I took a rest day yesterday. I do this when my body tells me too and it was so worth it. I saw a podcast a while back with Danica Patrick. She is big time into fitness and she talked about how she has learned the importance of rest days. At one point she was working out so much that her progress was suffering. The body adapts and needs time to strengthen and build. Anyway, I do take 2 or 3 rest days a week and try not to overwork fitness.
I also listen to my body during workouts. I am 60 years old so I do want to make sure I am being careful not to get injured. I push but really try and tune in to my body to see how hard I can go.
Today I did a 500M row warmup followed by deadlifts with a hex bar also known as a trap bar. I have one similar to this https://amzn.to/3N3dgSw. This has helped my be in a better position with deadlifts. I also use it for shoulder shrugs and bent over row after deadlifts. Both are pulling exercises. I then moved to good mornings upping my weight again this week followed by farmers carry. I am working up farmers carry to be my bodyweight so will be uppin gthe weight over the next few weeks. I am a believer in farmers carry as a great strength tool. By the way, I use the hex bar for that as well.
Today I did not do a HiiT routine like the past few weeks and I focused on strength. I did a routine for dumbbell curls, pull ups, 21’s, reverse fly with heavy dumbbells and 70 hammer curls. The workout overall was about 1 hour and 10 minutes. It was good and I am continuing to feel stronger.
Discipline keeps me going! Have a great day everyone!