No clever title

[Mahler]

Originally Posted by liftintexas

the workout from above is #3 not 2, I cannot get into edit ...

It's taken care of. I have the power.

You are coming along just great, by the way.

[dmw]

Stick with it! Hopefully keeping the log will help.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by Mahler

It's taken care of. I have the power.

You are coming along just great, by the way.

Thanks, John, for the edit and the encouragement!

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by dmw

Stick with it! Hopefully keeping the log will help.

Thanks. Just trying to get back to where I was ... the log does help.

[SpacecityPaula]

Originally Posted by Mahler

It's taken care of. I have the power.

John, thank you for turning C&C music factory on in my head.

[SpacecityPaula]

Your lifts look good.

[liftintexas]

Nov. 14

30 mins of cardio

I decided to abandon TBT -- just didn't like it

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula

Your lifts look good.

Thanks, Paula

[liftintexas]

Nov. 15, 2007

Chest/Back

Flat Chest Barbell Press
8 x 135
6 x 185
3 x 205
4 x 205
2 x 215 (not a PR but the first time this heavy in a while)
3 x 185

Incline DB
8 x 45s
8 x 60s
6 x 60s
5 x 60s

Decline BB
10 x 135
7 x 155
10 x 165

Fly Machine
10 x 110
8 x 140
6 x 140

Low Row Pull
10 x 80
8 x 80
8 x 90

MTS High Row
8 x 70
8 x 70
5 x 70

[liftintexas]

November 16, 2007

Biceps/Triceps

Standing BB Curls
45 - 7's
55 - 7's
55 - 6's x 2

Tri Pull Down
12 x 90
10 x 110
7 x 120
5 x 120

Hammer Curl
7 x 25e
5 x 25e x 3

Cross Extension Tri
12 x 40e x 4

Preacher Curl Hammer Machine
5 x 90 x 2
3 x 90

Tricep One Arm Extension Pull
11 x 40e
12 x 50e x 2
6 x 60e

[liftintexas]

11-19

Lower body

Squats
8 x 135
8 x 185
8 x 195
6 x 205
5 x 135

Seated Leg Press
9 x 270
8 x 360
4 x 450

Seated Leg Curl
10 x 70
9 x 90
7 x 110
6 x 110

Seated Calf Raises
AMRP x 90
" x 115 x 2

[liftintexas]

November 23, 2007

Random workout

Bought a guess pass for a local gym here where we are visiting. Did chest and back - sorta. And some cardio. not a great workout, but mainly just needed something to counteract the HORRIBLE eating I have done for THREE days. Ugh.

[T-Runner]

I'm with you on the eating. Thursday turned into Friday turned into Saturday with minimal change in my eating pattern. I corrected some today, and I'm back on the wagon tomorrow.

[Deserve]

Everything starts on Monday. It just has to. Like all of you I'm back on the wagon.

[liftintexas]

After only working out twice last week due to the holiday, I was looking forward to today. And I am sick. Again. Stomach bug. Again.

[Deserve]

I did ok through the holidays. I only missed one workout on Sunday and I got it in the next day. Sorry about the bug. It sounds like something is going around.

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by Deserve

I did ok through the holidays. I only missed one workout on Sunday and I got it in the next day.

Thanks, Gabe. Rub in my slacker-ness.

[Deserve]

Think of it as motivation. Not rubbing it in.

For a brief shinning moment I got up to 165. By Monday I was back down. Such is life. For me gaining is equally as hard as losing is for some.

[liftintexas]

12-3-5

Had an excellent training session with Clay Hyght (drclay.com) yesterday. Was in the area for business and scheduled a 90 minute session with him. Extremely helpful as he helped me with form on chest exercises and helped me overcome some roadblocks on deadlifts, squats, and clean and press. He's very knowledgeable, takes a lot of time to explain things, and just a nice guy. Excited about getting home to implement.

[liftintexas]

12-4-2007

Hotel training and forgot to track what I did specifically. Bi's and tri's. Skull crushers, curls, incline curl, tricep pull downs, hammer curls, and some other things. Ready to get back to regular workouts.

[Deserve]

I forgot you were out of town this week. I was wondering. Did you make him show you the dead lift?

[liftintexas]

yep. I was actually doing the deadlifts right, for the most part. Definitely helped me improve, but I was avoiding them out of lack of knowledge more than anything.

[Deserve]

It sounds like money well spent then.

[liftintexas]

BB Chest Press
135 x 6
185 x 5
185 x 5
195 x 4

Push Press
45 x 10
65 x 7
65 x 8

Incline Press
50e x 8
60e x 6
60e x 4

DB Seated Lat Raise
17.5e x 10
17.5e x 9
17.5e x 7

Skull Crushers*
55 x 11
55 x 12
55 x 9
55 x 7

EZ BB Curl
55 x 12
55 x 12
55 x 10
55 x 8

* Superset

Notes: Good to be back after holiday break and being sick. Bench seemed slightly weaker than before but all else was good.

Not sure my form on push/press was great. Got one weird look but maybe it was just because I was using light weight - was really focused on form. Who knows?

[Deserve]

Nice chest/arm day.

[liftintexas]

12-8-07

Pull-ups
1 x 8
1 x 5
1 x 3

Deadlifts
8 x 45
8 x 95
7 x 95
7 x 95

DB Unilateral Rows
10 x 35
10 x 40
9 x 40
9 x 40

Leg Press
10 x 270
10 x 360
6 x 450

Calf Press Machine
15 x 160
10 x 200
12 x 200

Note: Deadlifts stunk. My back was hurting even with the sad weight. Not sure what is wrong. Kinda threw off the rest of my workout.

[BamaDave]

Lift, sounds like it was a great opportunity to have a session with Dr. Clay. I imagine I could benefit greatly from some professional feedback like that. I hope your back feels better quickly.

[mel]

Take care of your back! Best to figure out what is going on then to push through it too soon and do something serious.

mel

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by BamaDave

Lift, sounds like it was a great opportunity to have a session with Dr. Clay. I imagine I could benefit greatly from some professional feedback like that. I hope your back feels better quickly.

Thanks, Dave. Truly was. Back is some better today. Just more frustrated that I did something to hurt it. Too young for this!

[liftintexas]

Originally Posted by mel

Take care of your back! Best to figure out what is going on then to push through it too soon and do something serious.

mel

I know. I'm trying to do some stretches and make sure I just pulled something ... I doubt it's too serious. I hope!