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

[thehobbes]

Hey hammie your run picture is amazing! No wonder your on that 4k calories time bbe
Im dead proud of your running srs youre awesome

Awww, thanks Mel! <3

Did you have pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving?
I always make one for xmas dinner because traditional English xmas pudding is a bit yucky really

Oh yeah, we had pumpkin pie, had pumpkin pie for days! I know there's a Christmas song about "figgy pudding" I don't know wtf that is but it sounds awful. If they called it "badass fudge with sprinkles pudding" I'd be all about it lol.

Always nice to sneak in extra pizza. Crazy but us on deficits (like my measly 1400 calories) need something to envy. ;-) That and the pictures on Partyrocking's journal, or okay also a food forum post on myfitnesspal that is mostly pictures, are a good distraction or torture, pending how you view it. lol

Lol I'm over here housing pizzas as fast I can because I feel like I'm gonna starve to death. Probably gonna hit up Papa Johns again tomorrow! I'm like a hungry zombie only I'm going after carbs and cheese.

[thehobbes]

RUN

CARDIO:
Running:
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 26:39
Avg HR: 136
Peak HR: 147
*30 degrees and light snow


Got home from work early enough that it was still light out for running. It was cold and snowy, just how I like it. Pretty easy day, I'm only at 20k steps right now.

[LunaLifts]

Yay for pumpkin pie, and cheesy, carby, pizza.
Yay for food in general.

Just ate breakfast, and now I want more food.

[thehobbes]

Yay for pumpkin pie, and cheesy, carby, pizza.
Yay for food in general.

Just ate breakfast, and now I want more food.

Still eating 4k cals a day here, hungry hungry Ham.

[thehobbes]

CHEST/TRI (Sunday)

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 160

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-Cuban Press
-BW squats

CHEST:
Bench Press:
45x15
75x12
105x10
135x5
155x3
170x1
*wrist wraps
175x1
175x1
175x1
155x7
*remove wraps
140x12

Incline BB Bench:
45x10
95x10
115x8
135x5

TRI:
CGBP:
*wrist wraps
95x10
135x7
150x4

RC WORK:
Standing Y/T/Ls:
5s for 15, 15, 15
5s for 15, 15, 15

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min


Lightest bench press day in history. Very easy, solid reps. Slingshot work will come back in a couple weeks.

I'm getting all Christmas-y over here, got the outdoor lights up, tree up, sent out some cards. Holiday Ham is on the loose!

[mom2sethc]

I ran 3 miles this am and it was gorgeous!!! We ran in the towpath and it was covered with snow, with plenty falling!!!!

Oh...and the location for the Ohio Spartan Sprint has been set! It is in Garretsville OH! My hubby grew up in Garretsville, it's only about 30'ish minutes from my home!!! It is at a place called Southington Off Road park! If you decide to do it, you are more than welcome to stay overnight at my house. I plan to register for the Sunday 6/3 start in the morning start block of 8:45 - noon. I'm sure some of the other members from my gym will do it too, especially since it is so local to us. DO IT!!!!!

[thehobbes]

I ran 3 miles this am and it was gorgeous!!! We ran in the towpath and it was covered with snow, with plenty falling!!!!

Well that sounds lovely! At the same time I was stuck on the freeway going 3mph cursing all of humanity.

Oh...and the location for the Ohio Spartan Sprint has been set! It is in Garretsville OH! My hubby grew up in Garretsville, it's only about 30'ish minutes from my home!!! It is at a place called Southington Off Road park! If you decide to do it, you are more than welcome to stay overnight at my house. I plan to register for the Sunday 6/3 start in the morning start block of 8:45 - noon. I'm sure some of the other members from my gym will do it too, especially since it is so local to us. DO IT!!!!!

What, Garretsville?! I went to Hiram College right there, went to Garretsville all the time as that had the only grocery store anywhere near the college lulz. Sweet, going to check that out.

[thehobbes]

DL/SQUATS

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 161

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-BW squats

BACK:
DL:
135x8
185x5
*Versa Grips
225x3
*belt
250x3
270x1

LEGS:
Squats:
45x10
95x8
135x5
165x3
*belt
200x3
215x2
225x2

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 15min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min


Short, easy workout today. I need to get a run in soon. We had a snowstorm yesterday so everything's still a mess, can't see where you're stepping. I don't want to trip over a fire hydrant lol. I should be able to make a run work tomorrow night when things are a little more cleared off. I should Amazon some snowshoes out here.

