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Deserve · 03-19-2008, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by RedWifey

Apparently.

You know it's true. Don't deny it.

Phaedrus49er · 03-19-2008, 12:01 PM

Hey, look! Uggs!

Deserve · 03-19-2008, 12:30 PM

Where did you find that? or was it a pic from St. Pats day celebrations

kfisherx · 03-19-2008, 12:35 PM

Oh that pic is painful.... Minus the uggs that could easily be me on an occasion or two...

Phaedrus49er · 03-19-2008, 12:55 PM

Link from a link from a link (all SFW)

K-Court · 03-19-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by hard_rox

Snow boots? In Houston? On purpose? Glad I don't go out much otherwise I'd either chock on my food laughing at people or get beaten up. And I'm not looking forward to the teenage years with my daughter. She's already talking about makeup and has resorted to putting stickers on her earlobes for earrings.

HAHAHA. You're so screwed, Greg. Welcome to my life.

RedLefty · 03-20-2008, 10:36 AM

Maybe I've got this all backward. Maybe it's not the Uggs that are attractive on girls -- maybe instead it's only attractive girls who try to pull off the Uggs look around here. The unattractive ones don't even try. It's like driving a Jeep or wearing a choker necklace; I've yet to see an unatrractive girl doing either.

Lifted yesterday:

Seated rows: 6 sets of 5, 140lbs, 60s rest
DB Military Press: 6 sets of 5, 40lbs, 60s rest
Decline russian twist: 25lb plate at arms' length

That was all I got to do because the power rack and all the DBs were taken by this time. RW and the kids are out of town so I worked later and got to the Y later, hitting the rush hour crowd. Oh well, yet another week I didn't get to front squat and see how the leg reacts. Maybe next week. I'm in no rush.

In other news, I've been keeping a secret. I've been cutting for three weeks with a highly scientific plan. Three or four days a week I skip lunch. I still have great afternoon workouts and am drinking half a PWO shake or some milk right before lifting. For the first time in five years I can see abs, yet my strength keeps going up. I'll take it.

Next week I might rest for a few days and then start the next phase. Maybe more Waterbury, maybe some Westside... who knows. But I feel good about the fact that during six weeks of no major lower body work, I've been able to increase my upper body strength while losing a good amount of fat. Thanks again to the Men's Challenge participants. Without this competition I would've used the knee problem as an excuse to take two months off from the gym and eat everything in sight.

Deserve · 03-20-2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLefty

Maybe I've got this all backward. Maybe it's not the Uggs that are attractive on girls -- maybe instead it's only attractive girls who try to pull off the Uggs look around here. The unattractive ones don't even try. It's like driving a Jeep or wearing a choker necklace; I've yet to see an unattractive girl doing either.

It's all about the ankles. If it looks like a soft serve ice cream cone is attached to your foot even the dumbest of individuals know that it doesn't look good.

RedLefty · 03-20-2008, 11:20 PM

Swam today. It was trickier without my goggles which I accidently left in the shower area last week. I checked with lost and found and they didn't have them.

What exactly are you doing with my goggles, whomever you are? Will you give them away as a gift, wear them only to other places, or will you have the balls to wear them to the Y again? Or maybe you'll team up with the guys who took the three small bottles of shampoo I've also left there by accident over the past few months? Like a big "lost by Redlefty" party?

I know it's my fault I left them there.

Also, apparently I left my stopwatch running after my last set yesterday (I time my rest periods). It was at 23 hours and 40 minutes and still going.

L'ilJ · 03-21-2008, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLefty

Swam today. It was trickier without my goggles which I accidently left in the shower area last week. I checked with lost and found and they didn't have them.

What exactly are you doing with my goggles, whomever you are? Will you give them away as a gift, wear them only to other places, or will you have the balls to wear them to the Y again? Or maybe you'll team up with the guys who took the three small bottles of shampoo I've also left there by accident over the past few months? Like a big "lost by Redlefty" party?

I bet someone is "scrubbin' off" with them.

Deserve · 03-21-2008, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by RedLefty

Also, apparently I left my stopwatch running after my last set yesterday (I time my rest periods). It was at 23 hours and 40 minutes and still going.

I used to do that all the time. Eventually, I lost my stopwatch. Now I use the stopwatch on my I-Pod. I much more motivated to keep track of that.

RedLefty · 03-21-2008, 10:14 AM

It's weird -- the stopwatch doesn't have an off button. I've tried lots of button combos but there's no way to turn it off.

It has a battery in the back but I'm hoping it's powered by light also. It has to be, because I've had it for a few months and it's still working. The original package had no instructions, unfortunately. I'm just going to assume it will keep working forever. So far so good.

Dhocott · 03-21-2008, 10:23 AM

I have a digital stopwatch with no off button too, and I did have to change the battery. I don't know how long it will last because I put it away for almost 2 years and when I finally found it it wasn't working. So I guess the battery life ranges from 1 to 2 years or so.

RedLefty · 03-24-2008, 03:52 PM

Yes, I still work out. Just went out of town for the weekend and haven't been online. Lifted on Friday:

Incline DB rows: 3 sets of 8, 50lbs
T-pushups: 3 sets of 8
Ab rollouts
Reverse crunches
Cable flyes: 3 sets of 5
Cable reverse flyes: 3 sets of 5
Leg rehab complexes (bowler's lunges, split squats, hip/leg extensions)

RedWifey and the kids had already been in Arkansas for a couple of days visiting family, and I was to join them Friday afternoon. An easy 55-minute direct flight from Houston to Little Rock. I finished my workout in Houston at 1:15, and by 5pm I was with the family and headed to JP's house for a great night of dinner and visiting. I've got all kinds of incredible dirt to share, but I'm kinda busy right now. Maybe later.

Taking the next couple of days off and will start a new program on Wednesday. Leg feels good. Haven't decided between a Waterbury or Westside program yet.

kfisherx · 03-24-2008, 04:00 PM

Ah hah... So that is where you have been hiding.

Can't wait to catch up. And Jill... You are a bad girl. LOL!! (Scrubbing off with them)

RedLefty · 03-26-2008, 09:18 PM

Lots to bring you up to speed on. I'll break it up. First is the fitness stuff with my lifting today:

Hip/glute activation work (bowler's lunges, BSS, clams, etc...)
Rotating non-stop planks -- 2 minutes
Deadlift: 5 reps at 135, 5 reps at 205, then four singles at 255
Front squat: 5 reps at 115, then four singles at 135
1-arm pushups against smith machine bar (third from lowest setting)
Inverted rows in smith machine
DB Farmer's hold: 180 pounds total for 30 seconds

It was finally time today to do some careful testing of the knee, and things felt pretty good. I could've gone heavier with the deadlifts but probably not the front squats. Funny since the difference is already so huge with those two lifts. But squats are the ones that have always scared me with my knee when I go heavy.

I've been wavering on the workout plan because I've known all along in the back of my mind that there's one type of training I haven't done in a long time -- strength-focused. It's all been hypertrophy or fat loss goals. Now my body seems to be ready to tackle the challenge, so I'm starting NROL Strength I on Monday. The workouts are long, which I'm not crazy about, but I'll just suck it up and do it. It's challenge time.