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New PRs!!!

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Lastnight was hellish Legs, Bi’s and Tris session. Some great PRs madde

Pumped my legs pretty hard. Pressed 150Kg on lying leg press x 10

Curled 17.5Kg each arm and skull-crushed 25kg with EZ bar x 10, will go for 30Kg next time and see if my elbows snap off!

Got 70Kg x 7 on tricep (cable) extension

Really worked the arms beyond the pain barrier.

This boxing thing is increasing my strength. Sweeeeeet.

Laters

Jim

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Boxing gym…

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Actually found cardio I LIKE! OMG!OMG………. FIT CLUB!

My friend has introduced me to a boxing gym that holds a group class called ‘Fit Club’. Bit like fight club… (well not really but sounds cool!)

Here’s the script - Imagine a room with about 18 bags each with punch combinations written on them. You go for 1.5 minutes per bag. Basically go round all the bags, sweat yourself to death then nail abs boxing style, also pressups, pikes, jumping knees ups, snakes, squats etc for a further 25 mins. OUCH! The trainer is an ex boxer who is tough but generally a nice guy. He won’t take any shit from anyone!

All the guys there were seriously ripped and I can see why. Some of the dudes there were incredible, like machines. I was in awe and me being me I want to get there too.

I have never experienced training like this and all I can say is I LIKE I LIKE!!!

I love this so much, even after just one session I feel addicted. I am incredibly sore today. Back, chest shoulders and abs are all creaking! Honestly I’ve not felt like this since I first started lifting - this can only be good!

I’ve always stuggled with myself when it comes to cardio. I wanna be ripped but I just hate boring cardio and I am addicted to the lifts. This boxing training covers strength, endurance and burns more cals than I ever would dare to do alone in the gym (being told that to quit = 10 more pressups for the groups works wonders)

So I’m gonna include Fit Club into my routine, probably getting 2 sessions in per week and lifting the other days (also 1-2 rest days per week)

I have a chance to test the strenght I’ve gained in the gym and put it to use. I can only get stonger from here….

Laters

Jim

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Mad world

Monday, May 19th, 2008

What’s wrong with the world? I gotta ask.

Every day I read the papers I get more and more sick of the things I see, the stories I hear

In the UK, kids getting shot, stabbed kicked to death. Gangs going mental, killing innocent victims as part of ‘initiation’. So called ‘honour killings’ carried out on people’s own family, their own blood.

Today reported groups in South Africa going on a murder spree setting people on fire supposedly because refugees are taking the best jobs and houses.

What trigger goes off in these people’’s minds to think it acceptable to take a human life?

Since when did material posessions and money have more importance over life itself?

Are we all just f*cking wild animals?

Is it just me or have we all become somewhat de-sensitised to all this?

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Check me out!

Friday, May 16th, 2008

(This is me after yesterday’s circuit training)

Alriiiiiiiight!

Last night I did HIIT arms. Went a little like this

6 min x-trainer - level12.

Superset sequence no 1: seated curls (15k each arm) / skill crushers (12.5K DBs each arm) x 3

6 min Bike sprint - level 12

Superset sequence no 2: Bi curl machine (35k) / Pushdown machine (sh*tload of weight - pulled me out of my seat!)

6 min hard x-trainer - level10.

Superset sequence no 3: hammer curls (12.5k each arm) / close grip press-ups on Olympic bar( bar is on floor with plate either side) x 3

6 min x-trainer - level12 - (dying slowly).

Giant Superset sequence finisher: incline situps x25 / decline leg raises x15 / 21s with Olympic bar(20k) x 2

Nearly puked on the last set of 21s.

Amazing workout though. I mentioned on my last post about supplements. Red-kick got me through the tiredness and ramped up my energy enough to complete my mission. My body was a wreak afterwards so I rested at home on the floor in a duvet in front of TV…nice.

Sore as hell today - a good sign. Feeling leaner still.

Jim

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Keep ‘em guessing…..

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I’ve been away to Barcelona with the Boys. Now I’m back I’m training harder than ever. Was gonna do a serious gym cardio session last night until my Wife mentioned that she wanted to do something different.

I live near to the NE coast of England, so decided to download a circuit training routine and hit the beach for xome old-school hardcore circuit madness

