Big G

TUESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:15am-7:15am (finally, 7hrs sleep! still tired at work though.)

WEIGHT (before breakfast):170.0lb

Meal 1 - 7:40am
Meal 2 - 10:20am
Meal 3 - 1:15pm (after cardio)
Meal 4 - 4:15pm
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (PWO shake - use up cytogainer. homemade in future.)
Meal 6 - 9:15pm (& early to bed!)

LUNCHTIME CARDIO: 4.5miles in 30 minutes +2½min warm-down, on elliptical machine (10min fwd & 5min bckwrd, X2).

WORKOUT (Day 1 of new "push-bi/pull-tri/legs" program see above.):
(1) Incline BB Press - w/bar:20(warmup), 95lb:1x15, 105lb:1x12, 115lb:1x7F.
(2) CG Chin-ups - 3x8 (failed last rep).
(3) Seated Military BB Press - w/bar:15(warmup), 95lb:3x8 (failed rep6, set3).
(4) DB Press - 45lb:1x12, 50lb:1x10, 55lb:1x5 (going for 8, failed on 5½).
(5) Arnold Press - 25lb:3x10(failed rep8, set3).
(6) Smith-machine shrugs (different machine than normal)- 145lb:1x12, 165lb:1x12, 185lb(new max):12 (grip good throughout)
(7) EZ-Bar Curls - bar+40lb:3x10 (failed rep6, set3).

COMMENTS: Nice workout. I enjoyed it. Good pump. I'm going to do that again! Maybe try some crazy weight for shrugs next time. Gripped 185lb no problem

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

WEDNESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 11:30-7:00am (still woke up v.tired & eventually used a ½day vacation to get some more sleep 1:30pm-6:00pm).

WEIGHT (before breakfast):169.2lb

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 1:00pm (then slept 1:30pm-6pm)
Meal 4 - 6:30pm (breakfast again)
Meal 5 - 10:00pm
Meal 6 - 12:30am

WORKOUT:None. Too tired to function at work. Took ½day vacation & slept 1:30pm-6:00pm. Workout rescheduled for tomorrow.

CARDIO: 3½hours (6:30pm-10:00pm) pick-axing, digging and wheelbarrowing leftover driveway dirt into raised veggie patches by new shed. Sweaty evening!

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

katt

So you did a little "dirt therapy"? That's what I call it!

Big G

Yup! Diggin' a hole, is good for the soul!

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

THURSDAY

SLEPT (last night): 1:30am-6:20am

WEIGHT (before breakfast):171.2lb

Meal 1 - 6:40am
Meal 2 - 10:30am (ate late to help get through 11-1pm mtg)
Meal 3 - 1:15pm (hungry!)
Meal 4 - 4:00pm (hungry!)
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (PWO Shake. Add 2x bananas @ 8:45pm - hungry).
Meal 6 - 10:00pm

WORKOUT (Push & Tris) - Workout#2 of new 3mo program:
Pull & Tris:
(1) Wide Grip Pullups (BW) - 3x6 (struggled last rep, all setsWTF?) [Me-52lb:1x10 warmup]
(2) Bent-over BB rows (knees bent, back straight) - w/bar:1x10(warmup), 65lb:1x12, 75lb:1x12, 85lb:1x10 (can't hold 85lb at peak - maybe too heavy)
(3) Dips (BW) - 3x8
(4) DB Rear Lateral Raise - 17½lb:1x12, 20lb:1x10, 22½lb:1x8.
(5) Cable Row - 80lb:1x12, 90lb:1x10, 100lb:1x8.
(6) DB Pullover (1st time ever) - 30lb:3x10
(7) Skull-Crushers - 25lb:1x8, 2x4(failing on 4 - weak!).

MEMO: Forgot to take workout notes with me. Couldn't remember the order I'd planned to do everything. See IM journal ("The Plan" entry) for intended exercise order for next time.

WORKOUT NOTES: Nice workout. Good pump. Strangely my chest and traps were pumped when got back to the changing room. Am I doing something wrong, or are these getting involved because I'm doing almost entirely compound exercises? Still though... good workout...Arms (tris) were shaky/jittery next morning, otherwise fine.

