Heavy Lifting

I woke up this morning and headed down to the weight room. I figured it was time to start strengthening up my shoulder again. I had not lifted weights since the spring of 2010. That was before my surgery though, and now is the time for no excuses.

I decided to do only upper body and shoulder workouts because I am probably going to run tomorrow and swim on Wednesday. Those will both require some a lot of legs and I do not want to thrash my legs before then. I will start a leg program before to long though. I am about to get into the full swing of things soon. The workout was not bad at all. By that I mean there will be some days where I run, swim, and bike in the same day. On some days though I can substitute the weights for one of the other workouts.

I was stronger in some areas more than others. I was really weak with the overhead press. I felt a little discomfort, but I figure it is just because my shoulder was in shock from getting a workout. I only hope I can back to where I used to be in the weight room, and possibly be able to do a little more.

I did get to run on Friday, however do to a busy schedule I could not get to the computer to blog. It was a really bad day my right leg really started cramping up. I only got a mile in before I had to stop. I did not want to risk pulling a muscle in my leg because that would be a huge set back. I felt conquered and defeated. I was very disappointed in myself. However I have to get back on that horse tomorrow and get back to running.