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annathepiperAfter Sunday's workout my arm was kind of cranky yesterday, but today it was pretty good -- so I decided to tackle another workout and this time try three-pound weights instead of twos.
Conclusions to be drawn from this:
1) One pound makes an amazing amount of difference to an arm that's been broken, and even to one that hasn't, when I haven't worked out regularly in many months. Or in the case of exercises where I was using both weights at once, two pounds. Because I feel noticeably more worked out after this session than I did after Sunday's.
2) Two exercises will have to be done with the twos for the time being: Shoulder Presses and Tricep Kickbacks. Because right now I can barely manage 12 reps of both of these with the twos; that "getting my arm over my head" thing is chancy even when I'm not holding a weight, and also, my right arm's triceps (aren't there more than one of these per arm?) are totally fucked.
3) Just about all of the exercises I did with the threes tonight might be doable with the fives. I'll have to see how my arm feels on Thursday or Friday.
4) Ow.
Conclusions to be drawn from this:
1) One pound makes an amazing amount of difference to an arm that's been broken, and even to one that hasn't, when I haven't worked out regularly in many months. Or in the case of exercises where I was using both weights at once, two pounds. Because I feel noticeably more worked out after this session than I did after Sunday's.
2) Two exercises will have to be done with the twos for the time being: Shoulder Presses and Tricep Kickbacks. Because right now I can barely manage 12 reps of both of these with the twos; that "getting my arm over my head" thing is chancy even when I'm not holding a weight, and also, my right arm's triceps (aren't there more than one of these per arm?) are totally fucked.
3) Just about all of the exercises I did with the threes tonight might be doable with the fives. I'll have to see how my arm feels on Thursday or Friday.
4) Ow.
