You know those good workouts at the gym that leave you sore the next day? It’s not a “Dang it, I hurt myself” sore; it’s more of a “Sweet, I worked my ass off” kind of sore. I’m sore like that today.
I wanted a real good free weight workout at the Y yesterday. If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that when I want a REALLY good workout, I keep track of all of the exercises that I do. I only do this during the “off season” because I can’t go too nuts lifting weights during the heart of the summer. When I’m done, I figure out how much weight I lifted.
For example, my heaviest set doing the bench press was 175 lbs for 8 reps. So I take 175 x 8 for a total of 1400 pounds. Others are lighter: 10 shoulder flys with a 15 lb dumbbell in each hand comes to 300 pounds (10 x 30). I total up how much weight I “lifted” during the workout. It’s not a perfect judge of how good the workout was, but it’s just a fun way to compare the intensity from one workout to another.
I had a few workouts this past winter (upper and lower body combined) that totaled over 50,000 pounds. My highest was nearly 52,000 pounds, and anything over 35,000 is considered a pretty good workout for me.
Yesterday at the Y, I only did an upper body workout, and in 55-60 minutes, I totaled 48,205 pounds. ONLY upper body. Best. Upper. Body. Workout. Ever. THEN, last night, I did 110 pushups at home (I’m finishing up week 2 of the “100 Pushup Challenge” - more on that in a week [it’s got its pros and cons]).
Putting on deodorant today was tough. I cringed a bit when getting the milk out of the fridge for my cereal. My boobs hurt and my shoulders are tight. Yes, I am proudly sore today.
Pharmie and I are heading out to Steelhead 70.3 early tomorrow morning. She’ll be competing, and I’ll be cheering (see previous post - oh, and add wrist bands and a head band out the outfit in the last post too). I’ll be seeing some of you out there! Good luck racers!
That is a good sore when the deodorant application hurts!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite sore is the "I can't wash my hair" sore. :)
ReplyDeletemy boobs are also sore. but not for the same reason. dang. have a great time at steelhead, ill be cheering pharmie on from boston!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Pharmie and other racers! Let us know what you think of the 100 pushup program - my sister-in-law forwarded me that link last week and I have vaguely said that I will do it, but am not sure I can be bothered to approach it in the way they recommend!
ReplyDeleteThat is a serious workout. I re-commited to weights this week....again. Sometimes it is just hard fitting it all in but I know it is a must.
ReplyDeleteHave a blast at the race and best of luck to Pharmie!!!
sore boobs - not good. ;) poor pharmie.
ReplyDeleteYes, the "honey, can you come shampoo my hair" soreness is best.
Dude...was thinking about your suspenders quandary and think you should definitely add some bandaids to the mix. Like a preemptive strike against suspender on nip rub.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I just typed that sentence.
Nice job on the workout!! And have a blast at Steelhead. I've got to go wish Pharmie good luck!
ReplyDeleteGoing for the full retro 80s look. eh?
ReplyDeleteGood luck pharmie
Sore Boobs??!!?? LOL!
ReplyDeleteLet's hope your boobs and arms recover to act as gear sherpa for Pharmie.
Gotta get those arms up to ring a cowbell and cheer as well.
You are a MACHINE.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy being a spectator and GOOD LUCK TO PHARMIE!
my butt is sore from flying all over the globe :(
ReplyDeletei love feelings sore from working out, i agree it's refreshing...sort of.
ReplyDeleteI did weights last night too. My legs are sore. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love that feeling! I had that tuesday after lifting weights... and felt the side effects yesterday as well! :)
ReplyDeleteNice work with the upper body workout, Hulk.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at Steelhead. I'm sure the athletes will get a kick out of seeing you out there. :)
ReplyDeleteNice upper body workout!
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Pharmie!
That really is the best "sore" ever. But it always seems like the second day is worse... good luck.
ReplyDeleteNice weights workout! I should really be doing that.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend and best of luck to Pharmie! :)
You kids have a great weekend, good luck Pharmie!!
ReplyDeleteThat sore IS a good kind of sore.
ReplyDeleteGood luck to Pharmie at the 1/2 IM and good luck to you with those suspenders.