Upper Body Madness

I woke up this morning wanting to tear through my workout. I wanted to move the heaviest stuff I have, I wanted to sweat buckets and feel my muscles shake with every rep.

Sometimes it be like that.

So after a bit of spine and shoulder mobility and some deep core warm ups to remind my body to be supported today, I dove in headfirst.

And did some push ups. And then some Bear stance while moving the weight below me. And then I moved into lat rows, and triceps extensions. With 20lbs.

Like I said, I wanted to let the monster out, and I went hard.

I grabbed my resistance bands next and did some lat pulls and chest flies. And for funnies I stopped and did some banded good mornings to further remind my core to do its job and let me live.

Bicep curls, hammer curls, lateral raises, and shoulder presses came next, sticking with that 20lbs. I pushed for at least 14 reps for each move on each side. If I couldn't, I focused on my form and moving slowly and intentionally to build endurance.

To cool down I got onto my mat and grabbed some 2lb weights to do some rhomboid squeezes and some wrist work while lying on my stomach. Did a few more shoulder mobility moves to unjunk them after all that tension and sweat.

And then I laid there for another 10 minutes and thought about how everything for the rest of the day is going to feel entirely too heavy.

My back and chest are getting SO STRONG with this workout. Today was an excerpt of the Mountainous Mammaries Workout I'm building. It's taking me an eternity to finish it off because of my day job taking up so much time but I'm nearly there! I wanted to do a full program run through and actually see and feel improvements before publishing it for everyone interested. And yeah... it's doing the job.

Off to work for the day, here's hoping some bcaas will take the edge off this muscle ache.