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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 5/28/2004 9:36:36 PM
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WDNinABQ
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Max-OT style warm-ups
Barbell shrugs : 195 -> 115: 8+11, 8+10, 7+9 (+10)
Seated barbell military press : 95 -> 55 : 8+8, 7+7, 5+7
Wide-grip upright rows : 95 -> 55: 9+9, 8+10, 8+10 (+5)
Side lateral raises : 20 -> 10 : 7+8, 7+8, 6+7
Rear lateral raises : 17.5 -> 10 : 8+8, 7+7, 7+7
Start: 9:05 pm - Finish: 10:04 pm
Workout music: Frank Black & The Catholics - Black Letter Days
Workout notes:
Shoulder day sucks. Well, I'm making it suck by sleeping in in the morning so I can't do it as a two-a-day. And I'm making it suck even more by putting it off again until 9pm... The workout itself isn't too bad (well, it sucks while you're doing it, but I guess that's true of every good, hard workout) -- the most noteable thing is how hard it is on my wrists (the upright rows and rear lats are the culprits here).
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 5/29/2004 2:43:40 PM
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Barbell Front Squat : 145 -> 85 : 8+8, 7+8, 5[1]+8
Hack Squats : 135 -> 80 : 8+7, 7+6, 7+7 [2]
Leg extensions : 215 -> 125 : 8+7, 7+7, 6+7
Start: 10:03 am - 10:48 am
Workout Music: The Who - Who's Next
(This album has one of the greatest reviews I've ever read on Amazon: "I am a real Tom Jones fan. Tommy is my hero but I am not sure if Tommy sings on this lp. Therefore 2 stars" ... WTF?)
Leg curls : 120 -> 70 : 8+10, 5[3]+10; 110 -> 70: 6+10
Stiff Leg Deadlifts : 215 -> 125 : 9+10, 8+9, 8+10
Start: 2:55 pm - 3:24 pm
Workout Music: Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls, and Marches
AM Workout notes:
I have one word to describe this workout, but it's a word that's not really fit for a family environment, so suffice it to say that right now, my legs feel as if they were worked over by a couple of overzealous mafia goons looking to collect on a gambling debt. I am so beat up right now, I'm not looking forward to walking to the kitchen to make my PoWO shake. Fark... if this is just the week three workout, I'm not sure I want any part of next weeks torture session...
PM Workout notes:
Not nearly as ugly as the morning workout (possibly because it contained only two exercises), but don't let that give you the impression that this was a cakewalk either. If my hamstrings ever felt sore, I'd bet that they'd be ringing tomorrow -- as it is, they just feel week and hollow. Man... next week is going to be a bag of laughs.
[1] I knew this was going to be a rough set when I had troubles just getting the bar off of the rack.
[2] Goddamn did these things kill me. Part of the reason the AM workout took so long to complete is that I was stretching my between set rests on these exercises as long as I could.
[3] I have no idea what happened here. I felt really strong on the previous set, but just bottomed out on this set. Ahhh... the mystery of muscle.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 5/30/2004 3:56:24 PM
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Barbell curls : 75 -> 45 : 9+8, 6+8, 6+7
Seated supinating dumbbell curls : 27.5 -> 17.5 : 6+5; 25 -> 15 : 7+6, 6+7
Preacher Curls, Machine : 40 -> 25 : 7+9, 6+5; 35 -> 20 : 6+9
Start: 9:22 am - Finish: 9:59 am
Workout music: Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs...
Seated, overhead triceps extension (two hands) : 55 -> 30 : 7+10, 8+10, 6+10
Dumbbell skull-crushers : 30 -> 17.5 : 6+6; 27.5 -> 15: 6+6; 25-> 15 : 7+6
Dumbbell kickback : 15 -> 10 : 13+8; 17.5 -> 10 : 8+8, 8+7
Start: 3:19 pm - Finish: 3:52 pm
Workout music: Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met Rocket From The Tombs...
