Addicted much? hope so =P

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Hi ho, i have been having some really good workouts!!!! been pushing some awesome weights, and the warm weather combined with some good unicycle rides has me looking decently shredded. Been having a ball on my unicycle, got a new one 26" mountain unicycle with a 3" wide tire, thing is amazing!!! Made some new friends and acquaintances.

They had a Country, bbq festival at spencer smith park in burlighton so i went down with ym girlfriend, i seen a "free check your posture" tent so for jokes i thought i would go see what they had to say.

According to the double scale stand that measures side to side weight i am perfectly balanced.
According the iPad photo on un even ground i have good but not perfect posture.
It will inevitably lead to me getting arthritis in my hips, knees, and shoulders if i don't take pro caution.

After my diagnosis i informed the guy of my current medical history (summed up the shpeal into about 45 seconds) to watch his jaw hit the ground, him start to stutter, and tell me "its incredible you manage to lift weights" and tell me "i really don't know what to say" haha it was pretty funny... the poor guy had no idea what he was getting into. All and all it was fun =D

Until next time =D

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Been having some outstanding workouts, pumping some intense weights, still doing a lot of my more risque manoeuvres ie. hand stand push ups on a sideways 50 ish pound dumb bell, and horizontal push up on the dip rack. 245 lbs is still my top bench but i have been working some serious rep numbers in the 225 lb range, one day i was only feeling unto doing 2 plated dips so i dip around 45 reps (in sets of 10) not sure how many lost track.

A rather interesting story for you, i went to the Burlighton Country and BBQ festival in spencer smith park last sunday, and they had a vender offering a free poster check. So i thought what the hell lets see what this guy has to say?

So according to his iPad photos of my standing on a slanted un even hill my head is slightly forward in comparison to my shoulder
My hip is slightly forward in comparison to my body
and my left arm is much stronger then my right. He had done a test where you hold your arms out and he tries to push them down... my confusion was why he was putting so much more effort and i mean 2x more force on my right arm then my left and telling me my rotator cuffs are un even.

His diagnoses - I have decent poster but if not corrected i could get arthritis in my hips and shoulders. I should book a 90 minute physical exam with him to go over my changes. Usuually he charges $180 for this but had a special rate of $40 for this.

Sounded good?

I broke the news to him that i had arthritis and gave him an 45 second brief on my medical history.

You know the moments in movies when the character is so flabbergasted they start mumbling in utter confusion and you see there jaw literally hit the ground... yeah the poor guy had no idea what to say and just kept muttering how amazing it all was >_< haha it felt pretty good to have a "professional" in utter awe of my current physical status...

I never received my "free email going over my entire picture report"

What did i learn? I need to push harder... the last 2 1/2 years were the warm up... and its game time!

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Still riding the unicycle haha it has become my main source of transportation for around town. =D

Shot a video of my ride Sunday morning, a little off road action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpY91ue5YD4&feature=plcp

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Had to post my workout!!!

I felt like a titan! I was extremely stiff headed to the gym (on my unicycle of course) and fairly tired from a insufficient sleep from the previous night and a long day at work. But i heard some FANTASTIC news about a fellow gym goer that got me pretty pumped, had the new linking park song "lost in the echoes" on repeat and became "Bob" i 140 lb rage monster that was suffering from a hunger for pain and tunnel vision >_<

Flat bench- 45 x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 205 x 1, 225 x 3, 245 x 2 (no spot needed)
Inlcine - 45 x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 205 x 3 (no spot needed)
Dips - body weight x 15, +45 x 5, +90x 5, +135 x 7
Bicep curls (cheater bar) - 70 x 10 (3 sets)
Cable low rows - 110 x 5, 150 x 5, 170 x 5, 190 x 5
rope pull downs (double cable pully divide by 2, although its less then 2)- 170 x 5, 200 x 5
I also did a whole slew of wide arm chin ups with around 30 reps done, 40 push ups, 5 hand stand push on a dumb bell, 10 per side one handed push ups on a dumb bell, some core, some tailing, and a few other things.

