☼ kerttu-liis ☼

Let's rewind back to October 13th. I was at an event and silly old me decided to wear high heels to that event, knowing that my feet will probably get tired and I will probably whine all night long. Fast forward to the end of the event. Somehow I had managed to walk in heels all night. My legs hurt just a bit, but I could handle it. Probably because of the alcohol that I consumed (don't worry, I'm 20 and the legal drinking age is 18 so I didn't do anything stupid). Stupid me decided to walk home from that event. Of course it wasn't a long walk, around 2km so that's nothing, but usually I'm like "lol can't be bothered to walk, I'll just Uber home." but this time I was all "I'M INVINCIBLE, I CAN WALK HOME" and of course during my walk my feet were killing me so I took off my heels and walked home barefoot. 

The next morning I woke up with the biggest could you could possibly imagine. That's what you get for walking on cold concrete. 

So I was out sick for like a week and a half and couldn't work out. 

Considering I've been working out constantly for only a month and a half I thought I'm not going to have the motivation to go back ever again. 

But guess what! All I could think about was going back to the gym. I needed to work out. My body was literally aching for the feeling I get after gym. Today was finally the day I could go back so of course I had to start my gym life with a killer leg day session, which is the best in my opinion.

Here are the exercises I did today: (I usually do 3 bigger exercises that basically consume all my energy and then 3 smaller ones) 

Barbell squats: 

10 reps warm-up with empty bar (the bar weighs 20kg) 

6 reps warm-up with 40kgs (bar + 10kg on each side) 

5 reps with 50kgs (bar + 15kg on each side) 

4 reps with 55kgs (bar + 17,5kg on each side)

4 reps with 60kgs (bar + 20kg on each side)(I tried this for the first time as well and felt pretty strong) 

4 reps with 60kgs 

6 reps with 55kgs

Leg press: I use a machine for this

10 reps with 80kgs 

10 reps with 80kgs

10 reps with 80kgs 

10 reps with 90kgs (I tried this for the first time and was surprised to see that I could manage pretty well)     

Walking lunges: I used 6kg dumbbells in both of my arms, did 20 lunge steps and repeated that 3 times. At the end of the exercise you legs will feel like you're walking through hell. 

These three exercises are the ones that literally take up all my energy, but no-no, that's not where it stops. 

Leg extensions: 

12 reps with 20kg 

12 reps with 20kg 

12 reps with 25kg 

12 reps with 25kg 

   Leg curls: The machine I use is where you stand and there's a soft padding thingy that goes against your ankle and then you lift one leg and it works out your hamstrings. 

12 reps each leg with 5kgs 

12 reps each leg with 5kgs 

12 reps each leg with 7,5kgs 

12 reps each leg with 7,5kgs 

   Calf raises: 

15 reps with 40kgs 

15 reps with 40kgs 

15 reps with 40kgs 

15 reps with 40kgs 

20 reps with 40kgs 

    Although I was having a nice lil' leg day I also decided to work on my arms a bit, since your bicep muscles aren't a big muscle compound and you can basically work on those every day without your muscles hurting the next day. 

Bicep cable curls: my arms are like noodles so that's why I don't use big weights on them

12 reps with 7,5kgs 

12 reps with 7,5kgs

12 reps with 7,5kgs

12 reps with 7,5kgs

30 reps with 5kgs 

    This workout took me a total of 95 minutes. 

And it was an awesome workout. 

Here are some progress pics that I promised: Keep in mind that I’m just a beginner wanting to help others so I also have zero muscles like you. 

Can we also appreciate the sky after I left the gym: 

That’s it for today’s post! I know for a fact that I won’t have time to work out tomorrow so look for a new post on Wednesday - then were working out our chest and upper body. 

xo,