Weekly Feature: What did you do?

[cereta]

I thought it might be fun to have a weekly post where people could comment with what strength training they did this week. It could be a fun way get ideas, cheer each other one, and help our members keep track of their own work.

I'm keeping the title completely neutral, because I want this to be as broad as possible. You can go into detail, you can talk about something new you did or an increase of some kind, or you can just report time or days or whatever makes you happy.

Comment away!

Comments

[sanguinity]

Exhumed the weights from the clutter. Lifted them.

(I had, for reasons that are not worth enumerating, gotten out of the habit. I have also, for more reasons not worth enumerating, been looking at the weights without moving the weights, and thinking that I need to get back into the habit. At this point, I'm chalking myself a victory.)

Now I just need to figure out what I'm going to do about lower-body strength, given home free weights and a balky ankle.

[rydra_wong]

Now I just need to figure out what I'm going to do about lower-body strength, given home free weights and a balky ankle.

I suggest lots of one-legged exercises (doing one side, then the other). The balance element is good for stabilizing the ankle, and it effectively doubles the amount of work the leg is doing, so it works well if you don't have very heavy home weights.

Try one-legged deadlifts and Bulgarian split squats, or one-legged squats going down as far as you possibly can.

[sanguinity]

*experiments*

...wow, my ankle did not yell at me. And there was surprisingly little muttering, too. Thanks for the suggestions.