Leg day + LOTR
I find the workouts to be more of a mental game than physical. It sure helps to be on top of my game for leg day & heavy squatting. Today was not that day. Not enough sleep & felt like a mediocre workout. I skipped working calves due to a lingering tweak from a calf strain. I took yesterday afternoon off work since my wife came down hard with the flu. Daughter #2 had it too, and daughter #1 woke up early this morning with it. So I’m staying home again today. I need to get an oxygen suit & gas mask to keep the flu away. 
One awesome benefit of the 5am workout habit is that I can hit the gym without interfering with being home to care for the sickies. Morning workouts rock. I can hit the gym early when the fam’s sick, when guests are in town visiting, when on vacation, etc.
Can’t think of anything pithy or witty today, since the brain is on hiatus. So I’ll enclose a link to one of my favorite scenes in my favorite movies, LOTR. It’s a scene where Gandolf encourages Frodo, when the going gets tough, "that what we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us", and "that there are other forces at work in this world besides the will of evil…….and that is an encouraging thought." This scene, and others, reflect Tolkien’s Christian worldview and the hope we have. OK, done. Off my soapbox. What’s YOUR favorite movie?
WORKOUT THIS MORNING — LEGS:
(6-10 reps, 45-75 sec’s rest)
– Smith Machine squats (6 sets, dropset on last set)
– Leg extensions (5 sets, dropset on last set)
– Leg curls (5 sets, dropset on last set)
– Hack squats (5 sets, dropset on last set)
– Step ups onto bench with 25 lb wt in each hand (3 sets)
ABS: Crunches w/ 25 lb wt (5 sets, dropset on last 2 sets w/ 10 lb wt)
Just getting to the gym IS a successful workout!
October 30, 2009 at 5:45 am
Goodfells’s.
It fits my world view;)
October 30, 2009 at 6:16 am
My fav is Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Love the music and the love story.
Wendy
October 30, 2009 at 7:04 am
I hope the fam gets to feeling better quickly and you are able to avoid the flu. favorite movie…."A Few Good Men".
October 30, 2009 at 7:12 am
Glad you got a good leg workout in this morning in spite of not feeling on top of your game. Fav movie? I’d have to say it was the first Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson (I’m a bit of a sci-fi nerd!)
October 30, 2009 at 8:27 am
al, you are the man! way to work out on limited sleep! I pray that your family recovers and that you ahve a great weekend!
October 30, 2009 at 8:40 am
Scrooge…it’s a story about transformation :0)
Have a great weekend AL, stay healthy
October 30, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Solid leg work again AL. Here’s wishing your immune system double power as you take care of those you love.
"Shawshank Redemption" is one of my tops.
November 1, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Hope you manage to avoid the flu and that your family gets better asap!
"Shawshank Redemption" ia also one of my favorites, along with "The Green Mile".
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