Arm wrestling pulls on tg (this was an experiment for reasons…ones i will say further down in this post)
Facepull ss w./ w raise 3 sets 10-12
Kb Push press 2 sets 7 reps 1 set failure
Heavy rear delt raise partials 3 sets 20/15/12
Lat raise to failure then partials 3 sets
Arnold press 1 set to failure
Shovel snow
Suitcase carrys down and back x 3
This was conditioning…and its -33°c here so that was fun
I have to say that that was a pretty good shoulder workout, largely due to @Frank_C suggestions. With going for higher reps on the rear delt partials, or at least what i could manage, my rear delts lit up nicely, and the lateral raises were good too although next time i will go heavier i think. And choosing to do 1 set of arnold raises at the end was good too.
Got in some extra conditioning too.
So as far as those arm wrestling pulls go…i was seeing if i could do some of that kind of stuff on my total gym, which i absolutely can, basically because i want to start incorporating a little of that each week. Why? Well…its gonna sound stupid but one of the guys i subcontract to, whos also a good friend of mine beat me in an arm wrestle back in the summer time and i want to see if i can take him this summer. Thats literally all it is.
The house im working on is only 3 min away from where i live…so…a nicer lunch than usual. 4 egg omelet with mushrooms, provolone and sugar free ketchup.
This is just a rough draft of what i want to do tonight. Work will be pretty easy today, so it might be an afternoon workout instead of night. I dont even want to go in to work today cause i know that i dont have a lot i can do at this reno for today and tomorrow…inspections have caused delays so im quickly catching up on everything. But…if i want my client to stay happy and pay me i need to show some progress.
Rough draft:
Back/biceps/little bit of hams
Neutral grip pull ups
Kb row
Straight arm pulldown
Face pull
Some sort of regular curl
Hammer or zottman curl
Rb curl?
Hamstring curl
Kb swing
I think this should be an article for beginners. This strange hobby is done like this the majority of the time. I guess that’s what makes us different. We do something despite what life throws at us.
The value and impact of being flexible is underrated. I’m glad I’m not one of those all or nothing people. They’re missing out.
Batman rebuilt himself in a hole (litterally) of a jail using only bodyweight training to defeat bain…so why not train however you can with whatever you have available in whatever your circumstances are to defeat your own personal bain? Or something like that haha
That’s a lot… looking forward to see what “of death” means for BSS. In my experience, just holding 50# and doing 5x10 makes BSS pretty deadly. Or 5x20 unweighted you also could die lol.
Hamstring curl 1 warm up set 3 working sets 12/10/10/10
Banded good morning with heavy band 15/12/15
Bss of death 2 sets x 7 reps then : strip set only rest is switching dbells right leg : 75lbs x 10 / 65lbs x 8 / bw x 12 left leg : 75lbs x 9 / 65lbs x 8 / bw x 12
Heel elevated Goblet squats 2 x 10 (sorta for flushing the legs through a bigger range of motion if you know what i mean)
Sissy squat 3 x 12/10/10
Calf raise x 50 reps
Swapped out kb swings. I thought that i might need them for some extra posterior work, but i didnt. Did calves instead.
My legs and butt are already a little sore…and i honestly love that feeling. I need to get back to walking lunges though…they are one of my favorites and with having a couple different toe surgerys over the last number of months i havent been able to do them. But my toes are recovered nicely, no more pain.
Gonna try to get in some extra conditioning today.
So i came to the realization the other day that my 6 year wedding anniversary is only 3 months and 2 days away. Me and my wife have planned something out including some family photos…hopefully covid wont affect it at that time. But my inner meathead started thinking…its a nice little bit of time to really get after more of a physique change…i started my t-ransformation wanting to do a recomp of sorts, and so far i have seen some positive changes, and while i dont want to go after a crazy cut, partly because stucco season starts not too long from now and i cant be working that hard while on a cut, i do want to do something more. I have already upped my training frequency due to mental health, and i have just changed up my way of eating due to physical health…i figure if i can keep training hard and often, and eat the way im eating…maybe i will have a little more to show so to speak. We’ll see i guess.
That’s a good excuse to get after it a little harder, eat a little cleaner, and keep improving. I usually pick something on a similar time horizon - beach vacation coming up, a big family get-together, or a birthday - and not only does it help me have more of a “goal”, it also helps get support from you-know-who. She doesn’t want to see you hungry, or sore, tired, waking up super early for the gym and being miserable, etc. But when it’s for that special trip with her, it’s good motivation for both of you.
Thanks! Doesn’t feel like its been 6 years…we will be closer to being married for a decade than only 1 year…and our son will be almost turning 2 at that point…
Breakfast:
1 cup black coffee
1 cup fat coffee (heavy cream/butter/coconut oil blended in)
3 eggs scrambled with onion, cooked in e.v. olive oil
Not a lot of actual food, but plenty of fat/calories. I havent really been measuring anything yet but im not being stingy with my fats either. I find that when i have my fat coffee with breakfast, i cant eat very much actual food…but in my mind thats ok cause im focusing more so on getting a bunch of fat in to start my day. The food will catch up as we go through the day.
Also…all my eggs are double yolkers these days, and the occasional triple yolk…the odd time its a single yolk its kinda disappointing haha
I wouldnt complain about some incidental fat loss haha…i will definitely be eating more calories during stucco season. More water too cause its all outside. I just have had to change from carb fueled to fat fueled due to health reasons, and the unfortuantly thing is that the stucco boys love the bakery here…and it is an amazing bakery so i will need to be careful haha
Do you raise your own chickens?
In China, there’d sometimes be immature chicken eggs at the wet market (ie, the butcher slaughtered a chicken with unformed eggs. Those yolks are the best
