'Rumors of My Demise are Greatly Exagerated'

Monday, Jan17 2011

Life does get in the way sometimes. Not a complaint, just an observation. 2 fridays ago wife goes to ER for her neck. After 9, yes 9, hrs of waiting, they do what they always do, 2 second look see, here’s some pills.
Here’s the rub. My wife has Chrohns Disease, kinda like IBS. They give her flexeral and Vics. Right on que she’s back in ER thurs because she’s having a chrohns flareup, probably a side effect of the vics (constipation).

Needless to say, it’s monday and she’s still there and they STILL don’t know exactly what they are gonna do for her (besides meds). I love when dr’s, she has 4 coming at differant times each day, don’t get together and discuss things. Sorry for the rant, just venting. It really sucks when all you can do is wait for others to determine the next move.

I still don’t do well with ‘feeling’ helpless. My wife is the one in the hospital and I’m the one doing the venting. Oh well, venting allows me to continue doing the things that I have to do, instead of moping about what I can’t do. Like I said in another post, Life rolls on wether I participate or not.

Tues, Jan11 2011
Deadlifts (in my garage)
Worked up to 5x3@255 (the bar is frickin cold in the winter!!!)

Shrugs
4x7@235

Scapula retractions
4x7@145

Sat, Jan15 2011

Incline Bench 5/3/1

1x5@210
1x3@240
1x2@265
2x1@265

Close Grip Inclines
5x7@135

Iso row and Iso pulldown
5x7@2pps

Iso Bench
5x5@2pps

Standing Mils
5x1@175

Monday, Jan17 2011

Go Green Bay!!!

Box Squats
175x5
200x3
225x3
2x1@225

GM’s
5x5@135 I’m gonna keep sets at 5. Anything over I start to round

Standing Mils
7x1@175

Tues, Jan18 2011

Incline Bench
8x3@175

Standing Mils
165x5
185x3
205x2
2x1@205
9x1@175

Cable rows, Pulldowns, Facepulls
5x7 each

Sat, Jan23 2011

Sumo Deads
215x5
245x3
275x3,2

Shrugs
5x7@235

Scap retractions
5x7@145

Tues, Jan25 2011

Incline Bench
185x5
251x5
245x5

Close Grip Incline
3x7@150

Hammerstrength Bench, Row, Pulldown
3x5@2p+5ps

Stand Mils
13x1@175

Your hospital experience sounds just like the NHS (National Health Service) here in the UK. We get it for free so it’s harder for us to complain about it. (we do pay indirectly via compulsory National Insurance contributions. But if you are unemployed you still get it).

I expected the treatment there in the U.S to be much better.

[quote]GM’s
5x5@135[/quote]

Wow. Nice.

[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Also, great advice on the 25# weight. If you ask my youngest, that goes for 10# weights as well.

Congrats on the A’s! The difference is maturity, motivation and life experience. Makes me think of the saying…
“When I was 15, I couldn’t believe how stupid my parents were. When I hit 30, I couldn’t believe how much they had learned in 15 years.”[/quote]

I’d also say that having a horse step on your foot and then hip check you hurts as well. Wife just said “don’t shout while you’re falling, you will startle the horse.”

Thurs, Jan27 2011

Box Squats
160x5
185x5
3x5@210

GM’s
3x5#140

Standing Mils
15x1@175

Sat, Jan29 2011

Standing Mils
135x5
160x5
185x5 and a half…reps are still freakin heavy

3x1@180

Incline Bench
8x3@185

Cable Rows, Pulldowns, facepulls, neck harness
3x7 of each

Tates
3x10@50

Various lateral raises

Watched lots of skinny and fat dudes do lots of arm work before going out for the evening. Humorous!!!

Rug, nice to see you still working it. Sorry for the absence.
Reps are still heavy? I hope that my lull isn’t contagious!

When does school start back up?

[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Rug, nice to see you still working it. Sorry for the absence.
Reps are still heavy? I hope that my lull is contagious!

When does school start back up?[/quote]

Big difference between singles and rep work. It’s improving though. I’m working through the lull by eating myself fat…ter!!! Started my Cisco 1000 class. Lots of memorizing of TCP/IP and OSI stuff so far and a test every week. I go on Sat mornings 8-12. 78 on my first test…no study time with the wife in the hospital at the time. 89 this past Sat, only cuz I double checked my work and changed a right answer to a wrong answer. Fortunately for my GPA, we get 2 makeup tests. Guess which one I’m making up so far!!! I’m so anal!!! My other 2 classes, Comparative Religion and College Algebra have been easy so far.

Tues, Pre-Blizzard day

Sumo Deads
195x5
225x5
2x5@255

Shrugs
3x7@240

Scap Retracts
3x7@150

Standing Mils
5x1@180

Wed, Post-Blizzard…yea right!!! Day

Incline Press
200x3
230x3
3x3@260

Close grip Inclines
4x7@145

Hammerstrength Chest, PUlldowns, Rows
4x7@2p+5#ps

Standing Mils
7x1@180

Friday, Feb4 2011

Box Squats
170x3
195x3
3x3@220

GM’s
4x5@145

Standing Mils
9x1@180

Sun, Feb6 2011

Standing Mils
155x3
175x3
195.3

11x1@180

Incline Bench
8x3@185

Cable Rows, Pulldowns, facepulls, neck harness
4x7 of each

Tates
4x10@50

Various lateral raises

Nice work, Rug. How are the millies feeling?

Damn fine milies.

[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Nice work, Rug. How are the millies feeling?[/quote]

Reps are still freakin heavy. I do them like I do my singles, from a dead stop. Makes doing them a pain in the ass.

Wed, Feb9 2011

Sumo Deads
210x3
240x3
2x3@270

Neck twinge…ahhhhhhh

Shrugs
4x7@235

Scap retracts
2x7@145

Fri, Feb11 2011

Incline Bench 5/3/1
215x5
245x3
275x1 tied pr
285x1 PR

Standing Mils
13x1@180