Yesterday the weather was nice so i was able to bike the 15km! I was so tired at the end of the day i went to bed early which enabled me to wake up early this morning. That was a good thing since the gym was only open from 9 till 1 (because of the day of Ascension or whatever it's called). When i checked in the morning how many people were at the gym around 9.30 it said there weren't that many people. When i got there (which was some time after 10) it was CROWDED!!! Literally every machine was taken. It was insanity and i hated it. Luckily most of the cardio machines weren't taken when i got there so i could at least do my warm-ups. The funny thing was that every single device that i wanted to use for my legs was empty while i was doing my warm-ups, but once i was done, that wasn't the case anymore. First i had to wait like 5-10 minutes because both the adductor and abductor machines were taken. And then when i finally joinked the abductor, the leg press was taken. The girl who was on the leg press was SO SLOW. I have never seen anyone doing leg presses like that. She would press herself, then wait 5 seconds to descend. AND EVERY SINGLE REP WENT LIKE THAT. She was on the leg press for more than 15 minutes. It was driving me insane. The only 2 machines i had left were the leg press and the leg extension and i knew my legs would give out if i were to go on the leg extension, so i had to wait. Almost 15 fucking minutes dude. I was so fucking annoyed.
- Hip abductors 1x15 (25kg), 1x15 (30kg), 1x15 (35kg), 1x12 (40kg)
- Leg press 2x15 (50kg), 1x12 (60kg), 1x10 (70kg)
- Leg extension 2x10 (20kg), 1x10 (25kg), 2x8 (30kg)
- Barbell RDL 4x8 (18kg)
Once i got on the leg press my legs start lactic aciding so hard. I never had it that bad on the leg press before. Probably cause i had to wait so long between my sets. Absolute annoyance. I did however somehow manage to do 10 reps with 70kg which was pretty cool. I think it was just all my hatred that pushed me through it lol. And also probably because i warmed up my legs a little by doing lower weights first, and i also think i need to start taking 1 minute breaks between my sets instead of just 30 seconds.
The abductor went btw so easy. 25kg is way too low, 30kg is a good warmup weight, but i think i want to start with higher weights with the abductor and build down instead of up on my regular sets. At least i can tell that me squatting at home is paying off lol.
The leg extension went alright. There were 2 people (teens, couldnt have been older than 19) standing around the machine that was next to me, cause one of their friends was on it i think. They saw me putting my towel on the leg extension and they didn't move? They only started moving once i started putting on the weights and they barely moved at all. They could've gone to the other side and they just didn't. Such weird behavior lol. Anyways, i put 20kg on first but i think it is too low. I did 30kg today for the first time and was kind of struggling with it but it's a good weight to do. When i was done with my reps a guy next to me asked how many sets i had left and i was like "oh i just finished lol". First time someone talked to me at the gym. I believe i have seen him more often at the gym tho and he tends to wear cringe t-shirts with playboy on it or rick and morty EW. At least he seemed friendly.
At home i did some RDLs, instead of 5x5 i tried to do normal sets/reps. It went pretty well, although the weight seemed too much for my lower arms so i had to hold it alternatively (one hand facing forwards, the other one backwards) it went better that way. I might need to buy wrist straps.
While writing this i have been sipping on some protein while listening to music. I haven't stretched yet. My legs still hurt from the leg extension lol. I do kinda want to look into doing the seated leg curl maybe next time at the gym. I don't know if it will hurt as much as the leg extension, but if it doesn't i can do it after the leg press so i can do 4 machines at the gym for legs instead of just 3. Although doing 3 and then going home and doing barbell stuff is serving me pretty well too. I want to try doing cable kick backs again but every time i go the gym it is so crowded and all the pulley systems are taken so i usually don't do them.
I am still not entirely happy with my squatting, but i want to work on it so i can try the smith machine at the gym. It will be a good alternative for the hack squat machine since i can just focus on pushing the weight up instead of keeping my entire weight balanced and it should work out my quads harder.
Tomorrow i wanna do arms and core. I might go to the gym to do cardio + lat pulldowns and then go back home and do some arm stuff. Oh wait, i wont be able to do that cause i have to walk the neighborhood dog tomorrow. Welp. At least i will get my cardio in while running around with her haha.
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