Memorial Day

I went to the gym yesterday knowing that no one else would show up, so I figured I'd actually get in a man's workout. Actually went really well. I put up a new PR on the bench and on Pullups.

Bench:
135 x 10
225 x 6
275 x 4
315 x 3
335 x 1
355 x 1 (New PR)
335 x 2
315 x 3

JM presses: 3 sets of 8 with moderate weight. These put a lot of stress on the elbows and I'm still working on getting the form down.

Pull ups:
body weight (~210lbs) x 10
+25lbs x 8
+50lbs x 6
+75lbs x 3 x 3

DB rows:
85lbs for 3 sets of 10 (this required a lot of screaming)

Now this was my kind of workout. Short and heavy.
We've been in our new place for a week now and are finally sarting to make some order of things. Next week I'm going to start adding in some strongman specific training in my backyard. I'm really looking forward to that.

yadirF

Ran again this morning. Very pleasant. Could get used to this.

Pure Country

I went for a run this morning. That was nice. I didn't die, so I went beyond my expectations and I think that is a key to success. One must be willing to push oneself further than what is seemingly possible. I hate being fat. I could barely sit on the ground and tie my running shoes this morning. That's just gross. If being strong means being fat then I choose weakness. Not really. This is where I get stuck between a rock and a soft squishy mid-section. I've got to figure out how to stay lean and get stronger. All I can figure is to do more cardio, and when I say more I mean some cardio because right now I do none. Beer must be limited as well.

On a lighter note, our orange kitty "Lucky" returned after three days MIA. Thougt for sure he was coyote poop. Oh well, that made Meg very happy which will, of course, make my life easier.

Cheers!

Minus One

I had to have my new puppy euthanized yesterday because she had distemper. Apparently it would have been a slow painful death. I was pretty sad as she was a very cool dog. Fortunately the family didn't really have enough time to get too attached. Meg cried yesterday. By ten o'clock this morning she had already loaded up two chocolate lab puppies from the vet. Bury one, bring two home. I'm not really liking this math.

Busy Month

Bought a house.
Got a dog.
Put another bun in the oven.

Lame-O

I really don't have a lot ot say. Just felt I should say something as it has been a whiles since I've said anything at all. So, here goes.
My workouts of late have been sporadic to say the least. It seems I've been living part time in a Houston which is, as it turns out, a very unhealthy place to be. I did break down and go to the hotel gym on my last trip. I was desperate. As it turns out, the Mariott has an almost functional weight room that is pleasently seperated from the "cardio" room. They had dumbells up to 50lbs, a bench press "machine" that had what felt like a 250lb stack and pull down machine with roughly the same. OK. So I had to do a lot of reps, but I got my groove on nevertheless. In fact I was sweating all over the tiny room. Three people walked in at different times with motivation in their eyes and towl over thier shoulder. All three did a heel spin before they were all the way into the room. Guess none of them like working out in close quarters with a chubby wookie. I thought it was a bit funny when the first two did it, but when the third guy turned and bolted I nearly pissed myself.

Oh well. Back to the garage this morning. Much better. Hopefully I can stay on track for a good stretch now and make some gains. Except for a move to a new house, I don't have any trips planned for a few weeks.