Originally Posted by Scarface30

I'm the exact same way, and to think I started off in engineering...you don't need to know how to do math/calculus for that right? HA!

that's the main reason why I dropped it because I find math such a hard topic to grasp. luckily I found a subject (geology) with absolutely no math or numbers (aside from the geological time scale) that I also am finding out that I was born to be a geologist! lol I just love the subject.

sounds like you're doing the right thingn though, with your love of training and the physiology/anatomy and whatever else it is that goes along with it, you are definitely in the right field.

so how does it feel to be almost finished your first year of university?

Originally Posted by countryboy

Looks like a great time at the party...

glad to see you getting the higher education... something I didn't do, and am feeling the effects...

Originally Posted by goob

I got a higher education...............then I came down when the effects wore off.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

I've seen a dozen pictures of you, Gaz, but I haven't seen your neutral face expression yet.

Originally Posted by nadirmg

i have to say your articles are really well written.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Had to quit halfway through my workout today. The crick i had in my neck the other day had gone and there was absolutely no pain at all thismorning, so i went to the gym. Squats went fine, got a PR on Pullups, still no pain, did one rep of lat pulldowns and bam - a huge shooting pain in my right trap and my neck.

Now i cant turn my head to the right.

Training is suspended untill further notice.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Yeah, it was a good laugh

...

What do you do for a living anyways, man?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Thats really cool you found something you enjoy, it totally makes all the difference to whether you succeed, or even WANT to succeed, lol. What sort of job oppertunities are you looking at with it? You're still studying right?

And yeah, it is kinda weird that the first year is over already. Its gone waay too quickly yknow? Im just hoping that itll get better from now on. As much as ive enjoyed this year (well, the latter half anyways. hated it at first :P) the course material hasnt been relevant since its a foundation year.

Next year we're starting on the actual Sports Biomedicine stuff so itll be what i wanna learn about.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

^ You're not fooling anyone, you can't read

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Okay, ya got me.

Underneath my Cthulhu Mythos novel is "Nibbly Pig goes to the Farm".

IM FUCKING TRYING DAMMIT.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

The only thing missing from that picture is a beer.

Originally Posted by fufu

I am entering my latest workout in that competion thing of yours. I didn't plan on having it be the one but afterwards I thought it was pretty tough and I made some big goals so there it is.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Here's hoping that your recovery is speedy, Gaz!


The funny thing is that I was eying my Lovecraft book just two days ago. Sadly, I don't have the time to read it.

Originally Posted by katt

Sorry to hear about the injury Gaz...

Originally Posted by katt

So.... does that take you out of the TD 2008????

Not that I would want that to happen or anything ......

Originally Posted by nadirmg

man, that sucks about the injury. hope you have a quick recovery, gaz. and good luck on exams too!

Originally Posted by katt

Good luck!

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Good luck with your finals. I just finished Dutch and Physics satisfactory. I got Biology and Chemistry this week too.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I don't mean to rub it in, but my finals are over

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I'm just playing, glad to see you're finishing the year up nicely. My math teacher in high school would always tell us to "run through the finish line," and even though I didn't listen to him until after high school, the message came through.

Originally Posted by biggfly

Finals??? Fuck I'm old...

Originally Posted by Gazhole

How did your finals go, man?

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I did fine, not bad enough to ruin my grades, not good enough to make them significantly better.

Ended with B+, B, B, B-, C+ and then a Passing in a pass/fail. That's actually quite good for me. Usually I'm spending to much time studying non-related school stuff...

Next semester I have a deal with my Dad that for every A, he'll give me $100 dollars and for every C, I owe him $50 dollars.. B's are a push. I'm quite nervous about it, but in the back of my head I keep saying to myself "man, I could make $500 dollars just from grades this semester" which would definitely help. ya know..

Originally Posted by goob

Good work on the exams dude.

Hows the injury coming along?

Originally Posted by katt

Hope that neck injury heals up soon.. I know I get a little grumpy when I can't get to the gym or workout for a few days..lol

Originally Posted by DOMS

What's the status of your injury? How long before you're back to normal?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Only painful when the muscle is stressed/stretched. Definitely getting better though.

Im gonna keep stretching and doing bits n pieces of BW work and im hoping to be back in action in 2 weeks.

Keep your fingers crossed, lol

How you doing, Sir DOMS?

Originally Posted by goob

Do you think you've lost much muscle with the lack of training?

Originally Posted by goob

Also, those pistols are a bitch, even to do one, so good job.

