Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log
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I have fallen in love with leg press. For the first time ever, it is a challenge. Why, 'the pause'. At the bottom of each rep, you rest the weight on the pins (or in our case, the 6x4 we place across the bottom safety stops), and take the tension right off the muscles, Push up, and then back down, and that is one rep, as opposed to down and then up. Destroys your quads and in particular your sartorius (sp?).<br />
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interesting though, the WHY it is so much harder starting from the dead stop each time. thoughts anyone? -
[quote name='BartMan']I have fallen in love with leg press. For the first time ever, it is a challenge. Why, 'the pause'. At the bottom of each rep, you rest the weight on the pins (or in our case, the 6x4 we place across the bottom safety stops), and take the tension right off the muscles, Push up, and then back down, and that is one rep, as opposed to down and then up. Destroys your quads and in particular your sartorius (sp?).<br />
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interesting though, the WHY it is so much harder starting from the dead stop each time. thoughts anyone?[/QUOTE]<br />
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Similar to a chin/pull up in that if you hang for a second or two it is harder rather than keeping tension on by not extending ? -
lol! I think the fern is on a post holiday go slow as well!
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First session back since holidays. Pleased to see I only added approx 1kg over the break. Vast amounts of beer are likely to get the blame for that!!<br />
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Legs feel knackered already. I know my hammies will be screaming come tomorrow. But things are underway again with the training. <br />
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Set up for Fri and Sun sessions now. Another goal is trying to sneak a run in between em! -
fark - first DL session for ages. Knackered!! Rest of the workout was ok. Definitely lost my edge from last year but a bit of hard work should sort that out!
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Solid workout last night. Squats, core, shoulders and bench. Legs and chest don't feel too bad today, it's nice to get that "I haven't been to the gym for ages" soreness out of the way!!
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DLs, bench, triceps and biceps today. Was warming up on light DL's and had a bit of pain at the top of the right buttock (as Forrest would say). Thought I was warmed up ok but that set me back. I was going to push through and up weight etc but decided to go easy. Only had 2 DL sessions since starting back up after the hols so taking it easy.<br />
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Bench was much better - back up to 3 full sets at 100 so I won't be far off increasing back to 105. Did 3 sets of dips and similar for curls - both till failure. Will be doing some building with the neighbour in 15-20min or so too - I love daylight savings!! Gym again on Friday or sat morning. Next week is a bit more settled work-wise so 2-3 gym sessions lined up. -
Had an enforced break from the gym recently - been building a retaining wall and fence with the neighbour during all available daylight! Have to say all the gym work has paid off - a bit of soreness but digging, lifting, etc has been sweet as. Itching to get back to the gym asap. I'm away for 2 weeks in March so the start of this year has been terrible for my workout routine.<br />
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On a related note my eating habits are improving out of sight. Have adopted oats for breakfast - either soaked in water/milk or mixed raw with yoghurt/fruit. It's habit now and easy to manage. The wife and I have been eating better for lunch and dinner as well. Taking a bit more time to prepare lunch when you are cooking dinner isn't a big deal and helps avoid eating crap! plus it saves $$ too.<br />
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Can't wait to have both gym and eating cranking at the same time. -
Another two full days of working on the retaining wall - not quite as much digging but plenty of lifting etc. Off to the gym tonight for squats/core/bench/arms - pretty knackered but I'm going to bite the bullet and get stuck in. Body has been feeling good with all the work but def amping to get my gym buzz on.
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managed to sneak in a gym session tonight. FInished the retaining wall last weekend so it's been nice to have evenings off!!<br />
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Squats, core, back, standing shoulder press, bench and biceps/triceps. Def well off the pace but it was good to have a hit out. Away heaps over the next couple of weeks so its unlikely I'll get to the gym much. Will take my gear and try and sneak in a run or something.<br />
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My eating is much better - have gone in a notch on the belt. TOtally keen to amp up my gym work and really get the most out of my improved attitude to kai. -
DL's, speed bench, Arnie shoulder press tonight. Hammies were sore after squats yesterday. I'm away for a couple of weeks now so that'll slow things down. Hoping I might sneak into one of the Les Mills gyms up in akld. Otherwise it'll be all go once I'm back home.
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Central city-ish for next week but the wedding I'm off to is up north in Warkworth. I'm going to check out where the Les Mills gyms are in the city. Truth be told I probably will be too busy to get along. Might try for a run or two though!
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Amazing how much strength ya lose after a few weeks off mate. I'm still not back to where I was pre-christmas!<br />
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Yeah ya lose it but regain it pretty quick as long as you don't overtrain ! -
Yeah, since Xmas my training has been pretty piecemeal - a few workouts here and there trying to keep some sort of base. I know I'll ramp back up to pre-Xmas levels. Really want to crack 170+ in both squats and DLs!
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After holidays, fieldwork and travel delays (I'm looking at you Wellington airport!) things are back to normal-ish. Gym tomorrow night. I'm going to get back to my initial 2 day programme, kind of feels like starting over. Haven't been for nearly 3 weeks so I'm amping to get back into a routine.
