Making the adjustments
So my doctor has me on some meds to help with the migraine problem. Unfortunately it comes with a light workout regimen. So I have made some adjustments and experimented to find what works without causing a migraine. So far, if I do a weight that I can lift for 10-15 reps, I’m ok. If it’s a weight that I can only do 4-8 reps, I stand a good chance to cause the migraine. I have worked out the last few days but I haven’t kept up on my workout tracker as I was mostly experimenting and not really tracking all the sets and reps I was doing. However, last night was a leg workout and I did squats, lying hamstring curls, quad extensions, standing calf raises and 30 minutes on the Cybex elliptical. I did fewer exercises than my normal leg routine but my energy was low and I need to make an attempt to follow the doctor’s orders. However, leg isolation exercises don’t bother me as much as the upper body ones do. I had a personal record on hamstring curl – 185lbs 4-5 reps. The machine tops out at 200lbs and I want to get there. Today, I will try shoulders and biceps with some cardio. I will have to be very careful on the weight for the shoulders since this is upper body intense training so I need to go light and watch myself. This ticks me off because I was improving on my DB shoulder presses, getting to 90lb DBs – won’t be doing that today.
December 15, 2007 at 11:34 am
Stick with it man. This is only a small set back. You’ll be back at it soon.