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

[EvilPie]

The downside if it's empty I'll have no assistance for forced reps, I guess the alternative is to throw in an extra set on my max weight which will probably only be 2/3 reps after my final set.

Is this something you do Matt if you're training alone?

I don't do any forced reps any more. Basically if I can't do it on my own then it's too heavy for me so I leave it.

There are benefits to forced reps but at the moment I prefer to keep everything within my own limits to help avoid injuries.

[Marky147]

The downside if it's empty I'll have no assistance for forced reps, I guess the alternative is to throw in an extra set on my max weight which will probably only be 2/3 reps after my final set.

Is this something you do Matt if you're training alone?

I don't do any forced reps any more. Basically if I can't do it on my own then it's too heavy for me so I leave it.

There are benefits to forced reps but at the moment I prefer to keep everything within my own limits to help avoid injuries.

Sounds sensible and I'll adopt that I think for a while to see how it pans out, cheers

Today I just did until I couldn't complete the rep and then quit. I did do a drop set on flies at the end though as I only got 4 out on my max set and I was guessing a little bit on weights to use as I've not trained properly for a month roughly.

[outragous76]

went for my run - i hate you all again!

[boldie]

went for my run - i hate you all again!

Good to hear that

[EvilPie]

I had to swerve chest yesterday because my shoulders were killing so no update on the dumbell challenge.

The shoulder still feels a bit tight but I'm going to try chest tonight and see how it goes.

I did arms instead which was fun because I don't do a lot of arms work these days.

Overall I think putting in a bit of arms work could be good. It'll help provide a bit of extra strength to maybe get those 50kg dumbells shifted one day.

[Marky147]

I had to swerve chest yesterday because my shoulders were killing so no update on the dumbell challenge.

The shoulder still feels a bit tight but I'm going to try chest tonight and see how it goes.

I did arms instead which was fun because I don't do a lot of arms work these days.

Overall I think putting in a bit of arms work could be good. It'll help provide a bit of extra strength to maybe get those 50kg dumbells shifted one day.

I did chest last night and whilst I was down on all lifts after 3 weeks off it was fun. I like working with dumbbells as you can just get on with it without worrying about a spot.

I normally do arms every week at the expense of legs beacuse mine don't work very well anyway. I'm putting some light leg stuff back in now though to see if I can do anything at all about them and I might start training 5x every other week doing arms. Or I may just chuck a couple bi exercises on the end of chest and tris on shoulders.


13:00 Tin of Tuna with Tbsp Seafood Sauce and 1/2 Pro 50

16:00 1 Scoop Syntha 6 Post workout

19:00 1 Sweet Potato in Wedges and Chilli

21:30 1/2 Pro 50

00:30 Chilli

03:30 1 Scoop Syntha 6

I ate reasonably well yesterday and got mum to make me up a big pot of chilli which should do for 5 or 6 servings. I'm not sure of the exact profile of it but it's healthier than what I have been eating

[EvilPie]

I'm not sure if you've covered this before Mark but what's the problem with your legs?

Is that a fairly standard food day for you? Looks a bit supplement heavy to me.

Do you eat much white meat? I'm thinking chicken and turkey.

What are your goals at the moment? Weight loss, muscle gain, maintenance?

[EvilPie]

Had a terrible food day today due to being ridic busy at work. I didn't have time for breakfast so had a couple of flapjacks before work.

Everything went mental meaning that I couldn't have a proper healthy lunch.

I've always been of the opinion that eating bad is better than not eating at all so a Boots meal deal including a sausage roll was the order of the day.

My diet's been generally excellent recently so today's slip doesn't bother me too much.

Back on it tomorrow.

[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

[EvilPie]

Despite the bad food day (or maybe because of) I managed a decent chest session.

The dumbell pressing is now pretty much back to where it was on the 12th April. Only 3 months to get it back after an injury!!

So why was today a reasonably strong day?

1 - Unhealthy meal including sausage roll which was a very different composition to what I'd normally have?

2 - Creatine has finally kicked in?

3 - More arms training has helped improved my overall strength?

4 - It just was?

[EvilPie]

I'm getting a bit concerned about this 3 peaks challenge thing.

I've been doing a bit on the treadmill but to be honest I find it incredibly boring. I can just about handle 15 minutes and then I have to quit.

I could easily carry on but the boredom is just too much.

How the fuck do people just run and run and run for hours on end?? I just don't get it??

So anyway my knew plan is to just hope that I'm fit enough and just wing it.

I'll have a few longer walks between now and the walk but other than that I'm not going to do too much.

I'll try to keep up the 15 minute warm up on the treadmill but there's no way I'm going to be able to get that up to the 30 minutes or hour+ that I was hoping.

It's only 23.5 miles over a few hills. It can't be that tough.

[vegaslover]

I'm getting a bit concerned about this 3 peaks challenge thing.

I've been doing a bit on the treadmill but to be honest I find it incredibly boring. I can just about handle 15 minutes and then I have to quit.

I could easily carry on but the boredom is just too much.

How the fuck do people just run and run and run for hours on end?? I just don't get it??

So anyway my knew plan is to just hope that I'm fit enough and just wing it.

I'll have a few longer walks between now and the walk but other than that I'm not going to do too much.

I'll try to keep up the 15 minute warm up on the treadmill but there's no way I'm going to be able to get that up to the 30 minutes or hour+ that I was hoping.

It's only 23.5 miles over a few hills. It can't be that tough.

Thats the thing with running, once you get the base fitness it's all mental endurance. You could try alternating cardio at the gym to relieve the boredom i.e. 15 mins treadmill, then bike, then rower, xtrainer etc.
It wont put the miles in your legs as such but will build up the stamina

[gatso]

no tvs in front of the treadmill at your gym? easiest way to not get bored is to do 1/2 hour during a prog you would've watched at home anyway

[Marky147]

I'm not sure if you've covered this before Mark but what's the problem with your legs?

Is that a fairly standard food day for you? Looks a bit supplement heavy to me.

Do you eat much white meat? I'm thinking chicken and turkey.

What are your goals at the moment? Weight loss, muscle gain, maintenance?

I have severe spasticity in them caused by the MS and also I get Parkinsons like tremors when exercising. It's not too bad when I go into the gym, by the time I've trained though I have to sit for 10minutes to allow things to settle.

I normally have more food, I was up until 9am so didn't have any real structure to what I ate. I try to only have a shake after training and before bed normally. I have the Pro 50s as a 'dessert' so to speak.

I eat mostly white meat and am actually on chicken for my next meal today even though I've got chilli left over. I try to eat chicken/fish for most of my main meals and beef a couple times a week

I'm just trying to lose weight although how much I won't know until I am happy with where I'm at.

[ACE2M]

I'm getting a bit concerned about this 3 peaks challenge thing.

I've been doing a bit on the treadmill but to be honest I find it incredibly boring. I can just about handle 15 minutes and then I have to quit.

I could easily carry on but the boredom is just too much.

How the fuck do people just run and run and run for hours on end?? I just don't get it??

So anyway my knew plan is to just hope that I'm fit enough and just wing it.

I'll have a few longer walks between now and the walk but other than that I'm not going to do too much.

I'll try to keep up the 15 minute warm up on the treadmill but there's no way I'm going to be able to get that up to the 30 minutes or hour+ that I was hoping.

It's only 23.5 miles over a few hills. It can't be that tough.

its fairly easy, its the sleep deprivation that makes it hard. Really try to sleep while travelling.

not sure what excercise can prepare you for it but coming down is what makes your legs hurt.