Getting back to growth mode
I’ve been back to the gym for one week now. First day was legs/triceps, and I managed to increase poundage in almost every lift. That surprised me. Second workout was chest/shoulders, and didn’t manage to do as much volume as the previous chest/shoulder workout. That didn’t surprise me. Third workout was back/biceps. I got to the gym at 7:25, just to learn that for a couple of weeks it changed its times, and was going to close at 8:00. I jogged to the gym, so I was sort of warmed-up. I just skipped the abs work, did some back extensions, stretched and started the real part with DEADLIFTS. Loaded as much weight as the time before. First set, 15 reps (same as previous workout). Second set, 13 reps (vs. 11 reps the previous workout, sweet). I was sort of rushing to be able to do most of my workout. Third set, 6 reps and started to feel dizzy (previous workout did 9 reps on the third set). Dissapointing. Moved to bent over row, less weight than last workout, did 8 reps and was exhausted. Decided to move to something easier. Shrugs, less weight but more reps than before. Felt like I needed to rest for some 5 minutes. It was about 7:50… left the gym.
I have been feeling tired last few days, and I’m having trouble to get up in the morning even after 9 hours of sleep. I might be mildly sick, or maybe I just jumped back too fast into my routine after two weeks off. Whatever, I will try one more week, and if I make no progress, I’ll start a new cycle, dropping weights to about 75% of my max, and build up from there. I lost 2 pounds and re-gained 1, so I’m at 151 as today. Of course I didn’t meet my goal of 155 by March 15th, but already set up a new short term goal of 156lbs for May 3rd.
