I went at it like a bull in a china shop; in the back of my mind I was worried about not finishing the sets in time. The warm up went well and I went straight into my first set. It felt very strange at first doing 50% of my max. The seated row felt as if there was no weight and that applied to all the first set.
The second set was 75% of my max and I went straight into it with no rest, now I was working, not massively hard but my breathing was getting harder as I went through the exercises. By the end of set 2 I was ready for a rest but it wasn’t going to happen.
I moved onto set 3 at 100% of my max. Straight away I felt as if I could have gone heavier. It’s very easy to get carried away and start adding weight, now is the time to be patient and remember I have an injury. Although it was going well and I felt great, it might be a different story in 3 hours time.
I completed the warm up, 3 sets of 15 reps and the cool down in 48 minutes. I was happy with my effort and it was a great cardio session. I still had plenty of time to get my bonus session done within the hour.
I did 2 of my bonus session exercises; I started off with the lat pull downs and I kept the weight the same. I thought after my sets it would have been hardier so the next time through the weight will be going up. I then moved on to the Leg Press machine and I started on Plate 18. I had already decided to do 6 reps. The first 4 were OK and the 5th was a struggle, I started number 6 but I never really got it going. I will next time.
I’ve decided that I will do Lat Pull Downs on every bonus session followed by one of the other two exercises. It all depends on what muscle group has been worked the hardest.
I was happy with my first time through the program and very happy with the time. Day two session is by far the hardest so I think it will interesting to see how the time relates to session one and indeed if I can complete the full requirement of pistols and press ups.
Until next time, be good to yourself and train as hard as you can all the time.
Ed.
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