[farmboy]

Originally Posted by judogido

Friggin lunatic. No way I'M getting up at 5.45am to train. Kudos for the dedication, mate.

It's the only time of the day that I'll feel like/be able to lift with any semblance of time to myself. My wife gets up to go to work at 5 am, so I get up and start her car for her (it's still cold/snowy her) and then get ready to work out. Sometimes I drink an energy drink, whci I know is bad for me, but hey, it wakes me up.

By the way, I've read some of your posts, and have gotten a lot from them. Thanks.

[chia]

Farmboy, why don't you put the chairs back to back with a space in between to do dips instead of elevating the feet?

[farmboy]

I thought about doing that. I may give it a try next time. That would be more silimar to the parallel grip dips, huh? Yep, I'll try those out Mondya, see if I can keep balance or if the chairs just fold in on me, lol!

[judogido]

Originally Posted by farmboy

It's the only time of the day that I'll feel like/be able to lift with any semblance of time to myself. My wife gets up to go to work at 5 am, so I get up and start her car for her (it's still cold/snowy her) and then get ready to work out. Sometimes I drink an energy drink, whci I know is bad for me, but hey, it wakes me up.

By the way, I've read some of your posts, and have gotten a lot from them. Thanks.

I'm NOT a morning person. Red-eyed, cranky & tired - that's me.

Pleased to hear I posted something that might've helped in some way. It's always nice to get some positive feedback.

[farmboy]

Originally Posted by judogido

I'm NOT a morning person. Red-eyed, cranky & tired - that's me.

Pleased to hear I posted something that might've helped in some way. It's always nice to get some positive feedback.

I'm not a morning person, either. In fact, I hate it, but I know I have to do it. I keep motivated by the thought of getting stronger than I am today.

2/14/06, Tuesday
5:45 am
Deadlift 215lbs 5X5 (5375)
Weighted Chins 25lbs 5/5/5/4/4
For some reason these were giving me a hard time today. Shoulder's still a little sore.
Sitff-legged DL 165lbs 3X8
Single-arm DB Row 45lbs 3X10 each arm
40lb DB Hammer Curls 3X8 reps each arm

8:00 am
Protein Shake:
1½ cup of skim milk
½ cup of mixed berries
6oz cup of blueberry yogart
1 heaping scoop of protein powder
tbsp of cane sugar
2 capsules BCAA 2000
Multi-vitamin
3 pills MSM Glucosamine
1 pill Omega 3 complex

10:00 am
Roast Beef on Whole Wheat
6oz cup of Blueberry Yogurt
Small bag of Wheat Thins

1:00 pm
Assorted Sushi

4:50 pm
6oz cup of Peach Yogurt

7:00 pm
After warm-ups, most of the class, about an hour and 15/hour and a half, was spent going over 3 throws: deashi-harai (review/continuation from last Thursday), hiza-guruma, and sasae-tsurikomi-ashi. I was getting deashi-harai down pretty good by the end. I like hiza-guruma and sasae-tsurikomi-ashi. They were fairly easy to get. The one thing that gets a little confusing is that each black belt has slight differences in how they do each throw, so if you switch partners, they may tell you you're doing something wrong when your former partner just taught you that exact way. Oh well, obviously there are several correct ways to do the same throw.

9:20 pm
Ham & Cheese on Whole Wheat
1 cup of Cottage Cheese
4oz cup of Apple Sauce

[farmboy]

Still on Tuesday. Just a little aside. After practicing the throws, we worked on some ground randori. I really enjoy it. I did get tapped a few times by a green belt in the class. Not that I'm upset about it. I try to take the "what doesn't kill me makes me stronger mentality. Anyway, I think what happens sometimes is that I get a little over-anxious and end up getting caught in a stupid predicament.

I did end up catching a kid that started around the same time I did with a kata-juji-jime. My cardio is crap, though. I think most of the people in class have crap cadio. By the time class wasover with, I was exhausted... I freakin' love it!

