Today's Workout Thread

[Ernie1980]

I took a break from the gym to take some swings today! I felt a little rusty at first- I hadn't swung a bat in several months- but it felt nice to be out there and it came back fast.

[Thug]

A 22km Singlespeed ride this morning including a couple of hills.

I've been trying to calibrate my Cateye Speedometer to my GPS and am not having too much luck. After last weekend's long ride I worked out the difference between the 2 was 1.78% (the Cateye over-read), so I adjusted the Cateye by decreasing the wheel size. Logic telling me that by decreasing the wheel size, the circumference of the wheel would take "longer" for a revolution thereby decreasing the mileage. On this morning's test, the difference was 3% (the Cateye under-read), which meant that my original logic was cocked up and that I should have increased the wheel size. So, I guess I'll have to play around some more still.

[Thisisclog]

-3x12 Barbell Curls
-3x12 Skullcrushers
-3x10 Squats
-3x10 Pulldowns
-3x10 Incline Dumbbell Press
-3x12 Weighted Calf Raises

Don't you hate it when some guy in the gym is doing deadlifts in the benchpress rack, with every plate in the gym?

At least he wasn't doing curls in the squat rack.

[whoever]

At least he wasn't doing curls in the squat rack.

Why bench in a squat cage

[Thug]

A nice gentle 30km ride with the normal Friday crew.

Tomorrow I'm taking my singlespeed (32/19) to the nature reserve to get in some last minute hillwork. Going to battle on the flats and downhills with that ratio but that's not the point of the ride. I'll also be able to check out the Cateye's calibration again.

[eddy79]

Back squat 90, 100, 110, 120 x 8
Straight leg deads 70, 70, 80, 90 x 8
Leg extensions 40, 45, 50, 55x 8
Single leg curls 20, 20, 20, 20, x 8

Parallel bar dips x8 x 4
Skull crushers 30kg x8 x4
Pushdowns 40, 45, 50, 55 x 8

Modified biceps workout to work around sore wrist
Dumbell hammer curl 20kg x 8 x4
Dumbell reverse curls 12.5kg x 8 x4

Made reps on leg extensions, leg curls, dips, skull crushers and push downs again this week.Will up weight on these next week.

[Thisisclog]

10km this morning. 3km pre, 4km hills, 3km post.

[Firefighter2]

At least he wasn't doing curls in the squat rack.

Ya, I've seen that too. Management should do something about that kind of thing.

[Firefighter2]

Why bench in a squat cage

I've actually done that before, but only when the other 3 squat racks were empty. It works good if you have no spotter, you can use the crash bars for safety.

[Leatherstockiings]

I did a two mile run at the track this afternoon. The lack of shade was noticed.