[thehobbes]

RUN

CARDIO:
Running:
Distance: 2.06 miles
Time: 24:31
Avg HR: 141
Peak HR: 153
*19 degrees, dark, 6" of snow from storm


Snow run of death! We had a snowstorm again last night with about 6" here. I ran in my neighborhood and only about half of everyone cleared off their section of sidewalk so a lot of this was running in deep snow. Very hard, slow, and icy. I'm not sure if there's a better way to run when it's that crappy out. I haven't seen anyone else out so I have no point of reference lmao. And no, I'm not willing to run on a treadmill. Start that chit and I might as well start knitting and hugging children, ew, farking gross! I shall run outside in battle conditions like a majestic beast as I curse the icy pavement, RARRWWW!!! Oh, I have cross country spikes, maybe I should try those. BOOM - Ham everywhere.

Also, about one out of every ten people who orders furniture, mattresses, and big screen tvs actually clear off their steps/porch/driveway after a snowstorm for us to deliver that stuff, srs. We still have to take it up there no matter what, so that's a trick hauling stuff up there and trying not to fall down someone's snow covered stairs. It's always been that way, so not surprising I guess, just more of a confusing thing since people know in advance we're coming over. So in addition to the running today there was plenty of mountain climbing - brb whipping out my ice picks and those shoes with the claws in them as I have a couch strapped to my back.

[Fiction2Fitness]

Such craziness, running in that snow. Also sounds fun. I'd rather run or walk in it then drive but no worries about that down here.

Or wait, the craziness is what people have delivered. We don't have to carry to doors but for some reason they decided this year to do fedex drop-off and pick-up at the store. Cause local pharmacy makes sense to go pick up random boxes mailed. We had someone get a furniture thing delivered too and they got pissed because we declined the shipment. We don't have space in the store for random people's stuff. Couldn't imagine trying to do the deliveries, let alone in that kind of weather.

[Partyrocking]

Kudos to you for running outside in this kind of weather.

[LunaLifts]

And no, I'm not willing to run on a treadmill. Start that chit and I might as well start knitting and hugging children, ew, farking gross!

Hahaha! Right?
I don't blame you though, treadmills such. I mean, running sucks (:P) but it's less bad when you can be outside, and actually feel like you're going from one point to another.

[thehobbes]

Such craziness, running in that snow. Also sounds fun. I'd rather run or walk in it then drive but no worries about that down here.

Yeah it was pretty fun.

Or wait, the craziness is what people have delivered. We don't have to carry to doors but for some reason they decided this year to do fedex drop-off and pick-up at the store. Cause local pharmacy makes sense to go pick up random boxes mailed. We had someone get a furniture thing delivered too and they got pissed because we declined the shipment. We don't have space in the store for random people's stuff. Couldn't imagine trying to do the deliveries, let alone in that kind of weather.

Ohhh this sounds like Walgreens. I don't know why they picked that store to do this in out of all places. Yeah I've had to get furniture, bicycles, and giant TVs in there through the front door, dodge all the store displays, and get it back to the photo center. Those guys are not happy when we have huge stuff like that, there's such limited space back there. It's very difficult to deliver in lots of snow like that. Few residents shovel or clear off anything so you're fighting snow, ice, and slippery everything.

Kudos to you for running outside in this kind of weather.

Thanks buddy

Hahaha! Right?
I don't blame you though, treadmills such. I mean, running sucks (:P) but it's less bad when you can be outside, and actually feel like you're going from one point to another.

:GASP!: I legit enjoy running. LMAO at "less bad." Outside you get scenery and fresh air, that's nice.


Run coming up...

[thehobbes]

RUN

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 27:36
Avg HR: 142
Peak HR: 154
*40 degrees and most of the snow has melted!


Good run, still very busy with work so I'm doing a gym deload for right now. I hope to be back in the gym right before Christmas.

Weird holiday story... every Christmas we have a big family Christmas party with all the extended family. The location rotates between a few people's houses and this year my parents have it. I asked my dad what they planned for the food and he says my mom wanted to pick up pizza and KFC out of all things. I'm like ok, that's pretty weird but sounds good. He says but they called up all the food places like that and all are closed for Xmas, makes sense. Now this is extremely weird, my mom decided they would pick up pizza and chicken Sunday (Xmas Eve) and then reheat it in the oven Xmas day. At first I didn't even believe him and said no way, you're just messing with me, but no apparently my mom really wanted to do it this way. I asked why don't you get some of those pre-made pizzas from the grocery store that you cook for like 20min and then cook them Christmas day? He said he did suggest it and my mom said that was stupid and no we're not doing that.

