12/19/2013

  So, tonight was arm night.  I gotta tell ya, started with drag curls at 135 and thought it was going to be horrible.  The curls were, after that everything just went nice and smooth which was nice.  Unfortunately last night's shoulder workout got to my partner and the curls were killing his traps just from holding the bar.  He seemed to loosen up a bit half way though.  I'm now pretty sure my use of the cardio room is so epic that it must be documented.  Okay, it's that I'm in there so rarely except to use the bathroom down stairs since the other one is upstairs, and walking upstairs is a real ball breaker.

12/18/2013

  In fantastic news, we got the new bar at the gym.  Had a chance to use it on shrugs tonight, only went to 225 for 5 sets of 10 so it wasn't a real weight test for it.  That'll come week after next unless a few other people beat me to it, which they will.  The knurling on it is amazing, seems like it'll be nice and easy to hold without a lot of chalk.

  Tonight we did shoulders, so far it was by far the easiest of the days.  You'd think 210 reps would wear you out a lot but actually left the gym feeling not horribly put upon.  Did two things I haven't done in a long time tonight, front raises and Arnold presses.  I think I might start putting some front raises into my regular routine for some accessory work.  Really not a whole lot more to talk about tonight, probably be how the rest of these go over the next few days.  Maybe something more interesting will happen.

12/17/2013

  I had thought back night would be easier. Just another simple 190 reps for back. I was wrong. After deadlifting our backs were nice and toasty. Then the fun of lat pulldowns, lawnmowers, seated cable rows, and bent over rows. Maybe it'll be different on shoulders and arms but after the first two sets we have a huge pump, by the time we finish it's fine and had been replaced with cramping and pain. Just another week and a half till I return to the joys of Westside training.

12/16/2013

  Last night began two weeks of my own personal hell.  Me and my partner are doing a deload/bodybuilding routine for 2 weeks.  Last night ended up doing a total of 190 reps just for chest.  Deload might have been a wrong way to refer to this as considering reps of 315 and 365 on bench.  At least the incline dumbbells weren't too bad.  Also, first time in maybe 9 years I've done decline bench.  I was totally unprepared for how horrible that felt.  Around midnight the number of reps got me and my chest started cramping horribly.  That was amazingly fun when I tried to reach across my body or my shoulder would itch.

12/13/2013

  So, we're gonna do this backwards.  Tonight was DE squat/dl night.  Since we're doing a two week change up, we didn't really do typical 8x2 of squats tonight.  Did 4x5 it was fun, especially the reps we'd pause on the bottom.  Pretty sure my ass will be sore tomorrow.  Giggity.

  Wednesday was ME bench night, and for a change we actually did normal benchpress.  I told my partner that 5 weeks ago he would bench 315 that night.  He didn't believe me.  He got it.  I was like, BOO YEAH!  Oh yeah, I knocked out 410 raw.  I don't wanna say it was easy, but I killed it.  Afterwards I had such a massive pump I could hardly move my arms.  That and I'm 99% sure my shoulders detached and I was still having an endorphin high from it.

  Two great things, well, one great, one damn that's funny.  Texas power bar was ordered.  So now we'll have two.  So we'll have two non-bent bars.  Yay!  Now the damn funny thing, was bored tonight and thought "Haven't done a chinup this year, lets see if I can do it."  Well, apparently working your biceps actually adds strength to them.  Not to mention how hard I've been working my lats in general.  Well, damn near hit my chin on the cable machine bar that the chinup bar is attached to.  That was entertaining.

12/10/2013

Sunday was pretty good. Speed bench night, knocked out 315 for all my sets again. When I was done my shoulders were screaming at me. Which was nice. Instead of lawnmowers we decided to do seated cable rows. Was fun noticing how much drag was on it as the weight stack went up so I had to do the job of the person who is supposed to keep the equipment maintained and lube the guide bars.

Last night was interesting, instead of doing some odd lifts we just did squats. I went up to 405.  According to my partner I killed it and it went up really fast.  For the past few days I had contemplated doing squats and thought I'd wrap my knees if I went over 315. However in my head it felt like it weighed a ton. Mental barrier wasn't broken but it has a few cracks in it. More on that in a later post.

12/06/2013

  So, this one will probably be short again.  ME bench night was pretty wonderful.  Lots of people I enjoy being around when I train were in there.  Plus a new PR on floor bench.  Went to 415 on it.  Wasn't the easy but it went and it felt damn good.  At the end of that night tried to bench 315 for 15 consecutive reps.  That went to 10 consecutive with the first 9 going up nice and smooth, the 10th one taking what felt like roughly 9 hours to go up.  So my 15 were broke down to 10, 3, and 2.  Best part was after my chest was cramping if I brought my hands together so my partner had to undo my wrist wraps.

  Tonight was DE squat/dl night.  Thanks to the weather being all kinds of fucked up, no one turning the heat off/air on in the gym, the humid 70 degree weather outside carried into the gym nicely and made it terrible till I checked and turned the air on.  Don't worry anyone who reads this and goes in in the morning.  I turned the heat back on before I left, although I don't think you'd notice.

  Another bit of good news, we might be getting some new bars.  We only have one Texas power bar at the gym, one looks like it was bought at Hibbet Sports from the mall, a four others that are pretty cheaply made.  Another fun way I could say that is, we have 5 bent bars.

12/04/2013

Ugh, got lazy again. For some reason my sleep has gone to shit again. Had a good solid week or two of six to eight hours per night, then boom, lights go out eyes stay open. Lifts have still berm good though. Speed bench we generally do 8-10 sets of 3. So Sunday I was pleased with all my reps but 27. It could have moved a bit faster. Monday the plan was deadlift 405 5x3, that turned into 4x3 then 500x1. The 500 went a lot smoother than I had expected considering all the lifts before it. Tonight is floor bench. I seriously plan on an update after.

12/01/2013

So, I got kinda lazy about updating over the past few days. In fact typing this one out on the phone so it probably won't be as meaty. So let's see. Due to a scheduling change my partner couldn't make it to the gym Wednesday or Thursday. So Wed I did dead presses again since I wasn't sure if anyone would be in who could give me a spot. Surprisingly knocked out a PR on them at 390. That was awesome. Thursday was Thanksgiving and at the time I went to the gym I was the only person there. It was a pretty chill workout of speed box squats. My knees weren't feeling great probably because of the fact it'd been pretty fridge for a few days so I wore my Rehbands. A little Tiger Balm and/or Icy Hot then slip those things on and man your knees get nice and warm just walking to the cage. UGA won against GT so that pleased me. Then I found out Paul Walker died. That sucks, always like him in the Fast and Furious series and he was always pretty entertaining in interviews. At least four updates next week.