lol. People are following you around at the gym? That has to be some sort of compliment! They are clearly lost and figure you know where you’re going.
kmcnyc- I never really noticed that training affected my sleep one way or the other. The way I’ve been training hasn’t changed much either. I’ve always been an early bird but had been having trouble getting up lately. My classes were night classes this last semester so sometimes I’d get home late-ish or go to the gym afterwards and find myself up and still ready to go at 10-12 at night. Maybe I’m sort of shifting back to my “normal” sleep pattern.
bear- Come over here. I’ll get you some sleepy time tea, melatonin, and some lavender massage oil. And if that doesn’t do the trick, I’m sure we can find other ways to occupy our time…
ironcross- I guess that’s one way to look at it.
aw.
Mainey you can come too! It will be a slumber party!
ohp 45x10x3
ng pullups 7x2
elliptical 22 min
OHP didn’t feel great so I just did the bar for a few sets and super-setted with shoulder dislocates. I decided I’d do a few sets of back/bis and avoid any more pressing/tri stuff. Finished up on pullups and decided I was done. Used the elliptical with the moving arms to try to get a little blood moving in my arms and then stretched more. I guess its time to bust out the fish oil and curcumin and see if that helps.
And someone caught me on my second set of pullups.
i still hate your calves.
and ps- the slumber party is AT teh frenchies house.
i dig the cameramans motives.
Dayum!!! Nice stuff Buckeye. And the pullup vid is AWESOME!! Way to grind out the last rep. Plus you’re hella HOT!
I’m with you on the sleep situ - i get up earlier everyday with the change of weather. Mostly because my cats are fucking nuts. Today I was up at 4:30a! UGH! But I’m a morning person, so this actually bodes well for me. I’m the opposite of cbear - better to stay awake through chemistry. HAH!
Hilarious re: the gym peeps. They never cease to amaze.
Keep killing it, BG!
The Pull ups look killer! I dream of being able to knock them out like that one day.
i am hypnotized by the hot pants.
and damn those calves nomnom.
What are shoulder dislocates?
Thanks everyone!
Masch- Now that you mention it, it might have something to do with the fact that the sun comes up before 10am now that its just about summer. Gotta admit that I love a nice strong cup of coffee any time of the day. BBut I’ve been drinking more than I should lately.
BC- I do them just like this.
No training today, but I was thinking about taking either SH or puppy dog for a walk. But it already started storming. 
Oh…thought you actually dislocated your shoulder…I was going to let you in on a little secret that dislocating your arm stunts your strength.
I’m waking up between 4 and 5am at the moment, due to the light. Joys of being in the northern hemisphere. On workdays I’m often knackered enough I end up going to bed around 9pm as a result.
We can’t get Melatonin in the UK except on prescription but the times when I’ve brought it back from the US, I’ve found it makes me feel very groggy and shitty and no more well rested. ZMA seems to help, though.
melatonin and valerian are 2 well known sleep aids that causes some negative side affects with many people such as morning hangovers and nightmares…
try
5-htp
hops
scullcap
lemonbalm
linden flower
or a combination of.
or the chemical stuff that Bear can get for ya 
Posting up training really quick while I finish off what is quite possibly the most delicious chicken breast I’ve ever grilled.
Circuit #1 (3 sets of 10, 60 sec rest between rounds)
front squat (65)
box jump
kb swing (16)
Circuit #2 (3 sets of 10, no rest)
back xt (40 behind)
leg raise
calf raise (3 pps)
Treadmill- 35 min walk
moar abs
Have you tried Dan John’s Tabata? I’m getting excited about this next week as I have them scheduled.
Have you tried Dan John’s Tabata? I’m getting excited about this next week as I have them scheduled.
Don’t know anything about Dan John’s take on Tabata. Maybe I’ll look it up tomorrow. If I’m going to do Tabata, I prefer some sort of BW exercise to anything loaded. Today I was just feeling fat and wanted to do something hard, but didn’t actually want to go heavy.
Right now, I’ve got to get to bed. Early morning at work tomorrow. No pretending to like church again, thank goodness, but no yummy food either
Nice Pullups in those tiny shorts, too. Awesome, Buckeye!
And the grad school years were some of the best. Hope you are enjoying it.
I’ve done a whole lot of those band stretches up there. Wicked internal rotated shoulders when I started, but I’ve made a lot of progress fixing it.
Saw Puff had stopped in thought I’d say hi.
Here’s the Tabata stuff Chris was so excited about he posted it twice 
I have done a Tabata workout from a Muscle
Tabata is like one of those things you do because you lack complete inhibitions–or you have the intestinal fortitude to stare down a charging bull as you hold a muzzle loaded canon in your hands. Maybe you’ll survive, maybe you won’t.