Journey, Not A Destination

Phoenyx said:
He was cute. Tall, thin, high cheek bones, big melting brown eyes. And he was broken. I had a serious problem with wanting to 'fix' people for a long time, and I'd get into these relationships with train wrecks. Much to my misfortune (and nobody to blame buy myself for that). Sadly, he was also dumb as a brick, or box of lint.
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I remember dating a guy in my early 20s who didn't know that oval was egg-shaped. He was describing a plate of food he had eaten on an "egg-shaped" plate. I said "Oh, yeah, one of those large oval platters". He said "No, it was egg-shaped". I said "Oval is egg-shaped." He said "Oh."

I said "Bye bye" :D

There is nothing sexy or attractive about a stupid man.
 
Steve said:
I'm great, thanks. Probably feeling a bit better than you since I'm not lugging around a human inside my belly! :p

Hope all is well with you, Kimberly. Thanks for stopping in.
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Actually, I'm feeling pretty good despite lugging around a baby in my belly. :p Although judging from your recent workouts, you would kick my ass in the gym--not that you couldn't before I got knocked up. :D Still, I think keeping up with the exercise and keeping my weight gain in check have really helped.
 
Steve,
quick exercise question. What is the name of the excerices that people do where it is almost like a horizontal pull up? Is it an effective exercise? I saw someone doing it at the gym on a smith machine and wondered about it? Does it take the place of a pull up? I imagine it is a compound exercise? Should it be in my routine?

Sorry for all the questions.


Matt
 
bikinibound said:
Actually, I'm feeling pretty good despite lugging around a baby in my belly. :p Although judging from your recent workouts, you would kick my ass in the gym--not that you couldn't before I got knocked up. :D Still, I think keeping up with the exercise and keeping my weight gain in check have really helped.
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I believe that without a doubt. I helped a few of my relatives stay 'in check' during their pregnancies and it seems to have made quite a big difference.

Good for you Kimberly.
 
I_love_muscle said:
I read this and I kept thinking to myself "This guy is brilliant!"

And I almost peed myself laughing ;)

I'm not into "The Secret" ...
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Yea, he's witty, that's for sure.

No, I'm not into The Secret either. It takes some sound fundamentals about the unconscious mind and twists it with mysticism and voodoo.

Not my cup of tea. If it reaches certain people and allows them the ability to change their perceptions in a beneficial way though, I can't knock it completely.
 
usedtobefatmatt said:
Steve,
quick exercise question. What is the name of the excerices that people do where it is almost like a horizontal pull up? Is it an effective exercise? I saw someone doing it at the gym on a smith machine and wondered about it? Does it take the place of a pull up? I imagine it is a compound exercise? Should it be in my routine?

Sorry for all the questions.


Matt
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I believe you mean an inverted row, correct?

If so, it has it's applications. Does it take the place of pullups? No.

Some people use it but they don't know why they're using it. They see it in a magazine or see someone else doing it and if it's different or looks special, it must work, right?

:p

I use it to strengthen the scapula/mid-back area, it's more of a prehab/rehab movement from my perspective. I don't use it as a weighted/overload exercise, but rather shooting for a particular number in 60 seconds.

Oh, and I don't use it often.
 
Training yesterday was an upper body strength day.

Started with some myofascial release and mobility work.

Then

A - Flat BB Bench - 4x4 @ 255
B1 - Low Incline DB Bench - 3x9 @ 70
B2 - Medium Grip Cable Rows - 4x9 @ 110
C1 - Shrug Raises - 3x12
C2 - Side Lying External Rotations - 3x12
D - Side Planks
 
I need to do foam rolling on a regular basis again. My lower back has been acting stiff... Gotta get those legs all ready. Is there an advantage to doing it pre-workout? I thought too much "stretch" can be harmful no?
 
I do foam rolling pre training and on off days right now. I feel great.

Static stretching has been shown to be bad pre training, which is not foam rolling.

Even with that in mind though, I do statically stretch sometimes before training. I listen to my body.
 
Yeah, I used to do it daily on training days, I should probably do the same for at least 5-10 mins, to get those muscles warmed up. I know that is the reason my lower back gets jacked up (feel like it needs to be cracked with a lot of tightness, causes stiff pain).

I'm gonna hit that up today and try to do off days too.
 
Steve said:
I listen to my body.
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So do I and it's saying right now at this moment... "Jersey Steve ASAP."






:p

Hey homeboy, thanks for dropping into my journal and leaving yet another motivating message. (Honestly, I'm surprised it didn't say "boo hoo, bitch.. now dust yourself off." Then again, if it said that, I would have probably laughed my ass off. Yah.. we're sick.) Anyways, I'm still doing my thing on this end, because regardless of the shit going down, I'm not going to allow it to run my life, you know? Just wanted to thank you for always being there, S Dawg. Love yas too, you big, burly bitch.

-Sheryl
 
Hahaha, stop thanking me before you temp me to come out to the island and whoop your ass. What's going on in terms of finding a job and that kind of shit?

How's your pops?
 
Phew, just got back some circuit training. It was pretty brutal. Wasn't as cold today as last time we did a similar circuit and the sun was shining. Well setting. It was actually a beautiful night. The school we do this at is way on top of huge hills and the sky was amazing. We trained through sunset until it was dark. I felt good.

The circuit went something like:

1 set of 2 hill walks (up and down) with 70 lb pack on

2 laps around soccer field

rest 2 minutes

1 set of 2 hill walks with 70 lb pack

2 laps around field

rest 2 minutes

1 set of 2 hill walks with 70 lb pack

2 laps

rest 2 minutes

50 walking lunges straight into an unweighted sprint up the hill

rest 2 minutes

1 sprint up the hill

By the end I felt ill.
 
Thanks Val. It feels great to be training with this frequency right now... I usually wear out but I'm feeling like a million bucks.
 
This is my song right now... liking it a lot
 
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