Page 3 - Rox's Return, Part Deux

[Chris-STL]

Workouts are looking good, keep it up!

Also I don't think moping is as much exercise as actually having the flu. My stomach muscles always feel it the day after I've been sick!

[Bill2380]

Mopping up sucks. The last time we did that at our house was my son's first encounter with a Margarita machine. Not that much changes as they get older.

[K-Court]

Nice work, Greg - that one looked fairly tough on the shoulders but you seem to be managing ok with it.

Bill - and here I thought I was over the puking kid stage.

[Bill2380]

Bill - and here I thought I was over the puking kid stage.

First thing one Sunday morning my wife says, "Bill, come quick. I think the toilet in Brian's bathroom exploded." Once I stopped the dog from feasting on the chunks I was able to determine that the explosion was human rather than plumbing related. I closed the door and saved the clean up for my little boy.

[RedWifey]

Excellent choice, Bill!

[hard_rox]

Originally Posted by Chris-STL

Workouts are looking good, keep it up!

Also I don't think moping is as much exercise as actually having the flu. My stomach muscles always feel it the day after I've been sick!

Thanks Chris. And yes, nothing works the stomach muscles quiet like multiple rounds of dry heaves.

Originally Posted by Bill2380

Mopping up sucks. The last time we did that at our house was my son's first encounter with a Margarita machine. Not that much changes as they get older.

We're not at the stage...yet. Rowan was a prodigious hurler as an infant, to the point that if I had to feed him in the middle of the night I'd sit on the edge of the bathtub just for containment purposes. Fortunately Arden wasn't as bad and won't make up for it as a teenager.

Originally Posted by K-Court

Nice work, Greg - that one looked fairly tough on the shoulders but you seem to be managing ok with it.

Thanks Rob. After three attempts, I think I've finally honed in on the proper weights.

[hard_rox]

Tues. Jan 30

On the rings-
Sit tuck: 4x15 sec (+1 set)
Sit L: 4x15 sec (+1 set)
Tuck planche: 4x15 sec (+1 set)
HS against wall: 3x35 sec

Tina comment about her rings inspired me break out my set and use them in place of the p-lettes. Figured the shoulders could benefit from the instability. Managed to squeeze an extra set out of each exercise, but the tuck planche really fried the pecs. Just another reminder that I've got some work cut out for me.

[RedWifey]

Hey, what are the points of contact for wall slides?

[RedLefty]

Originally Posted by RedWifey

Hey, what are the points of contact for wall slides?

Starting from the bottom:

1) Hips
2) Lumbar spine (ideally, but the thought is to keep the lumbar curve from being excessive as a compensation tactic)
3) Scapula (keep them retracted and "down" throughout the entire movement)
4) Forearms/elbows
5) Hands

Feet can be anywhere from 6-18 inches from the wall. The closer you get to the wall, the harder it usually gets to keep all the contact points.

I just answered my own wife's question in another man's log. Is that wrong?

[RedWifey]

Interesting, I am pretty sure I've asked you this question before and I never got this much detail. Hmmmm.

Greg, thanks for letting us borrow your log and work this out!

[RedLefty]

Did you ask me right before bed or during a football game? You know that certain times are guaranteed to limit me to short answers.

Ask me something at work, though, and I have all the time in the world.

Oops. Time to go make some money now.

[hard_rox]

Originally Posted by RedWifey

Greg, thanks for letting us borrow your log and work this out!

No problemo, Jamie. Glad I could be of service.

[RacerBill]

Originally Posted by RedLefty

Starting from the bottom:

1) Hips
2) Lumbar spine (ideally, but the thought is to keep the lumbar curve from being excessive as a compensation tactic)
3) Scapula (keep them retracted and "down" throughout the entire movement)
4) Forearms/elbows
5) Hands

Feet can be anywhere from 6-18 inches from the wall. The closer you get to the wall, the harder it usually gets to keep all the contact points.

I just answered my own wife's question in another man's log. Is that wrong?

Don't forget the back of the head -- that should be against the wall, too. Avoid that turtle look!

And I sure hope that answering another man's wife's question in yet another man's log isn't out of line...

[hard_rox]

Thurs. Jan. 30

NROL: Hypertrophy 1
Workout: 1B

Superset: 60 sec rest
Squat: 4x10: 155 lb (+10 lbs)
Deadlift shrugs: 4x10: 155 lb (+10 lbs)

Superset: 60 sec rest
Bulg. Split squat: 4x10: 10 lb DBs
Step-up: 4x10: BW (-5 lbs)

Int. Rot (double band) 3x8
Ext. Rot. (double band) 3x8

Decent workout this morning. Happy to be squatting more than I weight for the 4x10. Knee was making noise during the BSS & step-ups, but no pain this time around. Looking forward to seeing how this month's exertion will play out with the fat lose/muscle gain.

[Bill2380]

That's a whole lotta leg work in one session. I only remember that one in my nightmares.

[RedLefty]

Yeah, that's the workout that left me wobbly and barely able to make it down the stairs to the locker room at the YMCA.

Originally Posted by hard_rox

Happy to be squatting more than I weight for the 4x10.

Well just go ahead and rub it in our faces, freak.

[Mahler]

Looking great, Greg. Gotta love that combo of split squats and step-ups. Brutal.