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So yet another fantastic workout, not sure on the getting sick >_< i got 4 reps of the 90 lbs dumbbells on the flat bench, 3 reps 195 lbs barbell incline bench, and 2 reps 205 lbs barbell flat bench, and just did everything as usual, did more of the negative bench thing where i lower the weight and my spotter lifts it, got 5 reps at 225 lbs and man doe sit make your pecks feel like there going to POP haha it was interesting.
excellent/weird day, i was having to most god awful hip pain (arthritic) while i was walking to the gym, and then a song came on, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqSy8QdjFcI its by the red jumpsuit apparatus "godspeed" its a song about world war 1, and it just made me walk a little taller, and i kind of felt like eli from the movie "the book of eli" and just felt like every step i took was making a change in the world... thats what i was thinking i am seriously delusional but it got me there >_< Broke up my routine a little bit and hit the should press early in to see what i could destroy so i got 5 reps 125 lbs bar bell which is a 10 lb improvement and made me pretty pumped! Just an average day other then that, picked up some supplements on my way home(i mr lemon lime, Promasil chocolate), and am just happy to be going to bed soon! haha SO TIRED.
My gym buddy update, she is doing amazing! and she has a great charisma in the gym, she even helps me rate woman =D haha, she has gone from struggling with the 45 lb bar bell on the bench press to 75 lbs and killin it, she is just continuously getting more and more excited about her progress and feels so good about ehr progress, and for only 2 weeks of real workouts with me she is doing great! she even wanted to do sit ups on the decline bench and reached her goal of 5! haha so i made her set her next goal at 15 instead of 10, stating that good goals are fine but great goals are even better! and she will reach it!
Hello everyone, i feel like i am getting severe ocd, today felt like meh day, but my body feels amazing, i hit all my target weights, 205 flat bench, 195 incline bench, 65 lbs arnolds, 115 shoulder press, 105 rope, 110 one hand low row, got a nice 10 minute ride in, but my arthritis was just fighting me, ever sense this time change i have not been getting great night sleeps like a i usually do and i think thats a LARGE part of it, but i have been trying really hard. The warmer weather appears to actually be happening which is getting me excited, the power steering pump and fan motor (for the heat) have not been working worth a damn since mid december of 2010 so i am getting excited to bike! haha so yeah i just want to push so hard everyday! that when i only reach my target weights i feel like i slacked?
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UPDATES! haha nothing major, but i hit all my weights, pretty much the same as last post just killing it working on the comfort level so i can continue to push. My hips have been acting up a bit, just insanely sharp arthritic pains... but Tylenol does nothing due to large quantities over decades, and i really do not take anything for any reason. Sit ups were painful and well worth it ;P as always.
I have this strange feeling that i am going to get into a fist fight walking home one night from the gym, these teenagers in Waterdown have egos the size of ontario and they feel like they own every thing, and they all think they are true gangsters from the gheto? So when walking i tend to stay to the right and kind of run like rules of the road, and the walk right down the middle like they are on the red carpet and i absolutely refuse to walk in the swampy wet grass... and i have far to much pride to bow out to the spoiled little bastards... so thats my rant for the day...
Today was one of those days... lots of good looking young ladies at the gym and i was ON! I stayed up to late... (2:30 am playing WoW) then woke up at 9:30 with the regret of staying up thinking i was going to feel groggy and gross, but because i only got 7 hours of sleep and not my usual 11 after a late night i felt pretty good, i had tons of energy while i was getting ready for the gym took my 1MR and could have jumped off my 4th floor balcony and laughed and headed on my way. My arthritis was obnoxious it was SO painful today but i got there did a cool 5 minute sprint on the spin bike and i was ready to ROCK. I did like 40 dips over the corse of the workout, lots and lots of different weight stretching things i have been trying. I got 4 reps of 205 lbs on the bar bell flat bench! i was ecstatic, i was shooting for 2. Got 3 reps 125 lbs standing bar bell shoulder press, and hit all of my other weights! So i like to play with my weights as i put them on the bench's so i will lift it straight up over my head keeping my arms straight but i finally figured out how to lift the 45 lb plats, you need to keep the weight to the inside of your arms not passed you hands, haha it twists and it damn hard to keep it there, so i did this about 40 reps or so over the course of my workout.I have been wanting a workout like this for about 2 weeks now and it feels SO good.
the WoW thing... yeah blizzard sent me a 30 day free trail of WoW and it was kind of lame but iLOVE Diablo 2 LoD so i gave it some time and it grew on me, and its helped me just chill out on my non gym nights instead of itching to go to the gym >_< so i play because it helps my workouts =D
Been really suffering lately with the arthritis thing... may consider just removing my hips... haha but its been all good, hit my numbers, crushed some weight, showed my gym buddy a few workouts today that she "loved" and i am pretty sure she just goes home and curls up into the fetal position until her next workout with me hahaha but she's a trooper and she trys her best every time!
