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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Today was delts and tri’s. I superset or giant set my delts, because that seems to really burn them, and I’ve seen better growth over the last couple months. So I start with dumbbell presses, right into side laterals, rear laterals, and finish with front raises, all in one set with no rest. Three sets that way pretty much burns the snot out of me and I can’t lift my arms. After a brief rest I then do Smith presses behind the neck and barbell shrugs supersetted. It only takes about a half hour but I’m thrashed. Then I hit the tri’s, which have already had a bit of work from the shoulder presses with dumbbells and the Smith bar. My tricep workouts vary, but today I did decline skulls, rope cable press downs, and overhead dumbbell French presses. On all my workouts I log everything, to keep my forward moving for goals and strength gains, and takes the guess-work out of set, rep, and weight planning. I use it to push myself to try to improve each time in the gym, even if it’s only one more rep than last time.
Well, today, I couldn’t improve on last week, and in a couple of exercises, was even weaker!!! I hate days like that, but I know that they happen. It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a day, and I HATED it!!! It feels like failure, and not the good kind where you push a set to its limit. I mean failure in that I didn’t meet my goal. My rest, food and supplements were about the same as always, so the only real difference was I was weaker. Yecchhh! I had to let the ego go and just finish the sets I had planned, admitting a small defeat. The plates and bars got the best of me today. But next time dammit, I’ll get my revenge on them!!!!!!!
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