Fewer Ut Ohs!, More Woo Hoos!
Went into the weight room today. Did some barbell curls. Curled the 110 pound barbell for 6 reps. That’s an estimated one rep max near 130. Getting stronger just freaking kicks ***. I measured my arms tonight just for sh*ts and giggles. I THOUGHT my arms were looking bigger and the measurements confirmed it. I measured 14.25 inches after my pump had subsided. When I’m pumped I’m sure I’d measure larger. A few months ago I was a little under 14 inches. What’s this mean? It means I’m bigger AND stronger (more definition too by the way). Am I happy? Heck yes I’m happy.
I was updating my stats tonight and saw that I have a goal of 15 inch arms by the end of the year. I completely forgot about this goal, but it looks like I might be able to reach it . . . uhhhh maybe. I had to strain my wrists to make the progress I have, but I’ve been going easy on them for almost a week now, and they’re feeling like they’re ALMOST 100%. I’ll have to strengthen my wrists before I go back to the heavy weights or I’ll just re-injure myself. (I didn’t really injure myself because I stopped before it got that far . .but you know what I’m talking about.)
Anyway. . . . Less Talk. More Do.
May 30, 2008 at 4:20 am
Actually, looking at your progress, you’ve gained almost two inches on your arms since October 2007 (about 8 months ago) and you have about 7 months remaining this year - so I’m betting that barring injury you can exceed your goal of 15 inches by the end of this year. Of course going from 12 to 14 inches might represent less of a muscle gain than going from 14 to 15 due to increase in circumference and area of the muscle itself, etc. but I’m to lazy to do the math.
And, it looks like you’ve only gained about 2 lbs during that time. So, all the weight has to be in muscle as you must have lost fat in order to get that kind of increase in your measurements.
Anyway, congratulations - keep up the great work!
June 4, 2008 at 10:41 pm
That’s awesome. Congrats. You’re right, seeing strength gains is so motivating.