Copper leaf retreat

 09.03.2023

Nice day. Decent sleep, decent nutrition. Lumbar's been hurting, I should have not gone for 225 yesterday, he he. Or maybe I should not have tightened my belt as much - when you tighten it too much you actually destabilize your back. You're supposed to brace your guts into the belt, not have it qsqueeze you before the set. Curious important bit.

Now it's the end of the day. I have enrolled into an online education thingy to be an IT developer. I dunno what exactly I'm doing, but I want some change. I'd like to imagine I'm gonna be able to stick with it and get somewhere.

Ordered some  groceries, mostly built around my breakfast. Gonna have a nice more diverse breakfast tomorrow.

Helped someone with something. Worked. Let my little brother play minecraft. He's still playing on peaceful! He he. Well, minecraft can be very scary.

And now it's near the end of the day. And I'm gonna have my upstairs workout. Smooth and simple.

Workout

Small warmup - various lower body moves

Squats

3 sets of 10 - BW

BW (bodyweight squats) tend to be really different from barbell squats.

16 kg kettlebell for 10 - goblet squat

32 for 10 - nice, super easy.

One leg deadlift

6+6 dumbbells - 2 sets of 10 reps on each leg. 

On left leg it was easier at first, but harder in the end. Right leg is less flexible, but stronger? On the second set, I decided to shorten the range, so it's not longer than normal DL. Felt better.

One arm DL

12 kg dumbbell - 2 sets of 10 each arm. Feels better than last time, much less creaky.

One arm overhead squat

6 kg dumbbell - 5 reps each side

Trying to be as careful as possible not to cramp my side. Not doing it in weightlifting shoes. Interesting.

Stick stretching for olympic overhead position - 2 sets

I have an idea. I'll do some of this stretching before the saturday workout and see what happens. It should help me with flexibility. I used to be against this, but I realised it might be very helpful, especially now that I'm switching to pushpresses as a primary move.

Bicep curls

6+6 dumbbells - 2 sets of 15 - alright, just doing something so they're not lazy.

And that's about it. Nice day overall. Kinda of way better than yesterday. Feeling as if I'm under guidance.



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