Lift2Live's -Size Matters- Journal

[Lift2Live]

9.6.04

Chest Day - Well it sucked a$$ at the gym today. First off, I walk in and the place is jam packed! It's like everyone and their mother was working out at 9am. heh Number two, I screwed up and shoulda done Back today, grrr. I didn't look at my log before I left (a no no) and the guy I work out with was doing back and I had started chest. Number three, my workout just sucked! I mean that. I felt like crap mentally and it carried into my lifting. My only saving grace was that I even went at all. I hate days like today. Hopefully tomorrow's Back day is better since now I won't have a partner to do those with this week either. I just wanna scream! Anyhow;

Incline Bench Press:

8 x 145lbs.
8 x 145lbs.
7 x 145lbs.
4 x 145lbs.

Flat Dumbell Press:

8 x 50lb. db's
8 x 50lbs.
7 x 50lbs.
6 x 50lbs.

Low Standing Cable Flys:

8 x 30lbs. per side
8 x 30lbs.
8 x 40lbs.
4 x 50lbs.

Decline Press (Hammer Strength):

8 x 120lbs. 60 per side
8 x 120lbs.
8 x 120lbs.
6 x 120lbs.

That's all. I waited too long between sets, wasn't able to lift enough etc,... I'm just gonna try and put it all behind me and call it "one of those days".

[Lift2Live]

9.7.04

Back - Today went much better than yesterday. Had a better attitude and got some better work in. Did a few more sets than normal but I felt decent and wanted to be a little more satisfied with the work.

Pullups (Assisted):

3 x 8 @ 130lbs. (however the machine calculates this)
1 x 8 @ 120lbs.

Bent Rows:

2 x 8 @ 135lbs. (the guy I workout with helped me setup a makeshift t-bar so I cut these short and went to those. wish they had a real one!)

T-bar Rows:

3 x 10 @ 95lbs. (45 & 2 25s)
1 x 8 @ 95lbs.

Hammer Strength High Rows:

3 x 8 @ 140lbs.
1 x 6 @ 140lbs.

Wide Grip Seated Cable Rows:

4 x 8 @ 120lbs.

Hammer Strength One Arm Iso Rows:

3 x 8 @ 70lbs. per arm
1 x 8 @ 80lbs.

That was all she wrote for today. Not too bad, woulda gone heavier on the t-bars but being makeshift, it's not quite as easy. Bring on delt day!

[SurfinAmy]

Originally Posted by Lift2Live

8.15.04
I had to think about why I was going to go super heavy and it turned out that I really wasn't doing it for myself. I was going to do it because that's what others were doing.

You're pretty cool..... :
-Amy

[Lift2Live]

Thanks Amy. I quite appreciate that!

[Lift2Live]

9.8.04

Delts - Pretty good today. I felt really energetic and I attribute that to adding about 300 calories to my diet this week. I'm not getting as tired afterwards and I get alot more done so far. I guess it's only been 2 days since i've added them but it's noticable.

Shoulder Press (Db):

4 x 8 @ 45lbs.

Front Raises (Db):

3 x 8 @ 25lbs.

Lateral Raises:

3 x 8 @ 20lbs.

Upright Rows (Bb):

3 x 8 @ 80lbs.
1 x 4 @ 90lbs.

Shrugs:

1 x 8 @ 180lbs.
2 x 8 @ 200lbs.

Hammer Strength Shoulder Press:

3 x 8 @ 100lbs.
1 x 8 @ 110lbs.

I did an extra press exercise since I didn't quite feel fatigued. It was a great finisher. Obviously all of the Db exercises are per arm. All in all good. Got a great pump and they are already tight.

[Andrea]

Sorry, I'm a little late making it to your journal. Your work-outs are looking great. Do you ever do any running? I see that your on the treadmill and elliptical a lot. Keep up the good work.

[Lift2Live]

Hi Andrea. Thanks for the encouragment! There's no rush getting into my journal, it's pretty boring. lol I try to run at least once a week on my cardio days. If I don't I will use the eliptical since my knees are not what they once were, pre baseball injury. I let them tell me what to do and what not to and when. heh... Funny enough is that anytime I use those darned elipticals, my feet go to sleep. I just can't win! haha

[Lift2Live]

9.9.04

Bi's & Tri's - Today was a hair oddball. I got to the gym and the lifting partner wasn't there until an hour and 15 minutes after i'd been there so the numbers jump up from there since from then on, I had a spotter to go a little heavier. The sets were way up again, 26 total working sets. Yeesh but, well I had fun and my arms are just blown up! :

Standing Curls (Bb):

3 x 8 @ 70lbs.

