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

[thehobbes]

SHOULDERS/TRIS/CHEST

SUPPS:
PRE: Neurosurge 1 pack
INTRA: RecoverPro 2 scoops
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops, Con-Cret 2 scoops

*Was intending to only do shoulders but since my RCs were feeling fine I dabbled with CGBP and some flat bench

WARMUP:
-Cuban Press
-Arm circles

SHOULDERS:
Seated OHP:
45x15
45x15
55x12
65x10
75x9
85x6
90x4 *Huge PR!
90x3
80x5
80x6
70x10


90x4 PR


TRICEPS:
CGBP:
*vid below, thumbs are almost touching each other, is that too close?
45x15
75x12
95x12
115x9

115


CHEST:
Flat BB Bench Press:
95x12
115x9
125x5
125x5
105x9
Oof, I hope I can do a little better than that if I try this lift at the BEGINNING of a workout once instead of always throwing it in after lot of shoulder or chest work.


*How's my hand placement?? This is about as far out as I can go right now :/ just outside of the smooth part, triceps are tiring after a few sets so I dunno.
95x12


115x9


*Using straps on forearms, I have no idea why it makes my shoulders feel better but it does.

RC WORK:
Standing Y/T/Ls w/ 5sec hold at top:
5lbs for 12, 12, 12
5lbs for 12, 12, 12

Int. Band Rotations (Red): 2x12

Ext. Band Rotations (Red): 2x15


Not a bad workout, I may give flat bb bench a go by itself in a few days and see what I can do with it. I'll stick with it and improve it a little at a time. Very happy with the progress on my OHP. Planning on lifting tomorrow, maybe squats.

Got all my stuff planned out for Petsmart tomorrow, hamoforganization.jpg

[-=FLEX=-]

SHOULDERS:
90x4 *Huge PR!

Nice job hammy.

Seriously impressed.

Also repped for posting a workout on Thanksgiving day.

[swooshie]

Congrats on the PR

Love your annual PetSmart outing! Hope you'll post a picture again this year of the HamUV all loaded up! hamofgooddeeds.jpg

[EB68]

Congrats on the PR. Strong ham is strong for sure. I change my grip width around from week to week on the close grip presses, not sure it makes any difference. That 115x9 was strong for sure, about the same as I can do on those.

[beatha]

Strong OHP gurl . . . tons of reps and glad to see benching went well

[geek23ka]

that sounds like an awesome feast, hobbes. happy thanksgiving!

[gobbles23]

Awesome workout! Congrats on the PR! That's a sweet PR! Strong all around!

[thehobbes]

Hai guise, epic shopping was epic, pics coming in next post!

Nice job hammy.

Seriously impressed.

Also repped for posting a workout on Thanksgiving day.

Thank you FLEX! Took a lonnng time to get that far on my OHP.

Congrats on the PR : ) : ) : )

Love your annual PetSmart outing! Hope you'll post a picture again this year of the HamUV all loaded up! hamofgooddeeds.jpg

Thanks Swoosh, most definitely pics!

Congrats on the PR. Strong ham is strong for sure. I change my grip width around from week to week on the close grip presses, not sure it makes any difference. That 115x9 was strong for sure, about the same as I can do on those.

Thanks, the closer my hands the better it feels but it's a bit harder to do, mostly tris I guess, but I'll stick with it since I can move ok wt with it.

Strong OHP gurl . . . tons of reps and glad to see benching went well : )

Tryna get Bea status someday... someday...

that sounds like an awesome feast, hobbes. happy thanksgiving!

OMG this ham is soooo good. Sticker says it'll keep in the fridge for like 8 days, lol, this ham is not gonna make it 8 days, probably 4 and it'll be all going directly to my biceps, semi-srs.

Awesome workout! Congrats on the PR! That's a sweet PR! : D Strong all around! : cool:

Thanks, a Turkey Day PR lol!

[thehobbes]

PETSMART BLACK FRIDAY!!!

For the animal shelter:
(pics are probably huge, Photobucket do you even resize?!)





Stuff for my pets (lol at creepy looking garage):



Origional price for everything .... $395
Discounts (sales/coupons)......... -173
Got all products above for........... 222

Notbadham.jpg Got more stuff than last yr, had to fold down back seats to get all that to fit to take home.