Originally Posted by goob

Good luck on the exam results, strangely I always found chemistry easier. Also more fun, throw any chemicals into a mix and see what happens when you add heat. (Usually not good) Happy days.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Id say around 5lbs, and then made half that up at least in fat :P. Im surprised ive maintained the muscle and staved off fat as well as i have though. I dont look TOO bad, just not good.

Of course my girlfriend and normal people swear im insane when i say "dear god im skinny..." they dont understand



Thanks man, im pleased with the Pistols its my new party trick, lol. Adding to my existing party trick of bench pressing people, armwrestling, and one armed pushups.



Haha, i actually did that once as a kid. I had one of those child chemistry sets and i loved making up my own experiments as much as i enjoyed following the ones in the book.

One night while my parents were out and we had a babysitter, i decided it was my duty as a scientist to see what would happen if i mixed all the available powders and solutions together in one test tube. And shook it. With a solid stopper in it.

I got glass, acid, and fuck knows what range of salts in my eyes and the babysitter completely freaked out.

Such a good kid...

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Hey Gaz - whats new??

Originally Posted by Double D

Nice workout, I am exhausted reading it.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Nice uni work Gaz! I started swimg to.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

I started swimg to.

Originally Posted by goob

Great workout Gazaholic. High intensity swimming? You must be stone-cold nut job crazy. I would end up drinking more than Oliver Reid if I tried HIIT in a pool. Your mad.

As usual, the weights look awesome.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Nice pull-ups numbers man.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Lol, swimming high intensity is awesome, you should try it!

And thanks .

I just wanna get through this accumulation part, work capacity training is cool and all, but i wanna do some more texas method stuff, dammit!

How are you doing?

Originally Posted by Double D

Once you start crossfit you cannot turn back to the dark side!

Originally Posted by goob

Yeah Texas is great. It's addictive, I want to move onto crossfit for a while but this heavy ass weight stuff just won't release it's solid grip on me yet....

Originally Posted by Double D

Frenchie Pullups?

Originally Posted by Double D

Sounds pretty good to me. I was doing something on a German program I was on. It was a tempo pullup, like 5 seconds up hold 5 and 8 down.

Originally Posted by goob

Hey Gaz, as my appointed training advisor, what would make a good bodyweight routine? One that could almost replace weights for a while?

I ask, because you've done this before.

Oh, and your still a a sandwich, the hamper, and a fucking country park short of a picinc doing those french pullups.

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Hey gaz! How's it going? I see you're still having a sexy time

You got a job over the hols or just taking it easy?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Hey Sam

Things are going great, still chuffed about passing the year, and just kicking back with friends and my better half a lot!

I was gonna get a job, but my friends who have them are unhappy, and life is too short. Id rather be happy and poor .

How are you? Im lurking around the journals when i can, im trying to make the most of the spots of good weather we have (is it as crap across border as it is here?).

Things going okay, though?

Originally Posted by SamEaston

sorry, i'm just laughing because i caught a glimpse of part of your workout which says '4 fingers, 3 fingers, 2 fingers' and i was expecting to see prices next to it or something. Sorry, my minds in a bad place today, im reading journal papers and any small insignificant thing happening in the office is enough to distract me!

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Yeah, i wish i didn't have to work when i was at uni, but if i didn't work then i didn't eat, or have somewhere to live so ... that was life for me How do you manage it? Eat only beans and gas power your flat or something?

Originally Posted by SamEaston

Honestly, i can't communicate how atrocious the weather has been. Today it's just pissed it down the entire time The weather forecast for the summer is just more of the same, with plenty of chance for localised flooding. It's totally pish.

Originally Posted by SamEaston

I'm glad to see you're still around and that you're doing well. Your avi made me laugh out loud when i saw it, then i almost died when i read 'i will make you smell the glove' ... oh dear

Originally Posted by Gazhole

I need to write some more articles for my blog, but can't really think of something to write about.

Any ideas?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Anal?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

LMFAO! That's ok goob always likes to work out with me.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

LMFAO! That's ok goob always likes to work out with me.

Originally Posted by danzik17

Did you spend all your money on liquor again?

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Did you have a good birthday?

By the way, I saw this picture recently and it's got nothing to do with what the readers of this thread will associate it with, but I'm still sure goob and you, gaz, will know what I mean when I post this. Yes, that's one sentence.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Now that I'm taking pictures out of context anyway, here's another great one.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

I wish, goob, but they still havent released that game yet.

Naw, was Super Smash Bros mostly. Awesome game .

Hows everybody doing?

Starting summer work as a part time laborer tomorrow, so at least ill be somewhat active doing that. I need to get some money. I cant bear to watch all my hard work dissolve into nothingness.

