so i had kinda a weird summer and got out of working out. actually i was working out but i had a sedentary lifestyle for a few months and my body went to shit and also i gained like 20 lbs and I am weak. But I got back in the rock climbing gym!!! my forearms 2 days later are killing me which is awesome. It was a sick adrenaline rush climbing those rocks. After we went to the gym part and I did the row machine for 15 minutes which was awesome. It wasn't hard, just I could see it being boring. Its like doing cardio but the back of my shoulders were real sore and I guess my traps too, if I know which one my trap is, the middle of the upper back. It was awesome. That upper back is key for benching too. I am only benching at 95 lbs right now, it is enough to get me sore. I think maybe one more time and Ill go up at least to 100. I put some tape over my greatly deteriorated bench. Anyways the row machine is dope, I like it the same way I like assisted dips, which I probably could have stranded to do a few of. I am curling at 20 lbs instead of 25 as well, really getting weak sucks, I had a lot of progress go down the drain.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
ACC Gym Adventure
Finally, after a full semester of walking by it over and over, I got in the gym at ACC. I was studying for a test all day, and after a morning sesh at the Quickie Pickie (where they were playing Brian Eno's "music for airports", fittingly) I went to study more on campus. After a while of that my brain was hurting and it was still a few hours before my test, so I popped in the gym.
I really dug the layout and all the aerobic space I had. They had a big ball that I did stretches on , primarily using it to stretch my hip.
The cool thing about warmup was that I did a mix of hoolahooping and jump roping, which, jump roping is officially on my mind as a tool i want to do. It real health, and the floor there was a bit springy which was nice, but doing it for a while made me feel like I had shin splits or something, so i stopped and hooped some more.
I had a particular feeling off this work out that I was connecting my arms better, and that I could feel the way my lower and upper arm were connected better, and that was exciting. I need to get a 30 for home, because that is really what I should be on for forearm curls.
The gym at ACC is nice, there were a bunch of people playing ping pong.
and I got a 96 on the test :)
I really dug the layout and all the aerobic space I had. They had a big ball that I did stretches on , primarily using it to stretch my hip.
The cool thing about warmup was that I did a mix of hoolahooping and jump roping, which, jump roping is officially on my mind as a tool i want to do. It real health, and the floor there was a bit springy which was nice, but doing it for a while made me feel like I had shin splits or something, so i stopped and hooped some more.
I had a particular feeling off this work out that I was connecting my arms better, and that I could feel the way my lower and upper arm were connected better, and that was exciting. I need to get a 30 for home, because that is really what I should be on for forearm curls.
The gym at ACC is nice, there were a bunch of people playing ping pong.
and I got a 96 on the test :)
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Deadlift adventure
Grahams brother Eli was in town (along with the whole family for pop's 60th bday). He is a trainer down in Miami and I got to pick his brain, and had a major breakthru because he showed me how to deadlift, which is something Ive been trying to have happen. Because of my great height, we figured out it was a lot better for me to do a sumo deadlift, and I start off a block so it doesn't go all the way down. Just doing it with 60 lbs a couple days ago I can feel it all over my body. The posterior chain is half your body ---- your back, half your legs, and half your arms. What an amazing excercise.
Eli said a bunch of awesome stuff that I also remembered. Work your weak side first. I was thinking of my left side as my weak side (it is), but really you could cut the body in half the other way and you would say my back side is my weak side (it is.) He got me more aware of my body and where everything is which is great. He introduced me to the idea of my rhomboids (middle back), also great. He showed me a cool way to do a body weight row motion that puts no pressure on the back which is great.
I have some low lying fruit with my deadlift --- I think I can start at 60 lbs and legitly transform my entire body. Having done it once I noticed a t-shirt fit differently. Its amazing that it hits the weak side of my forearm, a different part on my upper arm, traps, etc etc.
I looked in the mirror and saw a new fitness goal -- Dhalsim from Street Fighter II.
Eli said a bunch of awesome stuff that I also remembered. Work your weak side first. I was thinking of my left side as my weak side (it is), but really you could cut the body in half the other way and you would say my back side is my weak side (it is.) He got me more aware of my body and where everything is which is great. He introduced me to the idea of my rhomboids (middle back), also great. He showed me a cool way to do a body weight row motion that puts no pressure on the back which is great.
I have some low lying fruit with my deadlift --- I think I can start at 60 lbs and legitly transform my entire body. Having done it once I noticed a t-shirt fit differently. Its amazing that it hits the weak side of my forearm, a different part on my upper arm, traps, etc etc.
