Back in the rumpus room today. Gorgeous day, though partly cloudy. San Diegans are such weather wimps.
Started with AtLarge Results and the Shelby mix, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, eventually knee sleeves. I wore Ace briefs again for the squatting. Spiked and Torked a lot.
I did a lot of dynamic work and a lot of bar work to warm up before getting to it. My right shoulder was again unhappy with the military work.
All exercises were 3 sets of 5-7 with about 180s between.
Military press, seated, fat bar: 3 x 7 reps with ten kilos more than last week. The last set was downright brutal, but I got 7 reps on all three sets. This was a weight PR for me.
Seated french press: Elbows were not happy and the weight is getting up there, so I bagged these and did DB presses from the shoulders on a flat bench. I used my 30kg DBs with skinny handles and did simple presses with no swing and no roll. Elbows stayed tight and straight and everything worked well.
Squat: 3 x 7 x even more kg. Took the weight up another ten kilos with a reverse green band on the bar. All three sets were smooth, though the walkouts were a bastard. My right hip was a little balky on the walkout, but no troubles during the squats. I did three sets of 5 reps, and this weight is a PR. This is a scary amount of weight -- every 50kg and 25kg plate I have was on the bar. Walkouts were six inches max, and I was scared still. One misplaced foot and I'm done for a long time. I need a monolift. Still, a PR. I saw stars, but the reps were smooth. I'd set the pins below parallel and dropped until I touched the pins. The weight came up well. Maybe next time I'll back in down a little and lose the band -- it would be interesting to see what my current max is.
So, a great day. Just fantastic. I'm hoarse from all the grunting, but I'm good with that. Back to work tomorrow, though I'll likely try to train tomorrow too. I hope everyone's weekend ends up as successful as I've felt mine has been.
Great day.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Day 3 week 16
Humid day by SD standards, so the rumpus room was a sweatatorium. Can't tell you how good it feels to get back in the room, though. Work has seriously stepped up from a time commitment standpoint, so it's been a while. Granted, it gave my left elbow a chance to heal up, so it wasn't all bad.
Dragging a bit today. No idea why, though it's likely emotional. Such is life.
Started with AtLarge Results and the usual Shelby mix. Spiked for good measure and Torked during. Seared my sinuses, I did.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps today. Did some dynamic work to warm up, but did a lot of bar work. Did suck a lot of wind, too.
All sets 5-7 reps, 180s between, all to positive failure (or worse).
Rows: 3 sets x 7 reps. Bench incline was 50 degrees. Bar had 140 kg and I concentrated on a good scapular squeeze at each finish. Super-wide grip with lots (I mean a whole lot) of bar warm-up in rapid succession to work up a good sweat. These were pretty good, so I'll see how I feel tomorrow and decide whether to move to another exercise next time.
Fly fat DB: 3 sets with 70 kg and ran them doggcrapp style again. Same weight as last time. Got 22 reps first set(-1), 12 second (+3), 6 third (+2). Felt quite good and went up on two of the sets. Still have a funny twinge in my right shoulder when down at full ROM.
Fat rope drag curl: 3 x 7. Again I used the two-inch rope looped around the handle of one of my fat DBs with 70 kilos loaded and did drag curls. Honestly, these are still fantastic. I did all sets DC style, like the fly. Got 15 first set, 12 second, 7 third. We'll see how it goes.
Calf: Loaded up the SSB with 200kg and did sets of 15 from a 4" platform. Felt good. We'll see -- might inch up a little on this and push to 6" platform.
All in all, a great return. Time off seems to be doing me ok these days, though I hate it. I'll train again tomorrow, I'm sure, just because I can't stand not to. My mental health requires it.
Hope all have a great day. Hang tough, Bob.
Out.
Dragging a bit today. No idea why, though it's likely emotional. Such is life.
Started with AtLarge Results and the usual Shelby mix. Spiked for good measure and Torked during. Seared my sinuses, I did.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps today. Did some dynamic work to warm up, but did a lot of bar work. Did suck a lot of wind, too.
All sets 5-7 reps, 180s between, all to positive failure (or worse).
Rows: 3 sets x 7 reps. Bench incline was 50 degrees. Bar had 140 kg and I concentrated on a good scapular squeeze at each finish. Super-wide grip with lots (I mean a whole lot) of bar warm-up in rapid succession to work up a good sweat. These were pretty good, so I'll see how I feel tomorrow and decide whether to move to another exercise next time.
