In the thick of things

O.K....here's a live post from the middle of my first workout back. Today's main workout is chest and back...I am really pleasantly surprised at how well my form held up for having taking roughly two months off. Most of my numbers were above my beginning numbers for last time. And looking in the mirrors during the workouts, I felt really happy about how things are looking already. That's the good news.
On the downside, my chronic 'tennis' elbow, my right one, was tweaking a bit on a few pushups, and it is still tight afterwards, especially if I bring my fist all the way up and fully close the elbow joint. Definitely something to keep my mind and eyes on. Also, I have got 7:33 left in the AbRipperX video and holy shit!!! I knew this was why I was so hesitant to restart. Good god!!! At least I am getting through it with limited pauses, but my form is way down from where I was the last time, and my hunger to race against them and throw in extra sit-ups and more difficult moves is completely gone at this point. I am in sheer survival mode trying to keep up and get 25 done on each of the 11 moves. I finished the most difficult ones...but I still have Mason Twists left. I doubt I will be doing the 60+ I was before...just hoping I can reach 50.
All in all, better than I thought, but I was not fooling myself, this is hard.

(A friend is coming over for dinner...I will try to convince her to take some 'nude' shots to post...I would like to have a full set of poses to compare as this gets going. Taking photos by myself is possible, but limiting on the poses, zooming, and quality of shots...c'mon Puppy, earn your keep girl, work the zoom toggle...)