Thanks Hel 
Yesterday’s Log:
Squat: 2x15 40KG
Static Lunge 2x15 12.5KG
Bent over DB Row: 2x15 10KG
Push up: 2x15
Swiss Ball Crunches: 2x20
hm. No commentary.
Must be getting easier.
Time to…
UP THE DOSE!
[quote]skidmark wrote:
hm. No commentary.
Must be getting easier.
Time to…
UP THE DOSE![/quote]
Uh oh!
Lol, I was just pushed for time
Squat form, getting better but still not happy with the weight as its much less than my deadlift.
Lunges HURT!
Managed to do 2 fill sets of 15 pushups which was pleasing. It took going to failure to do it though lol
Intervals today. I’m using my heart rate monitor to measure the intervals out rather than time (something I heard Cosgrove mention in a Fitcast interview). I range from 140 to 170. I don;t think i have ever sweated as much as I did today.
The receptionist in my Gym was shocked at ‘how skinny’ I am now, which was nice. Hopefully it wil be ‘how musclely’ in the not too distant future. 
[quote]Morgan Hearst wrote:
skidmark wrote:
hm. No commentary.
Must be getting easier.
Time to…
UP THE DOSE!
Uh oh!
Lol, I was just pushed for time
Squat form, getting better but still not happy with the weight as its much less than my deadlift.
Lunges HURT!
Managed to do 2 fill sets of 15 pushups which was pleasing. It took going to failure to do it though lol
Intervals today. I’m using my heart rate monitor to measure the intervals out rather than time (something I heard Cosgrove mention in a Fitcast interview). I range from 140 to 170. I don;t think i have ever sweated as much as I did today.
The receptionist in my Gym was shocked at ‘how skinny’ I am now, which was nice. Hopefully it wil be ‘how musclely’ in the not too distant future.
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Yeah, I feel the same about my squat. Going to failure on pushups is cool…nobody ever got trapped under a failed pushup.
LOL! Love it. Might have to make a T-Shirt out of that
True though, only the ego gets bashed which is probably a good thing.
Today:
Deadlift: 2x15 60kg
The first set of these felt…light(!) the second was a bit rougher but I will put it up on Monday, maybe to 65 maybe to 70 I’ll see how the DOMS is tomorrow. I was pleased with the form although it got a little sloppy at the end.
Step Ups: 2x15 each 10KG
I have the nagging feeling that I’m pushing off with my free leg on these. I’m using a bench at the minute so I may either try them with no weight on the bench or use one of those aerobic plastic step things so its a bit lower to make sure my form is right. Any tips?
One Arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 2x15 8kg dbs
Went ok but I couldn’t remember what I lifted last time. more on that in a bit.
Sup. Grip Lat Pulldown: 2x15 52.5KG
The second set I hit 10 and had to stop. I walked over to the mat to do my reverse crunch set, got angry said ‘F*ck this’ (a little too loud) and went over and pushed out the last 5. So it might be a little bit of a white lie to say 2x15. It was actually 1x15, 1x10, 10 sec rest, 1x5.
Reverse Crunches: 2x20
I hate ab work.
I’ve finally come round to the idea of bringing a training log into the gym with me with what I lifted last time and what I lift in the current session. No one else does this in my gym and since I’m doing exercises that most of the guys in my gym seem to shy away from (ie Deads, Squats, Lunges etc)it will make me stranger still.
Its all good though. Getting there, one failed push up at a time
[quote] I’m doing exercises that most of the guys in my gym seem to shy away from (ie Deads, Squats, Lunges etc)it will make me stranger still.
Its all good though. Getting there, one failed push up at a time [/quote]
Nothing wrong with being the strange one. I have been in that role all my life!
[quote]Morgan Hearst wrote:
Yeah, I feel the same about my squat. Going to failure on pushups is cool…nobody ever got trapped under a failed pushup.
LOL! Love it. Might have to make a T-Shirt out of that
True though, only the ego gets bashed which is probably a good thing.
Today:
Deadlift: 2x15 60kg
The first set of these felt…light(!) the second was a bit rougher but I will put it up on Monday, maybe to 65 maybe to 70 I’ll see how the DOMS is tomorrow. I was pleased with the form although it got a little sloppy at the end.
Step Ups: 2x15 each 10KG
I have the nagging feeling that I’m pushing off with my free leg on these. I’m using a bench at the minute so I may either try them with no weight on the bench or use one of those aerobic plastic step things so its a bit lower to make sure my form is right. Any tips?
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Lift the toes of the foot on the floor, seems to keep one from pushing off. Still takes concentration though.
Way to go back and get that bitch! I usually note rest pause work like this: 1x10+5
You have discovered the true purpose of the training log. 1) as reminder and 2) as motivator because you want to beat your last entry in the log for the particular exercise you’re doing.
Deads, Squats lunges and the like are hard. Surprisingly, it seems most people who go to gyms aren’t going there to get stronger, since these are the exercises which make you strong. If you do them consistently, you will pass up most of the people who may be stronger than you currently in very short order.
The thing that people can’t accept about this pursuit is that - if you are doing it right - it’s always hard, uncomfortable and often painful. It never gets easier, because you won’t allow it to - you keep adding weight to the bar, trying for the extra rep, doing that extra set when the reps won’t come. Doing so builds a tolerance for difficulty and stress that only austerity and adversity can deliver.
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Its all good though. Getting there, one failed push up at a time [/quote]
Here’s today’s Log:
Squats:2x15 45KG
Went slightly heavier today (about 10lbs) and felt it. I’m pretty sure I didn’t break parallel on a few of the reps which annoyed me but I guess one or two ‘easy’ ones isn’t too bad out of thirty at a new weight. Still, I will be asking a trainer to watch my form on Wednesday when I next do them.
Static Lunges: 2x15 15KG
Lunges straight after squats. Cosgrove is an evil genius! Thank God for Rage Against the Machine lol
Bent over DB rows: 2x15 12kg dbs
Went ok at a new weight although I was feeling it in my lower back on the last set. People kept standing in front of the mirror to check bicep curls which didn’t help my form checking. Oh well, they pay their membership too.
Pushups: 2x15
Pleased to have these completed and I’m glad to say I didn’t get trapped under a failed attempt 
They weren’t easy but they were definitely easier.
Swiss Ball Crunches: 2x20
Don’t like them but I did them and thats all I have to say about that, as Forest Gump would say.
Back in on Monday, have a good weekend guys and gals.
Where’d ya go? Been 18 days since last entry…