Fly fat DB: 3 sets with 70 kg and ran them doggcrapp style again. Same weight as last time. Got 22 reps first set(-1), 12 second (+3), 6 third (+2). Felt quite good and went up on two of the sets. Still have a funny twinge in my right shoulder when down at full ROM.
Fat rope drag curl: 3 x 7. Again I used the two-inch rope looped around the handle of one of my fat DBs with 70 kilos loaded and did drag curls. Honestly, these are still fantastic. I did all sets DC style, like the fly. Got 15 first set, 12 second, 7 third. We'll see how it goes.
Calf: Loaded up the SSB with 200kg and did sets of 15 from a 4" platform. Felt good. We'll see -- might inch up a little on this and push to 6" platform.
All in all, a great return. Time off seems to be doing me ok these days, though I hate it. I'll train again tomorrow, I'm sure, just because I can't stand not to. My mental health requires it.
Hope all have a great day. Hang tough, Bob.
Out.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Day 2 week 16
Theory of a Deadman, Chevelle, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, and a few others.
Personal drama hasn't abated -- deepening, actually. I feel guilty for mentioning it with what Bob's going through, though. Time to sack up.
I used Results and the Shelby mix per usual, Spiked, a little Tork with the squats.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps for the upper work and loose briefs for the lower. Warmed up with dynamic work and bar weight before each. Lots of dynamic work with my shoulders in particular because my right shoulder was a little balky. I suspect I've got something floating around in it because it doesn't always hurt. Erred on the side of caution today there, but did less for hips and knees than usual. Oh well.
All exercises were 3 sets of 8-10 with 180s rest between, all to positive failure.
Shoulder work: 3 sets of 10 reps with 35#. Held each rep at the top and worked to avoid swinging at the bottom. Kept it simple today because of my complaining shoulder and left elbow problems from last time.
Narrow Grip Bench Press with the fat bar: 120 kilos x 3 x 10 to be safe. Went up reasonably easily. Still felt it in the triceps, but could have done more. I'll go up next time.
SSB box squat to parallel: 3 x 10. Set up a squat box at parallel, put 250 kilos on the SSB and pounded. Still great quad work -- very happy with the way this is going and suspect a weight PR is in the near future. Hips felt it, and for some reason I had to concentrate a little extra of tightening my torso today. My back felt a little loose for some reason. Maybe the recent weight loss is affecting the tightness of the belt. Pushed out hard and went fine.
My left elbow was ok today. Didn't feel it while lifting, but a little afterward when pulling plates from bars. It's improving, so I won't complain.
All in all, a great day. A Santa Ana is blowing through, so it's 100 on the beach this morning. The rumpus room was stinkin' hot, so the fan was blasting. Still sweating like a pig, so time for a contrast shower.
Great day, all.
Personal drama hasn't abated -- deepening, actually. I feel guilty for mentioning it with what Bob's going through, though. Time to sack up.
I used Results and the Shelby mix per usual, Spiked, a little Tork with the squats.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps for the upper work and loose briefs for the lower. Warmed up with dynamic work and bar weight before each. Lots of dynamic work with my shoulders in particular because my right shoulder was a little balky. I suspect I've got something floating around in it because it doesn't always hurt. Erred on the side of caution today there, but did less for hips and knees than usual. Oh well.
All exercises were 3 sets of 8-10 with 180s rest between, all to positive failure.
Shoulder work: 3 sets of 10 reps with 35#. Held each rep at the top and worked to avoid swinging at the bottom. Kept it simple today because of my complaining shoulder and left elbow problems from last time.
Narrow Grip Bench Press with the fat bar: 120 kilos x 3 x 10 to be safe. Went up reasonably easily. Still felt it in the triceps, but could have done more. I'll go up next time.
SSB box squat to parallel: 3 x 10. Set up a squat box at parallel, put 250 kilos on the SSB and pounded. Still great quad work -- very happy with the way this is going and suspect a weight PR is in the near future. Hips felt it, and for some reason I had to concentrate a little extra of tightening my torso today. My back felt a little loose for some reason. Maybe the recent weight loss is affecting the tightness of the belt. Pushed out hard and went fine.
My left elbow was ok today. Didn't feel it while lifting, but a little afterward when pulling plates from bars. It's improving, so I won't complain.
