1/1/11
Polar Bear Plunge this afternoon. THAT was fun!
[quote]kineticj wrote:
1/1/11
Polar Bear Plunge this afternoon. THAT was fun![/quote]
Where was that?
We had one here in our local man-made mountain lake. I was too chicken. It was -6 here last night!
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]kineticj wrote:
1/1/11
Polar Bear Plunge this afternoon. THAT was fun![/quote]
Where was that?
We had one here in our local man-made mountain lake. I was too chicken. It was -6 here last night![/quote]
A burb of Toledo, on the Maumee river. It was a balmy 36 degrees here today, so even though the water was just 34, it wasn’t too bad on the whole. Last year it was 12 degrees and windy, so it was brutal coming back out of the water.
-6 is COLD baby! I lived for years in MN, so I’ve felt your pain. No way I would jump in the water with an air temp single digits or lower. My testicles would become ovaries!
1/2/2011 217.4lbs
500m row and feet elevated pushups to warmup
3x8x145 front squats
3x8x290 leg press
3x10x70 seated calf raises
1x8x70, 2x8x90 glute bridges with shoulders on bench
3x8x77.5 cable pullthroughs
2000m c2 row nice and slow
The only Polar Bear Plunge I’ve done was years back in Boy Scouts. Needed to pass the swimming test, so they took me and another guy to the lake. It was winter and freezing. Dove in, swam out and back. That was enough for a lifetime, thanks.
I’m guessing they don’t do that anymore.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
The only Polar Bear Plunge I’ve done was years back in Boy Scouts. Needed to pass the swimming test, so they took me and another guy to the lake. It was winter and freezing. Dove in, swam out and back. That was enough for a lifetime, thanks.
I’m guessing they don’t do that anymore.
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Wow. I hope they don’t do that anymore.
For our hometown plunge we just wade in up to our waist, dive in, come up and then get the hell back to shore and warm clothes.
1/3/2011 217.2lbs
jumping jacks and feet elevated pushups to warmup
3x8x100 seated barbell military shoulder press
3x12x90 hammer strength shoulder press
3x12x10 standing cable lateral shoulder raise
3x8x+25 weighted dips dips
3x12x50 rope handle cable overhead triceps extensions
1x12x50, 2x12x60 hammer strength preacher curls
100 medicine ball slams
Noticed you’re logging your bodyweight. Are you trying to get that up, or down?
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Noticed you’re logging your bodyweight. Are you trying to get that up, or down?
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Ideally I would like to add lean muscle. Some of my lifts have went up (minutely) over the last few weeks, so I would like to think that even though my current weight is very near where I started keeping track, that I may have exchanged a little fat for a little muscle. My pants are starting to fit better in the waist and are tighter in the thighs, so I must be making a little progress.
Along with lifting with more intensity and consistency, I’m working on further cleaning up my diet - eliminating most grains, timing carbs, eating good fats and really going to town on raw vegetables and lots of protein.
1/5 216.4lbs
500m c2 row and feet elevated pushups to warmup
3x10x100 close neutral grip cable pulldowns
3x10x160lbs hammer strength lat pullovers
100lb, 80lb,60lb farmers walks
10x60, 10x70, 10x80 preacher curls ezcurl bar
3x10x20 high cable curls
played around with kneeling hamstring curls
1000m c2 row 4:17.2
1/6 216.2lbs
500m c2 row and feet elevated pushups to warmup
3x8x195 last set broken in two
3x12x105 reverse grip bench press
3x8x170 hammer strength wide press
3x12x15 cable flyes
5x5x145 squats to bench (just working on form)
100 medecine ball slams
1/7 217.2lbs
500m c2 row and feet elevated pushups warmup
3x10x70 seated calf raises
135x3 reps, 155x1, 175x1, 195x1, 215x1*, 135x5 front squats
- pretty happy with the 215 front squat. I think that I might have been able to push 225, but I don’t have much room to bail out if things go bad. My legs felt GREAT with this - really it felt as if my core and mid/upper back were the weak link.
3x8x320 leg press
3x10x50 kneeling hammer hamstring curl - rt leg only. Right ham is acting up so I am going go work on some light weights and stretching to loosen it up.
[quote]kineticj wrote:
My legs felt GREAT with this - really it felt as if my core and mid/upper back were the weak link.
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I always feel like the lack of tightness in my upper body is the weak link when I fail on squats.
Are you front squatting in a rack or cage? I dump front squats all the time–just let it dump right into the bars. It makes a racket, but its a safe way to bail out of the lift.
Good work on here,
Jack
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Are you front squatting in a rack or cage? I dump front squats all the time–just let it dump right into the bars. It makes a racket, but its a safe way to bail out of the lift.
Good work on here,
Jack[/quote]
I’m in a rack, but there is crap very close to all four sides of it. I’m a little worried that if I dump the bar forward and I fall back, I’ll go tumbling into equip, which is a recipe for some major pain.
1/21 215lbs first day back to training after 2 weeks in Vegas and roadwarrioring for biz.
500m row warmup
8x60, 8x80, 8x100 cable pullthroughs
3x5x225 deads - just starting back into these
3x8x95lbs close neutral grip standing cable pulldowns
3x12x140 hammer strength lat pullovers
12x20, 2x12x25 dumbell preacher curls left arm only
3x12x15 high cable curls left arm only
100lb dumbell farmers walks
1/22
jumping jacks and feet elevated pushups warmup
5x135, 3x155, 1x175, 195, 215, 235, 255 flat bench press
3x12x110 reverse grip flat bench press
3x8x160 hammer strength wide chest press
3x12x15 cable chest flyes right arm only
5x5x165 back squats to bench - just greasing the groove
100 medecine ball slams
10x30,50,60,50,30 kneeling hammer hamstring curls right leg only
[quote]kineticj wrote:
3x12x110 reverse grip flat bench press
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Ahh, the Meat move. You like these?
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]kineticj wrote:
3x12x110 reverse grip flat bench press
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Ahh, the Meat move. You like these?[/quote]
I like them a bunch! They completely change up the load on my shoulders - in a good way, and I notice much more pec isolation. I think I am going to drop standard grip flat bench for awhile and concentrate on these.
1/4 215lbs
jumping jacks and feet elevate pushups warmup
3x12x125 reverse grip benchpress
3x8x170 hammer strength wide chest press
3x12x17.5 cable chest flyes right arm only
5x5x175 back squats to bench
100 medecine ball slams
10x40,60,80,85 kneeling hamstring curls