Roxy's Offseason Experience

[Island_Girl]

My back is feeling a whole lot better and I'm back in the gym tonight. I've been doing some work on my attitude this week...nothing like getting mad at yourself for thinking negative to help in making some mental changes.

Good to hear!

Attitude check is good once in a while. Believe in YOU! I do!

 

[Roxy722]

Good to hear!

Attitude check is good once in a while. Believe in YOU! I do!

Thanks!! I really sincerely appreciate that!

 

[zedhed]

When it hurts its hard.......well you know what I mean.....ummmm Im gonna leave now...

 

[Roxy722]

When it hurts its hard.......well you know what I mean.....ummmm Im gonna leave now...

LOL..do you need to go stand in a snow bank or something??

just teasin ya Zed!

 

[Roxy722]

Monday, Dec 13

Back

Seated narrow grip cable rows

3 warm up sets
100 - 10
100 - 10
100 - 10

Wide Grip Pull downs

80 - 10
80 - 10
80 - 10

Close grip pull ups (assisted)

110 - 10
100 - 10
100 - 8

Hyper extensions - used a 20 lb barbell this time instead of a 25 lb plate - noticed a real difference in the exercise just with the different placement of the weight/ my hands.

3 sets of 10

35 mins of cardio on the treadmill doing intervals (not a true HITT)

I had a pretty good workout. Changed up my playlists and was pretty focused. It felt great!

 

[zedhed]

LOL, snow bank good one gurl.
Workouts r looking good too btw.

 

[Roxy722]

LOL, snow bank good one gurl.
Workouts r looking good too btw.

lol...you know I'm teasin ya!

Thanks! Good to get back to it!

 

[Roxy722]

Wed, Dec 14th

Chest and Hamstrings

Bench press/ smith

3 warm up sets

50 - 10
50 - 10
60 - 10

Pec Dec

40 - 10
40 - 10
50 - 10

Assisted Dips-leaning forward

120 - 10
120 - 10
110 - 10

SLDL

3 sets of 10 - 100

Leg curls

3 sets of 10 at 90 followed with
single leg curls at 30 lbs

25 mins cardio - treadmill intervals.

I seem to have chronically sore arms....it's on the outside of my upper arm. I had worked up to doing dumbbell flies for chest to 25 lbs and I can't even do 15 lbs without pain. The pain comes when my arms extend out...so anything like flies or cable crossovers hurt. It's not a pain that I can touch on my arm and feel...it's a deeper pain. Maybe a tricep? It runs basically from my shoulder down to a couple inches above the elbow. It doesn't hurt doing any tri exercises though. I feel it doing the chest ones and some shoulder exercises. I'll have to post up a pic of an arm and show you...see if you have any ideas. I figured with all the rest that I've had in the last few months, it would go away but it hasn't! Drives me crazy!! (a short trip, I know )

 

[Roxy722]

http://www4.nau.edu/biology/bio201/images/arm1.gif

Ok...anatomy lesson for the day!! If you look at this picture....and the arm on the right, where the triceps are marked....there are 3 lines pointing to tricep muscles. The pain is in the muscle with the short line (the small line in the middle).

Anyone have any ideas as to what to do? or felt anything like this? Did I aggravate at some point and it's just never healed? There was no specific time when I thought, ouch I just injured myself.

 

[Island_Girl]

Roxy...that is almost the same area I hurt the week before last week when I was doing db kickbacks. All I can think of is that I strained it during that exercise, but it did affect most of my workouts which is why I took 2 days off in a row last week. How long has this been hurting? I do feel your pain.