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Only one decent thing to report about the workout today: bench press!

Warm up
jog x7mins
usual
pogos 3x5-8
stiff leg ankle hops x10

Work
SLRVJ xa bunch -- not so hot, or at least a couple of the jumps off my right foot were okay but left all sucked and most of right sucked
bench 3x175, 3s185, 7x195  
chinups x10, 6 -- elbow and upper left arm fail

Cool down
stretch

Core
crunches x100
back extensions x60

According to the timinvermont one-rep max calculator, that's a one-rep max of 235 for the bench, or 20 pounds heavier than I've ever actually lifted. And my elbow was not having a happy day. Part of me thinks I should cut back on weight (i.e. intensity) for all exercises and focus on higher reps, get back to basics with technique and make sure my tendons and ligaments are up to speed with my musklez.

what muscles/

All of them.

exercises are best for hitting a tennis ball harder on a serve and forehands and backhands.

Serves and forehands and backhands.

what would the set/rep ranges be?

Thousands and thousands and thousands.

Occurred to me today that it could be the fact that my toes were in a weird position for years while I fenced, especially the left one.

This is a famous video in the ultimate community (and Beau is a famous player). Skip to about 32 seconds in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kst2yrNJolY.

Never gonna do that, I don't think. But he's an inspiration to us more grounded players.

I don't know, I guess I'll find out next week. Today, instead of working out, I got drunk with coworkers. Good night everybody.

where is this one from:

x. Weight cycling of athletes and subsequent weight gain in middleage.

Quote
OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of repeated cycles of weight loss and regain as young adults on long-term weight development. DESIGN: A follow-up study with questionnaires in 1985, 1995 and 2001. SETTING: Finland.Subjects:A national cohort of 1838 male elite athletes who had represented Finland in major international sport competitions in 1920-1965, including 370 men engaged in sports in which weight-related performance classes are associated with weight cycling (boxers, weight lifters and wrestlers; further called as weight cyclers), and 834 matched control men with no athletic background. OUTCOME MEASURE: Weight change since the age of 20 years, body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity and overweight. RESULTS: The weight cyclers gained 5.2 BMI units from age 20 years to their maximum mean weight, which was at age 58.7 years. Corresponding figures for the controls were 4.2 BMI units at 58.5 years and for other athletes 3.3 BMI units at age 62.5 years. The proportion of obese (BMI> or =30 kg/m(2)) subjects was greatest among the weight cyclers both in 1985 and 1995. In 2001, the weight cyclers were more often obese than other athletes, but did not differ from the controls. The odds ratio for the weight cyclers to be obese compared to other athletes in 1985 was 3.18 (95% confidence intervals 2.09-4.83), and compared to the controls 2.0 (1.35-2.96). The enhanced weight gain of the weight cyclers was not accounted for by present health habits (smoking, alcohol use, use of high-fat milk or physical activity) or weight at age 20 years. CONCLUSIONS: Repeated cycles of weight loss and regain appear to enhance subsequent weight gain and may predispose to obesity. Chronic dieting with weight cycling may be harmful for permanent weight control.

UPDATE: Never mind. Found it.

Workout today:

Warm up
throw
not really

Work
frisbee game x2x60mins

Cool down
stretch
really

Gassed. Played inconsistent but made some sick plays, skied a lot of fools. Even if my vertical still sucks, I feel more confident and so I've been playing more aggressive, which is really good. And a dude I had been matched up against in the second game came up to me after and paid me a nice complement, basically called me a great player (which I'm not, but still, was nice) and said I was way better than him, then gave a little bit of constructive criticism. And my team won both our games. First in a walk (by like 30 points) and the second by 6 but it got real chippy in there for a while. The dudes-who-suck-but-think-they're-good got all huffy. Oh well, fun times.

nono i know, i want to get leaner THEN add a bit more muscle.

Word.

i can use weights im just trying to use only bodyweight..

Sorry to be obtuse, but, why? Just cause you want to? That would make sense, I'm just curious. You should check out Jim Bathurst's website: http://beastskills.com/. Lots of tutorials on bodyweight strength exercises/gymnastics stuff. Jimmy can do all kinds of crazy stuff like clapping handstand pushups and one-armed pullups and deadlifting 500 pounds. And obviously gymnasts are all super jakt without using much in the way of weights.