Time for Rut-Busting

I've finally decided to download the My Fitness Pal onto my phone to track my food. Maybe it'll help me bust out of this carb-induced coma? I've been feeling lethargic even though the sun is inviting everyone outdoors. I was a worried that perhaps mega-dosing on lysine was having a side-effect so I stopped taking it as soon as my mouth felt normal. And I've finally remembered to take my daily fish oil and vitamin D. But I still feel tired, both mentally and physically. Actually, I feel good when I'm past the first leg of cardio. Once I can overcome the first 30 minutes, everything feels good. Even when it doesn't. My right side torso has been puzzling me since Saturday morning when I inexplicably had trouble putting my socks on! Nothing hurt, but I found myself being inflexible enough to struggle with getting my foot close to my hands! I don't actually feel soreness or pain either. But I know that the muscles over the right hip have been affected by the Smith Squats I did on Friday. I'm puzzled because I'm pretty sure that my form was good. Nothing hurts. But something's not quite right.

I get to the Smith machine and the over-sized Adjustable Inclined Bench is sitting there. The free weight area is actually too crowded for me to swap this bench out for a regular flat bench. I drop the seat and back down, but it doesn't actually lay flat. Instead, there's a slight hump right after the enormous gap between the seat and back. It's not at all comfortable. I do most of my routine, but my right side doesn't feel quite normal so I don't do the heavy set. I'm not injured and I see no reason to tempt the fates. The only good thing is that I can do Inclined Presses at the Smith right afterwards. At first the seat back is only slightly inclined and the movement is as painful as an overhead press. The I drop the back down another notch (probably about 60°) and it feels much better.

I do two warm up sets with the 20 lb DBs for laterals and reverse flyes, then up the weights to 25s. And because I'm always testing myself, I start upping the reps as well. I do a few reps at the Torso Twist machine just to loosen up a bit before I clamber onto the Precor for 30 minutes of Performance Program #1. I feel really good when I'm done. I've been waiting for the Smith to be free again so I can try doing Floor Presses. I'm probably too small to be doing this correctly here but I give it a try. The bar comes down as far as 5" above my chest when my elbows touch the floor. I add a bit of weight and do a few sets. Now I can do a Mat Stretch with Dive Bomber Push Ups and a hellacious plank. Planks are much much harder after doing both presses and push ups! Tomorrow I'm thinking of adding an Inverted Row Ladder to my Back Day routine. Should be fun, and it'll give me something to look forward to.

Monday Cardio and Workout
(total mileage = 6.43; total weight moved = 19,280 lbs)

CrossTrainer

Calorie :   150 CAL
Distance: 3.88 mile
Speed :    7.72 mph
Duration : 00:30:10

Smith Machine Bench Press

165

Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 100x10
Set 4 : 120x8
Set 5 : 90x25

Smith Machine Incline Bench Press

126

Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 70x12
Set 3 : 90x8
Set 4 : 90x8
Set 5 : 90x8
Set 6 : 90x12

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

35

Set 1 : 20x12
Set 2 : 20x12
Set 3 : 25x8
Set 4 : 25x10
Set 5 : 25x10
Set 6 : 25x12 SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

37.5

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 25x12
Set 4 : 25x14
Set 5 : 25x15
Set 6 : 25x15

TorsoTwistMachine

91.67

Set 1 : 50x25
Set 2 : 50x25

Elliptical Training

Calorie :   286 CAL
Distance: 2.54 mile
Duration : 00:30:12

Smith Machine Bench Press

112

Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 80x12
Set 4 : 80x12

Plank

Set 1 : 00:01:01

Dive Bomber Pushup

20

Set 1 : 20 Lap/Rep
Set 2 : 20 Lap/Rep