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How did YOU work out today?? Yes..YOU!

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KStoner6tb said:
You get to do them from you knees though. I bet you could do 30 from your knees. TDie=strong;)
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Yeah, I do much better when I'm on my knees ;)

Maybe not 30, I usually do 3 sets of 15. I don't have much upper body strength (partly because I don't work out much), my ab exercizes are even wimpier than that!
 
I started cycling to and from work recently so weekends don't involve a lot of exercise for me and the moment. Just done 200 sit ups and few sets of (girly) push ups. I have weak girly arms...
 
2 miles on treadmill
5 x 10-12 ab crunch machine
4 x 12 torso twist machine
5 x 4-12 bicep curls
5 x 6-12 tricep extensions

feels good, man
 
10 min warm-up on exercise bike
1.5 miles easy/moderate on treadmill
40 min "fartlek run" in the pool

little less pain when running. i hope it's the "still healing" pain, rather than the "lingering just below the surface" pain.
 
3 sets of squats, calf raises, and straight leg dead lifts. I'm lifting more weight than I've ever been able to before so I'm pretty pleased with that. Had a hard time walking up the stairs in my basement after the workout. But I'm desperately trying to build some semblance of an ass. It had been 4 days between today and my last leg workout, I'm hoping that was enough time to rebuild. I'm having a hard time sticking to my 'workout every other day' routine and end up lifting 2 days back to back sometimes. I'm pretty much addicted and its the only thing that calms me down aside from sex (and there hasn't been any of that for a month)...
 
^That's great to hear. I know that when I get back into it, or try to kick it up a notch, it's always the legs that seem to beg for the most recovery time. And legs, for some people (me and possibly you) seem to be the hardest to get the mass onto. I'm leg-pressing 3 times what I was 8 months ago, and I still feel like my legs are really tiny! Just gotta keep at it!

It's generally accepted that one should wait between 48 and 72 hours between working the exact same muscle again at minimum, so working out every other day is fine, as long as you're doing somewhat of a split (diferent parts on different days). But it's definately a good addiction. I know I have a very addictive personality, so if I can channel this through working out, my life flows a lot better.
 
Redleader said:
^That's great to hear. I know that when I get back into it, or try to kick it up a notch, it's always the legs that seem to beg for the most recovery time. And legs, for some people (me and possibly you) seem to be the hardest to get the mass onto. I'm leg-pressing 3 times what I was 8 months ago, and I still feel like my legs are really tiny! Just gotta keep at it!

It's generally accepted that one should wait between 48 and 72 hours between working the exact same muscle again at minimum, so working out every other day is fine, as long as you're doing somewhat of a split (diferent parts on different days). But it's definately a good addiction. I know I have a very addictive personality, so if I can channel this through working out, my life flows a lot better.
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Yeah, I have a 3 days split, with a minimum of 3 days between hitting the same muscle group twice except forearms which get a beating from maintaining grip on leg day. If I'm hitting a muscle group twice in a week I like to mix up my lifts a bit. If I'm doing chest/triceps/shoulders twice in a week I'll start one day with dips, then incline press and a variety of shoulder exercises, the second day I'll focus more on lower chest and triceps. I always like to do the big compounds first and finish off with some isolation work.

I've been able to add 10 pounds to my lower body lifts each time for the last few weeks but I have a feeling that's going to start slowing down soon. I'm finding my grip strength is starting to hold me back, especially once things get above 150 pounds.
 
Sounds like you're doing a good job setting up your workout. As for the grip, you can actually work on that. Look into purchasing something like this. How to use it should be pretty obvious. But I know what you mean about grip. I've battled this too, as well as having small hands. Small hands can make barbell work kinda tricky.
 
It's already been brought.

Back day today:

Wide grip chins: 4X failure then self spot
Deads: 4x12
Dumbell Rows: 1x12, 1x8, 1x6, 1x4(heavy)
Barbell Rows: ^Same
Lat dumbell pullovers: 3x10

ended up skipping 3.5 mi jog this morning. playing pickup basketball later.
 
Legs day for me today. Front squats, deadlifts, leg press/lunging woodchopper, calf press and lunge-'n-medicine-ball-twist. It's been a while since I've done some of these; my legs are just singing to me now.
 
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