May 9th. RP Day B1.
Ok, so tonights B1 workout was much better than last weeks. I did change the squats to machine leg presses this time because I’m still not comfortable with squats, but I know that I can use real good weight on the leg press. I have never really done squatting in my life, except for a few times on the smith machine at my old gym. At this gym however, the smith machine doesn’t allow me to squat comfortably because of where it is located in the gym(no mirror, so I dont know how my form is), and because the racks in it are either too high or too low, so there is no good starting point after I load the weight. I either have to try and stand on my tippy toes to unrack the weight, or crouch way down halfway to get under the bar, which I dont like to do either. So last time, I tried free weight squats for the 1st time in my life, in a regular squat rack, which was nice because I could put the bar shoulder high, and easily rack and unrack it. However, I wasnt completely comfortable with my form still, and I could only put 95 pounds on because I was afraid of going too heavy and either getting hurt, or getting stuck and not having the smith machine to save me. Maybe I just need more practice, so Im goning to plan on incorporating it into my high volume week and just go light until I get the hang of it. But since I only get one work set of one exercise for my RP week, I want to be able to really work hard, so for now its leg press on B1. Anyway, as I said before, no RP on my legs as I have to save them for marathon training, but I’m still trying to work them hard on their sets. I improved on every exercise, so I was very happy. Here are the numbers:
EZ Bar Curls: 75E, 18.
Rope Hammer Curls: 150, 18.
Standing Calf: 250, 16.
Lying Hamstrings: 90E, 8.
Machine Leg Press: 420, 8.
