This week we tried part 2 of the new weights program, this time focusing on the lower body. This again comprised of three sets of exercises; the first set involved back squats supersetted with power cleans. Four lots of 15 reps were completed back to back. I managed ok with the squats, but struggled slightly with the cleans, having not done any for over a year.
The following exercises were front squats supersetted with reverse lunges. Front squats were done instead of leg press as we did not have a leg press machine available. 20 lunges were completed on each leg immediately after completing the squats. I struggled with the front squats on this exercise as I couldn’t get my wrists to bend back on themselves as much as they needed, hence it was quite difficult to keep hold of the bar.
The final set of exercises were straight leg dead lift supersetted with leg curls on a swiss ball. We kept the weight reasonably light on the dead lift as neither of us has done much back strengthening previously. I found both of the final exercises to be fairly comfortable, so will be putting the weight up next week.
A few days after the first session and I am in less pain than I was for the upper body circuit, but still enough to know that I have done something!
I’ll report back in a few weeks on my progress, hopefully significantly bigger.