The Good Old Internet

Last night, I just didn’t sleep well. I definitely didn’t sleep long enough, either. My girlfriend was up working on something, and I was trying to help her with it. When she went to sleep, she slept on my arm. It was fine at first, but when I woke up, I felt like my elbow was almost hyperextended. Not wanting to wake her up, I let it go. It also put my shoulder in an awkward position.

When I got up, it felt okay, but there was residual soreness, as should be expected. I did enjoy my coffee. I was exhausted, but I felt okay. The fresh air was chilly but nice coming in through the open windows this morning and especially last night. I spent some time browsing the web and stuff, but I wanted to get my bench press and a WOD in early before I didn’t feel like it.

About 8:00 AM or so, I got changed and headed into the garage to do my bench press. I didn’t know how it was going to work out for me today with my elbow, but I figured I would give it a try. This morning was a keep my hopes and expectations low kind of day and just go with what my body says about it. Anything was better than nothing.

Even with just the empty bar, I was feeling a little odd in my right elbow, but just like it was overstretched, which is what happened, I think. I took my time and worked my way up through the weights. The working sets felt fine.

The final AMRAP set for this morning called for three plus reps and 160 pounds. The weight was thankfully not heavy for today; otherwise, I wouldn’t have attempted it. The set felt okay. Not great, but not causing any pain either, so I ended up completing five reps at that weight. I could have done more too! I was happy with it because of the way I felt today.

I chose a simple and fairly easy workout to do this morning. Given my tiredness, I wanted to get a WOD in right after the bench press in case I didn’t feel up to a workout after cutting the grass. There were only push-ups, fake jump roping, and unweighted lunges to do. I got the upper end of the goal time, but I just wanted to do something today. Another thing I thought was a good idea for this day was avoiding weight, especially pressing. It was just a workout. Nothing special. Just movement. It didn’t get my heart rate up that much because of the movements, but it did seem to make my elbow feel a little looser, along with my shoulder. It was not bad for a day like today, which was more about just doing something.

I got the grass done then relaxed on the patio for a bit in the sunshine

Music for today was Alice In Chains.