[quote]DoveofWar08 wrote:
Putting in nice work here. Kickass work on the PRs, and looking plenty jacked.[/quote]
Thanks, Dove. It’s always a work in progress, with no end in sight.
This evening’s session was cut short as I had a bad case of bubble-guts, and my body just was not responding well to the work, so after the bench, I bagged it.
13 July 2011
PM
Bench Press
150 x 10 x 1
225 x 5 x 1
315 x 5 x 2
335 x 4 x 1
350 x 4 x 2
Shit felt like it weighed closer to 500lbs, so I stopped. I’ll pick it back up tomorrow with more focus on BW stuff.
So, I lied. I just couldn’t stay away from the weights this morning. It was a lackluster affair, overall, but I’ll take it.
14 July 2011
AM
Incline Bench Press supersetted with Plyo Pushups
225 x 5 x 1/BW x 5
275 x 3 x 2/BW x 5 x 2
315 x 2 x 2/BW x 5 x 2
295 x 3 x 1/BW x 5
With PT coming to a close, the lack of music (headphones are unauthorized during PT hours), and the hangups that come with early morning work, I bagged it there. Good enough for government work, I suppose.
Feeling this, although I’m a lil annoyed at the moment. It’s another moment of reporting to someone who doesn’t know half as much as I do, and who doesn’t fathom the idea of common sense. But, that is my military life, for now. As for my “Me” time, I got some in last night.
14 July 2011
PM
Barbell Rows
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 10 x 5
Pullups
BW x 10 x 5
Attempted Dumbbell Rows, however, I’ve taken to banging out 10 pullups here in my office everytime I walk by the pullup bar we have up. I got well over 100 yesterday, prior to my evening fun. Point-blank-bottom-line: I was smoked. Lovin it.
After a few days away, and a bit of a bad session yesterday, I stepped into this foreign gym like a man possessed. Seeing as how it was mid-morning, and everything on me was stiff, I kept the weight moderate, and followed the “less is more” credos.
20 July 2011
AM
Bench Press
315 x 5 x 3, supersetted with plyo-pushups: BW x 5 x 3
Dips
BW x 15 x 2 (hated these, as the bars were not far enough apart. This did not feel good on my shoulder.)
Smith Machine Bench Throws
225 x 5 x 3
Misc. Core and Tri work.
Giving serious thought into assaulting my legs tonight.
As I returned to this foreign fortress, I was greeted by the PT whom I met this morning. A beauty of a woman: a mother and a bodybuilder. She was shocked that I was back for more. And more is what I was hungry for, as I waited for the one and only squat rack to open up.
I walked to it as the current occupant was bouncing between military presses and leg raises. Letting him know that I have next, I began to warm up, unsure about just how much I wanted to work with. My indecision lasted as long as it took three dudes to size the rack and myself up. As they were trying their best to be subtle about their desire to use it once I got on, I decided to make it easy for them and told them they could work in. I know…uncharacteristic of me. However, truth be told, there was a bit of ego, as well as some sense of nobility involved. The dudes looked pretty strong, so I wanted to test myself. That’s the ego. And since things are getting pretty serious between the woman and I, I want to be stronger for her and the kids. It’s strange how everything between us is clicking so well. But, that is for another time. For now, the work:
20 July 2011
PM
Squat
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 5 x 1
315 x 3 x 1
405 x 1 x 1 (PR-heaviest I have EVER attempted with squats.)
455 x 1 x 1 (WTF??? Not even in my wildest dreams. Think I’ll be able to hit 500 soon.)
315 x 5 x 1
225 x 10 x 1
Was pretty fried after this, but I did some jumprope/lunge work for about 10 minutes, then bagged it.
Pretty solid day today. Did my cardio/calisthenics this morning, then smoked myself this evening. Even got the attention of the PT chick, as well as an LT who I ended up assisting. Didn’t mind talking, as I had questions for the PT chick, then was done with my work by the time I worked with the LT.
21 July 2011
PM
Military Press (Standing…always standing)
135 x 5 x 1
185 x 5 x 1
205 x 3 x 4
185 x 4 x 1
I gave up the rack, as another dude asked to do deadlifts. I am capable of being “nice” sometimes…
Handstand P/U
BW x 3 x 2 (Make up for missing sets on MPs)
BTN Press
135 x 10 x 3
Shrugs
135 x 15 x 3
Lateral Raises
30 x 10 x 2
Front Raises w/Barbell
Bar x 10 x 1
55 x 10 x 1
Bagged it.
some the Beast can play nice heh? 
awesome on the squats - sometimes the ego pushes us to new planes.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
some the Beast can play nice heh?
awesome on the squats - sometimes the ego pushes us to new planes.[/quote]
The Beast is currently in solitary confinement. He will not be released anytime soon. Mr. Black is in control now. And yes, he has a bit of an ego problem. So much so, that when visiting an Air Force base’s gym, we looked thru the window and saw nothing but jacked dudes. Everyone in there looked like they’ve been doing the damn thing. Then we entered. Can you say “Cluck-cluck?” They ALL had chicken legs. All of them. So…we directed our attention to the platform (unused platform…), and went to work. After warming up with some lighter weights, everyone was watching as though a freak was present.
