It's Time...

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by /JV/

I forgot to respond to this. I took a class a couple summers ago, played nearly weekly after work on Fridays for a while. But that was before I got into lifting, so my time on the course has dwindled to a couple times per season. I'd put my skill level just below the point where it makes sense to keep score.

Good work on back day.

Thanks! It's definitely one of those sports you have to play quite a bit to get good at. One of the most frustrating, but also enjoyable sports I know of though.

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Got in a quick shoulder/chest day today at the school gym. One side of the gym has all the freeweights + plate loaded machines on it, and the other side has all the cable machines on it. The dip station is on the side with the cable machines on it. I was doing weighted dips, then the girl who was supervising everything comes over and tells me that I can't have freeweights on the side of the gym with all of the cable machines on it. I wasn't dropping the weights or anything. Yes, very I won't be doing any chest/shoulder days there again.

Seated BB OH Press

Barx20
95x15
135x10
155x8
185x1 probably should've had help with the liftoff
135x10
135x4 or 5

Dips

BWx20
45x11
90x8-The "incident" happened after this set
BWx??-somewhere between 10 and 20

Seated DB Lateral Raises

25x12?
35x10
40x8
45x7

HS Incline Press

3 sets

[Sandguy]

Well...I'm back to the regular lifting schedule. This past month I missed so many workouts and only lifted a few times. I got in a good chest workout last night, it's amazing how my strength has gone down though I haven't had a leg day in quite a while because my knee has been acting up pretty bad. I bought some glucosamine pills 3 days ago. I'd heard they worked well with joint pain, but I was pretty skeptical about how well they actually worked. I've only been taking them the past 3 days and I can't believe the difference already. This is the first time my right knee hasn't had any discomfort in probably 8 or 9 months. Leg workout tonight, we'll see if the pain stays away or if my knee tightens up again....

[/JV/]

That plus a little extra fish oil seems to work pretty well if my joints are bothering me.

Does the regular lifting schedule mean we'll be getting regular updates too?

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by /JV/

That plus a little extra fish oil seems to work pretty well if my joints are bothering me.

Does the regular lifting schedule mean we'll be getting regular updates too?

Thanks for the fish oil advice. I was taking fish oil/flaxseed oil caps for a while and they seemed to help some. Haven't taken them in a while, but I'm really impressed with the glucosamine. We'll see if I feel the same about it in a couple weeks

Lol, I'll try to update everyday. With school in session and working, my weekdays usually last from about 8am-7pm without getting a workout in. It's keeping me pretty busy but I'll do my best, thanks for sticking around...

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Legs went pretty well last night. I did some squats and the whole squat motion felt really weird. I'm going to need to get used to them again, but my knee only had very tiny bit of discomfort. During my heavy set of squats for the night, I started getting a weird pain in my groin area, it wasn't a sharp pain but i don't really know how to explain it. It only happened when I was pushing with my legs(ie leg press, lunges, squats). After it started happening I did a few sets but then quit because I didn't want to aggrevate it anymore.

Squats-had more reps on all sets although 315 was heavier than I remember, just wanted to try out the knee, no sleeves or belt

135x11
185x8?
225x5?
275x3?
315x2

Machine Leg Press

2 or 3 sets

Machine Leg Press Calf Raise

5 sets

Seated Calf Raise

5 sets

Leg Extension-half or 3/4 ROM to keep most of the pressure off the knee

5 sets

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Lying Leg Curl

5 sets

[Sandguy]

I've decided to take up DC training again. Tonight was the first night. I felt like my workouts lately have lacked intensity...tonight was a big exception. I really need to start writing things down though, I can't remember the exact number on reps on each r/p set so Ill just put about how many reps I had. I was shooting for 20 reps total and ended up with at least 20 on every exercise except lat pulldowns. 13-20 breaths between each r/p set

Dips

70x13.............5.............3

Seated Smith OH Press-bar counted as 45lbs

155x14............5.............3

Seated OH DB Extensions

85x13..............4.............3

Lat Pulldown-straps

210x12...........4..............2

Rack Pulls-not sure if the pulldowns killed my back or what but these felt heavy, straps

405x12...........5..............4

[5Six]

Lookin houuuuggee in th eavi!

That's all I can really say. Besides absurd looking rack pulls, too

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by 5Six

Lookin houuuuggee in th eavi!

That's all I can really say. Besides absurd looking rack pulls, too

Thanks man, it's an older pic. Trying to get back there

[Sandguy]

Cardio-Incline Walking

2 minute warmup on 1.5 incline at 2.5mph

35 minutes on 6.0 incline at 2.5 mph

3 minute cooldown on 1.5 incline at 2.5mph

[healthybodies]

Great to see you logging again Jamie. Doing so of dat der CARDIO too!

