March 21, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Monday)
After a long weekend and no training since last Thursday, I was well-rested and ready. I arrived at 6:00 and did 15 minutes of moderately-paced cardio (stairmill), then proceeded upstairs for a few sets of rotator cuff of various kinds in order to warm up my shoulders prior [...]
March 17, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Thursday)
Nothing goes together like St. Patrick’s Day and training your chest and biceps (uh…ya, that makes sense):
Here’s today’s log:
Exercise 1: Upright Chest Press Machine (Life Fitness) for 5 sets — rest period between sets: (1-1:30 minutes)
Set 1: 20 @ 90 *warming up
Set [...]
March 16, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Wednesday)
Today was a reminder why whenever possible, I prefer to train with a training partner. I was solo today and I just didn’t have the fire. I slept well last night, even woke up by myself at 5:09 (1 minute before the alarm went off) and felt great [...]
March 15, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Tuesday)
Today was my first real workout in 6 days. Unfortunately the demands of a busy office and a packed schedule have made this past week’s performance in the gym a bit lack-luster. Perseverance in spite of difficult circumstances is an admiral trait, and I still made it a couple [...]
March 7, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Monday)
Early morning on a Monday after a weekend off – be sure to warm up your shoulders. I did a few sets of various types of rotator cuff exercises to make sure I’m good and warm. 5 minutes of warming up beats 12 months of injury recovery and [...]
March 4, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Friday)
Shoulders are one of the more problematic muscle groups for me (in the sense that they are hard to get sore). Today’s workout was shorter, which doesn’t help. Obligations at work and the office sometimes get in the way of training. Some days that’s just the way that [...]
March 2, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Wednesday)
Legs day. Few things illicit both fear and excitement at the same time – for me training legs (specifically squats) is one of those things. Squats capture the very essence of the sport better than any other motion, and no other motion gives you the results that squats [...]
March 1, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Tuesday)
Today is back day. I love back day. Because my back is particularly difficult for me to get a good workout, it’s one of the few muscle groups that I train in isolation. Most other days it’s two muscle groups (chest & shoulder, biceps & tricps, etc). But [...]
February 28, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Monday)
Today we combine two muscle groups that don’t exactly go together – Chest and Biceps. The very reason for combining these two is precisely because they are opposites (chest pushes, biceps pull).
Exercise 1: Flat Bench on Smith Machine for 5 sets– rest period between sets: as needed [...]
February 23, 2011 @ 6:15 am (Wednesday)
Today’s battle was hard fought and won. Having only slept less than 5 hours last night, getting up was a bit rough. I did a longer-than-normal warm up on the stair mill for 15 minutes in an effort to shake the sleepiness. Unfortunately it didn’t do much other [...]
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