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Been keeping up with the gym, i missed a few days last week because I was busy travelling a few places, although i could have gone if I really pushed myself. But I am still on the case. I played drums for the first time in months yesterday, and now my fingers, hands, wrists and forearms are really feeling it, it is a very specific work-out, playing drums... I also pumped myself yesterday at the gym with a big back work out, it was good. Today theoretically it is cardio and abs, but my hands feel pretty bad from drumming so hard... but hopefully I will go.

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Hey ninja dude, if your hands are hurting from playing drums you should have a look at how you hold the sticks and the amount of tension. Normally one should be able to play long with no pain, even when hitting hard.

Be carefull, if you play with to much tension you can really hurt yourself.

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Hey ninja dude, if your hands are hurting from playing drums you should have a look at how you hold the sticks and the amount of tension. Normally one should be able to play long with no pain, even when hitting hard.

Be carefull, if you play with to much tension you can really hurt yourself.

 

I know I talked to the guy who owns the studio who has played drums for 30 years and is a drum teacher, he says I hold the sticks wrong... and I have been trying to adapt to what he says. But I think yesterday was particularly bad because I hadn't played drums for months, maybe 8 months or something like that. So it was a shock, it doesn't normally hurt like that. But we'll see next time I play, thanks for your concern!

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I AM GOING TO BENCH PRESS NOW, I HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAPPY

 

what happened to your journal?

 

I know I suck. i aught to get back on it. What I just did:

 

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (left)

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (right)

 

20x pressups

 

bench press

8x 49kg

6x 49kg

1x 63kg

 

EDIT: mis-read the weights!

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I know I suck. i aught to get back on it. What I just did:

 

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (left)

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (right)

 

20x pressups

 

bench press

8x 52kg

6x 52kg

1x 68kg

 

don't be too hard on yourself! there are times when everybody just skips training, whatever the cause may be. the important thing is that you are back

 

good job on the 68kg benchpress! that's a weight I can only dream of

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I know I suck. i aught to get back on it. What I just did:

 

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (left)

60x one-legged hops on the tramp (right)

 

20x pressups

 

bench press

8x 52kg

6x 52kg

1x 68kg

 

don't be too hard on yourself! there are times when everybody just skips training, whatever the cause may be. the important thing is that you are back

 

good job on the 68kg benchpress! that's a weight I can only dream of

 

Thankz! Well I have been training, just not making the log. With my girlfriend staying for the last 10 weeks, I had cut down on training, like a bum. But last week I went 4 times to the gym, and today I am training at home doing chest. I will hit some more bench and more pressups a bit later.

 

EDIT: It was 63, I just checked. I get confused easily! Bwup, I am going to do more now

 

just did:

 

8x 53kg

3x 57kg

 

Writing it out does help, it lets you see exactly what you've done and how you're progressing. Woo

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4 minutes bike

 

Bench press

15x just the bar

12x 30kg

8x 40kg

6x 40kg

4x 57kg

 

dumbell press

10x 15kg (per hand)

10x 17.5kg (per hand)

 

row machine

12x 70kg

8x 130kg

10x 70kg

6x 130kg

 

front shoulder raises

6x 7.5kg per hand

 

Leg press

10x 90kg (both legs together)

8x 90kg (right leg)

8x 90kg (left leg)

10x 70kg (right leg)

10x 70kg (left leg)

 

ab crunches

3x 12

 

bike 5 minutes

 

pullups

4, 1

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Oof

 

2 minutes warm up on the rower

 

lat pulldown machine, I think the machines are in lbs, but I have to check

10x 100

10x 120

8x 130

 

resistance row machine

12x 90

10x 100

8x 110

 

tricep thingie behind the head thing (both hands at once)

10 x 15kg

10 x 17.5

8 x 20kg

12 x 15kg

 

bicep curl (I lost count, I did lots...)

10 x 10kg x 3

10 x 7.5kg x 3

10 x 5kg x 3

at least

 

side shoulder raises

8 x 7.5kg

 

tricep pulldown machine (not sure how heavy the plates are...)

