LOG # 418
Squat
This was sometime last week. Wasn’t really feeling to well, but went to the gym anyways.
Main set:
200lbs
3x10
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
Assist:
Glute machine thing:
100lbs 3x10 each leg
Hamstring curls:
30lbs 3x13
Hanging leg raises: 5x8
LOG # 419
Bench variation
Incline bench
Warm up sets:
100lbs x 10
125 x 3
125 x 3
135 x 3
Working set:
135 7x3
Assist:
Heavy rows: 225lbs
3x12
Triceps: 80lbs
2x12
Assisted pull-ups:
5x5
LOG # 420
Heavy squat
Warm up:
Leg press
135x10
135x6
135x6
135x5
Work up:
135x 8
185x 5
225 x3
225x3
275x2
315x1
340x1
Assist:
Good morning:
just the bar 2x10
Hypers:
Body weight 4x12
Hanging leg raises:
3x10
10 min walk
LOG # 421
Row machine
Time finished: 10 min 32 seconds
Everything alright girl?? Haven’t seen you post for a while ?
I’ve been okay. A couple of my exams have managed to sync up within this week so I’ve been mostly studying and working back to back this week, and I’ve got a mid term within a couple of days, which has made me a bit nervous. In return I’ve been staying up late and eating whatever is available, coupled with getting ready to move, and gym time has been pushed back, but I’ll be getting back to it soon enough.
Good to hear from you Cyber.
Good luck with the exams, studying, and all the other stuff.
We’ll wait patiently for you to come back
LOG # 422
Squat
Work up:
135x5
185 x5
225 x3
275x3
315 x2
330x2 + 2 singles
Secondary:
Leg press:
135 AMRAP (~150reps)
Good mornings:
Just the bar x 30
hanging leg raises:
4x12
LOG # 423
Bench variation
Incline bench:
Work up:
Just the bar x 10
100x 5
100x 5
125x3
Working set: 145 6x2
Secondary:
Diamond Push-ups 2x10
Assisted pull-ups: 5x5
Dips (not assisted): 5x5
LOG # 424
•Dead Variation
•Short session
Rack pulls:
135x10 snatch grip
225x10 sumo stance
315 x10 conventional
405x 8 conventional
455 x5 conventional
Hanging leg raises:
AMRAP
LOG # 425
Rowing
2,000m (finished in 10 mins flat)
LOG # 426
Rock climbing with hubby. Was very fun, and took the focus off of all the stuff that’s been happening. Spent all day at the facility.
Good to see you logging workouts and having fun.!
The gym was calling me lol
Decided to back down and do some light cardio/active rest for the past few days, in preparation for seeing where I can go next in terms of training.
Instead of testing a 1rm, I decided to see where my work capacity lies, since it’s something I can track a bit easier than 1rm. Sometimes my 1rm is extremely high despite feeling like crap, sometimes I feel amazing and my 1rm is sub par. My work capacity seems directly proportionate to however much work I consistently do.
So I kept all of the main movements, in the 70ish percent range with but the goal was to shove as much work as I could in a certain amount of time.
LOG # 427
Work capacity challange:
Time finished: 38 mins even
Main movements:
Squat:
275
5x5
Assist:
Leg press 135 3x20
Bench variation
Incline: 160 6x2
Assist: OHP 125 5x5
Deadlift (3 inch deficit)
365 3x15
Db rows:
40s 3x10
Hanging leg raises: AMRAP (finished with 52 straight reps)
I’m not exactly sure what that looks like to you guys, but the fact that I even managed all of that in 40 mins, and I’ve been having week long breaks in between training, im rather proud of where my baseline is. Since I can only go up from there I’m rather happy and excited to see what I can do to further my training.
Another venting post:
It’s getting closer to the move in date. I’m rather excited because It’s a new environment and I get to make the most of it.
But there’s a rather big roadblock that’s not allowing me to focus on enjoying just…life.
And that particular thing is my job. Come April I will have been working at my job for 9 months, of which has been the longest I’ve ever held a job. Part of me is embarrassed by that, part of me just owns that. Mostly because of school, but anyways… of the time I’ve been working here, I’ve been subjected to risky work conditions, received 6 write ups for defending myself against situations where I felt like I was wrongfully confronted anyways, and I frequently find myself crying in my car on my lunch breaks because I’m trying desperately to stay afloat in this cut throat environment of a job.
