[quote]AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.
You know…for a second I thought I had stumbled into my own log.[/quote]
Revenge of the Shits was on cable last night which inspired today’s title. I don’t know how that movie got a 3 (out of 4) star rating on my cable box. Every time I see The Non-Actor portray Vader I want to hit something.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.
You know…for a second I thought I had stumbled into my own log.
Revenge of the Shits was on cable last night which inspired today’s title. I don’t know how that movie got a 3 (out of 4) star rating on my cable box. Every time I see The Non-Actor portray Vader I want to hit something.[/quote]
Yeah, I think everyone was watching it, too. There sure seemed to be a rash of Star Wars related comments (many directed towards me) last night. Sometimes I pretend that the prequels never happened and talk myself to sleep thinking of how I would have made them better.
Quick question:
Who is the worse non-actor: Walker or Christensen?
Is there another non-actor that you feel surpasses the suckage of those two?
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Doug Adams wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.
You know…for a second I thought I had stumbled into my own log.
Revenge of the Shits was on cable last night which inspired today’s title. I don’t know how that movie got a 3 (out of 4) star rating on my cable box. Every time I see The Non-Actor portray Vader I want to hit something.
Yeah, I think everyone was watching it, too. There sure seemed to be a rash of Star Wars related comments (many directed towards me) last night. Sometimes I pretend that the prequels never happened and talk myself to sleep thinking of how I would have made them better.
Quick question:
Who is the worse non-actor: Walker or Christensen?
Is there another non-actor that you feel surpasses the suckage of those two?[/quote]
I give the slight “edge” to Christensen in regards to suckage. As much as I can’t stand Paul Walker, he at least brings a little bit of personality to his roles.
I’m hesitant to include Jason Statham in here because everyone knows he’s not much more than a moving prop in action movies. I’m pretty sure he knows it too, and runs with it.
I’ll put some more thought into this query…
While I’ve been slacking with the log, I haven’t slacked in the gym. In fact, I made a couple discoveries:
-Since it’s gotten cold, warming up in full sweats seems to get me ready to go better than shorts and a t-shirt. I always hated warming up/ training in sweats but it seems to help so I’m sticking with it for the winter.
-It seems like I get better back stimulation with a close grip on rows/chins as opposed to wide grip.
-I don’t suck as bad at RockBand as I thought I did. Not so much gym related, but it was a recent discovery. 
Hey Doug,
Good to see/hear the training is going well.
What kind of goals do you have?
Also, how was Thanksgiving?
[quote]Flow wrote:
Hey Doug,
Good to see/hear the training is going well.
What kind of goals do you have?
Also, how was Thanksgiving?[/quote]
Hey Flow,
Right now the goals are to get everything working right (back, hips, shoulders, etc) and be pain free. Life, and more specifically money and work, are getting in the way of pushing things so I’m doing what I can for the time being.
Thanksgiving was ok. Nothing really interesting to report.
12/2: Oh, I See What You Did There
I was getting bored doing the same old crap on leg day, so I switched it up a little bit.
A. One Leg RDL: BWx10, +10x6,5,5
B. 1 1/2 Split Squats: 30x7,8,7
C1. Side Bridges: 3x30sec/side
C2. Clams: 3x10/side
D. Step Ups: 10, up to bigger box x 6
Not quite as much work as before, but the different stimulation seemed to help. I felt my hips working a lot better with these movements.
12/06: Sir Yes Sir!
I went way off course today and tried out the “Boot Camp” class at the gym. I’ve been going through the motions a bit and when they announced this class was free as I walked through the door I thought “what the hell.”
I got in a little late so I missed the pushups, but there was plenty of other stuff on tap. Mostly lots of supersets of pressing, curling, and tricep extensions. Legs consisted of BW squats, lunges, spring aerobics steps, and some ab junk. There was no back work to speak off, but that was ok since I’m doing that tomorrow anyway.
I finished this two hours ago and I’m still pretty worn out. It’s pretty obvious I need to add some type of alactic work during the week. I don’t know where- maybe some intervals on upper body days or something.
12/07: Bah! Who Needs Sleep?
