- @Laura33
- Workout logically - reduce risk of injury
- >= 4x/week workout
- < 3 consecutive weeks of 6+ workouts/week
- Push ups 1 set/10
- Pull ups 1 set/1
Checking in for accountability: did ok overall.
-- Successfully achieved goal to not be a macho dumbass and hurt myself from overuse. I had several tweaks and injuries here and there, but I backed off and got treatment and successfully avoided turning a small annoyance into a big problem.
-- I usually made 4x/week, but I have to admit, there were weeks in which I didn't make 4, through no excuse other than sheer laziness. But I'd call this one 90% achieved. And I did avoid the 6x/wk overuse.
-- I did achieve a set of 10 "real" pushups and am psyched. Unfortunately, the pull-up is still well beyond me. I ended up doing a competition this fall, and so I spent a lot of time prepping for that instead of focusing on the pull-ups. But it was fun -- so much fun I'm doing it again this spring -- so I don't regret that choice at all.
-- In unexpected good news, I dropped my back squat goal due to my recurring knee issues, but even despite that, I did increase back and front squats by about 10 lbs each -- and I got my zercher squat up to 185 lbs out of the blue (higher than my back squat even). So I am very happy with that, and my reward was to have no quad/glute issues skiing at all.
Overall, I am very pleased -- for someone who has never been a gym rat, this has probably been my most successful fitness year overall, and I am very happy about the strength I have gained and how I have managed my own brain. Now if only I could find a way to like cardio. . . .