| 6/28 Assistance Day |
[Jun. 29th, 2011|12:21 pm] |
Been just messing around with the idea of throwing in a fourth day during the week, just for upper body assistance work, like a meathead bodybuilding kind of day where I just throw a lot of high volume work in there for things like upper back, arms, and shoulders.
So this is what I did yesterday.
CG Bench Press worked up to 155 for 10
BB Curls worked up to 105 for 5
Tricep Pushdowns worked up to 90 for 10
Nothing too crazy here, and nothing that's really going to affect my CNS too much, just something to get a little more volume in. |
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| Press |
[Apr. 23rd, 2011|06:32 pm] |
Overhead Press 150
3/105, 3/120, 135 x 7
Overhead Press 5/10/65
CG Bench Press 4/12 worked up to 135
Pushdowns 4/12 worked up to 120
Chins 20 reps scattered these in between pressing sets
Seems like I'm getting back in the groove on the Press after losing some strength not lifting for three weeks. I had an easy two more reps in the tank on that 135, so hopefully I can get a ramp it up to 140 for that same 7 reps next week. Triceps are burning pretty well are hitting them with close grips and pushdowns. Trying to keep up the motivation to work on my arms, but I always end up getting bored. Also pretty happy to be back around 205-210. |
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| 4/22 Deadlift |
[Apr. 22nd, 2011|04:55 pm] |
Deadlift 270
3/190, 3/215, 245 x 7
DB Rows 4/12/50s
BB Shrugs 4/12 worked up to 225
These felt pretty good, trying to work on my back a lot more, and this was a step in the right direction.
I saw a girl doing light squats in a Smith Machine while carrying on a conversation on a bluetooth. Not all technology should be embraced. |
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| Sunday and Tuesday's Training |
[Apr. 19th, 2011|04:50 pm] |
Sunday
Squat 210
3/145, 3/175, 190 x 7
I called it a day after that. These felt pretty good, and it seems like my strength is coming back pretty quickly.
Tuesday
Bench 190
3/135, 3/155, 170 x 10
DB Incline Bench 4/12 worked up to 50s
EZ Bar Curls 4/12 worked up to 70
DB Hammer Curls 4/12
I'm on vacation this week, and all I'm doing is sitting at home, gaining weight and watching tons of Seinfeld re-runs, basketball playoffs, and watching the Mets early season downward spiral. Best vacation ever.
So Erin and I have almost been dating for two years, and everyday seems easier than the last. I know it seems pretty obvious, but I think people have to just find out what works for them, and date somebody they actually like. I don't see the point of fighting in a relationship. I hear people say all the time how you can't have a good relationship without fighting your problems out. This is something I'll never understand. There's so much stress in life, why would you want to voluntarily put yourself in a position where you have to endure more stress than is necessary? Maybe people just think they can't have a relationship without all the BS. In any event, it's so wonderful to have a relationship where you lay it all out there, and you two just get along. It's been the most wonderful experience you could hope for. |
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| Friday's Training- Arms Day |
[Apr. 15th, 2011|08:14 pm] |
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Decided that maybe if I want to bring up my pathetic looking arms that I should throw in an extra Arms day. It's 10 days between days where I'm usually scheduled to do Curls so that's probably not enough.
DB Curls w/ Tyler Grips 5/10/35s
BB Curls worked up to 95 x 5
Overhead Tri Extensions 5/10/60
Neck Harness 50 reps
Jump Rope 40/50/100
Did lots of Shoulder rehab work in between all these sets too. Really pushed the last set of Jump Ropes, I really need to get into better shape. Feeling good at 200 pounds right now though. |
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| The Promise |
[Nov. 29th, 2010|07:40 pm] |
So Bruce Springsteen just put out a new CD called 'The Promise.' It's a collection of songs that he wrote after the 'Born to Run' album that didn't quite fit in with 'Darkness On The Edge of Town.' He writes that his aim when writing 'Darkness' was not to put out a pop album, or write the greatest rock and roll record of all time, he just wanted something that was honest. The Promise is as honest as it gets. The Promise is about always pushing for more, about following your dreams, but having to change course to survive in the real world.
I followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen.
Drove my Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes.
When the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my own dreams
And he talks about how much he poured his heart and soul into that Challenger, but as life crept in, he needed money so he sold it.
All my life I fought that fight
The fight that you can't win.
Every day it gets harder to live
the dream you're believin' in.
And as you get older and realize what the real world is all about, you're forced to give up on your dreams just to survive in the world we live in, learning to let go of the fight when you realize that there's just no way a young man can take the world on by himself.
Born to Run was the album that made Bruce a star, and 'The Promise' along with the later released 'Darkness' was him growing up and learning about life and the world around him. What a fantastic songwriter to be able to capture that heartbreak of finding out what the world is really all about at a time in your life where your lifelong dreams are meeting the harsh reality of living everyday through the 'grind.' |
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| There's a blood red circle on the cold dark ground |
[Oct. 18th, 2010|08:19 pm] |
Love is strange.
What happens when you devote your life to someone so deeply, are you ever really able to pick up the pieces once they're gone?
My aunt passed away a couple of years ago from a relapse of ovarian cancer, and my uncle took it pretty hard. For a man that was always as solid as a rock, he broke down repeatedly, and even though that doesn't happen anymore, you could certainly make the case that he's never been the same since then.
About a week ago, he was eating dinner, and went into cardiac arrest, they had kept him alive, but were worried about him suffering permanent brain damage, so he was put into a drug-induced coma, and hasn't come out of it in three to four days now.
A part of me can't help but wonder, when you're with someone for that long, 30 years, and that woman is pretty much all you've ever known, she's your way of life, and you couldn't previously picture moving from them, how do you live without them? Or is it a situation where you just go through the motions and feign happiness, but ultimately, your spirit is only at half speed, seeing as your other half physically is with you no longer?
I know that sometimes relationships run their course and people are forced to move on, but what happens when that love is never given up on? Is there a point where love is so strong that you're only at 50% without them, where you become less of a whole without that person? In this big tits, big money world, where people are so quick to turn their backs on anyone and everyone for the almighty dollar and material happiness, maybe love at the highest level really still does exist, it's just a shame that with great love often times comes great tragedy. |
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| Training Log 3/1 |
[Mar. 1st, 2010|08:03 pm] |
Today was Max Effort Upper Body day
Started off going as heavy as I could for five reps, and ended up at 170. This wasn't bad, it felt good, and the more I bench, the better I'm getting at it, but I'm learning that the bench is really a lift that you can't take any time off for. The good thing is that the weights rebound really quick.
Moved to DB Bench with 65's for 3 sets of 8. This was some good accessory work that I took to near failure at the end, I want to work my way back up to the 90s.
One-Arm Rows. One of my favorite lifts, don't worry about form, just grip and rip. I used 75s for four sets of eight, but could've definitely went up on these, I will next Monday. I've done 110s for 10 in the past, so I'm expecting these to jump up quickly. I always feel stronger when I'm doing DB Rows on a regular basis.
Face Pulls and Cable Crunches. Just some extra shit to round out the day. My abs have always been a weak point, probably because I hate training them, but a few sets a couple days a week won't hurt. |
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[Sep. 16th, 2009|05:48 pm] |
So football started up, and within our pool I went 14-2. It was a pretty easy week to predict, and I should've went 15-1 if not for the luckiest catch in Brandon Stokley's life. The Niners beat the defending NFC Champs which is always a positive sign, I split the week in fantasy, going 1-1, but the best part was that I sat down at 1 on Sunday and watched football straight through until 10:30 when I passed out during the Packers/Bears. I haven't done that in a loooong time.
