mywildchild_2000's Journal

I so owed that machine today!!!!
May 09 2008 18:27

On tuesday I was totally slammed on the leg press machine by this scrawny legged guy. Usually when I get to the various weight machines at my gym I have to reset the weight, and probably 90% of the time on the leg machines I make it heavier. Occasionally there is some ripped guy on there and then I know I am going to have to lighten the load, but this guy was nothing special. Just a guy. And he was on the machine forever... making me mad as I have a routine that I like to follow and he was taking a long time. When he finally got off that machine he had to have done 10 sets of 10 or more... and so I thought for sure I would be slammin the weights down to my level. Normally I do 5 sets of 10 at like 250, so was set to put it there...

He had been lifting 470. My eyes about popped out of my head! ARGH.

I felt annoyed the rest of the time I was at the gym. Then on Wednesday it was an arm day so I didn't even look at the leg press machine. Yesterday I pulled an extra shift at the job, so no gym.

Today... arms and then legs, after the elliptical. I walked right up to that leg press and put it at 470, took a deep breath, vowed not to push too hard cause I would hate to blow an "o-ring", and then made a second vow to only do it once if I did get it up... and put it right up without even a groan!!!! Coulda done it a couple more times too if I wanted to, but I got an event coming up later this month that I am going to need my legs for (caber toss). I knew that I had been working hard for a reason. I also knew that I had come a long way, but am very very impressed with myself today.

Whole stack here I come. (with the extra weights it will come to a total of 505lbs! Yahoo!!!)