5/17
bench 225 10x10 last set may have cheated a little with reps 9 and 10
dip 45 3 sets 8,6,6
military 135 3x8
skull crushers 2 sets 110 lbs…had to stop bec hurting my elbows
close grip bench 2 sets 135x10
the 10x10 with 225 wiped my tris out, usually 45 lb dips are fairly easy but had to drop to 6 reps
I think I have to drop skull crushers, they’re too painfull
the GVT is an interesting change up
Nice work, ecogenx. No elbow problems with the close-grips (hope not)? I take it you prefer higher-rep sets with these.
took sunday off because I was beat from fri and sat. had to miss mon and tue because the kids had hockey and baseball games.
wed 5/21
front squat 225 3 sets 10 reps
calf raise 315 3 sets 10 reps
bench 315 5 sets 3 reps
felt very weak today, almost skipped workout
Over the past several days I’ve lost 6 lbs, down to 252.5 lbs. I 've been eating several apples a day instead of snacks. Seems to work…bt on tuesday I didn’t eat supper until 7:30 and broke down eating a double whopper(with cheese), cheese burger, fries and a blizzard ice cream sundae. When I got home I ate 2 brown sugar pop tarts. I then drank several beers. I’m so weak if I wait to long to eat.
Skid if you want to gain weight just hang with me on a binge.
But today I was back on schedule but didn’t feel like training - had to force myself down to the basement for several sets. Pull day tomorrow at a different gym.
I’m eyeing Burger King pretty seriously these days. There aren’t many other places I can get 1300 calories so easily.
The Triple Whopper is part of my desktop background - no kidding.
Watch the carbs. If you’re anything like my wife any intake of simple carbs starts a hunger cycle and she’ll start bingeing. When she goes to fruits and meats and salads she starts shedding pounds quickly. She’s on a carb metabolism.
Cutting carbs out while training resets the body to use fats for fuel which is actually nicer, in my opinion, as the energy release is longer lasting and smoother. No peaks and valleys of moodiness from low blood sugar or grogginess from insulin rushes. The only possible problem is that you tend to feel a little empty. Not hungry, necessarily - just empty, because the stomach isn’t always full of something.
The trick for her is to prepare food to take to work and not eat at the company cafeteria.
You’re right about preparing meals before hand instead of winging it.
Just signed up at Golds Gym, they let you be loud unlike my last gym. But this golds doesn’t let you use chalk…I rubbed some on in the locker room.
5/22 thurs
dead 315 5 sets 5 reps (3sumo, 2 regular)
incline db press 100s 5 sets 5 reps
cleans 185 2 sets 5 reps
farmers carry 100s
The deads and inclines felt light. I drank to many power drinks before I got to the gym. My hands were shaking and heart rate was up. It took a long time to sign up today so I had to cut cleans short. I only did the inclines today because I haven’t had those size dbs available with an incline bench for years. Also, there is a long stretch of floor and I’ve never done farmers carries.
Glad you found a place for your pulling.
If you have a problem with the chalk, ecogenx, I can really recommend a lotion called GRRRIP. (There is also a spray and a wipe but I have never used them.) It is almost as good as chalk, doesn’t need much reapplication, can be applied discretely and leaves no marks on equipment or clothing.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Just signed up at Golds Gym, they let you be loud unlike my last gym. But this golds doesn’t let you use chalk…I rubbed some on in the locker room.
5/22 thurs
dead 315 5 sets 5 reps (3sumo, 2 regular)
incline db press 100s 5 sets 5 reps
cleans 185 2 sets 5 reps
farmers carry 100s
The deads and inclines felt light. I drank to many power drinks before I got to the gym. My hands were shaking and heart rate was up. It took a long time to sign up today so I had to cut cleans short. I only did the inclines today because I haven’t had those size dbs available with an incline bench for years. Also, there is a long stretch of floor and I’ve never done farmers carries. [/quote]
That’s great news! Congrats on getting into a decent gym. Too bad about the chalk. Some places if you ask while promising to clean up right afterwards, they’ll let you use it.
