200.75 lbs.
Upper body in the reg.gym today. i wanna get a li'l bit mo' scientific with this than i have been for the last few weeks, so i'll try to remember the numbers.
Pullups:
BW x 24 (cheated on the last one. Super burn.)
Narrow Cable Rows:
10 x 165
10 x 180
8 x 210
6 x 225
6 x 225
These felt really good. i'd like to start doing some one-arm negatives. That'll bring in the abs, and'll show me what i can and can't lock off with.
Did some rehab with the bar on flat bench--30 reps or so-- and then a set or two with really light BBs flat. shoulder still hurts, but it's better, and only hurts on flat bench.
Incline DB Bench:
one or two sets with 50s. These were experimental, and it turns out i could'a done more. Felt good.
Dips:
BW x 8
BW x 10
i need more tricep work. These felt fine, but i was starting to burn.
DB Shrugs:
14 x 90s
10 x 100
10 x 100s
8 x 110s
8 x 110s
TM Scissors:
Also experimental. Did 'em right this time. Almost. You hang from a pullup bar and with elbows straight, you pull your hands down to yer waist. i'm having to bend my knees to take some weight off, but i did several. Very hard. Probably better if i wasn't hanging from a 6" wide flat-topped power rack. Need a bar i can grip.
Pec Deck:
went up to a coupl'a sets of 6 with 225, which is all the weight on the machine. Felt fine.
Comments:
i was very happy to be down to under 201 lbs. plenty hydrated. Makes me think weight loss is a possibility. i am going to pull down v5 by the end of this summer. Going to.
3 comments:
It's very cool that you're making progress. Also that your shoulder is recovering. Rest is good.
Since my meet in March I've been working out 6 days a week. 3 in the gym, 3 on the pavement/track. Here's my results: I'm no bigger, smaller, faster, slower, weaker, or stronger than when I started this routine. I am, however, exhausted all the time. I don't think this formula is working for me.
I've decided to go back to my roots and do what I have time for and what I'm good at. for the next three months I'm going to be traing to put on some muscle and to regain some flexibilty and form. Come Oct 1st, the powerlifting wave cycles will begin. I was on track to bench 400 by the end of this year. After waisting the last three months, I don't know if it will happen, but I'm for sure gonna try.
Lol. You know what... i'm gonna bet you haven't completely wasted the time, brah. Sometimes it's hard to see what's going on inside those joints. Don't forget about that. With that said, make good use of what you're doing till Oct., clean up your diet, and lose some weight. You'll squat more iron if you're not squatting fat. Then go full-on to the power stuff-- that's where the fun's at. i have the same problem with climbing: i can't make myself do the endurance work. i'm good at power problems, but i die on longer stuff, and have trouble healing 'twixt crimp sessions. i will be yer Jiminy Cricket, and you can be mine, and we'll get our crap together for next season. i'm gonna climb v6 and you can definitely bench 400. just gotta do it right's all.
Hey gimme a call. Steph just bought me a bottle of 18y/o Talisker as a "Leaving Hell" present, and i'd like to make you jealous with it.
Mmm...I can't even rember what a good scotch tastes like. You should save me a pinch of that and come down and see me.
I gotta see that v6 go down.
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