BICEPS only.
I have been working on this website and also a part-time Sales Manager job for 7 weeks with very little respite. But on 1st May I decided to balance my priorities to better enable me to follow my Mojoh Method. I slipped back into it like a duck into water.
Today, I skipped the morning cycling session because I already did 30km in the previous 2 days. Yesterday I hit my back muscles quite hard, so today I opted for a slightly easier session of Biceps and Triceps. I got to the gym. Arriving at the gym and ready to train is half the battle. Actually for me, it’s about 75%, because once I’m in the gym I can pretty much get things done by sleepwalking myself through the routines previously committed to memory.
I began with biceps, and soon realised 2 things – I was more tired than I had realised, so slightly reduced energy levels. Then I noticed a nagging pain in my right forearm – inside arm just below the elbow. This was a minor injury sustained 8 weeks ago when coaching someone and showing them how to do pullups.
So I dropped the weights, and increased the reps, warming up without the standard Legs intro. The curl bar felt awkward and I could feel it wasn’t compatible with my injury, so I switched to Preacher curls, and this felt much better. Next was Hammer curls – almost zero stress on my point of injury, so I maxed out on these reps. Then I carefully tried incline bench curls, and again these worked pretty well.
After 40 minutes of intense endurance training for the biceps, I cut the session short and left it at that. Tomorrow I plan to cycle my standard 15K, followed by Pilates and some Triceps.
Listen to your body! Try to workaround anything stopping you from training. Keep the daily routine going and adjust your training plans on the fly to suit how you feel on the day. Train smart and train agile!