NEXT TIME: Check body-part rep recommendations (per one of my previous IM posts) and pick weights that fail in appropriate range. Didn't know how many reps to do (and, consequently which weights to pick) for optimal hypertrophy this time.

SUPPLEMENTS: Novedex XT should be here tomorrow. Start NHA Stack (ActivaTe & Novedex) this weekend. Hopefully libido holds out over the next 2mo.

READ: Extreme Muscle Enhancement 7:30pm-11:30pm. Almost done with it. (maybe 20pages left). Should've taken some notes as I went through each body-part section re:rep recommendations, form, exercise choices etc. I'll re-review for design of next 12wk program in a couple of months.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

FRIDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:15am-7:00am

WEIGHT (before breakfast):169.2lb

Meal 1 - 7:40am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 1:30pm
Meal 4 - 4:20pm
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (½ PWO shake) Add:Banana@8:30pm
Meal 6 - 9:30pm
Meal 7 - 11:30pm (shake before bed)

WORKOUT (Legs - Workout#3 of new 3mo program):
5mins cardio on elliptical to warm-up... then...
1. Incline sit-ups: 3x25 (throwing and catching 4lb ball while doing situps - abs burned!).
2. Full Squats: 135lb:1x12, 155lb:1x8, 1x6, 1x4. (MUCH harder than regular squats - last week I did 185lb w/legs parallel to floor. Today, w/10lb weight under each foot [lift], squatting until my butt touched my heels, I failed rep4, set4 w/155lb. Good though. I'm going to do these again.
3.Deadlifts - None. Workout terminated - pissed! See note...

NOTE; Went to gym w/wife again today. She did some situps then 2sets of BB squats w/35lb bar (while complaining) then went to the restroom. I waited for her, and waited, and waited. I looked around for my water bottle but it was missing too. I didn't know if my wife had taken it or if I had left it somewhere. I wandered around looking for it, getting increasingly pissed, then eventually sent someone into the rest room to see if they could find her. No luck. I eventually found her near the canteen snacking on a protein bar (she got weak, she said). I was pissed. It was already 7pm (I took Animal Pupm at 5:20pm) and I had pickup a $200 (craigslist) power rack at 7:30pm. I abandoned the workout, pissed, picked up the power rack and went home, still pissed. I wanted a beer, but didn't buy any.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

SATURDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:45pm-7:15am, then 8:30am-12:30pm.

WEIGHT (before breakfast): not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 12:30pm (slept 8:30am-12:15am)
Meal 3 - 4:30pm (after 3 "medicinal" beers - rage!)
Meal 4 - 7:00pm
Meal 5 - 11:30pm (hungry! - after grocery shop)
Meal 6 - 2:30am

NOTE: Woke up still pissed. What's wrong with me? I couldn't seem to shake a general feeling of annoyance at absolutely everything. Everything just pissed me off. By 8:30am I'd already had more than enough of everything so went back to bed. After 4 more hours sleep I was feeling a bit better, but after failing to break up lrg concrete blocks (excess concrete left over from pouring shed foundation) using small hand-held air-hammer, I was pissed-off again. Unable to shake off rage I resorted to a beer (or 3!) mid afternoon (medicinal purposes - yeah, right... whatever!).

"DIRT THERAPY" (Thx, Katt!) - From 1pm-8pm I excavated area infront of new shed (for brick patio) with a pick-axe and shovel. The dirt was loaded into one of the new 2'x2'x6' raised veggie patches. After that, I excavated a 15'x3' area (which was buried in mud left over from the driveway excavation) to start installing a 15'x3½' fence dividing the back yard in two (to keep dogs out of veggie area). I got 2½ of the 7 post holes dug (slow work! - very rocky soil) and finally quit to go grocery shopping w/wife at approx 8pm. $200 groceries later (I must stop spending money!) we watched a movie, drank 4 more beers (I didn't need!) and finally fell asleep. All in all a productive day, although disappointing to have needed a beer to escape enraged mindset.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

SUNDAY

SLEPT (last night): 3am-10:15am

WEIGHT (before breakfast): not measured.