My dad said he'll put her on the phone and asked me to gently suggest getting the ready to cook pizzas at the store. He said you better not mention my name in any of this though, or I'm taking your Christmas presents back! I talk to my mom and yep her plan is to get take-out the day before, put it in the fridge, then reheat. So weird. I ask hey have you seen those ready to cook pizzas at the store? Those are great and you could even get plain ones and then buy toppings and have everybody pick out what they want before you cook them. She says that's an interesting idea, she'll think about it. I think if you tried to reheat the other stuff in the oven you'd burn it, pretty sure it's not meant for that. I don't know, hopefully they decide on something else.

Very bizarre, in the past they've done the traditional foods like get a Honeybaked Ham (pre-cooked, just have to warm it up in the oven, it's great.) I asked my dad why my mom didn't just do that again and he said he has no idea, but she is VERY set on her idea.

Anyway my aunt is doing pretty good and she'll be able to attend the holiday party.

[Partyrocking]

I’m glad your aunt will be able to come. Reheated pizza and kfc? This reminds me of my mother’s book club. At one of their meetings, their host served reheated KFC and Eggos. My mother was not amused.

Sounds like it will make for a good story.

[thehobbes]

I’m glad your aunt will be able to come. Reheated pizza and kfc? This reminds me of my mother’s book club. At one of their meetings, their host served reheated KFC and Eggos. My mother was not amused.

Sounds like it will make for a good story.

Haha, so this is apparently an old person thing. You are the second person that's told me this week a mom/grandma did that with KFC lmao. Yep, any gathering of my family always makes for a good story.

[thehobbes]

CHEST/SHOULDERS

SUPPS:
PRE: Champion Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 161

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-Cuban Press
-BW squats

CHEST:
Bench Press:
45x15
75x12
105x10
135x5
155x2
170x1
*wrist wraps
175x1
155x5
*remove wraps
135x10

Incline BB Bench Press:
45x10
95x10
115x8

SHOULDERS:
DB Shoulder Press:
30s x 12
35s x 10
40s x 8

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min
-Foam Rolling with Spike on wall 5min


Very easy workout after a long deload. Kept the wts light and didn't go AMRAP on anything. Felt good to get a lot of stretching and prehab time in after. I have a bunch of Christmas crap to do tomorrow but will try to get a run done in the morning. As long as it isn't snowing as much as today I bet the park will have some trails clear enough to run on.

And holy freaking ham, Amazon, wtf are you doing?! I ordered a Christmas present Dec 9th as Prime 2 day shipping and it keeps getting delays and now will be here in January. My mom and aunt are both really into adult coloring books right now so I got them each a few of those. It's only one book and I have other presents for them too so not a huge deal but my penguin has still been poked. It's odd because I ordered a couple household things for myself Thurs that I don't immediately need yet I already received those, weird. Amazon shipping has sucked this year. I've gotten a lot of stuff late. And no the last few times I haven't even don't the customer service chat thing because I really don't have the time to deal with it - I got benches to press and quads to rampage.

[Fiction2Fitness]

Ohhh this sounds like Walgreens. I don't know why they picked that store to do this in out of all places. Yeah I've had to get furniture, bicycles, and giant TVs in there through the front door, dodge all the store displays, and get it back to the photo center. Those guys are not happy when we have huge stuff like that, there's such limited space back there. It's very difficult to deliver in lots of snow like that. Few residents shovel or clear off anything so you're fighting snow, ice, and slippery everything.

Yep. Most of us that work there don't know why they made that decision. Fedex and western union, two things they added both to photo area that have been a hassle from the start. I've been head of photo before and we barely have enough space at any location for the photos and the online orders from the company's web site that customers can have shipped to the store and not pay shipping. And it's worse around the holidays. Glad I don't have to deal with it now though pharmacy corner has plenty of other issues.


Good luck with the amazon issues.

[thehobbes]

Yep. Most of us that work there don't know why they made that decision. Fedex and western union, two things they added both to photo area that have been a hassle from the start. I've been head of photo before and we barely have enough space at any location for the photos and the online orders from the company's web site that customers can have shipped to the store and not pay shipping. And it's worse around the holidays. Glad I don't have to deal with it now though pharmacy corner has plenty of other issues.

Yeah sounds like a lot of extra hassle for you guys too. I can only imagine the weird stuff the photo people have to see on a daily basis that is just plain photo related. I made a couple sets of custom Xmas cards this year of my pets that were both hilarious and mildly inappropriate.

[thehobbes]

RUN (Sunday)

CARDIO:
Running:
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 26:50
Avg HR: 139
Peak HR: 146
*28 degrees, paved park trail, pretty icy


I did a wintry Christmas Eve run, easy pace, just had to be aware of some ice.