[farmboy]

2/15/06, Wednesday

Got up late today. I had planned on getting up at 6:20 to do a little cardio, but when the alarm went off, I closed my eyes and drifted back into dreamland. Luckily, I woke back up at 6:58, so at least I wasn't late for work. My wife came home from work and wanted to go out for breakfast. After she was cool enough not to bitch about me going to judo last night on Valentine's day, how could I deny her?

7:45 am
3 egg ham & cheese omelet
small bowl of grits with too much butter
2 pieces of whole wheat toast with too much butter
half a piece of sausage
small glass of OJ
Multi-vitamin
3 pills MSM Glucosamine
1 pill Omega 3 complex

I feel like I swallowed a brick! Do you specifically have to ask for them not to throw a pound of butter on your breakfast at Denny's? Well, I guess that was the first problem. Going to eat at Denny's!

9:55 am
16oz bottle of 2% milk

1:00 pm
Hot & Spicy Pork
Rice
Kimbob Roll
A little bit of: Kimchi, Pickled Radish, Sprouts, Cucumber Kimchi

5:50 pm
Pork Roast
Mashed Potatoes
Peas
12oz glass of milk
3 pills MSM Glucosamine
1 pill Omega 3 complex

8:30 PM
Bowl of Zoe's Os with skim milk

[farmboy]

2/16/06, Thursday
5:10 am
6oz cup of strawberry yogurt

5:50 am
Deep Squats
My squat is so week! I tried going with 175lbs for 5X5. By the 5th rep of the very first set I was already having trouble. I’m going to cut it down to 165 for this week, and see how that goes. Once I gauge where I am, then I can worry about working my way up in weight. Carnal would be so disappointed in my skinny little legs!
175lbs 1X5…ish
165lbs was better. Still, pretty tough, but if it was easy, what would be the point, right?
165lbs 4X5
Overhead Squats
65lbs 3X8
The weight felt a little light, but this was the first time I’d ever tried overhead squats, so I was more concerned with form and balance. Balance was pretty good after a few reps. Maybe I’ll go a little heavier next week.
Glute Ham Raise 3X8
50lb Seoi-Nage 3X8
This is just a goofy little thing I came up with using the pull-down attachment on my bench. I put on some weight, have a towel fed through I think it’s one of those mountain climbing belay devices. I don’t know exactly what they are called. Anyway, I attach the towel to the cable and pull it over one shoulder then the other, doing mock seoi-nages. It’s a great twists working for the abs/obliques.

7:45 am
Bowl of Zoe's Os with skim milk
2 capsules BCAA 2000
Multi-vitamin
3 pills MSM Glucosamine
1 pill Omega 3 complex

10:30 am
Foot long turkey & roast beef w/spinach, onion, tomato, green peppers, olives, light mayo, and vinegar & oil on wheat
bag of Sun Chips

1:00 pm
Grilled Chicken sandwich w/catsup, lettuce, tomato
Bowl of chicken, spinach, tomato, and pasta soup

5:30 pm
Bowl of Zoe’s O’s with skim milk

7:00 pm
Judo
We warmed up tonight by starting out with some ne-waza. We did some escapes from kesa-gatame, basically working it as a back and forth drill. Then we worked some armlocks, including juji-gatame, ude-gatame, and ude-garami. We also worked on a variation of kata-ha-jime. These were all done with one person trying to defend and the other transitioning into the submission. After about an hour of that, we moved into some stand-up.
Deashi-harai - I’ve gotten this one down pretty good. Better, actually, than a lot of the guys that have been training for longer.
Hiza-guruma – This one is coming along well, too, once I got the footwork down.

9:45 pm
Roast Pork
Whole Grain Spaghetti with Olive Oil
3 pills MSM Glucosamine
1 pill Omega 3 complex

[Capt. Whoop@ss]

My God Dude!

Are you looking for our oppinion of your schedule?
or are you using this thread as a personnal note pad?

[farmboy]

I've just noticed about my own log that I haven't really been keeping track of my sleep at night like I had planned. It's just so screwed up that I think unconsciously I gave up. I don't know when the last time I actually slept through a full night was. I usually end up waking up like 3-5 times a night. Boy does it suck! Oh well, I guess I'll just mention it if I remember to.