(How bad does it suck that Peter Laughner died so young. He was Cleveland's version of Iggy Pop, only more talented, and with a more vulnerable liver. RIP Peter... Hope the guitar player finally got satisfied)
AM Workout notes:
Damn! These drop sets are murder on the biceps... Right now I feel like someone took a 1/2" OD copper pipe, jammed it into the heart of the biceps, and poured in about half a quart of 50 weight motor oil. They are sore to the core and pumped up like inner-tubes. Hell, I ought to run down to the river and see if I can use 'em to float downstream...
PM Workout notes:
DB kickbacks suck, suck, suck! I really should have swapped 'em out for close-grip bench presses right from the get-go... now I hate to switch horses 3/4 of the way across the stream. Oh well, I guess I can suffer through the damn things for one more week. Other than that everything went well: tris are tight and tired. My left elbow and shoulder are a little sore, but nothing to be ****ing any further about...
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 5/31/2004 7:01:29 PM
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Finals week... and here's where things get interesting. First I have to rip out a set of exercises, then whip out a batch of partial reps, and then I get the distinct pleasure of firing up a drop set of the same exercise. Glue all these tasty chunks into one big bloody package, and you get a single week four set. Lather, rinse, repeat - then move on to the next exercise. Oi!
AM Workout
Max-OT Warm-ups
Standing Calf Raises : 250 -> 125 : 8+6+11, 7+6+9, 7+7+9
Seated Calf Raises : 300 -> 150 : 15+9+20; 300 -> 160 : 14+10+20; 300 -> 180 : 13+9+18
Start: 9:28 am - End: 10:10 am
Workout music: Elvis Costello - The Very Best Of Elvis Costello And The Attractions
PM Workout
Max-OT Warm-ups
Incline dumbbell bench press : 55 -> 25: 7+6+7, 6+6+6; 45 -> 25 : 7+6+7
Flat barbell bench press : 135 -> 65: 5+8+9; 125 -> 60 : 6+8+11; 115 -> 55 : 8+9+12
Incline dumbbell flys : 50 -> 30[1]: 5+5+4; 40 -> 20: 8+6+9, 7+5+7
Start: 6:36 pm- End: 7:22 pm
Workout music: Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
AM Workout Notes:
It should have been a great calf workout this morning, but equipment issues put the kibosh on that. The standing calf raises were excellent, but it's just not possible to properly emulate the seated calf raises. I can't get enough weight on my leg attachment to get a good heavy workout, and even if I could, I can't quite get the full weight on the calf over the full range of motion. 'Tis a pity...
PM Workout Notes:
Sweet Panda of Atlanta. Those partial reps are utter farking killers; it feels like a tiger has ripped my pecs right off of my ribs. I really hope nothing even moderately heavy falls on my chest tonight, because I might not be able to lift it off of me... I'm going to have some protein pudding and pray for a hot tub to magically appear in my backyard.
[1] I screwed up here. I was supposed to do 45 -> 25, but I forgot to remove the adder weights from the cores of my Powerblocks. I knew it was going to feel heavy, but I was shocked at just how heavy it was. Once I figured out my mistake I was shocked that I had done so well... If I wasn't hurting so much at the time I would have even smiled.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/1/2004 6:19:05 AM
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Quick update before I go to work: While my pecs (which took a pounding last night) feel fine so far this morning, my calves are really feeling it. I'm walking on eggshells, because they feel about one step away from cramping up on me.
Ah week four... the most fun a body can have.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/2/2004 7:48:54 PM
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AM Workout:
Pull-ups (assisted)[1] : 9+7+3, 8+7+2, 7+6+3
One-arm dumbbell rows : 55 -> 27.5 : 8+7+7, 7+7+8, 6+6+7
Workout music: Julian Cope & The Teardrop Explodes - Floored Genius
Start: 6:23 am - 6:48 am
PM Workout:
Close-grip pull-ups (assisted)[1] : 9+5+2, 7+4+2, 6+4+2
Dead-lifts : 245 -> 135[2] : 9+11, 8+9, 7+10
Workout music: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Start: 7:39 pm - 8:11 pm
Workout notes:
I am so glad that the pull-up part of phase 2 is over. Yes, I'm sort of glad that they are there, because I really need to be working my lats more, but I am so bad at them, that I hated doing two sets of them in one day. It's too hard on the ego.