Meal 1 - 8:00am
Meal 2 - 11:30am
Meal 3 - 3:00pm
Meal 4 - 6:00pm
Meal 5 - 10:30pm (late. finishing fence posts)
Meal 6 - missed it. sleeping.

WORKOUT - None. Wanted to, but garage looks like a war-zone! I need to get my old multi-gym sold, the shed door painted and installed, the security system added to the shed, and the roto-tiller, lawn-mover, garden tools, weed-whacker, wheel-barrow (etc) out of the garage and into the shed. I can barely move around the garage at the moment, it's so full. Plus, I have to find room to setup the power rack I picked up from craigslist on Friday. I'll get there. One thing at a time. Baby steps.

DIRT THERAPY - 11hours excavating area for fence (dividing back yard in two, to keep dogs out of veggie area), digging post holes, visiting H.Depot for more concrete, handrail, spindles etc... Long, hard, sweaty day!

ALCOHOL - It's a funny ol' world. I've been fine for weeks (no cravings) but today (possibly after yesterday's rage-driven beers) I practically woke up craving a beer. I finally gave into cravings at noon (having just one made me feel better). But then had another "just one" at about 3pm, after lunch. Nearing the end of the day I somehow justified buying a 6pack and drank 5 of them in the blink of an eye (while concreting-in fence/handrail-posts)! I don't know. I'm wierd. I spend 95% of my life not wanting a beer (and actually wanting to not ever want a beer) and then, ocassionally, all I want is a beer. Hopefully time will ease the pain.

SPENDING - Am I crazy!? I know I'm broke (and feeling deeper in debt every month) but I still spent $200 for a power rack, $300 for fence-building materials, $200 on groceries, $350 for supplements (Pak, Pump, Flex, NO, Novedex RX, whey gourmet, etc...). WTF? The back of my head drives me to do things that the front of my head rationally doesn't want to do. I need to get a bunch of shit sold. And, I need to not spend money like this. If I ever lost my job I'd be totally fucked! We have $20k of credit card debt (incl. wife's gastric bypass surgery) and I just have to find a way to get out of it.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

MONDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:30pm-7am

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:20am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 2:00pm (PWO shake. Using up Cytogainer)
Meal 4 - 3:55pm (hungry)
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (PWO shake. Using up Cytogainer)
Meal 6 - 10:00pm (after snack 8:30pm)

WORKOUT MEMO - "The Plan" calls for cardio today. However, with Friday's and Sat/Sunday's workouts either being cancelled or cut short, I decided to play catch-up today. 2 workouts (a)1pm:Legs (minus squats, done last Friday) and (2)5:30pm:Press/Bi. I'll do some cardio at lunch tomorrow (active recovery for legs). Next workout is tomorrow (Push/tri), then legs on Thursday i.e. I should be OK.

LUNCH WORKOUT 1:10pm-1:50pm (Legs).
1.Incline situps: 3x20 (while throwing/catching 4lb ball)
2.Squats - None. Did them on Friday.
3.Deadlifts: 135lb:1x12, 155lb:1x10, 175lb:1x8, 185lb:1x6, 195lb(new max):1x4, 205lb(new max):1x2, 215lb(new max):1x2, 225lb(new max):1x2 (SEE NOTE BELOW).
4.Lunges w/2x30lb DBs: 3x10 (two steps = one rep)
5.Laying leg curls: 90lb:1x12, 110lb:1x10, 120lb:1x8(struggling - 120lb may be too heavy - ½reps only).
6.Seated Rotary Calf Press: 190lb:1x15, 210lb:1x15, 230lb:1x12F(calves on fire!)
7. Laying weighted leg raises (for abs) - None. Out of time.

