ouch.

Suz and I power-gymed it yesterday afternoon. It was awesome. I haven't been to the gym since last semester (and mid-semester at that!) and I rocked it out with the weights machines.

-they now have different ab machines. These ones are killer (it's not embarrassing just putting 10 lbs. as the lift amount, as most people I watched only did the 10lbs). I was able to do 3 reps (not sets) before realizing it hurt like a &%$*^ and decided that it was a poor move. Actually, Suz helped me decide as she watched my face contort into a million different grimaces in a matter of 4 seconds. Conclusion: This machine is super high tech and because it only works if you do the ultimate crunch, lifting your lower body and crunching in your upper body, I am officially super sore after those 3 select crunches. Let's see if I do a whole set next visit to the gym. Oooouuuuuccccchhhh.

-My favorite machine, the leg press, was very inviting. I instantly went back to the weight I stopped at months ago, with 2 sets of 90 lbs. on the machine (plus the weight of the actual machine) and then the last set at 140 lbs. It felt awesome. Last night I felt pretty good. Today my legs have decided to go on strike and their preferred message of picketing my actions has been to curse at me continuously. Conclusion: as I knew before (thank you Leanne for teaching me) muscle building is actually muscle breaking. Well, I certainly broke mine yesterday, and it looks like I shoudn't be doing it again by tomorrow. We'll see how up to it they feel.

Ahhh, the joys of the gym. Thank goodness for the endorphins.