8/19

Bench Press
135 x 5
145 x 5
155 x 4
160 x 2
150 x 4

Pullups
BW X 5
BW X 5
BW X 5
BW X 5
BW X 5

Dips (6 bags/~18 lbs)
5
5
5
5
5

So I was talking with Anthony...

And I came up with a random theory regarding the separation of people into two different categories-specifically, those who wear running/cross-training shoes all the time and those who wear "stylish" shoes, such as the Nike sneakers, Adidas Superstars, Vans skate shoes...etc.

So I went to the gym for the first time in a while two nights ago (which, I admit is weird, but I'm still thinking it's Sunday ).  Just did some random stuff.

Bench Press
4/10/8/6/3
Tried 135lbs to start out and fuck, I've gotten a lot weaker.  Ended up going 115/125/130/135.  Couldn't get that last rep.  I'm going to have to work on my upperbody.

Leg Press (weight count is without the machine as I could not figure out how weight resistance the machine was giving)
10/10/10
250 lbs/250 lbs/250 lbs
Kind of hard but managable.  Doing squats at 24 is a bitch so I think I'm going to stick with these outside of the school.

Incline situps (w/ 10 lbs)
25/25/25/25
I'll keep this weight.  Really, the only decent part of my workout.

So wrestling starts soon.  In all honesty, I'd much rather be doing something else like off-season football training or some other grappling sport or even a striking art like Muay Thai or boxing but either the weather or money is the limiting factor.  So oh well, I'll just gut out the next 3 months of it.  That and I'm sure I'll be getting some good conditioning and bodyweight work in.

The thought of it just makes me cringe.

I got my V3 RAZR!

Yesterday's lower-body lifting wasn't as good as I hoped it would be.  Again, we were on the 10-/8-/6-/4-rep sets.

Deadlift
My counting got REALLY fucked up on this, since I had to go light first to teach my brother.  For sure, I got up to 175 lbs on my 3rd set but I might not have gotten 195 lbs.  My bro says by the last set, I had a 10-pounder and a 5-pounder on (in addition to the 25-pounder and 45-pounder I know I had on) and if that's true, I had maxed out at 215.  Next week, I'm going to keep it at 135 lbs/155 lbs/175 lbs/195 lbs just because I hate miscounting weights.

Leg Extensions
70lbs/80 lbs/90 lbs/100 lbs
Keep these weights for next week.

Bulgarian Split-Squats (weight overhead)
15 lbs/20 lbs/25 lbs/30 lbs
Main problem here is the balance.  My shoulders feel really unstable holding these above my head.  Thinking about raising the weight by 5 pounds next week.

Today wasn't so bad either.

Bench Press
115 lbs/125 lbs/135 lbs
Easy enough in the beginning, but I couldn't get past 135 lbs.  Next week, start from 120 lbs, 125, 130 lbs, 135 lbs.

Tricep Pulldowns
40 lbs/50 lbs/60 lbs/60 lbs
This is also a good weight, 70 lbs is way too heavy for even 4 reps.

Incline Bench
85 lbs/90 lbs/95 lbs
Didn't finished, next week, I'll go from 85 lbs straight to 95 lbs and go from there.

I need to cycle between workouts and actually do them quicker.  3 workouts a day isn't cutting it.

Oh yeah, also ran a little with Aaron and Wes.

3 sets of 6 reps of bleachers w/ 2 min. recovery in-between sets.

My thighs felt good and explosive after these.  It really helps to bring your knees up and strike down with only your toes on these.  I need to start doing these after every lifting day and get some freshmen in on these.

Short update on football stuff...

I've been working my lower body a lot lately.  Wright has us lifting on a 10-8-6-4 rep ladder.

I've been happy with my Power Cleans, Deadlift, and marginally happy at my squats.

Cleans
60 lbs; 70 lbs; 80 lbs; 90 lbs
This is already better than the end of the season last year so I'm pretty happy.  Aiming for 135 lbs by the end of summer.  Start from 70 lbs this Thursday.

Deadlift
135 lbs; 155 lbs; 175 lbs; 195 lbs
Not too bad but I want bigger numbers.  Form went to shit on the last set.  Same numbers next week.

Squat (bar behind neck)
135 lbs;155 lbs; 165 lbs
Didn't finish in time.  Form was beyond terrible.  Start from 135 lbs next week but increase only by 10 lbs each time.

I haven't benched since last Mon or Tue but I remember 135 lbs was getting hard.  Which means I really got out of shape from that week-long break during finals week.  Need to step it up on those.

Field work-wise, I still have some kinks to work out when playing Free Safety.  I have to practice reading the line better.  Playing fullback, I think I have everything down.  I need to work on blocking though.

Last note, need to work on sleep scehdule and diet.  I've only been eating 2-3 small meals before lifting for the past week.  The result is sub-par effort and it's pissing me off.