LET ME TELL YOU OF THE DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE!

6/10/16
531 BB Routine

Weight: 228

Cable Crunches
15x70
15x80
15x90
15x100

--superset w/--

Hypers
4 sets of 15xBW

Deads
5x135
5x185
3x235
3x275
3x315
3x345
I feel good about these. I might try for 400 next week.

Bent BB Row
10x135
Nope, low back didn't like that one bit.

Bent DB Rows
12x65
12x85
12x85
Ahh, much better on the back.

Chinups
Some...
These didn't go well at all! My wrists hurt, my biceps hurt, and my anterior deltoid hurt.
 
1st picture you look like a viking warrior. Maybe you should see if you can be an extra on that show.
 
6/12/16

Weight: 229

531 Bench
5x135
5x155
3x185
3x215
3x245
3x275

Max Effort Bench
1x305 woo hoo, finally back above 300
2x275
5x225
5x225
4x225
4x225
4x225
3x225
3x225

Well, that' wasn't my intention for the night, but I'll take it.
 
Famine said:
Yeah, just never got around to it.
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I finally got mine last week. the crazy thing was as hard as it was to get myself to finally go under the needle, I was ready to have a sleeve made within 5 minutes of him starting, lol. everyone said its painful but I thought it felt good.
 
6/14/16

Weight: 230

Hypers
4 sets of 15xBW

--superset w/--

Cable Crunches
4 sets of 15

Squats
5x135
5x185
3x225
3x255
3x285
3x315
1x345
1x375
1x405

Woo hoo, back above 400! Again, this wasn't my intention for tonight's workout. But I've liked "going with the flow" a few times this week. Admittedly, the last rep wasn't super pretty, but I was happy with that.
 
6/18/16

Standing Military Press
5x95
5x115
3x135
5x165
3x195
1x215 looked like sh!t
10x135
10x135
10x135

Had to stop. I got a splitting headache. I stained a door in my weight room/garage yesterday, and it's still to tacky to move. I had the door open all day, but closed it up to workout with the air conditioning on. Still too many vapors in the room.
 
6/21/16

Weight: 231 LOL

Weak Point Training Quick Grab Bag

Hypers
4 sets of 15

Cable Crunches
4 sets of 15

Super Bar Hammer Curls
4 sets of 15

Decline Situps
4 sets of 15
 
Congrats man. I'm already at a point that i dont want to do midnight feedings but hey adrenaline takes care of that. babies smell good and also breast milk is a miracle protein. you'll deadlift 600 in a year.

Famine said:
Either, lol. We're going to need to teach this one the importance of taking care of your elders.
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maybe keep this one out of Europe too if i remember right lol
 
Dustin07 said:
Congrats man. I'm already at a point that i dont want to do midnight feedings but hey adrenaline takes care of that. babies smell good and also breast milk is a miracle protein. you'll deadlift 600 in a year.



maybe keep this one out of Europe too if i remember right lol
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Right! Damn hostels.
 
I've realized that my workouts have been pretty spotty since my last day of school. You'd think I'd have more time to workout, not the case. I working on my house about 12 hours a day doing trim and door replacement. But do I do it the easy way? NO! I'm making door trim and baseboards from an F-ing tree. Planing, ripping, crosscutting, shaping, sanding, staining, etc. It takes a ridiculous about of time. I'm putting in 6-panel interior oak doors to replace all the sh!tty hollow doors. And to achieve the color I want, it takes 3 coats of stain and 3 coats of poly. Dry time is a b!tch. Point is, I've gone from a mental job (teaching) to a physical job (remodeling), and it's making workouts difficult. I need to man up.

6/23/16
531 BB Routine

Weight: 228

Hypers
2 sets of 15

Cable Crunches
2 sets of 15

Deads
5x135
5x185
3x225
5x275
3x315
1x365

Bent-over DB Row
3 sets of 12x65

Chinups
Nope. My right bicep told me to F off.

This was a late workout...like 10pm...after grinding on the house for 12 hours.
 
6/24/16
531 BB Routine

Weight: 228

Bench
5x135
5x155
3x185
5x225
3x255
1x285
These felt ridiculously heavy tonight.

Weighted Dips
10xBW
10xBW+25#
10xBW+25#
10xBW+25#

DB Flies
3 sets of 12x30
Pretty light...almost more of a stretching exercise. Chest is just sore.

Tricep Pushdowns
20x50 rope
15x50 rope
15x50 rope
15x60 bar
15x50 bar
Jiminy Crickets, why are my triceps so dead?!?!

Pushups
20
14

Cool Down
20 minutes laying on my back massager (suppose to go in a chair, but I just put it flat on the floor).
 
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Window and closet trim
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Close up of the window detail
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Door without trim (first of 7)
 
These pics look pretty crappy compared to in-person. Basically, it's a very rich brown in low light, and red hues come out in bright light.
 
Before we sold our house it took all the trim off, sanded, stained and put back up. Was a lot hard than I thought it would be. Slow process to say the least.
 
dapack said:
Before we sold our house it took all the trim off, sanded, stained and put back up. Was a lot hard than I thought it would be. Slow process to say the least.
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Was it previously stained? I assume it wasn't painted. That would be a huge undertaking. I bet it looked nice.

I like the turn of the century houses (the last turn, not the recent one) that have the dark stained, heavy baseboards. Lots of character. I know the trend has been white paint for the past few years...maybe 10, but I have issues with painting solid hardwood.
 
Famine said:
Was it previously stained? I assume it wasn't painted. That would be a huge undertaking. I bet it looked nice.

