I Don't Wanna Bench!

     Today was a weird day. Energy was down, vibe was down, everything was kind of "meh". But we went to the gym anyway. I wanted to deadlift because Monday I squatted. I had it all planned in my head but it blew to shit when I got there. There was a couple women down by the kettlebell area, so I couldn't do KB deads, which was my alternate plan for deadlifts. There was some other guy doing dumbbell stuff in the other back corner so I couldn't deadlift over there. That left the squat rack / deadlift platform at the front. I'm gonna just come out and say that I was too nervous to do it there. 

     So I went out to the machines in a huff and left Frank to bench. I didn't want to bench. I sat on a recumbent bike and started pedaling while I let my anger get the best of me. I was going to just spend 30 minutes pedaling and leave, but then I thought that would be the easy way out and I never do anything the easy way. So I came up with an alternate, alternate plan for lower body. Here's what got done:

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RECUMBENT BIKE:

10 minutes, 2.16 miles

CABLE SQUATS:

(60lb x10) 3x

80lb x5

90lb x5

100lb x5

LEG CURLS:

(Precor Leg Curl Machine)

60lb x10

70lb x10

(90lb x5) 3x

BACK RAISES:

Body Weight x10

10lb x10

(25lb x5) 3x

INNER/OUTER THIGH:

(Precor Machine)

INNER:  50lb x10

              40lb x10

              30lb x10

OUTER: 50lb x10

               40lb x10

               30lbx10

MULTI HIP MACHINE:

Kickbacks: 8lb x15 ea. side

Knee Raise: 8lb x15 ea. side

ROTARY TORSO:

60lb x10

40lb x10

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     I stopped after those 2 sets because they were stirring up my acid reflux in a very bad way. 

Tonight was not what I wanted, but it still was better than just tossing in the towel. I have to say that I kind of like the bike as a warm up. In other, exciting news, Emily said she actually did some jogging around the indoor track. I can verify that when I saw her there was perspiration on her brow. I cannot verify the extent of her exertion lol. I'm just glad she gave some sort of effort. It did worry me that she said she doesn't want muscles, she just wants to be skinny. I told her she needs to do something to gain some muscle or she'll just be skinny fat and she said she didn't want that. So maybe she'll start listening to her embarrassment of a mother (wink wink).

     All in all, today was a good workout - I'm tired and sore. I do know that I need to start drinking more; I think that's part of my energy problem. The other is that I haven't been getting good sleep but that's an entirely different can of worms!