Finally lost all the snow on top of my make shift dip device, felt weird doing them again… I find I favour one arm slightly more due to shit mobility in my injured right one, but I’ve been working on keeping the scapula back, down and tight and pushing my arm forward at the elbowas it tends to be lazy and sit further back on presses.
Well the strength has gone up, hopefully I can keep all this up for a good while, then hit into a more bodybuilder style approach in febuary/march, then I can think about trying to recomp if I’ve gained a bit too much fat. We’ll see how it goes though.
Trying to sell my standard weights and get an oly bar and some man plates so I’ll have no excuse to be small and weak!
What the fuck I could barely get 115 off the fucking floor. I dont give a shit how many chin ups and whatever the fuck I do before that, that is weak as shit. What a fucking shit workout. Waste of my fucking time. Why the fuck bother with bicep curls when women can deadlift more than me today. What the fucking hell is wrong with that?! I’ve deadlifted 135 at one point and I weighed just over 150lbs, why the fuck, at 164 right now, can I not lift 115? Might as well put womens fucking underware on and become a cross dresser instead of a weightlifter.
Hey man, don’t let a bad workout get you down too much. My big lifts have been basically the same for the past two years, if that’s any condolence. I believe training is about more than just “set PRs or go home”. You have to learn something about your form, weaknesses, mental state, etc., from every single session.
For me, I need a plan before I go in, otherwise I tend to give up or go too fast and get worn out. Right now, I’m going through Rippetoe’s Starting Strength, and I have the weights I want to hit on the lifts BEFORE I go into the gym. If I don’t hit them, I figure out why (most of time its all in my mind before I miss, say, the last prescribed rep).
Anyway, there are always weaknesses that can be addressed in order for your big lifts to go up. For me, my hamstrings and abs are holding back the advance of my squats and deadlifts, and my biceps and traps are holding back my pressing!
You’re totally right about all of that… I’ve been addressing some dodgy pelvic tilt that I have where I favour one leg more than the other. It’s a lot better right now, and I guess my deadlift is suffering cause I’m using different parts of my legs than what I did before - you know to compensate for the slight discrepency. It’ll be better long term, but I was just shocked at how it wouldn’t come up. Most my lifts are coming up with good progress so I guess I was just really shocked my deaadlift is useless.
Thanks for the advice and dropping by its always welcome!
EDIT: Feeling it in the back today… upper, mid back, lats, hamstrings. Was gonna do arms today but I’m gonna just pack in the calories before my 25th bday tomorrow and see about doing legs tomorrow.
I’ve typed out 4 huge rants then deleted them again. I’m 25 today and I’m sick of the bullshit excuses I tell myself about why I cant train that little bit harder, get to bed earlier, find a better job, get educated in a better career. It’s all bullshit. Everyone knows they just have to put the effort in in the right places and accept failing is part of the process of becoming.
I’d rather lie to everyone I know than lie to myself and be weak when it comes to making choices and decisions. Countlessly, I catch myself procrastinating, making the wrong choices, doing nothing. I want to punish myself. I want to eradicate myself every single time I train so I’m building my body and mind up. I’m teaching myself every day, that with breakdown comes recovery… comes strength, and comes will. I’m not gonna make excuses about all of this anymore.
I like the structure of training. I’m always gonna lift something heavy, and the next time, I wanna do it for more reps or with heavier weight. I’m gonna push forward and improve. To back this up I’m gonna eat more, rest more. I’m gonna stretch and do what I can to prevent injury and increase performance. At the same time I’m applying these steps to life outside the gym. Progress and development of other aspects of my life.
No more bullshit goals and hopes for new years and birthdays. My only desires are to improve myself a little every day. In 3 years, I dont want to recognise myself from where I am today. I dont know where or what I’ll be doing but it wont matter if every day I wake up and be happy I can live my life knowing each day feels like a gift, instead of a struggle.