All in all, a great day. A Santa Ana is blowing through, so it's 100 on the beach this morning. The rumpus room was stinkin' hot, so the fan was blasting. Still sweating like a pig, so time for a contrast shower.
Great day, all.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Day 1 week 16
Ok, so today sucked. Lots of promise and ready to rock, but I created a problem. Yesterday I was working on my motorcycle and tweaked my left elbow replacing the fuel pump. Thought it was just a getting-old tweak, took advil, and forgot about it. Nope.
After the pullups today, my elbow was on fire. Feels like onset of tendinitis -- that kind of ache. Nuts.
I got all my sets if pullups and tried to warm up the incline curls. Even the warm-up made my arm want to fall off, so I decided stupidly to try the bench. Didn't want to have to write a bunch of nothing in the log, so I set to the warm-up. A great big cupful of nope. Got to work weight and called the day. Got the arm on ice at the moment, trying to type one-handed. So today will have to be a mulligan.
Drank the Results and Shelby mix with half a Spike in it as usual, wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps, and warmed up with the bar.
Pull-ups, fat grip, wide: 3 x 15 smooth. All sets were +45kg. Started with a set of 10 and then the three of 15. Felt pretty good, but elbow barked between.
Incline bicep curl: miss.
Bench press, regular bar: Warmed up, miss.
Standing calf: Straight sets of 50 reps.
I did the calves in between sets of wimpiness.
Ice and try again another day. Better luck to all of you.
After the pullups today, my elbow was on fire. Feels like onset of tendinitis -- that kind of ache. Nuts.
I got all my sets if pullups and tried to warm up the incline curls. Even the warm-up made my arm want to fall off, so I decided stupidly to try the bench. Didn't want to have to write a bunch of nothing in the log, so I set to the warm-up. A great big cupful of nope. Got to work weight and called the day. Got the arm on ice at the moment, trying to type one-handed. So today will have to be a mulligan.
Drank the Results and Shelby mix with half a Spike in it as usual, wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps, and warmed up with the bar.
Pull-ups, fat grip, wide: 3 x 15 smooth. All sets were +45kg. Started with a set of 10 and then the three of 15. Felt pretty good, but elbow barked between.
Incline bicep curl: miss.
Bench press, regular bar: Warmed up, miss.
Standing calf: Straight sets of 50 reps.
I did the calves in between sets of wimpiness.
Ice and try again another day. Better luck to all of you.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Day 4 week 15
Been a cloudy day with sporadic sunshine. I get my sunshine from other sources these days.
I love the fourth day. Just love it. Squats are my thing, I've decided.
All my peeps are back in the country and back in the office, so things were still nutty but so much better. More natural. Maybe back to something like normal.
Still had a lot of anger going into the rumpus room, though easily directed at the weight. The rush consumes me and I can rip into my work in a way that guarantees a sort of satisfaction.
Started with AtLarge Results and the Shelby mix, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, eventually knee sleeves. I wore Ace briefs again for the squatting.
I Spiked again and opened a new bottle of Tork. Holy cow, does it become obvious how worn down the old is when you open new. Singed all the hairs in my nose during squats today. Love it.
I did a lot of dynamic work and a lot of bar work to warm up before getting to it. My right shoulder was still unhappy with the military work, but I worked on elbow angles that relieved it and did ok.
All exercises were 3 sets of 5-7 with about 180s between.
Military press, seated, fat bar: 3 x 7 reps with ten kilos more than last week. This is a lot of weight, frankly, and my last reps of my last set were grunted up, no doubt. These were hard.
Seated french press: 3x7. I added five kilos this week and really grunted these up too. I had to struggle to keep my elbows up, as the temptation to drop them into a jerk is pretty great. But I managed, and I hit the triceps the way I wanted to.
Squat: 3 x 7 x even more kg. Took the weight up another ten kilos and put a reverse green band on the bar. No Andersons this week -- straight squats with the band. These too were bitch-tough, but felt fantastic. Without the band, this would be a rep PR, so I have something to aim for next week. As good as these felt, I think that PR is going down.
Just a terrific session this week. Worked out some things, still working on gaining weight, and powered up some really satisfying bar weight. I can hardly wait to get after it again, which feels good.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. More tomorrow.
I love the fourth day. Just love it. Squats are my thing, I've decided.