[thehobbes]

DL/SQUATS/RUN

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 163

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-BW squats

BACK:
DL:
135x8
185x5
*Versa Grips
225x3
*belt
250x2
270x1

LEGS:
Squats:
45x10
95x10
135x5
165x3
*belt
200x3
225x3

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 2.5 miles
Time: 28:36
Avg HR: 141
Peak HR: 150
*10 degrees, snow covered trail, soooo much snot

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min


Easy wts today, just getting back into the swing of things. Run was great even in 10 degree weather, had the whole trail to myself! This week is really cold. Friday it's supposed to be 21 and I thought wahoo, gonna be warm for running! My new running jackets are keeping me very comfortable in all conditions thusfar.

Christmas was great and oh man is my family nuts. It was at my parents' house this year and my mom was in full freak out mode about every little detail - typical day lmao. The food turned out great and there was tons of it. I have lots of leftovers and after I finish all that off I can go back to tracking macros. Right now I'm having cookies, and cheesecake, and candy flying at me and a bunch of delicious food from the party that I wouldn't even know how to track.

Everyone made it to the family party after a little fiasco which is my crazy family doing what they do. It was REALLY important that my aunt came (for everyone of course, but it was especially important to my dad who would've been really upset if she didn't.) My parents have lived in the same place for almost 40 years and somehow my aunt and uncle got lost driving out there, again. They actually got within about 15min of the house and instead of pulling over and calming down and calling one of us they decided to drive all the way back home. My dad gets this frantic phone call from my aunt back at her house, she's crying, uncle is yelling, it's a whole thing, sigh. There's all this stuff going on - uncle didn't turn on the gps, nobody thought to call anybody, people got upset, arguing ensued. My dad is really one of the calmest, most level headed people I know, srs, and he is way too good a guy to deal with some of the chit he has to put up with, ugh! So he eventually calms them down and convinces my uncle to drive back out again because this is a really important Christmas. Everybody got there, a couple hours late, but they got there and everybody had a nice Christmas together. Lots of good food, conversation, and we got to take some photos together which my family rarely does.

I got a badass toaster oven from my parents for Xmas. I tried it out tonight already and made an Italian BMT like I get at Subway - HNNGGG!!! So many epic sammiches will be made in this thing. I have a nice little stockpile of Amazon and some food gift cards too from family and friends. I got my dad a new Fitbit and my mom coloring books (some NSFW which she loved), candy, and a donation sponsorship for the local animal shelter which will mail her photos and a story about a shelter animal every month. Good Christmas was good.

[thehobbes]

SHOULDERS

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 2 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 171

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-Cuban Press
-BW squats

SHOULDERS:
Push Press:
*wrist wraps
65x10
85x6
100x5
110x1
110x1

DB Shoulder Press:
35s x 12
40s x 9
40s x 8
35s x 12

DB Incline Press:
35s x 10
45s x 10
55s x 7

Incline BB Bench Press:
45x10
95x10
115x9
135x5

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min


Decent shoulder day, went pretty heavy on incline bp. Holding a ton of water and cookie weight apparently lol, weighed in at 171 today!

[Fiction2Fitness]

Yeah sounds like a lot of extra hassle for you guys too. I can only imagine the weird stuff the photo people have to see on a daily basis that is just plain photo related. I made a couple sets of custom Xmas cards this year of my pets that were both hilarious and mildly inappropriate.

Yeah... The pet cards are pretty common thought haven't seen any mildly inappropriate ones. Had a couple semi-nude photos come through when I was head of the department including a well done photo book. Did have one crazy instance that involved developing film and printing (back when we could do the film development in store) from a bachelorette party. They had a crazy good time and probably lots of alcohol.



Nice work on all of the running and lifting. Christmas sounds like it was fun and ooo the toaster. Very nice.

[thehobbes]

Yeah... The pet cards are pretty common thought haven't seen any mildly inappropriate ones. Had a couple semi-nude photos come through when I was head of the department including a well done photo book. Did have one crazy instance that involved developing film and printing (back when we could do the film development in store) from a bachelorette party. They had a crazy good time and probably lots of alcohol.

LMAO! Everyone found my pet cards hilarious, but my dad was like whoa you went too far!

Nice work on all of the running and lifting. Christmas sounds like it was fun and ooo the toaster. Very nice.

