thorra’s BodyBlog

-Great day today.  I got rid of my messy, cat tossing, terrible two year old and traded him in for a neat, tidy, and quiet cat tossing three year old.  Well, at least that’s what the brochure said.

*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Close Grip Bench Press

115 (10)

185 (10,9,9)

EZ Bar Curl

75 (12)

80 (10,10,10)

*END SUPERSET*  **END SUPERSET**

*GIANT SET*  **GIANT SET**

Dumbbell Curls

35 (8,8,8)

EZ Bar Lying Triceps Extensions

80 (12,10,8)

Cable Triceps Extensions 

60 (8,8,7)

*END GIANT SET*  **END GIANT SET**

-"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."

Lily Tomlin 

-I suppose quads tomorrow

Sledgehammer’s rebound.
Now there is a noteworthy fact I’d love to see put on a warning label and slapped on a sledgehammer so that silly schmucks like myself can forget to read the small print and still have the sledgehammer rebound towards my stupefied face, sending me flailing out of it’s way like a crackhead on LSD.

No workout for me today.  Unless, of course, you count the two and a half hours of dragging, tossing, sledgehammering, cursing, and jumping (Damn mice!) I did outside.

FIN

-I’m starting to enjoy my time in Limbo (aka the maintenance phase).  I like the fast workouts, the extra free time in the morning, and, of course, the relaxed eating.
-I have forgotten how good something as simple as peanut butter crackers can be.  Of course, I’m referring to peanut butter crackers made with the versatile saltine cracker.  Not the ritz cracker.  That’s just wrong.

-I shall continue to resist this urge to consume large quantities of McDonalds French Fries and a banana split in one sitting.

-Sometimes I wish I could be a cat for about five minutes.  Not because I could roam through the house naked, licking myself (don’t need to be a cat for that)  I just want to be able to see in the dark and stop stepping on the crap they’ve scattered through the house on my way to the bathroom.

-"I’m not upset about my divorce.  I’m only upset I’m not a widow."

Roseanne Barr 

-I’m thinking shoulders and traps tomorrow.

Today’s workout was even faster than usual.  I had to be out the door extra early to get Number One Daughter to art class.  Apparently, it’s considered good parenting to pay to have someone teach your daughter to draw pictures of you with horns and a pitchfork to put on display.
*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Barbell Bench Press

95 (15)

185 (4)

210 (8,7,5)

Dumbbell Flyes

35 (9,7,6)

*END SUPERSET*  **END SUPERSET**

Cardio was 10 minutes of HIIT while boppin’ to some Nirvana.

Pre Workout: Water, oats, yogurt, apple, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

Post Workout: Water, oats, cottage cheese, apple, flax, cinnamon, whey.

Meal 3: Steak

Meal 4: Pasta with clam sauce*

Snack: I dunno.

Meal 5/Good Night Shake: Milk and whey.

*I think I should have checked the expiration date on the sauce before I ate it.  Cast-iron stomach, don’t fail me now!!
For some reason, I decided to try sweetening my tea with a fiber enhanced Stevia.  Holy Crap, Batman!!  That stuff was all kinds of horrible!!  In the future I’ll stick to Splenda or used motor oil.

Ah sweet-sweet sugar! 

Pre Workout: Water, oats, apple, yogurt, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

Post Workout: Water, oats, cottage cheese, apple, flax, cinnamon, whey.

Snack: Cheese danish.

Meal 3: Steak

Meal 4: Italian sausage.

Snack: Butter Crunch Ice Cream.

Meal 5/Good Night Shake: Milk and whey.

Such a good day.  Just a little bit of all the bad things, to make sure I got my daily dose of sugar without the crappy feeling afterwards.

Today’s one of those days where I feel like I’m going to be the windshield.  I wish I didn’t have, of all things, my cell phone’s basic ring tone stuck in my head, but I’m not going to let that spoil my fun.

After another day of clearing and sledge hammering (yes, I somehow convinced my wife to let me buy a new 20 lb. sledgehammer with fiberglass handle that I will probably never use again-unless my kids really work my last nerve!), I am unbelievably sore, but looking forward to going back to my usual schedule of avoiding excessive manual labor.  I just hope the fairies will hurry up and get here to clean up the mess I’ve made of the yard, basement and various other places of the house.

Quick and simple workout today.  Strength is down but given my less than spot on eating I’m not surprised or worried.

*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Wide Grip Pullups

(10,10,8)

Close Grip Pulldowns

145 (8,7,7)

*END SUPERSET*  **END SUPERSET**

Dumbbell Rows

80 (10,10,10)

FIN

Add sledgehammer to the ever-growing list of tools I shouldn’t be allowed to use. 

After 45 minutes of cardio, a shot of wheatgrass and some Yerba Mate, I spent the day mowing, clearing and filling a dumpster with more crap than I thought possible to own. 

I did enjoy breaking up large and heavy objects with the sledgehammer.  It would have been nice if I didn’t occasionally miss my intended target and wrench my arm something fierce.  Oh, and breaking the sledgehammer and having it rebound onto your foot definitely isn’t high on the good times list. 

Pre Workout: The usual pre cardio shebang.

Workout: Water and whey.

Post Workout: Water, oats, cottage cheese, apple, flax, cinnamon, whey.

Meal 2: Some nothing-special protein bar.

Meal 3: Danish and Ice Coolata*

Meal 4: Steak and danish**

Meal 5/Good Night Shake: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

*I have never had one and can safely say that I won’t be needing another one again. 

**Now here is a food combination I can work with.

Great day for snacking. 

-It wasn’t much of a workout today, but I did manage to up my deadlift numbers, and my shoulders are as sore as my traps.

-I feel like I’m in Limbo here with my exercising and diet, though I don’t seem to mind.  I’m just hoping that when the remodel is over and my upcoming break from working out is done, I’ll be back to normal.   Until then I’ll just keep plugging away.

-Cardio tomorrow.   

Right in the middle of deadlifting a personal best probably isn’t the best time to remember the hours of back-pain inducing labor needed to clear out the garage.  

Right in the middle of deadlifting a personal best is a great time to think about convincing your wife to hire some industrious youth, eager to clear out a garage for $.25 an hour.   

Deadlifts

135 (10)

225 (5)

295 (1)

365 (1)

415 (1)

465 (1)

410 (3)

*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Barbell Shoulder Press

95 (14,12,12,10)

Rear Delt Raises

35 (10,10,10)

*END SUPERSET* **END SUPERSET**

Cardio was 12 minutes of jumping rope.

FIN

-I’m happily surprised at the level of soreness I feel for such a quick workout today.  Chest and traps are feeling great.  My knee, which I banged while walking through a door-not so great. 

-Oh sweet mother of BOB, I love my new Versa Gripps!!

-"I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises."

Buzz Aldrin

-Maybe some deadlifts and shoulders tomorrow.