All Smiles :-)

Now THAT is a good start to deload week. I love to give Brian a hard time about deloads, cuz I royally hated them when I started. I don't mind them anymore, it's just fun to hassle him. But, today we did band work which always keeps things interesting AND we did the back raises again!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!! My new favorite thing. It makes me so happy :-D

I did a set or two of 95 lbs. I believe. Then Brian took my red mini bands and tied them together, then put them around him and on then ends of the bars so that the bar pulled back a little bit. He is trying to teach me to stay tighter. I REALLY need it. He's thinking that's my right elbow problem...and I'm thinkin' he's right. I never thought of it until he said it today, but my right arm doesn't stay tight when I bench and the bar is always in front of my elbow, which puts extra pressure on it. So, we did a couple sets with Brian tied up in the bands and then he hung a band at each end with some weight in it, not sure what plate it was though. That's just a different technique to keep me tight, cuz it swings and I'm supposed to steady it.

Then we did the back raises. I have NO idea how many I do. There's too much on my mind to concentrate on for me to count or pay much attention to anything. It's pretty tough. But I'm SO excited that the muscles exist and that we can work at getting them better and stronger. I'm just thrilled beyond words that Brian's taken so much time to observe me and discover new things I can do.

We did some Tricep Pushdowns with my new bar. 3 sets of 40 at 40 lbs. Then Cable Rope Iron Crosses, 2 sets of 20 at 30 lbs.

That might be all we did. And, of course, stretching :-D

That's a very wonderful deload day, if you ask me!