TM’s Workout Log

Seems  allergies  have really started hammering my energy level. Wow. It is amazing how much of an effect they have. I got through about HALF of an EASY workout and I was wiped out. I was thinking of waiting until I returned from Chile to start taking the Animal Pak but I am going to start tomorrow morning. I am hoping with 10 days of taking them in Chile, my immune system will be built up and strong by the time I return to dry ass Idaho! Hopefully then the allergies won’t hit me. Come on PAK, let’s see what you got! Let’s see what all this hype is! Am I asking too much of the PAK??  =)

Anyway, like I said, my workout was planned to be easy today but I didn’t think it would waste me. Well, allergies are allergies and I have to accept it and move on.

Bench Press, warmups then:
135 x 20 x 2

Full Squat, warm ups then:
135 x 20 x 1
135 x 15 x 1
- someone pointed out that I was leaning foward a bit so I am going to work on that during squats.

Dead Lift:
135 x 10

Pullups:
8 reps.

Quick easy workout.

Yeah, my 7 year old and I got to meet Jay Cutler, that was pretty cool. Dude is HUGE. He’s very down to earth too which I thought was cool, didn’t act like he was all that…you know?

Missed a couple of workout posts lately.

Yesterday I did a quick upperbody circuit workout Chad Waterbury style.

Pullups:
bdy x 3 x 8
10# DB x 1 x 6

Bar Dips:
bdy x 2 x 10
25# x 1 x 8
bdy x 3 x 10

DB Military Press:
45 x 10 x 4

DB Erector ext.:
15 x 10 x 4

Today:

Full Squat
4 warmup sets then…
225 x 3 x 10
- went lighter today as my lower back is still bugging me from Power Cleans over a week ago.

Hyper Extensions:
bdy x 3 x 20

As simple as it looks, this was a very intense and taxing workouts. How can you ever go wrong with 10 work sets of Squats though right??

Along with meeting the beast Jay Cutler at the BB.com Expo here in Boise last night I got a bunch of samples but by the time I got to the Animal table they were all out! Grr. Those are the ones I wanted the most, oh well.

Worked out yesterday but it was nothing spectacular.

Here is a cool quote I found on Test Nation, wanted to post to remember for future:

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!—Og Mandino

I have decided to simply do a reset of Starting Strength. My lifts are stalling out and the joints are ready for a rest. Also, I am going to use DB’s for Military. The barbell bothers my right shoulder too much right now. Plan for manana:

Workout A:

Full Squat:
225 x 5 x 3

DB Military Press:
65 x 5 x 3

Deadlift:
275 x 5 x 1

Pullups
bdy x 6-8 x 3

Workout B:

Full Squat:
230 x 5 x 3

DB Bench Press:
80 x 5 x 3

Power Clean:
115 x 5 x 3

Bar Dips
45 x 8 x 3

etc.

5 lbs. added on squat each workout.

Not sure what the deal was today. I really bonked and just wasn’t feeling it. I was weak to start on bench then moved to pullups and just felt real tight so I just stopped my workout right there. Must be related to the lower back soreness. I will just resume tomorrow depending on how I feel. Here’s what I did before I threw in the towel.

Bench Press
4 warmup sets then…
225 x 3
245 x 1
260 x 1
- was hoping to get 3 reps here so this is where I knew things weren’t going great.

DB Bench Press
70 x 10 x 2

Pullups
Started to do these and stopped. Tomorrow is a new day…

Rippetoes Starting Strength.

The more I do this program and pick the brain of Mr. Rippetoe, the more I am loving it. I mean, I see people in the gym doing 50 different exercises and taking another 50 different types of supplements in order to attempt to put on mass. Here with Starting Strength, we keep things simple…Deadlifts, Squats, Bench. And Milk. Lots of Milk.

Nonfat Dry Milk.
I just bought a box of this stuff. Does anyone supplement your milk intake with the dry stuff? I mixed up a batch today and mixed in 1/4 real milk and it’s not that bad actually. This is going to go a long ways in saving some $ due to the amount of milk I put down in a week. =)

Well, today is a rest day. Tomorrow more Squats.

Today was a light weight workout day. Also, I think allergy season has hit. My energy has dropped, headaches, itchy eyes…gah, I do not like allergy season. Nevertheless, hammered out my workout tonight.

Full Squats
4 warmup sets then…
185 x 15 x 1
185 x 12 x 1

Military Press:
4 warmup sets then…
125 x 5 x 2 ::PR::
115 x 5 x 1

Power Clean:
4 warm up sets then…
135 x 5 x 3
- First real day doing this great exercise. I can see this being a huge part of my program. Great, great exercise. I hadn’t done them until now because I wanted to master Deadlift first.

Pullups:
Bdy x 6
Bdy x 6

Lying DB Ext:
40 x 5 x 1
35 x 7 x 1
30 x 6 x 1

Bar Dips:
bdy x 20 x 1
bdy x 15 x 1

6 min. warm up.

Full Squats
4 warmup sets then…
235 x 5 x 5

DB Bench Press:
4 warmup sets then…
90 x 5 x 3 ::PR::
- I’ve never pressed with the 90# DB’s so this was pretty cool. I even noticed a few onlookers while doing these. =)

Dead Lift:
4 warm up sets then…
205 x 3 x 1
325 x 2 x 1
- This was mainly a mistake. I just went too heavy here after such a heavy squat workout plus the overall low energy today. I will bump down to 305 or so next workout.

Pullups:
Bdy x 8
Bdy x 6
<– super setted–>
Pek Dek:
120 x 10 x 2

I ground out a solid workout considering I was not feeling the usual energy today. I believe this due to low food yesterday. I just had no appetite due to some work stress that carried throughout the day. Anyway, upward and onward.

15 mins walk around the block for a cool down.