Thought I’d follow you over here. That stomach stuff sounds awful, hope you get that figured out without having to get any tubes stuck anywhere.
I studied abroad in Melbourne and absolutely loved it. I spent a bit of time in Sydney and loooooved it there too, so that gets my vote.
I went to school across the river from Minnesota, and it’s nice for the summer, less so in the winter.
How are you liking the 5-fingered shoe thingies?
Soooooooooo…Yesterday I had a back workout.
Blah. I refuse to post deadlift numbers because they were embarrassing D:
Warmup stuffies
Front Squats 4 x 8 x 105 (easy still sore on the wrist but getting better form wise)
Military - 4 x 7 x 105 (easy at first, last set sucked…)
Kayak Rows - 5 x 10 by some weight
Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns - 5 x 10 by some weight
DB Rows- worked up to 100 x 20 x 2 (I realized here my grip sucks…a lot. and how much I wish that there were heavier dumbbells here.
Face pulls - 5 x 10
Cable rows - 5 x 10 (with the ropey attachment)
Deadlifts - some weight by a lot. Punishment for a crappy grip. I tried 4 plates and just absolutely ripped it off the floor…and then dropped it.
Back extensions, BW x 10, 25 x 10 , 25 x 10, 25 x 10, 25 x 10, BW x 10
These absolutely killed my lower back and hammies. The pump was insane.
So three conclusions from today.
And now today I hit shoulders and traps
Warmup stuffies
Front Squats 4 x 10 x 105 (Sooo easy, form = really good despite lower back tightness)
Then
Military - 85 x 6, 105 x 6, 125 x 4 ( Toasted…shitty.), 125 x 2, 95 x 6 x 3
Laterals - 5 x 10 by whatevz who cares
Front Raises 5 x 10 by whatevz
Cable laterals 10 x 10 by somethin
Cable rear delt - 5 x 10
Shrugs - 8 x 10 ( grip sucks sooooo bad…which is why no straps need to fix this weakness, sad thing is strapless shrugs = 275, straps = 500)
DB Shrugs - 2 x 10 (not feeling it, so next movement)
1 arm smith machine shrugs - 6 x 10
Abs x a lot
Good Mornings 5 x 12 x 105 ( Easy peasy working on form, ridiculous back pump)
Tomorrow is arms, and Sunday is hereby a day of rest.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]supermelloman wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I guess you could say I’m the antihero. Sometimes a give a fuck, sometimes I don’t.[/quote]
Very Interesting…what causes such thinking?
However, a word of advice if you will, tread carefully, veryyyyyy carefully. Because your line of thinking sounds a lot like my diet.
Oh yeah, welcome to my logtress of solitude!
[/quote]
According Section 13 Article 4.1 of the Antihero Code of Conduct, my past is to blame for my dissociative and hardened thought processes.[/quote]
Somebody actually read that? I wrote that so long ago and I was never sure if anyone has actually used it. I have written codes of conduct for Heroes, Anti-heroes, Villains, and then devised training manuals for the jedi and the sith. But I am honored that someone has read my material… Sir, I salute you!
Still very interesting though, and understandable. I believe, our past can enlighten us and enable us to control and define the future yet to come.
[quote]cholulalula wrote:
Thought I’d follow you over here. That stomach stuff sounds awful, hope you get that figured out without having to get any tubes stuck anywhere.
I studied abroad in Melbourne and absolutely loved it. I spent a bit of time in Sydney and loooooved it there too, so that gets my vote.
I went to school across the river from Minnesota, and it’s nice for the summer, less so in the winter.
How are you liking the 5-fingered shoe thingies?
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Woot! Woot! A follower! High Five!
Err, I mean, I am honored to have such a distinguished young lass here!
I am getting thee tube thingie down my throat next weekend 
Okay I have an extremely important question for you since you have been to Australia…How is the food? 
Thanks for the input! There are so many places I want to go though it’s hard to decide, I really like the idea of going to Boston…or Alaska.
The five fingered shoes are AWESOME! Especially for any leg work, you can really feel more hamstring and glute involvement in everything.Well until Wednesday, when I got distracted by 300 on the T.V. in the gym right where Leonidas yells “THIS IS SPARTAAA!” andddd dropped another freaking forty five on my foot.The bunion of that foot has been acting up too, so all shoes suck right now, since you said you’re a PT nerd, know any remedies? I haven’t found anything that relieves it besides rest. I’m like a physical therapists dream client. The injuries go on and get more unusual…
Good luck with the tube. Hopefully you’ll find some answers.
Food in Australia—honestly, I went over there when I was 20 so most of my intake was Victoria Bitter and boxed wine affectionately referred to as ‘goon’ (gave me THE worst hangover but it’s super cheap, therefore super awesome).I had some of the best fish and chips and prawns when I was there, as well as these cookies called Tim Tams (I mean, it’s not surprising I came home almost 20# heavier). Beyond that, I found it pretty similar to food here. Boston or Alaska both sound pretty awesome too. I love the idea of being free enough to go wherever you want, take advantage of that while you can!
