Weekend Moving and Sunday Night Workout
Finally! A home extension project that started in August is finally nearing completion! My wife and I were able to move into our new home offices over the weekend. Although we have some things to finish up in the spring, the new space is now usable. We designed it to be functional, add value to our house, and free up other living space. I can now work without having to listen to the washer and without a number of other inconveniences I lived with for years.
You’d think the move would be simple…just switching things around in the same house. No such luck! Besides the actual moving of desks, chairs, cabinets and bookshelves, I had to make dozens of trips up one staircase, to the other end of the house, then down another staircase. I could have saved a lot of trouble if I could have walked outdoors with it all, but wet weather made that impossible. So instead I got in lots of lifting and cardio….then I went to the gym!
Squats was the primary exercise planned for the workout…the power rack was in use so I started the workout with some pull-ups and trap work while I waited…oh yeah, and I jumped rope too. I am struggling with pullups lately, and no wonder since I’m bench pressing heavy about twice a week. Started squats about 45 minutes after getting to the gym. I wasn’t feeling 100%, all the physical activity over the weekend was starting to take its toll. I had planned to do pyramid sets, going up to 315 or 325. Turns out the heaviest set I had in me was 295×3. I’m really happy with the workout though, I got in some quality lifts and all reps were to parallel, no half measures there! After squats time for some cardio and I managed 12 minutes of HIIT on the treadmill, but by that time I was completely done in and it was time to give up before I hurt myself. After the workout I had my protein shake, half can of tuna and some cottage cheese. Yum!
January 26, 2009 at 7:41 am
Was that a note of sarcasm in your voice, or are you really starting to like cottage cheese…?