The Chances

I have a confession to make.

I haven't worked out in a month and a half.

I'm sure you've noticed. Blog entries haven't been here either, and while I was at the height of my workouts I made sure to post about them every day. I think that's why I stopped making entries, is I didn't want to post without having a workout. So then Jim died, then my uncle/stepdad died, I moved my mom out of her house and into ours. All that, combined with no workouts added up to something bad.

I got into a first class funk. I've been depressed over the world lately, it seems, so I've been trying to get out. Part of it has been stepping up the exercise a bit, and in the past week I managed to run on three separate occasions. I even have a treadmill in the house to supplement the stairmaster, although it hasn't been getting much use either.

So here we go. After running three times last week, I've decided there's no excuse for excuses anymore. I've started back at square 1 with the weight training program. This week I'm doing two sets, next week will start three. Away we go with today's workout:

Warmup, using a 45lb weight bar
Overhead Squat
Squat
Good Morning
Romanian Deadlift
Bent-over Row

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. I forgot to do Barbell Lunges. Next time.

Workout
Drop Squat, 2 sets of 20
Underhand Dumbbell Row, 25lb dumbbells, 2 sets of 20
Reverse Hyperextension, 2 sets of 20
Elbows-in Elevated Pushup, 2 sets of 20
Side Bridge, 2 sets of 10
Side Lateral Raise & Rotation, 2 sets of 20

That was about a half-hour. I'm going to jog on the treadmill tonight for cardio.