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Awesome facility, damn you Americans 

Dude... it's not nearly as good as it looks. Squat racks are nice, but the plates are all scrambled, and there are no proper bumper plates for oly style lifts. All the good ones have been broken by irresponsible high schoolers since it's a public rec center that the high school has priority over. Dumb kids break everything.

Quote from: Ryno2892 on March 24, 2013, 09:17:47 am

Awesome facility, damn you Americans 

Dude... it's not nearly as good as it looks. Squat racks are nice, but the plates are all scrambled, and there are no proper bumper plates for oly style lifts. All the good ones have been broken by irresponsible high schoolers since it's a public rec center that the high school has priority over. Dumb kids break everything.

Fair enough, but just the fact that a public rec center has that kind of set up and equipment still blows my mind..... and also the priority strength training has for high school level athletes, it's soooo much different here in Australia...

Monday 25/3/2013:

ATG Squats: 185 x 3x6
                    205 x 3x6
                    215 x 1
                    225 x 1
                    240 x 1

And done. I've noticed I actually feel better with a fairly narrow stance, so these are close to oly style back squats.  Short and sweet for today. Still sore from the insanity of last week so this was sort of a middle of the road day. Just did some long stretching stuff for auxiliary. Legs still feel burned out. Last single was a real grind on the way up.

Hot damn. Didn't realize it had been so long since my last post.

The Bad:
I was working out consistently through the summer, and I was planning on continuing that through the school year. First day of classes one of my close friends died in a bicycle accident on campus. Yeah... shitty start to my junior year of college. Combine that with the hardest semester of school I'll have to take (at least for undergrad if I decide to go to grad school) and my motivation to do anything was completely gone. I barely had time for school as it was and the minimal motivation to do anything led me to focus more on school. It shouldn't have lasted so long, but not going to the gym kinda becomes a habit fast... and it stayed that way for the rest of the school year. I probably lifted like... 4 or 5 times total during the semester. I lost a lot of strength and about 20 pounds from where I was at the end of the summer by the time I hit low.

The Good:
The semester is over, I'm officially done with all generals required by the university, all core classes for my major, braces are off making eating a lot (quickly) super easy, I'm eating better and feel more energy, and my motivation in general has improved along with a much needed free trip to San Diego to play with the band for a bowl game. I'm no longer working my shitty job as a janitor and I'm now an office assistant/music librarian with the band, which gives me more practical experience for my job in the future, pays better than cleaning, and I get to do my work whenever I want so long as it's done. 

I've been going to the gym consistently for about 2 weeks now (ever since the semester got out), and I'm easing my way back into it considering the lost strength and weight. My old lifting buddy got married and he's moving to California for school next semester which is why I'm back to logging here. I'm incredibly crappy at consistency if I don't have anyone to be accountable to haha.

Forgot to log the first chunk of stuff, but here's yesterdays as my first post back.

12/31/2013 (lifts are weak, don't judge haha):

BB Squats: 155lbs for 3x8
Neutral Grip DB Bench: 45s for 3x8 (I could do 75s for 3x5 at the end of the summer! It's almost embarrassing... haha)
Lat Pull-Down: 115 for 3x8
Single arm DB push Press: 40 for 3x8
Lateral DB Raise: 20s for 3x8
Face Pull: 75 for 3x8

welcome back! sorry that you had such a rough go of it this fall. but just think, at least you didn't end up in the emergency room with penis trauma. http://deadspin.com/what-horrible-things-did-we-do-to-our-penises-last-year-1487404095

what's your weight/fats at right now, roughly speaking?

Jesus... that sounds awful.... you know the first day of classes I tried to think "well at least it can't really get worse than this" I guess it could haha.

Weight is at an abysmal 139, oddly enough that is up from just a few weeks ago when 135, which is as low as I've been since.... I can't remember. I was about 160 mid summer, which was about as heavy as I've ever been. Far from big, but I was a strong as I've ever felt and I was feeling pretty decent there.

No clue on bodyfat. Still quite lean, but not nearly like I was mid summer, or even that last vid I posted doing deadlifts. I don't have the "spring" in my step like I used to. Any sort of running or jumping makes me feel lethargic because I feel so slow.

On the bright side, I found out I could do a backflip in full marching uniform (including thermal gear underneath), felt like I was wearing a snowsuit. Last halftime show of the season they always announce upper-classmen and I did a backflip on the sideline when they called my name at the end. Kinda scary though because my laziness and lack of power made me very slow. Felt like I was turning in slow motion in the air.

Anyway, all my posts tend to be wordy so...

TL;DR: it's great to be back. I'm tiny, I'm weak, but I'm feeling more and more consistent and things should only be going up from here.

1/4/2014:

ATG Squats: 155 for 3x8

DB Lunges: 3x8 each leg with 40lb DB's

Standing BB Press: 105 for 3x8

Scissor lunges: 2x20

1/13/2014:

Neutral grip DB Bench: 50s x 4x8
Lat Pull-Down: 105 x 4x8
SA DB Push Press: 45 x 4x10
Lateral DB Raise: 10 x 4x8
Face Pull: 75 x 3x10

Narrow pushups: 3x12
Alt DB Curls: 25 x 3x10

1/15/2014:

ATG Squats: 185 x 4x8
DB RDL: 50s x 4x8
Single leg glute bridge: 4x10
Reverse lunges: 3x8

Probably the first leg day I haven't felt like total crap since like... mid-summer. Actually felt quite good. Lifts still aren't nearly where they were but it's half-decent at least.

1/16/2014:

Was supposed to do upper body today. Have a serious cold though. Messing with my head, couldn't even focus properly in classes. Whole body just doesn't feel good. Back at it tomorrow and Saturday I guess.

2/5/2014:

BB Overhead Squats to box: 65lb 3x8 (focusing on the movement and not weight. Still really hit my core muscles and shoulder stability, shoulders being what I'm focusing a lot on)
DB Step ups: 50lb DBs 3x8 ea. leg
SL DB RDL: 45lb DBs 3x8 ea. leg

Missed lunges to go to game I had to play for, but I figured getting something in was still better than missing all-together. I'll be at a music educators conference today through Saturday... still working out alternatives so I can still get my workouts in.