HoosierHardGain’s Iron Blog

Ever get to feeling that way?  Wake up; pound pre-workout shake; Four sets of this for 8 reps, 3 sets of that for 10 reps, hit the cardio…blah, blah, blah.

 Post workout meal.  Shower.  Go to work. Meal 2, 3, 4…yeah, blah, blah, blah.

I am thinking I need something more to motivate me.  More than the mirror or the lens.  That’s the problem.  I’m not interested at all in competing.  I really admire what competitors put themselves through to get ready for a contest, and truth be told, it ain’t for me.  So, I’ll have to search myself to come up with SOMETHING.

My injured left shoulder has gotten a lot better.   There is still a slight twinge when I raise it laterally, but I think it is just about there.  I may try some lite pressing movements this week, along with some lite lat and front raises in an effort to get the shoulder strengthened.

Injuries always seem to come at a time when you have gotten into a really great groove and are getting results.  That’s what happened to me.  I’ve been in a great grove, really working the diet to get the metabolism up and building muscle.  Then I wake up one day and my left shoulder is throbbing.   Ughhh…I think it was only a strain, not a tear or anything, but it does change things.  I haven’t done any type of pressing movement all week.  I will probably not do any, either, for a least another week, then I will try to do some movements to rehab it.  At least I can do squats with a sore shoulder

Am I the only one who finds it harder to get the nutrition right on the weekend?  I’m much more on the go on Saturday and Sunday than I am during the week, when I am either at home or chained to my desk at work.  And it’s not as much that I eat so bad on the weekend, it’s that I don’t eat ENOUGH.  Weird, ain’t it!

Today was my 2nd workout of the week:  Superset 1: Hack Squat : 4 x 8 Incline Bench : 4 x 6 Superset 2: RDL : 4 x 8 Neutral Grip DB Bench : 4 x 8 Superset 3: Leg Press : 3 x 8 Good Mornings : 3 x 10  

Today was my 2nd workout of the week:

 Superset 1:

Hack Squat : 4 x 8
Incline Bench : 4 x 6

Superset 2:

RDL : 4 x 8
Neutral Grip DB Bench : 4 x 8

Superset 3:

Leg Press : 3 x 8
Good Mornings : 3 x 10

Squat : 5 x 6

DB Shoulder Press : 3 x 7

Cable Row : 3 x 7

Decline Bench : 3 x 7

Deadlifts : 5 x5

Leg Press : 3 x 7

Shurgs : 3 x 6

Leg Curls : 3 x8

Here was today’s workout:

Squats : 3 x 5 and 2 x 6
Military Press : 5 x 5
Superset :
Cable Row : 3 x 6
Decline Bench : 3 x 6

I managed to make it through the weekend eating fairly clean.  I feel this is huge….it seems that the 3 week mark of a diet is crucial in keeping it going, or falling off the wagon.