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*A sleepy wave*
I haven’t written anything the least bit introspective or personal in quite some time, which makes this place a rather boring place to hang my hat. *steps into the spotlight* Good morning.
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Failure?! Was ist das?
I started the one set to failure method today, as well as changing around some exercises. Things went pretty well, although I wasn’t able to really do a superset with the bench press and dips since the assisted dip machine is on the other end of the building. I didn’t start the squats today because I want another day or two to practice my form. Leg press: 14 @ 60 lb (+10 lb) Bench press: 12 @ 25 lb Erect dips (not leaning forward): 8 @ 110 lbs (since this is an assisted machine, it’s 173 lbs [bodyweight] – 110 lbs assistance = 63 lbs of resistance) Lat pulldown: 9…
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Home again, home again.
I went home for part of this past weekend. Not too much interesting happened other than getting to say hi, but I had a disappointing discussion with the Old Man about weight lifting. It was good to see everyone, though, and driving seven hours within 24 hours didn’t phase me at all. On Saturday night, WO and I went to a local coffeehouse to see Whisper Down, a band that consists of three Rose professors (including Dr. McKnuckleberry) and a couple of their wives. They put on an excellent show. Dr. McK can sing, and the band on whole was pretty damn good, skillwise. They chose good songs, and played…
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Not trying to hear the dogma.
I just got back from my 4-mile long run of the week. Each mile was broken up with a 200 meter walk, but the run was nice and hard despite the breaks. Because the Indiana Colts are on our campus, random families came down to track, presumably to see where the Colts trained. Makes since; if the parents work during the day, they would have to come out on a weekend to show their kids where the football players do all their hard work. It was a little disconcerting to be huffing and puffing out there with families watching, though. Eeks.
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Three’s the magic number
Three workouts, that is. Tuesday’s weightlifting wasn’t the best in terms of progress, but I followed it up with a good ten minutes on the rowing machine that wore me out. Leg press: 14/13 @ 45 lb (Notice the drop of ten pounds.) Bench press: 16/8 @15 lb Lat pulldown: 14/12 @ 144 lb Shoulder press: 16/11 @ 5 lb Anterior tibialis: left: 11/8, right: 11/10 @ 10 lb I’m not sure what I’m not doing right in weight-lifting; are the weights too high? Should I be shooting for equality in the sets, or fatigue in each? I’m fairly certain I’m not getting enough protein–in the last seven days, I’ve…