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thursday

a.m. 20 min elliptical

then went to get 6 year old to bus stop, barely made it, walked back with 2.75 year old to my Charger and the effen keyfob wouldn’t work. battery dead, again. 80 year old neighbor was in his driveway, brought his Dakota (yeah, that kind of neighborhood, Harleys and Dodges, a few Fords) over and got her started, tail lights stuck on again. Got littlest one to daycare, dropped car off at svc place, took loaner to work for first day. Ended out $300 for pinched cable that was shorting shit out.

today

a.m. 25 elliptical

day 2 at new job with no computer, on conference calls, snooze

p,m.

hammer high rows 5 x some

rev grip pulldowns 5 x some

db shrugs 3 x 20

preachers 4 x 8-10

alt cable curls 5 x 12

crunches some

Saturday

rotator work, stretching

bench 135 x 20, 225 x 10, add rev bands 315 x 5, 465/405/455 x 3

felt tightness in pecs, shut down pressing there

cable flys 5 x 15-20

rolling tris 4 x 10

rope down/ext 4 x 10-15 each

various 1 arm tri movements

cable rear delts 4 x 15

front raise 4 x 8

Nice work Pete. Congrats on the job front.

last few days:

Sunday

way too much food, lots of naps, etc.

Monday

a.m. 20 min elliptical

p.m.

for some reason Zerchers seemed like a good idea, although I hadn’t done them in probably 4 years. they sucked

Zercher to low box warm ups then 225 x 3, 275 x 1, 315 x 1, 365 x 1

leg press 5 x 15

ghr 5 x 8

cable abs 5 x 12
calves 5 x 15

Tuesday

a.m. 25 elliptical

p.m.
1 arm cable lateral worked up to a hard set of 8 over 5 sets, then a long drop set

bent laterals 4 x 10, top set with 65s

cable overhead press 4 x 15

db curls 45s/55s/65s x 8

preachers 3 x 12

cable curls 6 x 10-15

short on time, just wanted to get something done

today

a.m. 20 elliptical

busy as shit, long days, kids are both sick, wife and adjusting to new jobs, but life is good

How do you find time to lift? I have a similar situation going on and finding time to lift sometimes means later at night than ever before and having a little one there watching and playing while I go at it. Safety is always a concern but I think I have an understanding with my youngun’, she must sit while I lift.

[quote]gorillavanilla wrote:
How do you find time to lift? I have a similar situation going on and finding time to lift sometimes means later at night than ever before and having a little one there watching and playing while I go at it. Safety is always a concern but I think I have an understanding with my youngun’, she must sit while I lift.
[/quote]

Everything is done quickly, after work, right now. Next week will be harrier as the wife will be out of town for training, I will have pick up and drop off duties. I will try to squeeze something in over lunch a couple of times though.

because it is the trendy thing for old, fucked up gym rats to do I am revamping my training probably for the whole summer. main goals are a) get some work in, for fucks sake b) hypertrophy or rebuild areas that have gotten smaller in the last few years of pl’ing c) keep my family and employer happy d) feel good, and look better and e) maintain strength so I can come back and kick ass on the platform, either this fall or early next year. basically I am kinda doing a Tate, and a lot of my training will be inspired by him and Meadows

right now keeping it basic, intensity and volume will pick up

today:

squats/quads/calves/abs

elite fts yoke bar to 2 inches below parallel worked up to 350 + 200 in chains x 5

Los Campeones hack squat 4 x 8 w/90… odd machine, don’t need much weight

leg ext 4 x 15-20

calves 4 x 15-20
cable abs 4 x 15

basic template will be

day 1

bench/pecs/tris

day 2

dl/back/hams

day 3

delts/bis/forearms

day 4

squats/quads/calves

abs whenever, steady state cardio every weekday, hiit/prowler/hills added in later. volume and intensity building each week. movements will be organic, i.e. I can’t count on training at the same place for each session for the next few months, so I will have to make due whether I am at tcbb, los camp, or a commercial gym over lunch

not ideal but better than getting fat(ter) and weak

last couple

Friday did a.m. cardio, I think 25 minutes

Saturday

cable flys 5 x 15-20

db bench 70s/80s/90s/105s/115s/125s x 10

hammer strength incline, 4 x 10-12, then one drop set

dips 3 x 20

pressdowns 4 x 15

close grips 4 x 12 w/225

rope down/ext 4 x 10-15 each

crunches some x some

today

rdls worked up to 495 x 5 then shut it down, didn’t stretch or warm up properly and felt like I was gonna snap at the hips

bent rows 135/225/275/315 x 10,335 x 8

hammer strength high rows 5 x 10-12

rev grip pulldowns 5 x 8-10
standing leg curl 5 x 10-12

ghr 5 x 8
dbell shrug 5 x 12

then off to take wife to air port, week alone with the kids, we shall see what I am made of

monday

25 cardio a.m.

