Train Hard, Fight Easy - log of disco

[TheAth-ah-lete]

What is your first language?

[Disco]

Originally Posted by TheAth-ah-lete

What is your first language?

Insult or question? English, why?

[TheAth-ah-lete]

Sorry dude I wasn't trying to be insulting. For some reason I thought you might be from somewhere else.

[Disco]

Originally Posted by TheAth-ah-lete

Sorry dude I wasn't trying to be insulting. For some reason I thought you might be from somewhere else.

All good.

[Disco]

Smashed it yesterday but sickness setback is being overcome rapidly as I dared to dream.

Warm up
Bench 1x6 at 35kg
Bench 2x6 at 45kg
Deadlift 2 x 6 at 45kg
1 x 6 Chin downs
2 x 8 Bicept Curls at 10kg and 30 sit ups

I bailed on the chin downs because some hot chicks walked in. Now I don't mind doing front squats and having people look at me weird, or warming up on the bench with no weights on the bar and getting stares like 'that wont build muscle' but I can't help but be embarrassed about my inability to do a single chin up and the way I need to jump to do them then resist down... haha.

[Disco]

BOOYAH!

*ahem* well anyway smashed my 5km run yesterday and seem to go very well at a job inteview this morning. So when I hit the gym today I decided to up the ante on my front squats.

Warm up
Front Squats 3 x 6 at 40kg
OHP 2 x 6 at 30kg
OHP 1 x 6 at 35kg
Pull up things 3 x 6

So that was 5kg more than I used to for front squats, and damn was my form smooth. The last set were a struggle but what do you expect. My flexibility in the arms is still a bit of an issue, but hopefully it is getting there. And I did my OPH so well I put on a bit in the last set.

The gains that I made before that sickness wiped me out seem to be back so all is well in the gym front. Plus if I feel good tomorrow I might get to lift for the third time in a week for first time since I started. So recovery is getting better to.

edit: i weighed myself this morning and i was 79kg... wtf? that seems wrong, will do it again tomorrow and see.

[Garganaut]

10kg weight gain in like 2 weeks seems pretty extreme unless you've been eating like a beast, and given you've been sick during that time too it's probably wrong.

Is there any reason you don't do normal squats as well as front squats?

[Disco]

Originally Posted by Garganaut

10kg weight gain in like 2 weeks seems pretty extreme unless you've been eating like a beast, and given you've been sick during that time too it's probably wrong.

Is there any reason you don't do normal squats as well as front squats?

Weighed myself today and I was 80kg. I think I am going to cut out the morning shakes, only do one PWO.

It is fast weight gain although keep in mind I was 69kg at the peak of my training last year I was 75kg when I started this log. That tidbit is a bit lower on my original post.

I do front squats because my gym (only one in town) doesn't have a squat cage/power rack. BUT a new one is opening up soon.

[Disco]

Boxing today but no one showed up, the mundine fight was last night I think the boys went out. Played 2 on 2 warm up bball with some guys but it turned a tad competitive and I got a work out. Bag work for 20 mins, got bored, ran around the oval, did some sprints, went home.

[Garganaut]

Originally Posted by Disco

Weighed myself today and I was 80kg. I think I am going to cut out the morning shakes, only do one PWO.

It is fast weight gain although keep in mind I was 69kg at the peak of my training last year I was 75kg when I started this log. That tidbit is a bit lower on my original post.

I do front squats because my gym (only one in town) doesn't have a squat cage/power rack. BUT a new one is opening up soon.

Ah that's not such a big gain then, I wouldn't start cutting out calories because of it. If your protein shakes are just plain whey protein they won't have many calories anyway.

That sucks about the power racks, but at least you're making the best of it by doing front squats. Hope the new gym has some racks when it opens.

Good luck with the training.