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

[vegaslover]

Congrats on the increase for the DB Matt
Had my last scheduled blowout before Vegas on Friday. Went to a friends wedding and drank a truck load.
Back on it tomorrow

[outragous76]

 

[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

[EvilPie]

Steady progress with the dumbells.

I expect a couple more weeks of increasing then it's going to get tough.

I've got until Christmas though so no rush at all. It's just a case of keep getting stronger and it'll eventually come.

[EvilPie]

A note on my diet for those interested.

Unlike when I've trained before I'm not being very strict.

Last week I had 2 curries, 2 pizzas and kebab meat and chips amongst my other meals.

I've not restricted anything at all which is making this much easier to tollerate.

If I want to get drunk I will do. If I want to pig out I will do.

Fortunately I don't seem to naturally carry too much fat so I can get away with it.

I guess it helps with walking the dog a few miles every day. That must burn a whole days worth of food by the end of the week.

[booder]

I guess it helps with walking the dog a few miles every day. That must burn a whole days worth of food by the end of the week.

Having the bird visit doesn't do any harm either   

[GreekStein]

You almost tee'd me up with an awesome joke boo but i can't pull the trigger.

Good stuff matt - nice stuff with the dumbbells.

Do you ever do chest stuff with an olympic bar or is it all dumbbell work?

[EvilPie]

You almost tee'd me up with an awesome joke boo but i can't pull the trigger.

Good stuff matt - nice stuff with the dumbbells.

Do you ever do chest stuff with an olympic bar or is it all dumbbell work?

Not much at the moment. Today I did incline with the olympic bar before db press but only 40kg. Goal was lots of reps so it was plenty.

I won't be doing any flat bench work whilst I'm targetting the 50kg dumbell press.

[GreekStein]

How come matt? Doesn't it all help?

[EvilPie]

How come matt? Doesn't it all help?

It'd be too much flat press work.

I don't want to miss a dumbell session so I can't do barbell.

Maybe if I hit a plateau I'll switch for a while to barbell to try to refresh things.

I expect this might happen when I get to around the 40kg mark. Steps up from there will be pretty tough.

[EvilPie]

I guess it helps with walking the dog a few miles every day. That must burn a whole days worth of food by the end of the week.

Having the bird visit doesn't do any harm either   

You calling my mrs. a dog??

[booder]

I guess it helps with walking the dog a few miles every day. That must burn a whole days worth of food by the end of the week.

Having the bird visit doesn't do any harm either   

You calling my mrs. a dog??

Sigh.

[GreekStein]

Norr that was the joke I resisted.

[sovietsong]

just finished what is probably my best session at the gym.  I'm approx 4 weeks in and am starting to feel the benefit.  Its obviously only small improvements but in all areas that I work on I'm better now than when I started. 

I am pushing myself more and more which is pleasing as I do have a tendency to be a bit lazy.  I'm just shy of a stone lighter so that obviously helps but I can run/cycle/swim further and faster and feel less tired after which is great.

I can see how people get addicted to the gym, the feeling is great after a good session, I sleep better and am less stressed at work!

My main weakness at present is on the diet side, I am not eating as well as I should, often going well during the week then over eating at the weekends, tbh I dont really mind this as my goal is not to lose as much weight as I can as quickly as possible, it is to make an improvement to my lifestyle.

I am thinking about introducing some weight training into my routine in a few weeks, won't be anything too drastic, just something to break up the cardio.

How are the big boys doing?

[GreekStein]

Done my 4th session of the week today. Was nearly puking by the end but it's going really well for me atm.

Got another session tomorrow at 4pm then football at 5.

My mate Andy has moved back and we're starting spinning sessions from monday so thats another 2x training sessions per week every week. Will try and step up the good eating too