May 31, 2008
205 lbs
4700 Calories
Close-grip chinup
BW/6
BW/6 (pullup) BW/8 BW/6 BW/5 BW/5
BB shoulder press
90/10 100/8 110/5 110/4 110/4 110/4
Wide-grip lat pulldown
160/5 140/7 160/5 160/5 160/5 160/5
DB chek press
45e/5 45e/4 45e/5 45e/5
45e/7 45e/5
Crossover biceps curl
30e/5e 30e/4e 30e/4e 30e/4e 30e/4e 30e/4e
Upper-body Russian twist
+10/12 +10/12 +10/12
This was supposed to be a 6x3 day, but I struggled to find the right weights on a number of exercises. And, for chinups, I couldn't find a weight belt, so I did body-weight. Funny thing there. The second set was a set of six, until I realized I had done them as pull-ups by mistake, and had
PR'd as it happened. The next set of chinups was another
PR.
I don't know where the extra strength came from for the fifth set of chek presses. And I used a 10 lb medicine ball for the twists, which didn't seem to make any significant difference in the difficulty.
The crossover biceps curl was a problem for my left side again, and limited my numbers on the right. I finished the last two sets using the right arm for assist up, then doing negatives. I think the issue is a slight shoulder injury a month or so back doing DB incline presses. There is a slight pain there, and I think I'm protecting it. My goal is to keep it working with good form and hope that the strength will catch up.
I was probably someone's funny gym story today. The workout was after guitar lessons, so the guitar, in case, was with me in the gym. And in the locker room. And I was the naked guy carrying a guitar and a towel to the shower. Oh, well. You can't leave those things unattended.
Brent