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Hey, had a good day. I am in the mood for some outdoor fun so i tried to keep it brief but intense. I got 3 reps 225 lbs on the flat bench, 2 sets 3 reps @ 275 lb dips, lots of stretching and push ups, shoulder press's, handstand push ups and much more.
Now the interesting thing about today was i got a free set of Haulin hooks. I have never used any form of wrist strap or grip assist other then gloves. So i was interested in trying these out. I usually get 3 reps on a wide arm chin up with a 25 lb plate on the dip belt. Today i got 3 sets of 3 reps. It was kind of awkward at first and i felt best with a 50/50 grip (50% me, 50% the hooks) and i felt much better stimulation in my delts and back. When i was finished my hand had lots left in them so i did some low row with them and felt really good. It seems like i will be using these just as a fore arm preserver throughout my workouts. I have no worries about loosing fore arm strength because the weighted dips arm very hard on them and working 9 hours a day with my hands =D haha it was interesting...
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Had a wierd day, i have been getting ehadaches the past 2 days which NEVER happens, so i am semi conserned with that but i am watching it carefully. I had a good day at the gym. I got 3 reps @ 235 lbs on the flat bench, and 3 reps (2, 1) @ 285 lb dips, but i got a massive pinch on my thing from the chain and the plate >_< it was rather unpleasant, but i coult not chain it up my usuualy way because the 10 lb plate i added made it to wide at 4 plates >_< haha but its all good. Finally got a 5000 btu A/C installed in my apartment and its been running like a trooper for a few days now and keeping it nice and cool. Other then that Rib fest is coming to waterdown this weekend and that should be a fun event!
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I had a decent day, found out i get friday off YAY! so that put me in a pretty glorious mood into my pre gym prep. My gym buddy bailed just before the gym, which is not a big deal but shes been bailing on just about all of our plans, for just about anything else >_< haha although attendance is not mandatory i consider it expected. So iv been trying to wrangle up some friend to come along with me. I really need to find a girl who's as hard working as i am =D As for the work out, i was doing my bench press, and i generally put my feet together on the end of the bench due to severe leg length issues. But it was recommended by my spotter to put my feet on the floor. I tried it and it was different, i had probably a 4 inch gap from the bench to my lower back and it was tweaking my hip weird as i desperately reached for the floor. He said it aligns my chest better with the bar and aligns your arms better and what not, i did not notice a difference. I found it harder, but im not sure if thats because im so use to the other way? but i found i just couldn't flex my body the same. So what do you do? and recommend? and why? (example of my leg length, a 28 inseam on a pair of jeans is to long.) Hit most of my weights and got some good stretching in. Planning on doing some serious bike riding tomorrow, probably road, we'll see how it goes but things are all pointing towards a good ride. HAPPY CANADA DAY!
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Got busy saturday after the gym, i had a friend come aver and we went to rib fest. So the gym was good, nothing outstanding just warm ups and stretching, got 8 reps @ 275 lb dips (3,1,3,1) and started doing chin ups both wide arm and close with a 35 lb plate. It was a good day it was hot but my A/C has been running solidly so my apartment is nice and cool. Hopefully i will get my gym buddy back and get some numbers destroyed. TANSFORMERS ON TUESDAY!!!!
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Had a really good day. My warm up bench was not as well as i had hoped but that can be a hit and miss at times, but my dips went VERY well. I got 8 reps, 3,3,2 @ 275 lbs and got a sensational burn in my tricep and a great tightening in my lower peck. Got a few decent sets of abs in, lots of stretching, some great weighted chin ups, and i even did some legs. Will have a gym buddy wednesday and friday so that should be good, and TRANSFORMERS tomorrow!!!
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It has been an interesting week, and very interesting day. To start it off so you know what mental state i have been in., my sister in law is 1 week past due for her first child and is being induced at 8 am tomorrow morning. So my bother has not had much sleep all week and has been emotionally all over the place. So all week i have been dealing with an almost by polar brother and my very anxeous family. This is the first of our family to have a child and it has not been an easy pregnancy by any means so its nice to see and end. So i was having issues working out tonight with my mental location, physically i felt pretty amazing but getting my head there was a hit an miss depending on the minute. But i managed to get 4 of the cleanest reps @ 225 lbs on the flat bench i have gotten yet and 3 reps @ 285 lbs on the dips. I have been fighting for a few weeks on weight setup for the dips. I have issues with the chain being to short for one way but getting my thigh pinched in the chain in another. But i think i worked it out today! I got 2 then 1 rep on it and i was feeling GOOD so i got 3 then 2 reps @ 275 and a cool down and i was feeling like a monster. So my second gym buddy then joined me after an intense cardio class and i had her doing some pretty intense ab workouts, showed her the incline bench and did some legs/squats. It was just a good day, i am on cloud 9 with the baby coming (most likely) tomorrow and just everything lately, my injuries seem to be healing, my weights are increasing, and i am planning a bike ride tomorrow. I will not be going far just around town because i could be called upon by my brother to help with his 2 adorable small dogs or what ever =D so i will be ready!
