Could use some rest

Friday, January 9, 2009

Weight: 157.2lbs
Body Fat: 20.2% (the scale is getting tossed soon)

Workout:

Deadlift– 60x6, 70x8, 80x8
Db Shoulder Press – 20x8, 25x8, 25x8

Chin-Up – 6 (jumping), 1(real)/3(lowering), 2(lowering) 
Dip – 8, 8, 10 (last two sets close-grip pushups)

5x5  – E-Z Bar Skull Crushers (35lb) and Db Curl (15lb)

Db Curl – 20x5

Farmer’s Walk – 50lb dumbbells for 20s (owww)

Personal Best:

Deadlift – 80 (previous 70)

Comments:

One of the things I really like about consistent exercise and clean eating is that you can immediately tell when your body is not running at full capacity. Today, for instance, I could feel fatigued muscles and nowhere to pull strength from; I think I need to up my carbs a bit. I know I could have hit a higher personal best on the deadlift for sure. The dips are annoying me; we don’t have a proper dip station and using the makeshift one just doesn’t cut it. Switched to slow, very-close-grip pushups instead.

Still put in a reasonable workout, but couldn’t push as hard as I liked. I also think I need a bit more rest; hopefully the next two days off will help with that. For some reason I was woke up around 4:15 and took ages to fall asleep last night; that didn’t help much either.

As in the last post, seriously considering going to back to bodyweight / core training for the next week. Will have to leaf through my TT manuals and decide what to do.

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