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

[Lou1se]

Woah! Nice peaks! Delts are looking meaty too.

[nvrstopworking]

Guise 160 is pretty friggin light srs, I mean it's not like I'm 4'11"or something.

Things that PL'ing chicks say/10

[llahhsoj]

Things that PL'ing chicks say/10

I'm a little over 160. Hamz is making me feel inadequate, lulz.

[gobbles23]

I'm a little over 160. Hamz is making me feel inadequate, lulz.

Hahaha!

[Echo814]

I will not utter the M word but I giggled a bit when I read it lol.

I think going down to 155lbs wouldn't hurt, just to see what you're working with. It's not like you can't go back into epic bulk mode and gain it back

Hopefully next year Auntie Ham can have a few days to relax, eat and lift without having crazy work stuff interfere. Do you have an employee that you can trust to run things for your hamcation, or maybe have one that can be groomed for it?

[gobbles23]

^^But that's my new favourite word now! It cannot die! I won't let it! lol!

Hi Mamme!

[swooshie]

Hey Tammie beefy gunz ya got goin on there! I especially like the one holding the camera that's not really flexing .... duhaum doingitright.jpg

[pharty]

Bahahaa! I had no idea I said Mammie the other day. Only now realizing that. lol! Oh dear I'm laughing so hard I hurt

i think she's drunk again

[pharty]

Hey Tammie beefy gunz ya got goin on there! I especially like the one holding the camera that's not really flexing .... duhaum doingitright.jpg

[swooshie]

That whole "Mammie" thing made me crack up ... especially since Gobbs had no clue she started it LMAO!!!!

[geek23ka]

omg i love you girls. thanks for the laugh!

[dreahere]

i think she's drunk again

I think Ms Lori has been a little tipsy all week.

And Mammie is being very quiet. She probably has the giant map of the US and Canada out and is figuring out in what order to drive to kick all our asses.

[thehobbes]

Yes : )

that's not good...

that's really not good...

Stay safe, Mammie!

: D

Heehee, tanks for clarification on my potato debacle.

Bahahaa! : D I had no idea I said Mammie the other day. Only now realizing that. lol! Oh dear I'm laughing so hard I hurt : D

Oh the lulzy-est stuff is always created by accident, well alcohol really.

Woah! Nice peaks! Delts are looking meaty too. : )

MEATY... YESSSSS!!!!

Things that PL'ing chicks say/10

LOL

I'm a little over 160. Hamz is making me feel inadequate, lulz.

Nooooo! Sorry J-Dog, if it helps at all your lifts are freaking crazy, 160 or not. Don't worry, if my lifts ever start to creep up on yours THEN it's time to worry haha.

I will not utter the M word but I giggled a bit when I read it lol.

I think going down to 155lbs wouldn't hurt, just to see what you're working with. It's not like you can't go back into epic bulk mode and gain it back : D

Hopefully next year Auntie Ham can have a few days to relax, eat and lift without having crazy work stuff interfere. Do you have an employee that you can trust to run things for your hamcation, or maybe have one that can be groomed for it?

Going for 155, will be the lightest I've ever been since starting lifting (when I started I did food wrong and dropped to 145, crazy I know.) Next year as in 2013? You bet your ass I'm gonna do that! As for completely putting that in someone else's hands No, srs. There have been a couple occassions where I've taken one measly day off and told everyone call X if you need something and I ALWAYS get some weird issue I'm called about anyways just because. And they're like yeah we know we're not supposed to bother you butttt.... I'm going to The Arnold this year, would love to take that Thurs/Fri off, and intend to as long as I am fully staffed. Would love to stay home this Mon (NY Eve) but I have a newer person who just started so it feels wrong to not be around just in case.

^^But that's my new favourite word now! It cannot die! I won't let it! lol! : D

Hi Mamme! : p

Oh lawd, and now it begins.

Hey Tammie beefy gunz ya got goin on there! I especially like the one holding the camera that's not really flexing .... duhaum : eek: doingitright.jpg

Ohhh no ya don't, we're not throwing more girly nicknames in there, haha. Thank you for the compliment!

i think she's drunk again

She has to run out of booze eventually lol!

