with onions, lettuce, and tomato. They didn’t have whole wheat buns! So, I’ll feel better if I burn a bit on that off. Will probably do some progress pictures in a few weeks.