Here’s how it went

Time	Activity	RPE
5 minutes	Warm up - Brisk walking	4
2 minutes	Walk or jog This is your baseline pace. You should feel as though you’re working, but be able to carry on a conversation without huffing and puffing.	5
1 minute	Walking Lunges Take a big step forward with the right foot and lower into a lunge (keeping the front knee behind the toe), step the left foot next to the right and then into a lunge on the left side.	6
1 minute	Speed walk or Run Pick up the pace here so that you’re above baseline	7
1 minute	Walk or jog Slow down enough to lower your heart rate back to baseline	5
1 minute	Sprints Choose an object in the distance (a tree, mailbox, etc.) and run or walk to it as fast as you can. Walk to recover and repeat the sprints for the full minute.	8
3 minutes	Walk or Jog Slow down to baseline.	5
1 minute	Tree Pushups Find a tree and stand a few feet away from it. Place hands on the tree in front of you at about shoulder level. Bend the elbows and lower towards the tree in a pushup. Push back up and repeat for up to 1 minute.	6
1 minute	Scissor Jumps Keep your hands on the tree for support and begin with the feet together. Jump up and bring the right foot forward, left foot back. Quickly switch feet and continue scissoring the feet as fast as you can for 1 minute. For added intensity, swing your arms along with the feet instead of holding onto the tree.	7
1 minute	Speed walk or Run Increase your pace here so that you’re working hard.	8
3 minutes	Walk or Jog Slow down to baseline	5
1 minute	Long Jumps Find a relatively flat stretch of sidewalk or trail and begin with feet together. Lower into a slight squat and jump forward with both feet as far as you can, swinging your arms to help propel you forward. Continue leaping forward for 30 seconds, take a walking break, then finish out the minute	8
1 minute	Speed walk or Run Go at a pace that allows you to lower your heart rate a bit.	6
1 minute	High Jogs As you jog, lift the knees up to hip level (if you can).	7
1 minute	Low Jogs As you jog, bring the heels up towards the glutes as far as you can (as though kicking your own butt).	7
3 minutes	Walk or Jog Slow down back to baseline.	5
3 minutes	Cool down with an easy walk	3-4
	Stretch

On paper this looks easy but believe me, if you run when it says run, sprint when it says sprint then your heart goes to the max and it ain’t easy!

I may be strong but I’m not as fit as I thought. Time to keep up I think, with the circuits as well as lifting

I feel good today. Got monster arms session planned for tonight, think I’ll do it HIIT style - 6-7 min bursts of cardio followed by 3 SUPERSETS then repeat 4 times

I’m Tired, but good. This is. in my opinion one of the rare times that supplements are called for, to get you past that feeling - pushing me on so I DO train.

I slept like a baby baboon last night.

Love it

Laters

Jim

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done in…

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

A very tired workout

My God I was tired yesterday. Not enough sleep the night before meant I was below par in the gym. I am often surprised just what a difference lack of sleep has on my performance. Plus, no spotter so rubbish benching.

(KG x rep)

Incline Bench Barbell Press 50×12 50×9

Flat Bench Dumbbell Press 60×3 55×8 55×6 dropped to 25’s got 4 more

Assist chins 58×12 58×8

Deadlifts 80×10 80×10

T-bar 40×12 50×8

Shoulder Press machine (facing backwards) 50×10 50×9 dropped to 30 got another 5 out

Machine Side Lateral 45×4 40×8 40×6 dropped to 30 then 25 got a few more out

Shrugs on independent bench machine 95×12 95×9

Rear delts (machine) 42×12 42×10

No abs, no cardio. Felt somewhat dead after this.

What I lacked in weight I tried to compensate by adding in a drop-set here and there. Every set was to failure, literally couldn’t move anything more which is frustrating looking at the numbers from previous workouts where I lifted more. I will not accept I am getting weaker, just putting this down to an off day with not enough sleep

Freaky shrugs though.

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Jim

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Reps reps reps and yet more reps!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Short update on my workouts

Monday night my workout partner cancelled the session, a shame as it involved heavy bench where I really need a spotter. Unfortunately it seems that a lady-friend has taken priority over his training lately. Not good

So I walked to the gym from work (a good 30 mins low intensity cardio) and arrived bang in the middle of peak time….ugh… nothing was free to use!!! Not even a cardio machine to keep warm.

My gym ethos is the old cliché go hard or go home! I knew I could not lift as heavy even if a bench was free, so I decided to do a bodypump class for 45 min.

I’ve mentioned this class before in my blog and I know there are a few BP fans on this board. Man, It provides such a shock to the system!

For those who don’t know, it’s a group class where you work a bodypart per song, so about 3.5 mins of rep after rep after rep! PUMPED!!!! Good for endurance and a general all over body shock. There are combinations slow reps, half reps and single reps. It just blows your freakin muscles

So, overall a good move I think

Lastnight was legs and cardio (the dirty word!). As I couldn’t use my right hand due to a recent burn this worked out pretty well. For some reason I was up on almost ALL lifts. Crackin! My favourite was 147K on the leg press x 10. Calves have also improved.

was legs and (the dirty word!). As I couldn’t use my right hand due to a recent burn this worked out pretty well. For some reason I was up on almost ALL lifts. Crackin! My favourite was 147K on the leg press x 10. Calves have also improved.Cardio was 22 mins on the bike, 22 mins on the cross-trainer followed by incline situps and decline leg raises (which hurt!) Abs are finally waking up, I got more reps this time, and intend to get more in future

Overall training = good and I’m actually liking cardio which is straaaaaange!

Gonna catch that heavy upper body workout tonight, minus the workout partner and just get someone nearby to spot me on bench, Job done. Bish bash bosh!