I resisted an on-line log for some time before starting one here. I always kept a purely numeric spreadsheet with goal weights and reps and whether or not I got there for that session or not. This log has given rise to more coherent and organized thinking about what I do. The writing it down and organizing it in more or less grammatical sentences clarifies my thinking. Then there’s the advice you get here when you ruminate about that somewhere other than the confines of your own head. So I’m just happy as Hell to get my workouts logged and posted so that it feels like I actually did them.
1-25-12
Weight: 245.5
5 minutes warmup on the bike. (Medium Day)
Bench Press: 215 5-5-5-5-4. Since I can still feel a little of the owwie in my pec I picked up from this a week or so back I didn’t try to gut out the last rep.
Curls: 90 5 x 5.
Pinch Grip: 150 and I couldn’t hang on the damn thing at all even wit a 10 lb. drop to reset. I have no idea what’s going on with me losing my grip, so to speak.
Average heart rate for this session was 142 bpm. Even with 3-4 minute rest intervals.
Jujitsu tonight had me teaching newbie kids the basics. One of the girls was teamed up with boy who was constantly correcting her when she wasn’t wrong on her technique. I asked her if he was her brother. She said no he’s my cousin. I asked her isn’t it funny how boy cousins always think they know than you do? She went into a fit of giggles and her cousin got embarrassed and started stuttering. The mom of one of them sitting along the sidelines heard me and cracked up. Fun for all.
The adult class had me getting some coaching and fine tuning of choking technique with a green belt overseen by a really great 4th degree black belt. Excellent teacher. He guided us through the finer points of how to displace the sternomastoid muscles of the neck with a very gentle touch. Then on to seal off the carotids and you’re on your way to dreamland in seconds. It’s amazing how so little strength and effort are required to do this. Then we did the rice bale throw which is similar to judo’s tomoenage. But ours doesn’t use an assist with the foot and ends in a choke as the other guy hits the mat. As usual, when I get thrown my 245 pounds hits the mat with a resounding WHUMP! This stops the rest of the class in it’s tracks for about 30 seconds or so while everyone takes a long look at the floor to make sure there’s no crater there.
1-26-12
Weight: 246.5
In and out fast with a GXP, foam roller and stretching.
1-27-12
Weight: 247
5 minutes warmup on the bike. (Light Day)
Standing Overhead Press: 110 x 8 x 3 +10. I started with dips, but now I know where the owwie came from recently. The right pec did not like this move. So I switched to the press. I’m going to do the lying triceps press instead for the foreseeable future. Funny because it’s very much like the really old school pullover and press that I started doing in high school in the 60’s from Hoffman’s old Strength and Health mag. I’ve doing it on and off ever since. Just not in the last year or so.
Power Clean: 135 x 8 x 3. Still working on the rack and not using my arms for pull.
Squat: 135 x 3 x 6.