sbogard08’s BodyBlog

This morning I woke up bright and early with the intention of doing sprints for AM cardio (HIIT).  Unfortunately, it was raining and continued to do so all day.

I made it to the gym this evening to do Back and biceps.  My enery wasn’t the best, as today is first day of TOM.  I made it through all of my lifts though and did soem intervals on stairmill with weighted vest afterward.   There are a couple of girls at the gym who atre training for upcoming local OCB show in October.  Everyone assumes that I must be training for the show because I tend to go pretty hard in the gym and I am very focused.  I don’t really do a lot of conversing.  I go to the gym to workout, not socialize.    I usually keep my hat pulled low over my eyes to decrease the chance of making any eye contact that might invite someone to start a converstion.  Well I forgot my hat today, so got pulled into a few conversations.  A few asked if I was training for a show.  One girl (whose physique I totally admire) asked if I was training for a show because she sees how hard I work.  I told her that I actually didn’t plan on competing again until next year because I am trying to put on some size.  She said that remembers seeing me train for the show that I did earlier this year and how lean I was.  The funny thing is she said that I am her motivation because she thinks my physique is awesome; yet , I look at her and get motivated to work harder because I think her body is amazing.  It’s just funny how we as women are never quite satisfied with ourselves, yet there is always someone else who wishes they could be in our shoes. 

With that, my training went like this today:

Back/Biceps

Pull-ups 4×2 (un-assisted)/2 sets assisted

Bent Over BB Row 4 sets (superset w/)

Straight Leg Dead Lifts 4 sets

One Arm DB Row 3 sets  (superset w/)

Lying Bicep Cable Curls 3 sets

Wide Grip Pull-Down 4 sets  (superset w/)

Close Grip Pull-Down 4 sets

One-arm Seated Row 4 x 15/12/10/8

Double Seated Rows 3 x 15

BB Bicep Curls 4 x 15/12/10/8

Hammer Strength Bicep Curls 3 x 15 (superset w/)

DB Hammer Curls 3 x 10

Leaning Bicep Cable Curls 3 x 10-12  (superset w/)

Bench Push-Ups 3×15

Cardio:

12 minutes Incline Treadmill w/weighted vest (machine stopped working)

25 minutes Stairmill Intervals (30:90 seconds)

 Completely wiped out by the end, but I still feel good.  There is something about that post-workout burn that just gets me hyped up.  Maybe I’m crazy, but I love it!

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