[Zerocrew1984]

you are ugly.

[theNuge]

*** SOB ***

It's sad but true.

However, I hear that's better than being fat.

[theNuge]

I saw something really odd and upon further inspection I decided that it was really fucking stupid.

Some guy starts prepping to floor press in the Smith machine. I thought this was pretty cool since I've never seen anyone besides me do a floor press. He puts 50 pounds on the bar, gets underneath it, and starts his set. He then propels the bar upward at a very fast rate and lets go and catches it on the way back down...

*** shakes head and continues his noob workout ***

[Feature boy]

The good ol' ballistic bench press... I've heard about it before, don't know if there's really any point in doing it.

[theNuge]

I don't know either. The reason I posted it in my log is I've been burned posting in the "New Favorite Idiot" thread because I'm pretty much still an idiot when it comes to training. However, I just can't see a point in doing that. First of all, what happens if you miss the catch? Second of all, you couldn't do it with heavy weight. I've seriously seen the weirdest shit performed in that Smith machine. I guess I don't mind to much since those people don't use the power rack then.

[statisticool]

Originally Posted by theNuge

I saw something really odd and upon further inspection I decided that it was really fucking stupid.

Some guy starts prepping to floor press in the Smith machine. I thought this was pretty cool since I've never seen anyone besides me do a floor press. He puts 50 pounds on the bar, gets underneath it, and starts his set. He then propels the bar upward at a very fast rate and lets go and catches it on the way back down...

*** shakes head and continues his noob workout ***

Yeah it sounds pretty silly. But it is no surprise if he's from the 'strength train fast to be fast, and make sure your strength training mimics real life movements' camp. Perhaps he was 'training' to push people off when they are on top of him. Who knows what people think!

[theNuge]

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

*** Wife's Entry ***

ME Upper Body

General Notes: my wife has been sick the last few days so the is the first time she's been to the gym in a week. We're now back on the bench press and she like the form changes that I read about in Starting Strength. She also was a champ since she did three new exercises this week with the BOR's, Rear Delt Flies, and Swiss Ball Pulley Crunches.

Bench Press
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25x5x2
35x5x2
45x3
50x3
55x3
60x3
65x3
70x3 --> this was her old PR
75x2 --> she was SO CLOSE on the third rep!
65x3
65x3

DB Bench Press
--------------------------
20's x 6
20's x 6
20's x 6
20's x 6

BB BOR's
----------------
Notes: she really liked these.
45x10
55x10
55x10
65x10

DB Rear Delt Flies
----------------------------
5's x 12
5's x 12
5's x 12

Low Pulley Swissball Crunches
------------------------------------------------
10x15
20x8
20x8

[theNuge]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

ME Lower Body

General Notes: my leg is bugging the crap outta me lately. I still get tingles and lately my hip has been so tight. I stretch and I stretch and it's not really getting better. I'm thinking after I finish WSFSB I'll take a little break and try to heal up. I think my hip kind of affected my workout today since I felt a little weak but I also didn't have too much to eat before I started working out.

Deadlift
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135x5x2
155x3x2
165x3
185x3
205x3
225x3
245x3 --> I didn't want to push past this
225x3
225x3

Barbell Step-Ups
--------------------------
95 x 8 (each leg)
75 x 8 (each leg)
75 x 8 (each leg)

Stability Ball Hamstring Lifts
-------------------------------------------
Notes: I was surprised how hard these were. On a couple of the reps I thought my hamstrings were going to cramp up.
10 reps
10 reps
10 reps
10 reps

DB Farmer's Walk
---------------------
55's x ~50 yards
55's x ~50 yards
55's x ~50 yards
55's x ~50 yards

[theNuge]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

*** Wife's Entry ***

ME Lower Body

General Notes: My wife officially likes the deadlift now. She did a good job and her only slipped a couple times but it was still pretty good.

Deadlift
------------
45x5
65x5x2
75x3x2
95x3
110x3
125x3
135x3
145x3 --> 10 lb PR!
130x3
130x3

DB Reverse Lunges
-------------------------------
Notes: Her quad hurt with these. So, we switched to step-ups for the last set.
5's x 8 (each leg)
10's x 8 (each leg)

DB Step-Ups
--------------------
15's x 8 (each leg)

Stability Ball Hamstring Lift
-----------------------------------------
10 reps
10 reps
10 reps
10 reps

DB Farmer's Walk
---------------------------
30's x ~50 yards
35's x ~50 yards
35's x ~50 yards

[theNuge]

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

*** Wife's Entry ***

RE Upper Body

General Notes: My wife had a somewhat rushed workout tonight. It was OK until we got to the shrugs and she couldn't figure out how to do them or I was telling her how to do them wrong. Either way she got frustrated.

Bench Press
--------------------
25x5x2
35x5x2
45x15
45x10
45x10
45x10
45x15

DB Floor Presses
---------------------------
15's x 10
17's x 10
20's x 10
20's x 10

Pull-Ups w/ Average and Mini Band
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5 reps
4 reps
3 reps

Barbell Shrugs
-----------------------
45x10
65x10

Alternating DB Curls
-------------------------------
10's x 8
12's x 8
15's x 8

Low Pulley Swissball Crunches
------------------------------------------------
10x12x2

TGU's
---------
20 x 2 (each arm)

DB Swings
-----------------
20x10