NOTES Re: DEADLIFTS
This is insane! I struggled to get 185lb off the floor a few weeks ago. Now I'm lifting 225lb! I could definitely have done more than 2 reps too. I lifted 185lb so easily I thought I'd try more. Then more. Then more! Then even more! I found myself looking at the weights wondering if I'd used 35lb plates instead of 45lb ones. I may have only done 2reps of each of the higher weights, but I could definitely have done more. I was just curious to see when it'd start to feel heavy. It never really did! WTF!? Awesome!


AFTER-WORK WORKOUT:Press/Bi.
WORKOUT (Day 1 of new "push-bi/pull-tri/legs" program):
(1) Incline BB Press - w/bar:1x20(warmup), 95lb:1x15, 115lb:10, 125lb:6, 135lb(new max):4.
(2) CG Chin-ups - 3x8 (failed last rep)
(3) Seated Military BB Press - 95lb:3x8 (failed rep6, set3)
(4) DB Press - 45lb:1x12, 50lb:10(just!), 55lb:7(fail), 60lb(new max):4.
(5) Arnold Press - 25lb:3x10 (left struggled w/rep9&10 set3).
(6) Smith-machine shrugs - 145lb:1x12, 165lb:1x12, 185lb:1x12, 195lb(new max):1x8.
(7) EZ-Bar Curls - bar+40lb:3x10 (failed rep7, set3).

STUPIDITY ALERT!: I forgot pants, T-Shirt and even my training shoes today! Basically I carried a damned-near empty bag to work! I bought new Tshirt & pants but I still worked-out in socks! Black, office socks, no less! Oh the shame... the shame...

ALCOHOL - None. No cravings. All is well with the world.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

How cool! I just figured out that each little post has it's own hyperlink available, so I can, for example, make a link that goes directly to The Plan (G's Log.) (one of the previous posts in this journal). Cool.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

TUESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:30pm-7am (not enough!)

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:20am
Meal 2 - 10:30pm
Meal 3 - 2:00pm (weak/hungry after cardio!)
Meal 4 - 4:40pm (before 5:45pm workout)
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (PWO shake - use remainder of cytogainer)
Meal 6 - 9:30pm
Meal 7 - 1:00am (couldn't sleep. got back up for PP shake)

LUNCHTIME CARDIO - 30mins on elliptical machine. 4.03miles, resistance #8. 10mins fwd, 5mins bckwrd (X2).

AFTER-WORK WORKOUT (Pull/Tri):
NOTE: I forgot to take workout notes with me. Messed up the order (again!). Take workout-order notes next time!

(1) Wide Grip Pullups (BW) - 3x6 (full extension all reps. Failed rep5 set3) [Me-52lb:1x10 warmup]
(2) Bent-over BB rows (knees bent, back straight) - w/bar:1x10(warmup), 65lb:1x12, 75lb:1x12, 85lb:1x12 (85lb not fully pulled to abs, but not far off)
(3) Dips (BW) - 3x8 (easy - maybe add 10lb DB next time)
(4) Cable Row w/12" width handle - 80lb:1x12(too easy), 90lb:1x12, 100lb:1x12 (7-12 partial).
(4) Reverse Pec Dec / Machine Rear Lateral (NOTE: Gym crowded. No DBs available. Chose not to wait) - w/100lblb:1x10, 110lb:1x10 (NOTE: 5-10 not fully contracted - a little too heavy), w/100lb:1x10.
(6) DB Pullover (2nd time ever) - 30lb:1x10, 35lb:1x10, 40lb(new max):1x8.
(7) Skull-Crushers - 25lb:1x6(fail), 20lb:2x8 (failed rep6 set3).

MEMO: Nice enough workout. Left me shaky feeling, like last week (not food/weak shaky but kind-of muscle-spasm shaky. wierd).

Rest day tomorrow.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

WEDNESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 1:45am-7:15am (not enough. couldn't fall alseep!)

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 1:15pm
Meal 4 - 4:30pm
Meal 5 - 7:20pm
Meal 6 - 10:15pm

WORKOUT: None. Planned/scheduled rest day.

