Today's Workout Thread

[Leatherstockiings]

Congrats Firefighter2!

[Firefighter2]

Thank you Leatherstockiings, much appreciated!

[holli4pirating]

Last Thurs was a planned day off.

Fri - Sun I took time off because I was building (several versions, until I got it to work) an indoor hammock stand.

Yesterday was 6 x 25 pushups at work and an 11k on the erg when I got home. Hovered around 2:05 splits, which is a bit slower than usual, but I'm happy with it. HR was great; not sure if that was the time off or just a good day.

Today was 6 x 25 pushups at work. 6 sets of 6 per side with 2 mins rest between sets of long cycle press with the 45 lb bell, followed by alternating singles with the 35 lb bell. I think about 15 per side, but I lost count.

[Thug]

Tuesday:

Too nice outside today to be in the gym, but I got it done anyway. Good motivation as I've just found out I'm going to be a Father for the first time. Gotta' stay healthy now.

Congratulations, awesome news.

[BloodOrange]

Tuesday:

-Incline Benchpress
-One Arm Dumbbell Rows
-Shrugs
-One arm Preacher Curls
-Incline Dumbbell Press
-Leg Curls
-Leg Press

Too nice outside today to be in the gym, but I got it done anyway. Good motivation as I've just found out I'm going to be a Father for the first time. Gotta' stay healthy now.

I can lift an ungodly amount of weight doing decline, wide gripe benchpress. Enough weight that the bar bends, however, doing incline close grip benchpress, my shoulder pops every time. At first I thought it was something I'd just have to work out, but quickly learned that that was a horrible idea. I'll use dumbbells and only one at a time to do incline benchpress reps, and rotate my arm back ever so slightly, but I can't replicate the kinds of weights used otherwise when benching.

Something I like to do in place of regular benchpresses quite often, is bench using a smith machine—never more than two forty five pound plates—and push as hard as I can—making it an explosive exercise—tossing the bar and weights as far as I can up the rails. It's when I can't go more than a few inches is what determines when I ought to stop. Beyond that, I keep going till I get to that point. I do that in between, as a filler when I'm working out whichever core muscle group I'm on that day—keeping busy. For me, it does well to isolate and strengthen the most relevant chest muscles. Rain or shine though, I'll never spend more than an hour lifting weights.

Congratulations on becoming a father.

[neehooya]

Tuesday:


Too nice outside today to be in the gym, but I got it done anyway. Good motivation as I've just found out I'm going to be a Father for the first time. Gotta' stay healthy now.

Congrats! That's fantastic news (I hope)?!

[neehooya]

It was a Hero WOD for me today.
Did Forrest, 3 rounds, time capped at 40":
20 push-ups
30 toes to bar
40 burpees
800m run

Finished the 3 rounds in 44" just in time to have a pint!

[Firefighter2]

Congrats! That's fantastic news (I hope)?!

Thanks, and yes, very good news for me.

[Firefighter2]

I can lift an ungodly amount of weight doing decline, wide gripe benchpress. Enough weight that the bar bends, however, doing incline close grip benchpress, my shoulder pops every time. At first I thought it was something I'd just have to work out, but quickly learned that that was a horrible idea. I'll use dumbbells and only one at a time to do incline benchpress reps, and rotate my arm back ever so slightly, but I can't replicate the kinds of weights used otherwise when benching.

Something I like to do in place of regular benchpresses quite often, is bench using a smith machine—never more than two forty five pound plates—and push as hard as I can—making it an explosive exercise—tossing the bar and weights as far as I can up the rails. It's when I can't go more than a few inches is what determines when I ought to stop. Beyond that, I keep going till I get to that point. I do that in between, as a filler when I'm working out whichever core muscle group I'm on that day—keeping busy. For me, it does well to isolate and strengthen the most relevant chest muscles. Rain or shine though, I'll never spend more than an hour lifting weights.

Congratulations on becoming a father.

Thank you very much, I can't wait! As for the incline's, I also bench wide, as I've destroyed my shoulders before while benching. Plus if I lift too narrow, my triceps will give out before my chest, as I usually lift to near failure. Also, I agree, 45 minutes - 1 hour is more than enough for a workout, especially if you're doing compound lifts with a full body workout. Anything more in my opinion is counterproductive.

[Firefighter2]

-Chin-ups
-Overhead Press
-Seated Incline Dumbbell Curls
-Skullcrushers
-Squats, (front & back squats)
-Deadlifts