I like the turn of the century houses (the last turn, not the recent one) that have the dark stained, heavy baseboards. Lots of character. I know the trend has been white paint for the past few years...maybe 10, but I have issues with painting solid hardwood.
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I was stained and agree with you on painting wood. Even a light stain is better then the white paint it seems is the trend right now. Think stained wood looks a lot better and adds a touch of elegance to it.
 
So i just bought this new loft in Tacoma that i'm super jazzed about and I was noticing little imperfections in the floor install (bamboo type kinda like hardwood, but bamboo). its very cool material but I've done i think 6 floor installs in 4 different houses and I've got that down to a science. for woodwork, floors is kinda my limit of knowledge.

metal though... I've made some fun hotrods. rebuilt custom frames, bodywork, etc. give me a welder and a grinder and a case of beer and i'm happy for a weekend.
 
Dustin07 said:
So i just bought this new loft in Tacoma that i'm super jazzed about and I was noticing little imperfections in the floor install (bamboo type kinda like hardwood, but bamboo). its very cool material but I've done i think 6 floor installs in 4 different houses and I've got that down to a science. for woodwork, floors is kinda my limit of knowledge.

metal though... I've made some fun hotrods. rebuilt custom frames, bodywork, etc. give me a welder and a grinder and a case of beer and i'm happy for a weekend.
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Everyone has their talent. I rebuilt the fenders on my F250 a few years back. Apparently I did it wrong because they rusted out within 2 years. Me and cars don't get along...not my talent.
 
6/28/16

Weight: 226

Deload Military Press (cleaned)
9x95
5x115
5x135

Trap Bar Shrugs
12x185
12x225
12x275
12x315

Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral
4 sets of 12

Rear Delt Bands
4 sets of 15

BB Curls
20x45
Something's up with my right bicep. It hurt last week when I tried to do pull ups and failed. Now it hurts when I try to curl. I've never had a bicep pull or strain. I'm wondering if it would be from hyper extending it from something like deads or trap bar shrugs? Maybe that's not technically a "hyper extension," but you get the point.
 
6/30/16

Weight: 226

Cable Crunches
15x70
15x80
15x90
15x100

Hypers
4 sets of 15

Deload Deads
5x155
5x195
5x235

Okay, my low back started spasming (not a word apparently) when I bent over to strip the weight from deads. Today is day 12 of cutting, sanding, and staining wood trim, most of which is me leaning over a bench. I'm wondering if this is all compounding in my low back. I haven't had any big issues of late, but it's been creeping up...sort of like old age...and death. Damn it, I hate getting older!!!
 
Famine said:
Okay, my low back started spasming (not a word apparently) when I bent over to strip the weight from deads. Today is day 12 of cutting, sanding, and staining wood trim, most of which is me leaning over a bench. I'm wondering if this is all compounding in my low back. I haven't had any big issues of late, but it's been creeping up...sort of like old age...and death. Damn it, I hate getting older!!!
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lol can relate. also do you guys salt the roads? that's not something i have to deal with out here. we only get maybe one snow day a year.
 
Hopefully once your done with all the work you back fells better. I know when I was doing all my work being bent over almost all day really made it hurt. Happy Fourth!!!
 
Dustin07 said:
lol can relate. also do you guys salt the roads? that's not something i have to deal with out here. we only get maybe one snow day a year.
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Salting roads? Where did that come from? Um, yes, the county salts like crazy here. Roads are crap for probably 3-4 months.
 
dapack said:
Hopefully once your done with all the work you back fells better. I know when I was doing all my work being bent over almost all day really made it hurt. Happy Fourth!!!
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Unfortunately there is no end in site from the monotonous sanding and staining of trim. Today I poly'd 26 trim pieces twice, and that's just for one room! Every board gets 3 coats of stain and 3 coats of poly. Sooooooooo much work to do still.

Warsheeper said:
biceps could be from overtucking on bench or low bar squats too
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I never thought about that. I'll have a spotter watch me from the side next time I bench.
 
Dustin07 said:
my bicep sometimes gets sore from dips believe it or not.



oh you mentioned the rusted out F250 fenders.
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So when tucking elbows on bench was mentioned, I had my wife spot me from the side on bench and it was fine. But then the next day I was doing dips, elbows obviously tucked. And if memory serves me correctly, my biceps have been sore (my right bicep only) for a couple weeks, about the same time I started using extra weight on dips again. Now you mention dips. That must me it! I'm going to have to think about the biomechanics involved with this because I can't wrap my head around why my bicep would get hurt from a tricep push. Is there an imbalance? How do I address that?

And yes, cars rust out fast in Michigan. Your cars are either new or rusty. No in between.
 
Really slacking on the workouts this week...but making awesome progress on my house...but running out of money fast.

7/4/16

Deload Bench
5x135
5x155
5x185

Dips
4 sets of 10

DB Flys
3 sets of 12

Tricep Pushdowns
3 sets of 20

Decline Situps
2 sets of 15




7/8/16

Cable Crunches
3 sets of 15

Hypers
3 sets of 15

Deload Squats
5x135
5x185
5x225

Leg Curls
4 sets of 10

Leg Extensions
4 sets of 10


Low back is still shot, but I have full range of motion, so that tells me it's just tired, sore, and who knows, maybe a bulging disc. I go in for my annual doctor appointment in a month or so. If its still an issue, I'll tell him. He loves to run tests.
 
Biceps on bench is new to me. Squats I get bicep issues now again but for bench I am clueless on the issue. To much tucking seems like it would cause it and dips would not have a clue on it.
 
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