Strength is the product of struggle. I like it! :)

Monday 1/25/10 30:15 Treadmill w/5lb HW 140 avg 152 peak- made the heart monitor flash!

Tues 1/26/10:

Front Squats 90lb 12x3 Having no squat rack, I need to
clean & press this first, the lbs are low.
Gotta get one.

Bench Press 135 12x3 Using 4ft curl bar for lack of alternative,
& all the plates I have for it. DW says
I can get a real bar for my BD.

DeadLift 150 10x3
Overhead DB Press(seated) 45lb 12x2,9
Tricep DB Ext 45 12X2,11

No time for the rest. Had to shovel two driveways before work- winter has returned.

I got a lot of my weight training stuff at "gift giving" times. I made it clear, that's all I wanted. :)

Weds 1/27

Treadmill 30:30 w/handweights 136Avg 151max

Thurs 1/28

Shoveled snow for 50 minutes this morning ( I should have worn my cardio monitor- I was soaked in sweat when I'd finished.)

Afterwards, only had time/energy for the basic 3:

Front Squats (clean bar from floor) 100lb 12x3
Bench Press 140 12x2, 8
Deadlift 150 3x10 (After which I was "dead").

Checked out Olympic bars online at 3 local stores, and the best one I've seen is at --Walmarts? Am I the only one that finds that odd?

Friday 1/29

Treadmill 30:15 w/5lb handweights 140avg 155max

Sat 1/30:

Just time for the basic 3 this morning:

Frunt Squat 100lb 12x2,9
Bench Press 149 15x3
Deadlift 150 10x2,7

Sunday 1/31:

Walked outside for 30 minutes of so with Kit. Not much cardio
benefit, but it was quite a pretty winter landscape. Cold, though (upper 20s).

I've been looking at how other folks organize their gym logs. I like the idea of keeping (& updating) one entry for a week. I may try that starting tomorrow.

By shameless begging, my wife let me buy my birthday present 3 weeks early. A 7ft Olympic bar, & 2 more 25lb plates. Woohoo! I can stop using an EZ curl bar for bench presses.
Still no power cage in the forseeable future, unless I can pick up one used.

Week of 2/1 - 2/7/10

Monday - Sloth-like behavior in honor of wife's birthday. That's
my story, anyway.

Tues-

Front BB Squats (Jerked & Cleaned betw reps) 110lb 10x2,9
Bench BB Press 145lb 10x3
Deadlift BB 160lb 10x3

Ack- gotta go shovel snow- damn that Lake Michigan.

Weds-

Treadmill 30:48 avg 136 max 150 (5lb handweights)

Thurs-

DB Squats 55lbx2 10x3
Bench BB Press 155 12x2,5
Deadlift BB 170 10x2,7
No overhead press
BB Triceps Extensions 55 10x2, 8 (form was lousy- new exercise)
EZ Curl Biceps Curl 55 10x2,6 (form OK- new exercise- think it'll be a good one for me)
1 leg Calf Raises 65 10x3
Some misc yoga & ab exercises while coffee was brewing

Friday-

TReadmill 30:52 avg 132 Max 148

Saturday

DB Squats 55lbx2 10x3
Bench BB Press 155 10x3
Deadlift BB 170 10x2
Tricep BB Ext 10x3 (Form still awkward-tried with palms forward)
Stndg Bicep EZ Curl 55 11x2

Sunday

Walked 25 min w/wife outside.

Week of 2/8 -2/14

Monday-

Sq DB 55x2 (held shoulder hieight) 10x3
BB Bench 155 10x3
Deadlift 170 10x2

Walked 1 mile outside at lunch

Tues - Sunday

Got a pretty bad sinus infection, and besides two hours (!!!) of snow
shoveling Tues & Weds, did nothing else. Ugh.

Week 2/15 - 2/21

Monday

Walked 34 min on treadmill ~ 3.8 MPH. Too grouchy to deal with the heart monitor. Still coughing, but in need of exercise.

Tues

Shoveled snow for 55 frickin' minutes. I must be getting old.

Weds

Treadmill 31:00 w/5lb hand weights Avg 136 Mac 147BPM - not full out yet.

Another 45 minutes of shoveling.

Thurs- Nada

Friday

DB Squats 55x2 10x3
Bench: 155 10x3
Deadlift: 170 10x2 - left hamstring complained, didn't do 3rd rep
Seated DB Overhead Press 45x2 10x3
2-Handed DB Tricep Extension 45 10x3
EZ Curl Bicep Curls 52 10x2,5
1 Leg Calf Raises 65 10/11/12

Sat

Treadmill: 30:39 140BPM Avg 152Max (That's 1 beat shy of 90% of my target heart rate- the cardio monitor was flashing again :D )

Week 2/22-2/28

Mon
Treadmill 30:29 Avg 136 Max 147

Tues

DB Squats 65x2 10x3
BB Bench Press 165 10x2,7
Deadlift 180 8x2,6
OH DB press (seated) 45x2 10x2,9
Two arm DB Tricep Ext 45 10x3
EZ Curl Bicep 52 10,12,7

Weds- Nada

Thurs-

Treadmill 30:35 131avg 149max

Saturday

40 min snow shoveling

Treadmill 30:30 137avg 155 max

Sun

Back buggin' me- no exercise

Week 3/1 - 3/7/10

Mon- Treadmill 30:03 133avg 146max. No hand weights. Back still bugging me. 10min yoga stretches & abs.

Tues , Weds: Nada :(

Thurs: Treadmill 30:00 143avg 176(!!!)max using 5lb handweights. 171 is 100% of my age-adjusted target heart rate. My cardio monitor has a hard-coded target range of 65-85%, so it was beeping up a storm.

Fri:

Squats: 65x2 10x3
Bench: press 140 10x3
Deadlift: 185 10x2,9 Form was GOOD! But I still hate 'em.
Seated OH DB Press: 55x2 9x2,6
Tricep Ext 45x10, 55x10x2
1 Arm Bicep DB Curls: 30 10,6 25x10
1 Leg Standing Calf Raises 65 10,7,5
Abs

Sun

Treadmill 30:00 136avf 154Max 5lb handweights.