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What a wonderful few days..... i have some catching up to do i suppose, so my sister inlaw/brother were due with there first child on thursday june 30th, and no surprise she went over her due date. So her doctor had her booked in to be induced by thursday july 7th, so on wednesday nigth at the gym this is was i had on my mind the whole time, but my gym buddy pulled me through. Thursday came, my brother wasn't at work and they induced her at 9 am..... blah bla blah the day rolled by, i heard at 4 that she was 3 cm dialated so i expected a long delivery so iw ent biking and got a call after 2 hours of biking (around 9:10 pm) that it was a 7 lb baby girl. It was to late to go in and visit but i was pretty exctatic, walked over to my brothers place and spent some time with his dogs and took them outside for there business and chilled till he got home at midnight to see how the delivery went. She did very very well and the baby came out in excellent health! So my goal tonight was to get done work, protein shake and a shower then visit the baby in the hospital and then head back up stop and buy a bicycle pump from bicycle works in waterdown then hit the gym. I was an hour late to the gym, one gym buddy bailed for hunger issues, and the other one stuck it out and got some good workouts in with me. She is really into dancing and ballet and stuff so i am having her teach me some stuff. It was not a great workout tonight, but i got a fantastic ride in on thursday, will go for a ride tomorrow after work, and the baby should be coming home so then go visit/take TONS of photos! and then i am really hoping to just destroy a workout on sunday, alone sadly... haha but life is well and i am enjoying being a uncle.
her name is Brinley, 7 lbs, black hair, and shes got some fight in her!
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Nothing overly great today, i thought it would be a good idea to do 20 kms of trails before the gym.... it was over 40 degrees with humidex! so it took me about 1 1/2 hours of insane amounts of sweating. Then i got 1 1/2 hours of weight lifting in plus 30 minutes of walking for transit.... it was a weird day. But i went over to my parents to build a bicycle stand and found out that the whole family was coming over for dinner and spend some time with brinley. It was a good day but i have a workout to make up for.... Picture DAY.
I apologize for the front views i had the ISO set insanely high for some previous night photos i had done and did not notice so there not as crisp as they could be but the back shot is a keeper!
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Hot Hot HOt, the weather has been rather warm.... I worked 12 hours yesterday and was completely burned out from over exertion on sunday. So today i did all my pre gym prep and i felt pretty good. I was having issues even after taking my pre workout with keeping my eyes open? I was physically sharp although a bit tense and mentally set but my eyes were doing something completely different >_< It was a typical guilt trip tuesday with a bunch of noobs on all the benches so i decided to hit up some dumb bells. They felt really heavy! but i mustered through them and got a solid 3 reps @ 90 lbs and 3 reps @ 95 lbs. I then got into my dips..... one a bad day they go good and one a good day they go great? its been quite and interesting thing. I got warmed up and got my 145 lb set ready and was sitting on the 3 plates (plus 2x 5 lb plates) and the trainer that suggested i use a back pack walked over, nelt down in front of me, looked me in the eyes and asked "are you sure you want to do that to your body" HAHAHAHA "HELL YES" was my response =D i got a satisfying 2 sets, 2 reps @ 285 and 2 sets 3 reps @ 275 lbs. I was pretty happy with that so i did my hand stand push ups, weighted chin ups, low rows, some core, and leg press. It was an alright day, but i am hoping for some more substantial numbers on thursday!
Have you heard the song "rolling in the deep" by adelle?
well linkin park covered it at the itunes music festival.... was not overwhelmed with the original but damn....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtwZ07N1ic
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Good day, i got 3, 1 reps @ 285 lb dips, 3, 3 reps @ 275 lb dips, then 10 reps @ 230 lbs (plus warm up), did most of my usual stuff, incline bench 2 times (why not?) it was good there theres more to come this weekend.