Rewind to the last situation concerning my husband and I moving. My dad managed to put aside his rather stern demeanor he typically has, and offered to pay our rent, in order for me to focus on school. Which is another thing that has been slowly effected by my job. And they absolutely refuse to work with me on my schedule. I will gladly be a weekend warrior if it means I’m not pushing 90 miles an hour trying to make it in 40 mins across Houston while being deep into 5pm traffic. Only to get scolded for being late. I have no idea why they schedule me 5 days a week to work 5 hour shifts instead of letting me work 3, 8 hour shifts on the weekends to match the 24-25 hour part time requirement.
Nonetheless today was the last straw. I dropped something filled to the brim with water, by accident, and had 3 employees jump all over me with passive aggressive comments. I’m already looked down upon because I’m new, but I’m even more a pain in the ass because I do my best not to be taken advantage of, so I politely tried to explain that it was an accident. But after hearing a very faint, but rather snarky remark I kind of…shut down. Usually my anger shows itself first and I go off. But I didn’t. Maybe I’m too sensitive? Idk. But with everything that has been going on lately, the last thing I feel like dealing with are some employees who can’t handle a little accidental splash of water on the hemlines of their pants.
A manager and few other nice employees noticed I had been crying, and offered a hug or to talk, and I couldn’t help but think it was fake. Merely a programmed response because that’s what they’ve been told to do. Not because it originated in them as something they wanted to do. And I feel that way about every last person I see at my job. I’m just a number to them. Or I’m just another being that works in the same facility as they do. Which is probably true, and understandable, but I’m not someone who operates like that. I care about practically everyone, regardless of how much I do or do not know them. Even coming from a stressed filled day at school, or a whirlwind of crap in my personal life, I refuse to take it out on people I barely know.
I’m very torn between staying there because my paycheck is decent considering I practically do nothing at my job except do stuff everyone else is too lazy to do, and quitting because it’s interfering with my studies, and it’s causing me to come home miserable. I’m also trying to prove to myself that I can hold a job. But at the same time, why do I have to prove that? I’ve already proven that I can stay focused, and remain in school, when many situations would’ve otherwise led me to drop out. I’m determined to get my degree. I’ll be the first of my family on either side to graduate from college.
I just…I just don’t think 14$ an hour is worth my mental well being, or past 4 years I’ve spent on my college degree. I was going to hold out until my next paycheck and then quit. I have the resources to do so, and my husband and I will still be okay. But I’ll still have that little voice in my head telling me that I’m quitter.
Dude, that’s a tough situation with no easy answers. When I was younger I really sucked at dealing with conflict, I just didn’t have the tools to navigate situations like that, so I would just shut down. I walked out of the first non-farm-labor job I ever had because I couldn’t handle a boss who was always dogging on me, so I just left without saying anything. She followed me berating me the whole way, I just silently got in my car and left, and never went back, so I understand the impulse. It might be possible for you to use this as a personal growth opportunity, to learn to manage that sort of situation while maintaining your composure, but it also might be too toxic of a situation for that to be a worthwhile effort.
The only piece of solid advice I’d offer is to leave if it’s the right thing for you, and silence that little voice that’s calling you a quitter. You don’t owe them anything but the work you do while you’re there and they’re paying you. A 2 week notice is a nice courtesy, but if they’re not treating you with respect while you’re there, I wouldn’t worry that much about it. It’s not like you’re counting on this place giving you a glowing recommendation to your next job.
I found a gig parking cars and managing the lot that gave me 40 hours per week if I worked Friday night and doubled out Saturday and Sunday. Go home at 4am Monday morning, sleep two hours and go to school. It was nice to have my school week and work week separate. Maybe you could find a gig like that.
One thing you’ll learn as you go. People suck. When people are nasty to you it has very little to do with you and everything to do with them. You bust your ass and hold your head high and let the snarky bullshit slide off you.
You can either tough out this job and FORCE them to fire you. Or put feelers out to get a job with better work/school/life balance. Only you know what’s best.
Good DL btw.
Damn Cyber you’re having some tough times.
You’re supposed to feel good at work. Yeah sometimes it’s shitty and the world, boss and other employees are against you.
But most times it should be okay.
If you decide to leave, it’s your choice. You’ve done your part to stay, but sometimes enough is enough and that’s not being a quitter.
Hell you’re about to get your degree, then you’re definitely not a quitter.
Cyber you rock