SUPPLEMENTS: Arrived today from FitnessOne.com (incl. Novedex Rx)! NHA Stack starts tomorrow. I'll document weight, mood, libido & other perceived effects over next 8wks.

READING: Psycho-cybernetics. Hopefully will help w/debt mgt & more!

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

SamEaston

Some of your entries make me laugh so much!

You write as if you're actually having a conversation with someone - its tremendous reading im telling you!

Oh, and fantastic work on the deadlifts. You really are getting strong huh

www.extremebodybuilding.net

Big G

Thanks, Sam. That's nice of you to say.

I kept a journal as a kid basically from the time I could write (even with really terrible handwriting) right up to about 18 years old. That was 16 years ago now, and I have no idea now why I ever stopped doing it. Still though, the daily ritual of writing notes on whatever the hell went on and/or how I felt about it is strangely cathartic. I kind-of like it.

I do enjoy writing, I have to say. I'm a comic at heart, even in day to day conversations. I've been told thousands of times that I should do Stand-Up, but I've never had the courage to try. Maybe one day.

Life is a funny place though. It's all in how you look at it. Some people just aren't happy unless they aren't happy!

Check out the placenta (yes, placenta!) story below. I can gaurantee that'll bring a smile to your face. Other people's bad luck is almost always funny!

Stay tuned...

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

THURSDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:45am-7:25am

WEIGHT (before breakfast):172.2lb (heaviest so far!)

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:45am (pre 11-2 mtg)
Meal 3 - 2:20pm (after mtg)
Meal 4 - 4:50pm (pre 5:45pm workout)
Meal 5 - 7:00pm (PWO Cytogainer +¼ozWalnuts w/activaTe)
Meal 6 - 10:00pm

AFTER WORK WORKOUT (Legs):
1.Incline situps: 1x25, 1x20, 1x15 (while throwing/catching 4lb ball) Burning!
2.Full Squats - 135lb:1x10, 155lb:1x10, 165lb(new max for full squat):1x4(fail) then 135lb:1x6.
3.Deadlifts - 155lb:1x12(easy!), 175lb:1x10, 195lb:1x8, 225lb(new max):1x6. Awesome!
4.Lunges w/2x30lb DBs - 3x10 (2steps=1rep).
5.Laying leg curls - 90lb:1x10, 100lb:1x10, 110lb:1x10 (just right)
6.Seated Rotary Calf Press - skipped it. still sore from Monday.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

FRIDAY - What a day!

SLEPT (last night): 12:45am-7:15am. Again, not enough.
NOTE:I went to bed at 11:15pm to try and finally get 8hours (I want my libido back!), but Vera ("Lady Guenevere" - my little Border Collie girl) went into labor and wouldn't leave my side. I tried to get her to stay in her whelping box, but she wouldn't. She was huffing and puffing, wincing and whining, so I stayed up with her hoping that she'd have one and I could relocate her and the pup to the whelping box (she'd stay there if she had one of her pups there) but eventually I fell asleep cuddling her at about 12:45pm.

Vera ended up having 2 (of a litter of 5) pups in bed with me (Placenta stained sheets! Eww!) before my wife reaized what was happening and relocated her to her whelping box. Incidentally my wife slept downstairs because the sheets were nasty, but apparently "couldn't" (didn't!) wake me up to tell me about it, so I slept like that all night and woke up wondering WTF all the mess was. Big Giant Eww!

To top it all (after a extra-long shower!) I couldn't find my office keys this morning. I tore the house completely to peices in 30minutes then eventually gave up and drove to work completely pissed off, still keyless, to be told I am [quote] "A Disaster" by my boss! Great! Meanwhile, my wife had written down the wrong schedule and was pottering around the house doing laundry at 10am when her boss phoned and told her she was supposed to be at work at 9am!

What a day!

Anyway... where was I?.... Oh yeah!... This is supposed to be a workout journal... I remember now...

WEIGHT (before breakfast): 171.0lb

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:45am
Meal 3 - 3:10pm (late! busy until 1:30pm, then ran 4miles)
Meal 4 - 7:00pm
Meal 5 - 10:00pm
Meal 6 - missed it. exhausted. asleep early.