I was asked if i could train a chum of my fathers 15 year old son, i did not think he was serious but he showed up today and handed him over to me. I did not do anything crazy, leg raises, sit ups on an exercise ball, the blower half of a dip, 20-40lbs cheater bar biceps curls, low row, rope pulls downs, push ups, basically what i could fit in, in 10 minutes and hit most of the muscle groups. He will not be able to put a shirt on tomorrow >_< and i did not make him do any weights he couldn't do 10 reps without it was rather exilerating to train some one haha, even a non intense lifter >_<

Fantastic night =D

Heres my latest youtube video, me unicycling last sunday morning, the first song is the linking park song i rocked out to today (i use Monster cable Turbine in ear buds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpY91ue5YD4&feature=plcp

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Was quite interesting last night, did decline bench for the first time... was a wierd... did 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, and it did not feel heavy i was getting tired from 2 very large bench sets on the flat and incline. I am setting a goal of 275 lbs in 2 weeks.... once i get a few more days under my belt on it and it starts to feel more natural, things will get insane... I have been challenged by one of the trainers at the gym, he wants to see me do a 1 handed chin up... This means i need to be able to do 130 lbs on the lateral pull down one handed, seems impossible... sort of... after 3 hours of weight lifting (40 minutes of that talking to different people) i managed to smash out 2 x 90, 2 x 100 lbs 1 x 90. I was fairly exausted at this time and was also doing wide arm chin ups, and 70 lbs (cheater bar) bicep curls. Sunday morning is my next workout day so it will be on of my openeds >_< it will be interesting to see how tings go.

Bob

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One handed pull up or chin needs to be done from a true dead hang position.

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One handed pull up or chin needs to be done from a true dead hang position.

Agreed, that is currently my goal!

Today i started with decline bench, 3 x 205, 1 x 225, 2 x 255
One handed lateral pulls 5 x 70, 5 x 90, 3 x 100, 2 handed 5 x 180, 5 x 200, back to one hand 7 x 70
Did some dips, flat bench, bicep curls, core workout, and a slew of other things. It was a great workout!!!!

I am upto 142 lbs =D

Made some delicious pasta last night, replaced ground beef with ground pork (500g of non lean ground beef is $4.50 and 500g of lean ground pork is $3.50) i was very surprised at how comperable the to meats are, the flavour, texture, and cooking was very similar =D

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Hey been a while >_<

Quick update -

Flat bench BB personal best is 275 for 1 or 265 for 2
Incline bench BB - 225 for 2
Decline BB - 275 for 2
Flat bench DB - 100 lbs (per hand) for 10
Incline DB - 100 lbs for 3
Standing shoulder press with full ROM - 155 for 3
Cable low row - 210 for 3
Cable Lat pull down - 230 for 2
Dips - 180 lbs added for 3
Rope tricep pull downs - (not 100% sure of the weight because its a double pully system but it says 210, and feels like 115?) 7 reps with 1 second down and 5 second return
Chin ups - almost infinite... almost...
Cheater bar standing bicep curls - 90 lbs for 5

Things have been going very well! My workouts have been decently consistent as far as attention is concerned... had a lot on my mind lately so i have been getting a tad bit distracted lately.. I have been challenged a few times by people at there favourite workouts... One of which was on the decline bar bell bench... he has over 60 lbs on me at the same hight so i figured he would be able to stomp me... not the case... i brutally and effortlessly outlifted him with considerably better form. I have been spending so much time all year working on control! Its become one of my attributes i suppose.

I am going to try a mass gainer for a few weeks.. i don't seem to be able to pull the funds together enough to get my diet sorted out so i am going to try adding a mass gainer to my diet and see how things go. My progress is fairly obvious, and is definetely happening... just not fast enough...

Still uniycling ofc =D even more now then ever and i have a pretty fancy off road one now =D

Still dating the same girl as before hehe and we are excited to be back together for christmas! (shes at school)

I am weighing in at 144 lbs these days and would like to hit 155 by spring... but i am going to what ever the hell it takes to keep lean on the mass gainer... its my challenge to myself!

Have a good day everyone!

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dont mean to be a dick tophat but what is the point of doing one rep...

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None what so ever, but i am holding that one rep as motivation for my 3 rep goal and my inevitable 315 lb bench goal. If you can do it once... its a start...

Thank you for reading/ posting =D i don't get a lot of visitors.