Ambitious

At long last I have returned to my special place...

It's been way too long. I missed you.

Ever been away from the gym for a few weeks, get super excited about going back and make a crazy ass workout routine because you were all like "I wanna learn how to do this" or "Oh, I wanna try that!!" So you end up trying to do way too much on your first day back to the gym?

Yeah.

Here's what I planned for myself.

Rope climbing (I always start with this)

Step up single leg curl to overhead press 10 reps, 3 sets

Push ups to failure - 3 sets

Assisted pull ups on the machine - Wanted to work on full range of motion

Kettlebell Renegade Row - 12 reps, 3 sets

Front Squats - 10 reps, 3 sets

Strict Push - 10 reps

Push Press - 10 reps

Push Jerk - 10 reps

Deadlift - 10 reps, 3 sets

25 burpees

Leg raises on the pull up bar - 12 reps

Back extensions

Here's what it actually looked like ...

Rope climbing (I always start with this) - 2 rope climbs, 1 of each type

Step up single leg curl to overhead press 10 reps, 3 sets - I underestimated these. 15 lbs dumbbells Only did 2 sets, 1 for each leg

Push ups to failure - 3 sets - Did these with my chest as close to the ground as possible. Looked something like 15 reps, then 10, then 7

Assisted pull ups on the machine - Wanted to work on full range of motion - Found that 60 lbs was a good weight

Kettlebell Renegade Row - 12 reps, 3 sets  The KB's at my gym are made of rubber and don't have a very flat bottom so they kind of wobble around. Makes it very hard to do these. Did 60 lb on the cable row instead, 3 sets of 10

Front Squats - 10 reps, 3 sets - Did these with just the bar because I had never done front squats before.

Strict Push - 10 reps - Just the bar, still learning

Push Press - 10 reps - Just the bar, still learning

Push Jerk - 10 reps- Just the bar, still learning

Deadlift - 10 reps, 3 sets - 60 lbs. My legs were hurting bad by this point, contemplated skipping these all together

25 burpees  I was way too tired for anything else at this point

Leg raises on the pull up bar - 12 reps

Back extensions

Not going to the gym in 3 weeks made me lose more fitness than I thought it would. Even when I was making up that workout I knew it was too ambitious. But when you haven't been to the gym in awhile, and you sit around reading about workouts on the internet, it's really easy to get way too eager to get back into everything you've been missing out on. And you end up going beyond your capabilities.

It's ok though, no one got hurt. I'm just tired. I'm already sore. But it's awesome.