Today was arm day… and I’m not sure whether it was a success or fail.
For as long as I can remember, I have never had any upper body strength whatsoever. Like, nothing. Zilch. Nada. Absolutely zero.
So naturally, arm day is a struggle for me. A while back I did have a bit more endurance as far as upper body exercises, though not much strength. Even though I have been keeping up with arms, I feel like I’ve lost all my progress. It’s quite discouraging.
I specifically wish to target my triceps, as I have a good amount of fatty, jiggly tissue there (I desperately want to tighten that up) and my shoulders. Everything else is an added bonus! I just want to beautiful, sculpted lines that adorn many people’s arms.
My shoulders are the weakest muscles likely in my entire body. This is not a good situation, as I love and desire strong shoulders. I try my best to follow along with shoulder workouts, but I can’t about 90% of the time. It’s bad, and I don’t know what to do since I physically am unable to continue. I’ve tried smaller weights, lesser reps, more breaks – but I’m not strong enough for many exercises.
I’m trying to increase the intensity of my arm workouts so I can build strength faster, but it is so hard. I could barely cook my own dinner (which was only making a sandwich), I was so sore.
I’m trying my best and I know I’m giving everything I’ve got. I really want to improve on this aspect, and hopefully throughout these posts both you and I will see progress.
Other than that, I did 100 squats today. I’d done that yesterday also, along with a lengthy glute workout I did after my post. My legs are so sore; I am walking in a fashion similar to that of a newly birthed giraffe. But I do enjoy being sore, as it gives me proof of that workout’s effectiveness.
Today was Black Friday. I didn’t buy much, only a couple items that I’d been wanting for a while. I spent a lot of time with my family, which was so much fun. I love days like this!
Overall, I’m not feeling very confident about my upper body. I really want to get stronger and improve the appearance of my arms, though I know that won’t happen without hard work.
Tomorrow will be better. I’m going to do abs and possibly some cardio, which would help to destroy the fat around my triceps 😉 I just have to stay motivated even through not-so-fun workouts, because I’ll never get better if I don’t try.
I’ll let you know tomorrow how my next workout goes. I hope you’ve all had a great thanksgiving week. Today is a magnificent day to be happy!
My Fitness Revival 