happy for ya!
I’m working on opposite and trying to get a bunch of stuff for our ‘home gym.’ I’m motivated enough to do so and I’m getting pretty sick of the retards at my gym…ok and people in general, haha.
Doin it to keep the hubby motivated as well and we can get buff(er) together. 
Right on, MiM. If you need him to, have your hubby build a rack, it isn’t hard
Got after it a little bit last night, took it easy and got the wife squatting too.
Box Squats
Bar x 10
135 x 10
185 x 5
205 x 3 x 2
*Dont with long, full pause at the bottom and tried exploding through the hips out of the hole. The “explode” was more like a “sizzle”, but I tried!
Leg Extensions
70 x lots x 3
Leg Curls
70 x lots x 3
Woke up early today, and did 45 minutes on the treadmill at 3.0 and 4% incline, try and get rid of this jiggle in the middle.
You better tear up that commercial gym brother
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
You better tear up that commercial gym brother[/quote]
Dude, I’m going to make that place my bitch. Literally.
PS: Bands are due to deliver today, so I’ll be benching tonight.
Stay tuned…
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
You better tear up that commercial gym brother[/quote]
Dude, I’m going to make that place my bitch. Literally.
PS: Bands are due to deliver today, so I’ll be benching tonight.
Stay tuned…[/quote]
Make sure you choke em properly…first time I used bands, didnt have a clue how to set it up
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
It’s so purrty, I can’t wait to wreck this place![/quote]
That places looks pristine, reminds me of the lifetime fitness near me – except it has A LOT more space.
Site note: I had a little fiasco doing partials, that should have bought you some quality time to catch up!
I’ll be sure to get them set up right Dixie.
Chi, damn I gotta get into your log man, you alright? And you know what? It IS a Lifetime Fitness! Shit’s “fancy” right?
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
Court, negative, although I’ll likely do a full next year, I’m not going to do much training for it until I “need” to, so I haven’t been lost. Thanks for your concern.
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So much attitude mister. I was about to send the search party! Actually though, I was about to send you an email when I saw that you had posted. Good to see you around and alive. Have some stuff to catch you up on so hopefully we’ll connect soon.
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
I’ll be sure to get them set up right Dixie.
Chi, damn I gotta get into your log man, you alright? And you know what? It IS a Lifetime Fitness! Shit’s “fancy” right?[/quote]
Yeah I’m good, got over zealous on partials and had 365 slide of the pad on my chest — my left shoulder was pretty tight but it’s getting better.
Bands were on for all sets
Bar x 10
95 x 10
135 x 5
185 x 2 x 2 *Vid
These were cool, and different feeling, next time I’ll have a spotter though in case I start to get stapled.
2 Board Bench
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5 (Barely)
That was all I had the time for, and although the volume was low, it kicked my ass. Next week I’ll turn up the volume on everything, once I’m back “in the groove” of it all.
Did 55min on the t-mill again this morning, 3.0 @ 4%, while watching the second episode of Spartacus, 1st season. This show is awesome. If you have Netflix, stream it online. If you DON’T have Netflix, get it, THEN stream it. You won’t be disappointed. It’s basically like the movie 300, if it were a weekly show, with more T&A and CGI blood. Love it!
Full shot. notice the sticker that EFS threw in with my order. I LOVE it when a company does that, it’s like an extra surprise!
185 x 2 x 2
Put the wraps on for the second set, and for some retarded reason, I took a long pause on the second rep (not the first one) and it ALMOST got the best of me. You’ll have to excuse my form on the last rep, I was really fighting for it.
No more heavy benching without a spotter
Nice
haha I got a magnet with my last order from EFS.
…f’ing magnets, how do they work?!
Anywho.
Enjoy the bands bud
Rocking the Bands, Inky~
now that the marathon is out of the way, what’re the new goals? Strategies on achievement?
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
185 x 2 x 2
Put the wraps on for the second set, and for some retarded reason, I took a long pause on the second rep (not the first one) and it ALMOST got the best of me. You’ll have to excuse my form on the last rep, I was really fighting for it.
No more heavy benching without a spotter :)[/quote]
At least if you killed yourself it would have been on tape 
be careful! And nice elbows I have a thing for man elbows.
That magnet rocks DF, the image is the background on my phone currently (coincidence).
Edgy, well, currently I have the PL meet in mind at the end of March just to do it, and get a total. See if I enjoy that side of it (comp) or not. After that, (and during I guess) I wanna get huge while losing body fat, like every other guy here. I’m currently (as of this week) doing early am fasted cardio, just walking on an incline t-mill for an hour every morning. I want to see how that works, as I’ve never really done cardio for fat loss over any duration of time, so we’ll see. I also might, and it’s a huge might, consider doing a BB show as well. I figure “fuck, if I’m into weight training, why not look at each angle of it and try it out? What’s the worst that can happen? I lose? So fucking what? I’m old enough to not give a shit about losing, as long as I work as hard as I can and I’m happy, that’s what matters to me.”
Bre, I was thinking that the only thing that would suck about missing that lift with bands (vs missing it without) is that I couldn’t just dump the weights to the side. I’d have to yell my ass off and wait for my wife to wake up, run downstairs, and save me Oh, and how does someone have a “thing” for man elbows? I’m glad you like them, I guess 
As my benching improves, I’ll do more videos. Also, I’ll be picking up short minibands for more variety in tension. These strong ones are a bitch! Once I get into the commercial gym, I’ll use 'em for reverse band benching and squatting.
PS: I’m getting sore as shit today. It’s kinda just creeping in on my tri’s and pecs. More PROTEIN!!
Very neato!!
edit~ I just watched your vid…I would have shit my pants!! Good job getting it back up!! Thats one of my fears of working out alone…
What do the bands do? I figure increase weight but there must be another reason for them?
[quote]coyotegal wrote:
Very neato!!
edit~ I just watched your vid…I would have shit my pants!! Good job getting it back up!! Thats one of my fears of working out alone…
What do the bands do? I figure increase weight but there must be another reason for them?
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No shitting of the pants…I think avoiding panic is the key in a situation like that. Just buckle down, push, and don’t worry about your form getting sloppy. Freaking out will lead to stapling!
The bands basically increase the tension on the bar, the further they are stretched out. So the setup I used, the lockout had the most tension, and the normal bar weight was felt at the bottom. If the bands were hooked over me, in a power cage, then the weight would be lighter at the bottom and the bands would help pull the weight up, but it’d get heavier at the top (also working the lockout).
They were fun, and I want to get more with lighter tensions so I can have more variety. Also, the shorter bands wouldn’t leave me with a “what do I do to take the slack out of the band” issue, like I did with these long ones.
Just did a few sets of super wide grip pullups, no more than 5 reps each. Moving my hands 6" wider than usual makes a HUGE difference in difficulty.
LOCKOUT: Work it.
