Poor Irish Man's Training Log

For anybody still reading this thread, you will notice I missed my last two workouts... damnit!!! Yeah, work was kicking my ass and I just need a few days off to chill and recoup. Today I started my third month which means another routine change. The new routine goes like this:

Mon: Upper, Wed: Lower, Fri: Upper, Mon: Lower, Wed: Upper, Fri: Lower

This being Monday, here is was:

Seated Rows: 145lbs @ 10 x2, 8 x1
Incline Bench Press: 115lbs @ 12 x1, 10 x1, 8 x1
Neutral Grip Negative Pull Ups: 8 x3 (serious asskickers!!!)
Barbell Shoulder Press: 25lbs ea. @ 10 x3
Dips: 8 x3
Sit Ups: 12 x3 (this may sound dumb, but I couldn't do situps to save my life for the last couple years, and now I can)

This workout blasted my arms and abs for sure - this was an ASSKICKER! I'm a little worried, if the lower body workout will be as bad as this - i'm in trouble, but I loved this upper body workout.
 
w000.
hope its ok if i break up your consecutive threads :p
Just stoppin' by to give you props for you're dedicated training thread.
Bet you've made some pretty good progress so far??
ne who ... good luck!
 
Thanks. Yeah, I see some progress. My gut is getting smaller (a combo of working out, eating better and working my ass off in the sun all day) arms and legs look better, chest is developing, lats are getting bigger... I see the progress and so does my wife, so it's cool. Work is making it tough though but i'm just giving my best and taking breaks when I need to.
 
Well, I took a little break, but i'm back on it. Work was killing me. It took a little bit to get used to working 10-12 hrs/day in the sun, and I can't exactly workout Mon,Wed,Fri like I was - I have to get it in when I fit it in, like today:

Seated Rows: 145lbs @ 10 x2, 8 x1
Incline Bench Press: 115lbs @ 10 x2, 8 x1
Neutral Grip Negative Pull Ups: 8 x3
Barbell Shoulder Press: 25lbs ea. @ 10 x3
Dips: 8 x3
Sit Ups: 12 x3
 
Yesterday:

Seated Rows: 135lbs @ 12 x3
Incline Bench Press: 115lbs @ 12 x3
Neutral Grip Negative Pull Ups: 10 x2, 8 x1
Barbell Shoulder Press: 12 x2, 10 x1
Dips: 12 x1, 10 x1, 8 x1
Sit Ups: 12 x3
 
I had some time yesterday and decided to knock out both the upper and lower body routines in the same sitting. I havn't done a lower body workout (asside from work) for a few weeks now and today... OUCH! I'm feeling it big time.

Lower body (done as supersets):

Barbell Squat: 8 @ 157lbs x3
Lying Hip Extension: 12 x3 (I think i'm gonna switch these to hyperextensions)

Dumbell Lunges: 8 @ 35lbs x3
Good Mornings: 8 @ 89lbs x3 (First time doing good mornings so I used a fairly light weight to get used to the movement)

Barbell Standing Calf Raise: 12 @ 111lbs x3
Incline Revese Crunch: 12 x1, 8 x2 (I found these very dificult)

Upper Body (done as supersets):

Seated Rows: 8 @ 135lbs x1, 8 @ 145lbs x2
Incline Bench Press: 8 @ 115lbs x 1, 8 @ 126lbs x2 (I see this incresing quickly)

Neutral Grip Negative Pullups: 8 x3
Seated Shoulder Press: 8 @ 35lbs x3

Dips: 8 x3
Sit Ups: 12 x3

All in all this was a pretty ass kicking workout. I don't know that i'll do both in the same sitting again but it felt great to get both done.
 
Let me start by saying - holy crap!!! Saturday and Sunday I could barely walk, caused by Fridays lower body workout.

Good workout. I pushed hard today. I really want to see some better numbers in terms of weight so I'm giving my best to each exercise and keeping the faith that the numbers will come. I have increase my incline bench some, but today I got stumped when I tried '45's. My rows are up, as are my shoulder presses though. Just gotta stick with it.

Upper Body (done as supersets):

Seated Rows: 8 @ 145lbs x1, 8 @ 155lbs x2
Incline Bench Press: 7 @ 135lbs x 1, 10 @ 126lbs x1, 8 @ 126lbs x1

Neutral Grip Negative Pullups: 10 x1, 8 x2
Seated Shoulder Press: 10 @ 35lbs x3

Dips: 10 x1, 8 x2
Sit Ups: 12 x3
 
Lower body (done as supersets):

Barbell Squat: 12 @ 137lbs x1, 12 @ 148lbs x1, 12 @ 159lbs x1
Hyperextension: 12 x3

Dumbell Lunges: 8 @ 35lbs (ea) x3
Good Mornings: 8 @ 115lbs x3 (My confidence is still low on these)

Dumbell Standing Calf Raise: 12 @ 35lbs (ea) x3
Incline Revese Crunch: 12 x3
 
McCarley said:
Not that it matters, since this is more for me than you... but does anyone actually read this?
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900 plus views, i know thats not just me and you clicking on this thread :p
 
Upper Body (done as supersets):

Seated Rows: 12 @ 145lbs x1, 8 @ 155lbs x1, 8 @ 165lbs x1
Incline Bench Press: 10 @ 126lbs x1, 8 @ 131lbs x2

Neutral Grip Negative Pullups: 8 x3
Seated Shoulder Press: 10 @ 35lbs x3

Dips: 8 x3
Sit Ups: 12 x3

One thing I've noticed is the more I bust my ass at the beginning of the workout with the rows and bench, the less I can push out on my dips.
 
Whoa!!! What happened?! I was working out faithfully and all of a sudden - nothing! I gotta get back on track.

No abear, I havn't joined a gym (no $$$). My buddies house (where I work out) has a smith machine, so I throw on a few 45 lbs plates at the lowest position just above flat bench height, then I lay down on the flat bench and curl my ankles under the smith bar.

Does that make sense?
 
I'm back (again).

New workout (2 week cycles)

Wednesday 5x5 (below are starting weights and ending weights cause I had to figure out where I was)

Squat: 155 - 221 lbs
Deadlift: 176 - 242 lbs
Incline bench: 133 - 144 lbs
Rows: 155 - 175 lbs
Military press: 35's

Finished up with 25 sit ups just for good measure.
 
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