Wednesday, January 31, 2007

COLD.

It is COLD today! Brrr!

Got an ok-night's sleep last night. Woke up around 11:30 and I think I was up for a while...mind thinking about all kinds of things. Woke up this morning before the alarm (4:45 ish). Legs didn't feel ready for training today at all, so they got a recovery day while I trained upper body. =)

Morning training:
Walked to gym. Holy cow, was it cold!
Warm-up - 20 minutes easy elliptical trainer. For the last 10 minutes of it, I waved my arms around like an idiot (aerobic-like arm movements) to get my upper body warmed up, too.
Then did 70 minutes of some serious upper-bodybuilding.
Workout was structured into 5 groups of supersets (or giant sets or whatever you call them...). Did 4 or 5 sets of each exercise. Each set to failure. Most sets to failure within 3-5 reps. An odd set here or there may have been to failure in 8, if the weight was too light. Some rest in between sets, but didn't time the rest.

Group 1: One-arm dumbell rows (30 lbs). Flat bench dumbell presses (25 lbs each arm)
Group 2: Assisted pull-ups (70 lbs assistance), push-ups
Group 3: Assisted chin-ups (70 lbs assistance), push-ups
Group 4: Front lateral raises (10 lbs each, dropped to 8 lbs each after a couple of sets), upright rows (15 lbs each), posterior delt raises (on incline bench - some sets 5 and some sets 8 lbs each)
Group 5: Concentration curls (15 lbs), triceps dips on bench (bodyweight)
Walked home.

Breakfast (8:30 a.m.)- 5.5 large bananas. 3 fuyu persimmons. 10 oz. baby spinach.
Lunch (12:45 p.m.) - 9 fuyu persimmons
Dinner (around 3:00 p.m.) - 2 lbs. grape tomatoes. 1 stalk celery. 1 haas avocado.

My body is doing some housecleaning - I'm breaking out all over my neck and chest.

Didn't get to bed until 9 p.m. or so - did laundry and talked to a friend.

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