Closing time

I continue to fail at getting up early enough to get to the gym and because I don't have enough money to afford a gym that doesn't suck due to my tenuous financial situation, at this point all this blog is, is a source of anxiety and frustration for me. Every day that I don't post is just reasoning for me to beat myself up. There were times when I didn't post exercises, and because I got used to working out alone, this group-competition format grated on me. I've never responded well to people talking shit or trying to motivate my by acting dude-like. The whole "put it down on facebook or this blog and it becomes real" doesn't work, and just further frustrates me.

I am re-evaluating my goals, as I realized that none of them have real, measurable, tangible ends. "Getting bigger" isn't one, and until I know what those goals are, I'm not sure generating another sense of self-hatred is a valuable one. Because that at this point, is the only product I can see, besides marginally larger biceps. And frankly, I don't respond well to shit-talk. Between getting a full time job, my drivers license, doing a class @ NYU, and some research and creative projects, I just don't know if I have the time.

::commence shit giving::

Uppery

Renewed gym membership thingie.

Dumb Inc Bench 3.15.45

Cable Seated Row 3.15.55

Dumb Shoulder Pr 3.15.40

Wide Lat Pull Dwn 3.15.50

Barbell Bench Pr 3.15.50

High Pull 3.15.40

Double Crunch 4.15

NRWL Workout A

Dumbell Inc Bench Press: 5/5/70

Cable Seated Row: 5/5/80

Dumbbell Shoulder Press:5/5/45

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown: 5/5/70

Barbell Close Bench: 5/5/70

High Pull: 5/5/70

Chop wood, carry water.

PM Surprise

Went to work with a friend of mine named Ron. Instead of doing itemized invoices or messing around with schedules, I hauled cable, lights, racks and boxes of LED lights around for a bit. I'm putting this down because, after my upper body work today, this shit was hard.

I realized how little strength I have working with people who lift all day. Much work to be done.

Night training

Couldn't sleep, hit the gym:

Dumbell Inc bench press 4.10.50

Cable Seated Row 4.10.60/50

Dumbell Shoulder Press 4.10.40

Wide-Grip lat Pull-Down 4.10.50

Barbell close-grip bench 4.10.55

High Pull 4.10.50

Double Crunch 3.15

Legs for once

120lb Squats 3/15

40lb Deadlift Shrugs 3/15

Leg Lifts 3/15

40lb Leg Lifts 3/15

Exercise cut short because I needed to go pick up some lighting equipment, which involved me carrying 50lb boxes of lights up 3 flights of stairs. That counts for something I figure. Oh yea, and about 2 miles of jogging.

6 AM

...For exhaustion work. Boy 3 sets of 15 feel different than 5 sets of 5.

Inc Bench: 3/15/50

Cable Seated Row: 3/15/40

Lat Pull: 3/15/40

Shoulder Press: 3/15/30

Closed Grip Bench: 3/15/45-45-50

High Pull: 3/15/40

Nothing but Blue Skies

5hrs of sleep. 1hr of lifting. Incline Benching 70 and lat'pulling 70 as well. I'd like to say that's progress but, I've got a long way to go. Gotta find a way to input food on the move.

Hypertrophy continues

Legwork today @ 6 AM.

Squats: 5/5/165

Deadlift Shrugs: 5/5/80

Bulgarian split-squat: 5/5/80

Step-Up: 5/5/80

Incline Double Crunch: 3/15 (I am barely making it through 3 sets of these interestingly)

Also, 2 mile jog. Did Upper on Monday too. Finally set up spreadsheet to track workouts, and am going to endeavor to track my foods as best I can.

Stating it here to be counted

June 4th is the Starscape Music Festival. An outdoor all day music festival that I will be going to with my girlfriend. I have 2 months to lift as hard as I can to become as chiseled, stamina-infused and core-strong before walking around out there on the beach, at festivals and in the park.

Now that I have an indefinite position at Hadassah, I will be rejoining my Tae Kwon Do dojo in an effort to retrain myself and sit for my black belt certification test, which I left aside after I graduated from High School.

2 months. Lifting 4x a week, in the mornings before work if at all possible. Pushing hypertrophy hard and doing Tae Kwon Do at night. Working on forms, sparring and being mindful while in motion.

