The transition from swimming to more extensive activities went well for our “newbie” fitness blogger. Those lap activities loosened everything and prepared her for the following gym sessions, where she used equipment such as:
- Adductor machines
- Leg press equipment
- Back extension contraptions
- Arm muscle weight machines
- Rear deltoid and pectoral fly machines to verify and confirm full shoulder mobility in those directions
She added a considerable amount of weight to all the above machines and performed a generous number of repetitions. Full extended shoulder mobility and the ability to move the weight with them were confirmed.
Everything went well, and then she did this for the very first time:
Barbell Squats
That was the first time she’d ever done those in her life, so she didn’t add weight to the bar. The barbell squats took a little bit of getting used to, but she did it just fine. Nothing burns today except her quadriceps, but that was from adding extra-extra weight to the leg press machine, not the barbell squats.
High protein and water consumption followed the activity, and all was good.
The blogger concluded that she is good to go. She’s still a petite female (125, 5’2″), not a hulk or massive weight lifter of any kind. But no physical limitations or joint pains seem to be present at this time.
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