Losing muscle sucks more than Jenna Jameson.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Also hope to be updating my blog again soon, just havent had any ideas lately. There has been family problems lately which kinda left with no real drive to write.

Have recently started writing a few songs for a demo EP, though. Will upload once they are done!

Originally Posted by r00kie

You could probably write about working out without equipment and how to keep the intensity high using bodyweight exercises.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

4x1 Single armed chinups attempt per arm (1:30 RI)

4x5 Pistols per leg (1:30 RI)

4x3 Single armed pushups per arm (1:30 RI)

Originally Posted by nadirmg

Damn, dude. That's awesome stuff!
How's life across the pond?

Originally Posted by nadirmg

Things are great. I've moved back to Texas, started a new job that I like, and have kept up the workouts through it all.

Now that I'm settled in to my new life, I'm focusing more on specific goals rather than overall power. I'm doing block training with LPS to kick my hams and delts into shape. Incidentally I'm getting more flexible

Originally Posted by Scarface30

leave it up to you to come up with one heck of a unique routine! I mean that in the best way possible too, dude!

how's everything going? back in uni yet?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Haha, thanks man

The way i see it, i need to do all three things to get back into the swing of it. BW for conditioning, bilateral for overall coordination, and unilateral for balance and stuff.

Either way, its a split :P.

Not in Uni yet, another week or so and im back there.

Hows things with you?

Originally Posted by Scarface30

things aren't bad, sick right now but it'll hopefully soon pass.

started back up at school yesterday and back to the gym today. felt good to be back, being sick didn't help much though (as did the lay off, lol) because my numbers were shit.

did you see the preview for Diablo 3 yet, it looks friggin sweet!

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Nice on both counts!

Whats the job?

Are you doing a lot of flexability work in this new program, then? Or is it just happening as a by-product, lol.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Yeah, i've been sick lately aswell. Just feel really washed out all the time.

Im really not looking forward to my new low numbers, and how fucking horrific the few few sessions at the gym are going to be, lol. Will be great when im back upto par though.

D3 looks awesome, brings back so many memories! A few friends and i are already working out what we're gonna be so that we'll have all the bases covered in our party :P

Originally Posted by Scarface30

no chins or pullups?

still great looking BW session Gaz

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Bw stuff can be humbling lol.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Totally, get some BW circuits going and i dunno about you but it kicks my ass, lol.

Hows things?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

I feel your pain, I was just recently in your shoes (no access to a gym). Bw did kick my ass and keep me in shape for that time. What are your plans for BBing right now?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Short term - get the hell back into the gym and do SOMETHING.

Medium term - put some mass back on, get my conditioning up to speed.

Long term - set actual PRs on the level i was before i injured my back.

Nothing inventive about those goals, and they're pretty non-specific by right now id be happy to do anything.

I can still do the one armed pushups and pistol squats so thats something i guess, but other than that i look like shit :P.

How about you?

Originally Posted by goob

Does'nt look like the lack of gym is slowing you down. BW circuits look awesome.

Any mad stories of debauchery to tell?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

are you still going to write a new article? Looking forward to it.

Originally Posted by Scarface30

very nice way to make a come back Gaz supersetting is tough as shit! like the idea though, great concept.

Originally Posted by katt

YO GAZ.... I'm BAAACCKKKKKK.....

Nice workout there bud!

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Also, my degree is starting properly this year. After the first week it seems pretty interesting, theres quite a bit to do on Exercise Science and Sports Psychology as well as stuff more closely related to traditional sciences like Biochemistry etc.

Also, first assignment for Nutrition requires me to log my calorie/food intake over 3 days with my activity and then feed it into their program which calculates all the shizzle like my maintenance and expenditure, then i have to write a report on it.

Awesome!

Originally Posted by Scarface30

a couple of killer sessions, man

those single leg RDLs are brutal, eh?

and it's amazing what adding 1 or 2 reps will do. I had a basic one of the first week 5x5, second week was three sets of 5x5 alternating with 2 sets of 5x7, the next was three sets of 5x7 and two of 5x5, and then this week (and last due to gym going complications) was 5x7. if that makes any sense whatsoever, lol. either way, it was tough!

what are your goals now with the higher rep stuff? going for some size/ conditioning?

Originally Posted by katt

Nice workout Gazzy... I did split squats last week and I knew by the time I got to the third set, my one glute muscle felt like it was going to rip right off the bone... ha ha then you have the nice aftermath of having a sore ass for a few days.....

Worse when you say to someone... "my ass is so sore".. and they give you this funny look like... whaattt???

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Nice going Gaz. Are you working out at home?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Thanks JH

Nope, getting my work done in the best gym ever. Dave's Gym in Cardiff to be exact. What other gym plays Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, and Grand Magus non stop?

