Morning,

It's been now 11+ months since I've started my get-healthy lifestyle. Back then, I began my weight lifting like so:

15 pound dumbbell curls
90 pound assisted chinups
55 pound chest press
60 pound row
60 pound lat raise
90 pound lat pulldown

Today, one week before surgery, I was able to do:

35 pound dumbbell curls
Unassisted chinups
110 pound chest press
110 pound row
110 pound lat raise
145 pound lat pulldown

I mix and match free weights with the cybex room, and am pretty pleased with my improvements. My challenges next week, of course, will be to lift while in recovery (or I might even (gasp!) give myself permission to actually take a break :-) ).

Enjoy,

Barbara

boy do I ever feel like a weakling after seeing those numbers

nicely done...

i see you do lots of things for your upper body but what about your lower body. maybe try leg presses and calve raises and maybe some lower back ext. and crunches.

Morning,

Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!

Take a gander at my femur and you'll see why I don't do lower body work. Luckily, I'll be having surgery next week to get rid of all the thingees in the yellow circles.

This is also why I don't do any kicks in karate either. After I recover, however, I should be fine and ready to go. Back before my leg problem got too bad, I was doing leg presses of 210 pounds.

Best wishes,

Barbara

That's amazing! Good job on all of your hard work. How long until you are recovered after your surgery?

Morning,

It's a drive-by surgery, so I'll be home the next day and on crutches/a cane for the foreseeable future. However, I generally do have a remarkably quick recovery time (I was up and walking the next day after all 4 C-sections and an appendectomy), so I'm in hopes I'll get back to normalacy sooner as opposed to later.

Data points,

Barbara

Great numbers, you have focus on what it is about
Good luck and best wishes for your surgery.

Best wishes on a fast recovery this time as well!