Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Lifting w/ the vampires

I had to modify my schedule on Monday to drop my daughter off before work. That meant no training session that morning, but no big deal b/c I would just go that night. It had been a while since the last time that I trained at night, so I was actually cool with the idea. Sometimes it can be fun to mix thing up.

Around 7pm though, I was starting to think that going to the gym was not such a good idea. I had a shake and a piece of fruit, and for some reason this didn't make my stomach happy. Nothing serious, just some discomfort. So I got my son settled for the evening and made it to the gym around 9:15. I got amped up for the gym but my stomach was still feeling a little strange. It got worse as I trained and I ended up getting some serious knots in my stomach. I fought through it and finished my training session, but it was not fun.

DB Incline press 40 x 8 x 2, 40 x 6,6,5
DB Row 40 x 8 x 2, 40 x 6,6,6
Pullups BWT x 9,6,5
Dips BWT x 16,8,8
DB Triceps Ext 25 x 8,8,8
DB Curls 25 x 10,8
EZ Bar Culrs 45 x 10,10

Looking forward to going back to my routine on Wed morning!

Friday, June 12, 2009

A Friday Quickie

Today's workout is workout C of TT for Reformed Meatheads. This is workout 3 of 12. After Wed's disappointing workout, I was looking to bounce back. I kept the numbers on the low side and stuck to CB's guidelines without the optional work.

Deadlift 205 x 8 x 2
DB Chest Press 80 x 8 x 2
Military Press 95 x 8, 105 x 8
Inverted Row BWT x 10, BWT x 15

Tabata Intervals: BWT Squats x 6 rounds

My deadlift form was really good today. I purchased a chalk sock that really helped my grip. I store it in a ziploc bag and it doesn't make a mess at all.

The Tabatas at the end were brutal. Trying to hold the lowered portion of the squat leaves me trembling. But it was still a good fun and quick workout. I'll be upping the weights across the board next week as well as adding sets and some of the optional work that CB mentions in the program.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Feeling off today... terrible weight training session.

It started with me oversleeping by a half-hour. Then when I finally got to the gym, I didn't have IT. I normally get to the gym and feel raring to go when I get out of the car but today was different. Tried to get myself fired up, but it just wasn't happening. I struggled just to make it though the warm ups.

Squats 225 x 8, 12, 7 (First set, I forgot how many to do. Last set i was just gassed)
Ab Wheel Rollout BWT x 8, 10, 10
DB RDL 50 x 12
Power Wheel Jackknife BWT x 12

I cut the workout short b/c I was just going though the motions. I gotta figure out what's going on before Friday's deadlift session.

Monday, June 8, 2009

The Reformed Meathead


Today was the first day on TT for Reformed Meatheads. It is an upper body split using supersets w/ body weight intervals at the end. The lack of rest between exercises really put me to work.

DB Incline Press 85lbs
DB Row 85lbs
Pullups BWT x max
Dips BWT x max
DB Tricep Ext 25lbs
EZ Bar curls 50lbs

Made it through 3 rounds of vertical jumps. Started to get that "I think I'm about to puke" feeling. Ahh, how I missed TT!