Fuller's Gym and Rugby Log
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[quote name='BartMan']<br />
oh, and most effective for triceps I reckon, heavy bench press!!!<br />
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Trying my best! <br />
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got a chest session tonight, last couple of chest sessions i didn't have a training partner so no chance to do a proper bench. Will see if i can match last time. Looking to push up to 110kgs before i go on hols next week.<br />
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Read an interesting interview th otehr day with a ugby league pro in UK - he was asked who had the biggest bench in teh club and his reply was "we don't really do it, we do a loty of own body weight stuff, push ups etc..."<br />
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Went for the 110kgs bench press on Friday night! .......managed a messy, undignified, almost leg flailing 1 rep, with some assitance at the middle of the lift. So it doesn't really count i reckon. Bastard. Will try again in a few weeks.<br />
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Friday - Chest session<br />
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Bench press, max then dropping down through the weights - around 8 sets in total<br />
Incline Smith press 3 sets- 90kgs max<br />
Barbel front raises e sets- 25kgs<br />
Pec Dec - 3 sets<br />
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Saturday - Shoulders and Back<br />
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Dumbell shoudler press 3 sets- 25kg bells<br />
Shrugs 3 sets - 35kg bells<br />
Dumebll lateral raises 3 sets - 17.5kg bells<br />
Dips 3 sets - 10 reps<br />
Seated Row (machine) 3 sets<br />
Pull Downs (machine)Â 3 sets<br />
Tricep (machine) 3 sets - stacked it for a PB<br />
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Sunday - Legs<br />
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Squats (Smith) 110kg max 3 sets<br />
Weighted Lunges - 3 sets<br />
Leg curls - 3 sets<br />
Barbel Bicep curls - 3 sets at 45kgs<br />
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Will squeeze in another session this evening before going on hols for a week.<br />
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Weight is at 93.2kgs now in my birthday suit. So pretty much dead on on 14 and a half stone now. -
I have been on hols for a week and got back yesterday,<br />
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Got some news mid hols that my best mate and training partner had broken his neck in a rugby game. He was in a specialist unit in Tooting and was put immediately into traction and operated on Monday. Immeidate thoughts that he might be paralysed have blessedly now been replaced by confirmation that he is one hell of a lucky bloke and that he is going to make a full recovery.<br />
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What a friggin week! -
Got back from hospital. <br />
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Thoriygh tests on the ankle and x rays. Shows there is no bone damage. Now i have a wait for a scan on the soft tissues to find out what is wrong.<br />
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Made me hop once on the bad leg and i was almost in tears.<br />
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Anyhow, back in the gym this evening, albeit without a training partner. Will see what a week and a half away have reduced me to! -
now that you know your mate is not buggered, call him a soft bastard and get back to training, you need a partner <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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I had a scare once in my career, got stuck on my neck - like doing a backwards roll thing, with the maul collapsing on top of me - no idea how I got into that position, but could just feel the pressure building and building on my neck, and just wating for the snap. Quite scary to say the least, so good luck to your mate - will he play again?? -
Not if he's sensible. A break's end-of, unless you're a pro, and even then...Â
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I've had two, one compression one when 17 which left me permanently slightly shorter, one when a super-fast engage from a looshead caught me on the crown of my head at 20 and over-extended. And like Bart said, that moment of wondering is about the slowest, most ghastly way to spend a second and a half known to man. -
The piss taking has already started Bart. Took him in a wheelchair rugby DVD called "Murder Ball" when i saw him first time since accident.<br />
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He has hardly any feeling in his left hand and forearm which will take a while to come back.<br />
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Not sure if he is likely to playt again. He mentioned that docs haven't said he can't but my guess is that he will limit it to touch rugby in the future. Basically for all the fun of playing its just not worth it. -
First night back in gym last.<br />
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Little bit of strength loss but nowt extreme. Did a chest routine;<br />
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3 Sets of Dumbell press<br />
3 Sets of Dumbell Incline Flys<br />
3 Sets of Dips<br />
3 Sets of Incline Smith Press<br />
3 sets of Pec Deck<br />
3 Sets of tricep machine<br />
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Going up this evening for a shoulder and back sesh and will then put in a legs and arm session tomorrow morning. Get back into the swing of things! -
Busy weekend so i only managed to squeeze in a shoulder/back session on Sat morning.,<br />
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3 sets - Seated machine row<br />
3 sets - Lat pull downs<br />
3 sets - Upright rows<br />
3 sets - seated dumbell shoulder press<br />
3 sets - dumbell flys<br />
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Chest and tricep session last night.<br />
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3 sets Incline Press (Smith) then went from max weight on 3rd set 85kgs down the weights doing about 8-10 reps on 80kgs, 70kgs, 60kgs, 50kgs.....<br />
3 sets dumbell press (35kg bells)<br />
3 sets of dips - 8 reps per set<br />
3 sets of pec dec - 8 reps<br />
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Super setting triceps 3 sets<br />
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Tricep machine then straight on to straight bar tricep cables (tri's were destroyed by the end of this!)<br />
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Weight is now 14stone, 8lbs -