25 July 2011
PM
Cleans
155 x 3 x 2
205 x 2 x 3
Bench Press
315 x 3 x 1 (pause on chest for a 3-count)
315 x 4 x 2
365 x 3 x 1 (showing off at this point…)
385 x 1 x 1 (yup…ego has taken over…)
405 x 1 x 2 (The weight room cleared out, as there was not enough room for the chicken-legs and my ego.)
WG Pullups/Dips
BW x 10 x 3
Was going to do some sort of aerobic event, however, we decided to save a bit. Gotta drive tomorrow.
Finally back in Vilseck, and just couldn’t wait to return to my Fortress of Solitude. Unfortunately, as I was preparing to slaughter my legs, a mere mortal asked if he could join me in the slaughter. Being the nice guy that I am, I allowed it. I probably should have called him out on his half-squats, but I was in a merciful mood. That and he was really trying to hang with me. I wasn’t going to hate on him. I’ll probably look for him and try to work with him. He has potential.
26 July 2011
PM
Squats
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 3 x 1 (paused in the hole)
315 x 3 x 3
335 x 3 x 2
365 x 2 x 3
315 x 5 x 2
315 x 4 x 1
Shoulder Presses (both BTN & Military, and both standing)
135 x 10 x 3-BTN
135 x 10 x 2-Military
Jumprope/Box Jumps x 4 Rounds
1 August 2011
PM
Incline Bench Press
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 5 x 1
300 x 3 x 1
315 x 3 x 4
Plyo-Pushup
BW x 6 x 5 (From floor up to step raised 10in.)
Weighted Dips
BW + 100 x 5 x 2
BW + 90 x 5 x 2
Conditioning/Abs x 15 mins.
Been a wee bit distracted, mentally, these past few days. Hard to string any coherant thoughts together long enough to write.
2 August 2011
PM
Deadlifts
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 3 x 1
315 x 3 x 1
405 x 2 x 1
495 x 1 x 3 (w/5 second hold at the top)
500 x 1 x 3 (same as above)
Weighted WG Pullups
BW + 45 x 5 x 5
WG Pullups
BW x 8 x 4
Still in a weird place, mentally. Like I’m just drifting. Not sure what’s goin on. Training is still happening, though…oddly enough.
3 August 2011
PM
Push Press
135 x 5 x 1
185 x 3 x 2
205 x 3 x 2
225 x 3 x 2
245 x 2 x 1
BTN Press
155 x 8 x 1
135 x 10 x 1
135 x 8 x 1
Rear Delt Flyes (Single-Arm)
25 x 10 x 3
Wow…6 days away from putting in the work I enjoy. Surpised I wasn’t losing my shit after day 3. Between meetings, getting named as the new head coach for the post boxing team, and battling three hormonal teenagers eats away time. Glad to have returned today.
9 August 2011
AM
Bench Press
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 10 x 2
315 x 5 x 3
Plyo-Pushups
BW x 7 x 3
Dips
BW x 10 x 1
BW x 15 x 2
Lost a bit of time due to assistancing someone having deadlift issues. No complaints on my part.
your life sounds interesting these days…
3 teenagers??!
Nice to see you back. Your a big mofo. Congrats on the new coaching position.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
your life sounds interesting these days…
3 teenagers??![/quote]
Yes. 3 teens. 2 belong to the woman, and the other is her nephew.
And I just noticed that I wrote “assistancing.” Facepalm.
[quote]DJS wrote:
Nice to see you back. Your a big mofo. Congrats on the new coaching position.[/quote]
Thanks, DJS.
10 August 2011
AM
Deadlifts
135 x 10 x 1
225 x 5 x 1
315 x 3 x 1
405 x 3 x 5
Pullups
BW x 100
Yesterday was quite hellacious, so I was unable to post the morning’s work.
11 August 2011
AM
Military Press (Standing)
135 x 10 x 2
185 x 5 x 5
Alt. Dbell Press (Standing)
50 x 10 x 3
Lateral Raises
30 x 8 x 3
Single-Arm Bent-over Dbell Flyes
25 x 10 x 3
Quite a bit of sprint work followed this. This resulted in me being pretty spent and starved for most of the day.
For this morning, we had to participate in a squadron run (1000+ troops). Needless to say, after previous runs with this group, I passed. What is the point of a formation run when the commander turns it into a competition? So, off to the gym I went.
12 August 2011
AM
Squats
135 x 10 x 2
225 x 5 x 1
315 x 4 x 5
Box Jumps
24"
BW x 10 x 3
32"
BW x 5 x 3
congrats on the head coach position
3 teenagers, sounds like a horror movie.