Lifting for 4-7-9

I honestly wasn’t feeling in the mood to go today. Hard to peg why. I went anyway, of course.

NROL, Fat Loss I
Day B, Workout VIII

Rest: 60 sec between exercises

Alternating Sets
BB Deadlift: 3×12 @ 185 lbs (+10 lbs)
DB Incline Press: 12, 12, 9 @ 40 lbs

Alternating Sets
Plate Step-up: 3×12 @ 10 lbs
Mixed Grip Lat Pull: 12, 12, 8 @ 130 lbs (+10 lbs)

Alternating Sets
BB Romanian Deadlift: 3×12 @ 125 lbs (+10 lbs)
Swiss Ball Lateral Roll: 3×12 @ BW

Metabolic Overdrive: 3 rounds on elliptical (1 minute hard, 2 minutes recovery)

Sometimes numbers get in your head. Doing high-rep deadlifts for 185 lbs is getting up there. I told myself I wouldn’t increase the weight, but of course I will anyway next workout when the rep range drops two and the rest periods drop 15 seconds. Masochistic, maybe, but I have to push myself. The heavier I lift, the more metabolic effect there will be. Even though my last set of inclines wasn’t 10, I think I’ll increase the weight anyway.

Immediately felt the weight increase in lat pulls. For this, I won’t be increasing the weight. I barely got the last repetition.

I let myself walk around the track once so my hearing would return to normal. I just remember the one time I tweaked myself was when I was so fatigued my hearing was wonky. Otherwise, RDLs felt just fine. I’ll increase the weight next workout, but I’ll continue to use smaller plates so I can get a larger range of motion. Annoying clanging on the ground when I can go deeper.

So glad I’ve found an elliptical that seems to fit me adequately. It’s not necessarily getting easier, but I’m learning how to pace myself. To find a high intensity that I can maintain, rather than going so hard that I literally can’t keep up with myself.

Four more workouts, then Fat Loss II. I’m simultaneously excited and wondering what the hell I’ve gotten myself into.