Back to the iron

Hump day, hump day, hump day.  Getting closer and closer to Friday, which I am thrilled about 1. because I love Fridays and 2. because my family will be in town! Easter weekend with the fam, I couldn't be happier. Derrik has a lax game on Saturday vs. Conn College so we will trek to New London, CT for the day which will be awesome, I love to watch him play. I missed out on so many of his games since I was away at college when he played high school lax, so being able to catch his college games is really great. I win the award for the loudest cheerleader at any Colby lax game, so bring earplugs if you want to join.

Daily anecdote: I am a public transportation retard. I have lived in Boston for 6 years, taken public transportation hundreds of times, and I still freak out a couple times a week. My issues largely have to do with being claustrophic in the whole 'if I need to escape I can't' way. It really doesn't help that the T decides to stop moving between stops almost every time I am on the train, at which point my mind wanders to a place I would rather not go. I have a very vivid imagination when it comes to potential disasters, and once I get going I am at a point of no return. I freak out, I start sweating, and I need to get the f*** off the train. Anyway this whole process totally happened to me this morning on the T. I got on at Central Sq and had to get off 2 stops later. After 5 minutes of chilling out, I got back on, and got off 1 stop later. I finally just walked my ass to work. GOODNESS. I had a similar freakout this weekend in NYC getting on a jam packed shuttle. Andrew witnessed the wonders of Shannon's anxiety attacks. It was a really special bonding experience, sweat and all. If anyone figures out how to rid me of my issues, please let me know!

After 4 days off of lifting, I was back to the iron this morning. Felt great.

Warmed up with running intervals:

1 min walk
30 secs @ 7.5mph
30 secs @ 8.0mph
30 secs @ 8.5mph
30 secs @ 9.0mph

Repeat x 7

'Back to the iron' lifting session:

Incline dumbell press & pushup superset -
8 x incline db press @ 35lb dumbells
10 x pushups

Upright barbell row - 3 x 12 @ 60lb barbell

Two arm cable bicep curl - 3 x 10 @ 25lbs each [set each side of the cable machine at shoulder height and curl toward your head]

Cable lateral raise - 3 x 10 each @ 15lbs

Front dumbell press - 3 x 8 @ 25lb dumbells [dumbells parallel to feet, same motion as military press, starting at your shoulder with full extension up]

This workout will lead to delts that will be the cause of much jealousy. Enjoy!