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I like the structure of training. I’m always gonna lift something heavy, and the next time, I wanna do it for more reps or with heavier weight. I’m gonna push forward and improve. To back this up I’m gonna eat more, rest more. I’m gonna stretch and do what I can to prevent injury and increase performance. At the same time I’m applying these steps to life outside the gym. Progress and development of other aspects of my life.
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Amen.
Oh, and happy birthday. (I happened to have celebrated my 27th less than two weeks ago.)
Birthday was good, but I’m now struck down with a cold so I’ve pulled a sickie and I’m just relaxing and resting. Probably get back to training after christmas, keeping up some stretching, mobility and corrective exersize.
RECAP!
Progress:
-Strength: Pretty much all my lifts are improving, so I really cant complain
-Size: Gaining on my traps, middle back, triceps, legs, and slightly on shoulders.
-Flexability: Not doing enough day to day to make great progress, this needs work and must be addressed.
Areas for Improvement:
-Need to start working my arms. I’m considering a chest and shoulders, legs, arms, back routine. Arms will pretty much act as a rest day IMO, so I’ll do 4 on, 1 off and see what progress I make
Additional Exersizes:
Chest: Flat dumbell bench and flys.
Shoulders: Side raises
For arms: barbell curls, close grip bench, skull crushers, preacher curls.
Legs: Bulgarian split squat
Back: Rear delt raises, dumbell rows, back extensions when not doing deadlifts.*
Abs: Crunches, leg raises.
Too many exersizes for back! I’ll need two back workouts maybe, I’ll have to give this more thought. Maybe a lat and lower back, then an upper back and rear delt day with back extensions.
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I like the structure of training. I’m always gonna lift something heavy, and the next time, I wanna do it for more reps or with heavier weight. I’m gonna push forward and improve. To back this up I’m gonna eat more, rest more. I’m gonna stretch and do what I can to prevent injury and increase performance. At the same time I’m applying these steps to life outside the gym. Progress and development of other aspects of my life.
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Amen.
Oh, and happy birthday. (I happened to have celebrated my 27th less than two weeks ago.)
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Thank you very much!
Happy belated birthday, also I hope you and your wife have a very good christmas and new years.
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I like the structure of training. I’m always gonna lift something heavy, and the next time, I wanna do it for more reps or with heavier weight. I’m gonna push forward and improve. To back this up I’m gonna eat more, rest more. I’m gonna stretch and do what I can to prevent injury and increase performance. At the same time I’m applying these steps to life outside the gym. Progress and development of other aspects of my life.
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Amen.
Oh, and happy birthday. (I happened to have celebrated my 27th less than two weeks ago.)
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Thank you very much!
Happy belated birthday, also I hope you and your wife have a very good christmas and new years.[/quote]
Week and a half since my last workout, feeling SLIGHTLY better but my chest is full of shit still. Saw the bar I left with 90KG on from my last workout and had to lift it, it felt pretty light so atleast I’ve not been losing strength. Hopefully get back to it in a few days with some light work.
Man, I’ve never claimed to have flu before but I reckon I’ve got it this time. It’s been about 11 days now, 8 of which I couldn’t imagine picking up a stereo let alone weights! haha. Feeling a bit better now, happy new year mate, I hope you achieve any/all the goals you’re setting yourself right now.
Cheers mate. You too. Just split up with my girlfriend, so nothing to get in my way! My virus has gotten worse, had it for weeks now. Great start to the year!
Cheers mate. You too. Just split up with my girlfriend, so nothing to get in my way! My virus has gotten worse, had it for weeks now. Great start to the year!
Yeah mine went like that, only just thinking about training again. Women come and women go, its yourself you need to spend the best of your time on. Bitches aint shit!
Well after a shite couple of weeks over my birthday, christmas and new year, I got in from work, took a nap, and now I’m eating a whole shitload of beef curry before having my first workout in absolutely ages, lets start getting this shit done!