There's a ham in the power rack! Hobbes' Journal.

[thehobbes]

Oh shoot! Really?? In that case you get a gold star and a GJHW for that!

Now teach Gobz how to do it....

lol! I did a VERY good job at vegging today We watched a movie with zombie scarecrows!

YAY HAM'S GOING TO THE GYM!

::Pins gold star to gym shorts:: Lol gobbz, good for you, you've got oodles of time to hit the gym with your young 26yr old self, deload often, rage often, PR often. lol

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Whahoo

Took out a bracket since that was simply too disturbing to see again.

http://www.amazon.com/Divergent-Vero.../dp/0062024027

Fun trilogy. There's 2 out so far, so maybe you will want to wait for the 3rd so you can just gorge on it.

Thanks MaliaBot! I checked those out - they sound like something I'd love, so I bought em with my gift card last night. Would rep but apparently I have to spread the love first.

UH yes! Winning = lifting.

YEAHHHHH!

hey auntie hammie!
omg that sounds so horrible. i am scared of the stings!
glad you are feeling better and able to lift.

Yeah I think my neighbors deemed that day the Horrific Day of Terror and Nudity in a Quiet Strongsville Neighborhood.

I'm thinking Auntie Hammie has enough built-up justified rage in the tank to make the first workout back EPIC. I can only hope there's some video!

Correct! I need to start taking the Ham-Cam to that gym again, kinda afraid one of the trainers would accidentally sit on it though lol.

In 4 Epic Ham workout!

BOOM - HAM EVERYWHERE!

Hey hobbes, just wondering how you were doing today, and if you got those little bastad's took care of yet?

Not yet EB, I got some poison in my garage, sprays up to 27 feet. I need to suit up again one evening and attack. The front yard is cut though so it looks fine from the street, but I must reclaim the back so I can safely grill!

[thehobbes]

I'M BAAAAAACK!!! Deload over, life/work crisis over, back to normal for now. (I still have a bunch of yellow jacket stingers in my skin and I look like I got beaten up but other than THAT carrying on with life, lol.)

BACK/BICEP DAY

SUPPS:
PRE: Con-Cret 2 scoops
INTRA: Xtend 1 scoop
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

BACK:
Wide Grip Pullups:
bw x 14 *tied rep PR, got that shooting pain in my head again though
bw x 7 ugh!

Bent Over BB Rows:
45x15
75x12
105x8
135x10 soooo easy
145x8
155x10 *tied rep PR
160x8 *Huge PR!
145x10
135x15 *Rep PR

Hammer Strength Rows:
1pps x 8
1.5pps x 8
2pps x 8
2.5pps x 6 *Huge PR!
2pps x 10

BICEPS:
Chin Ups:
bw x 10
bw x 7

EZ Bar Curls:
45x12
(some jackweed was taking seven years to do a set with the 55 bar, oh well)
65x10
65x10

CORE/RC WORK:
Planks:
2:00
1:30

DB Shrugs w/ 5sec hold: 30s for 2x12

DB Scapular Retractions w/ 5sec hold: 30s for 1x10 *rt trap felt weird, stopped here

AFTER:
Hot tub time - 8min (felt awful on yellow jacket wounds!)
Swimming briefly before the midgets attacked the pool for swim lessons
Sauna with stretching - 15min (10/5)


BOOM - FUKING PRS EVERYWHERE!!! HAMMMMMMM!!! I've been stuck at 155lb bent over bb rows for MONTHS, finally broke through that one. 160lbs feltgoodham.jpg, felt strong today with plenty of motivation and rage. Also closing in on my goal of 3pps on the Hammer Strength Rows.

Song of the day:

[lexagon]

^^^ Epic Ham Workout!! Get ALL the PRs!

[hieronymous]

Beauty! Congrats on the new PRs.

[nvrstopworking]

BOOM. PRs all over the place!!

Maybe you ned to keep a jar of yellowjackets available so they can sting you when you need to bust through a plateau?

[geek23ka]

i didnt know that wasps would lose their stingers? bc thats evil.

your bb row makes me cry. HOW do you do it. holy bejeebus, ham.

the whole workout is a comeback kid story that would bring tears to every eye in the house.

SMASH the damn flying stinging monstahs and kill it in the gym. happy for you, woman.

