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  Habit Thoughts Exercise: My Religion Went to the Gym on cycle. Did 8 min walk on treadmill. Tried to run but the back felt uncomfortable so I dropped it. Then moved to the Weights Area for Arms day. 4 sets of Bicep Curl Extensions of medium weight. 4 sets of Seated Dumbell Curls. Medium weight but performed with rep cadence. 4 sets of Preacher EZ Bar Curls with medium weight. 1 set of Hammer Curl. 4 sets Seated Calf raises Went to the CrossFit section for banded mobilization of the left hip joint. I do 1 long hold of banded pigeon position in which the stretch of the band is strong and I open my hip joint to the best extent possible. It is indeed a great hip-opening manoeuvre. Later I did the usual McGill Big 3 followed by Shoulder rehabs. Then I did 7 pull-ups on the fat bar. I finished off the workout with 2 good sets of Barbell Glute bridges on the same platform I mentioned earlier. I closed...

Habit Thoughts Exercise: My Religion Went to the Gym on cycle. Did 10 min walk on treadmill. Then moved to the Leg machines. 4 sets of Leg Extensions of medium weight. 4 sets of Leg Curls on Seated Leg Curl machine. Medium weight but performed with rep cadence. 3 sets of Bodyweight Bulgarian Split squats. The exercise works the glutes massively. Last time I performed it with weights I noticed a slight pain in the injured back area. So, I thought of just the bodyweight sets this time to prime the body for increasing weights gradually. I am happy that the back is not affected in a bad way. Also, I could do the sets in a proper form. It is a great lower body stability exercise as you work on balancing the body along with extra weights on one leg. I have discovered a good place to perform them. Will be happy to do them more often now. 4 sets of Calf raises on Seated Calf Raise machine. Target to do it every day. 2 ...

Habits Habit Description Y/N Remarks Exercise My Religion Yes Went to the Gym an hour later than usual. The alarm did not go off so I slept an extra hour. Probably I under-slept for 2 previous nights. Started with a 10 min treadmill walk. Went to the CrossFit section which was overcrowded. Went to the weights area and performed shoulder exercises. Shoulder press machine, lateral raises, lying rear dumbbell raises and Smith machine shrugs. Moderate to low weights lifted. Do not want to rush into the lifting again. Always get injured in a rush. Happy that the form was good and no movement induced any pain. But body was reluctant to perform shrugs. Possibly due to the similarity of movement to the exercise which got me injured (Deadlift). After the weight room, I went to the CrossFit section again. Did Barbell glute bridges with weights. There was minimal activation of the...