Week 2: getting colorful and creative

So week 2 didn’t go as exactly as planned. I didn’t get my 3 days a week exercises but instead of moping about it, I did what I could and learned from it.

Day 1

Upping the squat to 27.5 kg and it gets more colorful every time.

Colorful 27,5 kg(bar included)

So far so good. I’m glad I started at the beginning, because seeing progress on the bar makes it more motivating.

I’m still not able to do overhead presses ( OHP ) with an empty bar yet, so I decided to start presses with the lightest weight I could find and work my way up.

Lightweight baby…literally

And the lightest was 0.25 kg. Did this 5×5 and I at least got to finish it. Even if it felt like next to nothing.

day 2

And this week was will be an only a 2 days training. I was not ready and did not plan my week correctly with my workshops and physiotherapy session. But this shouldn’t be an excuse, I just had to make to make time.

Back to training day 2

Squatted was easy. It felt lighter than the previous day back when I had more colored weights … more colored weights… that’s when it hit me. It seemed I miscalculated the weights and instead of 30kg I lifted 25.

I was almost done with this exercise and felt stupid. So I told myself … this counts as warmup…. which I actually don’t do yet because of what is lighter than an almost empty bar. I do some light stretch work before but that’s about it. Plus side: I worked up an extra sweat.

So after finally finishing it , my bench was a bit harder not impossible. Finished the sets with 25 kg and the rows after this with the same weight.

Squat: 30 kg

Bench: 25 kg

Rows: 25 kg

Lessons learned : plan ahead and be more disciplined.