squatty's training log

Nick500

goto tinypic.com and post them up there

Squatty

Cheers Nick; that worked.

Update on workout.

Wont be able to get to the gym on wednesday so did quads and back together this afternoon. Despite the boiling heat, I managed 15 chins in the first set (normally get to 12) and got out 12 reps with 30kg on dumbell rows (previous best was 12 at 27.5)

I normally train 1st thing in the morning and MOnday afternoon seems to attract a less intense trainer. I waited ages for the lat pulldown whilst two women discussed how difficult it was to park at Waitrose this morning. Towels draped over the machine, they were oblivious to me, even though I asked them twice how much longer they's be.

Thank god, tomorrow is an early start. Only a handful of people at that time and we usually grunt our hellos and go about the business

Squatty

The f**king microwave at work has blown up. I went to a local cafe for my post workout meal and was charged £8.75 for tuna, jacket and salad (2 bits of cucumber and some lettuce). Don't have a plan b,except organise a whip round with my colleagues to buy a new one. They don't really get my committment to my diet, so my plea will probably fall on stony ground.

I'm pretty suprised that 6 weeks since last cycle, I havent lost any size I gained and my strength continues to improve. Good leg workout today; broke through a block I've had for a couple of weeks with squats and did a final set of 8 reps with 10kg more than I've squatted before on the bar.

Trod on a condom in the shower! Hope I don't get clap in my toes

Squatty

REview of the week:

Good news:
1. Managed 10 reps of 35kg on final set of incline dumbell press. (best to date being 6)
2. Lower back problem seems to have cleared up; no pain during barbell rows (was using slightly lower weight than usual)
3. Steady progress in all the tricep exercises. Felt confident enough doing close grip press with higher weight not to get mate to spot me
4. Tackled the chatting women about hogging the equipment. They took it fine and my balls are still intact. Following day, one of them asked my advice about her back workout

Bad news:
1. Form wobbles doing cable curls. Do I persevere or try something else for biceps?
2. Fell off the diet Thursday. Easier to get fish and chips after the England game than cook something

Some photos taken after today's workout:

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Squatty

Keeping this journal is a great motivator. Before doing back and triceps today, I read back through last week's notes and was determined to sort out my form with close grip press. Must have been ultra focused cos by the final set I had 5kg more on the bar than ever before and form felt good.

Also, now my lower back problem has eased, I was less inhibited doing barbell rows and was back to the weight I was shifting last mid cycle.

Pissed off with myself over the diet yesterday, considering I'd blown my cheat meals for the week. My son got me a Terrys chocolate orange for father's day. HE wanted me to watch Mrs Doubtfire with him and I realised I'd finished off the whole f**cking lot (even before Robin Williams became a woman). Much stricter today

Nick500

Keep going with your journal, looks like your making nice progress.

Nick

Squatty

Had an interesting workout today. For the past three months I've split legs into quads on Tuesday (with biceps) and hams on Thursday (with triceps). Today I thought I'd shake things up by doing the whole leg workout on the same day. Boy, did it burn. When I've read about people throwing up during a leg workout, I've been secretly envious. Today, I came very close. The breakfast oats and the 9 o'clock chicken came periously close to putting in a reappearance. One heck of a painful hour but it felt ace afterwards.

Tonight I bumped into an old work colleague from about 5 years ago. He gave me the third degree about why I train. I'm used to this and prempt the obvious and say "it's because of huge vanity and an ego the size of a bus" (which of course is partly true). He became a lot less interested when I went on to talk about how it gives me focus,is the best way I know of dealing with stress and day to day anger etc etc. I may have been paranoid but there seemed something slightly mocking in his tone. A couple of years back I might have mashed him but today just resulted in a slight shrug of my shoulders. His passion is kite flying.I can't imagine he would think kite flying carries the same need to probe about psychological motivation as bodybuilding.

Anyway psychobabble over.How do other members respond when people ask them why they train

Answers on a postcard to Paranoid Chicken Chucker Upper, Squattyland

Squatty

This week's review:

I've got some abs! The last time I saw them, Shaking Stevens was top of the hit parade. Months of endless crunches is paying off. Boring as f**k but needs to be done.

No slips on the diet this week, although the microwave at work is still buggered so it's been chicken, cold rice and salad every lunchtime.

Best workout of the week was Thursday's back session. Good to be doing barbell rows again and by next week should be back to same weight I was lifting before the injury.

Hasn't been a worst workout,although struggling to get 10 dips out. Tried them at the start of the tricep workout but didn't make much difference. Any suggestions?

Might have to delay the next cycle; delay in getting the tbol. Don't want to be still on it when I go on holiday; feels a waster as I won't be training or sticking too closely to the diet. Frustrating though, having to wait to late August. Still as the wise Jimmy Cricket once said "Rome wasn't built in a day"

Squatty

Chest & biceps today. I still feel my upper pecs need a lot of work but am a bit stuck. I got one of the trainers to check out my form a couple of weeks ago and he said it was fine; I keep the weight under control and never lock out but I never get any burn. I know its easy to let the delts do some of the work but he said that wasn't happening either. The lack of repsonse from my body to this is driving me bonkers. Certainly get a great pump with flats, declines and flyes.

Two questions:
1) is there an optimal angle to set the bench at. Can it be that I've got it too high or too low.
2) I tend to use dumbbells (can handle more weight than with the bar). Should I vary this more

Good news but sad news .... my favourite t shirt (from France in 1992) no longer fits. I don't want to say au-revoir to it (sentimental c**t) but I hope not to fit into it again.

This weeks baby food recipe: Mango & grape in a spearmint puree. Yum yum gimme some!

Nick500

Congrats on the abs, and congrats moreso on the favourite T being too small ! great feeling isn't it.

whats all this baby food malarky !! I know that a lot of BBers favour baby food but I'm not entirely sure why? full of sugars and not significant protein, is it just for a tasty treat or something?

Keep it up !

Nick