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The Monkey Man · 01-29-2006, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

no shit. but the bar doesn't move in a straight line when you do a real clean pull..that is what i am saying. so why are you doing it on the smith machine? it will fuck up the biomechanics of your pull.

- Don't you get bossy with me Jr.!

And I think it has helped my pull...

(Not that I'll ever be able to Olympic lift full-out again anyway)

**P-funk** · 01-29-2006, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

- Don't you get bossy with me Jr.!

And I think it has helped my pull...

(Not that I'll ever be able to Olympic lift full-out again anyway)

I'm not getting bossy grandpa.

you don't think you will ever lift full out again? Maybe just power clean and power snatches?

The Monkey Man · 01-29-2006, 02:51 PM

Sadly no...

We'll see what my new life brings though

Devlin · 01-29-2006, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Tried to make appt for massage for MON but,
the girl I usually see has some sort of surgery
and may never work again -

I will invert today, tonight, and in the morning
And see if I can get into yoga tomorrow
Which I have tried for the last three weeks,
but its impossible to get in.. Its so stressful
due to the crowds... It deletes the effectiveness of the session
=

It is so hard to find a good massage therapist and it a bitch when they go poof on us. Any chance there is another therapist you could try?

Ughh I fondly refer to the crowd for group classes as groupies. I'd say 80-90% of the people that attend group fitness at my gym don't lift a single weight, but hog the parking lot and the locker room.

Opps sorry, had to deal withthe groupies on saturday and wasn't pleasant

The Monkey Man · 01-29-2006, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Devlin

It is so hard to find a good massage therapist and it a bitch when they go poof on us. Any chance there is another therapist you could try?

Ughh I fondly refer to the crowd for group classes as groupies. I'd say 80-90% of the people that attend group fitness at my gym don't lift a single weight, but hog the parking lot and the locker room.

Opps sorry, had to deal withthe groupies on saturday and wasn't pleasant

Tis the season...

Not only are we dealing w/groupies in the PKG lot,
but also the New Years Noobs -

The Monkey Man · 01-31-2006, 07:35 PM

TUES 31JA061630
LTF

CARDIO - 0.5walk/0.8run INTVL - 20min

PUSH PRESS
65x7
95x6
135x5
135x5
190x4
210x3
230x0, 0 (knees didnt want to generate any force against this weight)

Jerk (rack)
140x4
170x2
190x1, 1

HANG PWR CLEAN
135x5, 5
155x4, 3 (grip)

HNG PWR SNATCH
65x5
95x3
115x3, 3
135x2, 1 (grip)

BIAX HIGH ROW MACH
120x15
140x15
160x15
180x8 ---> 100x5 (spent)

Right knee xtra bitchy today
felt it from minute one -

**P-funk** · 01-31-2006, 07:38 PM

why not just train your upper body for a few weeks?

The Monkey Man · 01-31-2006, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

why not just train your upper body for a few weeks?

been there, done that... Too much time off = quit training

But I can do hams w/no consequences

The Monkey Man · 02-02-2006, 03:49 AM

WED 01FE061745
LTF

CARDIO

TREAD ITVLs
WALK 0.5mi / RUN 0.5mi - 45min

yellowmoomba · 02-02-2006, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

WED 01FE061745
LTF

CARDIO

TREAD ITVLs
WALK 0.5mi / RUN 0.5mi - 45min

MM - you are one slow MOFO if it took you 45 minutes to walk/run 1 MILE.

The Monkey Man · 02-02-2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowmoomba

MM - you are one slow MOFO if it took you 45 minutes to walk/run 1 MILE.

YEP

---------------------------------------------

UPDATE:

Left knee surgery due THURS 09FE06 -

Then the Right Knee

The Monkey Man · 02-02-2006, 05:37 PM

THURS 02FE061730
LTF

WARMUP/STRETCH

(I wanted to hit my quasi-olympic lifts while fresh today)

HNG PWR SNTCH
65x7
95x5
115x5
135x2, 1 (grip)
155x1 - (grip)
135x2
95x3 [form]