That whole "Mammie" thing made me crack up ... especially since Gobbs had no clue she started it LMAO!!!!

LOLed at high five.

omg i love you girls. thanks for the laugh!

Hai Geek!

I think Ms Lori has been a little tipsy all week. : p

And Mammie is being very quiet. She probably has the giant map of the US and Canada out and is figuring out in what order to drive to kick all our asses. : D

Teehee, gotta gps that shiz right so I can get my money's worth for the fuel. Actually this morning cooked up a big ol breakfast and watched a buncha dvds while in pjs with my ass glued to the couch, FINALLY! Was everything I thought it would be and soooo much more.


Thanks for the lulz guise, workout coming up (bench PR included! ohhhh ahhhhh lol)...

[thehobbes]

BENCH PRESS DAY

SUPPS:
PRE: Maniac 2 scoops
INTRA: RecoverPro 2 scoops
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops, Con-Cret 2 scoops

LOACTION - Home gym

***Lats and core are FRIED from Back Day, probably should've waited another day to do bp but really wanted to lift today and everything besides chest still has DOMS lol***

WARMUP:
-Cuban Press
-Arm circles
*note arm circles are also done between each set

CHEST:
DB Flat Bench Press for warmup:
35s x 20
45s x 15

BB Flat Bench Press:
45x15
75x10
105x8
120x8
135x8
150x6*Rep PR!
145X4 lats and core just too painful to continue


150x6 (intentionally brought it down to safties to end set, lats felt too iffy to try and rack that)


^^^Left that part in for all these people who b!tch about "zomg I can't bench without a spotter cause I'm a complete p@ssy and scared to fail a rep," just farking do it!!!

TRI:
CGBP:
*used wrist wraps due to poor wrist flexibility
75x20
95x15
115x10
105x12


115 set


RC Work:
Standing Y/T/Ls with 5 sec hold: 5s for 12, 12, 12 x 2sets

Int. Band Rotations (Red): 2x12 holy freaking lat soreness OWW!

Ext. Band Rotations (Red): 2x15


So I have lat DOMS and some kind of weird rib cage DOMS. That Back/Biceps Day really got me good (haven't done most of those exercises for 6ish weeks as I haven't had time to go to that gym.) Hopefully I worked my chest sufficiently, wasn't able to do a lot, and I know I can do a lot better than that 150x6 with the newer rep scheme I have in place, everything was just extremely sore. I'm thinking maybe HS Rows made the rib area sore, or pullups? And then my quad DOMS is kicking in more today so the leg drive on my bp was a struggle too. Ah see this is what happens when you go from lifting once a week back to every other day haha. I'll probably take tomorrow off since I just did back and chest, can't really DL yet with my core so sore, I'm thinking I'll do a full on Leg Day Monday at LTF. Haven't done one of those in a lonnng time, so be prepared to hear me whining about how much my hams, quads, glutes, and calves hurt after that lol! Hopefully I'll be ok after hitting up everything one time and recovering from horrible DOMS on every muscle imaginable. I ate over 4kcals yesterday too! Apparently that did not help at all lol.

[EB68]

Nice work and congrats on yet another PR.

[geek23ka]

^^^Left that part in for all these people who b!tch about "zomg I can't bench without a spotter cause I'm a complete p@ssy and scared to fail a rep," just farking do it!!!

hey! i resemble that remark! lol

i'll work on my fear of that.

fantastic benching, both regular and close grip. and much congrats to a well deserved PR.

[-=FLEX=-]

Nice job on the rep PR hammy; that calculates out to a 180lb 1rm.

[thehobbes]

Nice work and congrats on yet another PR.

Thanks Eric!

hey! i resemble that remark! lol

i'll work on my fear of that.

fantastic benching, both regular and close grip. and much congrats to a well deserved PR.

Oh lol, well get in there and conquer it woman! I see people in the Female forums constantly claiming they can't bb bench for that reason and are scared to do it even in the rack, sigh, these chicks are making us look bad!

Nice job on the rep PR hammy; that calculates out to a 180lb 1rm.

Soon FLEX, soon...