Literally went in there 4 times to get cartfulls of stuff, had to divide up my coupons a certain way, yep a little extremecouponing.jpg was done for this, also most Purina items printed out a $5 off voucher for another purchase, got about a dozen of those. 12 transacations total but the cashiers were very very nice about it and let me split up transactions at the register to use all the vouchers, also seemed happy to be there and happy to help people make sure they get the discounts. They had a ton of people working so there really weren't even any lines at the registers, srs, had to wait one time for under 5min and that's it. Probably the best customer service I have ever encountered SRS.




Probably gonna take the donations up there tomorrow morning. It's pretty close to my gym actually, brb kittehs and barbell rows all in one day = good day.

[lexagon]

Hope you had a great Protein Overload Day Hammie!

YAY for dah kittehs, they gonna be soooo happy!

[mmater]

You ROCK!!!! Nice petsmart stash. Some animals sure are going to be happy because of you.

[nvrstopworking]

Fawkin' lolz @ spoon pic of receipts.

[CaliBakes]

You're an awesome person hobbes. Huge props to you, wish there were more people like you in the world.

[Luvdogs]

Great thing that you do! All the animals at the shelter will be so grateful for the help!

[geek23ka]

Fawkin' lolz @ spoon pic of receipts.

i did too! gave me some lols.

hobbes you have the biggest heart. might even be bigger than your biceps.

[dreahere]

Awesome job on the extreme couponing!

[swooshie]

You're an awesome person hobbes. Huge props to you, wish there were more people like you in the world.

That would be one awesome world

[thehobbes]

Hope you had a great Protein Overload Day Hammie! : )

YAY for dah kittehs, they gonna be soooo happy! : D

Dat honeybaked ham is epic! Getting ready to go visit the animals this morning.

You ROCK!!!! Nice petsmart stash. Some animals sure are going to be happy because of you.

Even have some dog treats that taste like bacon (no didn't try myself lulz but tempted), and fuzzy mice, they love dem fuzzy mice!

Fawkin' lolz @ spoon pic of receipts.

Dude I am so used to seeing EVERYTHING as a spoon pic in the Misc that to this day if I saw a flock of wild hams waddling down the freeway I'd be like oh wait, gotta whip out my emergency spoon for pics so people don't neg or claim trolling when I text em this pic.

You're an awesome person hobbes. Huge props to you, wish there were more people like you in the world.

Awww thanks Cali. (There would be a nationwide shortage of rotiserrie chicken if there were a lot of me running around though lol.)

Great thing that you do! All the animals at the shelter will be so grateful for the help!

Feelsgoodham.jpg

i did too! gave me some lols.

hobbes you have the biggest heart. might even be bigger than your biceps. : D

Bigger than my biceps wha... no way, dat's pretty hyoge.

Awesome job on the extreme couponing! : )

BOOM - coupons errywhere! Managed to print them all online this year and I used another laptop I've had for like 8yrs srs (slow as a ham crawling thru molasis uphill) as a secondary IP address to double up on the print limits.

That would be one awesome world

Well people would drive properly at least! Couldn't resist, in all seriousness you guys are sooo sweet.

[Redfizz]

Aw, Hobbes. I agree. There needs to be more Ham in this world. Those animals are going to be so happy. Hopefully they'll be able to take their favorite toy with them to their new homes.

[swooshie]

HAMOFBIGHEARTANDGOODDEEDS.JPG

You're the best, my hammie friend

[llahhsoj]

PETSMART BLACK FRIDAY!!!

For the animal shelter:
(pics are probably huge, Photobucket do you even resize?!)





Stuff for my pets (lol at creepy looking garage):



Origional price for everything .... $395
Discounts (sales/coupons)......... -173
Got all products above for........... 222

Notbadham.jpg Got more stuff than last yr, had to fold down back seats to get all that to fit to take home.

Literally went in there 4 times to get cartfulls of stuff, had to divide up my coupons a certain way, yep a little extremecouponing.jpg was done for this, also most Purina items printed out a $5 off voucher for another purchase, got about a dozen of those. 12 transacations total but the cashiers were very very nice about it and let me split up transactions at the register to use all the vouchers, also seemed happy to be there and happy to help people make sure they get the discounts. They had a ton of people working so there really weren't even any lines at the registers, srs, had to wait one time for under 5min and that's it. Probably the best customer service I have ever encountered SRS.




