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Tuesday October, 24th
This week my workout days at Torque will be Tuesday and Thursday's. I might start making the workouts three days a week as I progress in the process. Tuesday was the day of the actual workouts with a specific group. Tuesday 10-24-17 was arm day which was hard because I have very little arm muscle. The first thing we had to do was stretch as always and after we had to get a 14 pound ball (these are not tiny balls) and do what are called granny throws. A granny throw is you are holding the ball in your hands and squat and when you came back up you threw the ball as high as you can. We had to do 20 of these. We also had 10 push ups and 10 pull ups. We had to do each of these activities 5 times so 5 reps. 20 Granny throws, 10 Push ups and 10 pull ups. So in total we did 100 granny throws 50 push ups and 50 pull ups. Repeating these start to get really hard, but very much worth it in the long run. Continuing on Tuesday we had to lift extensions. You start off with just the bar and progress to how ever much you can lift. You hold the bar on your chest with your elbows facing outwards and you dip and explode and extend the bar above your head. You had to do this 5 times with whatever amount you had because if you can't do 5 you can't go anymore. This was my first time actually using weights and the bar and stuff like that so I maxed out at 45 lbs. And I hope to improve that every time I go. The last set of reps we did on Tuesday was we had a 45 pound weight laying on the ground and we had to push it with our hands across the ground down and back was one and we had to it twice. This one absolutely killed my thys. After this we had to run down and back to the fence twice and down and back was one. And then we had to do 20 pull up things where we hold on to the handle and have to lay our body as flat as it goes and pull ourselves up to where the handle touches our armpits. We had to to these 5 times each which actually killed me. It looks so much easier than done. But no pain no gain. After the group finished all 5 reps of these three activities we had to do 4 one minute planks with a one minute break between each. For some reason the last thing we do always seems to kill me because I am usually really tired by the end. The planks were hard but not the hardest thing I had done all day. Thursday October, 26th This day at Torque was one of the light days I felt like. We started out with a band around both of our legs and we walked down and back to count as 1 time. This was harder than it sounds because the band restricts you from walking normal and you have to be in a semi squat position for it to work correctly. Then we had to do 10 step ups on each leg onto a 3 foot box. This tired out your legs really fast because you have to use your arms movement to help you lift yourself up. The third activity we had to do was 20 hip lifts. Hip lifts are when you lay on your back flat and just repeatedly lift your hips to improve your core and back strength. We did each of these activities 5 times. The next set of things we had to was dead lifts. It was my first time doing deadlifts so I maxed out at 95. The third thing I had to was sprints and wall sits. We start at one end of the gym and start on the minute. When the minute starts we sprint down and back and for the remainder of that time we are supposed to do wall sits. This was done for 5 minutes. And every time the minute started we started sprinting again. The last activity was to do 100 toe touches and 100 flutter legs. Both of these activities help to improve your core strength. |