Consistency. It's not a pizza topping.

Bicycled ~30 miles in 120 mins last night. It was quite a lot more work than I was expecting. Also, I wiped out pretty badly at one point. Head over handlebars onto asphalt and everything. Amazingly, all I ended up with is a little road rash on my left leg.

I think I shall do it again. :D
 
06/19/08

Training

A1 DB Bench Press 60x15x3, 60x10
B1 Lat Pulldown 75x12x2, 75x10, 75x7
B2 Face Pull 55x12x3, 55x10
C1 DB lateral Raise 20x12x4
D1 DB Shrug 120x10x3
D2 BB Curl 35x10, 35x8, 35x5
E1 Wrist Roller 10x2x2

Thoughts

Good stuffs. For the record, when my reps fall under the recommended range, I finish off the set with reps at the previous weight. So, for lat pulldowns for example on the last set there (without any rest) I dropped the weight down to 60 and pumped out 5'ish more reps. Just wanna keep the volume up, as I'm noticing this trend of petering out when I up the weight. Given a week or two it will adjust and I'll no doubt be able to raise the weight again.

I like how I can gain strength on a 50+% deficit. Ah, the beginner grace period. What a lovely time. <3

Goin' for another bike ride. Don't wanna wear myself down for max lower day, but I've decided since I can't possibly eat any less I'm going to increase my NEPA massively. Also, I likes to bike ride. So, "leisurely" riding. Though it didn't seem to make any difference before, haha. If anything, I'll just be taking advantage of this lovely weather. Hope ere'one's doin' aight.
 
maleficent said:
i suppose that could be seen as a positive...

did your adventures getting lost involve a young lady?

Do share... :)
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Naw. Mostly getting pwnt by various confusing trail signs and sudden steep hills. Then I found a dog who seemed intent on following me all the way home, but didn't. And at one point I even fell in the reservoir.

So much for our "clean" water supply. It be flavored with my sweat, blood and tears. I bet it tastes delicious. :D
 
Nepa 6

Bicycled ~30 miles, 120 mins

Went up to Bowness, had a little picnic at the Sunbowl (across the river), then came back. There were some huge hills on the way back. Wooh, damn.

Unnecessary Details said:
For anyone who's wondering, format of the title goes: NEPA #

NEPA = Non Exercise Physical Activity
# = Accumulated hours of, for this summer - goal's 100.

Yes, that's more than 2 hours per day. But I'm including the walk to and from the gym, so that'll come out at a 2 hour bike ride or walk almost every day.
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Hunger is my friend

So something amazing has slowly dawned on me, over time: When I am hungry, I lose fat at an acceptable rate; When I am not, I do not.

Bring on the hurt. :flame:
 
06/20/08

Training

A1 Full Squat 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 155x3, 175x3, 195x2
B1 Walking Lunge 45x12x3
C1 45 Degree Hyperextension 45x6, 10x12x3
D1 Sprinter Sit-ups 0x10x2
D2 Decline Sit-ups 0x10, 0x8

Thoughts

So it turns out I was squatting less than I thought I was before. What I thought was 215 was 195. Also, I cleaned up my form a fair bit. Much less wobbly. Few more times and I should look like non-damaged people.

Replaced the RDLs with hyperextensions because I don't want to do any exercise twice in the same week, and I like doing the grip work on Thurs. As you can see, I had no idea what I was doing at first. And man did they kick my ass.

Also switched out a lot of the ab circuit for something more appropriate for my level of fitness. And got a better workout. Intense, but brief. Next time I'll do 3 sets of max reps.

Hope ere'body's workin' up to a phenomenal weekend. I'mma do a whole lot of bike riding. Starting... now.
 
Nepa 8

Bicycled ~ 10 miles in 45 minutes

I was all vroom vroom, but there were babies and people and older babies and such all up in my ways. Then I had to come back early 'cause it be movie time. But, uh, it's all good. Left some in the tank for what is likely to be a very active "rest weekend". :D

Also, for NEPA counting purposes (re: my summer goal of 100 hours), I will always round down. 'Cause I'm just that crazy.
 
Nepa 14

Roughly 2 hours of lasertag. Lots of unnecessary walking. Didn't ride my bike today or yesterday, but I did get a new seat, and I'm very excited about the little junk-protecting cubby.

Two days off feels weird. Gonna tear it up tomorrow I think. :)

I'll run the Y track on Wed.
 
ya should really have more confidence in yourself skippy - don't refer to your "junk" as little... size really doesn't matter... it's what you do with it that counts... :D
 
06/23/08

Training

BB Bench Press 45x5, 75x5, 95x5, 115x6, 125x3, 135x2
Assisted Chin-up 130x20, 130x15
Seated Cable Row 80x12, 80x11, 80x10
Face Pull 55x12, 55x11, 55x10
DB Shrug 110x15x3
BB Curl 25x15, 25x14, 25x12
Wrist Roller 10x3x3

Thoughts

It's fun having she-hulk along. Distracting, though. She assisted me unasked for on that last bench set. I gave her **** for it, but the truth is I probably wouldn't have made it. Chin-ups were monstrous strong. Face pulls were sloppy as hell. Shrug was breezy, cause every other dumbbell in that range was somehow in use. Grip's getting stronger very fast. And uhh, yeah, for some reason I thought it was Thursday, with the wrist roller, there. Hope that won't be a problem.

P.S. Turns out she's not actually stronger than me. Just seemed that way at the time. This is a great comfort.
 
Nepa 19

5 hours of walking today.

Just noticed a couple of minutes ago that my sock is all bloodied up. Apparently I have been ignoring a blister.
 
06/24/08

Training

A1 Box Jump 30"+x3x8
B1 Step-ups (Extended ROM) 50x10, 50x5-45x5, 45x10
C1 45 Degree Hyperextension 10x12, 15x12x2
D1 Kneeling (Cable) Sit-up 85x15x2, 100x15, 115x15x3

Thoughts

Random story time: Got into a whole big scuffle with the Y staff over my creative solutions to the box issue. Some dude who claims to be the safety inspector (though he wasn't working at the time) was telling us not to do it, and implying that we should go downstairs and get refunds on our memberships if we have a problem with his telling us what to do. I was like, "Hey, are you working here right now?"x5 until he stormed off. Don't ****ing tell me what to do when I'm trying to have a workout, not breaking any rules, being perfectly safe. ****. 'Course, it might have been the fact that he was black and I was wearing my "I'd rather be... fighting the man!" shirt with the black power fist. Oh, man. I must seem like such a douche sometimes. Anyway I went and complained about him and was like, "You call yourself a fitness facility, and some clown who isn't even working right now is hassling me while I'm trying to do what is probably one of the most common and basic exercises in existence? What is this?" They were very apologetic. :D I told them to get more portable steps so we wouldn't have this issue. Also to put a leash on that dude. :rofl: So that's why it says 30"+ for now. Just jumping as high as possible until this is resolved.

Everything else was all good. Extra kneeling sit-ups because neither of us were feeling the baby weights we started out with. Did I mention this girl is a mutant? Seriously. The 30" box isn't high enough for her, either. Difference is she's like 5'nothing.

Also, gonna go play a few hours of lasertag now if I can. Haha, best summer ever. <3
 
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