Coming to you LIVE from my first shift on midnights, and the beginning of a beeaauutiful 16 hour day. yay…
I did lift today…er…yesterday and here it is.
A. Pullup Holds: 4 sets to failure
B. Straight One Arm Lat Pulls: 25x10, 30x10, 35x10, 30x10,10
C. One Arm DB Row: 60x8,8, 55,8,8
D. Cable Rows Wit A Pause: 70x6,6,6
E. Lat Pull With A Pause: 90x6, 80x6, 60x6
Prior to this I hopped on the elliptical for 10 minutes to try to loosen up my quads which got fried from the group training class Saturday. Unfortunately my hips and hamstrings feel nothing so if anything that POS class set me back by throwing me even more out of whack.
Oh Boot Camp…
I took an Exercise Techniques class this semester that involved teaching an aerobics class and doing a bunch of pilates, spinning and “Fab Abs and Cute Glutes” type shit.
Course Descriptions lie 
If I were actually teaching the Boot Camp class, I would call up a couple of my drill sgts and make it a fun time for everyone.
[quote]IronAbrams wrote:
Oh Boot Camp…
I took an Exercise Techniques class this semester that involved teaching an aerobics class and doing a bunch of pilates, spinning and “Fab Abs and Cute Glutes” type shit.
Course Descriptions lie
If I were actually teaching the Boot Camp class, I would call up a couple of my drill sgts and make it a fun time for everyone.[/quote]
Yeah it was really an aerobics class with a “Rocky” soundtrack. I won’t be going again, but it was useful as a change of pace.
I’m going to give squatting a try today.
12/16: I’ve Seen A Monkey Shitfight At The Zoo More Organized Than This!
Ok, after working 20 hours, getting 3 hours sleep, and working 10ish more hours, I thought it was a great idea to go try legs today. BRILLIANT!
A. One Leg RDLs: 4x10
B. Step ups: 1x10, add height 3x7
C. Split Squats Wif Feets Elevated: 2x10, then took some Fuckitol
D. 1 1/2 Squats: 10,8,6,5
The body was willing, but the mind did not have its act together tonight. I was concentrating so hard on doing movements correctly that I wound up doing bad versions of The Robot most of the time. No fluidity in movement at all. The Tin Man would’ve looked like Eddie Gordo from Tekken next to me.
On the plus side, my hips were shaking pretty good after I was done so it looks like I hit the right spots. Now, must get sleepies.
12/18: I Totally Went All The Way Down. Honest.
A. Pullups: 7, then 4 pullup holds to failure
B1. Pushups: 4x10
B2. Band Pullaparts: 4x10
C. Straight Arm Pulldowns: 3x10
D. Cable Pushdowns: 3x10
E. Cable Curls: 3x10
I didn’t get much ROM out of the pushups due to placing all effort on keeping the shoulders stable. I’ll try to throw in a few sets each workout and get to the point where I’m stable throughout the whole movement.
Went with two arms on the straight pulldowns and felt it more in the traps. I think for the time being I’ll forego one arm pulling movements and see what happens.
12/21: Meh, I Got Nothin’
A. One Leg RDL: 4x10
B. 1 1/2 Squats: 4x8-10
C. Step Ups: 3xsomething, can’t remember
D1. Pullthroughs: 3x10-12
D2. Pallof Press: 3x8-12
E. Split Squats: 3x10
I tried doing the Split Squats of Only Bulgarian Origin, but my knee acts up when I do those. I need to get my act together and stretch more on off days.
12/23: On Dasher On Dancer, On…Tito…Ay Let’s Go Paco!
A1. Pullup Holds: 4x fail
A2. Pushups: 4x10
B. Cable Rows: 4x8-10
C. Straight Arm Pulldowns: 3x10-12
D. Pushdowns: 3x10
E. Moar Pullup Holds: 3xfail
It really feels like my back is working correctly with these movements. I want to push it more with the weight, but don’t want to screw up a good thing.
Now remember that being fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, except for the week betwixt Christmas and New Years. Eat, drink, pass gas and be merry!
