Evening Lifter BodyBlog

I stole another one today. I finished the second have of the full body workout that I could not finish yesterday for time constraints. I did clean and press, BB curls and narrow bench. Then finished right lat triceps with decline dumbbell extensions to bring up the lateral head. I had a great workout with only one interruption from the ER, though did not have to go in. It felt great to chance it and hit it while on call. Only 14 hrs and 45 minutes left until I have Mon half day.  Will see what I have left tomorrow. Maybe abs, maybe cardio. On call again Tues so need to pace myself. Take care .

I got home from making rounds this afternoon and had a 1 1/2 hr window before our kids had a birthday party to go to. I am on the full body workout wagon right now and loving it but could not get the whole body in, in the short time I had. But I hit it anyway. ATG squats for 6 sets and then BP for 5 sets and Vbar pulldowns for 4 sets. Felt good. I lowered the safety catches one more on my squat rack and it felt great to go low.  I quickly showered, and was able to make  most of the party with my kids and wife.  I got a few calls though did not have to go in.  34 1/2 hrs left to go.  Yeah!!  I am trying to make the best of it. When I finish the 3 out of 4 nights I am on call right now I do not have call for over a week. I am trying to look at the bright side. Hope everyone is having a good weekend. Take care.

The Oct M and F had an article, Iron Clad Cardio.  It was written for me. I do not do a ton of cardio as I lose weight pretty quick if i do- very fast metabolism.  It caught my eye when it spoke of "As far as you’re concerned any time not spent waging war against some kind of resistance is futile."  I did the starter workout consisting of 1 min at each of four exercises for two cycles continuous cycles. Seems easy enough-a toddler way to start. Yikes. I did pushups, then walking lunges, plate woodchop and then clean and jerk. Wow, what a workout. I was still a little sore from my Saturday full body compound workout. I hope to throw this in when I am stressed for time. Tons of call and work and a trip out of town. I do not want to miss a chance at working out. It gave me some ideas for a workout on the road as many of the exercises require little or no equipment which is most hotel gyms.  Take care to all.

I did a full body workout from the ectomorph for mass article on the front of BB.com and wow it was awesome. I changed it up a little. It is 4 sets of each exercise 10, 8, 6, and 15 reps each exercise. I did 2 mninute rests. Squats. Bench Press, V bar pulldowns. I substituted clean and press for side laterals, then BB curls for DB curls and then narrow grip bench. I then did two sets on just my right arm of decline overhead extensions to try and catch my right lateral head of the triceps up with the left. It was awesome. Almost needed the bucket at times. First time for clean and press in 20 plus years and loved it. I am going to try and to this 3 times a week though it took 90 minutes so may have to split it to accomodate late starts during the week. The only thing I don’t like is deads were not part of it. I may try to do them every other workout. It is definitely a departure for me though i have a ton of call in the next two weeks and then out of town trip and then intown guests so working whole body with fewer total workouts per week was intriguing. Any comments appreciated. Take care.

Half day post call and I got to sleep well last night. I broke a black cloud streak of being called in every call night for disasters. I had a great workout with 5 sets of BP at 190 by 5, heading back to where I was at 205 5 by 5.  Patience. I then did Incline DB press and flyes and then bb curls and cable curls. Felt great. Bummer is, on call again in the am and only 1/3 of the docs are in tomorrow that means me and one other poor soul covering 6 practices. Yikes.  I at least have a half day thurs and the three day weekend off. Should be able to hit the weights on those days. Take care  to all and good luck with your own workouts.

Had a great day time workout again today. Shoulders and forearms. Felt great. I am now two full weeks back and loving it. Bad news is, on call mon and wed this week so will be hard to stay consistent. I am going to give it my best however.

I had an amazingly fun day with my family and got to work legs and calves. I had a great workout, now bedtime shake and off to …. bed

Thanks again BH. I was drop dead tired but hit it anyway. I had a long day, the kids had their first day back to school so busy nighttime. Great first day for the two oldest and the youngest starts tomorrow. I was dragging but hit the garage for back and tris. Pullups 6, 5, 4 and then deads, rows, and seated rows for a total of 13 sets and then 6 sets of triceps. The weights are coming back up slowly after the month off and I am enjoying it. Endurance is going up a little. The bummer is I am about to get slammed with call. Starting friday I have 3 of 6 nights on call, then a week of regular days and then 4 of 6 nights on call the first week of sept. If only BH could help me there. I am trying to get through another cycle of the whole body before that hits. May have to settle for Wii fit for some of those call days.

 Thanks to BH I can post another one. Take care.

HAd a great workout tonight. Did chest and bis. 17 total sets in 51 minutes. I loved the power hooks for incline DB bench. I had previously only been able to get 60 by 7 for three sets and did 65 by 8 tonight with the power hooks. A little wierd to start with but definitely a nice inexpensive addition.  I used the BH inspiration from a thread in the O35 and got a few extra plates on and a few extra reps. Off to bed, first day of school for the little guys so earlier morning than normal. I cannot believe another school year begins.  take care to all.

I did legs today despite a 100 degree day. The garage was hot as could be. I did 5 sets of squats and then 2 sets of leg press. Had to break as the heat was too much and I was about to puke. Went back to hit the hammies and calves. Overall 51 minutes. Felt great. First leg workout formally in a long while. Hope to be able to walk tomorrow. I have now completed a full body cylce this week, my first week back after a break. I am not on call until Friday so should be able to hit it with some consistency this week.

 Took the boys to see Clone Wars today. Yikes the violence was more than I anticipated though with war in the title I should not have been surprised. The kids loved it and I had fun just being with them.

 Hope everyone has a good week.