No magic pill

[Bytsi]

People who train only their mirror muscles are preparing for others to see them following while people who also train their hidden muscles are preparing for others to see them leading.

I love this!

[RedLefty]

I still don't get it, but I'm glad it worked to motivate him.

[gobbla]

Assume everyone is standing in a single file line (as any good American would)

If your back is trained them people behind you can see the results.

If your front is trained then only those in front of you would be able to see it, but they don't care because you're a douche that's at the back of the line.

[RedLefty]

Ah, I get it now.

It took a while because I usually walk and run backwards, so it would be reversed for me.

Time to do some pec flyes.

[Phaedrus49er]

Thanks, Tony. I was hoping someone would help Special Needs over there.

[Phaedrus49er]

2-DB split snatch from front hang, 60RI
--3 @ 40s, 3 @ 40s, 3 @ 40s, 3 @ 45s, 3 @ 45s

2-DB push jerk, 60RI
--3 @ 45s, 3 @ 45s, 3 @ 45s, 3 @ 50s, 3 @ 50s

SUPERSET
1-arm DB bench press, 0RI
--5 @ 50, 5 @ 50, 5 @ 50, 5 @ 50
+
depth plyo push-up, 60Ri
--5 @ BW, 3 @ BW, 3 @ BW, 3 @ BW

SUPERSET
static wall squat, 0RI
--60sec @ BW, 60sec @ BW, 60sec @ BW, 60sec @ BW
+
squat jump, 90RI
--10 @ BW, 10 @ BW, 10 @ BW, 10 @ BW

1-arm DB swing, 0RI
--15 @ 25, 15 @ 25, 15 @ 25



Notes:
--Another semi-repeat, only this time with the prescribed upper-body superset.
--However, the last time I did these two supersets in the same workout, it looks like the split snatch loads increased a little, the push jerk loads decreased a little (I'm still wobbly for the first two sets), bench presses were harder this time despite similar loading, I dropped one rep from the plyo push-ups, and the last set of wall squats nearly had me in tears. Just an odd fluctuation, I suppose. If this weirdness happens next time, then I'll be worried.
--I tweaked something in my left shoulder near the distal end of the clavicle yesterday during waiter's carries, but I'm just treating it as a tweak for now. I've been a little concerned over the push-dominant setup these workouts seem to have (or maybe I've just been doing posterior-dominant work for so long that I'm actually more balanced now). I'll continue monitoring.
--The beef jerky will be gone today. It lasted one day longer than expected.

[RedLefty]

Still low-carbing?

[Phaedrus49er]

Originally Posted by RedLefty

Still low-carbing?

Relatively speaking, yes. Today was a hiccup since I was out of the house most of the day, but for the most part, I stick to a cereal of some sort at breakfast (if I don't have an omelet instead), then at most two sandwiches a day. Otherwise, it's carbs from fruits and veggies, so instead of low-carb, I guess I'm going low-grain. However, I'm making sure to not hit keto again. Good grief...

[RedLefty]

If a bowl of cereal and two sandwiches is still low-grain for you, relatively speaking, then you must have been following the food pyramid before this!

[Phaedrus49er]

Circuit x 10, 0RI
--rope jump x 100
--burpees x 10
--push-ups x 10
--BW squats x 10

Time - 44:45



Notes:
--Major suckage on time, but then, I didn't even time the last iteration of this routine, so now I have a number to beat. I was fairly liberal in my unplanned rest intervals as I just did not feel like reaching the pukage point.
--No core work today since I did a little extra on my Gray Cook routine in warm-ups. I also blew off the planned finisher since it was the same as yesterday's.
--It seems the assholes are infiltrating Saturdays at the gym. I was kicked out of the aerobics studio during my routine because I was "messing up the people behind me," even though I'd offered to move behind those same people when they came into the class LATE and even though the music was so ear-splittingly loud that no one could hear me anyway. I wouldn't've minded leaving had the little 100lb carrot top bitch--er, instructor asked me at any point during the fifteen minutes before the class started that she was in there setting up. Nope, she waited until they were through their "warm-up" to stop the music (and the class) and say something. So, I asked her where else in the gym I was going to work, to which she gave the generic "I know there's not a lot of room out there [in the rest of the gym] but we're here from 10am to 11am on Saturdays..." I'd tuned her out by that point, picked up my stuff, and said on my way out, "Ya know, I wouldn't've minded leaving had you asked me before class or if you were actually teaching something beneficial and worthwhile to these people" (this was a Group Power class). Too bad that my old boxing gym's second location is no longer there, meaning a twenty-minute drive to the original location if I wanted to leave my current gym. In a pinch, I could do all of my workouts at home, but I'm a few pieces of equipment short of being comfortable enough to tell them to go fuck themselves. Soon, though, soon...