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by healthybodies

Great to see you logging again Jamie. Doing so of dat der CARDIO too!

Thanks Brad, I figure it's about time to get the old cardiovascular system in shape too.

[Sandguy]

Had a pretty good DC workouts in wednesday and friday. I did some cardio friday after the workout. Today I went out and jogged between 3/4 and 1 mile. Then did sprints on the way back.

[ossizen]

He's alive! Cardio's good for ya.

[Fitto13]

cardio?!?!

first for everything

Looking to shed a lil weight mate?

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by ossizen

He's alive! Cardio's good for ya.

Lol, thanks oss. Any Animal events happening anytime soon?

Originally Posted by Fitto13

cardio?!?!

first for everything

Looking to shed a lil weight mate?

Lol, I didn't think it would ever happen either. Just looking to get my endurance up, I think the cardio will help on squats, deads, etc. The weight shedding is happening though. I'm not sure what my weight is now, but a few nights ago it was at 191.2 at the end of the day. Maybe <190 in the morning. Haven't been there forever. Definitely seeing some more cuts though, maybe I'll post a current pic one of these days.

[Sandguy]

Really good A3 workout last night, my lats and middle back still hurt.

Just finished up some cardio, planned on running a mile on an incline, but not too long into the run I realized I'm not ready for that yet. Lol. Just settled for 10 minutes on 11 incline at 3.5 mph

[ossizen]

Originally Posted by Sandguy

Lol, thanks oss. Any Animal events happening anytime soon?

Haven't been keeping up on that lately.

I think Hola's finished up with DS stuff. Haven't talked to him in a while either though.

[Sandguy]

Weighed myself this morning before eating anything. 188.2. Hadn't been <190 in a long time.

Had a great lower workout yesterday, need to look into getting some shoes to squat in though. I could feel my knees coming forward quite a bit, was a little stressful on the knees.

The squats (no belt, no sleeves) yesterday went:

275x11 rp
275x5 rp
275x4

Happy with these #s since I haven't been working legs much as of late.

The rest of the workout was solid too

[Rudyy]

Strong squats are strong. Very nice bro.

[Fitto13]

gettin your lean on mate!

hyooge squatting too.

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by Rudyy

Strong squats are strong. Very nice bro.

Originally Posted by Fitto13

gettin your lean on mate!

hyooge squatting too.

Thanks guys, put some decent numbers up tonight, increased weight on all exercises but didn't surpass any of the rep totals from last time, very close though.

I'll put up some current pics in a few days

[healthybodies]

Likey the new AVI!! How much you drop Jamie?

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by healthybodies

Likey the new AVI!! How much you drop Jamie?

Thanks Brad! It was from July '08

The current one is from just a few minutes ago though. No workout tonight, but figured I'd take one. Going to hop....errrrrr.....run on the treadmill in a little while.

[gymratluke]

Damn why ya so light?! You cuttin down for the winter?!

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by gymratluke

Damn why ya so light?! You cuttin down for the winter?!

Just wanting to get in better cardio shape. It's nice seeing the new cuts though

*On another note*

I was feeling great yesterday and had an awesome A2 workout. Today is the total opposite, I woke up and instantly felt really bad. It's gotten worse as the day has gone on. Luckily, there aren't any scheduled workouts again until Monday.

[healthybodies]

Originally Posted by Sandguy

Just wanting to get in better cardio shape. It's nice seeing the new cuts though

*On another note*

I was feeling great yesterday and had an awesome A2 workout. Today is the total opposite, I woke up and instantly felt really bad. It's gotten worse as the day has gone on. Luckily, there aren't any scheduled workouts again until Monday.

Rest up buddy. The weights are not going anywhere

[Sandguy]

Originally Posted by healthybodies

Rest up buddy. The weights are not going anywhere

Thanks goodness!!! If they had to wait on me this past week then they would've surely been gone already.

I just finally started feeling well enough to think about working out again today. I've never been as sick in my life as I was this past week. Looking forward to hitting the weights again and back to posting..........

[Sandguy]

Finally made it back to the gym tonight after 16 days off. I picked up some shoes to squat in today. Ended up getting some Adidas w/ a heel that's a little elevated. They feel much better to squat in and I don't feel like I'm going to fall back when pushing through my heels.

Lost quite a bit of weight after being sick.....down to 183lbs when I wake up.

I worked some upper body tonight and then did some squats just to try out the shoes. The squats went like this...

no belt or knee sleeves, between 45 seconds and a minute and 15 seconds of rest between each set

135x3
185x3
225x3
275x1
315x1
365x1
365x1
365x1-------can't remember if I did 2 or 3 sets of 365 so this set may not have happened
385x0