Daily Log

[Acela]

that sounds like a balls to the wall workout my friend!

do you do the calf raises with no sneaks on?

day 1 week 2 (I missed last week due to major illness and midterms, so this is only my second week busting my ass)

Man today I was just so happy and pumped up to even hit the gym, knowing I was going to destroy myself, I went to school which is a 50 minute drive for me.. feeling all pumped and ready to destroy my muscles, leg day is a love hate thing for me big time, hah. So anyways on to the workout.

Today was a bit different omega, because the only leg press machine was being used up and I didn't want to switch up the order of things.. so I did about 15 minutes of cardio while waiting for the leg press machine and some various stretches and whatnot. So I hit the legpress pretty hard, made sure I got all my reps. went calves.. ripped them to shreds pretty quickly, and then onto the squats.. Mmmm yummy.. I had a blast, then to the heavy calf raises. I had to wait for about five minutes to get on the wierd looking ab machine so I did cardio instead.. I was pretty toasted for doing abs, I put up some pretty big numbers on squats and the leg press today. My lower back felt so pumped though as I was waddling away from the gym hah. Anyhow here are the numbers.

Leg presses 4th set, I did 12 plates @ 45lbs plates so.. 540 Lbs + whatever the contraption weighs I have no idea.. I did it for 12.. instead of seven.. only because I felt at seven I could still easily do a bunch more.. getting around 12 I felt I could have barely squeezes out 2 more so I stopped.

Squats.. Mmm rawr.. 4th.. I did 405 lbs x 8 which felt awesome.. I took my shoes off for this because they are runners with way to much of an arc in them. I did 8 again because I felt like I could have barely squeezed out another two more.. I was sooooooo drained after this, but I took 90 lbs off and did 8 more squats until failure.

Last set of heavy seated calf raises I did 250lbs for only about eight because my calves were absolutely just screaming at me at this point.

So that was my leg day which felt pretty good, I pushed myself pretty hard I thought and put up some good numbers.. It's surprising how much lighter I go for the 25 reps.. and how much I still struggle towards the end..

diet has been clean all day, which is good, just gotta make dinner, which I think I'm going to do chicken with a salad tonight..

I've been drinking water all day.. no diet coke.. >< might have a small glass with super I feel like I've earned it. =)

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

that sounds like a balls to the wall workout my friend!

do you do the calf raises with no sneaks on?

no I actually wear the runners.. and towards the end of alot of my sets.. the middle of my foot the bridge really starts to hurt. I was kinda wondering about this today, but I still got a really narly burn in my calfs towards the last workout. I definately almost felt like puking after the 4th set on squats, I did take my shoes off felt alot more stable that's for sure.

edit : not so much the bridge but right under the arch in the middle, I usually just push through it though.

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

day 2 week 2..

Chest/Shoulders/Tri's..

I worked as hard as I could this time around on my chest to make sure I was keeping perfect form that my elbows were parallel I felt it alot more in my chest, squeezed it alot, my chest seemed to have more endurance and my biceps didn't get into the workout at all.. my shoulders did.. I think this was a much better chest workout then the one I performed in week one.

So set four of my DB incline : I managed to barely squeeze out 45 lb db's x 6.. couldn't hit that seventh with half decent form.. oops

set four of my cable flys: I somehow managed to pull out 45 a side x 7 felt pretty darn good.

MILITARY PRESS OMEGA PLS READ : I had SERIOUS issues with using the smith machine, I could barely throw up 16 standing MP with no plates on.. my shoulders were just gased.. so I did 16 no plates.. then I did 15.. then 10.. then 8.. then 6.. then I did 12 lb db's standing.. x 6.. I feel pretty pathetic about this.. My shoulders aren't incredibly weak or anything.. I could usually before do 55 lb Db's for 12 in three sets. =/

triceps went pretty good, was really gased after the MP frustrations.. I did 60 x 7 on my forth set, which I felt like I did more in the first week, I was just focusing on form, and this was a different gym with different equipment..

All in all I felt like I had a pretty good workout, especially on my chest, did 20 minutes of cardio afterwards.

Should I be sweating alot doing this workout, because I'm really not, and the way we used to workout before I'd sweat alot.. I'm starting to notice a bit of an increase in muscle endurance. just a question not really a concern. =)

 

[Acela]

I am having the same issue with my MP....

Omega recommended sequencing it between the 2 tricep exercises instead. maybe try that?

the way this workout is, my front delts are toast from the incline presses & high rep flys....makes MP's a humbling experience

day 2 week 2..

Chest/Shoulders/Tri's..

I worked as hard as I could this time around on my chest to make sure I was keeping perfect form that my elbows were parallel I felt it alot more in my chest, squeezed it alot, my chest seemed to have more endurance and my biceps didn't get into the workout at all.. my shoulders did.. I think this was a much better chest workout then the one I performed in week one.