[Phaedrus49er]

Originally Posted by RedLefty

If a bowl of cereal and two sandwiches is still low-grain for you, relatively speaking, then you must have been following the food pyramid before this!

"Cereal" involves oatmeal as well, and even then, "cereal and two sandwiches" is a high-grain day for me now. You're right, though: I was having some really bad days, like half a loaf of bread. Seriously, bread is my daddy.

[Aoife]

mmmm… bread.

[Terry Monk]

Tell that "instructor" that they need to move because you're in there on Saturdays. That's what Mahler would do.

[Lost Dog]

I'm all low fat except for the snackwells and red vines.

[Phaedrus49er]

Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I'm all low fat except for the snackwells and red vines.

It's been a rough week, hasn't it?

[Phaedrus49er]

I spent an unplanned, unlogged three hours or so at/in a friend's pool yesterday. For one, though I got some good sun, I STILL have a tan line on my legs from the Friday boat outing at the summit (yeah, I got cooked despite the sunscreen). For two, this was my first time shirtless in public since said summit (those pictures remain under lock-and-key), and in comparison to everything else at the pool, I actually felt pretty good about it, but there's still a lot of work to be done. For three, having fun doing nothing is hard work. I slept really well last night, all night, for the first time in a couple months, though "all night" meant only just over six hours. Hey, it's a start, but I have a feeling I'm going to have a tougher time getting to my workout today (maybe I can get a nap at work).

That being said, I've been fidgety and restless as all hell for the past week or so. Insomnia aside, it's been a little difficult to explain, but I do know that I'm not currently reading something, which is usually a good indicator (mass purchase from Amazon is set to arrive later this week). Something also hit me this morning that I'll continue to explore over the next few days, basically a "why am I doing this" in my studies. Am I studying for the CSCS because I hold that certification in high regard (less so lately), because it'll get me doing something I really want to do, or because it'll get me out of a work and living situation I've long since tired of? After reading several recent posts on this and other forums, and after researching other certifications (namely ISSA--which has several supplemental certifications I really like--and NASM), the sense I got from the questioning this morning was that I'm not so much interested in getting letters as I am in just simply opening and running my own small, hole-in-the-wall gym that caters to people like me who hate the typical franchise "fitness center." Opening my own place has always been an option, just one that's been WAAAY back on the stove, maybe even on the backsplash rather than even a back burner. I don't need a certification to own/operate a gym, just a viable business plan and a small-ish loan (or sugar mama). (Of note, I've also wanted to open my own dance club--country/Western, of course--for awhile since the only decent place in town has really tanked over the past year or so, and I really hate giving them the two-dollar cover to get in, let alone the cost of any drinks.)

Part of what triggered this dormant thought was a quick conversation with an ex who lives in Richmond. She mentioned that the old 24-hour gym I used when I lived up there had been turned into an Irish pub (the place had been a restaurant in the first place, and I knew the gym owner had sold the space) and that the place had literally been destroyed after a blow-out party of some sort. There wasn't anything particularly special about the place other than it was the only 24-hour gym I've belonged to, a tiny place accessibly only by a microchipped key given to each member, meaning the "desk" didn't have to be staffed all the time (a closed-circuit camera recorded the entrance for ten seconds every time the door opened). It was just a great setup that I haven't really stopped missing.

This isn't to say I won't get a certification--after all, that'll put some legitimacy behind the ownership--but I'm thinking more and more that the CSCS isn't what I want (anyone want to buy some study materials? ). Though there is more expense, and though I'm already an NSCA member (I can let that expire eventually), I'll likely look toward those other aforemention letters for the sake of letters when it comes to that, but I'm thinking that I'll shift some temporal and mental resources toward the whole "my own place" thing. I'm already technically an independent contractor, so maybe it's time to actually be my own boss.

Of course, I may just need more coffee...