Friday

Not too much to report here. I'm looking forward to getting the heck outta the office and hitting the garage. Overhead presses today, working up to a single at something like 90% max. I'm hoping I can kill that pretty easily. I'm looking forward to a strongman session tomorrow. Meg's all jazzed up about doing a sled workout with me. Should be fun. Blah, blah, blah..... Not much to report actually. The weather has taken a nice turn and that's getting me in the mood to drop some flab and get a tan. Although, I heard tomorrow is supposed to be cold and windy again. Yeah!
I'm pretty stoked about this velocity diet. Spent some more time today looking at it and reading some of the participants threads on the forum. Looks like a lot of normal hairy guys are getting through it with pretty good success. I'm willing to give it a shot. It's a bit pricey, but I broke that down today, and really the supplements really aren't over the top, there's just a bunch of them. Besides, I've spent a helluva lot more than that on other emplements of fat destruction that haven't really done the job for me just yet. We shall see...

OK

...Last Sunday (strongman)
Farmers walk: 220lb x 100ft, 260lb x 100ft, 320 x 100ft, 360 x 100ft, 400 x 100ft, 440 x 100ft x 2. My grip is getting stronger, although I did use straps on the second set with 440. I felt like i had torn my right quad. Just now getting over that.
Tire flip: 10 flips x 2

Monday:
Overhead log press: worked up to a set of 3 with 205. These are getting much easier.

Wed:
Deadlifts: worked up to pull 3 x 365, 3 x 415, 5 x 435

Not a bad week so far. I've fallen off the cardio wagon. I really need to get back on that.

The week in review

...Who am I kidding. My mood sucks. My attitude sucks. And I have conference call in 12 minutes that I don't give a flying damn about. I think I'll play the role of the annoying ass breath that doesn't realize anybody can hear is undecipherable scream-o playing over the speaker phone. Sometimes it's amusing being the "customer".

I'll catch up on the workouts tomorrow when I care again.

cheers.

Houston: Day 2

Prologue: Leg presses are a bit like masturbating with 30 grit sandpaper. At first, it sounds like fun. Then, after about an hour of work, you realize that you're really no closer to being done that when you started.

I REALLY wasn't in the mood today, but I prepaid two days yesterday and I hate wasting money worse than I hate working out in a homosexual monkey cage. Besides, I busted Bryant's yams for not training yesterday. Today I intended to take my iPod but somehow managed to forget it. So here's how it went:

Squats: 135 x 10, 225 X 10 for 3 sets (I didn't bring my belt)
Leg press: Not sure how many sets I did. Worked up to 14 plates for four and decided I was bored.
One set of pullups
Three sets of Hammerstrength pulldown thingys with 1 million pounds.
One set of hamstring curls: I think I became gay while I was doing this. One set was enough.

That's it. I leave for Louisiana tomorrow at noon. Seriously though, the workouts weren't that bad. I can get a good workout with concrete blocks. The last two days have been a brutal reminder of how blessed I am to have my own gym. Everyone in that place checks you out from the second you walk in. 99% of them are completely wasting their time. A few times I laughed. I few times I cringed. But mostly, I was just embarrassed for them. They're like a bunch of dogs humping fire hydrants. I used to feel sorry for them, like they just needed some guidance. Now I'm just glad I'm not one of them. All the information in the world is available to them for free. They just wont stop humping long enough to realize that someone might have something to tell them. Oh well. I miss my gym.

Epilogue: Skippy the personal trainer showed up. He was actually wearing a stretchy shirt that said "personal trainer". Dude couldn'a weighed a buck fourty five with a bag of lead balls in his jockey strap. He demonstrated the first excersice to his client as something like a squat holding a ten pound plate out in front of you and then immediatley dropping to your face and doing a pushup, only to hop back up and start the rediculous cycle over again. At this, I guffawed and decided it was time to find some dinner.

Houston: Day 1

So I spent most of the afternoon searching houston for a gym that I could get a proper workout in. At one point I actually considered the Houston Rock climbing gym. Instead I opted for a Bally total Fitness as it was directly across the street from our office and close to my hotel. However, I found the rock gym would have been cheaper including shoe and chalk bag rental. I haven't worked out in a commercial gym in years. The tiger gym in snyder doesn't even count because I was always there early hours and didn't have to look at people. I gotta say that I'd forgotten how bad it can get.
I have my ipod loaded with great music, but opted not to fill my pockets with a bunch of crap. This turned out to be mistake numuro uno. Today was benchpress day and i wasn't really looking forward to it, but decided to just get it out of the way. What a joke. I quit after a set of four with 315. Not horrible, but I was swetting so profusely that I was literally afraid the bar was slipping outta hand (NO CHALK ALLOWED!). I grabbed a spotter for my last set, but I'm sure you know how much I trusted that guy. Anyhow. It is what it was. The rest of the "workout" I decided to follow suite of everyone else in the gym and try to get a PUMP. Here's how it went:
Incline DB Bench: 75 x 12, 90 x 10, 90 x 8 MUSIC: Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
* Skull Crushers: 70 x 10, 90 x 10, 110 x 10 MUSIC: Beyonce - "You shoulda put a ring on it!"
** Bent Bar culrz: 70 x 10, 90 x 8, 120 x 5 MUSIC: PINK - "Sober"
One Arm Cable Curlz: more culz? MUSIC: ANOTHERWOMAN -"WHOGIVESASHITSTABMEINTHEEYEWITHASPOON"

Altogether not horrible. good pumpy little workout. Tomorrow is squat day. Hooray!!

*I wanted to do some triceps accessory work. Perplexed, I walked around the gym and noticed that there were no less than ten machines/apparatus devoted to biceps exercises. I finally found a dip rack tucked away in a remote corner that some old guy was taking a nap against. Something isn't right here.

**WTF. Everyone else in there was rubbing their B-Spots. After all, what's wrong with doing some curls when no one strong is looking? "When in Rome, do what the other queer baits are doing." Besides, I've heard that biceps are useful for flipping tires.

yesterdayz

Noon Workout:
Log Presses - warm up, 165 x 3, 175 x 3, 185 x 5
Upright rows: 3 sets 135 x 10
Bent over rows: 3 sets 185 x 10

PM Workout:
Deadlifts - warm up, 385 x 3, 415 x 3, 435 x 5
Good Mornings: 3 sets 85 x 10
Beer lifts: 12 sets of 3-4 reps, 12oz.

I was planning on a strongman session today, but my body is telling me that aint happnin.

TGIF

This has been one bummer of a week. I managed to come down with some kind of wicked sinus infiection that had me knocked out for a couple of days. I finally feel somewhat normal again, but I've got to make up wed. workout today as well as squeeze in a deadlift workout this afternoon. I walked about a mile this morning with Meg. I'll do overhead presses at noon and pull after work. Overall, it should be a healthy day but I'm going to have to find time to eat a ton of food.
I'm hoping to get 3 clean reps with 200 lbs overhead. We'll see.
I'm flying to Houston on Monday and then to Lafayette, LA on Wed. Won't be home till Friday evening. It's going to be tricky working out during a week away, but I'm thinking I can surely find a gym somewhere in Houston to get in a good session. The problem is that where I always stay is right in the middle of one of the worst ghettos in Houston. The only gym close by that I know of is called Phat Fitness. Can you say "Kill Whitey!"? All the same, it could be interesting.
Please pray some protection over my clan while I'm away.

Cheers, yo!