I looked in the mirror and saw a new fitness goal -- Dhalsim from Street Fighter II.
Sunday, April 2, 2017
week off adventure
So we had sxsw. That was sick. I got my workout in during sxsw , early in the week. someone asked me what i did that day and i recounted my day and "then i worked out" was in there, and it was like, i knew it gave me energy for the whole week. It was a cool spot to kinda be in my focused mode where I "manufacture some time."
When sxsw was over, I had this intense desire to go hard in a workout. It was pretty sexy. I worked my upper back alot with this full-range motion exercise I kinda invented. Its like the extension that you would do with your arm for a jumping jack (just on one side) to full extension, and then coupled with a tricep thing at the very end, sure why not. There was a lot of rest. I am pairing that motion with the Michael Phelps thing (5 lb free weights). I grabbed a spot from George on my bench, and did a set of 10 at 125, then a set of 8 then a set of 6 at 135!! For those keeping score at home, 135 is a major milestone, because that is the same as a regular bar with a 45 ("a plate") on each side. I will feel like a hoss once I am benching regularly there, and as an added bonus I could. I did a 3x7 with squats, going up weight to maybe 60 I think. That was cool too, because I could use the bar as 30s for doing bicep curls with a barbell. That will be a really sick plateau once I can get to 30s on my bicep curl. For the squats I think i did about 3x7 for sets. Bicep curls I did use the bar at least once.
It was a great workout and actually I took a few days to lay in bed and chief up. I worked out on the Thursday, and then I waited tables Saturday and Sunday. By the end of my shift Saturday I could really feel the squats I had done, hahaha. I think I am getting to the point where before the end of the semester I am going to get involved with deadlifting. Then I think we are in a good wheelhouse. It feels like I have finished with the "laying a base" stage on my upper chest and arms and that I am at the early stages of being a novice, which is pretty cool. Its probably a good time to start laying a base with deadlifting, and if a year from now I am a starting novice with that and a mid-late novice with some of the chest and arm stuff, that will be totally badass.
Its Sunday now, so last time I had a workout was a week ago Thursday when I went super hard like that. From what Ive been reading the thing to do is to go back down and ease into it again, and then maybe in a week and a half or two Ill see about ramping up, maybe getting a jump on 125 (where my bench is at for repping) and maybe see how much of the 30s bar we can work in for the biceps.
I think probably a good idea to stick with some on the forearms, and hopefully soon can get a day in with Dann at the rock climbing gym and get on the assisted dips, which is like my favorite machine ever.
When sxsw was over, I had this intense desire to go hard in a workout. It was pretty sexy. I worked my upper back alot with this full-range motion exercise I kinda invented. Its like the extension that you would do with your arm for a jumping jack (just on one side) to full extension, and then coupled with a tricep thing at the very end, sure why not. There was a lot of rest. I am pairing that motion with the Michael Phelps thing (5 lb free weights). I grabbed a spot from George on my bench, and did a set of 10 at 125, then a set of 8 then a set of 6 at 135!! For those keeping score at home, 135 is a major milestone, because that is the same as a regular bar with a 45 ("a plate") on each side. I will feel like a hoss once I am benching regularly there, and as an added bonus I could. I did a 3x7 with squats, going up weight to maybe 60 I think. That was cool too, because I could use the bar as 30s for doing bicep curls with a barbell. That will be a really sick plateau once I can get to 30s on my bicep curl. For the squats I think i did about 3x7 for sets. Bicep curls I did use the bar at least once.
It was a great workout and actually I took a few days to lay in bed and chief up. I worked out on the Thursday, and then I waited tables Saturday and Sunday. By the end of my shift Saturday I could really feel the squats I had done, hahaha. I think I am getting to the point where before the end of the semester I am going to get involved with deadlifting. Then I think we are in a good wheelhouse. It feels like I have finished with the "laying a base" stage on my upper chest and arms and that I am at the early stages of being a novice, which is pretty cool. Its probably a good time to start laying a base with deadlifting, and if a year from now I am a starting novice with that and a mid-late novice with some of the chest and arm stuff, that will be totally badass.
Its Sunday now, so last time I had a workout was a week ago Thursday when I went super hard like that. From what Ive been reading the thing to do is to go back down and ease into it again, and then maybe in a week and a half or two Ill see about ramping up, maybe getting a jump on 125 (where my bench is at for repping) and maybe see how much of the 30s bar we can work in for the biceps.
