Day 17 and Day 18 (and the lesson of Muscle Memory)

Hello Folks!

I'm SO sorry for lagging behind in the posts, but I've been super tired after the gym and having had the energy to sit at the computer and talk about the gym. So, here's the recap....

Day 17
Wednesday, January 27 was Day 17. I finally got around to doing legs. Legs is always a hard day, because I GO IN. I decided to focus on my hamstrings, since I have such strong quads. I was going to go heavy, but I forgot my darn weight belt at home. Oh well. The plan:

Standing leg curl

Superset 1:
Front Squat
Walking lunges ( and walking rear lunges)
One Leg Deadlift

Cable Squat
One leg extensions

Superset 2:
Exercise ball leg curls
One leg glute raise on a BOSU
Lying leg extensions

It wasn't actually that difficult, but the added cardio made it a bit difficult. I actually could have done more, but didn't wat to overdo it. I love my legs, but I'd like to get a bit more size on them.



Day 18:
Thursday, January 27 was Day 18. I originally planned just cardio and abs, but I was over taken with the urge to bench. So, I wrangled up one of my friends to give me a spot. I wound up doing flat, incline and decline bench all at the same weight. My bench max is about 195, but I hadn't benches in forever. I wound up benching about 165. Not too shabby. I was SO sure that I wouldn't be able to lift. I guess my muscles remembered the drill and fell into place. I learned a nice lesson about muscle memory.

I started with 30 minutes on the bike. Did my abs, like a good gym rat, chest then finished up with 30 mins of intervals on the treadmill.

Once I got home, I was so beat. I had the best veggie omelette:

Added 1/4 cup each of Spinach, broccoli, onions, grape tomatoes (sauteed) and a few pieces of green pepper to a mixture of 1 whole egg, 1/2 yolk and 2 egg whites, 2 ounces of skim mozz cheese, a few oz of skim milk, salt, pepper, and garlic. It was great! I had that with wheat toast and veggie sausages. I was stuffed. Two hours later, I had protein powder mixed with milk.

So ended day Day 18.