So ... life has finally settled down enough to hit the gym. First time I've been in this position since probably May. Completely uprooted my existence in Northern Cali to relocate with my company back to the Midwest. First time in so many years I'm in the same timezone as my family! And trading in suburban living for Jeffersons-style "Movin' on up to a deee-luxe apartment in the sky". LOVE IT My eastern view from the 44th floor is bit of Lake Michigan and my southern view is Trump Towers!
OK, so back to bi'ness. Over the last several months, w/ orchestrating the move and my workload during the transition, I basically stopped going to the gym, stopped eating and got minimal sleep. End result? Hey, I downsized. This was one of my goals, driving by age-aches & an on-going shoulder injury, towards shifting from BB to Physique. I was discovering how damn hard it was to dump muscle mass. Well, I've dumped some and kinda just need to get back on the wagon and tighten up, loosen up the joints and get some of the flab gone. Still need to spend some more time just getting the habit going again before setting some specific goals, but today I hit the gym in my building. I spent 20 minutes stretching and working on a tweaked back. OMG it felt good. I tweaked my back moving books the other day and spent 2 days on ice packs w/ ibuprofen. All in all, I'm still pretty flexible and just need to work on loosening up all the connections coming out of my hamstring and keep my right shoulder warm. I can tell I'm gonna have to suck up my ego until I find my pace again.
9/29/12 - Sat
Training: chest & tris
20 min DeFranco wu
shoulder wu x 3
super:
- incline DB incline: 40/12 x 3
- incline DB fly: 20/12 x 3
machine incline press: 60/20 x 4
pec deck: 50/15 x 4
machine tri ext: 30/20 40/20 50/15 x 4
rope tri press down: 90/20 x 4
alt rope cable kickback: 20/15 x 4
Checking out other stuff in the gym:
leg press .. gonna enjoy that
smith vertical leg press - LOVE that they have this! Just did a single plate press but went for the burn: 135/100 x 2
fitball crunches ... LOTs of crunches
I also walk to and from work every day, so typically walk around 2-3 miles / day. I'll be increasing cardio, but w/all the walking I've also got very sore feet. If it wasn't all on concrete it might be better, but generally I walk everywhere so since I moved to downtown Chicago, I've probably covered a good 100 miles on foot.
The best part of training today was just getting in the zone again w/ my heavy metal. THAT is the part that is addictive. The post-wu pheremones are pretty awesome too. Good to feel alive again! Let's see where this takes us!
OK, so back to bi'ness. Over the last several months, w/ orchestrating the move and my workload during the transition, I basically stopped going to the gym, stopped eating and got minimal sleep. End result? Hey, I downsized. This was one of my goals, driving by age-aches & an on-going shoulder injury, towards shifting from BB to Physique. I was discovering how damn hard it was to dump muscle mass. Well, I've dumped some and kinda just need to get back on the wagon and tighten up, loosen up the joints and get some of the flab gone. Still need to spend some more time just getting the habit going again before setting some specific goals, but today I hit the gym in my building. I spent 20 minutes stretching and working on a tweaked back. OMG it felt good. I tweaked my back moving books the other day and spent 2 days on ice packs w/ ibuprofen. All in all, I'm still pretty flexible and just need to work on loosening up all the connections coming out of my hamstring and keep my right shoulder warm. I can tell I'm gonna have to suck up my ego until I find my pace again.
9/29/12 - Sat
Training: chest & tris
20 min DeFranco wu
shoulder wu x 3
super:
- incline DB incline: 40/12 x 3
- incline DB fly: 20/12 x 3
machine incline press: 60/20 x 4
pec deck: 50/15 x 4
machine tri ext: 30/20 40/20 50/15 x 4
rope tri press down: 90/20 x 4
alt rope cable kickback: 20/15 x 4
Checking out other stuff in the gym:
leg press .. gonna enjoy that
smith vertical leg press - LOVE that they have this! Just did a single plate press but went for the burn: 135/100 x 2
fitball crunches ... LOTs of crunches
I also walk to and from work every day, so typically walk around 2-3 miles / day. I'll be increasing cardio, but w/all the walking I've also got very sore feet. If it wasn't all on concrete it might be better, but generally I walk everywhere so since I moved to downtown Chicago, I've probably covered a good 100 miles on foot.
The best part of training today was just getting in the zone again w/ my heavy metal. THAT is the part that is addictive. The post-wu pheremones are pretty awesome too. Good to feel alive again! Let's see where this takes us!
Glad you could join the fun! It feels soo good to have sore muscles again (instead of sore joints...!)