01/04: Realizations, Discoveries, and Other “DOH!” Moments…
Lessons learned during the holidays:
-Asking for a treadmill for Christmas, something that’s just been taking up space in the living room, probably wasn’t a good idea.
-Even though it’s a long time since last seeing that special someone, those same feelings come rushing back as soon as you see her.
-Whodathunk a Wii Fit would help fix what years of reading and trial and error in the gym couldn’t?
Ok, the first two are pretty self explanatory. The last one had me feeling relieved and frustrated at the same time. Let me explain.
Ever since I’ve tried to make myself stronger and looking better, which is now about 2.5 years, I knew something was off. I could never left near my max on squats or deadlifts without my knees hurting. Also my glutes never worked. At all. So I start reading, figure out the issues are probably linked, and try to do what I can in order to fix the problem.
I try glute activation exercises. I think I’ve tried, well, all of them. No success. I mean nothing, nada, zip, zilch. I try mobility exercises. Nothing. I go to ART and the doc puts me on a “corrective exercise” routine. Again, nothing.
This resulted in an endless cycle consisting of heavy lifting until the pain was too much to deal with, and then doing weenie exercises to try to get myself working right. All that really did was give me rest, which healed the pain, and I started all over again. I felt hopeless.
Until I tried the Wii Fit.
That gizmo fixed my problem with a posture assessment that lasted all of two minutes. It turns out I was standing with literally all of my weight on my heels. All the time. I shifted my weight to spread it evenly along my feet and everything seemed to click into place. I couldn’t believe it!
I was pretty excited, but like Winston Wolf said “let’s not go sucking each other’s dicks quite yet.” I had to get into the gym to try a session with the new posture. I just did that yesterday with a relatively easy workout, or so I thought.
A. Rack Deadlifts: 135x10 at knees, immediately drop pins and do 135x10, 155x10, 135x10,10
B. BB Static Lunges, Front Squat Grip: 85x6,6 65x9,6
C. BB Holds For Time: 135xsomething,something, 155x30sec
D. Swiss Ball Leg Curl: 3 sets of something
All I can say is, success! My hips have NEVER felt so sore as they did last night and this morning. I almost can’t believe it. What I do believe is my desire to get stronger is now back and I look forward to seeing what I can accomplish.
01/06: Less Is More
A1. Band Assisted Pullups: 1 hold, 4x7
A2. BW Squats: 4x20
B1. BW One Leg RDL: 4x10
B2. Pushups: 4x10
C. Cable Pushdowns: 40x12,12,12
I kept the rest periods at about a minute between supersets. This seems to be as short as I can go without comprimising form. The pushdown weight sucks, but it’s as heavy as I can go while still keeping my back/shoulders in proper alignment.
Basically what I’m trying to do for a few weeks is lift 3x per week- one upper day, one lower day, and one total body day. Once I start getting used to it, I’ll bump it up to 2 lower days and 2 upper days.
01/09: This Real Work Is Bullshit!
Good lord, my back is wrecked (in a good way) from this proper lifting form. I need to slack off again and take a break! Of course, I’m kidding. Anyhoo…
A. Band Assisted Pullups: 1 10sec hold, 2x7, 2 20sec holds.
B1. One Arm DB Row: 55x10,10,10,10
B2. Pushups: 4x10-15
C1. Incline DB Press: 50x6,8,8
C3. Prone Trap Raises: 2.5x10,10,10
D. One Arm Cable Curl: 30x10,10,10
I’m doing the prone trap raises a little different than I used to. Now with my arms hanging and a neutral grip, I swing back to the centerline of my torso, and then swing up overhead while rotating to a pronate grip. This is really helping to get stimulation in my back and not my neck like I used to.
Now it’s time to rest up before checking out some Terps b-ball at high noon tomorrow, and then the Ravens playoff game. Woot!
I’m sure it looks like I’m slacking on updating this, but there’s nothing to update. I’ve been sick since the weekend and haven’t made it to the gym. Not fun times.
You, Ponce, and Vader have all been sick.
My throat and head are hurting.
Maybe we all gave one another a virus.
Get some rest, and feel better!