HNG PWR CLN & PRS
95x5
115x5
135x5
155x4
185x2

HMR STR DCLN PRS
180x10
230x10
270x10
320x8
360x4.5 -

FREE MTN TRI
45x15
50x15
60x10, 7 ---> 50x5 ---> 40x6

REV PEC DEC
110x10, 12, 12, 10, 7, 8.5

Good little WO

BW PWO = 211.6

The Monkey Man · 02-03-2006, 05:57 PM

FRI 03FE051630
LTF

CARDIO
walk-10min / xtrainer-10min / row-10min

AB CRUNCH MACH (camstar)
25x15, 15, 15

HORZ LEG PRESS (techno)
100x20
200x15
300x15
400x15

PRONE LEG CURL (cybex)
130x12
150x12
170x9
190x6.5

FRT SQT (1/3 depth... OK, right?)
135x5

STOPPED = Not hot at all -

SETD LEG CURL
110x18
130x12
150x11
170x6.5 ---> 110x8

LAZY WO -

Devlin · 02-03-2006, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

FRI 03FE051630
LTF

CARDIO
walk-10min / xtrainer-10min / row-10min

AB CRUNCH MACH (camstar)
25x15, 15, 15

HORZ LEG PRESS (techno)
100x20
200x15
300x15
400x15

PRONE LEG CURL (cybex)
130x12
150x12
170x9
190x6.5

FRT SQT (1/3 depth... OK, right?)
135x5

STOPPED = Not hot at all -

SETD LEG CURL
110x18
130x12
150x11
170x6.5 ---> 110x8

LAZY WO -

You call that lazy

That doesn't look like a lazy workout to me. 14 sets is more than a lot of people do.

yellowmoomba · 02-04-2006, 10:33 AM

Are you going downtown this weekend MM??

I'm heading down to the Kid Rock concert in about two hours....We are going to "pre-party" around town before the show then bar hop afterwards....Unfortunately I just saw we are getting 3-6" of snow tonight....

The Monkey Man · 02-04-2006, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowmoomba

Are you going downtown this weekend MM??

I'm heading down to the Kid Rock concert in about two hours....We are going to "pre-party" around town before the show then bar hop afterwards....Unfortunately I just saw we are getting 3-6" of snow tonight....

No... I really don't give a crust about the superbowl
And I had to drive through downtown Thurs morn on my way to Windsor...
Plus I really dont drink anymore, and I never go to the bar...

But have fun!... Down an umbrella drink for me-

This is the Zenith of all that is good for the
city of Detroit... So take it in now...
I predict in the next two years it will degrade into ruin!!!

The Monkey Man · 02-04-2006, 11:56 AM

SAT 04FE061045
LTF

HANG PWR C&P
65x10
95x6
115x5
135x5
155x4
180x3
205x1, 1 - (strapped... Lost my grip and didn't have the balls to move the weight)

PUSH PRESS
135x2
165x2
185x2
205x2
225x1 -

JERK (rack)
135x2
165x2
185x2

HANG PWR C&J
135x2
165x2
185x1 - (Done... I think I'm spent here)
135x2, 2, 3
^^(all speed and snap on these)

HMR STR DCLN PRS
180x12
230x12
270x10
320x5.5 - (Oh yeah... I'm spent)

FREE MTN TRICEP
50x15
60x15, 12

I'm way done...
My back is gonna kill tomorrow
Seems like I did a decent volume of power work today

Hot-spa stretching, and sweat and purge
while stretching in the dry sauna

(sweat and purge means I stay in long enough to get really sweaty,
then rinse all that off with cool shower water, then do it again)
4x today

BW PWO = 210.4

The Monkey Man · 02-04-2006, 10:27 PM

SAT 04FE062330
LTF

CARDIO
15min x-trainer on fat burn
32min treadmill walk on fat burn

stretching and sweat and purge in dry sauna

The Monkey Man · 02-05-2006, 11:05 AM

SUN 05FE061030
LTF

HORZ LEG PRESS
200x20
300x15
400x15
500x15, 15

PRONE LEG CURL (cybex)
110x18
150x12
120x9.5
190x5.5 -

SETD LEG CURL (techno)
120x12
140x10
160x8, 8

HANG SNATCH PULL (strapped, freeze @ top... concentration into hams/traps)
135x10
155x10
175x10
195x10
225x6 - (tired from yesterday)

SHRUG
225x6 - & then...

BANG! pulled the ever-lovin shit out of my trap! (mid-back)
Sent the weight crashing onto the stops, and me to the floor
in a ball... I took a minute to get up and couldn't straighten
up or take a deep breath without it re-cramping from hell...

Thats what I call over-training -

Immediately got on the foam roller and then to a hard-small
med-ball... rolled it out and then stretched as much as I could
in the spa and sauna

I wanted to get a massage but, the only girl who was working
from our gym, is not that great, and I refuse to pay for her
less-than-spectacular service... So I will wait for tomorrow
and see if I can get in with one of the deep-tissue girls at the RAC

BW PWO = 214.3

Gaining quality muscle I think!?!? -

The Monkey Man · 02-06-2006, 07:39 PM

MON 06FE061530
RAC

Massage
1 hr - Deep Tissue
Blew out all knots and loosened the shoulder/back tie-ins
Feel much better -

YOGA-1845
Beginner yoga: loosening the rest of me up to match the back

yellowmoomba · 02-07-2006, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

MON 06FE061530
RAC

Massage
1 hr - Deep Tissue
Blew out all knots and loosened the shoulder/back tie-ins
Feel much better -

YOGA-1845
Beginner yoga: loosening the rest of me up to match the back

I think I'm due for a Deep Tissue Massage

That's sounds like a good idea.

