Jornal de Redporchlady, 15 mar 23

I'm ready to do some dumbbell lunges tomorrow! "Friends don't let friends skip leg day." 

nice work you will be back to normal in no time 👍  

I skipped lifting again today still too exhausted need to get back to it tomorrow no excuses! 

GoalOnederLand - 🙌🙌🙌 let me know how it goes!! I am wobbly with lunges but I sure feel great to get thru them.  

OTB you are right and it comes back fast! Ok I expect to see a workout post tomorrow from you. My first one back I could not even roll out on the foam roller I was so exhausted. 🤣 

Will do ! I Start phase 2 of my lifting program which is a few different exercises and a different rep range then I had been doing the previous 3 weeks.  

OTB - nice! Will be interesting to see what you are doing next!  

You go girl! I'll be watching for your workouts since mine are now abbreviated. Hey, everything we do counts right? 👍💪💪 

Diana- it is so hard to have an injury that prevents you from doing what keeps you strong. I hope it heals fast and yes anything counts do keep working on the things you can. 💯💯 

lunges are the worst 😂😂 

John I struggle with them every week! But I accomplish them. Do you have them in your workouts? 

when you do all that, makes it easier for me to get me to do the 30# squats and deadlifts I do. you got me aspiring to level up at 71!  

these days I just squat / DL / bench. and I guess one my quad stretches is like a lunge, but deeper and unweighted. I’ve done them in the past but it’s been years… 

good on you for continuing to return back to it after being sick/tired/injured…  

Sharon good for you and I want to be able to continue doing squats and deadlifts at 71 too. That is awesome and I sure you are able to get around better than other's you know that are the same age.  

John - my trainer has me focus on squats, deadlifts and presses too. I pretty much follow the same workouts every week except for different weights and reps are alternated and he progressively moves me up on weight or reps or both. I am just happy to have found strength training because it has improved my health 100% 

HI RPL, for the recap, leg day is done. I finished with some leg lifts for abs (which I'm prone to skip) using the dip machine at the gym. I'm with you, where I think my form could always use improvement. I'm going to look over a video or two on the lunges. I think dumbbell lunges are one of those exercises where proper form is slightly different for men and women. BTWs, before I do legs, I take 10 minutes or so and do a set of 5 hip stretches I found online years ago (Link: https://www.stretching-exercises-guide.com/hip-stretches.html) . Sometimes I'll add in an iliotibial band stretch. Then I do deep hamstring stretches three different ways for 20-30 seconds each...for the TRIFECTA: strength, stamina, and flexibility! 

absolutely. so much bang for the buck with weight training. 

GoalOnederLand-Awesome workout and getting leg day done! I really have to think of my form when doing lunges and make sure my front foot never lifts off the ground and keep my back straight. I will check out the stretching exercises because I could use some more of those! Thanks for the info! 

johncip-you are so right and wish I would have started this earlier in my life.