Ark94's Workout Log

[miked8c]

I life guard and I know for a fact that after walking around in the 90 degree sun for 7 hours I can not hit the gym as hard as I need to. Go before work Ark, I know your skeptical of morning workouts but as long as you eat a solid breakfast your body will be ready as ever, plus test levels are highest in the morning.

 

[ark94]

terrible news....


























and its worse than an injury

 

[ark94]

B1 W4 – Squat Emphasis
(weightxrepsxsets)​

Front Squats (these were tough)
45x5
95x4
115x3
125x2
145x5
145x5 (feels heavy just putting it on my shoulders, and it didn’t last week when I did 5x2.. definitely fatigued from work)
- Note: some reps were not the best quality. From the fatigue my elbows would drop a little forcing me to bend a tad forward, I really have to work on keeping my elbows up no matter what, usually don’t have much of this problem
145x5

RDL
135x6
155x6
165x4 (grip was brutal, it would slip and feels like it was ripping my hands)
155x6
155x6
- At the end of this, I could hardly touch my hands it felt like my skin was torn apart, damn its hard to hold the bar long

Cable Pullthroughs
70x9x4 (not that tough, but still got tiring)

Grip Training
3 10lb plates
30sec, 30sec, 10sec (bad pick up of plates), 30sec

Notes
Well, here is the news...

I get to the gym and do my usually mobility drills in a room no one goes to downstairs. I am approached by a personal trainer who works there, and she was holding some pamphlet thingy. She somehow hunted me down, and she asks me my name, which she already knew and she tells me I can’t do this... She says I cannot bring my camera to the gym anymore and record anything due to the privacy of others and confidentiality or some stupid shit like that... if I am seen with a camera or cellphone recording I will get into serious trouble, possibly lose my membership (my guess). So she just explains stupid shit to me, and tells me well thats what we have personal trainers for, is to look at my form. I didn’t say it, but few months ago one of the dumbass personal trainers told me I was doing squats wrong, when I was going deep, he said thats bad for my knees and told me to only quarter squat, or just parallel.... I told him that its bad for your knees to do that and that it doesn’t target muscles or something along those lines is what I said. He replies that I won’t build much muscle right now, so why bother and that im going to ruin my knees. Ofc I listened to his shit to be polite, and kept on doing my squats my way.

So basically, I can’t record ANYTHNG I do, and I can’t live without recording my lifts =( especially as a beginner. Either I find a new gym, WHICH we only have 2 other gyms to choose from where I live. One is out of the question, they put you on a 1 year contract. And the other I am seriously considering, apparently the Ontario powerlifting team trains there, so it might be good to go there cause they don’t give a shit if you drop weights or w/e (from what I hear)...

Not sure WHAT THE FUCK to do, I really need to record my lifts, and NOW especially since andalite has thrown in some new stuff to my second block, I am so fucking pissed off at my gym. No idea what im going to do.

And I really don’t want to switch because all my friends go to the Y, nobody goes to Goodlife (where Ontario team trains). It would suck, I am not sure what to do anymore fuck.

 

[Andalite]

Ark, don't panic. Just tell me: is this gym solution just for the summer or is it for next year as well? How old are you?

Oh, and by "year" I mean Academic Year.

 

[Andalite]

Ark, where do you live?

Try looking here for a PL gym: Powerlifting Gyms | Powerlifting Watch

And where do you live? Ontario Canada or Ontario in the US? There are so many Ontarios hahaha..

 

[ark94]

Ark, where do you live?

Try looking here for a PL gym: Powerlifting Gyms | Powerlifting Watch

And where do you live? Ontario Canada or Ontario in the US? There are so many Ontarios hahaha..

My bad i live in Ontario Canada. But thats a province lol, i live like an hour away south of Toronto.

I looked on that site and there are a few in Toronto, but its too far away.

Andalite im 16, and i was thinking the gym solution was going to be permanent because i need to record my lifts, but i have to check the other gym's policy to see if they allow cameras.
No idea what to do, there is only 1 option really left to me, and i have to look into it,but none of my buddies lift there so it would suck.

 

[JDid23]

Fuck training with friends man- training with the ontario powerlifting team would do WONDERS for your strength and form. You might feel like a pussy lifting with these guys, but then again so would most people on here. If you can get in that gym, do it up

 

[Andalite]

I agree with Josh. Fuck the friends. I've done the same thing right now actually. Most of my training buddies belong to the old gym. I needed to do Deadlifts and shit. Changed gyms. My progress is most important to me.

Ark, another thought to consider: when you go to the new gym, be polite to the owner and tell him you want to compete. You need videos to assess your form. It is a common practice internationally. Do not mention all the youtube shit because it can bother people. Just say you need it for yourself. If you want example, tell him ALL olympic coaches record their athletes videos and hell even football players watch their games again and again, etc. Tell him this sport is a visual sport and therefore you need to record your lifts. If it becomes hostile, be patient and explain to him/her that musicians record their sets to evaluate their proficiency. You have to do the same thing except it is applied to weightlifting.

This should help matters.

 

[ark94]

Well i am going to look into it. And it is confirmed that the Ontario powerlifting team trains in that gym, however they train in the lower level as a club called Iron Foundation. What im wondering is if i can get into that or not it i get my membership with Goodlife, its a bit confusing.

Anyways, i think it would be best to go there, i can see my friends during school anyways so fuck that. And thank you a ton for that response Andalite, very valid points that i will use when i ask him if i am allowed to record.
Only trouble im running into now is convincing my parents to let me switch...

Not sure if i want to tell the owner i want to compete haha it might help me get in, but he would look at me and fucking laugh lol.

I will update you guys on whats going on, i have to go there and check it out sometime this week if im not working one day, or the week after for sure.

About to head out for my B1 W3 - Full Body workout. missed thursday cause of work, made up for it friday (off work), going in today to do friday's workout.

 

[Andalite]

You shouldn't feel awkward about saying you want to compete. You're not saying you DO compete. You're saying you have an ambition to compete which means you WANT to compete. It's different.

About convincing your parents....let me think. You can always just say that the facilities in the new gym are a lot better. I dunno...it just seems honest and believable you know?