I Know It Aint Just Heartburn

Bacon Bourbon Caramels

I didn't have time to workout yesterday and the day prior as I can only do it when my son is in school. The past two days I've driven down to Chappaqua to work for a friend's gourmet caramel and toffee business (click to access the website). It's only a few hours, but between the drive time down there and back, and my son's after-school activities, there's no time for anything else until it's too late. Waaaay too late.

Today is Friday, and I won't be back at the gym until Monday, and that's going to be abbreviated due to the 11 am doctor's appointment I have for my annual. Of course, my stomach is still not right. I've been taking omeprazole magnesium for a week now, and I can't say that anything is better. I still get heart burn, and gassy indigestion when I'm hungry. My abs hurt under the ribs and down the right side when I do things like pull ups. But not always. So today I had to try at least one set. And it was truly quite painful, from under the rib cage down to just shy of my navel, but all on the right side. 15 reps was all I could handle, and the lingering pain affected the rest of my workout. I felt it during push ups, planks, and especially later, when doing Rip Skulls (Mark Rippetoe's version of skull crushers).

Well, it's a distraction to say the least. I was no longer bothered by my elbows when doing Diamond Push Ups, or my lower back when doing Dand Push Ups. Even One-Leg Push Ups were okay. I probably could've done more of those, but my abs were just too sore. I was very careful and slow about doing RG BB Rows on the Max Rack. But by the 7th set I'm a bit weary, so I stopped at 135 lbs. I have to keep myself more vertical than horizontal and the movement eventually comes to resemble BB Shrugs. Next time I'll do Cable Rows, just to mix it up a bit.

I keep my sets short for DB Lateral Raises superset with Reverse Flyes. 20 lbs is enough for reps. The Rip Skull really hurts my abs so I only do 3 sets. Sad when you're quitting the movement not due to muscle failure, but pain. Drag curls got a good pump going. I meant to drop the weight down for RG BB Curls but someone else had it by then, so I just sucked it up and grimaced through my sets. Done!

30 min elliptical doing Intervals. Halfway through and I have heartburn and a terrible gassy, full feeling. Oh yeah, I must be hungry so I take a swig of water and that quells the discomfort. The a good stretch at the Cage, and some Pistol Squats and a Mat Stretch. I've been here an awful long time and I still have errands to do! I get on the gym scale before showering: 108.6 lbs. Hmmm. Seems kind of odd. When I get home, and my hair is finally dry, I get on my home scale. Okay, that's a bit surprising: 106 lbs and 14.4% BF. I have photos of me at a 106 lbs several years ago after a traumatic death in the family. And I don't look anything like that scrawny 106 lbs. And I don't look anything like the 106 lbs back in 2012 when I finally dropped 20 lbs of fat. If anything, I feel as if I look much bigger now, for the same weight, and less body fat. Weird!

Friday Workout
(6.89 miles cardio total)

Elliptical Training

Steady State

Calorie :   142 CAL
Distance: 4.16 mile
Speed :    8.31 mph
Duration : 00:30:02

Hammer Grip Pull Up

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Set 1 : 112x15

Regular Push Up

100

Set 1 : 100 Lap/Rep

Plank

Straight : 00:00:30
Elbow : 00:00:30

Straight : 00:00:30
Elbow : 00:00:30

Diamond Push Up

45

Set 1 : 45 Lap/Rep

Plank

Bird Dog

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

Dand Push Up

45

Set 1 : 45 Lap/Rep

Plank

Side

Elbow : 00:00:30
Elbow : 00:00:30
Straight : 00:00:30
Straight : 00:00:30

One Leg Push Up

45

Left Leg : 45 Lap/Rep
Right Leg : 45 Lap/Rep

Barbell Reverse Grip Bent Over Row

202.5

Set 1 : 55x25
Set 2 : 75x25
Set 3 : 95x20
Set 4 : 105x15 Put on VGs
Set 5 : 115x20
Set 6 : 125x15
Set 7 : 135x15

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

28

Set 1 : 20x12
Set 2 : 20x12
Set 3 : 20x12
Set 4 : 20x12 SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

30

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 20x15

Cybex Torso Twist

Set 1 : 50x25
Set 2 : 50x25

Barbell Reverse Grip Skullcrusher

56

Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 40x12
Set 3 : 40x12 Hurts Abs

Barbell Drag Curl

75

Set 1 : 40x15
Set 2 : 50x12
Set 3 : 50x15 Too Easy?

Barbell Reverse Curl

83.33

Set 1 : 50x20
Set 2 : 50x20
Set 3 : 50x20

Elliptical Training

Intervals

Calorie :   314 CAL
Distance: 2.73 mile
Duration : 00:30:04

One Leg Bodyweight Squat

141.87

Set 1 : 112x8