And then there are the deadlifts... Last week I felt like utter crap after finishing them. This week I feel like an animal. That is to say, I feel like a wildebeest caught in the jaws of a crocodile in some African watering hole. Nothing like doing deadlifts in 90 degree heat, wobbling away from the bar, woozy because all of your blood is in your back, hammies, and glutes instead of your brain.
As for the program overall, I cannot wait for Monday to get here so I can get a bit of rest. Just like last week four I am so exhausted... I am having a real ****-bear of a time concentrating at work (and I pretty much need to be able to focus at work), and this is with me getting 8-9 hours of sleep a night. I ordered some Go from Black Star Labs, hoping it might help me out this week, but it won't be getting here until tomorrow... too late to be of much help.
[1] I wasn't able to do drop sets on these exercises, as I am doing a "manual" assisted pull-up by resting my feet on a bench and doing pull-ups with (essentially) my upper body weight only. Because of this, I have no practical way to lower the load any further, and so I did a "rest 10 seconds and then do more full pull-ups" thing instead.
[2] There are no partials here, as deadlifts don't exactly lend themselves to partial reps without putting a lot of stress on the lower back, so I am doing a repeat of last weeks go to failure then drop to 60% and go to failure again routine.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/4/2004 8:29:56 PM
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I love and hate reading your journal. Your colorful commentary is refreshing but I become apprehensive knowing what's coming my way!
Heh. Thanks... BTW, my summary of what you have coming for you is this: The workouts are more brutal than those from phase one (which were hard, but in a grinding way), but the recovery is faster. After the workouts in phase one, I would feel like crap all day long -- now I feel like I was run over by a steamroller, but I feel better after about an hour or so (though I had sore calves and erectors for days after their respective workouts, and I am a bit exhausted, but not like I was in the final week of phase one).
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BTW, are you bulking? How's the appetite? Mine is kicking in big time.
No, I'm not bulking, I'm actually cutting, but I would love to try this program while bulking. And my appetite hasn't gone up like it did in phase one. It's up a bit, but not a ton.
Good luck with the program...
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/4/2004 8:33:33 PM
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AM Workout
Side lateral raises : 20 -> 10 : 8+9+9, 7+8+6, 6+7+9
Rear lateral raises : 17.5 -> 7.5 : 7+8+9, 7+6+8, 6+6+10
Start: 6:42 am - Finish: 7:09 am
Workout music: The Damnations - Half Mad Moon
PM Workout
Barbell shrugs : 205 -> 95: 8+6+10, 7+7+10, 6+7+9
Seated barbell military press : 95 -> 45 : 6+6+8; 85 -> 45 : 7+6+7, 6+5+7
Wide-grip upright rows : 100 -> 50: 7+6+9, 7+5+9, 6+5+10
Start: 7:22 pm - Finish: 8:03 pm
Workout music: Television - Marquee Moon
Workout notes:
Gah! Easy morning, ugly evening. I just had no mojo... No jojo, no juju, no little bunny fu-fu. I did, however, manage to finish the stinking workout before 10pm, which I've had trouble doing the past couple of weeks. And, I guess most importantly, I just finished the damn thing. Some days that's the best thing you can say about a workout. Time to rest up a bit -- I have a feeling tomorrow's quad workout is going to be brutal...
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/5/2004 3:09:18 PM
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AM Workout
Barbell Front Squat : 145 -> 75 : 8+7+10, 7+7+9, 6+7+9
Hack Squats : 135 -> 65 : 9+9+10, 8+9+10, 8+9+9
Leg extensions : 215 -> 115 : 8+4+4, X
Start: 10:24 am - 11:19 am
Workout Music: Soundgarden - Superunknown
PM Workout
Leg curls : 120 -> 60 : 7+9+10, 6+6+10; 110 -> 60 : 7+6+13!
