Still Got DOMS

I'll admit that I'm a bit surprised to still be experiencing DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) a day after a set of Walking Lunges. I had done this movement last week as well, so it wasn't as if it was a totally new experience. Nothing else I've been doing has left me sore on more than one occasion, and while my quads were okay, the glutes were not. They definitely slowed me down on the elliptical, granted I got stuck on #2 which tends to grind a bit on the low elevations. 

Wind Breaker was already pedaling #1 when I arrived, and he was still there when I left almost two hours later. No one on #3 with the broken cup holder, and a fellow pedaled #4 for roughly 10 minutes before hopping off for more exciting activities. Today's a Cardio and Pull-up Day, and while cardio wasn't great, the pull-ups were unexpectedly a skosh better than I anticipated. Yaaay me! Sore glutes don't impact arms, shoulders or the upper back.

While I'm on the step machine, I see the Odd Couple standing between the two multi-station cable towers. There's a pull-up/chin-up bar in the center and a big square metal table that the woman stands on to reach it. She can do a few pull-ups for each set as her husband/boyfriend stands behind her as a spotter. And she does several sets. Meanwhile, her husband is using a cable station for biceps or triceps.

I do my steps, more pull-ups, a stint on the cross-trainer, more pull-ups, and then off to the Aerobics Room. The abs are a little tired from yesterday's Dead Bugs but I'm able to do everything on my list, including Bird Dogs and Push-ups. I'm always happy when I can do the latter without any shoulder issues. The only items I skip are Walking Lunges and Wall Sits. Not feeling guilty about it either.

15 Nov 2024 11:54-1:51

Friday — All Cardio

Cold with a Drought Warning 

Brilliant Day — Timolol/Losartan

Precor elliptical #2

(clunks at low elevation)

Program 3

Time: 30 + 5 (5400)

Distance: 2.78

Cal: 306

Avg Hr: 158, 237!?-85 lol!

New FB: 54-128

(12:33)

HGPU 17

Matrix StairMaster (R) (12:42-12:53)

Manual timer 8+2 cool down

Minimum 5 minutes

Speed 5 (45)/ 2 (33) / 1 (29)

Steps 427

Floors 26

Cal 65

Hr 124

HGPU 16

Life Fitness X-Trainer #3

(1:03-1:19)

Program Manual L1

Time: 12 (+3 min cool down) = 15

Distance: 1.37

Cal: 114

Avg Hr: 124

HGPU 15

20 Hip Bridges (1:31)

Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch

DeadBugs 20 x 5

Piriformis stretches

Child’s Pose

Cat/Cow stretch 12

Child’s Pose

Fire Hydrants 30 x 2

Bird Dog Planks 60s x 2 (tingle)

Push-Ups 25 (minimal tingle)

Arm rotations 20

Air Squats 25

Neck stretch / Eye yoga (1:51)