thorra’s BodyBlog

-My legs are one big ouchie-boo-boo right now!!  I’m not looking forward to that first stumble out of bed in the morning.

Come to think of it, the second and third stumbles are going to suck as well.

-I was hoping to have a good excuse as to why I was laughing so much while watching The Upside Down Show with my ex-two year old, but I have none.  It’s just a good show.

I’m not ready to put it in the upper echelons of kids shows with Blue’s Clues (The Steve Years), but it’s darn close.

(Okay, the dork moment has passed.)

(Or has it?!?!?!)

-"I have…had a disturbing dream in which I break through a cave wall near Nag Hammadi and discover urns full of ancient Coptic scrolls.  As I unfurl the first scroll, a subscription card to some Gnostic exercise magazine flutters out."

Colin McEnroe 

-Shoulders tomorrow.

Getting my Sunday grub on!

Kinda.

Pre Workout/Breakfast: Milk, oats, yogurt, apple, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

Workout: Water, creatine, dextrose, whey.

Post Workout: Chili and brown rice.

Meal 3: Granola and milk.

Snack: Pecans

Meal 4: Grilled chicken breast and bread.

Snack: Pecans

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

There were a few mini pretzels sprinkled in throughout the afternoon, but only a few.  Not enough to warrant their own place in the Good Eats list.

Not even enough to send my blood sugar levels past the legal limit.

I know Cat Punting still is not recognized as an Olympic sanctioned event, but I still hold out hopes of one day standing upon the podium with a gold medal around my neck. This (and an insane urge for one more hour of peace and quiet) was all the motivation I needed this morning to put in one of my better quad workouts.

Parallel Squats

135 (5)

205 (5)

235 (5)

265 (4,4,4,4,4,4,4)

205 (12,10)

ATG Squats

160 (12)

*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Standing Barbell Lunges

+70 (40)

Walking Lunges

Bodyweight (40)
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Cardio was 5 it-seemed-like-an-eternity minutes upon the Elliptical of Pain!

-My back feels great.

-My shoulders are feeling pretty beat up from the chest and back workouts, so I guess I’ll wait a day to work them.

-I have been described as a lighthouse in the middle of a bog; Brilliant but useless."

Connor Cruise O’Brien

-Quads tomorrow.

Kinda, sorta, almost spot on!

But not really.

Pre Workout/Breakfast: Milk, oats, yogurt, apple, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

Workout: Water, creatine, dextrose, whey.

Post Workout: Water, banana, cinnamon, whey.

Post Post Workout: Chili

Meal 4: Granola and milk.

Snack: Mini peanut butter cups*.

Meal 5: Chili and brown rice.

Snack: Pecans

Meal 6/Good Night Shake: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

*They wouldn’t stop calling out to me from the fridge!  How could I resist?

(And for the record, "Not buying them in the first place!" isn’t going to be one of the answers, smartass!)

A better back day twas never had.  At least not in recent times.  Traps went extremely well as, er, well!

Pull Ups (Wide Grip)

Bodyweight (5)

+15 (11)

+20 (10)

+25 (9,6)

Bodyweight (9,9)

Long Bar Rows

125+Bar  (7)

150+Bar (10,10,10)

Pulldowns (Wide Grip)

150 (10,10,9)

140 (11)

125 (10)

Barbell Shrugs

225 (5)

275 (5)

325 (5)

375 (10,10,8)

325 (10)

275 (12)

Cardio was 16 minutes on the Elliptical de Soundgarden.

FIN

-My chest and calves are happy and sore.

-Gravity sucks.  Especially when someone misjudges a step and winds up taking a header.  Or so I’m told.

-A gallon of gas is cheaper than a gallon of milk?!?!   Whoa!  The kiddies and I will be having a long talk about what’s going in their bowls of cereal!!
-"Television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy."

Richard Nixon 

-Back tomorrow.

It’s all good!

Pre Workout: Milk, oats, apple, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

Workout: Water, creatine, dextrose, whey.

Post Workout: Water, banana, cinnamon, whey.

Meal 3: Chili

Meal 4: Granola and milk

Snack: Pretzels*

Meal 5: Water, oats, cottage cheese, apple, flax, cinnamon, whey.

Snack: Pecans

Meal 6: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

*There’s a terrible rumor floating about that these pretzels were dipped in white chocolate.  I can still neither confirm nor deny this rumor.

Twas a great workout all around today.  I’m steadily making my way back up to form.

I was looking for more reps on the bench press, but must not have been looking hard enough.  Not a problem.  I’m having an unusually good run on patience lately.

In other non newsworthy news, my calves are still burning from today’s workout!

Huzzah!!

Barbell Bench Press

Bar (15,15)

115 (5)

185 (2)

205 (8,8,7)

Decline Bench Press

205 (9,9,7)

Dumbbell Bench Press (Flat)

60 (12,9)

Dumbbell Flyes

35 (14,14)

*SUPERSET*  **SUPERSET**

Barbell Calf Raises

135 (10)

205 (10)

225 (12,12,12)

Bodyweight Calf Raises

(16,16,16)

*END SUPERSET*  **END SUPERSET**

Single Leg Calf Raises

+25 (12*,12*)

Bodyweight (12*,10*)

Done without rest on two stacked 25# plates.

*No, the asterisks are not there to denote the possibility of performance enhancing drugs.  Rather to show that the number of reps are for each leg, not just one leg.

In case you were wondering.

Yeah, me neither.

Cardio was 18 minutes on the Old School Elliptical listening to Ozzy, Metallica and GnR.

FIN

I thought it would be a good day to clean out the fridge.

Meal 1: Chili

Meal 2: Granola and milk.

Snack: Doughnut

Meal 3: Frittata*
Snack: Peanut butter crackers

Meal 4: Grilled Salmon**

Meal 5: Chicken breast***

Snack: Pecans****

Meal 6/Good Night Shake: Water, cottage cheese, peanut butter, glutamine, cinnamon, whey.

*Leftover

**Another Leftover

***Yup. Leftover

****Technically not a leftover, right?  I think I’m just addicted to performance enhancing asterisks!