[beatha]

Ham-azon going good up in here . . . i c i c . . . Congrats on the BP PR !!!!

[thehobbes]

Annnnd back to calorie tracking! Hit maintanance today just to get back on track, will drop back to 2500-2600 if needed in a bit. Here's da foodz for today:

-oatmeal
-raspberries
-protein bar
-chicken breast 200g
-carrots 250g
-broccoli 100g
-potatos in olive oil 500g
-orange juice
-protein shake
-apple
-5 deviled eggs (made em with dat low fat mayo, awesome macros on these things srs)
-almond butter
-2 toast
-glucosamine, creatine, calcium, multi

TOTALS:
Cals 3081
Pro 169

BOOM! Delicious foods all day. So here's my confuzzlement people. Been trying to go for overall healthy foods lately, I feel a hell of a lot better and it's very easy to hit my macros with this stuff, sure I'll have a treat every now and then but I generally don't have that kind of stuff around or even crave it. Anyways, hit 110g of fat. Most of it is coming from olive oil, almond butter, and eggs so very low saturated fat in general. This is the correct way to go if you're going to have higher numbers than "normal people" right? Just like with carbs, if you have to jack em up higher don't do it with a crapload of sugar, try to get dem complex carbs instead. Not concerned about weight loss/gain, just general health, wanna make sure imdoinitright.jpg And obviously if I tried to do the recommended 2kcals a day I would die of starvation srs, I guess it's just these damn food labels with the percentages throwing me off. I'm not sure what idiot came up with the whole 2k a day thing, do they even logic?!

But yes, please critique diet for general health (again not a single fuk given about weight loss/gain, that's all simple math, I can adjust that as needed.)

[Luvdogs]

I'm a believer in plenty (within your total caloric goal of course) of good fats: EVOO, nuts, eggs, pastured butter, coconut oil, avocado. That's where most of mine come from. I also eat for health, with a few treats for sanity. But health is numero uno! Minimal sugar, "good" fats, proteins, complex carbs (mostly sweet potato, quinoa, oats, veggies, and small amounts of fruit). We eat this way all the time just in different amounts depending on building or cutting. Hubs likes to eat that way too so it makes it easy. Now if I could just get him to lift...

[nvrstopworking]

Awesome benching "Mams"!

Proud of you too for gutting out that last rep and then using dem safeties. No reason to be scared at all when you have those! GJHW!

[gobbles23]

Wow, congrats on the benching Pr! That's insane!

MMmm, foods! So did you just sit down and eat a big bowl of carrots? lol!

[geek23ka]

you eat good stuff. i think tina might know about fats and nutrition. i know that nutritionists argue lots about it, but everyone agrees that trans fats are bad and more omega 3's are needed. MUFA's with good 3:6:9 ratios are favored by most.

happy new year, hobbes!!

[MoEcho]

Happy New Year!

1. You're looking mighty beefy!
2. FUUUUU and your insane bench!!

[pharty]

Holy benching Mammie!

Can honestly say I've never seen anyone bench in the power racks. Can't say I'd even think to do it because, well, there are all those flat benches over there to, well, bench on lol. I have declined in the power rack because someone was on the ONE decline bench. My mind is a weird weird place.

Happy New Year!

[jjeane]

Happy New Year Hobbes!
Seriously nice benching. The food list looked yummy to me!

[EB68]

Holy benching Mammie!

Can honestly say I've never seen anyone bench in the power racks. Can't say I'd even think to do it because, well, there are all those flat benches over there to, well, bench on lol. I have declined in the power rack because someone was on the ONE decline bench. My mind is a weird weird place.

Happy New Year!

I always bench in my power rack, I have no spotter so the safties are my friends

[mmater]

Yeah, those nutrition labels can throw you off. Have you noticed the protein percentages. I had something last week and on the label it had 25 grams of protein and that was supposedly 50% of my daily intake. HAHAHAHAHA.

[dreahere]

Most excellent benching!

And I frequently eat that much fat in one day and I am smaller than you. I like butter. I am 50 years old and it has not adversely affected my health yet, so you're probably good.

Happy NYE!