Rest Day

    It feels hard to stay away from the gym on a rest day.  In the back of my mind I think that maybe I could be getting better by training.  On the other hand, from experience my results have been significantly better when taking a day off the gym every 2-3 days.  I use my rest days to use the extra hour towards something beneficial in my life.  Resting the body, but working the mind.  It is a great way to go about a rest day because when you are working your mind, you don't think about your body.  Gains are made fueling up and recovering!

Leg Day

    I was considering taking a rest day due to lower body fatigue I have been feeling.  Yet, mentally I wanted to get after it today.  Once I got all my school work done I took a nap, and I woke up refueled.  When I got to the gym I was a still a little tight so I did a good 5-10 minute warmup.  Once I got the blood flowing I felt pumped to workout.  This is proof that if you don't feel like working out early in the day, rest up and maybe you will be more primed in the afternoon.

Switch Up Pull Day (Back and Biceps)

     It was a strange workout today.  I usually follow an exact routine that I have written on my phone, but the routine I had written was for the ARC.  I did the workout at my home gym, which has different equipment.  I had to swap out a couple back machines for a traditional lat pulldown.  It is one of the initial movements to grow my back, so it was a nice to come back to it after not doing it for a couple of months.  This tell's me that when I write my new program that this specific exercise will be included once again.

Push Day (Chest,Triceps, and Shoulders)

     I have been struggling to get a good push day, but today I may have fixed the issue.  Dumbbell press has been feeling terrible, so I switched it out for incline barbell press.  It was a good switch up to my program!  I began the session with a detailed warmup to prime my rotator cuff.  After my warmup I had lots of blood flowing today, but when I went to press I wasn't my strongest.  Regardless, I gave it my all and felt like I improved today with mind to muscle connection despite not being able to lift my maximum amount of weight.