I've been doing modified workouts when I'm at the ranch. Well, I found a great little gym in Madisonville and I love it. Had a great workout yesterday, crushing legs and shoulders. I also finally found an app that I like. It's called STRONG.
Today is Arms, Back and Chest. It's my toughest workout of the week in the new format I'm hitting. Last week I was so sore I had to hold my toothbrush in place and swing my head around just to brush my teeth.
I've also added a 1mile warm-up to the beginning of my workout. I don't run the whole thing yet, but so far, so good.
Today is Arms, Back and Chest. It's my toughest workout of the week in the new format I'm hitting. Last week I was so sore I had to hold my toothbrush in place and swing my head around just to brush my teeth.
I've also added a 1mile warm-up to the beginning of my workout. I don't run the whole thing yet, but so far, so good.
). I had a bit of a "lightbulb" moment after watching a video about not getting too hung up on sets/reps and, instead, focusing on TUT (and RPE.) At my age (54 as of Saturday) I want to be careful about lifting too heavy, but I still want to optimize gains (growth/strength). I went a little lighter (on back squats and RDLs) but went slower on the eccentric movements, with a pause at the bottom, and still tried to be "explosive" on the concentric. Because I don't have a spotter, I feel a lot more comfortable pushing to 8-9 RPE for back squats (regardless of the rep number) because I can more safely dump the lighter weight if needed.
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