Full body day

Saturday	12/10/2011
Lift	Weight	Reps
Bench (light - shoulder!)	45	50
	45	50
	45	50
	45	50
Deadlift combo	165	20
	165	20
	255	14
	255	16
Calf raises	135	30
	135	30
	135	30
	135	30
Shoulder raises	15	30
	15	30
Abs	60	100
CoC (T)	105	70
Day's total		53700

Deadlift

Tuesday	12/6/2011
Lift	Weight	Reps
Deadlift (combo)	100	30
	120	26
	140	24
	155	22
	170	20
CoC	T	40
	1.5	30
Abs (various)	60	80
Full stretch 10 min	n/a	Y
Day's total		33000

Staying light, but trying to keep going.  The goal for the year is to crack 5 million pounds, and I'm so close that I'd hate to miss it after all this work, this year, just because of some injuries!

Thanks for reading!

This past week

I've been taking it pretty easy, giving myself a chance to heal up.  In addition to the shoulder, I pulled something in my elbow and broke a toe recently, so I seem to be slowly falling apart!  I did have a light squat/deadlift workout last Tuesday - nothing really worth reporting.  Today I hit the bike for a bit due to my toe, then got in some abs and stretching, too.

Hoping to be back and at 'em soon!

Restful week

I've decided to just take the week off altogether.  I'm ahead on my weight goals for the year, and still on target to meet my non-bench max lifts, and so I figured that a week off might do my body some good.  We always used to talk about a 3 month cycle where you go hard for that time then let your body re-group for a week, and typically you'll come back stronger to start the next cycle.

I'm also taking advantage of using a new stim machine (electronic muscle stimulator).  I'm using it just on my shoulder for the time being to help with the recovery.  This has become such a nagging injury and I'm hoping this gets me over the hump!

Anyway, no weights this week, so please check back next week for my new workouts.  As always, thanks for reading!

Curls and deadlift

No time for a full blog today as I'm on my way to the BYU game!  I worked out with my friend Josh, from Boise (currently), but who I also grew up with in GA.  We hit deadlift - I worked up to 455, then did straight bar curls where I worked up to 159 for 3 reps.  I also got in some tricep extensions and some abs for a total of 32,000 lbs, today.

Light full body with grip work

Friday	11/11/2011
Lift	Weight	Reps
Full body combo sets
various upper/lower lifts	45	100
	45	100
	45	100
	45	100
Pull-ups	200	20
Grip (holds)	200	60
	200	60
Abs	50	225
Full stretch 10 min	n/a	Y
Day's total		59750

Triceps and grip

I trained some kids from the neighborhood yesterday who are all working on improving their benches, and we focused on some triceps and grip to further their efforts.  They did a bit more than I did in terms of push-ups and total sets.  Workout as follows (what I did):

Tuesday	11/8/2011
Lift	Weight	Reps
Laying tricep presses	100	55
	100	55
	100	60
Behind head tricep presses	60	20
	75	15
	75	15
CoC - 1	140	100
CoC - 2.5	237	20
Big Hun's	45	40
Day's total		40990