Now or never: Taking it to the next level
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<p>Backlog again. Getting slack.</p>
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<p>Friday: Due to work and son's rugby training didn't get to gym until almost 11. Was an ok shoulder session. Problem with training so late is that that's when the cleaner comes in and the vacuum is as noisy as hell. My problem obviously, not his. I also hate to get in the way of people doing their job. Hopefully wont be too many sessions that late again.</p>
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<p>Saturday: Had an active outdoor day, but no real exercise. As much as I'd like to go 7 days a week, something you just have to have a rest day. Had a nice boat ride. Very relaxing. I want a boat now.</p>
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<p>Sunday: Usually go for morning run, but no time due to various kid commitments. Took youngest out to bike path and ran while he biked for 2 km until he met friends. Was falling asleep on bench so decided to get active. Got the 3 boys on this flying fox thing which I had to lift them up onto. I also rode it myself carrying a kid on each knee. Good training that. After that went on forever, the boys wanted to play tag, which meant I was IT the entire time and they ran a relay around the park. Gave them a sufficient head start so that I could sprint without ever being able to catch one of them. Was a real zinger of a workout. Its nice when you can combine being the cool/good dad while getting some excellent exercise at the same time. I then ran the 2km home with the son who for some reason got a real rocket up his arse and rode faster than he ever has before. Later that day was social soccer at the park. Was in bed early that night.</p>
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<p>Monday: Morning chest. Always good this one. Chest is by far the easiest to train IMHO.</p>
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<p>Tuesday: Arms. Was in a bit of a rush, but it went really well. A card-carrying roid user was training there this morning. He was about 5'5 and just as wide. Was lifting tiny weights really slowly and grunting like Monica Selles. Impressive size on the dude, but is it really worth the long-term consequences?</p> -
<p>Yeah doing alright, but have to get back into the boxing.</p>
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<p>I've been reading a lot more about steroids recently and have been shocked about how widespread the really are and how so called natural athletes are completely full of shit. I have a lot of respect for crossfit athletes, but it seems PEDs are rampant there as well.</p> -
<p>yeah bro, just update it when you can. You did the work after all... man, I felt tired after reading about your Sunday!! </p>
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<p>A pretty good friend from sport and school is a roidy. He's a PT and a smart dude... I just can't reconcile all that and using roids in my head. He's about 140kg and 6" or 6"1' and an absolute unit. But what for? It ain't functional strength and it sure ain't aesthetics! imo at least</p> -
I wonder if it's a type of reverse anorexia. Instead of stressing about being too big they have a complex about not being big enough.<br><br>
A couple of months ago I saw the doco Generation Iron which I guess is a type of sequel to the famous Pumping Iron from the 70s. Arnie and co were all roiding it back in the day but imo they still looked pretty good. The present generation are farking grotesque. All of them look the same and have roid bellies. I respect that it takes superhuman commitment to get that big even with the roids, but I cant see the point. Unless you're Mr Olympia the money is pretty shit as well -
<p>Backlog Backlog Backlog</p>
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<p>Wednesday: Week started off well but pretty much went to poo this day. Got out for my run, but not before 10:45. That's too farking late.</p>
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<p>Thursday: Shocking day. Worked 16 hours plus taking and picking kids up from school, plus all the rest of it. Too farked to do anything. Felt like shart.</p>
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<p>Friday: Shoulders in morning which went ok. Shoulder press, shrugs, front raises, side raises, face pulls. Not bad at all. Another stressful day though, and dinner is starting to suffer. Obviously diet just as important as training. If not more.</p>
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<p>Saturday: Back and legs. Great session. Really good. Great way to start the weekend.</p> -
<p>Sunday: Couldn't do morning run because eldest had first rugby game. Came home rather pumped (rugby will do that to you) and when a mate phoned asking if I wanted to head to the gym I was glad to accept. Being a cardio day I hit the treadmill and in many ways went the full retard. I did a lazy click, then decided to do 10x400m intervals at 16km/h. When I was warming down my mate asked how steep the incline on the treadmill went. It went to 15 degrees, so I did another click of walking up that. Felt good when I was done, but of course hit the wall shortly after. Nearly fell asleep while doing the Sunday big shop and then collapsed when I got home. Soccer for the boys later on and early in bed. No chance of getting up early for chest today. Will take it this evening.</p>
