Fuller's Gym and Rugby Log
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Have a quality head cold at the moment so any lifting of weights is invariably accompanied by dizziness.<br />
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Saturday - Piss poor chest session<br />
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Went to gynm sat morning as i am out injured so didn't play. Am suffering a bit with cold and didbn't have a spotter, managed to do very little of use:<br />
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Bench press x4- 80kgs max<br />
Incline Bench press - x 3 70kgs max<br />
Incline Dumnbell press - x3 27.5kgs max<br />
Barbell Curls x 3 45kgs<br />
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Gave up went home and went to bed.<br />
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Sunday - Shoulder session at home (still feeling dreadful!)<br />
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Barbell standing shoulder press x4 57.5kgs max<br />
Barbell standing shoulder press (in front of head) x 2 - 60 kgs max<br />
Shrugs x 3 - 65kgs<br />
Barbell curls - x3 - 42.5kgs<br />
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Gave up and watched rugby. -
Went to gym for a chest session last night, got home from work late so bombed up and did a fairly short session. I knew it woudl short so decided to change tack a bit and try and beast out max weights on the exercises i could fit in. Went ok but for one thing, while on the bench press i was perhaps straining a little too much and made my freakin ear drum bleed again. Think i must have undone some of the regeneration i had experienced since i bust it.<br />
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BUT i did manage to match my PB on the bench (my weights sesssions have been infrequent due to work commitments lately but in the past two weeks hagve been managing to do something aroudn 4-5 nights a week and am getting back to where i was. <br />
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Chest (ish) Session<br />
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Bench Press x 4sets - 100kg max<br />
Incline Bench Press x 3 sets - 75kgs max<br />
Dips 10 reps, x 3 sets<br />
Tricep Pull down machine x 3 sets 30kgs max<br />
Bicep Curls x 3 sets - 45kgs max -
So let me get this right, you are grunting and straining on the bench press while blood is coming out of your ear? Must have been a great sight in the gym!<br />
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Didn't the doctor say not to do any strenuous exercise while your ear repaired? Or is it all guns blazing?<br />
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Keep getting it checked out, you don't want it to get infected. -
[quote name='Kirwan']<br />
So let me get this right, you are grunting and straining on the bench press while blood is coming out of your ear? Must have been a great sight in the gym!<br />
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Didn't the doctor say not to do any strenuous exercise while your ear repaired? Or is it all guns blazing?<br />
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Keep getting it checked out, you don't want it to get infected.<br />
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Well it wasn't pissing out, but i could feel fluid in there immediately post (and the sounds coming into ear changed etc...) checked it out and the bugger was bleeding. I went to National Ear Nose and Throat last week and they confirmed that the ear drum was burst.The Doc said i could continue to play rugby etc... the main thing i that i musn't get it wet (have to pack it full of cotton wool when i shower etc...) also in game i must pack with cotton wool and wear a scrum cap to stop stuff going down it.<br />
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I have a course of antibiotics i am supposed to stay on to mak sure that it doesn't get infected, and have to go back to the docs in 6 weeks time. If there is no improvement then they consider an op but i don't think it will be needed.<br />
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With regard to the weights, he didn't say i couldn't but i think what i have done is maybe strained too much and kind of broken a covering on the damage that had been done. Will maybe lay off pushing for a couple of days to let it heal a bit more. -
Chest Session on Sat - no partner though so couldn't lift as much as i wnated on press etc....<br />
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Bench Press - 3 sets, 8 reps, max push 90kgs<br />
Incline Press (Smith) - 3 sets, 8 reps, max push 75kgs<br />
Dips - 3 sets, 8 reps (this absolutely wrecked me the next day)<br />
Incline Dumbell Press - 3 sets, 8 reps, max 32.5kgs dumbells<br />
Tricep rope pull downs - 3 sets, 8 reps, max 35kgs<br />
Bicep barbell curls - 4 sets, 8 reps, max 45kgs<br />
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Then last night - quick shoulder sesh<br />
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Shoulder Press - 4 sets, 8 reps, 60kgs<br />
Shrugs - 3 sets, 8 reps , 67.5 kgs<br />
Barbell Curls - 3 sets, 8 reps, 47.5kgs -
PB in a very short shoulder sesh last night at home.<br />
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Shoulder Pressed 62.5kgs and 65kgs barbell shoulder press (French press).<br />
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Plus PB on Bicep barbell curl of 50kgs - only managed 3 reps.<br />
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No burst ear drum either. Which is nice. -
Good chest session last night - interestingly i have had an ankle injury these past two and half weeks so have been unable to play/train, this has freed up more time or weights etc.....in that time i have posted PBs in every body area that i can lift with at the moment (excluding legs - due to ankles) and according to the gym scales last night (the ones i have been using since starting this thread) am now up to 14 stone 7 pounds (wearing trainers, t, and shorts) which is what i was after.<br />
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Chest session last night:<br />
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Bench Press x 4 sets max 100kgs<br />
Incline Press (Smith) x 2 sets 80kgs (PB)<br />
Dips x 3 (8 reps)<br />
Incline Dumbell Press x 3 sets 30kg dumbells<br />
Tricep rope Pull downs x 3 sets 40kgs (PB)<br />
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Happy with how it is all going at the moment. -
Did a chest session before going away on Friday, shoulder sesh at home on Sunday and a chest session last night.
