Glad to hear Lexie has made a smooth transition to school this year and is doing so well. I hope her motivation with lifting comes back, but if not perhaps she’ll find something else that excites her.
I used to work at a gym and remember asking people “what do you enjoy doing?” Everybody has to find their physical passion or they won’t stick with it. I’m a big believer in that.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Glad to hear Lexie has made a smooth transition to school this year and is doing so well. I hope her motivation with lifting comes back, but if not perhaps she’ll find something else that excites her.
I used to work at a gym and remember asking people “what do you enjoy doing?” Everybody has to find their physical passion or they won’t stick with it. I’m a big believer in that. [/quote]
She says that she wants to do Saturday and Sunday with me. She just doesn’t want to go after school. Unfortunately, she needs a day during the week, if she really wants to make progress.
And I agree. She needs to find her thing. That is why I let her do her own thing most of the time. Working out takes effort and drive. She has drive, but the physical effort she finds cumbersome. Hopefully that will change as she gets more settled.
If I ask her, “What do you enjoy doing?”. Straining and sweating will not make the list. So, I am just trying to find something physical that she can be involved in.
The MP is looking great. Hope Lexie finds her stride with you and finds her inspiration. My five year old is so excited about learning and I hope I am able to help her stay that way for life.
Strong MP as always Strick. Sounds like Lexie is transitioning very well to the new school environment.
Thanks GV, Dave. Just trying to stay after it.
Lexie will come around. She is really into school right now, which is great! Once she is really settles in, I think i can get that 3rd day out of her. Or get her into something that she is interested in.
Nice MP. And congrats to your daughter with those awesome grades.
[quote]NHLFTR wrote:
Nice MP. And congrats to your daughter with those awesome grades.[/quote]
Thanks, Steve. Trying to get the MP back to respectable.
And those grades are more than respectable for Lexie. She has always been too much like me and just not interested in school.
Military Press Accessory Day
Still hate the Incline Bench setup they have. It is impossible for me to retract my scaps and then unrack the weight. Add to that a narrower than needed bench and it all feels very unstable. I guess the bright side is that my stabilizers are getting great work. I worry that it is begging for an injury, though.
I may have to move them to the Smith machine. I don’t want to do that, but it would be a lot safer.
Speed MP
barx10
95x10
135x10
150x3x4
Incline Bench
185x10
225x8
245x6
255x4
225x8
Trying to stay stable, while wobbling all over the place, is robbing me of several reps.
BB Shrugs
315x15
405x10
405x14
Face Pulls - alternating palm outside and inside
x10
x10
x10
x10
x12
Shoulder joints are definitely bitching about the Incline. But I love the way it hits my anterior delts, upper chest and triceps.
Back Day
Left shoulder is feeling a little bit better. But my traps are now raising hell. Oh the growing pains…
Seated Row Machine - warm-ups
130x10x2
Seated Cable Row
I did a multitude of bars/grips on these. working sets were 180 - 225#
Straight bar, overhand, just inside shoulder width - 10x3
34" Neutral grip bar (THEY BOUGHT ONE!) - 10x3
E-Z Bar, overhand, shoulder width - 10x2
Close Neutral Grip - 10x2
Lat Pulls - 34" Neutral Grip
145x10
155x10
165x10
135x15
DB Rows
120x10x2
Seated Row Machine
175x10
205x10
Now to go cut down some trees and haul wood. Oh the joy…
Crappy workout on Wednesday. Spondy was really acting up. Pain in the lower back and running down into my left glute and thigh. Just made everything feel off, heavy and weak.
Not working out tomorrow, since I will be traveling. Decided to move heavy MPs back to Saturday. Wednesday wasn’t working out. Too much fatigue from work stress and having too long to think about what I needed to press that evening.
Busy day today. So, only got in a short workout.
Rack was, once again, in use when I got to the gym. Gent was doing squats with 115#. Then he proceeded to do upright row in the damned power rack. So, I did some facepulls and tricep pushdowns to warm up.
MP
barx20
95x10
135x10
170x3
205x3
235x3 - felt heavy as hell
255x1 - changed form a bit and it went up strong
265x1
275x1 - PR +5# since returning – strong rep.
