Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Day 155: Building Muscles

It was a late night at work.  I only have a couple of those a year.  It’s not the work that gets me at the end of the day instead it’s the traffic.  Atlanta traffic is, to put it bluntly, BRUTAL.  As I have mentioned in the past I try to leave at 4PM to miss what I had to drive through this evening.  Accidents, stalls, fires, you name it and I have seen it on my commute to and from work. 

I left work at 6PM and rush hour was still going full speed.  It took me 10 minutes just to get to the interstate.  Once there it a fight with other cars, trucks, 18 wheelers, you name it.  What a turn signal means to me: I am about to change lanes.  What a turn signal means to everyone else on the highway: speed up and cut that car off before it can change lanes.

Needless to say that by the time I finally got home the sun was setting and it was getting too dark to jog outside.  I toyed with going to the gym but the thought of getting back in the car and battling traffic there and back was just too much to even consider.

I have a full set of weights in my garage, as you know. I went heavy and did a full body workout.  I hit all major muscle groups for the upper body.  Shoulders, triceps, back, chest, and biceps.  My muscles were screaming at me for the last few sets. 

I did three 10 rep sets increasing the weight as I went.  I know I am going to feel this tomorrow but it felt good to push some plates.  I should have written down all my weight, I think by the end I had pushed six to seven thousand pounds total. 

It sure helped in burning off my traffic frustration and relieve some stress. I feel sorry for the people that have to deal with rush hour daily.  It’s bad enough when I get stuck having to drive in it.  If I had to do it normally we would be moving.  

Daily Recap:
Matt:  Weights: Shoulders, Back, Triceps, Chest, and Biceps.  Killed it.

Kelly: TBD

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