Straight Bar Cable Pushdowns:

3 x 8 @ 60lbs. (this cable machine isn't the easier one.)

Skullcrushers:

3 x 8 @ 55lbs.
1 x 4 @ 60lbs.

Preacher Curls (Bb): (Enter lifting partner.)

3 x 8 @ 75lbs.
1 x 6 @ 75lbs.

Lying Cable Curls: (This was part of a superset sorta with the following exercises)

1 x 10 @ 30lbs.
1 x 10 @ 40lbs.
1 x 10 @ 50lbs.

Lying Reverse Cable Curls:

1 x 10 @ 20lbs.
2 x 10 @ 30lbs.

Lying Rope Cable Curls (Hammer Grip):

1 x 10 @ 20lbs.
2 x 10 @ 30lbs.

* These last three exercises are tough i'll tell you what! lol You use a seated cable bench and attach a straight bar. Lie on your back, keeping arms at sides, do your curl sets and immediately come up and reverse the grip, lay back down and do your reverse curl set. You come up again and attach the rope, take a hammer grip and lay on your back again and do lying hammer curls basically. This is done for 3 sets each. My arms were exploding! VERY good pump!

V-Bar Cable Pushdowns:

1 x 10 @ 60lbs. (not the easier cable pully)
1 x 10 @ 70lbs.
1 x 10 @ 80lbs.
1 x 6 @ 80lbs.

My arms were D to the EAD when I was on the last set of pushdowns. I tried to get some overhead Db presses in while I spotted for this guys skullcrushers but I found my triceps not working, at all!! LoL My numbers were all over the place today obviously but the workout itself was awesome so I feel good. My arms are jelly and taking a shower afterwards was quite the task. hah Leg day tomorrow. Boooooo! Hehe. . .

[Lift2Live]

9.10.04

Legs - Ouchy! Got a pretty good workout in today for the legs. I had missed last week due to the babysitting so today really kicked my butt. Felt good and I really pushed it on the squats (for me). hehe

Squats:

1 x 10 @ 135lbs.
1 x 8 @ 185lbs.
1 x 8 @ 185lbs.
1 x 8 @ 195lbs.
1 x 10 @ 135lbs.

Leg Press:

1 x 10 @ 270lbs.
1 x 8 @ 360lbs.
1 x 8 @ 450lbs.

Stiff Legged Deadlifts:

1 x 10 @ 95lbs.
3 x 8 @ 125lbs.

Machine Calf Presses:

1 x 8 @ 200lbs.
2 x 8 @ 210lbs.

The squats were super strict and I really blew up my quads. I did the 135 as a drop set right after the 195 and I was huffing and puffing for air! LoL It was awesome! Talk about a cardio workout. I coulda gone heavier on the leg press for all 3 sets but my quads were screaming and I needed to keep up the energy for the deadlifts. 15 total sets felt just right!

[Lift2Live]

9.12.04

Cardio & Abba dabber day. Was fine in all respects. Nothing special either way.

Cardio:

Treadmill - 40 Minutes. 10.0 incline @ speed 3.2

Abs:

Incline Situps (weighted) - 3 x 10 @ 10lbs. (plate), 1 x 6 @ 10lbs.
Machine Crunches - 4 x 10 @ 110lbs.
Raised Leg Crunches - 40 reps
Side Crunches - 40 reps per side
Torso Twists - 3 x 20(10 per side) @ 25lbs. (plate)

Bring on Back day tomorrow. . .

[Lift2Live]

9.13.04

Back - Very good workout today! I really blasted the lats but I got really great middle & lower back work on the t-bar rows.

Pullups (Machine Assisted): - I still don't know how the machine clculates the weight, whether it's how much of your bodyweight you are pulling up or how much of it that it takes off.

1 x 8 @ 100lbs.
1 x 8 @ 110lbs.
2 x 8 @ 120lbs.

* I went backwards on these because I was a little too ambitious. D'oh!

T-Bar Rows:

1 x 12 @ 70lbs.
1 x 8 @ 90lbs.
1 x 8 @ 115lbs.
1 x 8 @ 135lbs.

Lat Pulldowns:

3 x 8 @ 130lbs.
1 x 6 @ 140lbs.

Hammer Strength Rows (Wide Grip):

1 x 10 @ 140lbs.
3 x 8 @ 180lbs.
1 x 6 @ 230lbs.