MEMO: Fucked-up food timing today. I wanted to run from 12:30pm-1:30pm (eating again at 1:45pm) but couldn't get out of the office until 1:40pm (urgent budget mtgs, urgent check run, urgent invoice processing, urgent pettycash reconciliation, dot dot dot!). By that time it was already time to eat, but I went to the gym anyway. After 30 mins on the elliptical machine I got back to the office at 2:50pm, finally eating toast & tuna between 3:10pm-3:30pm (i.e. Too late to justify eating again before working out at 5:40pm). Meal 4 was then after my workout rather than an hour before, which meant everything else was then behind.

Yet again... what a day!

WORKOUT (Push/Bi):
(1) Incline BB Press - w/bar(warmup):1x20, 95lb:1x10, 115lb:10, 135lb:3x6 (failed rep5,set3)
(2) CG Chin-ups - 3x8 (failed rep7,set3)
(3) Seated Military BB Press - 95lb:1x8 (easy!), 105lb:1x6, 115lb:1x6.
(4) DB Press - 50lb:1x10, 55lb:1x8, 60lb:1x6, 65lb(new max):1x4.
(5) Arnold Press - 25lb:1x8(too easy!), 30lb:1x8(still too easy), 40lb:1x6(better weight.NOTE: 35lb DBs not available)
(6) Smith-machine shrugs - 185lb:1x10(easy!), 205lb(new max):1x10, 215lb(new max):1x10.
(7) EZ-Bar Curls - 75lb EZ-bar BB:1x10, 1x5fail, 1x4fail.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
************************************************** ****
NOTE: Amidst the placenta-laced morning I fogot to take 1st ActivaTe cap. I took it w/meal 2 instead. Plus, I was eating meal 4 when I would normally have been eating meal 5, so I took ActivaTe #3 with meal 4 instead. The timing for ActivaTe was right, but becuase my meals got behind schedule ActivaTe was taken with different meal #s. I got them all in though, reasonably spaced too.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

SATURDAY

SLEPT (last night): 11:00pm-7:30am (Finally! 8hours+!)

WEIGHT (before breakfast): not measured.

Meal 1 - 8:00am
Meal 2 - 10:45am
Meal 3 - 1:20pm
Meal 4 - 4:30pm
Meal 5 - 7:30pm (+6 miller lite, 10-11:30pm)
Meal 6 - 11:30pm

MEMO: Man, oh man, did the wife wake up bitchin' this morning! I went to bed early and woke up at 7:30pm. I knew she wasn't planning on getting up until after 10am so I let her sleep in. Arthur (the dog) woke her up when I went back into the bedroom at 8am to get my workboots. After that all hell broke loose! My non-existant libido was directly in the line of fire! And man, did it get gunned down! By the time she was done with me I was wishing I was dead. I tried to leave, but she jumped in the truck with me (like a pitbull, with it's jaws clamped around.. well.. nevermind).

I tried to get into working outside (building a fence to chop back yard in two, but I was just too pissed off and bummed out to concentrate. The two Miller Lite in the fridge were calling for me! I drank 1½ before feeling the relief of the first one, then pitched the remainder of the second. Shortly after that the wife left for work and I got my head back into gear. I spent until 2pm tidying the garage to get to the multi-stn gym (no small task!), cleaning, selling and then delivering the multi-stn gym (20miles away?). Then, from approx 4pm onwards, I got to work on the backyard fence. I got one section completed, the gate built and installed. The wife was expected home at 10:30pm and by 10pm I was already dreading it. I opted to buy a six pack of Miller Lite (not the best choice!), drank four before wife got home (fortunately in OKish mood) and killed the other two while installing the hardware on the gate.

We eventually "made out", kind-of (1st time in 7-10 days) but I couldn't get into it (alcohol buzz? libido issues? both!?). Anyway... I eventually ate and got to bed at 2am with instructions that a man was arriving at 7am the following morning to start moving the mounds of "free dirt" I'd advertised on craiglist (left over from building driveway). 7am! Jeez! Who starts digging dirt at 7am on a Sunday morning!? Anyway... At least it'll clear the back yard up. There's probably 10-15 tons of dirt piled up there.