What's up with Cyril, BartMan ? I thought he was game for that weight loss comp ? I reckon the big man's scared............ <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />
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[quote name='Fullermorg']<br />
3 sets of dips - 8 reps per set[/quote]<br />
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Have you tried adding weight for your dips? I noticed you've been doing 3 sets of about 8-12 but you can really crank that up by tying a plate to your weight belt. I can get out about 4-5 dips at a time, but I'm 18st even <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> -
[quote name='BartMan']<br />
or go sloooooow with those dips - pain in the arse plating up each set!!<br />
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Not able to weight up for dips in my gym, its not set up for that really (it has decent free weights but its main clientele is yummy mummys with too much time on their hands) although if i took my own belt etc...i coudl do it. Might give it a go actually.<br />
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I take the dips pretty slow to be honest, like to make the lower chest and shoulders work on them. <br />
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As i get nearer to being able to play (if ever!!!!) i might change the emphasis of training and try and make some of these movements more explosive. -
Back and Shoulders last night - this morning i am destroyed!!!!!!<br />
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3 sets - Sitting weighted row maxing at 100kgs (don't know what that means on a machine!)<br />
3 sets - Upright row - 35kg bar<br />
3 sets - dumbell shrugs - 35kg dumbs<br />
3 sets - dumbell lateral raises - 17.5kg dumbs<br />
3 sets - lat pull downs<br />
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Superset biceps - 3 sets, bicep curls with barbell straight into sitting down bicep curls with dumbells. <br />
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Can hardly roll my shoulders this morning, which means i must be getting them to do something the lazy fokkers don't want to do.<br />
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Also because i have no gym partner, this means no chat and no overlong rests - am in and out within 50 mins easy. -
After a heavy boozie weekend i went up te gyjm yesterday Sunday afternoon for a chest session.<br />
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3 sets dumbell press<br />
3 sets incline press (smith)<br />
3 sets of dips<br />
3 sets of barbell front raises<br />
3 sets of pec dec<br />
3 sets of tricep pull downs<br />
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Had to get out quick before i chundered. Shoulders and Back tonight.<br />
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Am completely off legs as my ankle is well and truly farked. Stillwaiting for MRI Scan date. -
London's transport system made it a 2 hour nourney home last night (who ever chucked themselves under the train last night during rush hour...cheers you farkin clown, i hope that our petulance gave you a warm feeling as your pointless existence came to an end) so i couldn't get up the gym really.<br />
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Had to get the ole home weights out - - have barbell and dumbells and aroudn 70kgs of weights. Did some shoulders and arms<br />
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3 sets bent over row<br />
4 sets barbell shoulder press - 60kgs<br />
4 sets dumbell lateral raises - 17.5kgs<br />
4 sets dumbell curls - 25kgs<br />
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Not what i wanted to do but i would have been well farked off if i hadn;'t been able to manage to do anything. Work is so busy at the moment that i am not getting into the gym as much as i want.<br />
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No imporvement in ankle (why i think there will be when i have been out for 6 montsh i don't know), no MRI scan date etc....<br />
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In the meantime, pre-season training has started with the boys - feel glum and very pissed off that i can't get involved.<br />
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Weight is 14 stone 10lbs. -
Am becoming mentally damaged by the weights.<br />
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Got home from work at 15pm last night, so tired, hungry, some good telly on the box in the form of Rome in a couple of mins, mrs about to get home as well......<br />
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But i couldn't sit down and get comfy because i hadn't been in the gym since Sunday afternoon and had only been able to potter with home weights in the intervening period, so i wellied it up the gym for a quick chest session.<br />
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3 sets dumbell press<br />
3 sets dumbell incline press - supersetted with barbell front raises<br />
3 sets pec dec<br />
3 sets tricep machine - supersetted with rope pull downs<br />
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Went home having my fix and felt much better. -
Did a 500m erg sprint as a warm up (136.6) and messed myself up for the rest of the sesh! what a bell end.<br />
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Managed to get through a measly session. Am finding teh motivation side of things hard at the moment because i am so fucked off by my ankle. Stupidly went up the club last night and the boys were in full flow at pre-season training on a nice summer night. Pissed me off/frustrated me no end and the resulting shoudler session was half hearted. Anyways...<br />
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3 sets - 40kg barbell, upright rows<br />
3 sets - 35kgs dmbell shrugs<br />
3 sets - 17.5kg dumbell lateral raises<br />
3 sets - 40kg barbell curl<br />
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Pissed off, so went home for a sulk. -
Only managed a Saturday chest session over the weekend and a few dumbells reps for the arms at home last night.<br />
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Sat<br />
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35kgs dumbell press x 3 sets<br />
32.5kgs incline dumbell press x 3 sets<br />
dips - x 3 sets<br />
pec dec x 3 sets<br />
sitting chest machine (push movement - no idea what it is called) x 1 set, down from maxing machine for 8 reps, then dropping a weight and pushing out 5, then dropping etc....gto failure. Was smashed by the end.<br />
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Plus i had just eaten a breakfast of kippers that morning - i almost spewed them everywhere in the gym.
