There's a Ham in the Power Rack! Part II

[LHarwood]

Hello long long lost friend!!

I will admit, I've not read through the thread, as there is about 700000 pages, but I wanted to find you and say hello.

[thehobbes]

It is a major shift for a lot of people from their usual routines. I envy those who have home gyms though I hadn't been going much due to the work shifts changing and laziness.

Yeah it is. If I didn't have a home gym I'd have to break into a commercial one at 2am and lift I guess. Or panic order thousands of dollars worth of equipment all at once, which I think a lot of people did, I heard a lot of stuff got sold out quick.

We're on lockdown but many still have to go to work. I hope they don't start pulling us over cause it's enough struggle going to work in the morning. My store won't close since we're both healthcare and groceries.

Good to see you are doing well. Not much of us posting in here now though lots of people are spending time on ********.

I still have to go to work as well. Nobody is getting pulled over for speeding AT ALL, lol.

I'm still working on the Free Banana shirt.

Bananas should be free. Wattsup about that?

Did that shirt just confuse the hell outta you? I can't tell, but in all seriousness you generally get bananas and various "free" snacks at the end of races. Quad Cities was EVERYTHING - fruit, brownies, cookies, pasta, hot dogs, beer, lemonade.

Hello long long lost friend!!

I will admit, I've not read through the thread, as there is about 700000 pages, but I wanted to find you and say hello.

LMAO. Cliffs - running all the time, lifting all the time, gains made, 15 mile runs run. I hope all is well with you!

[LHarwood]

Hammie of hammins... Why did you not tell me to pepper thy Angus before telling me you're now running all the time!!??? Are you still keeping up with the numbers with lifting? Any reason for adding in the cardio?

[thehobbes]

Hammie of hammins... Why did you not tell me to pepper thy Angus before telling me you're now running all the time!!??? Are you still keeping up with the numbers with lifting? Any reason for adding in the cardio?

Angus should ALWAYS be peppered when talking to me, never know what craziness is going on. Yes keeping up numbers with lifting still, go up to heavy singles/doubles on bench, squat, dl most workouts, still doing 40-50 bw pull ups in a session, got incline bp and ohp going well too.

Two reasons... I like to eat. And am finding all these Pump and Run competitions where you do max rep lifts from a percentage of your body weight, and then go run a half marathon the next day. Am crushing it on the lifting parts of those and placing pretty well. I did one of those in Quad Cities last year, hit 50 reps on bench press and 30 on bicep curl. Practicing that specifically 2x a week so I can dominate the next one in September. There was one in April here but it was cancelled. :'(

So yeah food and domination really.
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[Mark1T]

Good to see you, Miss Hobbie

One of my gyms is supposed to open at the end of the month. But, if they require a mask, I might bail.

[LHarwood]

Angus should ALWAYS be peppered when talking to me, never know what craziness is going on. Yes keeping up numbers with lifting still, go up to heavy singles/doubles on bench, squat, dl most workouts, still doing 40-50 bw pull ups in a session, got incline bp and ohp going well too.

Two reasons... I like to eat. And am finding all these Pump and Run competitions where you do max rep lifts from a percentage of your body weight, and then go run a half marathon the next day. Am crushing it on the lifting parts of those and placing pretty well. I did one of those in Quad Cities last year, hit 50 reps on bench press and 30 on bicep curl. Practicing that specifically 2x a week so I can dominate the next one in September. There was one in April here but it was cancelled. :'(

So yeah food and domination really.
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As a member of team Amazon, I am extremely proud of you hammie. Good on you keeping up the numbers and also doing competitions, too.

Have you dropped much bw?

I have every faith that you'll dominate, you're the ham of all hams.

[thehobbes]

Good to see you, Miss Hobbie

One of my gyms is supposed to open at the end of the month. But, if they require a mask, I might bail.

Hey Mark Mine opens up Tuesday, no mask or special rules required. The first day I go back I'm gonna lift for 2 hours, and hit the pool/sauna for an hour, no mask, maybe no clothes... Ok ok I'll wear some socks lol.

As a member of team Amazon, I am extremely proud of you hammie. Good on you keeping up the numbers and also doing competitions, too.

Have you dropped much bw?

I have every faith that you'll dominate, you're the ham of all hams.

Thanks LH! Eh not a whole lot, right around 155-156 now, trying to hit an even 150 and just stay there so I can easily make my <153 weight class in September.

[Mark1T]

Hey Mark Mine opens up Tuesday, no mask or special rules required. The first day I go back I'm gonna lift for 2 hours, and hit the pool/sauna for an hour, no mask, maybe no clothes... Ok ok I'll wear some socks lol

Miss Hobbie, my gym is open now and I will start Monday. No mask, either. Social distancing will be encouraged. No problem.

The sauna idea is not erotic at all

We gonna be sore next weekend, can't wait.

[LHarwood]

I didn't realise you're hitting a gym and not doing home only.

I am still shocked a few days on how much weight you've lost, but it's still amazing you've kept your numbers up. Good on ya lass!

[thehobbes]

Miss Hobbie, my gym is open now and I will start Monday. No mask, either. Social distancing will be encouraged. No problem.

The sauna idea is not erotic at all

We gonna be sore next weekend, can't wait.

Ours opened yesterday I think. Still lifting at home but I’ll go in next week after they figure out what they’re doing. I didn’t want to go the first day and have freaked out workers spraying me with Lysol as I do pull ups because they don’t know what to do.

Our sauna is pretty damn erotic, you know, all those chubby old guys farting in there. 😜

[thehobbes]

I didn't realise you're hitting a gym and not doing home only.

I am still shocked a few days on how much weight you've lost, but it's still amazing you've kept your numbers up. Good on ya lass!

We’ll have been lifting at home for 2 months straight. I usually do most of my lifting at home, go to LTF for some specific equipment, and of course the pool. In winter I was there like 6 days a week cause I was running on the treadmill instead of on the ice. I showered there every day, that was so convenient.

I guess, used to be low 170s, it’s hard to imagine now. Strength has increased, also stamina, didn’t seem to hurt anything at all. And now I can run far as fark, slowly, but I’ll get there. 😁

[thehobbes]

Noooo... the Boston Marathon has been cancelled for this year. 😭😭😭 It was rescheduled from Spring, and set for Sept, but now they cancelled that date too!

Ugh, that doesn’t give much hope for any other big Fall races. Quad Cities is supposed to be Sept. It’s not as big as Boston, but still thousands of participants. Mannnn, don’t cancel that! That’s my big Fall vacation!

Ugh this freaking year man. Can we at least have some local races? Like the ones under 500 people? C’mon, something! A half marathon, a 10 miler, 10k, anything.

Today was Chest Day...

Bench, light only went up to 180

Incline, buncha sets at 135

Practice for Pump N Run: hit 46 reps on 80lb bench followed by 35 reps on 50lb ez bar curl

Then rode my bike outside for 9 miles

Glute strengthening and stretching after


Got a calf/ham thing going on so I took a week off running, going to give it a try Monday if everything is feeling good then.

Looking at doing some road cycling to compliment the running. I have a regular mountain bike and I’ll see how it goes this summer getting in miles with that. If I’m really into it still by winter maybe I’ll buy a nice road bike.