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What do you weigh now, 50, 55kg? Or have you had a haircut, and no 45 or so? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='team rebel']<br />
What do you weigh now, 50, 55kg? Or have you had a haircut, and no 45 or so? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Lol, up to 91.5kgs now mate.<br />
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Reckon i can get another 2kgs on during summer pre-season and i will be set for next season. -
Second week now of supesets, did a chest one last night, today i am absolutely wrecked.<br />
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Superset was again:<br />
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Bench press/Dumbell flys x 4<br />
Incline Smith Bench/Incline dumbell press x 4<br />
Dips 3 sets<br />
Sitting, inclined dumbell curls/standing barbell curls x4<br />
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100 sit ups<br />
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Chest is in half<br />
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Going to stop after the final superset session of this week and revert back to straight lifting to see if we have made any strength gains. Then continue to mix it up. <br />
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Defo felt some gains by doing it though. -
Normal shoulder session last night<br />
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Shoulder press standing x 3<br />
French press standing x 3<br />
Shrugs x 3<br />
Dumbell Flys x 3<br />
Front raises (barbell) x3<br />
Barbell curls x 4 -
Nothing happening this weekend as i was away. However, did sneak in a shoulder session when i got home last night.<br />
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Shoulder press standing x 3<br />
French press standing x 3<br />
Shrugs x 3<br />
Dumbell Flys x 3<br />
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Haven't updated for a while but i have been gymming just the same as ever, perhaps more often as i have an ankle problem which has now stopped me playing since End of Jan (ish)<br />
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I have come off teh creatine as well, also off any protein shakes as well. The reason being is that i am going to be more restrictive in my cycling the creatine using 6 week windows. I am in the 4th/5th week off creatine now and will next week i think cycle back on and use it to help some gains for 6 weeks before cycling back off. This is ( i have read ) the most effective way to utlise it as a training aid.<br />
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Second change is that i am including legs in sessions. This is something i neglected during the season and latterly because o fteh ankle injury. However now my ankle has progressed enough to let me do some leg work.<br />
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Anyway last night i did a fairly big session as follows:<br />
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Bench Press x 4<br />
Incline Dumbell Press x 3<br />
Pec Deck x 4<br />
Dips x 3<br />
Tricep rope pull downs x 3<br />
Tricep machine x 3<br />
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Bike <br />
Leg press x 4<br />
Leg raise x 3<br />
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100 sit up finish. -
Weight is up to 14 stone 6/7 pounds with trainers on and gym kit.<br />
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Probably more 14 stone 4 in my birthday suit. -
Jeez i haven't posted up here for a while. I have been out fo rugby action with an an kle injury now since Feb and it is starting to right royally piss me off!<br />
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I have been gymming as much, if not a bit mroe since i last posted.<br />
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I had a bit of a set back with my rugby tour to Spain at Easter. Due to drinking, and irregular eating patterns i dropped to 13stone 12lbs when i had gotten back, so dropped around half a stone just like that! since then i have been working to put it back on and am finally back up to the 14stone 3lb/4lb level again. Also i badly injured my leg on tour. Docs thojghti had com;partment syndrome as there was loads and loads of iinternal bleeding in the leg (essentially the whole leg was bruised from knee down - haveb no idea what i did to it) and i had to have it elevated for around 3 weeks to stop additional damage and get teh swelling to lessen. Obviously this limited my gym time and i am just about gettig back to where i was now.<br />
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With the new season a few months away now i am starting to turn my attention to cardio and getting fit, thing is i can;'t run at the moment, that means a fair bit of cycling machines etc.. in the gym.<br />
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Also i havbe begun to focus some attention on the leg weights now that the leg injury has gone away a bit, still can't squat bcause of the ankle but i can leg press, leg curl etc and can do weighted lunges. -
This is my leg injury about 2 weeks after it happened. So it is getting better here.
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Did a chest session at gym last night. Got a couple of PBs.<br />
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Managed 3 sets, dumbell press with 35kg bells<br />
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and best of all got my PB bench press up to 105kgs. Felt like i had more in the tank, going to try and get it up to 110kgs next week.<br />
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Weight is now about 92 and a bit KGs.<br />
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Ankle stll fucked. -
Been on the leg weights these past three weeks afyter ignoring them for a long time (due to not liking them and mostly because of injuries).<br />
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Weight is up to 14stone 8lbs now. Well chuffed.<br />
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Now, if only i could run.
