Road to recovery
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It's a Hotel gym, they don't like using anything other than what it says the instructions.
My grip is already dead by the time I get to that from farmer's walks and all the other work.
I might try with the towl Friday first, if the chap I know is there I'll ask him. It would be bad to get banned on my first week there haha.
My grip is already dead by the time I get to that from farmer's walks and all the other work.
I might try with the towl Friday first, if the chap I know is there I'll ask him. It would be bad to get banned on my first week there haha.
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Cardio today
The heat does not help at all, it's so humid.
Gotta love the condescending looks from the "big hard" lads.
The amount of momentum and back bending for half rep bicep curls is amazing. :/
Dinner was pretty darn nice
Braaid/BBQ's steak, chicken and pork belly ribs.
All on green leaf salad with tomatoes and goats cheese.
The heat does not help at all, it's so humid.
Gotta love the condescending looks from the "big hard" lads.
The amount of momentum and back bending for half rep bicep curls is amazing. :/
Dinner was pretty darn nice
Braaid/BBQ's steak, chicken and pork belly ribs.
All on green leaf salad with tomatoes and goats cheese.
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Whoop! Got this today, an early B-day pressy and it's going to be a fun summer training.
5kg Oats
5Lbs True Whey, chocolate
1kg Milk Protein, chocolate
1kg Taurine
Bottle of CLA fatty acids
Bottle of Green Tea Extract
Bottle of Therma-Extreme ( looks like a pre-training sup )
Also a little MP hand towel haha
Was an MP bundle pack.
I'll be adding a small scoop of taurine to my bottle of Xtend.
5kg Oats
5Lbs True Whey, chocolate
1kg Milk Protein, chocolate
1kg Taurine
Bottle of CLA fatty acids
Bottle of Green Tea Extract
Bottle of Therma-Extreme ( looks like a pre-training sup )
Also a little MP hand towel haha
Was an MP bundle pack.
I'll be adding a small scoop of taurine to my bottle of Xtend.
Caporegime
In all honesty. I need a towel of somesorts, my face is dripping on my cardio days.
I don;t think I'd be able to do that much cardio....theres LOOOOOOOOADS there
I don;t think I'd be able to do that much cardio....theres LOOOOOOOOADS there
You've seen my cardio, and I certainly need a towel. Especially on these hot days.
I need to get liquid chalk again though, sweaty hands are terrible and a towel only helps so much.
The gym has a pool, so I really should use that at some stage.
Caporegime
Would be lovely to just jump in to a swimming pool afterwards
I have to get in a car, then go home and shower
Legs this afternoon.
I really like the plate loaded leg press and their leg extension and hamstring curler.
The latter two have a much larger ROM than the previous ones I used so they're harder
Just so happy to have a decent leg press again, the angle on it does add a little pressure on my lower back, but it's all good. I'll be slowly adding weight to it weekly.
Strangely I have no DOMS from Monday's training, Not working hard enough it seems
I really like the plate loaded leg press and their leg extension and hamstring curler.
The latter two have a much larger ROM than the previous ones I used so they're harder
Warmup
1 hour walk into town and back
Legpress (Plate loaded)
60kg x10
80kg x10
100kg x12 5 sets
80kg x20
60kg x20
Knees were brought back right against my chest during reps
Seated Hamstring curler
45kg x10 (100lbs)
73kg x12 (160lbs)
90kg x12 5 sets (200lbs)
Leg Extensions
73kg x12 (160lbs)
90kg x12 5 sets (200lbs)
Legpres /calve toe presses
60kg x20 5 sets
Leg press
60kg x20
Stretches
Just so happy to have a decent leg press again, the angle on it does add a little pressure on my lower back, but it's all good. I'll be slowly adding weight to it weekly.
Strangely I have no DOMS from Monday's training, Not working hard enough it seems
Hahaha I know!
I didn't get a scoop with it, so I'll be using my old Jack3d one. Even then less than half a scoop should be plenty.
EDIT: The MP towel is very very good. It's a lot thinner then my normal one but it's quite good.
I didn't get a scoop with it, so I'll be using my old Jack3d one. Even then less than half a scoop should be plenty.
EDIT: The MP towel is very very good. It's a lot thinner then my normal one but it's quite good.
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It's been a long day, I want a steak and some sleep.
Back and shoulders
I love how tough their cable machine is, the one at the college was so easy. Even my grip was getting worked during the cable rows and rope pull downs.
Which showed during the farmers walks, those thick handles are brilliant. Left hand was nearly failed on the very last rep, and my right was holding on with just the thumb, index and middle finger.
Edit: Actually I should ask how much the plates weigh on the cable machine.
Back and shoulders
I love how tough their cable machine is, the one at the college was so easy. Even my grip was getting worked during the cable rows and rope pull downs.
Which showed during the farmers walks, those thick handles are brilliant. Left hand was nearly failed on the very last rep, and my right was holding on with just the thumb, index and middle finger.
Edit: Actually I should ask how much the plates weigh on the cable machine.
After a weekend on just BBQ'ing and eating nothing but meats and salads I'm still hungry.
Forgot to update this Yesterday.
Chest day
Adding in the extra cables flys were nice, got a chest pump, felt extremely weird.
Also had what felt like growth pains in my legs last night, probably from the high crosstrainer setting and the farmer's walking. Grip is getting better, failed with my left hand on the second last rep with them. Just stopped waited 10 seconds and finished.
The jump from 25kg - 30kg dumbells is going to be tough though, after that it's all about reps as they don't have heavier dumbells.
