Thursday Workout Report (Oops I Did It Again Edition)

[the_gneech]

Rope Pushdowns, SHMOPE Pushdowns.

Rows: 3 mins @ 50 lbs (warmup)
Resisted Reverse Crunch: 1 set 15 reps @ 15 lbs
Rope Pushdowns: 2 sets 10 reps @ 35 lbs (oops, this was supposed to be 1 set)
Deadlift: 2 sets 10 reps @ 25 lbs
Reverse Curl: 2 sets 10 reps @ 35 lbs
Barbell Bent Over Rows: 3 sets 10 reps @ 30 lbs
Stiff Leg Deadlift: 2 sets 10 reps @ 20 lbs
Seated Lateral Shoulder Raises: 3 sets 10 reps @ 25 lbs
Abdominal Crunch: 2 sets 15 reps
Rows: 3 mins @ 30 lbs (cooldown)

Body Weight: 301 lbs

Once again demonstrating that I weigh more at night. -.-

Remember those Rope Pushdowns that my muscles just-plain-failed on yesterday morning? Tonight I blazed through them so easily that I just naturally assumed I must have another set and did an extra 10 reps. Sing hey for rapid muscular development! 0.o

Speaking of which, the visible changes are pretty noticeable now, particularly on my shoulders, traps, and arms. I'm also getting some firming around the thighs, which sorta surprised me given that the only exercises I have that actually work the legs at all are the rows and the Resisted Reverse Crunches -- and even then the leg work is secondary to the back and abs, respectively.

I think that next week, I'll bump up the weight on the rows by 5 lbs each. The cooldown set in particular, I can barely even tell I'm doing it. (The point of a cooldown is, of course, to cool down -- but rows @ 30 lbs barely have enough resistance to pull me back to the starting point.)

Week Six has been a good week, workout-wise. :) It's very encouraging to both see and feel some dramatic progress -- not to mention I'm more than a little proud that I haven't missed a workout yet, despite some of RL's best efforts.

-The Gneech

Comments

[confusedoo.livejournal.com]

Hey Gneech, did you get my package? If not yet, it should come today as I sent it 2-3 day priority on Tuesday. Let me know when it gets there.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm really proud of how you've kept up the workouts. I think it might be time to kick up the dieting several notches, though. Not necessarily "dieting" per se, but if you're serious about having a flat stomach you're going to have to eat like that for the rest of your life. If you start dieting a bit more aggresively, combined with the exercise, you'll be encouraged by what you see on the scale. If you're actually interested in my thoughts on dieting or whatnot, you can im or email me.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Yes, I got it, thanks! Mind if I run the pic as a Saturday Grab Bag?

Re: diet, I've pretty much trimmed it back as far as I can sustain, I think. (For a guy my size, I eat like a bird.) No soda, precious little chocolate (formerly one of my major food groups), almost all fried stuff cut out ... these days I subsist primarily on salad plus grilled chicken, salmon, and the occasional 10-oz. sirloin. My only real vice these days is the mocha (made with skim milk, hold the whipped cream) ... and as vices go, it's a minor one.

I'm happy with the results I'm getting from the exercise ... my weight is just a number. I'd be perfectly happy to be 300 lbs forever, if it was 300 lbs of muscle instead of blubber.

-The Gneech

[confusedoo.livejournal.com]

I'd be honored to be a Saturday Grab Bag. I don't think I've ever had as many people look at a single piece of art I've done.

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

Yo, Gneechmeister.

I shall be at the chat tonight and as Friday nights I'm usually on the air, I can provide luverly music for the Jungloids including lots of 80's stuff *nod*.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

W00t! Thanks!

-TG

[maxgoof.livejournal.com]

It is normal to weigh more in the evening than in the morning.

You lose a lot of water weight at night. Exhaling sends out a lot of water vapor.