My favorite sports have kind of switched in recent years. Back in high school, I was a diehard baseball fan, I mean I wouldn't miss one Mets or Yankees game, I'd easily watch 500 games a year. But recently in the last three years, I've watched less and less baseball, and I couldn't even stomach watching the Mets play ugly game after ugly game this year. I used to lose interest in football half way through the year, now I wait all week just to see some football. I think it may have something to do with my rising interest in weightlifting as the two are remarkably similar. Weightlifting calls for short bouts of extreme intensity, and so does football, and they're both very physical sports, it's no secret that football players are kings in the strength and conditioning world. While baseball is intense (a baseball swing is probably the most intense thing an athlete can do), it's intensity is all mental. Being able to shut off everything and concentrate, while football is just a brute game where each side beats each other up.
Wrestling has really taken a turn for the better lately. With Punk's heel turn, Smackdown has been a cant-miss show, especially with his great feud with Jeff Hardy. I'm kind of worried about Batista going to Smackdown, since he turned face in 2005 he never really excited me too much. They are pretty light on top faces to feud with Punk though (although they could've easily pushed John Morrison and gotten away with it), I'm just worried that he'll get to SD and just bury Punk, I don't even think the McMahon's are that stupid though. They have a great star who I can really see as being THE top heel in the WWE for years to come in Punk, and while Batista can have a good match with the right people, I'm hoping they see that they can't really trust him at the top with how injury prone he's been. I just want to see Edge come back as a face and have a big money feud with Punk for the title, is that too much to ask? |
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[Sep. 16th, 2009|05:31 pm] |
It's been quite a while since I've really written anything, and for some reason I feel like I should write down all the unimportant happenings. Weightlifting is a good place to start.
So I recently came across a new program which is built upon a theory that I've had for quite a while, (not to mention it was written by a man who has a 1000lb squat and a complete no-BS mentality) that I've been progressing too quickly. Usually in the past, I would make incredible gains for about six weeks, then stall out, and have to start the whole thing all over again. So this time I started light, I mean too light, and progressed very slowly. I'm still only on the third week of the system, but I've hit some nice numbers (295 for 10 on the deadlift, 175 for 6 on the bench), nothing to write home about, but I'm seeing the numbers go up in spots that I haven't trained in a while now.
Basically you work on the four major lifts; Deadlift, Squat, Bench Press, and Overhead Press. You start light and just try to progress as little as you can over time. A lot of programs out there call for adding 40 pounds to a lift in six weeks, but most people would be lucky to add that in a year. I have a plan to progress my maxes by just 5 pounds in the DL and Squat, and 2 1/2 pounds in the bench and overhead press each month. If this goes according to plan, my lower body lifts will be up 60 pounds in a year with my upper body lifts up 30 pounds, that's nothing to mess with.
So today was the second bench session of the first cycle (every cycle includes 12 workouts, done three days a week, with 4 deload workouts where you take a break), it called for 2 sets of 3 with 145 and 165, then the all-out third set of 175, which I got for six. It's progress, and that's all I was really hoping for. Then I followed it up with 5 sets of 10 for Push-Ups and 5 sets of 10 for Barbell Bent-Over Rows with 95 pounds. Wanted to start really light so I don't burn out on assistance stuff.
Gotta head to pick up Erin in about a half hour. Everything is going beyond amazing with her. Anyone who ever told me in the past that relationships were hard work was dead wrong. When it's right, and when it's with the right person who compliments you well enough, it's the easiest thing in the world. When you care about that person, everything just seems to come naturally, I've never had to try to make her happy once, it just happens. I'm motivated enough to go out of my way to make her happy when she's having a bad day and to see her and take her out on dates pretty often. And on the other hand, she understands me well enough to know that when I need a day off from her to just hang out by myself (which is often), she doesn't have any problem with it, she actually encourages it, which is a far cry from what I've experienced in the past. That's what happens when you respect and admire the person you're with though, everything is so easy, and it just works.
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