Leg day. Woke up before work and I wasn't happy about it. I was so tempted to go back to sleep. I went in my basement gym and I walked fast for a quarter mile on the treadmill to wake up. I have been finding it's working out really well. It also lessons the arthritic pains I have in one hip and knee.
I don't list warm ups and truth be told I do very few. I did do two sets of warm ups before my one set to failure on the leg press.
A few days ago I experimented with my hack machine. Found I was really weak in the movement having not done it for quite awhile. What pisses me off about my hack machine is that it has safety stops that are non adjustable. It feels like I can go about six inches deeper but I hit that safety catch. Maybe I will include them in the future. I just wish I had a hack machine where I could adjust the depth with the safety catch. Then again how deep is too deep before it causes problems?
I'm giving up dumbbell scott curls because I'm feeling a strain. I don't want to rupture my bicep so they are out. On the same concept of going too deep maybe if I went too deep in the hack I could mess up my knees. I don't know. In the commercial gym before covid I could go rock bottom on that machine. It was scary thinking I could have gotten stuck but it felt right. Anyway, only me can type paragraphs on the hack exercise, lol. Are you getting sleepy reading this?
Sometimes the reps listed are an approximation as it's from memory.
Leg press 1 x 17 (Fore decades I went sick low with these. I started feeling my hip hurting and a knee. Now I go deep but I could go a little deeper but no more will I fully bend the legs. I don't want to damage my body.)
Machine squats 1 x 11 (These feel great on my legs and glutes. I feel like a wimp that I'm not using barbell squats but it's so easy to do perfect squats with a machine. I will keep the squat machine in my rotation. It works.)
Dumbbell lunges 1 x 9 each leg (For many decades when I used lunges I always used a barbell. Dumbbells are working too. Maybe when I get to a good weight I will use the barbell again.)
Stiff deads off a block 1 x 8 ( I use straps and I slightly round my back to go low. I know the current trend is to keep a flat back but these work for me.)
leg extension 1 x 25
Seated leg curl 1 x 17
Hanging leg raise 1 x 30
Hip ups 1 x 35 (On back and I push the feet toward the ceiling.)
Standing calf 1 x 20
Seated calf 1 x 20
tib work
Four way neck 1 x 30 a side finished with the neck harness seated for the back of the neck for a set.
I staggered upstairs and the wife asked the same question as always, "Did you have a good workout?" I swear I think she thinks I'm having fun down there instead of torturing myself. She must think I have a big smile on my face working out. She never ever goes in the basement. I told her a couple of times, If I drop dead from a heart attack working out she wouldn't notice till about 8 hours after I went into the basement or the next day. She would just think it's a long workout.
The crazy thing is when she was young she was a great athlete. She could do a standing flip. She even played softball in a bar team with men when she was 16. When I ask her if she wants me to train her she gets a look in her eyes of fear and says no. She says I would be too hard on her. I swear if I handed her a one pound dumbbell she would say I'm trying to kill her with the crazy heavy weight. She has had major spine problems. She had a very elaborate spine operation. It was very successful and it took away her pain. A neuro surgeon operated. After that she was actually walking a few blocks everyday but soon gave it up. When we married she was 118lbs pounds. I wish she cared about her health now but her goal now is to not move as much as she can. Yes, I love her.
