Proctor Lifting Day-12

Well, Day 12 was Saturday morning and it definitely wasn’t what I expected or hoped for. I started off the morning feeling well after my vaccine the day before. I started with a few sets of shoulder presses , and I felt good throughout my work sets and joker sets and hit my target weight and reps. After though, my whole body felt sore and achy and the rest of the workout was a real grind for me. But like everything in life, you have to push through the adversity. The workout was 2 hours long, and pushed me to my limits with my achiness. The workout was as follows:

1 hour of rolling out + static stretching

9 sets of 3-10 barbell shoulder presses superset with pull-ups

3 sets of 10 incline dumbbell rows superset with 3 sets of 12 supine rows

3 sets of 10 bicep curls superset with 3 sets of 12 tricep push downs.

Ab circuit

Overall, I couldn’t be too happy because I obviously couldn’t bring the intensity and drive I always bring into this workout. But I feel super accomplished that I was able to push through it and get it done. On top of that, I spent two hours formulating both my meal and workout plans and formulating ideas for my google slide presentation for the conclusion of the project.

Hours :4

Total: 46

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