Stiff Leg Deadlifts : 215 -> 115 : 7+6+11, 7+6+10, 6+6+10
Start: 3:07 pm - 3:45 pm
Workout Music: Lovage - Music To Make love To Your Old Lady By
AM Workout notes:
This is the workout I've been more or less dreading for three weeks now. Now that I've done it, how was it?
It was worse than I had figured. Partials on front squats were astonishingly hard -- and this is how most people do them normally? Huh... Although I suppose they're a lot easier if you haven't already gone to failure with a set of full-on dupa-to-the-deck squats. Then there were the hack squats which make me more nauseous than any other exercise I've done. I have never had to talk myself up for a set like I did for the drop portion of the last set of hack squats. And then things turned ugly...
During my first set of partials on the leg extensions something snapped in my right knee. Well, that's not true -- nothing snapped or popped or tore or anything like that, but it felt like my quadriceps tendon was bitten by a fire ant -- when the pain reared its head again on the drop portion of the set, I strapped on an ice-pack and called it an afternoon. Fark!
PM Workout notes:
I have never had a more intense workout than this last hamstring workout. The way I felt after my second set of leg curls, it's a dad-freakin' miracle that I did what I did in the third set. After I had finished that, when standing up, I literally could not curl my lower leg up so my shin even reached parallel with the floor; and that was with no more weight than that of my shoe...
I am so damn tired now. I really think I'm going to take a nap now. I really want to eat a salad (I have such a craving), but I need to nap first. God... I can't even write without babbling...
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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/5/2004 3:58:35 PM
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I love reading his journal. I chalk it up to that sadistic side we all have where you can't look away from a train wreck. Watching his suffering ebb and flow daily...and with such prolific writing. I mean, its better than sweeps month on TV!
Heh. The Germans call it schadenfreude.
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What torture are you going to put yourself through for our benefit in 4 weeks, WDN
Oh, I don't know... jabbing forks into my eyes? Poking cranky badgers? Listening to Backstreet Boy records?
I hope I'm not scaring off any prospective TP-PTers. I think it's a really fun program that just happens to have its more brutal moments. If you want a nice easy program, sure, stay away... but if you like to see just what you can handle mentally and physically, then by all means sign on. Although I understand that the alpha version of it was even worse -- for example, there were deadlifts in phase 1. Do you want to do eight sets of heavy deadlifts in one day? I didn't think so...
And if you want another good TP-PT journal to read, my favorite is Novo's
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/6/2004 3:30:15 PM
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Workout 4E -- the end of Phase 2
AM Workout
Barbell curls : 75 -> 40 : 9+5+12, 7+5+9, 6+5+8
Seated supinating dumbbell curls : 27.5 -> 15 : 6+4+6; 25 -> 15 : 6+4+6; 20 ->10 : 7+4+8
Preacher Curls, Machine : 40 -> 20 : 6+7+10; 35 -> 20 : 5+5+9; 30 -> 15 : 6+4+13
Start: 7:17 am - Finish: 7:56 am
Workout music: Sloan - One Chord To Another
PM Workout
Seated, overhead triceps extension (two hands) : 55 -> 27.5 : 8+8+11, 8+6+9, 7+7+10
Dumbbell skull-crushers : 30 -> 15 : 6+3+7; 27.5 -> 15 : 6+3+7; 25 -> 15 : 7+3+6
Dumbbell kickback : 15 -> 7.5 : 10+4+9, 10+4+9, 8+4+8
Start: 1:10 pm - Finish: 1:49 pm
Workout music: Gorillaz - Gorillaz
AM Workout notes:
Damn! If you're one of those folks who is all about the pump, then this is the program for you... Before I was even done with my first set, it felt like half the blood in my body had rushed to my biceps. If only it would have brought the strength from the rest of my body too...
PM Workout notes:
And then there were the triceps...
