caffeine | Back to the gym (Reply)

mle292 and I went back to the gym last night, after far too long away. It felt really good to work out again. We will be going back on Saturday or Sunday to hopefully start a new habit of getting to the gym. We go to Snap Fitness, which has small, limited facilities with very little amenities, but that also makes it fairly inexpensive. Also, they have very good "family" rates, as opposed to when I looked at Life-Time, which required not only the same address, but also a joint bank account to prove "family."

Leg Extension: 3 sets by 12 reps, 125
Leg Curl: 3x12, ~90
Calf raises: 3x12, 70
Crunch 1: 3x12
Sitting chest press: 3x12, ~105
Dips: 1x8
Lat pull-down: 3x12, ~80
Bicep curl: 3x12 (simultaneous curl, alternating hammer, simultaneous curl), 15
Crunch 2: 1x12 (obliques, once each side counts as 1)

I think my biceps lost the most muscle in my time away from the gym (I used to do that set with 25, 20, 20). Also, there is a huge difference between some of the free-weight type equipment and the machines. Machines have the benefit of not requiring a spotter, but I think that free-weights do a better job. On an incline leg press I have done 2x8, 720 (3x12, 630). Bench (chest press) I have done 2x6, 225 (3x12, 185). Sadly, snap does not have a leg press (hence the leg extension) and chest press (even with the smith rack) should have a spotter, especially when suspending 225# above your chest.