DIET — Don’t be a pansy (Day 20)
Comfort zones & experiments……Today’s workout was a change-up. It was supposed to be leg day, which I’m pushing off to tomorrow. I missed hitting lats yesterday due to time constraints & I decided to try something different this morning. OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE: I don’t like doing pullups & consider myself a bit of a wuss. In fact, I’ve never actually incorporated them into a workout. I’ve been reading lots of blogs lately where folks have been cranking out the pullups, so I decided yesterday to step out of my comfort zone & give’em a try this morning. Another reason to push off leg day was that I wanted to try running sprints on the treadmill. I haven’t been able to do so for 2-3 months due to a calf strain. I’ve been itching to give it a go for the last week, so this morning was time to test it out. It worked! The calf held up & I had a heart-stomping interval workout. EXPERIMENTS: We’re always reading on this site about avoiding using the scale for short-term progress. I decided to test this on my weight. I weighed myself last night right before going to bed, which was about 3 hours since my last meal. Then, I weighed myself this morning after getting up & using the bathroom. In just 6 hours, my weight was down 3 lbs. Folks who continually check their bodyweight on the scale each day drive themselves batty, needlessly……….Oh, and yesterday was a squeaky clean eats & no cheats day. 
WORKOUT THIS MORNING — LATS:
(Heavy: 5-8 reps, 45-60 sec’s rest, 1 dropset on last set of each, including abs)
– Pullups: 11, 6, 4, 4 (no dropsets here….)
– Wide grip cable pulldowns (4 sets)
– Bentover barbell rows (4 sets)
– Close grip seated cable rows (4 sets)
CARDIO: 26 min’s of interval runs on treadmill. Heartrate 155-175.
ABS: 4 sets of crunches with 10 lb wt.
Finished with 1 more set of pullups: Managed to eek out 8 reps.
Just getting to the gym IS a successful workout!
May 27, 2009 at 5:54 am
I did pullups too this morning, Al
. I do them weekly and can feel more definition! Keep at ‘em.
May 27, 2009 at 6:26 am
Nice work today Al. Way to get out of your comfort zone.
May 27, 2009 at 6:48 am
Oh I have given up on that scale. It just doesn’t make a lick of sense to me any more. I’ll weight myself once a month and be done with it. I stick with the bodyfat percentage on a weekly basis for a progress check.
Good stats on the pullups! I’m convinced my bottom half is too heavy for me to pull up. I can’t do that exercise at all.
May 27, 2009 at 7:02 am
YAY for pullups! I actually HATE pullsups…chinups arent so bad, but pullups I have to do assisted and I hate every moment but they are going to give u one helluva V taper!!!
May 27, 2009 at 7:03 am
Sounds like a good worout this morning. Changing things up and out of the comfort zone isn’t a bad thing. I too need to do more pull ups. Havn’t done any in a while now. And the scale thing, yeah, drives me crazy! I keep telling myself to STOP IT! But it’s right there in the locker room of the gym and walk by it everyday I am in there and just can’t keep from stepping on it. It just makes me a basket case because I see no numbers change. Oh well.. Have a great one Al..
May 27, 2009 at 7:05 am
When you go out of your comfort zone, that’s when you start to reap big rewards! Great job on the pullups, keep at ‘em!
May 27, 2009 at 7:12 am
You did 11 pullups without having tried in a long time… Good thing I don’t know you in real life, or I might have had to kill you…
May 27, 2009 at 7:15 am
Holy pullups mcgee!! Good job!!
I still can’t do any without a lot of assistance…
You’re my inspiration for the day!! No cheating for me!
May 27, 2009 at 8:28 am
You are doing great!!! Keep it up!!
May 27, 2009 at 8:30 am
Great job with the pull-ups Al!
May 27, 2009 at 8:31 am
Squeaky clean pullups
The trainer had me do a set of pullups last night. Ugh. I don’t have the strength. She predicted that when I do multiple sets at home, the numbers will fall off more rapidly than yours did.
May 27, 2009 at 9:49 am
Great job! I wish I could do pullups, not strong enough yet. I dislike scales. the one at the gym said I was at 125 and at home 140 so…….yeah.
May 27, 2009 at 10:05 am
Good job on jumping out there and doing it Al, kind of the same way I always was about pullups till I seen many on here doing them. Tough excercise. Keep up the clean eats too, you’re doing great.
May 27, 2009 at 11:15 am
Congrats on the squeaky clean diet
And how did those pull ups come along?
May 27, 2009 at 11:34 am
Great job on the pullups, AL, especially for not doing them for a while. It’s funny the drop off in reps btwn the 1st and 2nd sets. I often do the same thing. I just recently started incorporating them into my workout again. They are rough, but man, I love’em! Keep it up bro@!
May 27, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I am envious of your pull up status. uuuggghhh I need to get on my goal of 2 unassisted ones by summer.
And thank you for doing the scale test!! I’ve known this all along but for people who weigh themselves everyday I hope it’s an eye opener.
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