Oh! Just FYI... NEVER dig a driveway out by hand! Advertise FREE DIRT and there'll be a queue of people will to dig the driveway out for you just so they can keep the topsoil. It'd've been nice to know that before I spent 2month of my life digging 25-30tons of soil out of the ground last year (to make space for 22ton gravel, 3ton sand and 7 skids of paving stones!). Live and learn!

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
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NOTE: Took ActivaTe religiously, but forgot to add to food-log.

VITAMINS - I forgot to take any today. Too busy working. Oops!

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

SUNDAY

SLEPT (last night): 2:15am-7:15am (had to get up early - two men arrived to clear dirt from back yard)

WEIGHT (before breakfast):not measured.

Meal 1 - 8:00am
Meal 2 - 10:45am (hungry already. 2nd breakfast. Mmm!)
Meal 3 - 1:00pm (milk only. couldn't stop working on fence)
Meal 4 - 3:30pm
Meal 5 - 7:00pm
Meal 6 - 11:30pm (waited for roast beef to be done).

WORKOUT: None. Had one scheduled but it took all day to complete fence and install new handrail (w/turned-spindles) in back yard. Got done at 9:30pm but spent the evenving cooking mad-loads of green veggies, roasting beef and chicken and baking swt potatoes.

PROJECTS: 8am-9pm. Long sweaty day! Measuring, cutting and installing fence pickets for 4'x20' fence separating back yard into two. Completed fence and moved onto installing fancy new handrail by back door. It looks awesome! Next comes some wood-stain for the fence and white paint for the handrail. Gotta get this done during the week, plus build remaining 3 raised veggie patch boxes so I can get whatever dirt I need (to fill boxes) before the two men (who spent all day loading and hauling away excess dirt - from driveway today) come back next weekend to finish the job.

BEER: I wanted a beer all day! Went out to get groceries and literally battled myself for an hour trying not to buy some. I hate it when it's like that. Still though... I didn't drink, so I won, I guess (in a semi-neurotic kind-of way).

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
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Took ActivaTe religiously, but forgot to add to Meal 1 & 5 in food log.

VITAMINS - Took all the normal stuff (after meal 1) but forgot to add to food log. Oh well.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

MONDAY

SLEPT (last night): 12:45am-7:15pm

WEIGHT (before breakfast):170.4lb

Meal 1 - 7:30am
Meal 2 - 10:30am
Meal 3 - 1:30am
Meal 4 - 4:45pm
Meal 5 - exhausted. slept 6:00pm-2:00am
Meal 6 - 2:20am, then slept again 3am-7am.

CARDIO: Cancelled. Had cardio scheduled for lunchtime but reconciliation of personal checking accounts revealed we fell $2k further into debt during July and this news left me seriously bummed. Will catch-up cardio tomorrow lunchtime after catching up Pull/Tri workout tonight (schedule for yesterday).

WORKOUT: Pull/Tri: Cancelled. I am sooo tired, it's stupid. I'm sat at work trying to enter budget numbers and I am literally falling asleep with my eyes open. If I shut my eyes I can feel the room spinning and I know I'll be asleep in just seconds. Something tells me I need some R&R! God knows I didn't get any this past ass-busting sleep-deprived weekend!

I'll do Pull/Tri at lunch tomorrow with Legs after work. Cardio will have to get postponed to Wed.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
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Fell alseep 6pm-2am. Took last ActivaTe w/Novedex at 2:30am (when I woke up) before sleeping again 3am-7am.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal

Big G

TUESDAY

SLEPT (last night): 6pm-2am, then 3am-7am.

WEIGHT (before breakfast): not measured.

