Crossfit Total
1RM Squat: 260lbs
1RM OHP: 155lbs
IRM DLs: 335lbs
Total: 750lbs
It really felt good to try something heavy for a change. My back has been feeling great! I was really much too conservative in my goal of working toward a 185lbs back squat in a few months from now. I even pulled 335lbs in deadlift! It feels great to say. So to all the haters out there yoga can work if you push yourself while doing it! I have not done anything heavy on back squat or deadlift since last April. That is over 1 year! Here I am still strong and feeling great! I really think I could have got more on both squat and deadlift but didn't want to get too crazy because I had already blown through what I had initially thought I was capable of...rereading this post it is coming off as really self congratulatory, obnoxiously so, but I don't care. I missed lifting weights and so to come back and have a day like this AND not have my back hurting is fantastic.
I think having the intensity of lifting removed but still having the resistance aspect of training in the regimen was a huge help. Throughout the yoga classes we worked on static poses:
Chair pose and variations
Crescent lunge and variations
Tree pose
Warrior 1,2,3
Not only did these movements strengthen my legs but also increased my core strength and flexibility. The fact that I am able to come into the gym over one year after really injuring my lower back and put up weight comparable to what I did before I was injured is awesome to me. It speaks volumes to the training those that focus on just yoga do and the strength that you can build by simply doing yoga. Can't say enough good things about it.
If you are ever in Albuquerque NM head over to Nicole's Yoga Sculpt class at Blissful Spirits.
Cheers!
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