[lexagon]

Ham's Kitties:

[beatha]

Impressive HS High Row . . . and the BB Row damnnnnnnnnnn yeah you rock.

Still on spread . . . need to get outta journal section cause I think I've repped just about everybody in here . . . If I have not hit me teehee. B is playing Santa in August.

[kimm4]

I'M BAAAAAACK!!! Deload over, life/work crisis over, back to normal for now. (I still have a bunch of yellow jacket stingers in my skin and I look like I got beaten up but other than THAT carrying on with life, lol.)

BACK/BICEP DAY

SUPPS:
PRE: Con-Cret 2 scoops
INTRA: Xtend 1 scoop
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

BACK:
Wide Grip Pullups:
bw x 14 *tied rep PR, got that shooting pain in my head again though
bw x 7 ugh!

Bent Over BB Rows:
45x15
75x12
105x8
135x10 soooo easy
145x8
155x10 *tied rep PR
160x8 *Huge PR!
145x10
135x15 *Rep PR

Hammer Strength Rows:
1pps x 8
1.5pps x 8
2pps x 8
2.5pps x 6 *Huge PR!
2pps x 10

BICEPS:
Chin Ups:
bw x 10
bw x 7

EZ Bar Curls:
45x12
(some jackweed was taking seven years to do a set with the 55 bar, oh well)
65x10
65x10

CORE/RC WORK:
Planks:
2:00
1:30

DB Shrugs w/ 5sec hold: 30s for 2x12

DB Scapular Retractions w/ 5sec hold: 30s for 1x10 *rt trap felt weird, stopped here

AFTER:
Hot tub time - 8min (felt awful on yellow jacket wounds!)
Swimming briefly before the midgets attacked the pool for swim lessons
Sauna with stretching - 15min (10/5)


BOOM - FUKING PRS EVERYWHERE!!! HAMMMMMMM!!! I've been stuck at 155lb bent over bb rows for MONTHS, finally broke through that one. 160lbs feltgoodham.jpg, felt strong today with plenty of motivation and rage. Also closing in on my goal of 3pps on the Hammer Strength Rows.

Song of the day:

Boom effin PR's indeed. That's some serious motivation right there and I thank you!!

[newbeginning828]

your bb row makes me cry. HOW do you do it. holy bejeebus, ham.

^OMG soo much this!
Wow... just wow Hammy

[gobbles23]

Sick workout! Those rows! No wonder your back is so crazy!

[dreahere]

Ham everywhere!

[Boomer29]

Super Rows! I'm on your tail Maverick!! DEF not on those pullups though!

[nvrstopworking]

Dem rows!

[pharty]

You did that at LTF, right? Did you get all loud and shyt cuz I'da paid good money to witness that.

Lulz at Lex.

[lexagon]

You did that at LTF, right? Did you get all loud and shyt cuz I'da paid good money to witness that.

Lulz at Lex.

That'd be a good show right there!

[Echo814]

Dat workout motherofgod.jpg Glad that work chaos is settlee and Ham can continue doing what Ham does best, kick the crap outta PR's! I hope you scared the crap out of some LTF employess or members, that would be awesome!

I laughed a little about the story with your parents, mine are in their 60's too, had me a little late in life.

[thehobbes]

WOW, so much support in here, thanks you guise! I appreciate everyone following da journey of HAM!

^^^ Epic Ham Workout!! Get ALL the PRs!

I ate half of a b-day cookie cake the day before, srs, heehee.

Beauty! Congrats on the new PRs.

Thanks!

BOOM. PRs all over the place!!

Maybe you ned to keep a jar of yellowjackets available so they can sting you when you need to bust through a plateau?

No! My insurance will drop me due to excessive injections to the azz lol.

i didnt know that wasps would lose their stingers? bc thats evil.

your bb row makes me cry. HOW do you do it. holy bejeebus, ham.

the whole workout is a comeback kid story that would bring tears to every eye in the house.

SMASH the damn flying stinging monstahs and kill it in the gym. happy for you, woman.

Whatever evil those things were I am suffering today, those stingers are huge too, they're making their way to the surface of my skin (guess they'll fall out eventually?) I row with the rage of 10,000 hams and loling hard at comeback kid story!

