benjamminb6’s BodyBlog

So I actually went to the gym two days in a row for the first time in a month!!  Thats a good sign lol.  I had a really good biceps workout today, and did some ab work.  I felt absolutely nothing during the ab work, so I dunno if I have just allowed my blubber to get too big haha or if I just didnt work hard enough.  The biceps work was great, and I felt and looked really pumped.  I had intended to do some concentration curls as well at the end, but my biceps were pretty fried already and I didnt wanna overdo it my first week back after the layoff.  I am planning on doing my legs tomorrow, although I am fairly sore and Im supposed to do fartleks for my marathon training, so I havent decided how thats gonna work.  Heres how it went:

Barbell Curl: warm up set 30×15, 45×10, 65×10, 75×8, 85×6.

Superset:
Decline Crunch: 3 setsx25 reps.
Dumbell Curl: 25×10, 30×10, 35×8, 40×6.

Superset:
Rope Hammer Curl: 60×10, 90×10, 110×8, 130×6.
Preacher Curl: 50×10, 60×10, 70×8, 80×6 with dropset.

Lying Machine Crunch: 4 setsx 25 reps.

Overhead Cable Curl: 40×10, 40×10, 45×8.

Ok, so in my last post, I updated as to how hectic things have been and why I havent been able to get to the gym all month.  So I went and did a total body workout that just wasnt too great.  Anyway, after that night, I just felt like I needed to retool things, so I spent the week just doing cardio every day and doing my marathon training, and I spent some time looking at different training methods such as S.P.O.T. training and A.R.T. training, and researching different articles on bodybuilding.com about training different bodyparts different ways.  There was alot of good information and helpful tips and ideas, but when it all came down to it, I decided to just go back to basics and do what worked best for me in the past.  My goal on here is to get back the abs that I had when I was 21, well, the way that I got those abs and that body was through hard work, a high protein diet with no soda, no cheating, no crappy food at all, consistent ab work, consistent cardio, and training each bodypart on its own day.  So I have decided to go back to doing that.  I need to write it down on my bodyspace page, but I have it all written down in my sidekick.  I am now gonna train each bodypart on its own day, and work it nice and hard.  I am gonna train calves every other workout with chest, legs, and back, and work abs with biceps, triceps, and shoulders.  I am gonna do cardio 20 minutes twice a day on non marathon training days, once after my workout, and once in the morning when I wake up, or at night after work if I decide to work out in the morning.  I am planning on working out at night after work, but I wake up and feel good, then I will try to work out in the morning so that I can have my nights to go out with Heather and enjoy Vegas.  Since saturday is my long run for my marathon, that will be my off day, and I will take extra days off as necessary to accomodate my schedule, or when Im sore and need extra recovery time, but hopefully I wont need too many days off.  My diet is going to be more strict, and Im cutting out caloric beverages completely.  So today was my day off of work, so I went to the gym during the day.  It was crowded, which I hate, and which is why I prefer to work out late at night after work, but I still had a really good workout.  Heres how it went:

Incline dumbell press:  warm up set 30×15, 45×10, 55×10, 65×8, 70×5.

Hammer machine incline press:  135×10, 135×10, 155×10, 185×7.

Superset:
Standing Calf:  3 sets of 255×25.
Seated Calf:  3 sets of 90×25.

Superset:
Machine press:  130×10, 150×10, 190×8, 220×6 with dropset.
Pec Deck Fly: 62.5×10, 62.5×8, 62.5×4.

Cable Crossover: 35×10, 45×10, 45×8.

So it has been 17 days since I worked out!!!!  I had made all these plans to be better about things after the wedding and once my schedule got set at work, but that all went out the window.  Things have been very hectic at work, and I get done at different times every night depending on who’s working, so its not always easy to plan.  I am afraid to take progress pics or do measurements or weigh myself haha.  I have still been doing a good amount of running for marathon training, and have been eating decently and taking my supplements, so Im not a huge fatass or anything, but I have taken a step or two backwards I think.  So I need to revise my workout regimen and reschedule how Im gonna do all of this so that I have some more motivation to go.  Its hard sometimes, especially since we just moved here and there is so much to do at night that I wanna go out and have fun with Heather and be involved in all of the action, so I tell myself that I will just go work out in the morning, but then morning comes and I end up sleeping in too late!!!  I need to find a happy medium and stick to it, so thats what I am gonna do.  Tomorrow, I am working out, and I am running.  Period.  In the morning early, I am planning on going to South Point to read the racing form and make picks for the last day of races at Hollywood Park, and after that I am either going running or going to the gym.  If I wake up early enough, I can get to the casino early and have enough time to go to the gym AND do my running!  That would be great, but we will see if that actually happens.  I am planning on doing my back and triceps tomorrow.  I may do a few weeks of heavy and hard high volume training and skip the doggcrapp rest pause stuff for a few weeks or just try something new altogether.  I think that once I go in for 2 or 3 days, I will be completely amped up to stay in and go everyday, I just need to get started again.  So my tentative plan for tomorrow will be to wake up around 7am, go to the casino and maybe do breakfast and have some eggs and oatmeal there.  Afterwards, I can read the racing form and make my picks, and if I am home by 9, I can be at the gym by 930, lift until 1045, and run on the treadmill so that I dont hafta run later on outside in the heat.  That would give me about 2 hours to run if I really wanted to put in the time and try to get my 14 miles or so in.  If it doesnt work out that way, then I will try to run in the morning and lift at night when the gym will be more empty after work.  I will update tomorrow after I lift.