All my peeps are back in the country and back in the office, so things were still nutty but so much better. More natural. Maybe back to something like normal.
Still had a lot of anger going into the rumpus room, though easily directed at the weight. The rush consumes me and I can rip into my work in a way that guarantees a sort of satisfaction.
Started with AtLarge Results and the Shelby mix, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, eventually knee sleeves. I wore Ace briefs again for the squatting.
I Spiked again and opened a new bottle of Tork. Holy cow, does it become obvious how worn down the old is when you open new. Singed all the hairs in my nose during squats today. Love it.
I did a lot of dynamic work and a lot of bar work to warm up before getting to it. My right shoulder was still unhappy with the military work, but I worked on elbow angles that relieved it and did ok.
All exercises were 3 sets of 5-7 with about 180s between.
Military press, seated, fat bar: 3 x 7 reps with ten kilos more than last week. This is a lot of weight, frankly, and my last reps of my last set were grunted up, no doubt. These were hard.
Seated french press: 3x7. I added five kilos this week and really grunted these up too. I had to struggle to keep my elbows up, as the temptation to drop them into a jerk is pretty great. But I managed, and I hit the triceps the way I wanted to.
Squat: 3 x 7 x even more kg. Took the weight up another ten kilos and put a reverse green band on the bar. No Andersons this week -- straight squats with the band. These too were bitch-tough, but felt fantastic. Without the band, this would be a rep PR, so I have something to aim for next week. As good as these felt, I think that PR is going down.
Just a terrific session this week. Worked out some things, still working on gaining weight, and powered up some really satisfying bar weight. I can hardly wait to get after it again, which feels good.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. More tomorrow.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Day 3 week 15
Hazy day today, but really quite nice. A little warm by SD standards and a little humid by same, but nothing like what most of you experience. Turned on the fan in the rumpus room.
Started with AtLarge Results and the usual Shelby mix. Spiked for good measure.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps today. Did almost no dynamic work to warm up, but did a lot of bar work. Did suck a lot of wind, though.
All sets 5-7 reps, 180s between, all to positive failure (or worse).
Rows: 3 sets x 7 reps. Bench incline was 50 degrees. Bar had 140 kg and I concentrated on a good scapular squeeze at each finish. Super-wide grip. After the three sets (got all 7 each), I dropped half the weight and did sets of 10 to polish off anything left. Having a hard time feeling my upper back, so I might have to take Bob's advice and switch to heavy cleans. Maybe fat db clean and jerk, since I feel I can never give my shoulders too much work.
Fly fat DB: 3 sets with 70 kg and ran them doggcrapp style. This was up five kilos each hand, mostly because I was too chicken to go up ten. Got 23 reps first set, 9 second, 4 third. Felt pretty good. Still have a funny twinge in my right shoulder when down at full ROM. Wouldn't surprise me if I've torn something, but I'm not of a mind to get it checked until it starts limiting me.
Fat rope drag curl: 3 x 7. Again I used the two-inch rope looped around the handle of one of my fat DBs with 70 kilos loaded and did drag curls. Honestly, these are fantastic. I did 7 first set, 10 second, 13 third. I'll go up again next time. Loving these.
Calf: Did sets of 50 reps between each set today, alternating between toes-out and toes-in. I think that was nine or ten sets of 50. We'll see if I can walk tomorrow.
Great day. Body weight is climbing slowly again, progress is being made under tension, and work is, well, work.
Have a great week, guys.
Started with AtLarge Results and the usual Shelby mix. Spiked for good measure.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps today. Did almost no dynamic work to warm up, but did a lot of bar work. Did suck a lot of wind, though.
All sets 5-7 reps, 180s between, all to positive failure (or worse).
Rows: 3 sets x 7 reps. Bench incline was 50 degrees. Bar had 140 kg and I concentrated on a good scapular squeeze at each finish. Super-wide grip. After the three sets (got all 7 each), I dropped half the weight and did sets of 10 to polish off anything left. Having a hard time feeling my upper back, so I might have to take Bob's advice and switch to heavy cleans. Maybe fat db clean and jerk, since I feel I can never give my shoulders too much work.
Fly fat DB: 3 sets with 70 kg and ran them doggcrapp style. This was up five kilos each hand, mostly because I was too chicken to go up ten. Got 23 reps first set, 9 second, 4 third. Felt pretty good. Still have a funny twinge in my right shoulder when down at full ROM. Wouldn't surprise me if I've torn something, but I'm not of a mind to get it checked until it starts limiting me.