tuesday

didn’t sleep for shit, seriously, skipped a.m. cardio for another half hour of ‘rest’; honestly don’t deal well with life when wife is away, something I need to work on

p.m.

fortunately light shit

laterals 25s/30s/35s/40s/45s/50s/55s x 10, 60 x 8

cable rear delt 5 x 12-15

seated smith press - very light, 5 x 15, seeing how these feel on my crappy old shoulders

ez curls 5 x 6-8

rope hammer curls 5 x 12-15

cable conc curls 4 x 12-15

a.m. 25 cardio

p.m., short time window after picking kids up, complete bb style as I forgot my belt

calves 6 x 12-15

leg ext, paused, 6 x 12… embarassingly light weight, I suck at these, also causes spasms in my quads before moving on to leg presses

leg presses 6 x 20, 10 wide, then 10 narrow each set, worked up to 20 plates on set 4 then had to back down for the last two, my quad tolerance to lactic acid right now sucks, but this will improve

front squat 135/225/315 x 8

out of time but was fried just by this, this will improve

a.m. 25 cardio

p.m., short time window after picking kids up, complete bb style as I forgot my belt

calves 6 x 12-15

leg ext, paused, 6 x 12… embarassingly light weight, I suck at these, also causes spasms in my quads before moving on to leg presses

leg presses 6 x 20, 10 wide, then 10 narrow each set, worked up to 20 plates on set 4 then had to back down for the last two, my quad tolerance to lactic acid right now sucks, but this will improve

front squat 135/225/315 x 8

out of time but was fried just by this, this will improve

a.m. 25 cardio

p.m., short time window after picking kids up, complete bb style as I forgot my belt

calves 6 x 12-15

leg ext, paused, 6 x 12… embarassingly light weight, I suck at these, also causes spasms in my quads before moving on to leg presses

leg presses 6 x 20, 10 wide, then 10 narrow each set, worked up to 20 plates on set 4 then had to back down for the last two, my quad tolerance to lactic acid right now sucks, but this will improve

front squat 135/225/315 x 8

out of time but was fried just by this, this will improve

a.m. 25 cardio

p.m., short time window after picking kids up, complete bb style as I forgot my belt

calves 6 x 12-15

leg ext, paused, 6 x 12… embarassingly light weight, I suck at these, also causes spasms in my quads before moving on to leg presses

leg presses 6 x 20, 10 wide, then 10 narrow each set, worked up to 20 plates on set 4 then had to back down for the last two, my quad tolerance to lactic acid right now sucks, but this will improve

front squat 135/225/315 x 8

out of time but was fried just by this, this will improve

Bet the quads were screaming from the front squats after having the spasms.

catch up

Thursday 25 min elliptical

Friday 25 min elliptical, abs

Saturday

Supposed to bench, wasn’t going to happen, took nap instead

Sunday

low handle cable flys 6 x 15

inclines 5 x 10 w/225, only about 30-40 seconds rest between sets

hammer inclines 5 x 10-15

db bench 3 x 15 w/100s

rope down/rope ext/dips 4 x 12-15 each

Monday

RDLs, no belt worked up to 515 x 6

bent rows worked up to 315 x 12, 335 x 8

v grip pulldowns 5 x 8-10

shrugs 315/405/495 x 10

hammer strength high row 4 x 8-10

leg curls 4 x 10-12

ghr 4 x 8-10

Today

25 elliptical

[quote]PeteS wrote:
Supposed to bench, wasn’t going to happen, took nap instead[/quote]

LOL…discretion is the better part of valor.

Those are some monster weights being tossed around in here.

james

[quote]PeteS wrote:

Monday

RDLs, no belt worked up to 515 x 6

bent rows worked up to 315 x 12, 335 x 8

v grip pulldowns 5 x 8-10

shrugs 315/405/495 x 10

hammer strength high row 4 x 8-10

leg curls 4 x 10-12

ghr 4 x 8-10

[/quote]

Jesus, dude.

Mind… Blown

And as a fan of front squats-- Great front squatting!!!

last night

bent laterals 35s/45s/55s/65s x 12, 75s x 7

laterals 5 x 15-20, strict, little rest

cable front raise 3 x 12-15
up row 3 x 8-10

hammer front press 3 x 15

pin wheel curls 55s/65s/75s/85s x 8

standing db curls 4 x 12

cable curls 2 x drop

Nice weight on the RDLs.

Pete, just checking for signs of life, hope you’re doing well -Scott