Thursday, 27 November 2008

Deadlifts:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 3 x 10

Rack pulls:
225 lbs. (102 kg) 4 x 3
275 lbs. (125 kg) 1 x 1

Pullthroughs:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 15

Cable station crunches:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 33

Cable station sidebends:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 15

Comments: Again, going light to gauge just how injured I might still be/prevent further injury. It looks like I’ll be able to start increasing the weight again next week, hopefully. A note on the deadlifts/rack pulls: I need to keep my ass down. Every one of them apparently looked like I was stiff-legging them. Damn it.

Wednesday, 26 November 2008

DB bench:
40s (18 kg) 3 x 10

BB bench:
225 lbs. (102 kg) 4 x 1
245 lbs. (111 kg) 1 x 1

Single-arm DB rows:
65 lbs. (29 kg) 3 x 8

Seated shoulder presses:
40s (18 kg) 3 x 10

Lat pulldowns:
150 lbs. (68 kg) overhand grip 1 x 6
150 lbs. (68 kg) underhand grip 1 x 7
160 lbs. (73 kg) overhand grip 1 x 5
160 lbs. (73 kg) underhand grip 1 x 6

Close-grip bench:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 3 x 10

Comments: I’ll be glad when my back/leg finally heals and I can go heavier again.

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Yeah, it’s 6:00 in the morning and I didn’t sleep last night, wanna fight about it?

Now that I think about it, the low temperature for the day has been below freezing more often than not for the past fortnight, and that’s really nice. But you know what’s even better? It’s this cold and winter’s still technically a month away. Northwest Georgia may be grim and frostbitten (and kvlt, of course) this season. :D:D:D

Oh god, Black Friday is a scant few days away… Speaking of, I’m off until then, so I really should go to the mountains and take some photos of what’s left of the changed leaves. As I’ve been meaning to do for like a month now.

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Measured myself the other day, and I’m down to a 39 in. (99 cm) waist (and 247 lbs./112 kg as of tonight – probably less, since I had a big-ass plate of spaghetti right before going to the gym). I haven’t been this small since maybe middle school or my freshman year. And I can wear XL shirts comfortably. My world’s done gone and gotten fucked up. Getting smaller is kind of emasculating, especially when your training partner keeps calling you a tiny faggot.

Speaking of faggots, there’ve been some staff changes at the Hot Topic. I’m still an assistant manager, but the other assistant AND manager both quit thanks to new upper management, and now we have a large homosexual man in charge of the store. Far be it from me to say anything bad about Chad (except him being a punkass bitch), but we’re doing a lot more business now and making a lot more money.

Totally unrelated, I still need to get a passport.

Monday, 24 November 2008

Cambered bar squats:
95 lbs. (43 kg) 3 x 10
225 lbs. (102 kg) 5 x 3

Leg press:
320 lbs. (145 kg) 4 x 10

Standing cable crunches:
80 lbs. (36 kg) 3 x 8

DB Sidebends:
65 lbs. (29 kg) 3 x 10

Comments: Tonight was mainly to see how injured, if at all, I still was/am. Looks like not very. Only had a little discomfort while unracking the squat. As it was probably the leg press that hurt me last week, I’m thinking about decreasing the weight and increasing the reps on that. Especially since it’s just an accessory exercise, and not the main one (which would be the squat, of course ).

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Week 22, front:

Week 22, left:

Week 22, right:

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

DB bench:
40s (18 kg) 3 x 10

BB bench:
185 lbs. (84 kg) 2 x 3
225 lbs. (102 kg) 3 x 1

Lawnmowers (one-arm DB rows):
65 lbs. (29 kg) 3 x 8

Seated shoulder presses:
40s (18 kg) 3 x 7

Lat pulldowns:
130 lbs. (59 kg) overhand grip 1 x 8
130 lbs. (59 kg) underhand grip 1 x 8
150 lbs. (68 kg) overhand grip 1 x 5
150 lbs. (68 kg) underhand grip 1 x 6

Cable station triceps pressdowns:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 1 x didn’t actually count; 15 – 20 reps.

Comments: My back/leg still is still gimpy (feels kind of like a pinched nerve now? ), which is why I opted for the lawnmowers instead of bent-over rows. I should’ve known better when it started feeling kinda weird, but no, I was hitting some good numbers, so I had to continue. Lame. Anyhoo, may not lift tomorrow because of it, either. We’ll see how it goes.

Monday, 17 November 2008

Cambered bar squats:
95 lbs. (43 kg) 3 x 10
225 lbs. (102 kg) 2 x 3
245 lbs. (111 kg) 1 x 1
265 lbs. (120 kg) 1 x 1
290 lbs. (132 kg) 1 x 1

Leg press:
360 lbs. (163 kg) 1 x 6
450 lbs. (204 kg) 1 x 3
540 lbs. (245 kg) 1 x 3
610 lbs. (277 kg) 1 x 1

Standing cable crunches:
80 lbs. (36 kg) 1 x 8
90 lb.s (41 kg) 1 x 6 because my hand cramped the fuck up.
100 lbs. (45 kg) 1 x 3 because my forearm cramped the fuck up.

DB sidebends:
70 lbs. (32 kg) 1 x 10
80 lbs. (36 kg) 1 x 9
90 lbs. (41 kg) 1 x 8

Leg curls:
Single-leg 30 lbs. (14 kg) 1 x 10
Lifting with both legs, lowering with left 50 lbs. (23 kg) 2 x 8

Comments: Left hamstring area is feeling a little off; hopefully not seriously injured and simply kinda stiff from lying in bed all day internetting.

Also, continuing to get tiny. 248 at tonight’s weigh-in. That (bodyweight) should decrease a little faster with the resuming of the Stimulants. It’d be really nice if the skin would tighten up a little more, though. … Did I just say that? Tee-hee.

11142008

Week 21, front:

Week 21, left:

Week 21, right:

Thursday, 13 November 2008

Deadlift:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 3 x 10

Rack pulls:
225 lbs. (102 kg) 2 x 3
275 lbs. (125 kg) 2 x 1
315 lbs. (143 kg) 1 x 1/2, 1 x 1

Pullthroughs:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 15

Cable station crunches:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 30

Cable station sidebends:
100 lbs. (45 kg) 3 x 15

Leg curls:
50 lbs. (23 kg) 3 x 10

Comments: Every (heavy) rack pull I do ends up being almost stiff-legged. I need to work on keeping my ass down.