Log #17

[anewjay]

Um, okay. So today was extremely discouraging.

Squats:
45 - 2x5 reps
85 - 4 reps
120 - 3 reps
155 - 5 reps
150 - 4 reps
140 - 3 reps

Um, yeah. So I was barely able to do my last rep of the FIRST set of 155, so I dropped it to 150. And then I couldn't even do five reps at that weight, so I dropped it to 140. And I STILL couldn't do five reps.

Comments

[anonymous]

Creepy! I had a similar day today, but it was after taking a week and a half off. I had to grunt out my last reps of my FIRST sets, never mind try to challenge myself. I was discouraged. Did you eat or drink something different before your workout yesterday?

The reason I missed a week is because I was afraid to go back to the gym after my 2nd time acquiring this thing called DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness. I basically worked my legs so hard that the muscle fibers ceased their ability to fire. My brain would tell my leg to swing forward, and my quadraceps couldn't do it. I had to lower myself into and out of chairs with my arms and painful cries. I think that because of over-training, I probably LOST muscle mass in my legs and elsewhere. So don't be a crazy fool like me on the squat rack...

You're doing awesome tho, I wish we weren't in different cities so I could have a gym partner :-P

-Athena