.... there are many like it, but this one is mine.

I've been on this site for ages, but only started a journal the other day.... so I thought hey, why not start a gym log to neglect too!

*copy and paste from my journal*

'mare in the gym this morning.... got my squat up to 50kg (I know it's rubbish but it's only been like my 3rd workout I've included squats ), got leg extension, leg curl and calf raise weights all up, in the middle of doing ab work and the fire alarm went off..... had to go down the 3 flights of stairs from the top gym reasonably quickly then stand outside getting cold till fire brigade came!

Ended up just skipping the rest of the abs since my parking meter was going to run out so needed to high-tail it out of there.

Did the stair master for the first time today for cardio.... was a good change from the other machines and I was sweating like mad at the end!

Bummer, squat rack at gym broken today so had to do leg press instead. Got leg press up to 240kg though

Ditched two handed dumbell extensions today for assisted tricep dips.... what a way to make you feel like a weakling knowing that you need to put some weight on the see-saw thing to be able to lift your own body weight!

I now have doing unassisted tricep dips as a big goal to reach!

My arms ached differently doing them than just doing the overhead extensions. I still did lying extensions as my last set and got the weight up on that.

At the end I did a couple of sets of walking to failure with 20kg dumbells to try and improve my grip.

Hey Doogie! Great pic!

Now I feel like a dumbass.

Wow 90 pounds is still impressive for me. I'm going to try and see if I can press more next time. Thing is if I do it too high then I will be too weak for extensions so maybe stay at 90 for a couple weeks.

I may try to go heavier on the deadlifts though.

yeah, the drop sets sounds like you are really maxing out. Have you seen a big difference since you started doing them in the way your muscles react?

I know I hate upper body but I love doing legs. I am much weaker there and I don't find it fun at all. Plus it's a longer workout.

Since I am not doing BFL I might break it into two. Do you think I should do chest and back together or Chest and biceps and triceps and then do Back with shoulders? I would have a day in between them. I know the overhead tricep extension and I know the lying tricep extension. Are you doing both triceps at the same time? What do you mean by walking to failure?

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I can't even begin to think what you were thinking.

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Did spin class today... way better doing it after UBWO rather than LBWO!

whohooooo looks like you are off to a great start hun! keep up the great work!

have you checked out www.bodyforlife.com ? great site for a routine to follow! im on week 9 of my 12 week challenge and have never felt better!


just remember NOT TOO MUCH CARDIO if youre trying to build muscles! it defeats the purpose!

heres another great site for exercise ideas that i go to to check form etc etc all the time...hope it helps! http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html


have a great workout! whohoooooo!

I bet since you kill your legs with those 530 pounds. Spinning is tough. Do you still get sore after your leg workout or does the L Glut take care of it now?

My legs are in so much pain. I didn't think that 2 months off would cause me this. It's like I'm starting all over.

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Got squat up to 60kg today and calves up to 120kg. Started doing straight leg deadlifts, pretty light, but lower back ended up hurting a little bit (although was feeling it loads in my hams), but feels better now. Skipped the lower back part of my ab/core stuff because I think the SLDLs hit my back enough