Not looking forward to cardio later today, as it's been raining heavily all day so far. The walk to the gym is going to suck.
Forgot to update this Yesterday.
Chest day
Crosstrainer 10 mins
Resistence 14 ( Felt like going through tar
Chest press
60kg x10
90kg x5
110kg x10 5 sets
70kg x5
Chest Cable flys
Handle from bottom
5kg x8
7.5kg x10 5 sets
Handles from top
5kg x10
7.5kg x10 3 sets
5kg x10
Barbell Bicep curls
Wide Grip
22kg x10 5 sets
Narrow Grip
19.5kg x7 5 sets
Farmer's Walk
25kg thick handles
26 lengths of gym
1 set of 6
5 sets of 4
Seated Leg raises
BW 12 x10 5 sets
Stretches
Adding in the extra cables flys were nice, got a chest pump, felt extremely weird.
Also had what felt like growth pains in my legs last night, probably from the high crosstrainer setting and the farmer's walking. Grip is getting better, failed with my left hand on the second last rep with them. Just stopped waited 10 seconds and finished.
The jump from 25kg - 30kg dumbells is going to be tough though, after that it's all about reps as they don't have heavier dumbells.
Not looking forward to cardio later today, as it's been raining heavily all day so far. The walk to the gym is going to suck.
Yesterday's cardio was terrible.
My legs were actually in bits from the weekend and Monday's farmer's walking.
Only managed 1 mile in just over 11 minutes. Disgusted with myself.
Especially my calves, they were destroyed. Decided to drop toe presses on Mondays just so my cardio and leg day don't get affected.
I'll still keep them on Fridays though.
The crosstrainers here are so different and put a lot more on my calves, but what the hell. Still not happy that it feels like I'm wading through Tar at resistence 14, going to keep at it until I get to at least a mile at 9 minutes on it before going to resistence 15.
These also just arrived, going to try Black Powder for one week, then Jack3d another.
Got some free flapjacks with them, they'll be my first ever to try.
Interested to see what Black Powder is like.
I'll find out today when training legs.
My legs were actually in bits from the weekend and Monday's farmer's walking.
Only managed 1 mile in just over 11 minutes. Disgusted with myself.
Especially my calves, they were destroyed. Decided to drop toe presses on Mondays just so my cardio and leg day don't get affected.
I'll still keep them on Fridays though.
The crosstrainers here are so different and put a lot more on my calves, but what the hell. Still not happy that it feels like I'm wading through Tar at resistence 14, going to keep at it until I get to at least a mile at 9 minutes on it before going to resistence 15.
These also just arrived, going to try Black Powder for one week, then Jack3d another.
Got some free flapjacks with them, they'll be my first ever to try.
Interested to see what Black Powder is like.
I'll find out today when training legs.
Okay, back from Leg training and here's my verdict on Black Powder.
DO NOT BUY! Not if you already have something like Jack3d.
It's alright, it helps get a bit of a pump (I never cared for getting 'Pumped'), and that extra little energy it provides is alright
(carbs and caffiene).
Yet it's not jack3d, it doesn't give that tingly feeling and burst of energy where you feel like the weight is just nothing.
Sure if you have it use it, but other than that don't bother if you already have something that works really well for you.
I even cut out my half a scoop of oats with my scoop of whey after training since Black Powder already has some carbs in it.
I'll finish it off and that's that. Won't bother with it again.
One week BP and one week Jack3d until it's all gone.
Anyway here's today's Leg training.
Legs
Cardio tomorrow is going to be fun and sore.
DO NOT BUY! Not if you already have something like Jack3d.
It's alright, it helps get a bit of a pump (I never cared for getting 'Pumped'), and that extra little energy it provides is alright
(carbs and caffiene).
Yet it's not jack3d, it doesn't give that tingly feeling and burst of energy where you feel like the weight is just nothing.
Sure if you have it use it, but other than that don't bother if you already have something that works really well for you.
I even cut out my half a scoop of oats with my scoop of whey after training since Black Powder already has some carbs in it.
I'll finish it off and that's that. Won't bother with it again.
One week BP and one week Jack3d until it's all gone.
Anyway here's today's Leg training.
Legs
Cardio tomorrow is going to be fun and sore.
Chest and biceps today.
Felt like a boob after I realised I was doing the wrong weight on arms and squeezing out forehead veins in the process of getting it done.
I only realised at the end of the wide grip curls that I accidently had two 10kg plates on the bar instead of 5kg ones.
I couldn't for the life of my understand why everything so darn hard, no way 2.5kg increase would sap all my energy...
Then I saw my mistake...ugh.
The narrow grip ones at their proper increased weight was so much easier, but my arms were just too tight to get the last set done properlly or do any farmer's walks.
I could't even do one length of the gym with 25kg dumbbells, grip didn't even last me 2 metres.
I'll be sure to check properly next time haha.
Felt like a boob after I realised I was doing the wrong weight on arms and squeezing out forehead veins in the process of getting it done.
I only realised at the end of the wide grip curls that I accidently had two 10kg plates on the bar instead of 5kg ones.
I couldn't for the life of my understand why everything so darn hard, no way 2.5kg increase would sap all my energy...
Then I saw my mistake...ugh.
The narrow grip ones at their proper increased weight was so much easier, but my arms were just too tight to get the last set done properlly or do any farmer's walks.
I could't even do one length of the gym with 25kg dumbbells, grip didn't even last me 2 metres.
I'll be sure to check properly next time haha.