I have just started to feel like iv really been packing on the muscle lately, just standing there in a shirt i feel my chest is really starting to get big and my shoulders and my arms are tight in the sleeves of shirts that they weren't even close, and i just feel big. I have not done any bicep curls due to fore arm pain in a while but i am not terribly concerned about it because my bench's and of workouts are not letting my biceps rest and they are growing in great! My arm pits are looking weird, at least to me anyways they have like to different muscles and have gotten pretty big and i kind of have the flying squirrel pouches? haha its weird.. i recall watching a commercial a few years back about a mens calone and there was these 2 super buff guys running op a set of stand and when they got to the top they raised there arms and there pits were MASSIVE and i just remember thinking WOW could you imagine? haha now i know what it feels like and warm weather will have never been better!
my day was kind of like the weather in southern ontario, it was doing pretty well then BLAMO ARTHRITIS, it was pretty intense when i got home, i had my traditional 45 minute rest listening to music pre gym, and it was just aching, the sidewalks were icy and rough looking so i drove to the gym, did my 10 minute sprint on the spin bike which gave me momentary relief, and then it started.... it just kept getting worse and worse to the point that standing, sitting, lying, and walking was a chore and a test of endurance, i did a set of 20 sit ups on the incline bench and knew it would hurt, and it did i did 90% of the pull with my left leg and it was over, my hip was just throbbing. My gym buddy was like wow gives me something to look forward to when i am old... haha well when i am old it will be interesting... i do not know anyone in there 70-80's that was born with severe arthritis so i suppose i am my own experiment. My weights went pretty well did things in a different order and my arms were pretty tired my the time i hit the flat bench, not to mention all the snow i did on my "off day" haha it was no relaxing day thats for sure.
My funny story of the snow storm on wednesday, i had an interesting driv e home just after 5 pm, the roads were horrendous, took a lot of corners sideways and what not but i took my time made it home, and got stuck half way into my parking spot with was a massive drift... i under estimated the density of the snow and my car got wedge on top so i have my brother (who lives around the corner) come and help me dig/push it out. haha so yeah got all the way home and shazam!
I bought some new bar soap, its Dove for men +care deep clean, so i will chuck a review of that up tomorrow, at first impression it smells nice and it makes my whole bathroom smell good =D
Hip is slightly improving so i walked to the gym, the weather is improving as well so my kona is getting pretty pumped for a spin. Had some weird shoulder pain so i didn't try to push the weights up to much today just hit my numbers and added an extra rep or 2. Hopefully a restful sunday will get me ready to destroy some stuff on monday.
Hello everyone, so i had a pretty great workout, i got 205 on the flat bench, 200 on the incline, 5 reps of 125 lbs standing bar bell shoulder press, and hit all my other weights, got a solid 10 minute sprint in on the bike, my walk felt good, my arthritis seems to have accepted my threats of joint removal and backed off, it was just good, but gym buddy had a few personal bests, like 13 reps on the decline bench and she was ECSTATIC she said she didn't think she would ever get there and could not believe how easy 2-3 reps was, shes looking so much better and making fantastic progress.
Until wednesday =D try not to k/o yourself (it helps)
Had kind of a weird day, i felt pretty good at the gym other then a very tense lower back that took 3 hours to work out, but i hit my numbers, and i got 2 sets 135 lbs standing barb bell shoulder press, and 3 reps 70 lb arnolds! i was very excited about these, they were fairly smooth, had a good walk to the gym, my hip has really settled down lately and once the warmer weather comes and i put it through a few HELL rides on my kona it will be ready for the summer!
I i watched the movie 127 hours yesterday and it was crazy, you want ot see a movie about motivation and determination in the absolute worst case scenario that is a watcher!
My main buddy was over, (the one who highly encouraged me to start working out) and was could not believe the progress i have made in the last month, the only word he could use to describe it was, "inspirational" and it felt DAMN good to hear that, i am getting pumped to show off my body a bit this spring HARD WORK PAYS OFF!