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Originally Posted by Hy-Maint

Spider curls hurt my shoulder right now. I'm not sure if they are an exercise I will ever be able to do on a regular basis. I can't do pushups regularly bc they start to make my right front delt hurt all the time- these feel very much the same as the pushups with regard to where I feel the pressure. I will check out the bands- thanks.

not spider curls spider walks. they are a shoulder rehab movement with the bands i linked you. i am pretty sure i sent you a link to the video on them. if not their is a video of them in my log a few pages back

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Originally Posted by guns01

not spider curls spider walks. they are a shoulder rehab movement with the bands i linked you. i am pretty sure i sent you a link to the video on them. if not their is a video of them in my log a few pages back

I watched the first video w/ the bands. Dude talked forever. I got bored

Tweet5/25 squats/dl's/light traps

squat: 135x10, 155x10, 175x6, 185x5, 195x5 PR!
conv deads: 225x5 2 sets, 245x5, 225x5 2 sets
shrugs: 200x20 4 sets, 90x20 2 sets

I was floored at how easy those squat weights were! I had 205 no problem but got freaked out. same thing w/ deads...I had more in me easily but I was freaking out bc the weight wasn't kicking my ass like it usually does.

I am going to start splitting my squats and deads up. They are getting to be too taxing on me and one ends up suffering bc I am out of steam by the time I get to it.

today my gym is closed so its a rest day for me.

temp was 97.7 this morning. same as yesterday.

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Originally Posted by Hy-Maint

5/25 squats/dl's/light traps

squat: 135x10, 155x10, 175x6, 185x5, 195x5 PR!
conv deads: 225x5 2 sets, 245x5, 225x5 2 sets
shrugs: 200x20 4 sets, 90x20 2 sets

I was floored at how easy those squat weights were! I had 205 no problem but got freaked out. same thing w/ deads...I had more in me easily but I was freaking out bc the weight wasn't kicking my ass like it usually does.

I am going to start splitting my squats and deads up. They are getting to be too taxing on me and one ends up suffering bc I am out of steam by the time I get to it.

today my gym is closed so its a rest day for me.

temp was 97.7 this morning. same as yesterday.

looking at that session there and it is great. maybe ol guns knows a little bit here and there eh?

Tweet5/27: light shoulders

db mil press: 15x20 4 sets
db flys: 15x15 4 sets
db bent flys: 25/25/25x10 giant sets
lat raise machine: 70x15 2 sets, 70x12 2 sets
face pulls: 80x15, 90x12 2 sets, 60x12 ss w/
upright rows: bar onlyx15 4 sets

painful workout.

weight: 136 down 1 pound from last week.

Tweet5/28 legs

seated press: 180x40 4 excruciating sets
calves in seated press: 360x50 4 sets
rd's: 95x10 4 sets ss w/
lunges: bwx40 4 sets
prone hammies: 30x20 3 sets
leg ext: 90x12 3 sets

this workout was brutal. It started with the leg press and I never recovered- lol. my lat has been hurting on and off so I am not going to do any back yet. I will do what I can with chest tonight while taking it easy on this shoulder. Otherwise the cycle is working well. Some big dude at the gym told me how good my arms look, so my hard work is becoming noticable. My diet is still very good. Only cheating when I am allowed to. This week I am hungry for a cake- a whole fawking cake...and a meat pie. You know...the frozen kind that you get in the grocery store. mmmm...such weird cravings.

Tweet5/30 chest

bench: 115x5 2 sets, 105x5, 115x5 2 sets
decline machine: 40x15, 50x10 3 sets
cable flies high/center: 20x15 4 sets and 20x15 4 sets
forearms

Took Thursday off. Chest was tough again bc the limits my shoulder is putting on what I can actually do. The pain is more on the side delt now rather than the front head. I'm just working through it as best I can without making it worse. Cycle is woohoo very good! Diet is good. I started my new job this week. I haven't missed any meals but my timing is wacked. I prefer to eat every 2.5-3 hours, but I am waiting almost 4 in between then having to eat 2 meals at once. Seems to be ok just not what I prefer to do. They had a birthday cake for some ppl yesterday and I had to partake...being the noob you know...so that counted for one cheat. I have a pseudo date tonight so that will be another cheat.