Probably gonna take the donations up there tomorrow morning. It's pretty close to my gym actually, brb kittehs and barbell rows all in one day = good day.

You don't strike me as a Black Friday shopper. You didn't choke anyone out did you?

[thehobbes]

Aw, Hobbes. I agree. There needs to be more Ham in this world. Those animals are going to be so happy. Hopefully they'll be able to take their favorite toy with them to their new homes.

Spreadingchristmaswhimsy.jpg

HAMOFBIGHEARTANDGOODDEEDS.JPG

You're the best, my hammie friend : )

Thanks Swoosh, zomg cute kittens!!

You don't strike me as a Black Friday shopper. You didn't choke anyone out did you?

Bahhahaha!! Nope didn't have to do anything like that, Petsmart is the only place I go to on BF and it is not bad at all, busier than usual but no crazy people. I buy everything else online.


Operation Whimsy Spreading was a success! The staff was thrilled to get all the goodies and even recognized me from last yr's Thanksgiving donation haha. Very appreciative and even said thanks for getting the specific brands/items from the online Wish List, as they can really use them. They still have a lot of animals there as usual waiting to get adopted (being winter they get more in), but they did a special event yesterday and managed to adopt out 25 cats and kittens which is awesome. (I can't even imagine how much food you'd go through daily to feed that many animals! ) Great people, great place, check it out:
http://geaugahumane.org/

Visited the animals of course, so much DAWWWW!





Workout coming up!

[thehobbes]

LEG ISO DAY

SUPPS:
PRE: none
INTRA: RecoverPro 2 scoops
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops, Con-Cret 2 scoops

WARMUP:
Bike: 3.56 miles, 15min (fastest ever I think!)

LEGS:
Cybex Leg Press:
1pps x 15
2pps x 12
3pps x 10
4pps x 10
4.5pps x 10
4pps x 10
3pps x 12

Lying Ham Curl:
85x10
95x8
95x8

Leg Extension:
85x12
100x12
100x12
100x12

Single Leg, Leg Extension:
50x9
50x9

Seated Ham Curl:
100x10
115x10
130x10

Single Leg, Seated Ham Curl:
65x12
70x12

Single Leg, Glutes:
95x12
110x12

Calves:
130x15
130x15

Hip Abduction:
115x12
135x12
145x12

OTHER:
-Hot tub 10min
-Pool time
-Sauna w/ stretching 15min (10/5)


Good workout, my ham is sizzled. My BodyMedia is supposed to be here Wed, YAHHHHH!!! Tracked it and it says it's at the post office down the street so I dunno, maybe Mon even? Was looking online for protein powder deals but there weren't any of course since that is the only supp I was looking to stock up on lol. Did stumble across some Scivation Novem stick packs for $10, usually $36, BOOYAH - got a pack of dat coming. Also was asked to do a Sponsored log for AI Sports so something should be showing up from them shortly and I'll get that log up. Ah maybe somebody will have a badass protein deal Monday, that's really the only supp I burn through pretty quickly, 1 tub a month I'd say. BOOM - protein everywhere!

[Redfizz]

Sweet! Congrats on being asked to do a sponsored log. Well deserved!

Awwwwww....puppy! Kitteh!!! I would take them home if I was closer. They need hugs!!!

[megdaig]

Awesome donation for the fur babies..

Totally jelly of the "other" activities. I never take the time to jump in the whirlpool after my workouts....maybe if I'd get out of the gym before midnight :/

...4.5 PPS. did you ham rage and snap one n half?

[rickiecoombs]

Awww, crap. You posted a link to the shelter. I *might* have just spent a significant amount of time looking through all the kitties and puppies, and turned into a puddle of mush. It makes my heart hurt.

Ham, you are too much awesome. If there were more hams like you in this world, there would be no sad fur babies.

I'm looking forward to the day when I have a house, so I can adopt an animal (or ten). Hubz always jokes around that we are going to end up with a farm.

Anyways. Just, yeah. You're the best. I realize it sounds corny, but I am really grateful that you did that. Even though it has no direct effect on me. You definitely made a huge difference to that shelter - and probably restored their faith in humanity, a l'il bit. It has got to be a bit disheartening to work in a place like that - to see animals be adopted, and brought back... and see sad little kitties and puppies who just want a mommy and daddy to love them...

