Our Physical Fitness

[Scribe]

I've returned, and added a few pounds. 179.4, but thats with a large dinner last night.

The suffering begins, looking to lose 4 pounds at least by next Monday, very doable.

 

[Scribe]

Monday? Check.
First Monday of Month? Check.
Starting to get sunny? Check.

Gym was packed, and to make matters worse, it was 99% dudes.

Getting a bench was near impossible for a good 45 minutes.

Otherwise? Upper was pretty good. Shoulders are pumped, chest was hit hard, and I'm starting to see back definition.

 

[Evaniel]

Gym was packed, and to make matters worse, it was 99% dudes.

Getting a bench was near impossible for a good 45 minutes.

Dudes at the gym seem to have some inexorable compulsion to be on the bench. It's weird.

 

[Scribe]

Dudes at the gym seem to have some inexorable compulsion to be on the bench. It's weird.

Yeah, and if they are getting in, getting their work done and moving on, I'm OK with that. Its when they start standing around talking I just start to twitch.

178.4 this morning, down a pound again. Triceps are crying out, I just blasted them yesterday lol

 

[Scribe]

Legs.

First, I am feeling the Monday workout in a big way, triceps and pecs especially just wrecked.

Legs was pretty good all told, I really have come to enjoy that last set of Leg Press, just feels brutal.

 

[Scribe]

177.0 this morning, so still trending down.

Hilariously sore. Triceps still wrecked, chest still a bit sore, and legs are just destroyed.

Supposed to be arms this afternoon, but I for sure cannot do triceps they are not healed.

Just a bunch biceps seems like a painful experience.

 

[Scribe]

We got there, but man. It was the most "I really dont want to go today." kind of battle I can remember in a long time.

My calf cramped on Pull Downs.
My tricep cramped on Reverse Pec Deck.

I mostly did Bicep and Back type movements, and it went pretty good, but I'm just suffering at the moment.

Tomorrow is my off day, which means its 'do reno work' day, but one of my neighbors just sold, and another is listing, so it seems we all had the same idea, time to find a better place to be.

Onward.

 

[Evaniel]

My calf cramped on Pull Downs.
My tricep cramped on Reverse Pec Deck.

It's always the weirdest stuff that prompts cramps and twinges.

 

[Vael]

Got in a workout after a few weeks away. February was a rough month, fighting illnesses and ... life drama, so while I felt annoyed that I hadn't been, it felt good to just get in even a light workout, didn't want to overdo it.

 

[Mannahnin]

Last night (Wednesday 3/4) kept to plan - lat pulldowns, overhead shoulder press, and triceps, though I had to change the order due to machine availability.

• Lat Pulldown (narrow): 120x20, 120x14 +105x5, 120x12 +105x5 (from last time: +2 reps, -1 rep, -1 drop set rep). Ok.
• Triceps press machine: 130x127, 130x18 +120x5, 130x20 +120x5. (-10lbs +9 reps, no drop set, same as last time set 2, -5 reps third set but added the drop set). Also realized before the third set that I had the seat too low and was messing up my form. :/ Will keep tweaking this one.
• Overhead shoulder press machine 50x14, 50x12, 50x13 +40x4 (dropped the weight back a little again and getting the longer sets again)

I'm also feeling like the overhead shoulder press is not enough side delt and too much overlap with my presses on front delt and tricep. :/ I definitely feel like I've got some of the classic unbalanced shoulder going on, with the side and rear delts needing more work to catch up with the front. I'm thinking maybe I'll switch the overhead press to a row?