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Finally put up 300 on the bench, so I'm freakin thrilled. Maybe the week off helped me recover...

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Put up 245 on bench for one (weighed 150 at the time)... I think I took a little too much of my pre-workout drink... :r

For the last couple months, my wife has been going with me every time (so every 2 or 3 days as she couldn't get back into teaching Zumba for a while). She's been loving it and getting much stronger (we just do strength... she does her cardio at other times)... she put up 125 on bench as her 1RM!

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Lotsa good benching going on around here! :D

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I should change my name to Forrest Gump, because I'm always on the bench (ba dum dum) :r

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Sounds like a plan Jay. Better safe than sorry...

Good to see you in great health Rob and back in the gym...

...:tu

Breakin out a good sweat in the garage this morning:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

Its warm out this way in SoCal, so stay extra hydrated today my friends...:ze

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Chest day for me, all the benches were occupied with doucherods, so I improvised some sh!t with dumbbells and cables and got a great lift in.

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Chest and arms last night, I slacked last week and paying for it today (a bit sore) back and shoulders tonight unless my workout gets interrupted by @sshats like last week :sl

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...:tu

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Legs and biceps this morning for me. Had a good work out, nice salad w/chicken and a RASCC before I get ready for work. It's starting off as a very good day:)

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Missed yesterday's session, decided to do back and shoulders today. Felt great

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Legs and abs today. Good one again. :tu

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You're not in sync Huy, its leg day;)

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I know :( we haven't been on the routine in weeks!

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It's my birth control, it's got me all wonky.

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:D...better get yerself a new Rx Tom;)

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Legs today, yup lots of fun....

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Shoulders and arms today. Just picked one exercise per part and went balls out heavy.

Seated Military Press
Barbell Curls
Skullcrushers

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Benedic has joined me in the gym!

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...psfbabf8ec.jpg


"I challenge Tom!"

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That has to be the greatest picture ever....

Did chest today, nice workout. Tried to keep everything under 1 minute rest. Had to throw my ego out the door because after the first exercise, all my lifts dropped like 20% from my normal 8-10 rep

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Benedic! You're doing it wrong. :lr

Kudos to you for getting in the gym.

Back day today:

T-Bar Rows to 305
Bent Over Rows to 315
Cable Rows to 320
Pullups

Tomorrow is a forced day off as I have the Blackhawks game, partial day of work and a hockey game...but I plan on doing a double on Sunday.

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Chest and triceps tonight.
Flat DB 2x15 each weight increase, then 2x10 last three weight increases
Incline DB 4x15
Skull crushers 5x10
Cable extensions
30 minutes of cardio

Took anti inflammatory 2 hours before my workout tonight, helped a lot with my left shoulder. Go to see the Orthopedic Doc on the 30th, hope find out what is going on or start the process.
Felt good tonight in the gym tonight.

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Sunday morning walk with the dawg and workout in the garage:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

Lately, I've been working out, resting two days, working out, etc., but yesterday I got real ancy and said "I'm hitting the garage tomorrow for a big workout." Think I'm gonna return to working out every other day again. It just feels good:tu

Jay, hope that left shoulder is feeling better for ya...

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Sounds like a plan, Mark! :tu

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Staci wanted to go work out today, but since I have work tonight and she doesn't get home till 5, we decided to go early this morning... 5am.

She thought it would be a good idea to take one of my pwo, didn't settle so well with her empty stomach. She threw up half way through her leg workout. Kudos to her though, she did her thing and then went back to the squat rack.

Legs and obliques today. Kept the rest time under a minute, so every set and rep were intense and growling.

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No more PWO for Staci!

Chest day today....my strength on chest seems to be going down every week recently. Not sure if it's the wonky shoulder just getting worse, or my testosterone levels crashing. Wish HGH wasn't so expensive. :r

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Bench is getting better for me... put up 235x3 yesterday (still weighing 150)! :noon

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Chest day for me.

And I did not put up 235 x3. Good job Dan.

Flat db press 4x12 (got up to 110s)
Incline bb press 4x8 (got it up to 225)
Hammer strength presses 4x8 (with a drop set)
Cable flys 4x12,10,8,8

Finished off with some arms. Felt pretty good today, maybe it was due to having some carbs in my stomach.

