VK Fitness

Honestly I could’ve gone with half a steak, but if there’s leftovers then I’ll bring them with me to school.

Alright. So I’m starting to keep track.

I’m not quite done with the kick ups.

Well I pushed myself today pretty hard. I used the door opened with elastic tubbing on either side going to both hands. Kinda like a cable pull machine. So I really pushed myself hard with that. I spent some time pulling from a laying position, and even punching out against the tension. Lots of core, shoulders, and most of all my forearms. My entire forearms had a crazy burn after this one.

I sort of carbed up yesterday, but only just one large ice cream from coldstone. That amount of sugar, even through a day, is a ton for me. So Sunday is the only carb day I allowed myself on weekend (still working that out). Other than that I try to be as keto as possible during the week (high fat low carb).

I started doing some light resistance band workouts. I have them slung over my treadmill frame. Two tube resistance bands with handles on either side. I can stand on the end of the treadmill and get a serious workout. In this case I was doing lighter workouts, and not pushing too hard. Then  I warmed up my heart rate some more with a very short 10 minute jog followed by some arm circles and shoulder warm ups because they were sore as hell. My cardio is still pretty wrecked, so that’s enough to get my heart pumping.

I came back and hit the resistance bands very hard. I tended to adjust for between 6 and 12 reps, and varied between a few different workouts and extended them in different ways. I suppose I’d have to make a video/pictures to explain any of the workouts I did properly. I adjusted the resistance by simply getting farther away from or closer to the posts my bands were wrapped around. I pulled off a pretty solid burning shoulder and arm workout with that. I actually getting a lot of the worst muscle fatigue in my brachioradialis [pictured above]. From what I could tell, my shoulders and upper core was outworking my brachioradialis. In other words it was the weakest link.

However, that muscle aside, I’m starting to get to the point where exercises aren’t just destroying me anymore, but I can still get some serious progress out of them. I think I’m going to do a bit of core workouts this afternoon along with another set of shoulder and arm exercises.

(ps. I’m getting some numbness in my right pinky and I think it’s related to the flexor carpi ulnaris, and I suspect my triceps or shoulders have something to do with it. Any good stretches for that? It only starts after I do a full workout. If you don’t know what muscle I’m talking about I put it below.)