Meal 1 - 7:15am
Meal 2 - 10:10am
Meal 3 - 12:50pm (PWO shake. still using up cytogainer!)
Meal 4 - 4:15pm (snacked on a peach to make it this far!)
Meal 5 - 7:20pm (PWO shake, again)
Meal 6 - 10:20pm

LUNCHTIME WORKOUT Pull/Tri.(Rescheduled from Sunday! Didn't complete fence and stairway handrail on Sunday until too late to workout, plus garage looks like a bomb exploded and needs at least an hour to rearrnage gym after moving everything around to sell old multi-stn home-gym on Saturday):
[NOTE: Tried NO-Explode pre-workout for 1st time - 1scoop].
ALSO... Forgot workout notes from last week (again!). I must stop doing that! It just bugs me. Anyway...
(1) Wide Grip Pullups (BW) - 3x6 (full extension all reps. Only just failed rep6 set3) [Me-52lb:1x10 warmup]
(2) Bent-over BB rows (knees bent, back straight) - w/bar:1x10(warmup), 65lb:1x10, 75lb:1x10, 85lb:1x10 (reps 8-10 not fully to abs, but not far off)
(3) Dips w/10lb DB - 3x8 (struggled last rep, but otherwise cake. Maybe next time try 30lb DB 1st set, then 15lb, then BW. Or something).
(4) Cable Row w/narrow handle - 110lb:2x10(reps8-10 set2 not fully to abs, but not far off), 100lb:1x12, 100lb:1x10.
(5) Bent over lateral raise (rear delts) w/25lb DBs: 3x10(perfect).
(6) DB Pullover - Dammit! I forgot about this one. I was wracking my brain trying to remember what the hell I included in this workout, but still screwed up. Must remember last weeks notes. It helps (me, anyway!)
(7) Skull-Crushers - 25lb:1x9, 1x6, 1x3.\

MEMO: Speedy sweaty workout. Packed it all in 35minutes! Mostly just had 30 sec RI. Got to gym at 1:20pm after meeting wife (working 2-10pm today) so had to rush to get back to office by 2pm. Almost made it too. Almost.

AFTER WORK WORKOUT (Per schedule).
Warmup - 5mins on elliptical, 1min fwd, 1min bckwrd.
1.Incline situps: 2x25 + 1x20 (while throwing/catching 4lb ball), plus 1x20 twisting situps (for the burn. no additional weight).
2.Full Squats - 135lb:1x10, 155lb:1x10, 165lb(new max from last workout):1x7(3more than last time) then 135lb:1x6 (squats totally killed me today. I was sweating like a pig! Do pigs actually sweat? Dogs don't, I know that much. Anyway...where was I? Oh yeah...).
3.Deadlifts (I l-o-v-e deadlifts!) - 175lb:1x10(fuck starting on 155lb. That's shit's for the birds!), 195lb:1x8, 225lb(last session's new max):1x6(no re-grip), 245lb(new max):1x4(I had to try. )
4.Lunges w/2x30lb DBs - 1x10, 1x8 and I just gave up. I couldn't go on. For some reason my legs were just fucked! I don't know if it was the extra few squat reps at 165lb, the crazy 245lb deadlifts (Grrr!), the new NO-Explode Vs usual Animal Pump (probably not) or having worked out already today. Either way, my legs were just completely beat. I couldn't even handle the thought of an extra set w/25lb DBs.
5.Laying leg curls - 90lb:1x10, 100lb:1x10, 110lb:1x10, 120lb:1x5(killing me).
6.Seated Rotary Calf Press - skipped it. I wanted to do it but someone jumped on the machin ejust when I got there and they were taking their sweet time. Meanwhile I was just sitting around with my legs aching a nausiating throbbing ache. I decided to call it a day and head out.

*********** NHA Stack (DesignerSupps) ****************
ActivaTe: 1cap w/meals 1,3 & 5 and one more before bed.
Novedex Rx: 2caps before bed.
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Took everything perfectly.

Goal...... DL:500lb, Sqt:400lb, Bnch:300lb
Current.. DL:375lb, Sqt:335lb, Bnch:260lb
Weight: 185lb (up 25lb), bf=15%ish
Age:35 Training since 11/06 journal