davis003’s BodyBlog

After I have a really good workout, huge pump and some soreness, I notice that the next day my weight will increase by two or three pounds.  I never count that as gained weight because it leaves after another day or two as the soreness leaves.  Does this happen to everyone else?

Cardio went alot better today.  Repeated last weeks Run 5 minutes clean and Press 115 (repeat 4 times), managed to get 9 reps on the last set of cleans and the run didn’t seem as hard.  I usually take Wednesday as a rest day but I think I can sneak in some calf, ab and forearm work.

Trying to mix up my cardio a little.  Tuesday I did 5 min Jog warm up then 10 clean and press 95 lbs warm-up.  Went and tried to do 3 hard supersets Running about 7:30 mile pace for 5 min then 10 clean and press with 115 lbs.   Last set was really hard.  The running about killed me and I only got 7 reps on the clean and press.  I followed it up with 3 minutes of easy walking then stretching.

I’ll try to do about the same routine on Friday.  Did Tuesday at campus gym over my lunch break, but the powerrack at Anytime Fitness (my usual gym) isn’t tall enough to do overhead press,  so, I’ll use dumbbells.  Hopefully by next Tuesday I’ll be able to complete the whole workout strong.

I have a naturally fast metabolism so I don’t like doing traditional cardio like riding a bike or running.  Last time I ran was the road race my friends talk me into doing every year (see my avi).  I do it every year with no training just for fun.

I might do sprints if my abs feel chubby.  What I usually do instead is a workout similar today’s workout.  I superset pull-ups and dips with as little break as I can until I hit 50+ pull-ups. Today the sets went as follows:

Pull-ups 20  Dips 12

Pull-ups 10  Dips 13

Pull-ups 8    Dips 15

Pull-ups 7    Dips 12

Pull-ups 6    Dips 10

My wife just gave birth to our first child a month ago.  This was my first full week back at work and my first full week back working out.  Really happy that I only lost about a pound after taking two weeks completely off (probably lost some more muscle and gained a little fat). 

On Tuesday I hit my legs with Squats, Leg Press, Leg curls, Stiff leg Deadlifts, and Calf Raises.  Wednesday I was fine barely any soreness.  Thursday my legs were talking to me with every step.

 It’s good to be back.

So I weighted myself on Saturday (178) Sunday (174) did cardio Sunday afternoon (170) Wednesday (174).  So my question is how much does your weight fluctuate in the course of a week?

Mixed some plyometric moves into my upperbody workouts the last couple of days. Finished back and bi’s day with downward medicine ball throws instead of chin-ups.  On chest day I finished on the smith machine doing bench presses instead of dumbbell bench presses.  I threw the bar up so that it lost contact with my hands at the top of the movement.  I was really tired after the workouts and muscles felt really pumped but I wasn’t sore the following days ( I usually associate soreness with workouts that work).  Haven’t decided what I’ll do tomorrow for upperbody yet

Had a really great leg workout today.  I’ve been playing around with it trying to find the mix that will help my legs stay lean but not increase in size too much and give me some cardio benefits.  Today it really felt like it came together.  Started with 20 squats, then 20 walking lunges (10 each leg), followed by 10 stiff-leg deadlift, and finally 1 1/2 min jump rope.  That one superset.  I rested for 1 1/2 min.  On the last super set I gave out on the jump rope half way through.  After working out I stretched my legs for 10 min.  Left the gym 35 min after entering and felt like I got a lot done.  I’ll throw in some calf work after my chest and back tomorrow.

Since my should pain started, I’ve changed my workout significantly.  I took out all overhead presses.  and went from a 5-8 rep range to a 10-15 rep range, superseting antagonist muscles.  This usually doesn’t give me any gains but I’ve managed to gain a pound in the last month (not a ton but good).  My shoulder pain has gone away too.  I think I’ll stay with this workout plan for about another month to make sure everything is completely healed then increase the intensity.

Took a day off training last week.  My wife and I were on vacation and between traveling between airports and layovers  I felt like only missing one day was good.  I was really lucky that our hotel had a simple but fairly nice gym. 

My shoulder was aching before I left. So did a light day last week.  Yester day it felt back to normal, but when I started doing presses I hit muscle faliure way early.  I finished with some rotator cuff work.  If the same thing happens next week I’m going to take out the pressing movements and go to more isolation exercises for a while.