<3

Wonderful Ham is wonderful.

[thehobbes]

Sweet! Congrats on being asked to do a sponsored log. Well deserved!

Awwwwww....puppy! Kitteh!!! I would take them home if I was closer. They need hugs!!!

Thanks, Lex got me hooked on AI Sports supps and I've been a fan ever since. Haha I always want to take them all home. That is how I ended up with 3 cats instead of the planned 2, went to adopt one and found a brother/sister pair, couldn't say no.

Awesome donation for the fur babies..

Totally jelly of the "other" activities. I never take the time to jump in the whirlpool after my workouts....maybe if I'd get out of the gym before midnight :/

...4.5 PPS. did you ham rage and snap one n half?

Thanks Meg, haha it's a whole event when I go to that gym, I'm there for 3hrs. That's why I only go to that one 2-3x a week lol, lift at home if I wanna save some time. Lulz yeah I snapped that thing like an oreo cookie!

Awww, crap. You posted a link to the shelter. I *might* have just spent a significant amount of time looking through all the kitties and puppies, and turned into a puddle of mush. It makes my heart hurt.

Ham, you are too much awesome. If there were more hams like you in this world, there would be no sad fur babies.

I'm looking forward to the day when I have a house, so I can adopt an animal (or ten). Hubz always jokes around that we are going to end up with a farm.

Anyways. Just, yeah. You're the best. I realize it sounds corny, but I am really grateful that you did that. Even though it has no direct effect on me. You definitely made a huge difference to that shelter - and probably restored their faith in humanity, a l'il bit. It has got to be a bit disheartening to work in a place like that - to see animals be adopted, and brought back... and see sad little kitties and puppies who just want a mommy and daddy to love them...

<3

Wonderful Ham is wonderful.

Aww lol RC! That place is by far my favorite charity, I've been visiting them, donating, and adopting from them for nearly 10 years now. My friend and I discovered them by accident when we were out camping once and found a stray and very pregnant kitteh in the woods in bad shape. Took her to RV because that was the animal shelter in that county (I now live like an hr away from them.) They took care of that cat, adopted her and the kittens out once born, and I've been going back ever since. Adopted a kitten I've now had for 9 yrs, an older cat who passed away about 3 yrs ago, and then went back to get another companion for my first cat (got really lonely when her best buddy passed away), and ended up bringing home the brother/sister pair who had been there for a year and they would only adopt out together (VERY skittish cats at the time and very dependent on each other.)

The people there have always been awesome and yeah they do see a lot of horrible things. With a lot of the local animal abuse cases they are often the place to take those animals in (they take horses, pigs, sheep, goats too srs), and they said they get a lot of people who drop off pets in the middle of the night at their doorstep and just leave them there. Very sad to read some of the stories how people give up their pets due to not being able to financially care for them anymore or are moving because they lost the house. I know they take in a lot of animal transfers (dogs especially) from other local shelters that can't keep them, especially like the smaller Cleveland shelters that can't afford to keep animals for long periods.

These guys are great, it's by far the best run shelter I've ever seen with people that really care. Most of the workers in there are volunteers and they're awesome with the animals and visitors. They do a lot of programs and special events to bring in donations throughout the year and work their asses off to keep that place running smoothly. You guys should see how thourough the application process is to adopt also, they make sure you can and will take care of their animal and will follow up with you to make sure all is well. So yeah on a scale of 1 to 5 hams I give them 5 hams. I will continue to lend a helping ham (heehee) and I know they greatly appreciate all who help keep them going.

/hyoge animal lover ramble

Working out today at home - pressing day!

[gobbles23]

Aww, that's so sweet of you! You're such an awesome person!!!

Hope you have an awesome workout today!

[dreahere]

Awww, crap. You posted a link to the shelter. I *might* have just spent a significant amount of time looking through all the kitties and puppies, and turned into a puddle of mush.

Me too. The kittehs in the "lonely hearts club" that have been there for a year or more... Poor kittehs. But it sounds like a wonderful shelter.

[thehobbes]

Aww, that's so sweet of you! You're such an awesome person!!!

Hope you have an awesome workout today!

Aww thanks Gobz. Workout was EPIC!