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Due to rain I exchanged the slippery slopes for the gym today and spent 2 totally intense hours there untill it closed. Had it stayed open longer I would have done more sets.

I had worried a bit about needing to go down on resistance/weight on the machines because I have prioritized hiking the last month to wlrking out at the gym, I needed not have worried. I maintained level or improved on all. It goes to show that hiking in uneven terrain with lots of altitude challenges really works the whole body.

I started warming up rowing but ended up wanting to beat my personal best of 1h. In the end I did 1h10 on level 10 and at a higher intensity than the last time so that was one personal best. That is 7.5 miles rowed

Then I switched like crazy between doing upper and lower body exercises so that every second was spent working out.

On the leg press machine the highest number of resistance/weight possible is 200kg. To beat that one has been a personal goal for some time and today I did it. Now that my belly is less in the way I will be able to do a bigger range of motion than what I did in the beginning. No wonder they call leg press "an ego boost for the beginner lifter". I do not mind. I love it. It makes me feel strong without triggering knee pains. Also it works several and large muscle groups which I find great.

The hikes like yesterday's when the altitude increase during it was 1500feet has given me great gluts I think hehehe. My bad knees can also handle challenges better these days :-)

Now that the inflammation in my upper arm and shoulder has kept away for a while I hope to be able to increase the weight on exercises that use the arms too. Shoulder press and chest press has been exercises that has been near impossible to do at all in several periods the last couple of years due to that bad arm that kept freezing and giving me insane pains. I swear, I would rather give birth.

Today I am very proud and very much look forward to continuing my journey towards strength and fitness.

Checking out the workout section on FT, a fitness place online I have joined, I could not stick to my plan of having a rest day so I jumped into the car and drove to the Gym. Went crazy according to my pelvisregion and spent 60 minutes on the rowing machine (last personal best was 25 minutes. Had to do about 15 minutes of flexibility after that to release the muscles who shook quite much when I dragged myself off the machine. I knew however that I pushed myself a millimeter to the right side of the thin balance of the pain being a bad pain and a undangerous one.

From last week on my mental state has been one of wanting to break boundries and a willingness to take the pain that has and will follow. It is kind of overworking on purpose. I am not always in a phase where that is possible so LOL I do it when it is and while it lasts. Next week can be filled with weather triggering my joints not being willing so I just grab every day now when the risk of injury is low.

After the flexibility training I did 35 minutes of Strength training. I was a bit annoyed that my cold + holiday meant that I had to lower the weight on some and that some felt harder. Fortunately it usually only takes a couple of times for that to be back :-). I do want those numbers to get higher too soon.

BUT, running of to the gym on a seconds whim, I dropped half of meal 3 because I naturally did not want to be filled up right before exercising. I do not regret it because I feel very proud of myself at the moment and so does my grown daughter too and that too is an added bonus.

Looking forward to hopefully telling you all of more victories in the future even though I think it will take some time before I break that personal best in rowing. hehehe

Cardio

Strength

Each exercise is display as set nr, weight and reps

Chest Press Machine

Pec Fly Machine

Reverse Fly

Shoulder Press Machine

Lat Pulldown

Seated Cable Row

Leg Extension

Leg Curl

Calf Press

Leg Press