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Did a double today. legs, arms, shoulders. Squats, barbell curls, skullcrushers, military presses, leg curls, preacher curls, pushdowns, shrugs. Strong on everything, chest seems to be my only bodypart going backwards in strength.

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Thanks, Mark. I prefer the day on day off routine as well, hope it works out for you.:tu

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Stong workouts by you both:tu:tu:tu
Day off today, shoulder day tomorrow.

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I also had a strong chest day today. May have been the caffeine but felt good to go extra reps then increase weight next set.

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:wo...heck of a good workout in the garage this morning. Reached a milestone wherein I was able to strip off the smaller plates and slap on both 25lb plates to the EZ bar (11lbs) and add 5lbs to all routines except the bicep curls. Here's what it looks like now:

Standing reverse curls @60 x5/8reps new
Standing bicep curls @65 x5/8reps
Standing french press @75 x5/8reps new
Standing upright row @75 x5/8reps new
Standing press @75 x5/8reps new

I've come along way since getting my arse back out to the garage to workout on a regular basis. This is what it looked like on 02/14/13:

Standing reverse curls @35 x4/8reps
Standing bicep curls @35 x4/8reps
Standing french press @50 x4/8reps
Standing upright row @50 x4/8reps
Standing press was added on 03/23/13

On 03/13/13, the Assault pwo was added which has helped immensely with the pumps. The Assault Creatine and ReCon post wo followed on 05/01/13. Its all working out very well and the benchmark has now been set for myself. No looking back, only forwards to reaching a new mark in the next 30 days.

Pump it hard today...:ze

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Great job, Mark! :tu

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Free shipping coupon from FitRX.com:

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Excellent walk with the dawg on this Sunday morning, followed by a refreshing workout in the garage:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps



Thanks for providing the coupon Tom:tu

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Back day, a bit lower weights with a few extra reps.

Bent over rows to 315
Wide grip pulldowns to 260
T-bar rows to 270
Cable rows to 290
Pull ups (bodyweight) to failure

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It was a back night tonight. Had a really good workout, feel great.
Cable rows
Cable pull downs
DB rows
Dead lifts

I had a guy come up to me today and ask if I was ok, because I have lost weight.

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Glad you're feeling good and looking good, Jay. :tu

Shoulder day today, and my shoulder feels raw. I will either feel better after the workout, or be crippled. ;)

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Back and shoulders for me tonight (I hope) missed my workout last night because I was stuck on a call, hit chest and arms on Monday and had a nice workout.

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:noon Awesome!


Last week when I put up 235 on bench 3 times, I had a guy come over and tell me that was a "real lotta weight for a tiny guy"... :r

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Wish for the feel better for you. Go see Doc tomorrow.
Mahalo, Dan.

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Karma, Jay, shoulder feels better after a hard workout...even after cooling off.

Not much the doc can do, been to see him quite some time ago. Most days it's liveable. :)

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Glad your feeliing good. I shouldn't type first thing in the morning. I go to see the Doc (Orthopedic) tomorrow morning for my left shoulder. Not sure what to expect, just hope I don't get a :gary

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Good luck at the doc, Jay. :tu

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Last wo was on Sun 05/26 and took a couple of days off due to the inside area of the right elbow in and around the lower bicep and forearm was sore. Was gonna wo yesterday Tues 05/29, but the soreness was still there. Anyways, needed to push through this issue this morning in the garage:

Standing reverse curls x5/8reps
Standing bicep curls x5/8reps
Standing french press x5/8reps
Standing upright row x5/8reps
Standing press x5/8reps

Didn't think I was gonna make it through the rev curls and it took through the 3rd set in the bicep curls before the right arm felt loose and warmed-up. Nonetheless, wo completed and the right arm is stiff and sore:r Time to hit the hot shower...


Thinking positive thoughts for you this morning Jay:tu

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Good job, Mark. :tu

Hoping the visit doc went well as well, Jay.

Day off today....my left shoulder thanks me very much. :)

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:D...Thanks Tom. Got an ice bag on the right arm as we speak:tu

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Gotta do chest and triceps today. Feeling tired so I'll have to use anger from the Red Wings elimination as fuel.

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How's the shoulder Jay?

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Did legs today, yay.

10x8 front squats
DB lunges 3x20
Seated leg extensions 4x10
Lying leg curls 3x12

Not fun.