Anyway, so tonight I attacked them with a renewed determination.
I've been doing 300lbs on standing raises.
Tonight I thought I would try 200 lbs. for one legged raises. Hmmm..... that's kind of tough with 200 lbs. But I did do it. 4 sets of 12. Then to finish them off I did both legs with the 200 lbs. Felt pretty good.
Did my abs. Swiss ball crunch with a 30lb db in each hand behind my head. Felt really good. Then side/oblique crunches on the ball with 20 lb db.
Leg raises with my lower back on the ball with 10 lb ankle weight on each leg. Very satisfying.
Didnt do the forearms tonight, no real reason other than I forgot! ha!
I've never found direct calf work to do anything for me so I've tossed it out and I think they still have grown. Calves are one of the better parts of my body...wish it was my chest or my arms!
Nice ab work by the way. I've got to keep reminding myself to do it!
Originally posted by gymrat: RB, we passed each other by now didnt we? I think you said you were 183 or 184 last week?? Right?
Ended up being 183 this week.
Wow, you upped the weight quite a bit on those high rep sets, and across the board for every exercise, too. That takes a lot of doing -- adding ten pounds means you're moving 180 more pounds during the whole set. Great job!!
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
Thanks. Yeah, I knew I could do it, it's just that last week was my first 18 rep scheme and I really wasn't quite sure where I could comfortably work. I think for the first time I did a pretty good job estimating. This week was definitely more challenging but do-able.
Had to bump back my workouts. Missed yesterday because of getting out of work late which threw everything else behind. Damn it! Oh well, absorb it and move on.
I'll do last night's workout tonight, etc. and also end up working out on Friday evening which is usually my off day.
Well, life happens, sh*t happens, and sometimes schedules and stuff gets in the way.
Now if this becomes a habit... expect some ragging!
I'm confident you'll be back and hitting the weights with renewed determination.
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
8 reps 2 sets. Fairly heavy weight but by no means maxed out.
standard deads 230 first set = easy, 240 2nd set, still fairly easy. up 20 lbs.
db shoulder press 75's up 5's
power cleans 140 up 10lbs - still thought I was gonna die. ha!
incline db bench 85's up 5's
1 arm cable pressdown 40 up 5 lbs
seated db curls 45's up 5. really rough, but did it.
This is the first workout I've noticed that I'm carrying more weight. Huffing a little more than normal. Sweat'n up a storm. Pretty good workout. I was happy anyway. Up on all the weights. One of my daughters was downstairs with me watching me workout A pretty good motivation there.
"oooooo daddy, you're so strong"
Of course, my words won't mean as much as your daughter's. Nice to have that inspiration there! Maybe she'll want to be like Dad and she'll be lifting soon, too.
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
Weighed in today still at 187 lbs. I have no idea how I can eat 700 calories a day over what I ate the prior week and can NOT gain anything. I can't get too worked up I guess.... may just take little while to catch up with me. It's happened before.
Ok, stats. Much as I didnt want to do this today, I figured I'd better not push it off.
Not as bad as I thought it would be though.
10/9/05 Sunday:
Neck: 12 3/4" up 1/4" since last measurements 2 weeks ago
Chest: 43 1/2" up 3/16"
Waist: 33 5/8" up 5/8"
Shoulders: 51 3/4" up 1/4"
Left upper arm: 16" up 1/8"
right: 15 7/8" up 1/4"
Left forearm: 12 3/4" up 3/16"
right: 12 15/16" up 3/16"
Left thigh: 23 1/4" same as last measurements
right: 23 1/4" same as last
NUTS!
Left calve: 14 3/8" up 1/8" [img]smile.gif[/img]
right: 14 3/8" up 1/8" too [img]smile.gif[/img]
weight 187.5 same as last week
bf % measured twice, once I got 12.5% the other I got 14%. I'm much more inclined to believe the 14% now.
Not bad all in all. Still going up but I'm just kind of in a bad mood since I didnt gain any weight. Oh well, like everyone has told me, it's not always a given that you'll gain every week. I gotta remember that. I definitely feel like I'm looking thicker in the back, shoulders and chest.
Stiff leg deads 110
db lunges 40's ok, that was a little much weight for this many reps. I seriously almost puked.
military press 70 (bb)
decline db press 45's
db curls 25's only did 2 sets of these isolations
pressdowns 40 also only 2 sets
I had a headache before I started and took 2 extra strength Excederin (sp?). Then this killer workout.... I got real light headed and dizzy. Not good. Had to lay down.
Starting to feel better after a hour or so after workout, but whoa.... that was not fun at all. I hate dizziness and nausea.
omg...I just shouldn't even say this...but OMG, I can't stop laughing. After your thigh measurement, you said nuts...I thought I was gonna see a measurement there...LOL LOL. I canNOT stop laughing I am a freakin' perv.
Looking great GR! Stats are going up..woohoo! Yup..don't worry about the weight this week [img]smile.gif[/img]
TG - after I typed that I thought that someone (you) might say something like that. you goofball.
Bobby - I've got one of those digi hand held fat calipers. Can't recall the brand right now and I'm too damn lazy to get up off my tired old ass to go downstairs and check. ha!
Excellent gains! Even if the scale isn't going up, you're getting measurably bigger (even if you don't want to include the measurement that TG really wants to see.. lol). Keep on eating!
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
you goofball. 
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