New cycle

New cycle started yesterday.  I changed up my main lifts.  Some are lighter, some are heavier.  Here's the breakdown of the substitutions:

Military Press --> Incline Bench
Deadlift --> Rack Pulls
Bench Press --> Floor Press
Squat --> High Box (bench) Squats

Last Night:
Incline Bench
WU
225 x 5
240 x 5
255 x 5

DB military 4 x 12
Side Raises 4 x 10

BB curls 4 x 12
Preacher curls 4 x 12ish

That's right.  I'm becoming a curl whore.  Cuz in the end, it's all about the gun show.

Earlier this week...

I had some kind of crazy sinus infection thing on Monday so I did not workout.  Yesterday was much better, so I did.  Workout, that is.

Squizzatz, yo
380 x 5
420 x 3
480 x 2

Zercher squizzatz, yo
5 x 15
Ham curlz, yo
5 x 15

Leg Extenzions, yo
4 x 12
Abdominal "Situation" roller
4 x 12

It's days like today that I'm glad I have a big cushy desk chair to chillax in because standing isn't really an option for me.  I'm pretty sure I'm going to contract some kind of UTI because I've avoided walking down the hall to take a piss for the better part of the day.  Fortunately, I can now begin my deload week.  Yes, yes.  Rest and relaxation have come my way.  I think I'm going to change up my main exercises for this next cycle.  I'm enjoying the higher volume on the accessories, but I think I need a break from the big ones. I'll probably do some partial range movements like floor presses and rack pulls.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do instead of full squats, but I'll come up with something.

Post

tuesday:
deadlift
420 x 5
460 x 3
500 x 1

Bent over rows
pullups
good mornings
leg Raises

Thursday:
Flat bench
285 x 5
320 x 3
360 x 1

DB flys
weighted dips
tricep pressdowns
pushups

Good times. 

Hindsight

It turns out we've all been wasting our time dieting, riding, running, dragging, and lifting.  There is an easier and more obvious path to a trimmer tummy that we've been missing.  Check it out:
http://www.sports-hoop.com/product_bodyshaper/ProductDetail.aspx?SubCategoryID=63&ProductID=192

Blessed with the power of knowing these things exist, I chose not to deadlift this morning.  Why pull in the freezing cold when I can strap on a girdle and look like the manorexic asshole every woman dreams of?

I apologize for the scars that image will leave.

Friday

Today was cold miserable and I didn't get home until after seven from work.  Add that to the two pounds of pickled jalapenos swimming around in my lower intestines, I decided not to deadlift this evening.  Possibly in the morning.  I'm sure it will be warmer then.
Had another great session on Friday though.

Standing Military press:

170 x 5
195 x 3
215 x 2

DB militaries: 4 x 12
Side raises: 4 x 15

BB curlz: 4 x 12
Preacher curlz (for realz, yo!): 4 x 12

Blood In The Gears

The Showdown has a new album out.  Pretty good so far.  Diggin' My Own Grave is especially soothing.

I did a workout on Sunday I wish I could erase from history.  I was tired, hungry, tired, and pissed off. But I wasn't pissed off in the good way that make your supernaturally strong, but rather in the bad way that makes your workout just suck.  In a bad way.  It was my 3x3 deadlift day.  395 went but sucked.  440 went and sucked worse.  475 was the final set of three.  It wouldn't budge.  A couple weeks before I pulled 495 for three.  What a head trip.  I tried it a second time and dropped it from about shin height.  That was the end of that session.  I've had plenty of bad days in the gym over the years, but this one really got me thinking for some reason.  I realized that I wasn't having fun anymore.  Lifting has become a boring job over the past year that I really didn't want to go to anymore.  I dropped the "Big but Boring" routine because, well, it's boring.  On Tuesday I went out and upped the intensity by around 1000%.  I know.  Right.  That's not even possible, but you get the idea.  I was slobbering and needing badly to puke when I hung it up for the day.  Oh, and smiling.  It was a good time all to myself.

Flat Bench:
WU
300 x 3
320 x 3
340 x 3

weighted dips: 4 x 10
DB flys: 4 x 12

Triceps Pushdowns – 5 x 20

Push ups – 5 sets to failure

Had so much fun with that one that I decided to tear down the lower extremities last night.  Mission accomplished.  I am now sending electrical impulses that are somehow magically stimulating bones to move in a pattern not entirely unlike walking.  It would appear the skeletal muscle has been detached and lumped into squishy lifeless masses around the bone.  Its a bit gross really.

Squats:
410 x 3
430 x 3
455 x 3

Zercher squats (heels elevated) 5 x 15
Leg curls: 5 x 15

Leg extensions 4 x 12
Ab wheel: 4 x 12

I'll probably have to back off at some point, but I don't care.  This is a good time.