Evilpie's get off your lazy arse and get back to the gym diaries

[Woodsey]

4 charitys ....divide any £££ between the 4?
mine is very worthwhile...http://www.soldiersoffthestreet.com/

Yeah whatever, I'll just choose one if we fail. I'm not expecting anyone to fail   

no but maybe if we all make it we could get some nice blondes to donate if we do!!

ok whatever, I'll have a think

[EvilPie]

31st Jan 2011 25kg x 8, 25kg x 9, 25kg x 8, 25kg x 7

7th Feb 2011 25kg x 11, 27.5kg x 7, 27.5kg x 6, 27.5kg x 6

21st Feb 2011 27.5kg x 10, 30kg x 8, 30kg x 9, 30kg x 9

28th Feb 2011 30kg x 10, 32.5kg x 8, 32.5kg x 7, 32.5kg x 8

7th Mar 2011 32.5kg x 10, 35kg x 8, 35kg x 8, 35kg x 8

14th Mar 2011 35kg x 10, 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 7, 37.5kg x 8

21st Mar 2011 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 10

28th Mar 2011 40kg x 8, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 6, 40kg x 7

4th Apr 2011 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 40kg x 9

12th Apr 2011 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 9

23rd May 2011 35kg x 10, 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 8, 37.5kg x 8

31st May 2011 37.5kg x 10, 40kg x 6, 40kg x 5

14th June 2011 37.5kg x 6, 35kg x 8, 35kg x 8, 37.5kg x 8

20th June 2011 40kg x 6, 40kg x 6, 40kg x 6, 40kg x 7

27th June 2011 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7

4th July 2011 40kg x 8, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7

12th July 2011 40kg x 7, 40kg x 7, 40kg x 6, 40kg x 7

19th July 2011 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8, 40kg x 8

26th July 2011 40kg x 10, 42.5kg x 10, 45kg x 6, 45kg x 6

1st August 2011 45kg x 5, 45kg x 5, 45kg x 4

9th August 2011 45kg x 6, 45kg x 5, 40kg x 8

16th August 2011 40kg x 8, 45kg x 5, 45kg x 5, 45kg x 5

20th December 2011 25kg x 16, 40kg x 8, 50kg x 4,

[EvilPie]

Last chest session of the year today so I thought I'd give the 50s a whirl and see how they felt.

The target was to do the 50s at some point during the year so here we are. They're done!!

Need a new goal for next year. I'll think of something later.

[vegaslover]

Wow, congrats Matt. I bet you didn't think the 50s were achievable this year a few weeks ago!

Lee: Yeah i'll join in with your prop, the losing and the keeping off. Weigh approx 16st 4lb atm

[outragous76]

incredible work to push out those 50's out mate!

great stuff - look forward to hearing what you plan for next year

Im currently trying to come up with something myself

[GreekStein]

Gonna do chest today - will see what I can do 4 reps of and post. This is gonna be embarrassing next to ratty muscles

[Marky147]

Beasttttttttttt

32. are the heaviest I've done on DB Press and 80 on a bar so almost 2/3 of the way there

Hardly say it's gonna be embarrassing Cosvaldo you're a lump too. You knock out 5 plates on bench so prob won't be far off 50s at a guess.

[GreekStein]

Beasttttttttttt

32. are the heaviest I've done on DB Press and 80 on a bar so almost 2/3 of the way there

Hardly say it's gonna be embarrassing Cosvaldo you're a lump too. You knock out 5 plates on bench so prob won't be far off 50s at a guess.

not benched for ages so def not knocking out anything like 5 plates! I know what I do knock out regular tho

[GreekStein]

Gotta love Ronnie

[GreekStein]

Just because of your post earlier I did chest today and decided to see what I could do.

I did a warm up set with the 60's (my dumbbells are all in lbs obv) and then a set with the 90's (which is 40.8kgs) and then did 3 reps of the 100lbs (which is the biggest the gym here has), equivalent to 45.3kgs and did 3 reps. Very happy with that. Finished with 3 sets of 12 reps of the 60's and then did cable crossovers, flyes, incline dumbell press and dips.

[EvilPie]

Gotta love Ronnie

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[DaveShoelace]

Gotta love Ronnie

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I said it at the time, but a knackered dog is the greatest thing in the world

[EvilPie]

Wow, congrats Matt. I bet you didn't think the 50s were achievable this year a few weeks ago!

Lee: Yeah i'll join in with your prop, the losing and the keeping off. Weigh approx 16st 4lb atm

I kind of knew I could do them tbh. I've been feeling very strong the last few weeks and I knew that without any injuries I could do at least 2 or 3.

Got to the gym yesterday feeling good. Was going to do arms but then thought I'd have a blast at the 50s instead. I knew that if I did the 40s easy enough it wouldn't be a problem.

The 8 reps of 40s was far from failure so I was nicely confident.

I'm really happy to have done them although obviously I strayed away from the initial challenge by skipping a few steps.

Still a long way to go before I'm back where I was though. I used to do 12 to 14 reps of the 50s at my old gym. I never managed to go heavier because they only had 1 x 60 and the 70s were too big a step up.

Maybe my first goal for 2012 could be to see how far I can go with the 50s. I think 8 to 10 reps should be doable.

I quite fancy having a blast at bench press as well. I've never been a good bench presser. Max ever was 140kg and max now is 120kg for 3 reps. 100 is fairly comfortable but those extra few k's have always been tough.

So many choices.

[StuartHopkin]

You do them the same as big Ronnie Coleman?

Flat on your back, with them running end to end not parallel?

[GreekStein]

You do them the same as big Ronnie Coleman?

Flat on your back, with them running end to end not parallel?

I do them like that except as I reach the top I turn the dumbells in toward each other to work my chest a little more.

Ronnie wouldnt do them like that because of balancing such a heavy/big weight