I guess we’ll be seeing some bigger numbers out of you pretty soon…
I hope so Skid. And thanks Geech I’ll have to look for that product.
If you cannot find it locally, I ordered GRRRIP from here:
http://www.gillathletics.com/GillItemView.aspx?FSID=700253
Using it for almost all pulling and pressing, a bottle lasts me about 10 weeks.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
I’m eyeing Burger King pretty seriously these days. There aren’t many other places I can get 1300 calories so easily.
The Triple Whopper is part of my desktop background - no kidding.
Watch the carbs. If you’re anything like my wife any intake of simple carbs starts a hunger cycle and she’ll start bingeing. When she goes to fruits and meats and salads she starts shedding pounds quickly. She’s on a carb metabolism.
Cutting carbs out while training resets the body to use fats for fuel which is actually nicer, in my opinion, as the energy release is longer lasting and smoother. No peaks and valleys of moodiness from low blood sugar or grogginess from insulin rushes. The only possible problem is that you tend to feel a little empty. Not hungry, necessarily - just empty, because the stomach isn’t always full of something.
The trick for her is to prepare food to take to work and not eat at the company cafeteria.[/quote]
That triple with the bun shaved off and no catchup or mayo or cheese is really a nice load of protein, at a decent price, quick and easy to get.
[quote]Elaikases wrote:
That triple with the bun shaved off and no catchup or mayo or cheese is really a nice load of protein, at a decent price, quick and easy to get.
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That is just a crime against nature to do that to a whooper.
I was in Conn over the long weekend and my kids had spring hockey and baseball games, so I’ve missed a week. Yesterday I tried something different:
A.clean 135 for 50 total reps, 10,10,10,5,5,5,5
B1.neutral grip chins 50 reps, 10 sets 5 reps
B2.pushup 100 reps, 10 sets 10 reps
C. farmers carries 100 lb dbs 2 sets-the gym has a great area for and kind of walking lunge or farmers carries, etc.
I rested very little btw sets, around 25 minutes total. My heart rate was way up. The cleans let me know how out of shape I am.
My goals are still changing every week. One week I want to get cut, the next I want to bench 500 lbs…still haven’t decided what I’m going to do today.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
I was in Conn over the long weekend and my kids had spring hockey and baseball games, so I’ve missed a week. Yesterday I tried something different:
A.clean 135 for 50 total reps, 10,10,10,5,5,5,5
B1.neutral grip chins 50 reps, 10 sets 5 reps
B2.pushup 100 reps, 10 sets 10 reps
C. farmers carries 100 lb dbs 2 sets-the gym has a great area for and kind of walking lunge or farmers carries, etc.
I rested very little btw sets, around 25 minutes total. My heart rate was way up. The cleans let me know how out of shape I am.
My goals are still changing every week. One week I want to get cut, the next I want to bench 500 lbs…still haven’t decided what I’m going to do today.[/quote]
Hey Eco - good to hear you are back into training even if the goal is unclear at this point. I’ve been there and didn’t really formalize my goals until streamline suggested entering a mountain bike race. Then I decided I would get to a racing weight while working on the strength necessary to perform. Seems to be working since I’m within spittin’ distance of my goal weight and my lifts are making gains as well. So I guess my point is that having a competition to work towards made my focus clearer and my training more intense. Is there anything like that you can focus on?
I think that getting my body fat down to the point where I can clearly see a 6 pack should be my first goal. Then work from there. thanks soldog
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
I think that getting my body fat down to the point where I can clearly see a 6 pack should be my first goal. Then work from there. thanks soldog[/quote]
That is where I am but also having a secondary purpose competition or whatever helps maintain your drive.
5/30
light day-dx with strep throat this morning. feeling a little tired and swallowing is painful, so I haven’t drank or eaten much today.
A.walking lunge 40 lb dbs 4 sets 12 steps
B.1 arm db military 50 lb 5 sets 10 reps
c.close grip bench 225 5x5
d. BW hyper-extensions 3 sets
You know you will get a lot of support here for your goals, ecogenx. Take care with that throat.
Hey - hope you’re feeling better…Drop a line even if you have no workout to post.