The last segment of this phase went along without much of a hitch. I did have to drop the weight for my kickbacks a bit from last week. I did try to do 17.5 pounds, but I couldn't even budge the damn thing; I had spent all of my juice doing those evil, evil skull-crushers (didn't crush my skull, though!). Anyway, I am done with Phase 2 now, and to celebrate, I'm going to have some beef ravioli and a salad that's bigger than my head.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/6/2004 3:32:32 PM
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Week 8 official stats:
217 pounds Body Fat: ~24%
(~165 pounds lbm, 52 pounds fat)
Measurements:
Chest (just above nipples, expanded): 115.6 cm (45.5 in)
Waist (at navel, fully relaxed): 105.5 cm (41.5 in)
Hips: 101.5 cm (40.0 in)
Left Biceps: 38.5 cm (15.2 in), Right Biceps: 38.8 cm (15.3 in)
Left Quad: 59.4 cm (23.4 in), Right Quad: 59.9 cm (23.6 in)
Left calf: 42.3 cm (16.7 in), Right calf: 42.6 cm (16.8 in)
Left Forearm: 31.9 cm (12.6 in), Right Forearm: 32.2 cm (12.7 in)
Sheesh... I drop about two and a half pounds of fat and my waist measurement actually goes up. What's the frickin' deal with that? Gee, my hips went down, but that's not exactly where I'm looking to lose, if you know what I mean. Geez, if this keeps up I might have to sharpen up the ol' chef's knife and trim the fat with some forged steel. Pictures are up at the online journal linked in my sig. Checkout the homemade thong I'm sporting for the photo of my quads!
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/7/2004 7:59:22 PM
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Thus begins the final phase...
OK, we are finally starting down the home stretch here. For today's workout we don't have anything too fancy, just two working sets each of a handful of exercises -- 6-9 reps (1-2 reps shy of failure).
Squat : 165[1] : 9, 9
Chin Up (Assisted) : 8, 7
Barbell Row : 115 : 8, 7
Stiff Leg Deadlift : 215 : 8, 7
Superset:
    Calves (standing) : 255 : 7, 7
    Barbell Shrugs : 205 :7, 7
Start: 7:30 pm - Finish: 8:15 pm
Workout music: Built To Spill - Ancient Melodies Of The Future
Workout notes:
Well, I wasn't planning on working out at all today, but when I pondered the workout schedule this afternoon, I realized that if I wanted to finish this program up on July 4 (which I do for personal reasons), then I either had to screw up the structure of the phase, or do a little something tonight. And so I chose to do a little something tonight... and god was it miserable.
I'm still tired from finishing Phase 2 just yesterday, so I mixed up a shot of GO before the workout. Damn! That stuff tastes like crap, but it did keep me from keeling over during the workout, so I guess I can handle it. On top of being tired, it was hot like the devil's armpit today. Ninety-seven degrees outside when I started the workout (36 C for our metric oriented friends). Eighty-eight degrees (31 C) inside the gym. I wheeled in my portable swamp-cooler, and got the temperature down to 82 degrees (28 C) by the time I finished the workout, but by that time I was already drenched in sweat. And I thought this was supposed to be my week to rest...
[1] My quadriceps tendon is still a bit sore from Saturday, so I went really light with the squats. If it reacts well and doesn't flare up I'll start raising the weight, but if it acts up again, I'll drop the squats for a week to let it cool down...
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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?
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My scattered thoughts: The Bramble
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/8/2004 7:03:43 PM
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Standing Barbell Military Press : 85 : 6, 6
Incline Barbell Press : 110 : 6, 6
Flat DB Press : 55 : 7, 7
Close Grip Bench Press : 90 : 9, 9 (+5)
Superset:
~Hammer Curls : 30 : 8, 8
Overhead Triceps Bar Extensions : 60 :9, 9 (+5)
Standing Dumbbell Curl : 30 : 6, 6
Start: 6:15 pm - Finish: 6:56 pm
Workout music: Matthew Sweet - Son Of Altered Beast
(In honor of Robert Quine, who's death was announced today)
Workout Notes:
Well, this was the second half of the first workout of this phase. Nothing really to note here other than how weak I felt (and that's reflected in my lifts). I assume this is because I'm still a bit hung over from the end of the last phase. Hopefully things will pick up a bit next week.
