The EC Workout Thread: Shared Motivation

Terrible day all throughout the workout just sloppy as hell.

 

Went for a run with my friend, have no idea how long for. Maybe 40 minutes ish. Then afterwards went for a thirty minute bike ride. I am going to do curl ups later, I try to do 80 a day. I don't do anything for my arms. I don't really care if i have skinny wimpy arms.

 

Today I decided to do something a little different. I biked out for forty minutes with my rollerblading stuff in a backpack. Then I stopped and locked my bike and my backpack to tall a metal pole. Then I roller bladed for about 30 minutes (15 out and 15 back) and then I biked the 40 minutes back. It was quite fun actually!
I will do my 80 crunches later.

 

have any of you heard of the freshman 15? man that happened to me but i feel like freshman 30. 15 a semester... smh -_-

 

Jeez... working hard there hey dude:eusa_clap

Finally had a very positive gym session - first one in a long time after crippling weeks of sickness. SOO amped to do more and eat healthy again!!(!)

 

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thanks.. hopefully i do well...

 

Oh the 8th week of my college workout and on the 4th week of the 4 week cycles(Heaviest).

Bench:6x135,185,195,215,245,250x8,6,3,1
Power Clean:5x115,135,155,165,180x4,3,2,1
Cable Crunches: 3x130x15
Side Cable Pulls: 3x130,150,200x10
Hanging Knee Raises: 3x20

Jogged for 60 minutes.

 

Today was an agility day so it was plometrics and position running for football.

 

I'm curious to know about something if anyone has any clue as to what it is, or has had something similar.

Recently, the center of my chest has been sore/hurting a great amount. I know the difference between "bad pain" and "good pain," but this seems to be a mix of the two, though more like "good pain."

This begin to occur after a heavy chest workout and went away after a day of rest then came back again after a bicep/ab workout. Just curious to know if it's something worth worrying about or if I can just wait it out/continue working out like normal.

 

Completed the second 4 week cycle today (week 8).

Squat: 5x135,205,230,275,315x8,4,3,1
RDL: 1x275x6
Upright Rows: 2x105,110x10
Weighted Side Bends: 3x50x30

Jogged for 60min.

Today marked for the fist time since my injury that I've managed to squat over 300lbs. Still about half of my old leg strength but it's a good sign that my strength is returning. Hopefully I'll be able to get to/over 400lbs when I leave for football camp in August.

 

Will complete the last workout later of my second week of gym since my bout of sickness - feeling much mrore powerful again! Body is getting back into things at last.

@Rikudo what is the reason for the length of time you need to jog for? 60 minutes seems overkill. Was chatting to my cousin - she's studying her honours in Sports Science now - and she said any jogging/running for the purpose of fitness in excess of 30/max 40 minutes becomes unhealthy because the body starts releasing cortisol (stress hormone). This breaks down muscle.... Doesnt benefit your body after all that hard work in the gym. Also, jogging on the same day as heavy weight training seems overkill, too. Just wondering??? Would love to know.

 

Hmm I hadn't known that but that's what I've just gone with starting with 30 minutes then slowly moved up. I've always done cardio work on all days regardless of weight days. However I'm stating at 60 minutes for endurance purposes.

Bench:5x135,185,190,195x10,8
DB Incline Bench:3x65x10
DB Standing Press:3x40,45x8
Dips:3x10
Lateral Raises:3x30x10
Front Raises:3x30x10
Close Grip Bench:4x135x10
Side Leg Raises:3x15
Decline Sit-ups:3x20
Cable Side Pulls:3x130,150,200x10

Jogged for 60 mins.

Today would be week 9 and a lighter more reps week. Coming back from a heavy week I was stiff. However overall it was a good work out.

 

Rikudo, you are obviously way more experienced at lifting than I am, so I had a question for you. I've always had a lot of trouble developing my chest. It just lags behind the rest of my body, which is especially unfortunate because my hips are kind of wide, so I need to widen my upper body to compensate somewhat. (Leg workouts, especially squats, come so easily to me, but since they only widen the appearance of my hips, I actually to have to stop myself from doing them, usually only once every other week.) Anyway, here is my current workout for chest:

Warm up: 15 pushups
Incline bench: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 (maxing out at about 70 kilos now) (first set warmup)
Flat bench: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 (maxing out at about 70 kilos also) (first set warmup)
Incline dumbbell bench: 3 sets of 10, 8 ,6
Flat bench dumbbell flys: 3 sets of 12, 10, 8
Dips: 3 sets of whatever I can do
3 sets of that machine where you sit and your arms are at 90 degree angles and you essentially do flys, but not complete ones: 10, 8, 6

I've tried so many different combinations, but every time, I increase the weight for about 3-4 weeks, and then I get stuck. Should I be changing up the workout every couple weeks?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.