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Monday, September 8, 2008

"Rehabbing" the shoulder

So last week was all about bringing shoulder exercises back in with a reduced weight. Exercises that heavily involved the shoulder joint (side and front raises, bent over rear lat raise, shoulder press) were performed with 10lb dumbbells instead of the usual 30-pounders I used. After one workout with 10lb dumbbells, I was able to up it to 15-pounders the next workout. I want to slowly keep adding until I'm back to pre-injury state. Seems to be going well. Every now and then I would feel some tightness, but nothing to crazy. While this was happening, I started to add more pushups and up my mini-workouts a bit.

Monday: Side raises (10, 10, 10), front raises (10, 10, 10), bent over rear lat raise (10, 10, 10), shoulder press (10, 10, 10)
Tuesday: Squats (40), lunges (10 each)
Wednesday: pushups (30, 30), calf raises (45), 20 min run (1.67 mi @ 5.01 mi/hr)
Thursday: Squats (40), lunges (10 each), side raises (10, 10, 10), bent over rear lat raises (10, 10, 10), front raises (10, 10, 10), shoulder press (10, 10, 10), bent over rows (10, 10, 10), biceps curls (10, 10, 10), hammer curls (10, 10, 10)
Friday: pushups (35, 35), calf raises (60)
Saturday: 19 min run (1.67 mi @ 5.30 mi/hr)

As you can see, I was able to start running again. I haven't ran in the longest time, so I picked a loop near my place. It's a short loop, but with two laps it's not so bad. I need to bring my cardio endurance up anyway, so starting slow is good. I opted for running instead of biking, because it burns more calories and it's easier than going to my parents' place to grab my bike.

What I did too over the weekend was change some plumbing fixtures. Let me tell you it's quite an arm workout removing those old faucets with the stuck nuts. Working on your back in cramped areas doesn't help either.

Well, that's the update. Here's the current weight:
181.5/183.5

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