A Lack of Machines (Day 16)

It’s Thursday.  Too bad when I woke up I thought it was Friday.  Isn’t that the worst feeling?  When you wake up in a great mood, because you think that the work week is almost over… and then you realize when you pick up your phone to check your emails that it’s actually only Thursday.  Terrible.

I’m a bit bummed.  My complex’s gym is shutting down next week for renovations.  Although I am happy to have new treadmills and elliptical machines (much needed!), I will have to take a week off of Live Fit Trainer.  I know that there are at home options during the plan, but unfortunately I don’t have dumbbells.  I plan to take the week off and just wait until the new equipment is set up and ready to go.

Yesterday was Day 16 on the program and it was a back/bicep day!  I was glad to see the new exercises for today, because I was honestly getting bored with the workouts from the past two weeks.  My favorite exercise from this set is the wide grip lat pull down.  I increased my weights this week by 20 pounds.  I started the first set with 50lbs., but then decided to push myself and increase another 10lbs by pulling 60lbs.  I’m not going to lie… it wasn’t easy, but I DID keep my form.

My least favorite exercise from yesterday was the incline dumbbell curl.  Maybe I was doing it wrong, but my elbows kept cracking.  I’ll have to give it another shot on another back/bicep day.  My guess is: I was trying to curl too much weight.

Overall, my workout wasn’t too bad.  I love seeing an increase in weights each week and the new exercises the plan offers.  Like I said in a previous post, I am bummed that my complex’s gym doesn’t have all of the necessary equipment to perform all the exercises.  I guess I’ll have to get creative.

If you are on the program, what did you do if your local gym didn’t have all of the needed machines?