Fat rope drag curl: 3 x 7. Again I used the two-inch rope looped around the handle of one of my fat DBs with 70 kilos loaded and did drag curls. Honestly, these are fantastic. I did 7 first set, 10 second, 13 third. I'll go up again next time. Loving these.
Calf: Did sets of 50 reps between each set today, alternating between toes-out and toes-in. I think that was nine or ten sets of 50. We'll see if I can walk tomorrow.
Great day. Body weight is climbing slowly again, progress is being made under tension, and work is, well, work.
Have a great week, guys.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Day 2 week 15
Great day today. Started cloudy and a little cool, though humid. Finished warm and sunny. Didn't use the fan in the rumpus room and sweat like a pig.
I used Results and the Shelby mix per usual. Lots of Red Fang today, which helped in the squats. No Spike because I'm gonna need it later. I tried a little Tork, but it's getting weak and needs to be replaced.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps for the upper work and loose briefs for the lower. Warmed up with dynamic work and bar weight before each.
All exercises were 3 sets of 8-10 with 180s rest between, all to positive failure.
Shoulder work: 3 sets of 10 reps with 35#. Held each rep at the top and worked to avoid swinging at the bottom. Shoulders felt pretty darn good. Pleased yet again. I polished afterward between JM sets with the chains with handles, concentrating on posterior delts. Really hit them hard this way, which makes me feel really good. I think I might have had 30 pounds of chain in each hand, so it was pretty light at the bottom. Maybe half touched floor.
JM Press with the fat bar: 120 kilos x 3 x 10, raised the weight 5 kilos per side again and did all sets with it. My elbows screamed a little and some of the last set looked more like narrow grip bench. I might just have to move to N-G bench if my elbows are gonna bark.
SSB box squat to parallel: 3 x 10. Set up a squat box at parallel, put 250 kilos on the SSB and pounded. Up 15 kg per side today. Again, felt fantastic and sucked serious wind, really pounded my quads, which I needed, and by the time I was done, my loose briefs were pretty tight. Fantastic. My form seems to be coming along, which makes me happy. I can feel when my head starts to sag or my back isn't tight top to bottom. I pause on the box and am careful not to rock. Things are starting to work. Great stuff.
I'm heading to hang with some wild friends out in East County today. I have to say, I'm really excited about it. I have lost a lot of weight in the last two weeks over stress, not lifting, eating poorly, etc. Had to eat serious crow with Shelby and get back on the horse. Things are coming along, though we're having to work extra hard to stop the weight decline. It's a bit of a bitch, actually, so we've increased pretty much everything. I'll be guzzling olive oil with my beer before this is over.
Anyway, thanks for checking in. Have a great holiday and weekend.
I used Results and the Shelby mix per usual. Lots of Red Fang today, which helped in the squats. No Spike because I'm gonna need it later. I tried a little Tork, but it's getting weak and needs to be replaced.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps for the upper work and loose briefs for the lower. Warmed up with dynamic work and bar weight before each.
All exercises were 3 sets of 8-10 with 180s rest between, all to positive failure.
Shoulder work: 3 sets of 10 reps with 35#. Held each rep at the top and worked to avoid swinging at the bottom. Shoulders felt pretty darn good. Pleased yet again. I polished afterward between JM sets with the chains with handles, concentrating on posterior delts. Really hit them hard this way, which makes me feel really good. I think I might have had 30 pounds of chain in each hand, so it was pretty light at the bottom. Maybe half touched floor.
JM Press with the fat bar: 120 kilos x 3 x 10, raised the weight 5 kilos per side again and did all sets with it. My elbows screamed a little and some of the last set looked more like narrow grip bench. I might just have to move to N-G bench if my elbows are gonna bark.
SSB box squat to parallel: 3 x 10. Set up a squat box at parallel, put 250 kilos on the SSB and pounded. Up 15 kg per side today. Again, felt fantastic and sucked serious wind, really pounded my quads, which I needed, and by the time I was done, my loose briefs were pretty tight. Fantastic. My form seems to be coming along, which makes me happy. I can feel when my head starts to sag or my back isn't tight top to bottom. I pause on the box and am careful not to rock. Things are starting to work. Great stuff.