Hows things with you, man?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

This might be a dumb question but what are the benefits of doing the db bench press one arm at a time vs both?

Originally Posted by JailHouse

This might be a dumb question but what are the benefits of doing the db bench press one arm at a time vs both?

Originally Posted by danzik17

You following any specific plans these days Gaz or is it just do what you're feeling like?

Originally Posted by danzik17

Going to have a lot of time to do some reading. I'm out of the gym for 6 weeks or more with a hamstring injury, though I might still go do some exercises for upper body.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Thanks man .

Yeah i know what you mean, its surprising how much that one insignificant (or so you think) rep can do to you. Especially over the course of a few weeks, that extra effort adds up something terrible, haha.

Goals generally are just get back up to speed to be honest, i want to start lifting heavier eventually, but right now its just not viable for past-injury reasons.

How are your goals coming?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Ach, that blows dude

What steps are you taking to get it sorted? Didnt you say you were seeing some specialists?

Id try and do SOMETHING, but obviously no lower body work could present a problem if you try too much upper body. Dont wanna create posture problems or anything.

Perhaps stick with bodyweight/core circuits or something?

Originally Posted by danzik17

Do you really think postural problems would develop in a period as short as 6 weeks? I don't expect to be back in full force at that point, but I do expect to at least be doing some stuff.

I am seeing a specialist, but I need to switch. This one is out of network so costs could get excessive. What sucks is I really like this place, I just don't want to spend 1000$ fixing this.

My plan is bodyweight lifts like dips and pullups and exercises that use light weight DBs such as lateral raises. Probably make use of some machines too that keep pressure off of the legs.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

I think you should be fine, i think i did a similar thing when i did my back in. I really cant remember, haha.

But no, i wouldnt worry about posture problems, just do as much work as you can and still feel comfortable, and refrain from going TOO heavy.

Is it painful when you're just walking around and stuff?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

What danzik said, haha.

Yeah, aside from that it's just a choice thing. Obviously including unilateral movements is a good thing for development, stability, etc, and single arm bench is just a choice to fill that spot in my program.

Its a good movement though, very tough to keep good form - you really need to concentrate.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Ya I guess I was trying to over complicate the answer to my self. I was thinking maybe with one arm at a time more blood could flow in to that side of the chest/arm. I think too much some times.

Originally Posted by danzik17

It was very painful for a few days. Now it's more just stiff and uncomfortable. It's kind of like a serious case of DOMS now which makes sense in a way since DOMS is just microtrauma.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Well i guess there might be some sort of work capacity benefit, as you're effectively doing twice as many reps per set, so there might be more stock in that line of thinking than you think.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

I hate muscle pulls.

Ask the specialist what he/she thinks.

I did regular light stretches when i pulled my trap and they seemed to help, but obviously not every muscle is created equal so i dunno how that would impact a ham issue.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

What are your thoughts on creatine? I know for me creatine almost completely takes away my doms.

Originally Posted by Gazhole

I hate muscle pulls.

Ask the specialist what he/she thinks.

I did regular light stretches when i pulled my trap and they seemed to help, but obviously not every muscle is created equal so i dunno how that would impact a ham issue.

Originally Posted by JailHouse

Glad to see you doing your thing again and hitting those prs. Are you still keeping track of your cals for that project?

Originally Posted by ReproMan

I see someone is back in full swing! Good work Gaz!

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Warmup - Activation

Glute Bridges - 2x12
Wall Retractions - 2x12
Kneeling Squats - 2x12
Shoulder Dislocations - 1x12

Warmup - Dynamic Flexibility

Standing Knee Raises - 1x12 per leg
Butt Kickers - 1x12 per leg

[U][B]Week 3 - Workout B (UPPER)

Originally Posted by Scarface30

nicely done Gaz

PRs are a great boost of confidence.

I hear you about the injury thing. my ankle is still not good, and I am scared to put any significant amount of weight on it with either squats or deads. it even hurts when I do things such as push presses.

a few people were telling me that I might have fractured it. I probably should go to a doctor, but all he's going to tell me is that it is fractured.

wow, enough of me whoring your journal. how's things?

Originally Posted by Gazhole

Man, that sucks about your ankle is it still giving you grief in day to day activities?

I guess you could start off with bodyweight stuff and rehab it by building up weight really slowly, like 5-10lb increments.

I would definitely go see a doc before you do anything like that. Hell, see two and get a second opinion. Better to know thy enemy.

Things are good, thanks! Got a lot of work to do and my mobile phone company are fucking idiots and messed up my contract but otherwise things are good.

How about you, besides the ankle thing?