I’m just waiting for my cab to take me to the airport…and yeah, just as predicted, Flo arrived in the middle of the night so I have to deal with the bitch whore on a 9 hour flight. Yippee.
Ah fuck it, I’m going to America, who gives a fuck?
Take care ladies - hopefully I’ll be back with some funny stories and photos.
Have a blast on your trip Cal!
Sorry to hear about the job - that’s bullshit. But I’m sure you’ll manage to find something better when you get back. And having a nice buffer in your bank account takes some of the pressure off, at least.
Can’t wait for the pics and stories. 
hell = 9 hour flight with Flo. Drink plenty of anything and sleep it out is my prescription. Have fun and don;t puke too much!
have fun!!! fuck that flo bitch!
and girl, you need to get laid!
That looks like a blast, glad to hear you had fun. Now back to training.
Great pics!
You’re back looks INCREDIBLE! You are strong and lean.
Glad you had fun. More pics!
Cal is back! yay!
Nice looking back and shoulders.
Re-entry is a bitch, but the pain is worth it for the awesome time you had.
Hey you! Glad to see you made it back safely…told you that ride was a killer…and my crazy hubby wanted to go back on it, at NIGHT! No thanks
cal!!! you look incredible!! I’m glad you had fun too!
welcome back Cal- your lookin mighty fine.
I’m tired right now - my body doesn’t want to go to sleep and wake up at the proper times so getting through the day is a bit of a struggle. Still, I made a point of hauling my fat arse to the gym this morning.
I’ve decided to follow a Heavy Duty-type approach, as in one all-out set per exercise, with maybe a warm-up set or two if I feel I need it. I’ll be shooting for 12 reps, so once I can get 12 with the chosen weight, I add more weight next time. I’ve done this before and it was pretty effective. It is also kinder on the old joints, since I’m not using super heavy weights, and it’s highly time efficient. I’ll be doing this until I feel my body is able to handle heavier training again.
The exception is going to be chins as I can only get a couple of reps with them, so I’ll do a few throughout the workout.
As today was my first session for over two weeks, I didn’t go balls out (I’m a little stiff - some of those coasters really beat the shit out of me, and I haven’t stretched for a while) but I pushed a bit.
Warm-up (dislocates, shouders stuff and the like).
(Warm up: 10 x bar)
12 x 25kg
Will add weight next time.
Chins x 3
Decline Push-ups (shoulder-width hand spacing) x 10
Oof I didn’t expect these to be so hard. Feet were on a step (4 risers), elbows by my side. I’ll be adding reps to these rather than weight - but if I get into silly numbers I’ll add risers. I don’t have nice things like chains to play with.
Chins x 3
(well, more like 2.5, honestly)
24kg Dumbell Rows x 10
40kg Bench Press x 10
I stopped more because my right shoulder felt iffy, rather than reps. Not painful, but I pay attention to the warning signs since this shoulder has been buggered for almost 20 years and I don’t want to make it angry. I’m sure it’ll be happier once I’ve got a few weeks of mobility work down.
Chins x 2
40kg Pulldowns x 12
Will add weight next time
Weighted hyperextensions (10kg) x 12
Will add weight next time
A fuckload of stretching.
Got on the scale. 10 st 9lbs (149lbs/67.7kg). Not good, but not bad considering all the crap I ate in America. Fortunately riding coasters is a pretty good workout (I even had buttock DOMS after an hour riding Twister at Knoebels - it’s pretty violent and my legs had to do a lot of bracing. Intimidator 305 at King’s Dominion gave me an awesome core workout too), and walking around, even at a leisurely pace, burns more calories than sitting on my arse at a desk.
My aim is to drop down to 140lbs. Once I see how I look at that weight I’ll decide whether I need to go lower. My upper body’s not too bad but I have a shitload of cellulite (yuck) that doesn’t seem to respond much. But I’m going to shut the fuck up now before I start to sound like an FA girl.
I was having the same thoughts earlier…how low in weight can I go to be satisfied? I’m trying my best to even think about weight on the scale though. Even before I had kids and I was at a really low weight(135!) I remember my tummy still being soft and my upper arm(tricep) was still dangly when I held my arms out straight…genetics?? Probably!
Yeah, I doubt many of us can be truly satsified with how we look, but we can all get satisfaction from how much we lift.
I like your program. This will really let you move up in weight at a really safe pace.
Damn shoulders. Why are they so angry??
Good looking lifting.
Have you seen the new travel channel show “Bert the Conqueror”?
Its about a guy who travels around and does thigns that scare him, mostly roller coasters and thrill rides.
We don’t have that, but I’ve heard of it. Adrenaline is a bit like a drug, though - when I started riding coasters I was terrified on a lot of them and would come off giggling like a maniac (and would immediately want to go again). Now I very rarely feel that, which makes me a little sad. I think I’ll have to go to Las Vegas and do the new Sky Jump. I did a Sky Jump in Korea and it scared the crap out of me (literally, actually - my holiday consipation was cured in one go, though I did manage to get to a toilet…) but it was half the height of the Vegas one.
I saw plenty of places selling deep fried Oreos, and my friend managed to get a deep fried Twinkie.
But deep fried butter? Holy fuck! No wonder so many Americans are fat!
The “Ice Cream Novelties” is a little scary as well… sounds like “special sauce”. yick!