Seated Cable Rows
190x10
200x10
215x10
Out of time.
Congrats on the MP PR! That must feel good. All that weight overhead. Egads!
Nice work. 300 isn’t far away now Strick.
Karen, it feels good. It will feel better when it is 315# again.
Dave, it is getting closer. It is only 40#. On a good day I am probably good for 280-285#, right now. Even so, that climb from 300# to 315# took forever, last time. Hopefully this one will go faster.
Back in town. Got 2.5 hours of sleep total, in three blocks, between 6:00 Sunday morning and 10:00 Monday night. I was dragging ass big time.
Back to the gym today. Not sure what I am going to do. Gonna play it by ear.
Back to Lincoln this coming weekend, for the exact same drill.
Got back in the gym today. It was supposed to be speed MP and incline Press, but I wasn’t much in the mood. Knowing that I have to go out of town again, and miss Sunday’s workout again, I just went after heavy-ish.
Military Press
barx20
95x10
135x10
175x3
205x3
235x2
255x1
265x1
275x1
MP Lockouts - 1st rep is full and all following reps are down to top of forehead then back up
225x4x2
BB Shrugs
315x15
405x10x2
315x15
Rear Delt Raises
45x10x3
35x10x2
DB Laterals - Drop set
35x10
25x7
15x7
Facepulls - alternated palms inside and outside
100x10x2
All in all I was pleased with the workout. 275 went up again, just 4 days after the last time. It wasn’t as strong as Saturday’s, but never in question.
Gonna shoot for heavy again on Saturday, throw in some back and get ready to leave town for a few hours.
Oh…and I saw curling in the squat/power rack today.
I feel guilty enough doing MP in the power rack. Given the weight, though, and the fact that I don’t clean, it, at least, makes since. This fellow, though, was doing curls with 55#, and then just the bar.
Yes, it annoyed me. I had to wait an extra 2 minutes to get my rack.
Nice work on getting 275 again with very little sleep.
[quote]DBasler wrote:
Nice work on getting 275 again with very little sleep. [/quote]
Dave, I consider it a victory.
Unfortunately, I haven’t slept well since returning getting back from the trip. It is starting to wear on me. Might be an early night tonight. And I hate going to bed early on the weekends!
MP…again
Today was my 3rd heavy MP day in the past 8 days. I could tell. Normally I would be pissed about missing my top set, but I kind of saw it coming. Last Saturday, 275# went up and was good for another 5#, probably 10#. Wednesday, 275# went up but was more of a struggle. Good for another 5#. Today I tried 280#. Got it to the top of my forehead and had no push left…just couldn’t get it through the transition area.
I had a feeling that today was iffy. Wednesday felt heavier and today even more so. My traps were still tight from Wednesday and my triceps still felt drained from the lockouts. I had decided to try going heavy twice a week. Apparently, my body prefers heavy once a week and a lighter/variant day on the other. Lesson learned.
MP
barx20
95x10
135x10
185x3
215x3
245x2
260x1
270x1
280x0
225x5x2
Seated Cable Rows
195x10 - close neutral
255x10x2 - close neutral
195x10x2 - shoulder width underhand
195x10x2 - shoulder width overhand
Front Raises
45ppx15x2
DB Laterals
30x12x2
Facepulls
100x15 - Palms inside
100x12 - Palms outside
Rear Delt Machine
110x10x2
Seated Row Machine
190x8x2
Out of town tomorrow. I might try to get some very light work in just to get the blood flowing…active recovery.
Getting back to what I had been doing, Wednesday will be speed MP and incline bench.
How did the ducks fair?
[quote]OldGoat wrote:
They were safe.
I ended up skipping the morning hunt and just doing the afternoon. Which was good, since I had to workout anyway.
They were all too high. It’s a rough spot to hunt. They are coming off the roost and above tree level…and climbing.
Even though they were too far away, I shot anyway. Love the feel of a shotgun!
I might have scared a couple of them.
I’ve missed a lot but have you been off from lifting for 10 days? It’s nice to feel the power of a shotgun.