Thread: My latest work-outs......

lol, its hard to read that shit. Don't you have excel or something to make it more neat?

Good luck with your Journal Nick. It's something I'll follow. Is a reverse bicep curl simply lifting the weight w/ your palms down instead of up?

Originally Posted by Decker

Good luck with your Journal Nick. It's something I'll follow. Is a reverse bicep curl simply lifting the weight w/ your palms down instead of up?

Palms down.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

lol, its hard to read that shit. Don't you have excel or something to make it more neat?

I'll type it out soon.Don't have excel.....

Did Routine A on Saturday and B on Sunday - am going to try and train 4 times a week- it seems to work better. Sat/Sun ,Tue,Thu

Decided to use up a jar of creatine and not waste it, started loading last Thursday--------- see what happens with that.



Oh yea- the main reason - is probably that I've been hitting the bottle more these last few weeks---some people just don't learn.....

Here's my training since 12th July 2005----yea not enough. See how things go with no alcohol at all for the whole of this month.........

Does one put into a training journal, the days one means to train but doesn't
I don't know........ I will though, and maybe at some future date learn something.

I prepared all the bars , with correct weights on them yesterday. Went up this afternoon , feeling woolly in the head (no not a hangover ) Ankles still a bit sore from walking in the mountains on Sunday......

So it's meant to be routine A today starting with the squat 90kgs (97 incl. bar) 213lbs. I lifted the bar onto the waist high stand I start my squats from, and even then I know it-- there's no energy there. Position myself under the bar, feel it on the shoulders, and can't move it an inch....... So I stop , change into my clothes, turn off the light and bugger off out of there. One good workout.

Tommorrow ?

looks like a good workout

Be good if I did it 4 times a week. That's when I seemed to make some gains. (By that I mean 2x routine A, 2x routine B a week)

Nick, could you by any chance show us some pics of your gym setup? Like i would love to see how you set everything up where the bench is, powerrack is (if u have one) and all the dumbbells etc...if u dont mind. Are you limited in the amount of weight to use or do you have plenty of weights that will allow you to go up to like 300+ for any exercise?

I've got a few minutes free now I'll dash up now with the cameraand see . It's as basic as hell!!!!!

better to have weights than nothing at all, or drive 45 mins everyday


Im off to the gym, ill check it out when i get back! Its leg day!

Bar ready for next squats in foreground. Stands for squatting(homemade) behind. Bench press has a completely useless leg curl and a partly effective leg extension(hardly used). Big block is for standing on for bent legged deadlift + calves. Small block for heels when squatting. Gas heater essential for winter! Fan very essential for summer! Training records since last November on wall beneath posters of horses (eccentric me? yes a bit.)



Bucket of whey powder on left (two scoops with 1/2l of water after most workouts) Ivenko gripper. Folded Turkish rug for doing trunk curls on(lower leg on bench) Shorts thrown onto belt on left.Empty beer bottle next to whey, lots of empty water bottles.Bar nearest fan is not bent, that's the camera lens...



Me looking fucking awful, just to show that space is limited in there. I used to crack my head on that damned beam all the time, but seemed to have learned not to now.Artificial flowers on right left there by the last owners of the house.........;

Plates and bars :
3 straight barbells
1 EZ
2 dumbell bars
Ivenko gripper , belt,, gloves (only used for present BP)

8x20kg plates, 10x10kg plates, 12x5kgs plates, 14x2kg plates, 12x1kg plates, + some 1/2 kg plates + some old vinyl 2.5+5lbs plates

Total kgs ? 365kgs aprox. (Hmmm, wonder how good that is for the floor........)

hey, thats not bad at all for a home gym set. It just looks very messy, i cant stand being messy. I'd probably line up all the weights in order (like a rack) from lightest to heaviest. That's a pretty cool squat rack you have there so if you failed it would drop onto that.

Although you dont have a lot, you still have pretty much everything you need for compound exercises that are most important (deads, squat, bench, rows) but it sucks you cant used specific machines like rope cable pulls, pressdowns, leg curls and extensions, etc..

I see you're a big fan of horses (farms) as you post a lot of pictures. Did you grow up on a farm or did you develop an interest for horses at a young age?

I was born in London, but have lived a fair bit in the country since then.

Yea it's a mess in there, usually have the plates leaning against the walls, and less bottles!

Horses are nice just damned expensive.

Stopped drinking 4 days ago (in my 4th day that is). Was feeling weak and shitty, but my mind told me today that I would probably manage to train. But it seems like mind over matter doesn't always work......... Maybe I should hit the bottle again as quickly as possible! I won't however, give it more time, and maybe things will come round...........

try drinking lots of water in replace of the beer. It takes time when you change something but your strength will go up.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

try drinking lots of water in replace of the beer. It takes time when you change something but your strength will go up.

I always drink lots of water , maybe 4+litres a day.

I did a big tidy up where I train by the way, your comments stung me into action

Everything is looking awsome Nick! Your workouts look nice, and I feel like you will see steady improvement, especially without Beer Your setup looks great, and the flowers add a nice feminine flair j/k

eerggh! Those flowers, I didn't put them there, but I havn't removed them either............

your comments stung me into action

what comments are you referring to?

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

what comments are you referring to?

"hey, thats not bad at all for a home gym set. It just looks very messy, i cant stand being messy. "

hahaa, i take it you cleaned it up a little bit? It would honestly be so much easier if everything was organized and all the weights were lined up so when you finish a set, you wouldn't have to waste time looking around for that 10-pound plate.

Yea, got rid of the bottles and tidied up, still got to run the vacumn cleaner over . That bench I've got, is shit,I'm going to have to put thick metal sheet under the long cushion part as it's bending at the end . Real trash...............

OK. This is what comes of not drinking , no energy at all, havn't trained in days. I suppose it's all a good sign, and I should just be patient.......

I thought I'd have "the force" today , but thinking appears not to be enough...... Had to stop when I did, as I was getting white sparks in front of my eyes......

Went better today. Had much more energy. Felt a bit nauseaus half way through but it passed. When I burped , I got the delightful flavour of tinned{canned} ravioli in my throat. I ill advisedly ate a lot for lunch...............(3hours before).

The squat is really pissing me off, I find myself looking down with my eyes, and not straight ahead......I just can't keep my head up. Very slightly strained the lower right back.........(Usually before it's been the left side!)

Bent over row and shrugs excellent , the second set of (underhand)rows is followed immediately by underhand shrugs. No pause. Those done, I do the last set of shrugs ,overhand after a 2 minute break. Felt it in the lats!!!

good workout

things are looking great, Nick! Just be patient and things will work themselves out!