So set four of my DB incline : I managed to barely squeeze out 45 lb db's x 6.. couldn't hit that seventh with half decent form.. oops

set four of my cable flys: I somehow managed to pull out 45 a side x 7 felt pretty darn good.

MILITARY PRESS OMEGA PLS READ : I had SERIOUS issues with using the smith machine, I could barely throw up 16 standing MP with no plates on.. my shoulders were just gased.. so I did 16 no plates.. then I did 15.. then 10.. then 8.. then 6.. then I did 12 lb db's standing.. x 6.. I feel pretty pathetic about this.. My shoulders aren't incredibly weak or anything.. I could usually before do 55 lb Db's for 12 in three sets. =/
triceps went pretty good, was really gased after the MP frustrations.. I did 60 x 7 on my forth set, which I felt like I did more in the first week, I was just focusing on form, and this was a different gym with different equipment..

All in all I felt like I had a pretty good workout, especially on my chest, did 20 minutes of cardio afterwards.

Should I be sweating alot doing this workout, because I'm really not, and the way we used to workout before I'd sweat alot.. I'm starting to notice a bit of an increase in muscle endurance. just a question not really a concern. =)

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

I am having the same issue with my MP....

Omega recommended sequencing it between the 2 tricep exercises instead. maybe try that?

the way this workout is, my front delts are toast from the incline presses & high rep flys....makes MP's a humbling experience

I hear that.. the smith machine felt a bit sticky too.. it was pretty bleeding difficult to do it on that smith machine, maybe the one at the uni gym will be a bit different, I'll definately give that a try... yeah my front delts are toast too from those, haha, still it's sad when you can't even do what is perscribed ((

god I love leg days for the numbers but man do I hate the rest, heh. =)

 

[Pat_McCrotch]

no I actually wear the runners.. and towards the end of alot of my sets.. the middle of my foot the bridge really starts to hurt. I was kinda wondering about this today, but I still got a really narly burn in my calfs towards the last workout. I definately almost felt like puking after the 4th set on squats, I did take my shoes off felt alot more stable that's for sure.

edit : not so much the bridge but right under the arch in the middle, I usually just push through it though.

sounds like plantar fasciaitis(sp) you can two things for it. It healed mine. Get a tennis ball and roll your foot on it while your sitting around the house and but some heel cups.

Does it hurt when your not working out?

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

sounds like plantar fasciaitis(sp) you can two things for it. It healed mine. Get a tennis ball and roll your foot on it while your sitting around the house and but some heel cups.

Does it hurt when your not working out?

no it doesn't hurt at all when I'm not working out, it doesn't even hurt when I'm working out, it only starts to hurt when I'm doing seated calf raises after about the 10th rep or so, I think personally it might be because of the athletic runners I'm wearing, but that's just a wild guess.

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

Don't have time to post up a full log at the moment with numbers, did my Bicep/back on wednesday, will post full details tomorrow, I start a new job tomorrow night hopefully so that'll be interesting. My chest feels like someone is stabbing it everytime I slightly stretch it, feels so good.

Question omega: for day 4 which I will be doing tomorrow, with the superset am I suppose to superset all the workouts together and then do that five times.. like.. first legs.. then rush over to do back.. then pushups.. etc.. and then repeat it all for a total of five times? what am I suppose to do if someone is using a machine I need just curious, thanks. =)

 

[OMEGA]

on this day do what is convenient and what feels good

so if some is using a piece of equipment's just shuffle it up a lttle bit

no harm in that

 

[FriendlyCanadian]

So day 3 week 2 which was completed on wednesday.. was a pretty good idea..

My traps are still aching a bit.. I can't remember the exact numbers.. plz don't crucify me.. I think on curls I was only doing 25 on my 4th set.. traps I think like 65 on my 4th set.. rows were like 30 on my 4th set.. reverse curls feel very strange with dumbbells.. almost difficult to perform the way I think they are intended..

I've always been really bad at doing bent over rows, I almost always feel it alot more in my arms then anything else..

I'm sorry I didn't post any of this sooner..

I got a new job that I started friday night, which totally threw off my superset and my entire weekend.. It was a night shift from 7:00 pm until 7:00 am, one hour of driving each way.. =/ messed my schedual up and I had / still have some schoolwork left to finish.

My diet for the week was decent, but not perfect, I lost sight of my diet on the weekend, although I did not drink so that is a plus at least.

I feel like I'm letting myself down here, and I'm trying to pick up the peices, at one point this week every muscle group in my body hurt, so that felt nice. This is what I need this is what I really want, I'm going to come together alot better next week, I've got a better mental plan laid out in my head, I just need to stick with it.