Let it be written, let it be done. I also have no idea what kind of weight gain goals I should set for 2 months, but I want to do something and this means documenting my food and really being regimented with Whey and possibly Creatine use. So be it. Any and all comments or tips/recommendations on doing this without having the munchies all the time would be helpful.

NRWL Continues

More of Workout A. Up to 70lb incline bench with bells. Though, much of the rest of the exercising is left to be desired. Ah well. Realized that if I don't get my work out in before 8 AM, the gym is unappetizingly full. Guess I know what that means. Workout B tomorrow @ early o'clock. Want to work.

More lifting

Another session of Workout B. I need a better gym. Classes, olympic bars, and barbells, plus not having to fight for the deadlift/squat rack like I'm running around Walmart the day after thanksgiving. That would be helpful.

But anyway, onto Job Fair and then back here for more upper body work and then...more job searching. I wonder what my life will be like when I don't spend my free time looking for work.

Early Push

So, I am managing to go to bed at 11 PM and wake up at 6:45 AM for the last 3 days. Today I wanted to get to the gym but after a snooze or two I realized I didn't have enough time to do that and shave, so I knocked out 90 push ups (in sets of 15) and headed out. To one of the worst commutes I have had in my life. When the train is full when you step onto it in Queens, things do not bode well.

The war continues

Up at 7. 3 miles. Into shower, then work. Here's to keeping momentum going.

Awake.

Woke up early to go running, but the shit rain and ice coating on the...everything...was a bit too much for my first time out. I did a bunch of qi gong & breathing meditation in my room though, after eating within an hour of being awake for the first time in...years. Feels good.

Madness

First time attempting the 300 work out. It seems that I have a long way to go when it comes to knocking out these 300 reps.

Jump Squat: 30

Staggered Push Up: 15

Explosive Push Up: 9 (remind me to do these not last)

Prison Squat: 30

Hindu Push Up: 8 (Ho boy these suck, I can't wait to get better @ these)

Lat Pulldown (replaced Kneeling Band Row: 10/70-70-75

Burpees: 30

Pull Ups: 4 (ugh...this is gonna be a long road.)

Double Crunch: 30 (these feel pretty good, might try and start ramping these up immediately. However, my abs still hurt)

There was a 2 mile run in there. I think it was 2 miles...could've been more, but I can't be bothered with google maps @ the moment.

Impossible Goal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTHQ9H9kV4

I want to know how to train for THIS.

Forgot to post

Leg extension 10/75-85-90

Leg press 12/150-150-156.8

Hip adduction 10/70-75-80

Hip adduction 10/70-75-80

Calf Extensions 10/150-150-150

And then some random gym employee told me I needed to take my hat off (winter yankees hat) that I was wearing because my hair was f to the uped. There were other large dudes in the spot with bandanas on, and when the idiots grunt and drop their 55 pound dumb-bells against the rules, not a fucking word is said to them. Seems it's easy to boss around the skinny guy.

I got so mad I just stopped doing my work out and left. Ran 2.75 miles...was gonna be 3 but my left knee decided to almost give out on me 5 blocks from my house. I kind of want to go back with a hat every time now.

PM Lifting

Seated Row 10/80-80-85

Overhead Press 10/50-50-55

Calf Extension 10/110-110-130-150

Skullcrushers 10/30-30-30

Lat Pulldown 10/70-70

Crunches 20x5sets

Plank 40sec x3sets

Fly delt 10/75-80-85

Bench Machine 10/55-55-70

So, I saw this work-out online and was wondering if it would be better for me to generate strength and do something more consistent than some random 9 or 12 exercises when I want to work either upper body, abs or legs. This looks like it would be just suck enough to really make me work at it, and good enough to keep me going. Though, I doubt I'll be able to do 30 pull-ups by the end of 2010. Thoughts?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/514640/300_spartan_workout_training_home_version/

Ow.

Fly Delt 10/75-80-85

Seated Row 10/75-80-85

Torso Rotation 10/75-80-85

Overhead Press 10/50-55-50

Lat Pulldown 10/80-80-85

Crunches 4sets - 20reps

Plank 3sets 35sec

Tricep Curls 10/40-40-45

Dumbell Flys 10/25-25

Does the race count as a work out tomorrow?