I think probably a good idea to stick with some on the forearms, and hopefully soon can get a day in with Dann at the rock climbing gym and get on the assisted dips, which is like my favorite machine ever.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Killer Ghost Adventure
Had the occasion to make it back to the rock climbing gym with Dann. Simon from killer ghost was in town. we went full wail out !!!!!! If I ever have to entertain rockers from out of town again I will totally take them there. Its good to do something physical. My bench just went up to 125. Nothing makes me happier really than putting an extra 5 lbs on my bench. I dont know if thats silly or whatever, but I'm gonna go with no. I didnt stay at 120 to do 3 reps of 12 completely. I was doing like 11, 11, and 12 and decided just to go up. I did 8, 8 and 10 at 125. Trying to do a little more on shoulders right now, and forearms too. That first trip to the rock climbing gym really had me concentrate on the forearms a bit more, they are looking a little better.
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Rockclimbling Adventure -- Forearms
So, my computer is on the fritz -- i just paid 40 bucks to get a charger and i dont even know if it is the right one, but I think there is a return policy if i Need it. fuuuuckkkk apples. I got it for free from my grandparents tho, so beggers cant be choosers. or as Cartman would say "the only justice in this life is the justice you take." of course that was in the name of making Kyle suck his balls , so take it for what its worth. But yeah, im sitting here in the library and sorta been stressing -- not having a computer is annoying especially since I am working on this zine thing, and i need to be sending people shit. Also --- as far as bitching about shit goes, my work schedule is all kindas fucked up this week. I am in it for the longer run than most, so I am not bitching to anyone, meerly bitching online here. Its OK NOONE WILL READ THIS, bwahaha.
But I have something more important to share.
Since my workout schedule has been all fucked up (I made it 6 months working out 2 times a week, but lately it has been maybe once every 10 days.....not quite enough. And certain shit I like to do regularly , like say, squats, I dont like to do squats when I am working a lot. ) And I went to Day for Night fest in Houston and saw Aphex Twin and Bjork which was awesome.
Anyways, I had a workout after that that was the "you havent worked out in a full week" work out where everything feels super heavy and you just feel like giving up all the time. That workout sucked, I did it and felt better, but it sucked. But then I had an awesome workout after --- maybe my best of the year , and it was a total adventure.
First I did 3x9 at 120 on the bench (I am up to 120 on the bench solidly, i haven't done 3x10 sets of it yet, tho i must be close.) Then I did rows at home. THEN my buddy Dann picked me up and took me to a rock climbing gym thats where the real fun started.
I might go again, the place is 20 bucks, but it was free for my first time. They have a sauna, so me and Dann got our schvitz on after. But rock climbing. It made me realize how much work I have to do on my forearms and it really made me want to work my forarms. I kinda (this is still basically my first year of working out with progressive overloading on my mind) have been focusing on my upper core and working out from there. So i got the upper core, then it moves out to lower core (squats) and biceps, and the forarms I havent really been working. I have the right weights at home that I can work them just with wrist curls up and down. I also do not want to be too ADD about my back, I havent really started working that, I wanted it to be a focus for the next 6-8 weeks. Oh yeah, also my weight is up to 183 lbs, so I am putting on a few lbs at a time, slowly. I would love to get up to 190, or 205, or 215, which was Michael Jordan's playing weight I think. But anyways after rock climbing I went to the gym in the place and did the curls and worked the forearms, which I noticed were the first part to give out. The cool part was the mental part though. I am scared of heights so I got huge adrenalyne rush getting up these boulders. It is just high enough, but it probably would take falling completely weird to hurt yourself. I am pretty sure most days go by no one gets hurt there. But oh my god, the adrenaline and overcoming the fear. Or just acclimating to it. It was crazy and it was super fun. I think working the forearms more is also going to help me lock out my bench press, maybe it is a missing ingredient to moving up weight on the bench. But mentally, practicing doing something you dont want to do or think you can't do and then the only way forward is forward. crazy.
That was on Tuesday. I suppose tmr (Friday) I will workout again, although I have work every day the next 4 days, including new years, yuck !!
But I have something more important to share.
Since my workout schedule has been all fucked up (I made it 6 months working out 2 times a week, but lately it has been maybe once every 10 days.....not quite enough. And certain shit I like to do regularly , like say, squats, I dont like to do squats when I am working a lot. ) And I went to Day for Night fest in Houston and saw Aphex Twin and Bjork which was awesome.
Anyways, I had a workout after that that was the "you havent worked out in a full week" work out where everything feels super heavy and you just feel like giving up all the time. That workout sucked, I did it and felt better, but it sucked. But then I had an awesome workout after --- maybe my best of the year , and it was a total adventure.