[thehobbes]

BACK/BICEPS

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 1 scoop

LOCATION: LTF
BW: 166

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-BW squats

BACK:
Pull Ups:
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 4
bw x 4
bw x 3
bw x 3
bw x 2
*total of 41

DB Rows:
55s x 10
60s x 10
65s x 9
70s x 7
70s x 6
60s x 8

Lat Pulldown:
100x10
115x8
130x6
115x8

Cybex Low Cable Row:
block 7 x 11
block 7 x 10
block 7 x 9

HS Row:
1pps x 10
2pps x 9
2pps x 8
1.5pps x 8

Face Pulls:
42.5 x 17
50 x 12
57.5 x 9
50 x 12

BICEPS:
DB Curls:
30s x 14
30s x 12
30s x 11

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min
-Foam Rolling with Spike on wall 5min
-Hot tub 10min
-Pool time
-Sauna with rolling 15min


BOOM - Ham everywhere. Solid workout, kept a lot of things light. I'm going to start a cut pretty soon, spiral-sliced-speedy-gazelle-ham here I come! My toaster oven has been so awesome for hot sammiches HNNGGG! I got the healthier deli meats and cheeses so we're good to go. I have one slice of Christmas cheesecake left and after that then all junk food will be banished from my house. Come to my door with cookies and the alligators will eat you. I'm shooting for 152-153. It will make running faster and easier and also put me in a better position for the bench and run competitions coming up in the summer.

TIME TO GET JACKED AND STACKED RARRWWW!!! FEEL MY GLAZE!

[Fiction2Fitness]

oooo Joining us on the cutting cycle... bandwagon.. or umm whatever it is we are not jointly calling it. lol Good luck to you.

And the cat card was very cute. Sister's cat likes to be all classy like that too some days. Some of her, give me attention moments when you walk by but didn't reach down to pet her. Ahh cats. I haven't done a photo card but I did put together a whole photo books one year of cats from my parents house for my stepdad. We are a cat family.

[thehobbes]

oooo Joining us on the cutting cycle... bandwagon.. or umm whatever it is we are not jointly calling it. lol Good luck to you.

Haha thanks! I'm over here eating like 7 different fruits and veggies a day now and almost no processed food. I'm having a WHOOSH like no other. Ugh, I gotta pee like every 30 minutes but I'm dropping water wt quickly.

And the cat card was very cute. Sister's cat likes to be all classy like that too some days. Some of her, give me attention moments when you walk by but didn't reach down to pet her. Ahh cats. I haven't done a photo card but I did put together a whole photo books one year of cats from my parents house for my stepdad. We are a cat family.

Highfive.jpg for cat family. My cat even has penpal friends he exchanges Christmas presents with every year. He gets more greetings than I do!


Workout coming up...

[thehobbes]

RUN (Friday)

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 3.1 miles
Time: 34:47
Avg HR: 146
Peak HR: 154
*13 degrees, trail run, tons of SNOW!


That was pretty hard to run in, yet fun. I have not seen any other runners on the trails back there in weeks.

[thehobbes]

CHEST/TRI

SUPPS:
PRE: Amino Shooter Edge 1 scoop
INTRA: none
POST: ON Protein 1 scoop

LOCATION: Home gym
BW: 165

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-Cuban Press
-BW squats

CHEST:
Bench Press:
45x15
75x10
105x7
135x3
155x2
170x1
*wrist wraps
175x1
180x1
175x1
155x6
155x5
*remove wraps
140x11

Bench Press with BLUE SLINGSHOT:
*wrist wraps
175x5
180x4
180x4
*haven't done Slingshot in about a month, took it light

BP AMRAP 70% bw:
115x16
*haven't done this in about a month, gotta practice so I can hit 30 reps

TRI:
CGBP:
*wrist wraps
95x10
135x7
150x4

RC WORK:
Standing Y/T/Ls:
5s for 17, 17, 17
5s for 17, 17, 17

External Band Rotations:
RED x 17
RED x 17

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min


Tons of volume and different exercises in today's chest day. Still kept it a tad lighter than usual and went slow and steady on Slingshot. I will likely bump up the AMRAP thing to twice a week just for practice. I rarely do high rep sets at light wt like that so it'll take a little bit to get used to.

Very excited the new season of Black Mirror was released yesterday! I watched the first episode yesterday, mind = destroyed. I'll watch another tonight and probably get some weird dreams from it. I've been taking melatonin nightly for a month now, crazy good dreams. I often get to run around killing zombies with axes and chainsaws and I vividly remember it which makes it even more awesome. One time there was a beer waterslide, that was pretty bad ass. 10/10 would slide again.

[SophieM]

Sounds like you're still killing it in here! Major props for running in this weather.

What is this show Black Mirror you speak of?