Did you Yoga at LTF?? If so - how'd you like it?

The Monkey Man · 02-07-2006, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowmoomba

I think I'm due for a Deep Tissue Massage

That's sounds like a good idea.

Did you Yoga at LTF?? If so - how'd you like it?

Yes, and it was OK...

The instructor talked alot and her Microphone was up too loud
but it was still good

The Monkey Man · 02-07-2006, 04:58 PM

07FE061630
LTF

CARDIO
INT
walk 0.5 / run 0.5 - 25min

I need more rest (back still stiff)

The Monkey Man · 02-08-2006, 05:10 PM

WED 08FE061630
LTF

Taking it medium easy today...

PUSH PRESS
65x5
95x5
135x5
160x5
185x3
205x2, 2

HMR STR DCLN + JERK (rack) for snap)
180x12 + 135x4
230x12 + 135x2
270x10 + 135x2
320x6, 6 (someone stole my squat rack so this ended the jerks)

PRONE LEG CURL (cybex)
110x20
130x12
150x12
170x10
190x7 -

BI-AXIAL UPPER BACK (keiser)
120x15
140x15
160x12
180x10 ---> 120x10

SETD LEG CURL (techno)
110x15
1

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The Monkey Man Magical Apelikemenace Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 13,203 Photos: 21	THURS 02FE061730 LTF WARMUP/STRETCH (I wanted to hit my quasi-olympic lifts while fresh today) HNG PWR SNTCH 65x7 95x5 115x5 135x2, 1 (grip) 155x1 - (grip) 135x2 95x3 [form] HNG PWR CLN & PRS 95x5 115x5 135x5 155x4 185x2 HMR STR DCLN PRS 180x10 230x10 270x10 320x8 360x4.5 - FREE MTN TRI 45x15 50x15 60x10, 7 ---> 50x5 ---> 40x6 REV PEC DEC 110x10, 12, 12, 10, 7, 8.5 Good little WO BW PWO = 211.6
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The Monkey Man Magical Apelikemenace Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 13,203 Photos: 21	SAT 04FE061045 LTF HANG PWR C&P 65x10 95x6 115x5 135x5 155x4 180x3 205x1, 1 - (strapped... Lost my grip and didn't have the balls to move the weight) PUSH PRESS 135x2 165x2 185x2 205x2 225x1 - JERK (rack) 135x2 165x2 185x2 HANG PWR C&J 135x2 165x2 185x1 - (Done... I think I'm spent here) 135x2, 2, 3 ^^(all speed and snap on these) HMR STR DCLN PRS 180x12 230x12 270x10 320x5.5 - (Oh yeah... I'm spent) FREE MTN TRICEP 50x15 60x15, 12 I'm way done... My back is gonna kill tomorrow Seems like I did a decent volume of power work today Hot-spa stretching, and sweat and purge while stretching in the dry sauna (sweat and purge means I stay in long enough to get really sweaty, then rinse all that off with cool shower water, then do it again) 4x today BW PWO = 210.4 Last edited by The Monkey Man : 02-04-2006 at 01:44 PM.
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The Monkey Man Magical Apelikemenace Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 13,203 Photos: 21	SUN 05FE061030 LTF HORZ LEG PRESS 200x20 300x15 400x15 500x15, 15 PRONE LEG CURL (cybex) 110x18 150x12 120x9.5 190x5.5 - SETD LEG CURL (techno) 120x12 140x10 160x8, 8 HANG SNATCH PULL (strapped, freeze @ top... concentration into hams/traps) 135x10 155x10 175x10 195x10 225x6 - (tired from yesterday) SHRUG 225x6 - & then... BANG! pulled the ever-lovin shit out of my trap! (mid-back) Sent the weight crashing onto the stops, and me to the floor in a ball... I took a minute to get up and couldn't straighten up or take a deep breath without it re-cramping from hell... Thats what I call over-training - Immediately got on the foam roller and then to a hard-small med-ball... rolled it out and then stretched as much as I could in the spa and sauna I wanted to get a massage but, the only girl who was working from our gym, is not that great, and I refuse to pay for her less-than-spectacular service... So I will wait for tomorrow and see if I can get in with one of the deep-tissue girls at the RAC BW PWO = 214.3 Gaining quality muscle I think!?!? - Last edited by The Monkey Man : 02-05-2006 at 04:56 PM.
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02-07-2006, 04:58 PM	#53
The Monkey Man Magical Apelikemenace Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 13,203 Photos: 21	07FE061630 LTF CARDIO INT walk 0.5 / run 0.5 - 25min I need more rest (back still stiff) Last edited by The Monkey Man : 02-08-2006 at 05:01 AM.
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