Fuller's Gym and Rugby Log
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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 />
3 sets - barbell curls -
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. -
Shoulder Sesh last night<br />
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Lat machine x 3 sets<br />
Lat Pull Down machine x 3 sets<br />
Shoulder Press machine x 3 sets - stacked machine<br />
Upright rows 40kg barbell x 3 sets<br />
Shrugs - 35kg dumbs x 3 sets<br />
lateral dumbell raised x 3 sets<br />
Tricep machone x 2 sets stacked machine -
Still farked from the back and shoulder sesh on Monday but i minced up the gym anyway for the regular chest session.<br />
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(Ankle feels a bit better and have MRI scan for Sunday now so hoipefully i can get it diagnosed and working towrds being able to run and play soon)<br />
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Anyways......<br />
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3 sets of dumbell press, 10 reps with 35kg bells - want to go up but they don't have heavier bells in the gym, which is a pisser.<br />
1 set of 60kg press as many as i could do - 27 reps (weak!)<br />
2 sets of incline smith - 80kg<br />
2 sets of weighted dips (10kg plate) - 4 reps each!<br />
1 set of non weighted dips - 10 reps<br />
3 sets of pec dec - 80kg <br />
3 sets of front barbell raises - 30kg<br />
Finished on press ups to failure - 28<br />
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Was blowing at the end of the session. -
Had the MRI Scan on the ankle on Sunday, so hopefully i can hvae some idea what is wromng with the ankle in teh next few weeks. We shall see!<br />
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Back to teh weights:<br />
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Saturday - Shoulder Session<br />
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warm up row<br />
Seated row cables 3 sets - 90kgs<br />
Lat pull downs 3 sets - 80kgs<br />
Shoulder Press macine 3 sets<br />
Upright Row barbell - 3 sets - 40kgs<br />
Dumbell Shrugs 3 sets (15 reps) 35kg bells<br />
Dumbell lateral raises 3 sets - 17.5kg bells<br />
Tricep machine 3 sets - stacked<br />
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Sunday - Chest Session<br />
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Hard session because i had nothing in the tank, didn't want to be there etc....<br />
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Incline Bench Press 80kg supersettted with Dumbell flys (20kg bells) x 3 sets<br />
Weighted Dips x 3 sets (10kg plate) 5 reps in a set (wrecked me)<br />
Barbell Front Raises x 3 sets - 30kg barbell -
Went to the rugby club last night for a physio session.<br />
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Went a bit early to chew the cud with the boys and to have a small jog. They started to play touch and the temptation was too much! started playing a bit, then saw a gap and tried to take it, putting the pedal to the metal and...........<br />
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No pain!<br />
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Was running on the ball of the right foot really and not pushing the heel to the floor too much but making repeated sprints and i doidn't get pain in the problem area. Didn't push it too much, went into teh physio and she went to work on it for about 40 minutes deep massaging the ligament, with much pain but this morning feels better. Will give it another week of exercises that i have been given and see where i am next Tuesday.<br />
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By the time this was done there was no time for the gym, and this week i have work events in the evenings befoe a weekend away whch is a right pain in the ass.<br />
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Did some dumbell shoulder press at home that night and dumbell lateral flys but nowt more.<br />
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Still am buzzing (cautiously) that there appears to be some light at the end of a 7 month tunnel. -
Am going to try the unthinkable - going to the gym in the morning before work....<br />
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The next week and a half are so busy work wise that i have no opportunity to hit the gym. Massively frustrating and this despicable option is the only one left.