Hm, I don’t know of much treatment-wisefor bunions…the only treatment I’ve done on them is post-bunionectomy, sorry!
Good workout, superhero-you get in a shit ton of work.
And you don’t suck.
Didn’t workout on the weekend. Decided to study and work a lot so I get an A in this accelerated class and have money to pay for stupid textbooks.
Monday - Arms
Front Squats & Military by 4 x 4 x 115(Easy)
Barbell Curls , Worked up 115 x 5, did like 60 total reps.
CG Bench, worked up to 205 x 5 did 60 total reps.
Zottman curls - 5 x 10 by someweight
Tricep Pushdowns - 5 x 10 by someweight
Rope cable curls - 5 x 10 x someweight
1 arm tricep overhead extension + 1 arm pushdowns (Superset) 5 x 10 by someweight
Abz and stuff.
Wednesday - Legs (Decided to punish my self for taking so many days off…)
Back Squats & Military ( 4 x 5 x 115)
Squats - 135 x 5, 165 x 5, 195 x 5, 215 x 5, 235 x 6 x 5, 215 x 5, 195 x 2 x 5, 185 x 2 x 5, 135 x 5…Yeah buddy felt like shit, almost passed out plus threw up…haha awesomeness. (Legs hurt like hell today)
Superset that with military - 145 x 5 x 1, 135 x 5 x 3 ( Set Rep PR), 135 x 5 - Military is slowly approaching respectable numbers!
Lunges 5 x 6 by whatever
Glute Ham Raises - 6 x 10 ( These gave me a crazy hamstring/glute pump /burn…so hard to walk…!)
Calves by some
Abs by some
Today - Chest
Front Squat & Military x 4 x 6 (Military was iffy)
CG Bench - worked up to 215 x 3, did 45 total reps
Incline Bench - Some by some by some ( Got pinned a shit ton of times today, love rolling the bar down my stomach…)
Low Cable Flies - 5 x 10
High Cable Flies - 5 x 10
Mid Cable Flies - 5 x 10
The front squats and military are definitely working, techniques a lot better, plus my weight is going up and I’m not even eating that much food. At about 196 now on average, as soon as the dining hall on campus opens I expect to put on about 5000lbs.
[quote]cholulalula wrote:
Good luck with the tube. Hopefully you’ll find some answers.
Food in Australia—honestly, I went over there when I was 20 so most of my intake was Victoria Bitter and boxed wine affectionately referred to as ‘goon’ (gave me THE worst hangover but it’s super cheap, therefore super awesome).I had some of the best fish and chips and prawns when I was there, as well as these cookies called Tim Tams (I mean, it’s not surprising I came home almost 20# heavier). Beyond that, I found it pretty similar to food here. Boston or Alaska both sound pretty awesome too. I love the idea of being free enough to go wherever you want, take advantage of that while you can!
Hm, I don’t know of much treatment-wisefor bunions…the only treatment I’ve done on them is post-bunionectomy, sorry!
Good workout, superhero-you get in a shit ton of work.
And you don’t suck. [/quote]
Thanks I sure hope so too.
Hmmm, you had a typical college student diet then… Those cookies sound good though! And So does fish and chips…at least I know they don’t have super weird strange stuff. Will definitely take you advice on that though, someday I’ll look back and I don’t want to be all " I should have done…".
Ugh surgery. I just figured the vibrams were causing my big toe to subluxate…thereby aggravating the bunion so I switched shoes and it’s gone back to normal. Big bummer though.
It never feels like I’m doing enough. Lol.
And thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it.
Update: Stomach is all G, been putting in the work
Hit 425 pretty easy on deads last week
Hit 255 x 4 x 5 two weeks ago on squats
225 x 4 on close grip bench - prolly could have hit 6 but no spot soo…
145 x 5 x easy on military
Everything is going up as it should be…and I’m dropping bodyweight so it’s pretty cool stuff.
Partially tore my calf that leg workout two weeks ago, minor but hurts like shit anything heavy is out, been doing overhead squats and leg presses lately so legs are still getting some work.
Kicking ass in school and the gym and life in general.
Toodles yall (meaning anyone who reads thee log of shitasticness)
I’ll be back. ( Terminator voice)
Hit 405 x 3 on deadlifts (Grip fagged out)
170 for 1 on Military (almost at that bodyweight press, 25 more lbs!)
and failed to push press 205 x a zillion
And there’s todays news folks.
Hit arms today
Warmed up with military
then Barbell curls x some
Close grip Bench x some
Tricep Pushdowns superset with Zottman Curls
Cordova Extensions superset with Preacher Curls
1 arm overhead extension superset with Hammer curls
Abs…
Done.
