jm1369's BodyBlog

Im back

jm1369 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:11:27 +0000

Ready to get to work in the gym. Came home from hunting early because the hunting was not very good. Trapping was slow too. Gonna finish the season from home.
Legs feel good now. Only occasional "twinges" here and there from the uneven terrain. Also, body fat is down. Put on a lot of miles exploring, learning more about the area I hunt.
Well rested and looking forward to making gains on the iron!

Leg test

jm1369 — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:13:04 +0000

Ended up having time to go through my cycle once more since we pulled out traps the other day. So I took today to test the legs for the first time in about a month. So far so ggod. Started with squats. Only went up to 225. Then on to the leg press where I only went up to 445. I then did hack squats and kept them moderate also. Ham/glute ext. were next. And then finished up with leg curls.
So far no unusual pain or discomfort. But we will see what the next couple days bring. None the less, it sure did feel good to work the legs again! I`m sure not working my legs has contributed to losing 5 pounds. COUNTER PRODUCTIVE!!
I leave on sunday morning for my long anticipated northwoods adventure. Lots of hunting, trapping and exploring planned. Just getting away for up to 2 weeks will be relaxing.

Break time again.

jm1369 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:54:13 +0000

Finished up another bench program today. Did not finish strong, but I attribute that to neglecting all other aspects of training. After running the trapline, there is not much energy left to hit the weights. I am ok with that though. I needed a break from the gym anyways. I am probably done with the gym now until after deer hunting is done. Hopefully will have plenty of fresh protien when done!
Legs have been slowly improving. I think I will be ready to work them by december. Have not worked them for about 3 weeks now. A nasty side affect to resting legs is I feel lazy towards the rest of my workouts.
Next blog entry will not be until later this month. Stay strong everyone!

Time is limited

jm1369 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:04:55 +0000

Workout time has become limted. With hunting in full swing and trapping about to start, Time will become even more restricted. Thats ok, a rest will do the body good. Will get back at it After deer hunting in november, full bore!
Moving along well on the bench press program. Just 4 more workouts left. @reps at 320 was challenging, but 1 rep at 330 seemed effortless by comparison.
Still resting my legs. Losing patience though.

More delays

jm1369 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:40:22 +0000

Been having some pain around my knees lately. Not in the joints. but the muscle around them. To be specific, over and under them. On tuesday I deadlifted and had pain in the quads for the first time from deadlifting. The pain went away and had no doms on wednesday. Today was leg day. Could not get through my first exercise (squats) without weakness and what felt like doms setting in during the workout. I had to abort the workout completely and go home.
I hope this is just fatigue and not the onset of some kind of injury. I have not had any trouble with any other body parts. I will not deadlift and will only do light leg work on leg day for a few weeks. The 12 hour shifts will also be ending friday. Being on my feet that long might be a contributing factor. Time will tell.

Movin up!

jm1369 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:07:09 +0000

Had my first fail test in my second go around om the bench press program. I get to move up in weight. Hope this happens once or twice more on fail tests.
Cant do Arnold presses any more because of tendonitis in my elbows. I am trying a different way to do them. Instead of rotating 180 degrees during the press, I am only rotating 90 degrees. So far, so good.

More wood to cut

jm1369 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:19:58 +0000

Had to re-start bench program. Got to the gym friday and realized I forgot my key. Knew that would happen sooner or later! So I went home and did shoulders. Took the weekend off and got going again monday.
My winter workout is planned for me already. Stopped by a local farmer for trapping permission, and the first thing he asked me is if I wanted to make wood! I will have firewood coming out my ears! Thats ok. With the price of heating fuel, I have one less expence to worry about this winter. Could even sell some if need be.
Weight has been stuck around 195 for a while now. Time to review supplements.

Blog Entry

jm1369 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:25:45 +0000

Restarted bench program today. Must have lost a little more strength than expected. Had to adjust as I progressed. Thats what I get for not doing a 1rm test. Hopefully end up around 340 in 7 weeks from now. After this, I will not be doing much in the gym. Hunting and trapping will take priority till december. Thats ok, a good rest from the gym will be due by then. Trapping is a good workout in itself. Dont believe it? Tag along with a longline trapper for a day!

Close!

jm1369 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:44:45 +0000

Stepped on the scale before my workout this morning. It said 200 even. Although it was after breakfast, and I still had shoes on, I got a hint of what 200 will look like!
Now if I could get my quads to grow, I`m sure my goal of being a "solid" 200 would be achieved a little quicker.

Long term goal

jm1369 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:31:45 +0000

Set a new goal of benching 405 by the end of next year. Sounds lofty, but can be done if i can remain injury free. Sitting on about 330 now. Should be able to re-start bench press program after thanksgiving. Would like to start sooner, but hunting and trapping will take up a lot of time this fall. Especially in november. Looking forward to this challenge!