Got back from the gym a little less than an hour ago. Eating now. Today seriously sucked. Please remind me never to take 2 weeks off. I should have at least done some cardio. My stamina sucked. My muscles felt weak. Oh ... and I had my first asthma attack (mild, thankfully) in several months and didn't have my inhaler. Oy.

Glad to be back on the wagon, though. :-) :-)

I did legs today, too -- really wanted to get a good stretch in my hams and glutes since they've felt sore from all the traveling. Tried Zercher squats for the first time. Those take more arm strength than I realized. LoL! Did some stiff-legged deads, snatch-grip deads, and regular deads to follow up. My ass is gonna be killing me tomorrow. :-)

Well, that is a helluva way to get back in the saddle, Dokk. :-)

I just went with squats and seated hamstring curls....have a game Tuesday and don't want to be too depleted then. The squats were enough to do me in. :-)

I can't do squats b/c of my shoulder. :-) I should also note that I didn't/couldn't go too heavy with anything. My last set of deads (only at 185), I did faster than I've ever done deads before. I probably could have hit 225 that fast; but my lower back (like, sacrum area) was sore, so I stopped. :-) I'll do some cardio, stretching, and shoulder rehab tomorrow.

Damn sorry to hear your workout sucked Prof. Thats kind of odd, only 2 weeks shouldnt have done you in that bad.

Whats bugging your shoulder that you cant do squats?

I'm a wreck, Frank. :-)

Don't know for sure what's wrong with the right shoulder. Still haven't found a good sports doc around here; but I haven't tried as hard as I should. The clearest symptoms are (a) a popping half-way down (not up) a flat bench motion and (b) a pain in the front part of the rotator cuff. Even holding the bar for a squat ends up putting a good deal of strain on the cuff; so I'm taking some time off from anything upper body that could strain it.

The bigger issues today were (a) total crap nutrition for the last 2 weeks and (b) posterior chain soreness from all the travel and conference-going. I spent almost 10 hours in the driver seat of my wife's car over the Thanksgiving vacation ... and it hurts my lower back from almost the second I sit in it. :-)

Anyway, I'm sure the crap day is a result of poor nutrition and the existent soreness. It'll get better by the end of the week. :-)

Ya those factors will sure leave ya a mess.

Dunno about the shoulder issue, do you get the same pains even with lighter weights?

I decided not to try and make-up chest and back. I'm gonna start fresh with bi/tri on Tuesday.

I did ... which is why I cut out everything except for a circuit of rehab exercises. It's doing better, though -- no popping today. :-)

Damn that sucks, just keep the rehab going. Let it take time to heal up.

Tom heres an article I ran across.
http://www.elitefts.com/documents/off_ice_cond.htm

Thanks Frank...If I can translate that from "weightless" exercises to something with weights, might be fun! :-)

Your Welcome Tom, I didnt read much into it to be honest. Just saw the hockey reference figured it would be at least worth a read.

Chest Just Finished
Bench
380x5 - 380x5 - 380x7(PR) Wanted to go for 8 but no spotter. Very upsetting.
DB floor Press
125x10x3
V Bar Press Downs
60x20 - 60x14 Massive Burn and pump stop me short last set
Dips
Bodyweight + 90x5x3 Final set of just Bodyweight 25 reps.

tried dren and drank a coffee today, made me sleepy.:-)

Great bench session, Frank. :-)

Thumbs down on the Dren at this point, Perry?

double negative?

I never could drink coffee always makes me bloated and tired.

yes I winz!11!!!!!1

Coffee never did that to me back to the books to find something else.

I took Animal Cuts a few times before they banned ephedra. That was some good ****! Gave me the jitters but I would be amped all day. Dunno what else is out there. I would say just get a bottle of caffeine =/
A lot of people lately have been staying away from stimulants. A lot of new research is saying that taking them outside of the optimal window(pre exercise) increases cortisol in the body in large amounts.

any links? thats sounds like an interesting twist to previous way of thoughts.

Just google "caffeine and cortisol" there is a lot of info on this subject. Tons of articles.

just google it, eh? search nazi:-) will do who knows how this may alter ones mind.