One Arm Lat Pulldowns:

1 x 10 @ 40lbs.
2 x 8 @ 60lbs.

Pretty good feeling like i said so, bring on chest day.

[Lift2Live]

9.14.04

Chest - Another crappy chest day! I'm starting to get pissed off. I really got pissed at the gym. Except for the incline benching, all of my weights were down a good amount and I have no clue why?! I shoulda been doing 60-65's on the db presses, 30's on the flat flys, 35 on the incline flys and alot more on the decline presses. I just don't know what went haywire. At least I got my work in, allbeit light.

Incline Bench Press:

1 x 10 @ 135lbs.
2 x 8 @ 165lbs.
1 x 6 @ 165lbs.
1 x 8 @ 115lbs. (drop set)

Flat Db Press: (sucked arse)

1 x 8 @ 50lbs.
2 x 6 @ 50lbs.
2 x 8 @ 45lbs. (had to drop down, grr!)

Flat Db Flys: (started to lose it here, switch to incline)

1 x 8 @ 25lbs.
1 x 6 @ 25lbs.

Incline Db Flys:

3 x 8 @ 30lbs.

Decline Press (Hammer Str.): (this is where i was just livid)

1 x 10 @ 90lbs.
3 x 8 @ 110lbs.
1 x 8 @ 140lbs.

Sucked duck balls in all! Oh well, these days happen but if I recall correctly I had another BAD chest day only a week or two ago. Hopefully Delt day is good tomorrow.

[Lift2Live]

9.15.04

Delts - Pretty decent day. It's the training partners day off but normally my shoulders are pretty good with or without help.

Upright Rows (Bb):

4 x 8 @ 80lbs.

Press (Db):

3 x 8 @ 50lbs.
1 x 7 @ 50lbs.

Front Raises (Db):

4 x 8 @ 20lbs.

Lateral Raises (Machine):

2 x 8 @ 70lbs.
2 x 8 @ 90lbs.

Shrugs:

2 x 10 @ 180lbs.
3 x 8 @ 200lbs.

That's all. Arm day tomorrow. Love it, can't wait!!

[Lift2Live]

9.16.04

Arms - Pretty decent today. Lifted hard and heavy with only one issue. We went to do behind the head presses for some tricep work and my left shoulder, no matter what I did, felt like it was ripping on every rep. I got 2 sets in before I scrapped em totally. Got plenty of other good tri work in. I'm just not going to to those db presses anymore, my body just doesn't like them.

Tricep Pushdowns (V-bar):

1 x 10 @ 60lbs.
3 x 8 @ 80lbs.

Skullcrushers:

1 x 10 @ 60lbs.
2 x 8 @ 70lbs.
1 x 6 @ 70lbs.

Standing Curls (Bb):

1 x 10 @ 65lbs.
2 x 8 @ 75lbs.
1 x 4 @ 95lbs.

Incline Curls (Db): (first time, tough lol)

4 x 8 @ 25lbs.

Standing Curls (Cable):

1 x 10 @ 80lbs.
1 x 8 @ 90lbs.
1 x 8 @ 100lbs.
1 x 8 @ 110lbs.

Dips (Machine):

1 x 10 @ 215lbs.
1 x 8 @ 235lbs.
1 x 8 @ 255lbs.
1 x 8 @ 270lbs.

Arms were blowed up! Feels good and my arms are already super tight.

[Lift2Live]

9.17.04

Legs - Went fine. Got in and out alot quicker though. The lifting partner was nowhere to be found today. I am sure I know why though. Yesterday he had a big knot in his right quad that was nagging at him and i'm sure it either got worse or didn't get enough better to lift so all is good. Still got my work in;

Squat:

2 x 8 @ 185lbs.
1 x 8 @ 205lbs.
1 x 6 @ 205lbs.

Stiff Legged DL's:

2 x 8 @ 115lbs.
2 x 8 @ 135lbs.

Calf Press:

2 x 8 @ 210lbs.
1 x 8 @ 230lbs.

Leg Extensions:

2 x 8 @ 130lbs.
1 x 8 @ 150lbs.

Leg Curls:

1 x 8 @ 90lbs.
2 x 8 @ 110lbs.

Seated Calf Raises:

1 x 8 @ 90lbs.
2 x 8 @ 100lbs.

Hack Squats:

3 x 8 @ 140lbs.

Was decent in all but I could use some more calf work. The hack squats were a nice finisher. If my freind had been there the routine would have been a bit different but not so much any better so I'm happy that it's friday and tomorrow is off!