Battered but breathing

Tues night: 55 min run

Wed:

• Bench - 280 x 5, 300 x 5, 315 x 5
• CG bench - 155 x 10 x 4
• Weighted dips: +50lbs x 8 x 4
• Pullups: BW x 10, +25 x 6, + 50 x 3, BW x 10
• DB Rows: 115lbs x 6 x 4 (used bar wraps)

Thurs night: 55 min run

Fri: Squats tonight!


     

learn-ed

I caught an older video on youtube of Dave Tate explaining proper form on the deadlift.  It proved two things to me: 1. There is always more to learn. 2.  I'm dumb.
The man just has a great way of explaining movements in a language that I can understand.  Probably cause its mostly cussing.  For example, I've always read and seen that you drop your butt so you can flatten your back and keep your shoulders high.  Tate says, " Can you squat more with a quarter squat or a half squat.  Get your ass in the air!".  I've always lined the bar up almost touching my shins.  He says to set it up out over your toes so your shoulders aren't over the bar.  He explains that your shoulders have to be behind the bar to pull it in a clean, straight path.  Two easy tips that vastly improved my session yesterday afternoon.  I didn't even put my belt on until the last set of 5 with 445lbs.  I gave 515 a tug, but I couldn't get it over my knees. I was juiced and still not completely over this chest cold, but it's going to be an easy pull when I'm fresh.
I did a 13 mile bike ride on Sunday.  The first half was directly into a 30mph headwind and resembled a creeping trackstand.  Took me an hour to make it 6.5 miles.  23 min to get home.  I was coasting uphill, which was fully awesome.  That was a good time.  The mountain bike is going to work out beautifully.  So I'm challenging everyone to a ridiculously healthy summer.  I'm going to be in better shape than either one of you by the time October Tough Mudder comes about.  Assuming, of course, that either one of you actually sign up....

http://toughmudder.com/events/austin-2012/

Back again. Sort of.

After a week and a half outta the gym, I finally drug my arse out last eve for a sesion.  It was good and I sweated out some real live demons.  Then I went in and took a shot of hydrotusin and went to bed.  And stared at the ceiling till 4am.  But at least I got to witness some cool thunderstorms.
I'm starting my last cycle over.  Last night I did incline bench.  240 x 5, 255 x 5, 270 x 5.  The last set nearly squished me, but I locked out 5.  Then I did some militaries 5x5 with 155 and some pretty heavy side raises, then nearly passed out. I've been fighting some kind of pneumonia/flu thing for several days and it's really starting to get annoying.  I'm definitely in the mood to get in shape though.  The sweating season is upon us!  Oh, and I put my speed-play pedals on my mountain bike.  I'm stealing a saddle from my father-in-law this afternoon.  Hopefully, I can start putting some mileage on that thing.

Still recovering....