Biceps and Shoulders
The whole family overslept this morning. We lazily got out of bed at around 8:30. We must had needed the sleep. My daughter missed soccer. But we are all in such a good mood, it didn’t matter. She still came to the gym with me and jumped in the jumper, so all was okay in her world.
Today was a great workout. It was more aerobic than heavy. I got in six circuits of 4 excercises: squat+lat raise with bb (20# bb to 30#bb (these were nice to keep the quads warm, also stretched the glutes, my knees felt GREAT); bicep curls (25# to 30#), shoulder presses (20#, went light shoulders are sore), lat pull over on the bench to a stand (slight squat) up to a front lat raise (30#). I ended it with some abs. I am probably going back this evening for 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of abs.
My body looked really good today–full and strong. Like alot of people, I think my legs will be the last to ‘come in’ so I tried to incorporate squats whenever I could, even if it was light weight. I’ll be doing the same with calf raises. You know, I really like the vibe at the ‘new’ gym. I went to the old gym last night and there was alot of socializing. Men worked out in groups of 2 or 3 taking turns and talking. A man could be waiting for upwards of 5 minutes to work in. I was working the lat pull down, cables, and a 60# bb–circuiting my butt off. But this morning, at the new gym, I was in the free weight area between this lady with her hair thrown in a sloppy bun with fantastic vascular forearms and another lady pushing heavy free weights and who had great pecs and a really nice back. That was so inspiring and so refreshing. Seems like the new gym has seriousness that the other gyms doesn’t have. At the old gym people casually workout and at the new gym, people train.
