Day #5
Leg Day . . . failure !
Notes:
- don't ever hit up the gym in the Mountains and try to hit it as hard as you did before you entered the mountains; I learned my lesson. First off, after two warm up sets on squats, I was heaving for my breath. The air here is so thin, and I'm simply not accustomed to it yet .. as a result, I was taking 30 deep breaths after every set, and not even then was I able to breathe normally. Still, my cocky a$$ self aimed high, skipped 275 for warm-up, and pushed myself with 315 for 10. . . then 365 came up, and my lungs were on fire, and I was dizzy already. On the 4th rep, on the way up, my piece-of-$hit belt busted open, and my spine received one helluva pressure. I managed to get the rep up, but my spine ached. BAD! Next couple sets, I tightened the belt as tight as I could, but I was very fearful of it happening again, and severely f*cking up my spine.
.. 365 for another 4, and it was NOT comfortable. So after two sets, I dropped to 315 again .. this time for another ten. That set lasted an eternity, but I pushed myself as usual .. NoT clever, but cocky. Originally, that was it for me, four working sets .. but my DC-a$$ decided a set of widowmakers would be brilliant at this point, even though I still didn't catch my breath. Got my brother to stand behind me, in case of worse-case-scenario, and 225 on the bar .. up, down, up, down .. ten reps .. feeling sick, pressure in my head, PAIN, up, down, up, down .. rock bottom EVERY rep . . 15 reps .. 5 more, motherf*cker .. . up down, up down .. 20 reps, rack, hang myself from the barbell, seeing double, even triple, dry heaving like I just ran from a K9 . . F*ck, headache - the way-too-high pressure kind of head ache I ONLY get from leg day . . . severe, painful !
.. hit up the leg presses, 450 was already loaded, close stance, pump them out, all 12 of them. Quads were shaking .. head ache throbbing .. managed three sets, but f*ck, how painful. Everywhere, and head ache worse and worse, as if I had a pressure I needed to relieve by drilling a hole in my skull. Sat down on a bench upon completion, considering the lunges coming up next. . .
.. grabbed 30s in each hand .. 6 reps each leg . . FAILURE .. threw the DB's down, laid down on the bench, and laid there in pain and agony .. trying to get over the head ache, but with NO luck .. had to call it quits .. went home ... ached for another 45 minutes .. I'm now recovering.