Monkeys are awesome!

[Aoife]

I couldn't quickly find my link to my old training log, so screw it, I'm makin a new one. Why? Because monkeys are awesome.

Combo sets, 5x5. Have been doing it for a bit. A set, rest 60s, B set, rest 60s, repeat. Only one combo set per day, 4 days on 1 off. Will add in shoulder prehab, core work, yoga, and cardio.

Today's workout:
Deadlift: (warm-up, 45x5)
85#x5
95#x5
105#x5
115#x5
115#x5
db Shoulder press:
17.5#x5
17.5#x5
17.5#x5
17.5#x5
17.5#x5

Next time I'll be working at 115 for deadlift. I needed to find my working point, since last time I did I didn't go far enough. 115 seems to be it... it's tough but not impossible, I can keep form. We'll see if I can do it 5 times.

Shoulder press will stay low and increase very slowly to prevent any injury. Since this is actually work for my poor shoulders, I'm not worried.

[Aoife]

[Victoria]

[Lost Dog]

nothing like a monkey

[Qivalon]

Originally Posted by Aoife

I saw this story a while back and thought it fit:

I Like Monkeys!

The pet store was selling them for five cents a piece.
I thought this was odd since they were normally a couple thousand. I decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth so I bought 200 of them. I like monkeys.

I took my 200 monkeys home. I have a big car. I let one of them drive. His name was Sigmund. He was retarded. In fact, none of them were really bright. They kept punching themselves in the genitals. I laughed. They punched me in the genitals. I stopped laughing.

I herded them into my room. They didn't adapt very well to their new environment. They would screech and hurl themselves off the couch at high speeds and slam into the wall. Although humorous at first, the spectacle lost its novelty halfway into it's third hour. Two hours later I found out why all the monkeys were so inexpensive; they all died. No apparent reason. They all just sort of dropped dead. Kinda like when you buy a goldfish and it dies five hours later. God damn cheap monkeys.

I didn't know what to do. There were 200 dead monkeys lying all over my room; on the bed, in the dresser, hanging from my bookcase. It looked like I had 200 throw rugs. I tried to flush one down the toilet. It didn't work. It got stuck. Then I had one dead, wet monkey and one hundred ninety-nine dead, dry monkeys.

I tried to pretend that they were just stuffed animals. That worked for a while, that is until they began to decompose. It started to smell real bad. I had to pee but there was a dead monkey in my toilet and I didn't want to call a plumber. I was embarrassed. I tried to slow down the decomposition by freezing them. Unfortuantely there was only enough room for two at a time, so I had to change them every 30 seconds. I also had to eat all the food in the freezer so it didn't go bad.

I tried to burn them, but little did I know that my bed was flammable. I had to extinguish the fire. Then I had one dead, wet monkey in my toilet, two dead, frozen monkeys in my freezer, and one hundred ninety-seven dead, charred monkeys in a pile on my bed.

The odor wasn't improving. I became agitated at my inability to dispose of the dead monkeys and I really had to use the bathroom. So I went and severely beat one of the monkeys. I felt better.

I tried throwing them away but the garbage man said the city was not allowed to dispose of charred primates. I told him I had a wet one. He couldn't take it either. I didn't bother asking about the frozen ones.

I finally arrived at a solution. I gave them out as Christmas gifts. My friends didn't quite know what to say. They pretended to like them, but I could tell they were lying. Ingrates. So I punched them in the genitals.

I like monkeys.


Enjoy!

Jim~

Shamlessly stolen from: http://www.azzit.de/humor/107.html

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by Aoife

I couldn't quickly find my link to my old training log, so screw it, I'm makin a new one. Why? Because monkeys are awesome.

Damnit, fricking, frackin, Qivalon beat me to it.

[Aoife]

I've kept a copy of that thing on my desktop for years since I first saw it. It's frikkin awesome. Just like monkeys.

On to tonight's workout:
Since I waited too long to get in a decent weight-bearing workout this evening, I decided to test my time for the Women's 150.

5 bw rows
10 bw sumo squats
15 bw squats
15 pushups (last 5 on knees because my shoulders gave out)
50 jumping jacks (I should prolly wear a sports bra next time)
10 spiderman climbs
20 reverse lunges (I really, really, really hate all forms of lunges. always have, always will)
25 bicycle crunches (this felt so 80s, it was awesome!)

Time:7:45
Avg HR 148
"calories burned" according to hrm... 61

more brutal than I thought.
I think I might actually need to puke a little.


Allergies have been frickin killer. They're either keeping me from effectively doing anything -- workouts, homework, housework -- or the drugs I take to keep them at bay are... damn benedryl.
So yeah, I've slacked off for a few days. I think with the rain dump we've gotten I might be able to get back on track. Allergies seem much worse this year... no idea why. *sigh*

[Aoife]

[Victoria]

sorry...couldn't resist...

[Cynic]

Aoife? What's up dear?

[Aoife]

I am SUCH a slacker. I'd like to say that allergies and end of semester homework craze is keeping me from heading all the way upstairs and into the squat rack...

but, yeah. Basically I'm a slacker. *sigh*

I have a bodyweight circuit on tap for tonite. The elliptical has been moved and I can't move it back so that's waiting till tomorrow.


Still though, eating has been good, so at least I'm not sliding backwards, just standing still.

And I gots new kitties.

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by Aoife

Still though, eating has been good, so at least I'm not sliding backwards, just standing still.

And I gots new kitties.

Yeah, I've been slacking too. Eating right, if not proportionately, but not working out.

Got pics of the new ones?

[Aoife]

I posted a pic of each here. they're frikkin adorable.

http://www.theaoife.org/bored/2007/0...-stan-flipper/

Anyway, I should go get a workout in or something. :p

[Aoife]

keep forgetting to post stuff
yesterday was 30 minutes on the elliptical, average heartrate of 149

[Aoife]

Now I'm just slacking off with the upkeep of this here log.
So...
5/11
afternoon cardio - elliptical
20 minutes average heartrate 138

evening lift
Squat: warm-up 45x5
65x5, 75x5, 75x5, 85x5, 85x5

machine row: warm-up 20x5
25x5, 30x5, 35x5, 40x5, 45x5
new machine, needed to learn where I'll be working at. i think it'll be at 45#

after was a bit of a swim that in no way should be called a workout, followed by some quality hot tub time.

New gym opened and this was our first work out there.
it's awesome
and I hit my head
on the bar
twice
before i even started squating
it still hurts.

good workout otherwise, though.

[Aoife]

5/13 late night lift

bench press: warm-up 45x5
65x5, 65x5, 65x5, 65x5, 75x5
after sets 2-5 I did band external rotations (rehab), 5 reps each time, second easiest band.

RDL: warm-up 45x5
75x5, 75x5, 85x5, 95x5, 95x5
have I mentioned how much I love these things. they're so my fave.

20 minutes total, average heartrate 102

[Aoife]

yesterday: 5/14 late night lift and cardio

assisted pullup: warm-up 88#assist x 3

64#assist x 5
52#assist x 5
52#assist x 5
52#assist x 4.5
58#assist x 4


assisted dip: warm-up 88#assist x 3

64#assist x 5
52#assist x 5
52#assist x 5
52#assist x 5
52#assist x 5


time: 12 min avg hr 122

intervals - elliptical: 10 min, avg hr 139

shoulder prehab Y, L, W 10 reps each, 5#
front plank, 45 seconds

time in the pool not swimming


time in the hot tub appreciating my baddass self.
Why?

Because I forgot pants.
So I worked out anyway.
In a skirt.