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/11/2004 7:20:46 PM
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Back to the two-a-days
AM Workout:
Standing Bar Curl : 80 : 6; 75 : 6
Close-Grip Pull-ups : 7, 7
T-Bar Row : 100[1] : 6, 6
Side Lateral Raise : 20 : 7, 7
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Start: 6:17 am - 6:43 am
Workout Music: Folk Implosion - The Electric Idiot EP
PM Workout:
DB Flys : 45 : 6, 6
Bench Press : 125 : 8, 6
Close Grip Bench Press : 95 : 9, 7
Leg Curl : 110 : 8, 7
Superset:
Seated Calf Raises : 300 : 12, 12
DB Shrugs : 85 : 10, 9
Start: 6:49 pm - 7:35 pm
Workout Music: Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
Workout Notes:
Meh. I can tell that this is going to be my least favorite phase of the three. I don't know how hard it's going to be by week four, but I do know that it's already really hard to get up for. Why? Well, it's too much driving to work, not enough working. The nature of these full body workouts means an awful lot of setting up and tearing down of equipment and the warming up... oi the warming up. Yeesh! I'm doing more reps during the warm ups than I am during the working sets.
It grates on me I tells ya; it grates on me.
[1] This is the weight of the plates put on the end of the bar. I'm far to lazy to compute the contribution of the bar to the weight.
[2] There were also supposed to be front squats and hack squats in this routine, but my knee was still a little sore, so I decided to drop them for this week. Unless I hurt it again doing back squats, they will be back in this routine next time around.
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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?
My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble
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RE: WDNinABQ's TP-PT Journal - 6/14/2004 9:40:09 PM
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WDNinABQ
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Lousy workout...crappy spiders.
AM Workout
Standing Barbell Military Press : 85 : 6, 6
Incline Barbell Press : 115 : 8, 6
Flat DB Press : 55 : 7, 7
Close Grip Bench Press : 95 : 8, 8
Superset:
Hammer Curls : 30 : 7, 7
Overhead Triceps Bar Extensions : 65 : 9, 9 (+5)
Standing Dumbbell Curl : 30 : 6, 5
Start: 6:12 pm - Finish: 6:48 pm
Workout music: Cake - Fashion Nugget
PM Workout
Squat : 165 : X [1]
Chin Up (Assisted) : 7, 6
Barbell Row : 115 : 7, 7
Stiff Leg Deadlift : 215 : 7, 7
Superset:
    Barbell Shrugs : 205 : 7, 6
    Calves (standing) : 255 : 6, 6
Start: 9:12 pm - Finish: 9:54 pm
Workout music: The The - Hanky Panky
Workout Notes:
The morning workout this morning was just spiffy. I pretty much tore through the exercises and felt good for all the lifts. Triceps in particular felt good and strong. The evening workout, on the other hand is probably the worst farking workout I've had in months. First, I had to call off the squats, yet again, and then I almost had to cancel the entire workout because of a spider. Yes, a spider.
Ask anyone who knows me well, and they'll tell you that I'm a pretty arachnophobic guy -- so when I saw the spider sitting up on the ceiling above my rack, I knew things were going downhill fast. I tried to squash it with a five iron, but I missed, and it dropped down by my stacks of plates. After banging around the plates with the club, trying (unsuccessfully) to drive it out into the open so I could kill it, I resumed lifting. Of course, the whole time I was lifting, I was keeping an eye and a half out for the spider, so I ended up rushing my lifts, and I'm sure my form was less than stellar. And finally, when it came time to pull out the blocks for me to do my calf raises, I found out where the spider went to... under my blocks. Well, one minor freakout, and one dead spider later, I was able to finish up my set and turn in for the night. Stupid farking spiders... why can't they just stay the hell away from me?
[1] I had to drop the squats from the routine yet again, due to knee pain. It felt OK over the weekend, but as soon as I got some load on it the pain reappeared. Damn this sucks.
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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?
My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble
(in reply to WDNinABQ)
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