Monday, August 29, 2005

Training: ME Squat/Dead

Mondays are far too busy at the gym.

Phase 1, Cycle 2, Day 1
Squat (Narrow stance - in the rack)
2x8 @ 45
95x8
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3
315x3
365x2, 1

Hammer Strength Leg press
1ppsx10
2ppsx10
3ppsx10
4ppsx10
5ppsx10
6ppsx5 (f)

Hammer Strength seated leg curl
5x8 @ 90

Hypers superset with lying leg raises
2x15

10 mins stretching

Treadmill: 25 mins, 1.35 mi, 204 cals

Workout time: 5:25p - 7:10p

I write notes to myself in my training log pretty regularly, information about the set or how I felt, twinges of pain, form adjustments, things like that. Every once in a while, though, I write something down, then look at it later, and it means more.

Directly below the 365x2, 1 notation, it says: This was pretty easy, should have gotten 3, head stopped me. I AM BETTER THAN THIS.

I am. I need to act like it.

2 comments:

Mich said...

I like that comment. :-)

I also write notes in my log. Mostly things like "watch the right knee!" or "failed due to grip". However, occasionally I will put in a motivational one, like "Where was brain?". I'm also starting to track whether how I feel when I come into the gym correlates with workout success. For example, I've noticed that days when I come in exhausted and annoyed often turn out to be some of the best workouts. Haven't figured it out yet.

Paul Stagg said...

LOL @ 'Where was brain?'.

Some of my best workouts are also the days I really don't want to be there for whatever reason (tired, not enough sleep, distracted, etc).