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Late, work/laziness, etc.

Week 27, front:

Week 27, left:

Week 27, right:

God, I look like an old man.

Monday, 29 December 2008

Cambered bar squats:
95 lbs. (43 kg) 3 x 10
225 lbs. (102 kg) 3 x 3
275 lbs. (125 kg) 2 x 1

Leg press:
320 lbs. (145 kg) 1 x 10
370 lbs. (168 kg) 1 x 8
410 lbs. (186 kg) 1 x 7

Standing cable crunches:
80 lbs. (36 kg) 3 x 10

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

Leg curls:
70 lbs. (32 kg) 1 x 8
80 lbs. (36 kg) 2 x 7

Comments: Plus only 5 minutes of HIIT biking; I was wiped the fuck out. I’m happy to have actually squatted that 275 – it certainly didn’t feel like I was going to upon unracking. 315 may not be that far away!

Thursday, 25 December 2008

Yeah, that’s right, we lifted on Christmas. WHAT.

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

Rack pulls:
225 lbs. (102 kg) 3 x 3
275 lbs. (125 kg) 2 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 20

Leg curls:
60 lbs. (27 kg) 1 x 10
70 lbs. (32kg) 1 x 8
80 lbs. (36 kg) 1 x 5

Comments: Plus 10 minutes HIIT biking. Next week, my work schedule will be more reasonable and I should be able to get more sleep, so my lifts should get better. Also, the post-workout shake raised my blood sugar more than is acceptable, so it’s straight whey (well, with water – I don’t think I could handle eating it yet) after lifting until I can restore my insulin sensitivity/for the foreseeable future.

Wednesday, 24 December 2008

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

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

Single-arm DB rows:
60 lbs. (27 kg) 3 x 10

Lat pulldowns:
150 lbs. (68 kg) overhand grip 1 x 6
150 lbs. (68 kg) underhand grip 1 x 6
150 lbs. (68 kg) overhand grip 1 x 6 1/2
150 lbs. (68 kg) underhand grip 1 x 5

Close-grip bench:
135 lbs. (61 kg) 2 x 10
155 lbs. (70 kg) 1 x 8

Comments: Plus 10 minutes of HIIT biking. Still weak, but not TOO bad for being awake since 4:30 this morning.

Sunday, 21 December 2008

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

Leg press:
320 lbs. (145 kg) 3 x 10

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

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

Leg curls:
50 lbs. (23 kg) 1 x 10
60 lbs. (27 kg) 1 x 10
70 lbs. (32 kg) 1 x 8

Comments: Still easing back into it. Goddamn it. Down to (back up to from the doctor’s office? My weight’s fluctuated so much this past week that I don’t know) 240 lbs. (109 kg) according to the gym’s scale. Also, I had my post-workout shake tonight and am going to see how/if that affects my blood sugar tomorrow. Depending on the result, I may have to go with straight protein for a while.

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178 this morning. Well, afternoon – my morning.

Happy solstice to all you heathens.

Speaking of pagan stuff, just found out yesterday that KORPIKLAANI WILL BE PLAYING PAGANFEST USA NEXT YEAR!!! I fully intend on yoiking the fuck out and he-bitch manraping Jonne. Not in a gay way, though. Manly. Like a Viking.

12202008

Week 26, front:

Week 26, left:

Week 26, right:

Also, totally unrelated to the beard, blood sugar was 192 this morning. Still damn high, BUT still coming down. Still encouraging.

12172008

Just checked my blood sugar again, and it was 225. I realise that it can vary greatly during the course of a day and that that’s still pretty damn high, but it’s SIGNIFICANTLY less than it was the other day, and that’s… encouraging. Only a couple more days left on the antibiotic, then it’s time for some acidopholus and yogurt. THEN some SCIENCE!.

I actually have lifted a few times since acquiring the infection, but didn’t do anything heavy enough or with enough volume to note thanks to the pills making me dizzy/faint as fuck (that coupled with not eating for a while when I started back to work made me think I was going to collapse onto a customer a few times). I’ll start documenting that again next week.

12162008

Alright, so the blood sugar was consistently high for three readings (though it has gone down a good bit since Thursday). This whole ordeal is making me feel very… mortal. I don’t care for it.

I’ve been reading some interesting articles (not the Wikipedia one, it’s fucking depressing) about how, instead of obesity causing diabetes, both are simply caused by poor diet – mostly the consumption of trans fats/partially hydrogenated blah blah blah – and how it may be possible to “cure” it through diet alone (and not that 1600-calorie-per-day horseshit, either). Since I really hate the idea of taking drugs to treat this (though I have no problem popping pills for recreation or performance enhancement, odd…), this may bear looking into.

I think it’s time to conduct some SCIENCE!

After I’m finished with the antibiotic.

12152008

A little late because, again, blogging wasn’t high on list of things to do last week.

Week 25, front:

Week 25, left:

Week 25, right:

Whee.