Thursday -- Back Day

I love Thursdays.

I loves Thursdays for a few reasons. One of them is that Thursdays are typically the day before Fridays and I really love the relaxed attitude that Friday brings. It starts on Thursday nights though for me...that "relax, Friday's tomorrow!" feeling of relief. But more importantly than that, here are another few things that make me LOVE Thursday...

1) Thursday Workout = Back Day!

First I'll go over my usual routine:

I start with a 1.5-2 mi run to get some cardio and warm up my muscles. Then the lifting happens....

Yesterday (Thursday) however, I decided to incorporate a little variety into my workout. Instead of doing my usual Cable Seated Rows, I had Ryan show me how to do inverted rows on the Smith machine. I was not familiar with these awesome exercises until recently, and took a liking to them immediately. For those not familiar, the movement is depicted in the following picture I stole from Google Images.

Inverted Rows

I also hit another PR in the deadlift. 135 lbs! It has been consistently going up for the past couple weeks. One of the main reasons for this I believe is that prior to a couple weeks ago, I had been doing deadlifts on the same day I was doing squats. Now the DL really works your hamstrings and lower back (and a lot more!), but I had put them on leg day. Needless to say after a hard couple sets of squats every Sunday, my body was exhausted and not ready to go into a hard set of DLs. Also, both squatting and deadlifting put a lot of pressure on my lower back, so splitting them up has really been good for recovery.

That said, I have been very pleased with the progress I have made on my back. Unlike my Arms, I feel like I have made consistent progress with my lifts, I can definitely see more definition in the muscles (see below!), and I really really enjoy my routine.

Back - 1

2). Coming home on Thursday = cuteness

Ok, coming home everyday I get cuteness and over-joyous kisses, but after a tough workout and a long workday it's even a bit better:

Qubit being the cutest!