Stuff by Stuff…
Hit 205 x 4 sets of 2 = rep and set PR
Military 155 x 5 sets of 3 ties rep pr easy set pr
160 X 3 x 2 on military = shitty day
165 x 3 x 1 today = shitty
Felt weak and tired today, didn’t really want to lift but hit a huge pr on deadlifts
425 for a double, felt light, form sucked, grip sucked.
Some width work for back
and sleepy time.
MUST EAT MOAR FOOD.
Definitely strained my back a couple days ago, doesn’t feel so great
Yesterday hit some more back stuff, stretchers are awesome especially supersetted with pullups
I’m such a fat ass though, 10 pullups was way harder than it used to be…haha Body feels so light and first and then, kaput.
Hit shoulders today, people been sayin I been workin my traps hard, guess that’s a compliment?
All I know is progress=being made.
Food time!
come to the darkside…
our backs never get hurt
just sayin
Arms Yesterday
Not bad
hit 235 x 3 and then 245 x 1 and 255 x 1 on close-grip bench, all pretty easy, looks like pretty soon I’ll pass my best flat bench with CG haha. 300 is right around the corner! I’d say I’m good for a pretty easy 270 at least.
Barbell Curls
Pushdowns
Zottmans - got up to 50’s x 6 getting stronger
Cordova Extensions
Superset with
One arm overhead extensions
Superset with
1 arm reverse grip pushdowns
and Hammer Curls
= Pumptastic.
Hitting legs up today, still can’t squat heavy = partially torn calf
leg press and curls hurt like shit but gotta do something with moderate weight so I don’t look like a frickin lightbulb!
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
come to the darkside…
our backs never get hurt
just sayin[/quote]
What do your health care plans look like? And any vacation days or paid leave?
Legs always suck now…
Overhead squats by a lot, managed 135 x 2 x 2, hoping to hit this for 10 in a few weeks, really is just about that balance and shoulder endurance
other stuff by a bunch
Since squat sucks I’m going to start focusing on deads, hopefully bring that to about 500 by June, I’d say I’m good for an easy 450 right now with ugly ass form so going to try fix that for, nice thing is it’s my lockout that sucks now, so heavy rows and shrugs it is again!
Chest tonight!
Highlights included CG Bench 235 x 3 and then 245 X 2 , feelin easy!
Incline 205 x 3, 215 x 2, 205 x 3, 185 x 5 this was feelin light tonight too!
Other chest stuff blah blah blah
Push Press just for funzies, finally hit that 205! Flew up! And then I almost fell down hahaha.
Irritated my back so it was probably a bad idea but whatevz only young once!
Just some numbers from the last week or so
Military has been giving me trouble of late since I stopped doing it everyday to rest my elbows.
Time to start every workout with it again get them numbers up 175 still eludes me.
CG Bench, hit 235 x 2, 245 x 2, and 255 last tuesday,
Hit 235 x 2, 250 x 2(PR), and 260 (PR) on friday, all weights feelin light!
Pulled 455 last week easy up to mid thigh then grip and back gave out(still managed to lock out though just barely), must improve. Definitely have about 475 in me if my grip didn’t suck.
Numbers going up so I must be doing something right!
CB Bench, hit 235 x 2, 250 x 2, and 260 x 1,
Can finally squat without pain.
I have decided to drop the bodybuilding type template and work more with a starting strenght type of routine.
Day 1 -
Squat
CG Bench
Deadlift
Day 2
Military
Front Squat
Row
Day 3
Incline Bench
Squat
Deadlift
Won’t be going super heavy start somewhat light and just hit a certain number of total reps.
On off days I plan assistance work in the form of
Back/Chest
Shoulders/Arms
So lifting 5 or 6 days a week. Hopefully this will help me finally get up to that 3 plate squat.
Goals are a 5 plate deadlift, 315 or higher ATG squat(only way to squat…) for 5 reps, and a 295 or higher close grip bench.
Plan is to hit these by summer so march-june/july 3-4 months. Should be plenty of time provided I eat well!
New workouts are thee shit.
Lost some weight at first then started gaining. Shoulders a little deflated so need to add some lateral raises every other workout or so. In one week I’ve done about 250 total pullups and already am seeing the change in my back. Why did I ever stop doing pullups!?
Going to start adding weight soon, sets of 10 are pretty easy now.
No PR’s to note, but first time squatting over 200 in about 2 months when I partially tore my stupid calf. Feels goooood.
Looks like I’ll be lean and strong for summer!
I expect to start challenging PR’s in a week or so with the weights climbing as easy as they are, been benching 240 for doubles on close grip easyyyy, just need a spot sometime. Incline bench is approaching 2 plates, and deficit deads are might close to 365 for easy reps.
Life is Good, in the gym , and out.
a hui hou