Ham's Kitties:

LMAO!!!

Impressive HS High Row . . . and the BB Row damnnnnnnnnnn yeah you rock.

Still on spread . . . need to get outta journal section cause I think I've repped just about everybody in here . . . If I have not hit me teehee. B is playing Santa in August.

Thanks B, means a lot from someone who can out-DL me and who has dem jacked proportions of beastestness, srs.

Boom effin PR's indeed. That's some serious motivation right there and I thank you!!

Wha... I motivate?! My job here is done.

^OMG soo much this!
Wow... just wow Hammy

Thanks NB!

[thehobbes]

Sick workout! Those rows! No wonder your back is so crazy!

My traps have their own traps, semi srs lol.

Ham everywhere!

We need an alarm in the gym that screams that every time someone does something epic!

Super Rows! I'm on your tail Maverick!! DEF not on those pullups though!

Yeah come get my rows, I dare ya! I doubt my pullups will get much better, I'm 163ish right now, only gonna go up from there for Winter Ham Bulking Season, can't see pulling out 14 reps at like 175lbs lulz. Gonna be reclaiming my bench press next.

Dem rows!

U mirin' brah? Yeah, u mirin'.

You did that at LTF, right? Did you get all loud and shyt cuz I'da paid good money to witness that.

Lulz at Lex.

Oh I'm a total Ham-Headed idiot there, srs if I lifted at that place every time instead of lifting mostly at home I'd be kicked out. Yeah I get loud, I grunt, I growl, I slam stuff around, (I do use Versas for rows one plate and up) so I get all set, kinda pull back before lift off to get my feet set and shake the whole power rack, and go "GRRRAAAAUUUUHHHHH!!!", lift, and proceed to make horrific faces of bloodthirsty rage and snarl like a pitbull.

That'd be a good show right there!

Lol for someone who knows me yeah, for strangers not so much, I've caught a few unsettled stares before lol.

Dat workout motherofgod.jpg Glad that work chaos is settlee and Ham can continue doing what Ham does best, kick the crap outta PR's! I hope you scared the crap out of some LTF employess or members, that would be awesome!

I laughed a little about the story with your parents, mine are in their 60's too, had me a little late in life.

Oh I got right up to this one dressed up LTF chick there yesterday who got too close to me and farted on her for the lulz (wasn't feeling great cause I ate all that cake. EDIT: honest to god CAKE, b-day cake my parents brought over.) But I didn't get into anything like a couple months ago when I screamed at that kid to make him pee his little gym shorts haha. People - give a wide berth to others at the gym, treat it like the shooting range, for your safety and the safety of others. /Officer Safety Ham

[nvrstopworking]

U mirin' brah? Yeah, u mirin'.

Def. mirin' sis.... If you can catch me on the HS Rows (5pps) I might have to give you a piss test like P.

[EB68]

I got a picture for you, the two smaller ones are yellow jackets the much bigger one is a japanese hornet. Took the picture for a size comparison, sorry it is so blurry there were several more of each buzzing around me when I took it. Those japanese hornets are not very aggressive, but if you do manage to piss one off and it stings you it is like taking a hit with a hyperdermic needle full of venom. I have lots of each all over the place here and hate to mow my yard cause I know I am gonna get it before I get done.

[thehobbes]

Def. mirin' sis.... If you can catch me on the HS Rows (5pps) I might have to give you a piss test like P.

Lol! Nothing but steak and creatine here, anything else and I'm pretty sure I'd get injured every 5 min. 3pps is coming, 4 will be tough but I think I can get there with a bulk and a lot of work, 5... I will stand atop the leg press and declare myself ruler of the world when that happens!

I got a picture for you, the two smaller ones are yellow jackets the much bigger one is a japanese hornet. Took the picture for a size comparison, sorry it is so blurry there were several more of each buzzing around me when I took it. Those japanese hornets are not very aggressive, but if you do manage to piss one off and it stings you it is like taking a hit with a hyperdermic needle full of venom. I have lots of each all over the place here and hate to mow my yard cause I know I am gonna get it before I get done.

