Operation B.A.L.E

Amazingly, despite going to bed at ungodly hour, I woke up this morning at 6, and was all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to exercise. My brain tried to argue with my body about; it talked about sleep debt and the hard day of coding ahead. But my body was having none of it, and dragged the brain along. I am glad it did.

As usual, I did the one hour spin class, than hit the weights:

• Dumbbell Curls: 15lbs, 15 reps max
• Tricep Kickbacks: 10lbs, 18 reps max
• Rope Tricep Pulldowns: 50lbs, 15 reps max
• Rope Hammer Curls: 40lbs, 15 reps max

And of course my usual two sets of core workouts: hanging leg raises and cable torso rotation.

I am a bit disappointed that I haven’t been able to increase my load for these exercises. But if I up the weights, my form goes to hell, and I start pulling with my shoulders instead of my arms. What to do?