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<p>No chest that evening. Too much work and to be honest too hammered from the weekend.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately another prick of a weeks is in store so I had to condense chest and biceps today:</p>
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<p>Flat bench, incline, flys+crossovers,</p>
<p>Barbell curls, incline curls</p>
<p>Concentration curls+ pushups</p>
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<p>Good workout.</p>
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<p>Will have to change things up significantly as I have been roped into doing a half-marathon in June. I don't want to cut down too much on the weights, but it will be hard sustaining all that running as well. Will start the HM programme next week and see how I go. One things for sure, with all that running I will be chomping down on a lot more chow.</p> -
Wednesday was a total crunt of a day. No chance of training then.<br><br>Thursday: Shoulders and triceps. No mucking around with this one.<br>Shoulder press, front raises, side raises<br>Behind neck trilift, pushdowns, kickbacks<br><br>Not too bad, but need more sleep. Youngest scared shit into me when he came into our room in the middle of night. He's a tall and skinny 6 year old, and in the moonlight his shape looked like one of those farking aliens. Farking heart palpitations.<br><br>Hope for a good end to the week with some ddddeadlifts beatchh.
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<p>Bro, smashing some tin will help keep you sane-ish! Amazing how much better you feel during/after a crazy day or week or work when you can get in a good workout. Can be tough when you are knackered or have had enough of people though. That's why you've pretty much won the war by just getting to the gym, after that it's just sweet reps for jesus!!</p>
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Never was a truer word spoken. Don't know how I'd feel if I was a motionless pie-eater. Probably incredibly depressed.<br><br>Very nice session today. Deadlifts, lat pulldowns, cable row, barbell row 50x3.<br><br>Then had to carry my son's double bass to school. Damn thing is huge. He wanted to play saxafone but he's tall so they talked him into playing this. I guess that complimented what was a pretty damn good workout.<br><br>Now to watch the Canes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Saturday was a pretty disgusting day. Crap weather and nothing much done at all. Ate way to much junk and felt like crap the next morning. Am a fan of cheat days, but should at least have a halfway active day. Not good. Actually no I did do 50 ab roles in the morning which it still pretty pathetic.<br><br>Sunday: Bit better. Went for run after son's rugby game, which was lucky because it pissed down after that.<br><br>Monday: Chest. Excellent workout as usual. I'm warming up using that knees up ab machine. Works out well because I'm usually running out of time towards the end and abs are often sacrificed. Noticing the difference too. Was going to start half-marathon training this week, but since I'm heading to NZ for a long-weekend on Thursday, I'll get started next week.
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Had some time off in the country of my birth from Thursday to Monday. Great time fishing off the Coromandel. Apart from a longish hike, there was absolutely no training and a great deal of crap was eaten. In my defence I spewed my guts out when fishing and had to of course replenish those lost calories. I did so with gusto. I can see how easy it is to fall off the wagon.<br><br>Anyway, back to the gym yesterday:<br><br>Chest, biceps<br><br>And today:<br><br>Shoulders.<br><br>Will hit it again tomorrow morning, but will then be down the coast for Easter. Will try to run each day when I'm there.
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We chartered a boat from Whangamata. Was rough as,(both the boat and the sea) and there was plenty of projectile vomiting. One of my mates pretty much had his head permanently over the side. But the fishing was amazing. There was a fish on the line pretty much as soon as you dropped the line in the water. Tasted great that night as well.<br><br>
Hiking was at Hahei. Beautiful spot. The whole area is beautiful in fact. -
Back and tris this morning. Yeah the deadlifts.<br><br>
Feeling buggered and sore now. 3 days in a row is a bit much but had to cram it in.<br><br>
Now down the Coast for Easter. Why is its impossible to eat healthy at a restaurant btw? There's never any "clean" food to be found. -
Morning run. Really struggled with this even though it was flat the entire way. The half marathon is in the morning so I'll have to get used to morning runs. Some nice er views this morning as well which is a welcome distraction.
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Another morning run. Again a bit of a struggle. Am going to have to manage this a bit better re stretching and recovery.
