Falling back but not quitting; achieving the goals

I fell back into my rest day to perform many of my exercises for the previous two days. Truth be told, at least 1/2 the exercises are done and total time will be easily less than 45 minutes. 85% of the exercises are simple and actually pretty fun.

I do make sure for the prehab exercises that I only do 2 sets. Over time, I will still progress with difficulty of form or increased weight. Consistency is key. It is analogous to making unrealistic goals when dieting. It’s easier just to track what’s happening and keep it level, or even go over for awhile, but with keeping the idea of making habitual changes.

I have a job search and a foreign language study as two other primary goals of mine. These shouldn’t take an inordinate amount of time, as the job market is superb for my work, and the study type I am doing at this juncture is word memorization with the addition of watching some Mandarin-spoken media. The job search, however, may consume 40 hours a week. One saying about job searches: looking for a job is a full time job.

The exercises that are only partially complete or not yet started:

L-sit progressions

Decline Diamond Face Pushup

Bulgarian Split Squat: Most important exercise

Side Leg Lift (Glute Medius) or Cable hip abduction exercise or Clam Shell as far to failure as possible

Nordic Curls

Face pull-cable machine; prone Ws with weight (5 lb each hand to start).

Only one requires a tremendous effort: Bulgarian split squat. It is the most important, I have marked. The L-sits are quite intense. I can perform 4 of the 6 in my room and go to the weight room later.

Anyone with exercise in strength training can look at this and realize it’s a pretty light routine. Goals are totally achievable for me so I look forward to completing them.

10PM or so, update: 17 more Nordic curls. All other mandatory exercises are complete. Ab work postponed most likely. I can tell my hamstring strength is very quickly increasing with the Nordic curls but still a long, long way from raising with a straight waist or even dropping with a bent waist. I see the progress, which is great.