28. Light Arms

  Went good. Got 30 reps of Bench Press at 25lb. I wish I could go up in weight but I only own up to 25lb dumbbells.

  The Renegade pushups are going to take some getting used to. They still hurt my elbow.

  Shoulder press is going well. I got 10 10 and 15 at 15lb. I am, as always, worried about my lower back so I am not going very hard on these. My shoulders feel weak so I will be increasing the intensity. However, I cannot risk my back because I will cause myself to be bedridden for 24-48 hours if I do Shoulder Press wrong and don't engage my core correctly. I need to add more core exercises but I don't want to cause Legs and Core day to take even longer. 

  Again, I am stuck between a thorough program that ends up feeling tedious/killing my interest in working out and a short enjoyable workout that returns minimal results, causing me to be discouraged. It's a fine line. 

  Realistically, I should just do one leg workout because I'm not worried about legs. I need to strengthen my core/back. That will increase my quality of life the most. Maybe cardio but I don't have anything for cardio on the plan right now. I go for walks regularly enough.

  Light Arms feels like a waste but I designed it like this for a specific reason. The time I would stop exercising most often is when my rest days ended and I had to get back to the gym. Two days off in a row was enough time to get out of the habit and let those 

  "You don't have to go today. What's one more rest day. You can easily go tomorrow instead. Today is so inconvenient. You're too tired and busy."

  thoughts in. That's why Light Arms is designed to not take very long and the exercises planned for this day are exercises I enjoy. Except pushups. I hate them. Maybe pushups is what I should replace. Then I could add another core exercise. I'll consider it. 

Song of the day: No music. I have no idea what I listened to. I'm 90% sure I just forgot to turn on my music. I had headphones on but nothing was playing... and if there was music playing I don't remember it. Weird.

---Light Arms: Dumbbell Bench Press 2xfailure/10 30 reps 25lb Shoulder Press 3x10-15 15lb 10 10 15 Renegade Push Ups 2x8

15lb (left elbow pain)