Philo Sofee wrote:I have the same issue Jersey Girl! There are days when my 35 lb dumbbells feel like 50 and I sooooooo don't want to curl them. I always do something! If it helps I tell myself every one I do, I OWN! Its mine, for me, and I get to enjoy it for the strength for the rest of my life. Its my friend. Now lookit here you wonderful inspiring woman, when I first started curling weight in May, I couldn't curl 15 lb dumbbells even 20 times. I was a woosie! Today I curled my 35 dumbbells 500 times. That's right.... 500! I started with 14 inch guns, I now will have 16 inch guns by Christmas. Because I have kept steady at it. It's the same thing with my bench pressing. I started (finally!) In October and couldn't press 80 pounds. Major punk. But I now am pressing 180 as my max, and working out with 120!
Persistent consistency is the key. Do something and on the days you can do more, do so. When you do less don't beat yerself up over it. I tell myself this all the time.
Well, thanks for the inspiration yourself, Philo Sofee!
I'm no stranger to starting where you are at. This makes the second time in my life I've had to start back from close to zero, but the point is starting isn't it?
Don't know if you've been following my saga, but recently had some test results that were "iffy" and then better tests done for the same issues that were um...wait for it...drumroll...EXCELLENT.
Ask me about the nuclear stress test on the treadmill that I flippin' ACED!!!
Yes, I did!
Anyway, one of the docs I saw recently said lose 20 pounds so I've got 8 down and 12 to go I suppose. I say "suppose" because I know that if I lose all of that I'll look like a bobble head on a stick, but that's just me so what do I know?
So...due to circumstances beyond my control (there's a story there) I haven't been to the gym in 2 weeks. Will return this week.
What I do is treadmill for cardio and then use it for resistance. I'll probably swim there in the indoor pool like I did in summer because I just plain love swimming and water in general. At home I do free weights, crunchless abs work out, and I'm adding yoga back for winter.
I will not tell you how heavy my weights are right now because just like I told you many moons ago, and remains the same today, you could bench press ME Philo Soffee and that's way above my pay grade!
Thanks again!
(Most of my health/fitness threads are in Paradise. I was starting to put them in Prison in the hopes that faqs would light a fire under his @$$ and get with the program here, but no that's not gonna happen because he's chosen suicide in slow motion by food. Mainly, it's me, Cam, Steuss and canpakes that chimes in on the H&F stuff so feel free to join in!)