Today is going to be back. My lat gave me some trouble this week so I don't know how hard I can hit it. If I can go balls out....you know I will- lol.

Tweet5/31: back

low rows: 150x10, 200x5, 190x5, 180x8, 170x8, 160x10
wide grip pull downs: 110x10, 125x6, 125x7, 125x8, 150x4.5
db shrugs: 60x40, 65x40, 70x40, 75x40 ss w/
cable lat pulls: 55x15, 65x15, 75x15, 85x15
sb bent rows 95x15, 115x10, 135x10 2 sets

yesterdays diet was total shit. I had errands to run so I ended up hitting little caesars. I was eating hot and ready on and off all day...plus crazy bread. And 2 pear/raspberry beers that night. lat hurts today. I pulled something when I was doing yoga of all things. this is exactly why I don't stretch! these are where my problems start every damn time.

I was supposed to squat today but with my lat hurting i'm probably going to shoot for tri/bi instead.

Tweeti am not going to preach about drinking because i have absolutely no problem with it at all. i will tell you that by far the worse time that you can consume any alcohol of any amount is when you are hurt or injured. think of it this way, you body is shuttling in fluids and other things into that area to try to fix itself up and alcohol dries you out and pulls all of that stuff out of the area. that is why i always tell people i would rather see you binge on pizza chocolate cake ice cream or anything like that than to have a drink. alcohol does absolutely nothing for you body at all and all those other things even though they are bad they are still giving your body cals and fuel that it can utilize. now rest and get those injuries healed up so you can go full out and kill it

TweetGood work kid!

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Originally Posted by guns01

i am not going to preach about drinking because i have absolutely no problem with it at all. i will tell you that by far the worse time that you can consume any alcohol of any amount is when you are hurt or injured. think of it this way, you body is shuttling in fluids and other things into that area to try to fix itself up and alcohol dries you out and pulls all of that stuff out of the area. that is why i always tell people i would rather see you binge on pizza chocolate cake ice cream or anything like that than to have a drink. alcohol does absolutely nothing for you body at all and all those other things even though they are bad they are still giving your body cals and fuel that it can utilize. now rest and get those injuries healed up so you can go full out and kill it

I don't think your preaching at all...I appreciate the input. I didn't have any idea that alcohol inhibits recovery. I would have rather eaten a whole cake (and I did eat a whole pizza) than drink, so I don't have an issue with NOT consuming alcohol.

Tweet6/1 tri/bi

close grip bench: 95x10 2 sets, 105x8 2 sets, 95x10
bar curls: 75x5, 65x10, 75x5, 65x10
skulls: 65x8 3 sets, 45x20
reverse curls: barx10, 12, 15,15 ss w/
rope pulls: 45x15 2 sets, 55x15 2 sets
db hammers/curls: 30/25x6/4 3 sets ss w/
dip machine: 210x12 3 sets

Good workout. Pretty voluminous so I was tired by the time I got to the hammers and dips. Lat feels pretty good and my shoulder was pretty good even while doing close grips.

6/1 is off day at gym. Weight is 134. down 2 since last week.

Tweet6/3 Squat/Bi

squat: 135x10, 145x6, 165x5, 175x5, 195x5, 175x5
cross body hammers: 25x10 concentrated on squeeze
cable rope curls: 55x15, 65x15, 75x15, 85x10

Good workout. I was feeling pretty strong...I even broke the ball right off the end of the rope on the cable curls- lol. The owner told me I should maybe take a few days off bc clearly I am strong enough...HAHAHAH!!

I am trying to get a feel for running squats and bis together. I need to do deads as well, but not sure where I am going to stick them in my training routine...hmmm. maybe with tris. I hate running tris with my bench. That's a lot of tri work and front delt work if I seperate them...shoulders one day, chest one day, tri another day. I know I do that now, but I am trying to cut back. Too many bp's and not enough days in the week.

Today is shoulders. They feel much better, but we will see when I actually start working them. I will try to stick to light weight and higher reps this time.