Thursday, November 14, 2013

Day 182: Broken Leg Press Machine

Sunday’s in the our gym are nice there is hardly anyone in there.  Kelly headed upstairs for ye ole’ cardio machines.  I stayed downstairs and hit the weights.

I ran though my usual routine full body, you should know it by now.  Today, though, I made it a light weight day since I didn’t want to hurt as bad as I did last week.  Everything was going great until I got to the leg press machine.  It was out of order.  No problem.  I searched the gym and the only other leg press had an old lady on it. 

I decided to do one of my favorite exercises while I waited for her to finish up.  The Dead Lift.  These are great because they hit every major muscle group in you lower body. I didn’t have a spotter.  When I don’t have a spotter I don’t go over 100lbs unless I am on a machine, it’s just a rule I have. 

Three sets of 10 dead lifts with 100lbs and I was feeling it, especially in my inner thighs and gluts.  The key to a proper dead lift is form.  If you do them wrong you could mess up your back.  You have to keep your back straight and knees shoulder length apart.

After that I was finally able to get to the leg press.  Surprise the machine maxes out at 390lbs.  No problem.  Another three sets and I was spent.  My legs felt like jello in a good way. 

Daily Recap:
Matt: Weight Lifting Full Body Work Out

Kelly: 30 Minute Cardio Routine

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