First I did 3x9 at 120 on the bench (I am up to 120 on the bench solidly, i haven't done 3x10 sets of it yet, tho i must be close.) Then I did rows at home. THEN my buddy Dann picked me up and took me to a rock climbing gym thats where the real fun started.
I might go again, the place is 20 bucks, but it was free for my first time. They have a sauna, so me and Dann got our schvitz on after. But rock climbing. It made me realize how much work I have to do on my forearms and it really made me want to work my forarms. I kinda (this is still basically my first year of working out with progressive overloading on my mind) have been focusing on my upper core and working out from there. So i got the upper core, then it moves out to lower core (squats) and biceps, and the forarms I havent really been working. I have the right weights at home that I can work them just with wrist curls up and down. I also do not want to be too ADD about my back, I havent really started working that, I wanted it to be a focus for the next 6-8 weeks. Oh yeah, also my weight is up to 183 lbs, so I am putting on a few lbs at a time, slowly. I would love to get up to 190, or 205, or 215, which was Michael Jordan's playing weight I think. But anyways after rock climbing I went to the gym in the place and did the curls and worked the forearms, which I noticed were the first part to give out. The cool part was the mental part though. I am scared of heights so I got huge adrenalyne rush getting up these boulders. It is just high enough, but it probably would take falling completely weird to hurt yourself. I am pretty sure most days go by no one gets hurt there. But oh my god, the adrenaline and overcoming the fear. Or just acclimating to it. It was crazy and it was super fun. I think working the forearms more is also going to help me lock out my bench press, maybe it is a missing ingredient to moving up weight on the bench. But mentally, practicing doing something you dont want to do or think you can't do and then the only way forward is forward. crazy.
That was on Tuesday. I suppose tmr (Friday) I will workout again, although I have work every day the next 4 days, including new years, yuck !!
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Adventure Update:
Went to a sweet music festival this weekend and walked about a billion steps. My bench is up to 120, Ive done that 2 sessions, one 3x8 reps sets and one where it averaged 9 reps over 3 sets. It feels good, and I feel a sense of accomplishment when I look at my bench with that weight on it. At the music fest there was this unreal-ly buff dude. He was juiced on something man let me tell you. It was pretty awesome like how he was a comic book character, but I was kinda also like, I cant believe people do this to themselves. He did have an extremely hot girl around his waste, but I think steroids are bad for you. He's just doing him, there were a lot of freaks out at the fest! It was cool to see them all in their full regalia.
The fest was sweet, I could do a full breakdown, but I went ot a rave and danced my ass off the first night and then my hips and calves were just screaming at me where I didnt want to move for days. I did manage to pusxh up some weight before Dann came to drive me down the first day, but not as much as I would have liked --- just 3 sets on the bench and 1 set of curls. My work schedule is also all fucked up this week because of x-mas, so basically, I should just work out tomorrow and get back on it. throw caution to the wind. merry xmas everybody.
oh yeah, and I wanted to post this to try out later. I want to make my lower back a focus point. they say once you fuck it up it is never the same, and I would like to be able to strengthen it specifically. When it is in good shape maybe I can revisit the deadlift as a progressive overload type thing and get the whole posterior chain going. I think I am also going to look for ways to hit my hamstrings, the main muscle you are supposed to use for deadlift.
I havent read this yet, but it says you can do it every day which is pretty sweet.
http://www.nismat.org/services/orthopedic-surgery/therapeutic-exercise-programs/low-back-exercise-program
The fest was sweet, I could do a full breakdown, but I went ot a rave and danced my ass off the first night and then my hips and calves were just screaming at me where I didnt want to move for days. I did manage to pusxh up some weight before Dann came to drive me down the first day, but not as much as I would have liked --- just 3 sets on the bench and 1 set of curls. My work schedule is also all fucked up this week because of x-mas, so basically, I should just work out tomorrow and get back on it. throw caution to the wind. merry xmas everybody.
oh yeah, and I wanted to post this to try out later. I want to make my lower back a focus point. they say once you fuck it up it is never the same, and I would like to be able to strengthen it specifically. When it is in good shape maybe I can revisit the deadlift as a progressive overload type thing and get the whole posterior chain going. I think I am also going to look for ways to hit my hamstrings, the main muscle you are supposed to use for deadlift.
I havent read this yet, but it says you can do it every day which is pretty sweet.
http://www.nismat.org/services/orthopedic-surgery/therapeutic-exercise-programs/low-back-exercise-program
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