Onwards and upwards - target 2012...
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well enjoyed todays back session big time. Cranked up to 165kg on the deads for 6 reps. Was certainly pushing the envelope for me. Making great faces and spitting on the mirror, all good stuff. Veins a popping!<br />
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only a week left on current programme, then we're into a new regime. Looking forward to a little rest from deadlifts, but loving taking it to the limit. Back'll be sore tomorrow - muscle sore that is, a good sore.<br />
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Triceps caned at the end too, good day at the office. -
SUnday saw a good cardio session, treadmill and bike, pounding out the miles, good sweat up. Burning out the excess calories from Saturday nights BBQ - was a real rebel, 3 whole Macs and a glass of red wine! After two macs I was pissy eyed! BUt thankfully my BBQ skills were called on and managed to avert disaster. But then out hostess pulled out the Cadbury Favourites mini bars, which ened up mostly in my belly! Yummo! And Xmas Cake, mmm, Xmas cake.<br />
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Ahh, this morning though, chest, last wokrout of the current schedule, lots of DB work next week, have not pressed heavy with DB's for AGES. Looking forward to it. Today was as challenging as usual, arms super pumped at the end of the bicep workout, and chest caned by the cable flies on our last superset. All good at the office! -
Haha a cheap drunk too eh.<br />
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Not drinking much or often sure has its effects on ya. I'm quite happy to only take 3 or 4 beers to bbqs etc and then have the wife drive home. Have you tried much of the low carb stuff? I switched over to the macs low carb one a few months back and they seem all good. -
and today the last leg workout on our current programme. Legs wasted now! Squats finished at 150kg for 6 nice full reps. last one on the way up had that horrible second or three when you are moving at about a millimeter at a time - you know know you're going to get the rep, but it's going to take a long time! Stoked that my reps all through this leg workout have been of the non-bludge variety! The lunges are now 'easy' with my mind used to the pain of 30, 20, 20!
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38 minutes. AFter 38 minutes of spin this morning in the real class I was ready to pull the pin! Buggered and a bit that is for sure. Think we'll try swimming next week on Wednesday and spin on Thursday. Two days of spin on the trot just too much for these tired old shanks!
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yeah, usually max out at the 27s, but was feeling big!<br />
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Today was back day again, 6 deadlifts at 165 again blowing out all the valves. Loving it. <br />
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Xmas dos coming out the kazu at the moment, so eating has not been great - thursday thai, and even had a few beers last night at the gym do. Along with about a million sausage rolls, mmmmmm, sausage rolls. -
well, I was feeling big because I am getting bigger, big time!! 90.3kg this weigh in, bodyfat still ten percent, 2 kilos of muscle added. So the last four week cycle has been a wicked growth one for me. Ness too, she's added a kilo of muscle to her frame too. Got to LOVE heavy weights eh!<br />
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Today was chest on the new ramp. Dumb-bell press today - 38kg dbs today - finally got onto the big boys rack for some exercises!! Yay. incline press, medicine ball press ups and cable flies were the order of the day on chest, followed by destruction of the triceps on the cable machines. All good, all hard, pumped up like a deformed Popeye at the end of the workout. -
SO THE NEW LEG WORKOUT. Leg Press SS with swiss ball squats. So again a 'wussy' exercise has killed me! Never done these before, they are intense. Quads just screaming at the end of the set, must be working into the tear drops just above the knees. All good. The press a variation. Basically racking the weight in the down position each time on the pins in a pause, so each up drive is from a standing start. So 1 is safer, and 2 harder than your normal press (IMHO).<br />
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then hammy curls x shit loads and calf raises.<br />
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All good at the office today! -
that's what I said!<br />
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not on top of the ball, but ball between your back and the wall. Squat down until your thigh are parallel with the floor. Dumbells in your hands. closer the feet together harder it is.<br />
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this is where you can do holds too - 15 seconds etc. all very painful, although we have not had those yet. I am sure we will at some stage!! -
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spin class today, legs TIRED. Was rooted after 27 minutes today, but managed to fight through, entertaining myself by watching in one of the mirrors the gril who looked like she was a frog that had been hooked up to the mains power supply. Knees and arms and legs all over the shop. Think she might need to increase her resistance a little!!
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Where are we up to? Hard to tell at the moment which way is up, let alone what workouts are due! So yesterday was shoulders, cable hell, preceeded by clean and press and about a trillion lat raises. Top workout, shoulders nailed.<br />
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This morning was back and biceps, and another hammering - back already shagged from yesterdays effort! But stoked, managed some weighted chins ups. saw them on the programme and thought Dazza must be dreeeaaaaaming. So avoided the first set of 8 with weights, but creamed them surprisingly enough, and then two sets of 6, with a MASSIVE 5 kilo weight dangling between my legs. And I was going to use a 20 - not a chance, the 5 felt like 50!! But first set got to four before Ness latched onto the ankles to give me a little help, and 5 on the last set of the day. Makes the expereince of chins waaay different, but cool. <br />
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Biceps on the cables, preachers and hammer curls, good pump, but need to add a bit of weight across the board for next week. Great workout though, loved it. -
chest today - 26th. Gym closed until the afternoon so had the place to ourselves. Good workout, got the weights sorted now on week 2 of this prog. DB Bench press up to 40kg. Have never really gone heavy on DB bench before so is an interesting experience. The flat cable flies that are supersetted with the presses make for a painful experience! Still doing low reps on the first half of the SS, and high on the second, just to ramp up the pain levels...!!