Squats Monday 537x5 Knee wraps on this one, it was brutal. Broke blood vessels in one eye.
Did some other ****.

Benched tonight, did some assistance crap too. Was rather tired tonight, been working 10hr days ( i need to moneys )
415x1,1,1 Each one sucked my balls on the flat bench.

I wouldnt even be able to lock out 415. Way to go!

I tried box squats for the first time the other day. Apparently, I tend to go lower when I squat normally.

Do you look like Dracula now, Frank? :-)

Back to the gym tomorrow after an off day today, felt crappy after working until 4AM last night....hoping to sleep it outta me tonight.

Record-setting day at the gym -- I FINALLY hit 455 on deadlift. :-)

Happy lifting to all and a very merry Christmas. :-)

:-) :-) WTG Dokk!!!

Had a good chest workout, strength is down just a little after my layoff, but I felt stable and I think it will come back quickly.

Merry Xmas to everyone in the workout crew. Pretty tired today from 12oz curls. :-)

Merry Christmas Frank and all.

I hit back before hitting the 12 oz. curls, some reps on bodyweight pull-ups, heavy one-armed rows, and finished with high rep sets on bent over rows. I earned my sweet potatoes! :-)

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Got these for X-mas :-) Looking forward to using them today at the gym. They make the bar fatter so you build strength in your grip and forearms. I would just wrap towels on the bar but that got dangerous for a lot of exercises.

Nice! Are they abs plastic or something?

I don't know what they are made out of.. Here's a description. http://www.flexcart.com/members/elit...d=223&pid=3181

They grip the bar from the inside I assume, Christos? Otherwise I would think they would just spin with your range of motion?

Yea they grip on the inside. They are sized perfect to hold onto the bar.

Let us know how you like 'em, Christos...I am off to the gym in 5.

Funny ... me, too, ADB. On Thursday, I rant into a guy who was planning to do some heavier legs today and I foolishly offered to join him. :-) Still a little tight from the heavy deads the other day; but I'll see what I can do. :-)

Not too heavy, today on legs; feeling a little constrained by (a) doing the deads the other day and (b) having tight, weak hams from taking the last couple of months off (which is the last time I'll use that excuse).

Full Squats
45 x 15
135 x 10
185 x 10
225 x 7

Cheater Squats (off a bench)
315 x 12
365 x 10

Full squats
315 x 5

Cheater Squats
405 x 7

Finished it off with some calves and various weighted abs stuff. Not a bad day; not a great day.

Pull after squatting. Then there will be no worries. Fat grips are decent to have in your bag for training at commercial gyms. Don't get in the habit of using them all of the time. I would say use them every 2-3 workouts. Also be prepared to discover how weak your grip truly is.

Couple more days of sitting on my ass then its back to the grind. Easy squats this week with some serious deadlifting. Going to try a new PR or Two. lol

Go for it, Frank! You're gonna KILL those PRs -- I feel it! :-)

Just for the record, everyone: My goal over the next 6-8 weeks:

Dead: 500
Squat: 405-455
Bench: 225

1100-1200 total. That'll be sweet for a fat pansy-liberal college professor. :-)

Wrecked my shoulders today with a high rep day. Seated militarys at 165-185 for reps, 70 pound dumbbell presses for reps, and some heavy barbell and dumbbell shrugs.

I earned my leftovers. :-)

Looks like Frank and Dokk have some PRs in their near futures! :-)

Well, after returning from 29 palms, I'm back in the training routine.
wide bench- 135-165, 20 reps per.
incline dumbbells 35-50 for reps
flys 25 for reps
decline bench 135-155, 20 reps per
push ups to failure
and a 4 mile run for a kick in the stamina-pants.
Tomorrow it's back to the mma routine. Time to dust off the 4 oz gloves and prayer book.

I figured I'd just post. I've just been cutting weight with mostly running and for the past week swimming. Want to tone up a big before I start pumping iron. Back in high school I got a lot bigger, but retained a lot of the flab, but not this time! Hopefully I can get my running on pace, right now I'm only doing about 4 miles a day, but I want to get it to at least 7. I'm considering doing a sprint triathlon sometime tsoon as well