terealius’s BodyBlog

Seems as though a few months ago I was making some progress and gaining momentum when some awesome life changes started to take place. Mid-February (Valentine’s Day), I moved and a month later I married my beautiful wife. So, with balancing getting everything new, my training sessions halted.

I have not given up on achieving any goals which is why I’m getting back on track with everything. This time, I have to make it stick. It’s just never seemed to be so tricky to stick with it.

Seems to be that during the normal evening hours are not enough to lift for me, but I psyched myself up to train my back from top to bottom. Even after seeing a less than desirable reflection in the mirror when I got home from work, I actually found a source of drive to get to the garage and lift some weight. The bright side is that my back has been recovering pretty well from the slight tweak I gave it the other day. So, here’s a rundown of what damage I caused tonight:

4 sets of pullups (3rd and 4th set done in pike position)

Cable rows 3 sets

Single arm cable rows 3 sets

Lower back extensions (variation of deadlifts using low cable pulley) 3 sets
DB shrugs 3 sets

Straight arm pull downs 3 sets

Straight bar bi curls 3 sets

Seated hammer curls with DB’s for 3 sets
That’s all from me tonight people!

-Your friendly neighborhood ninja

So, I decided to hit my legs with a different intensity tonight. Here goes:

Squats - 275 - 8reps

295 -8reps

315 - 8reps

It was when I got to 315 that I unracked it and felt the slightest of tinges. I worked through it anyway because I needed to know I could do it. No excruciating pain, but just a nagging pain in the upper back.

Step up lunges with 40# DB’s. 3 sets for 10 reps each

Leg extensions using 2-35# plates on the end of my bench. 4 sets: 15, 12, 12, 15
Standing cable hamstring curls with 35#.  4 sets of 12

Kickbacks for glutes - 30# - 4 sets of 10

Calf raises were just a crazy mix ‘em up. Seated calf raises with 40# DBs.  Standing calf raises using the same weight.

SO, yeah, that’s a bit more intense than when I was at my most fit a few years ago. The amazing thing about the squats is that I just started back training regularly this year. My weight jumped a lot from where I started. So, I’m pretty freakin stoked!

Good night

-Your friendly neighborhood ninja

It’s nice to be a part of an internet community where everyone is so supportive. I was hesitant at first to join, but I’m so glad that I became a member of bodyspace. Even more proof that this site is awesome is that my fiance was more reluctant to post a profile, but she has been welcomed by warm, friendly, and supportive people like I have.

So, thank you to all those who make this site priceless and a great forum for others to motivate each other. It makes reaching goals THAT much easier.

"Gator"

So, I finally took progress (before) pics and I’m surprised I actually posted them. It was a bit of a pain, but oh well, I have to start somewhere. The frustrating thing is how things can change in life and while I was able to get stuff straightened out, it took time away from the gym to capitalize on the positive changes I was making with my body a couple of years ago.

Well, I’ll just have to look better than what I did several years ago and I know I can do it. I feel good about the varied training I’ve been doing, so I’m curious to see how my body will take to what I’m throwing at it. Good times.

"Gator"