I changed my approach as I said in my last posting and for now I'm not going RPT Style cause I'm still a newbie... Today I wanted to push myself and feel exhauted, feel that I have worked hard so, even though I wrote my plan like always (RPT) I did differently once there basing on what I was feeling, so, mainly increasing reps if I was not struggling and keeping the weight to whet was supposed to be the maximum in case I had done RPT.
So....What I did:
SQUATS:
Warm-up: 3 Sets x 10 reps (only with the bar: 17,4)
Set 1: 7,5 kg each side + bar x 10 reps
Set 2: same, 7,5 each side + bar x 10 reps
Set 3: 7,5 each side x 25 reps....
yes, 25...I wanted to do til I feel I almost can't.... and the last two reps were difficult and my legs didn't have the proper form anymore.... It's good having a mirror in front of you, then you really can check if you're doing it properly or not.... Though it has disadvantages too.... At the very beginning I was looking at my belly ( by far my worst body part) and got a bit discouraged.... like so much effort and what the hell for?! ... but once I really started I forgot about it and was really focused on just training...as it has to be :)
Linked to this "what the hell for?!" I'll say something about me...I guess everybody is like that but I think I'm extreme in this sense... When something is going kinda good, I give my 200% til it goes perfect....but when something goes kinda wrong... I oftenjust give up...(is that low tolerance against frustration? ...may be), I just know I should be more of a fighter... well...now I know it so ...some time I will put it into practice too ... :P
LUNGES:
warm-up: 3 Sets x 8 reps each leg (5 kilos each side with the dumbbells)
Set 1: 12,5 kg each side x 10 reps (each leg)
Set 2: 12,5 kg each side x 8 reps (each leg)
Set 3: 12,5 each side x 10 reps (each leg)
this was adequate, I could finish everything in more or less good shape... well...funnily enough I was more exhausted on the second than on the third set... maybe the resting time between second and third was longer... or maybe seeing the end motivated me to push harder...that's how the mind works....
STIFF-LEGGED DEADLIFTS:
warm-up: 3 sets x 8 reps (just the bar)
Set 1: 10 kg each side x 10 reps
Set 2: 10 kg each side x 12 reps
Set 3: 10 kg each side x 15 reps
Next week I think I'll increase the weights in all exercises... I think I can....
I'm curious how I'll feel tomorrow... As for today... a bit tired but happy :)
Eatingwise... oh my dog! ... so much crap, but it fitted my macros (pretty much) so I'm not feeling bad :) and I deserved it ha! I had less than what I'm suppossed on training days cos I've been a bit off the days before...not yestarday, but monday and tuesday or tuesday and wednesday...something like that.... and now I have to pay for my sins, the scale is my god and it has no mercy! :P
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