Why weightlifting naked is never a good idea.
Feeling a bit fiesty today and having been nominated by VT Dad for president, I decided to get froggy in the gym. After hopping from the door over to the cardio machines, I had sufficiently distracted everyone enough to tackle the old man hogging the cross trainer. "Outta my way grandpa!"
I looked uber-cool as sang aloud to the melodic tunes emminating from my ipod…..this earned me even more strange stares but the best waqs yet to come! After about 20 mins or so I decided it was time for some clean and presses. Did a few sets at 75 pounds making sure to keep the weight in motion for 12-15 reps per set.
Now, apparently this is uncommon because everyone was fixated on this strange new exercise that was neither a bench press nor a curl and yet, seemed to involve the lifting of weight. As I finished, I sang the chorus to "one more day" from Les Miserables and took a bow. Grandpa didn’t dare say a word!
I decided that today might be a good day for just a few core exercises so I knocked out a set of hammer strength crunches at a 4-0-4 tempo with 50 lbs for 12 reps followed immediately by 2 sets at 60 and 70 lbs for 8 reps at a 1-0-1 then repeated the first set. Next I decided to try my hand at an exercise a friend told me about called the ‘floor wiper’ which I will expain in a min. I was using 115lbs doing a slow press every 5 reps. Interesting.
Lying on the floor with a bb overhead as though doing a bench press from the floor, raise your feet off the ground and bring them up to one side of the bar then back to the starting point (do not touch the ground) and to the other side of the bar. This is one rep. It will take some getting used to but it’s new so I’ll give it a shot.
I finished up supersetting hyperextensions with a twist using a 25lb plate and decline plate twists also with 25.
I stretched for a while and decided to call it a day.
With all the attention I had in the gym, I thought perhaps I’d forgotten an article of clothing or perhaps had a booger. Turns out tackling frail old men doing cardio is not considered customary in some circles.
Who knew?
January 31, 2008 at 9:44 am
I’m surprised I have not been banned from my gym yet… I casually tackle old men.
I am not a fan when old men guard me in basketball…
But your workout sounds really great… I might steal a few core exercises since I’m just starting to train my core.
Keep tackling old men (figuratively)
-KMK
January 31, 2008 at 9:47 am
"DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?!?"
I love the Les Miserables soundtrack! (And story!)
January 31, 2008 at 9:47 am
Everybody get out of the way, Dave wants to get his pump on. Hope grandpa doesn’t have more stripes and stars then you when he’s not in his gym wear. You’ll end up doin extra reps around the base.
January 31, 2008 at 9:57 am
Not sure how it is now, but when I was in the AF, the tackling of old men, was a "don’t ask, don’t tell," policy….It may still be the policy…hence the attention.
January 31, 2008 at 11:11 am
Dave, you are a trip
January 31, 2008 at 1:12 pm
WOW, presidential bid and a crazy-arse workout… and don’t worry about those guys, I’m sure they did something in their life to deserve it. Just sayin…
February 1, 2008 at 9:57 am
another title given false impressions! I though maybe you tried working out nekkid! Could you imagine some "dude" (that was for bodyauditor) doing squats or deads nekkid? eeewwwwww! Keep the kicking some ass up!
February 1, 2008 at 10:08 am
dave you can not manhandle the voters. Your running for president. I am going to chat with you manager about this. Now we have to do some PR repair. Oh the otherhand, as a bodybuilder you rock!!
February 1, 2008 at 10:20 am
Thanks for the visual mike, now I gotta go wash my eyes out with lye just for having read that! LTM
Steph-sorry. I’ll try and keep myself in line from now on.
February 1, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Hahaaa. I can’t believe you actually tried that exercise I told you to do. I was just getting you to clean my floor for me, but I love that you have incorporated this into your routine. Nicely done. I can’t wait to see what else you will fall for!!!
February 4, 2008 at 8:38 am
Yeah THANKS CLINTON!!! dont ask dont tell…. has allowed Senoir NCO’s to be assulted in the base gyms all around the world!…lol
Real Men Have Mass!
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