My son James , training and lack of sleep.
James Ronald Pinard. That is my son’s name. Anyone who is not a parent just won’t understand……
When they say children are the ultimate sacrifice, well in some ways they’re both right and wrong. If by sacrifice , you mean a bundle of joy, who looks at you like you are all knowing, who depends on you for even the most basic daily functions (however smelly those functions are), and who can make your eyes tear up with just one look…Well then I guess they’re right….If by sacrifice you mean something that inconveniences, or forces you to re-arrange plans or even say, your whole life, well they’re wrong…..These are daily occurrences with a small child tearing your house apart, but they’re no inconvenience, or "sacrifice" at all. Those with children are smiling right along with me right now, those without, well you’ll see…..What’s my point?Well…..
After months of sleeping through the night, my son has suddenly decided he, and therefore I, no longer require eight solid or straight hours of slumber anymore. No 4:30 is now an acceptable hour to rise and shout "Okka! Okka!" (for Oscar, our 2 yr old black lab, and James’ bestest friend ). Now he doesn’t do this everyday, no , just on days where I’m supposed to train. My curerent schedule allows me only 3 days a week to lift, and on every single one of those days this week my "pride and joy" is up waaaaay before the sun. Is that a sacrifice? Not really.
As much as I live for those 3 hours of gym time a week, I would gladly give it all up, in a heartbeat, if I had to for James.
And so that was the long way of explaining why I’m posting 2 workouts back to back this morning. And possibly why , this week at least, my gains have slowed down. Time (and meals and energy and rest…) have been sparse this week, but again, as any parent would attest , it is a "sacrifice" completely worth making.
Here we go
weighted chins
25 2×5
1×12 (not weighted)
Deadlifts
300 1×8
340 1×5 1×4
seated cable rows (another "vintage" machine at my gym, plates not marked in pounds ,rather in numbers 1 through 20
"15" 2×6
reverse grip pulldowns
225 1×4
barbell military presses
135 3×6
lateral raises
40 2×7
bent laterals
70 1×8
Yet again this morning ,as if by plan, James was up before the rooster. Unfortunately, no amount of re-arranging will allow me to hit the gym for my regular Saturday morning session, so foregoing all known bodybuilding "schools of thought" or "advice", I’m going to have to put it off till tomorrow . I hope. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if his highness feels like sleeping in ………
November 28, 2007 at 4:45 am
Very cool post bro … kids are an exceptionally cool gift and those that don’t have them can not understand. Got three myself [13 boy, 9 girl, 7 girl].
Get the training in when you can and don’t loose track of the diet. It is easy to start eating what is being prepared for the kids, so be careful. That is how I put on over 60 lbs [that I recently took off] over the course of 10-12 years.
Cool!
Brian