I'm heading to hang with some wild friends out in East County today. I have to say, I'm really excited about it. I have lost a lot of weight in the last two weeks over stress, not lifting, eating poorly, etc. Had to eat serious crow with Shelby and get back on the horse. Things are coming along, though we're having to work extra hard to stop the weight decline. It's a bit of a bitch, actually, so we've increased pretty much everything. I'll be guzzling olive oil with my beer before this is over.
Anyway, thanks for checking in. Have a great holiday and weekend.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Day 1 week 15
Man, am I energized. I mean, I'm tired all the freakin' time, but I'm so ready to work. I love that. Spike will wake me up.
Didn't do much for dynamic work today. Did a little dynamic and a little band work to loosen the lats before pull-ups, but it's usually my biceps that feel it anyway.
Ordered a grunt-load of Nitrean from AtLarge today, which will make everyone here happy when it gets here. Only complaint about Chris and the boys is how long it takes to get product. True Protein is literally 15 miles from my house, so orders from them appear the next day. But the Nitrean tastes so very much better than anything out there of that quality.
Drank the Results and Shelby mix with half a Spike in it as usual and got to it. Need to order more Spike.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps and warmed up with the bar and got on with it.
More Chevelle today, plus some Shinedown, Ten Years, and some classic Killing Joke. Everything kicked off with some vicious Deftones.
Pull-ups, fat grip, wide: 3 x 15 smooth. All sets were +45kg. Just three sets today but upped the reps to 15. Felt fantastic. Biceps barked by the end, but I don't care. Last set was pretty tough.
Incline bicep curl: 3 x 10 with 35 kilos on the skinny DBs. Everything felt great, but very hard. Last set I only got five reps with ten legit in the other two sets. Excellent. Decided not to drop or cheat and called it there.
Bench press, regular bar: 3 x 10. Kept the same weight as last time but got ten clean reps on all three sets. This was really tough, but I nutted out the last rep. Feel really good about all of this.
Standing calf: Straight sets of 50 reps.
8IUs insulin after and now need to get to eating.
Still struggling a little with some emotional junk -- that's the way life is. I've got it rather easy compared to most, so nothing I should complain about. I'll be glad when I start sleeping better, though. I'm pretty sure I know why I'm not, which gives me hope.
Long weekend ahead. Got an invitation from some crazy friends to go drinking, which at my age is a dangerous proposition -- sounds like fun. I'm sure someone will be dancing on a table before it ends...just hope it's not me or no one has a camera. Everyone stay safe.
Later.
Didn't do much for dynamic work today. Did a little dynamic and a little band work to loosen the lats before pull-ups, but it's usually my biceps that feel it anyway.
Ordered a grunt-load of Nitrean from AtLarge today, which will make everyone here happy when it gets here. Only complaint about Chris and the boys is how long it takes to get product. True Protein is literally 15 miles from my house, so orders from them appear the next day. But the Nitrean tastes so very much better than anything out there of that quality.
Drank the Results and Shelby mix with half a Spike in it as usual and got to it. Need to order more Spike.
Wore elbow sleeves and wrist wraps and warmed up with the bar and got on with it.
More Chevelle today, plus some Shinedown, Ten Years, and some classic Killing Joke. Everything kicked off with some vicious Deftones.
Pull-ups, fat grip, wide: 3 x 15 smooth. All sets were +45kg. Just three sets today but upped the reps to 15. Felt fantastic. Biceps barked by the end, but I don't care. Last set was pretty tough.
Incline bicep curl: 3 x 10 with 35 kilos on the skinny DBs. Everything felt great, but very hard. Last set I only got five reps with ten legit in the other two sets. Excellent. Decided not to drop or cheat and called it there.
Bench press, regular bar: 3 x 10. Kept the same weight as last time but got ten clean reps on all three sets. This was really tough, but I nutted out the last rep. Feel really good about all of this.
Standing calf: Straight sets of 50 reps.
8IUs insulin after and now need to get to eating.
Still struggling a little with some emotional junk -- that's the way life is. I've got it rather easy compared to most, so nothing I should complain about. I'll be glad when I start sleeping better, though. I'm pretty sure I know why I'm not, which gives me hope.
Long weekend ahead. Got an invitation from some crazy friends to go drinking, which at my age is a dangerous proposition -- sounds like fun. I'm sure someone will be dancing on a table before it ends...just hope it's not me or no one has a camera. Everyone stay safe.
Later.
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