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Do not want! Bee careful EB (ha see what I did there? )

Seriously though my leg, ankle area and also the sting on my quad on my other leg are in pretty bad shape today. I had to work out in 90 degree heat for like 12hrs again today since one of my guys called off (ohhh what perfect timing. ) So between being out in the heat, wearing long pants, not being able to take Benedryl until I got home, and sweating my azz off these things got a little worse. (They did get WAY better after those injections though.) They hurt like no other, and itched really bad today due to the sweating, the one was a bloody mess since I didn't notice right away how hard I was scratching through my pants. Those two in particular are swollen again (took meds when I got home) and feel hot, ugh. The quad one turned into a big, hard lump (haha yeah) and it feels like you could cut out a baseball sized chunk of whatever the hell is in there. I assume the hardness is fluid buildup which is making them hurt because they're so tight. So I'm popping 50g Benedryl a shot, not sure what else I can do at this point, and hoping the swelling goes down tomorrow. I shouldn't have to be at work tomorrow for longer than a couple hours. The quad one is making my knee hurt so I'm thinking I can just do a bench day for the next workout.

And now you must suffer through pics of my zombie bites!

swollen ankle



it itches!



pain in my quad!

[danibel]

I gasped out loud when I saw those photos. Poor Ham!

[Boomer29]

That 's freaking gross! Sure you ain't got a whole yellow jacket under there?! Man I'm still mad for you.

[newbeginning828]

Oh gosh! Those look so painful, ugh. I never really feared yellow jackets like I did Bees.... til now!

[lexagon]

No wonder you weren't feeling so great Ham. Ouchies! Hope they start feeling better soon!

[Echo814]

On my! Those look painful indeed Hope they feel better today and not as pissed off looking.

Lulz at farting on the LTF lady I can't say that I haven't crop dusted the gym, or the store... umm yes

[gobbles23]

Oh, OUCH! Jeepers creepers that looks awful!

[dreahere]

How're you doing today, Hammie? Swelling gone down any?

[thehobbes]

I gasped out loud when I saw those photos. Poor Ham!

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That 's freaking gross! Sure you ain't got a whole yellow jacket under there?! Man I'm still mad for you.

Wanna touch it?

Oh gosh! Those look so painful, ugh. I never really feared yellow jackets like I did Bees.... til now!

I know that feel, I now find myself practically diving on the ground and covering up like an armadillo when I'm outside and a piece of fuzz brushes my arm, I am very scared of yellow jackets now!

No wonder you weren't feeling so great Ham. Ouchies! Hope they start feeling better soon!

Thanks Lex, I've taken a whole box of Benedril in the last week, I think I may be immuned to Benedril at this point. :/

On my! Those look painful indeed Hope they feel better today and not as pissed off looking.

Lulz at farting on the LTF lady I can't say that I haven't crop dusted the gym, or the store... umm yes

Lol save up dem broccoli farts.

Oh, OUCH! Jeepers creepers that looks awful!

I need to invest in a bee keepers suit just to go outside lol.

How're you doing today, Hammie? Swelling gone down any?

Ugh, just got up from a 4 hour nap, I keep taking 50g of Benedril but I don't know if it's doing anything other than making me sleep all the time. The swelling has gone down yes, and overall the stings are better than they were last week, but this one on my lower leg/ankle actually seems worse. There are actually TWO stings in that area so I got a double shot of poison there. That area of my leg is all hard and it kinda feels like someone poured wax on it, looks awful.

I'm not really sure what I can do, UC said go to the ER if it gets so bad I break out into hives (wtf does that even mean?) but I don't have that so I don't think they would be able to do anything if I went there. (Also don't want to wait around for 4hrs and get an $800 bill.) I don't want my leg to get infected either. These stupid normal doctors offices (like regular docs I go to for general stuff) don't have open apts so it would be pointless to schedule something for 2 weeks from now - either I'll be fine or my leg will fall off by that point. According to WebMD, lol yeah don't yell at me guys for resorting to that, if it does get infected you'd get pretty sick so you'd know. Sigh, I don't know, I can't believe how bad the one looks after a whole week, I can't keep taking Benedril 24/7 because it makes me sleep all the time. How long will this take to go away? I don't want my leg all jacked up for weeks on end.

What do Ham, what do?!

Hmmm maybe I'll txt today's horrific leg pic of terror to Swoosh MD, oh lucky her.

Planning on lifting in a bit here, trying to shake off the Benedril haze lol.