10x 4 plates

10x 5 plates

8x 6 plates

 

shrugs

10 x 22.5kg (weight in each hand)

10 x 25kg

 

bike 10 minutes

 

ab crunches

20, 15, 12

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Hahar, i went crazy at the gym following kathryn's advice, did some circuitry, I can't quite remember what I did exactly... the exercises were mixed up so I didn't take a break, did one set on one thing, then went to another machine, did a set straight away etc

 

bike 20 minutes

 

dumbell press

10 x 17.5kg (each hand)

 

lateral shoulder raises

10x 5kg (each hand)

10x 7.5kg

10x 5kg

 

front shoulder raises

10x 5kg (each hand)

 

lat pulldown machine

12x 70lbs

10x 90lbs

10x 90lbs

 

leg curl thing machine (hamstring)

10x 70lbs

10x 70lbs

 

leg press machine

10x 90lbs right leg

10x 90lbs left leg

10x 90lbs right leg

10x 90lbs left leg

10x 90lbs both legs together

10x 110lbs ''

10x 130lbs "

10x 150lbs "

 

Martial arts for a while, stretching, some stances for thigh development

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Yeah man, I've been taking it easy a little because it had been several months of pretty much 0 activity, and I don't want to bust my ligaments like I've done before. Now that it's been two weeks, I am hoping to make some gains again. Early in the year, in the spring, I was doing really well! I seemed to make gains every week. I hope to get back to that.

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made myself go to the gym today. I had injured my back some how a few days ago, it was a bit swollen low down. It is recovering, but I didn't do too much today because even if I don't target the back, it is a supporting muscle for lots of exercises.

 

bike 20 minutes

 

dumbbell press

10x 15kg (each hand)

 

side shoulder raise

10x 7.5kg

 

tricep extendy behind the head thing (both hands at once)

10x 17.5kg

8x 20kg - new personal best

7x 20kg

 

bicep curl

8x 15kg (single, done on each hand)

6x 15kg "

 

leg press

10x 150lbs

10x 170lbs

10x 190lbs

 

new personal best for leg press. I must be recovering from my knee problems now. I also did a new personal best of 100 squats the other day, as part of a challenge for BigBwii's forum. My previous personal best had been 50! So i am doing well for legs, even thought I still stink

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Congrats on the PBs Richard!

 

And don't listen to SeaSiren - go crazy in the gym and attack the weights!

 

 

So i am doing well for legs, even thought I still stink

Man, sorry to hear that, but i can assure you, body odour has nothing to do with your leg training. Just make sure to take a shower afterwards and eat more raw food, and drink plenty of water.

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Today I stank much less than usual.

 

Bike 7 minutes (started to do it, but my knees hurt so I stopped)

 

flat bench Dumbell press

10x 17.5kg (in each hand)

10x 20kg

8x 22.5kg

8x 25kg personal best!

 

hammer bicep curls (inbetween the dumbell press just to keep going)

10x 10kg x 3

 

flies

10 x 10kg (in each hand)

 

bicep curl

6x 15kg

 

Shrugs

10x 25kg (in each hand) x 2

 

side shoulder raises

10x 7.5kg x 2

 

front shoulder raises

8x 7.5kg

 

resistance row machine

(very slow due to recent back injury)

10x 50kg x 3

 

ab crunches

20, 15, 15

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Woke up today, went straight to the gym before 'breakfast'

 

bike 15 minutes

 

incline bench dumbell press

20kg (each hand) x 8

22.5kg x 8

25kg x 6

 

side shoulder raises

10kg (each hand) x 6

 

shrugs

25kg (each hand) x 10 x 2

 

Leg press

90lbs (both feet at once) x 12, 20, 20

 

Lat pulldown machine (still recovering from back)

70lbs x 10 x 3

 

pushups 20, 12, 10

sit ups 20, 15, 12

 

bike 40 minutes

 

martial arts for a few minutes, stretches

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I don't know if this is true or not but i hear Lat pulldown machines are horrible for your back.

 

Of course, anything is horrible for you if you do it with poor form. I may be wrong.

 

Yeah, I've been reading more and more that machines in general are bad... This pulldown machine is slightly better / different than others though. It isn't a bar, it is two handles, which are independent of each other, and can move from side to side, so it's not such a regimented movement. But the more I read about this kind of thing, it puts me off doing them. I'd like to do pullups instead, but I am really shitty at them right now. I used to be able to do sets of 9, but now I can only do a fraction of that, and then fail. I guess I should just try harder with them and eventually get stronger that way.

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Richard, i think a decent cable lat machine is ok to use when you can't do pullups. It's basically the same movement.

 

If you can do a few pullups at the moment though, you can "cluster" them: do multiple sets without failure to reach a certain target of reps. For example,you can do 5 in a set to failure and you say your target is 15 reps, then you do 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2. Or any other combination that feels fine. Over time, try to increase the number of reps per set as well as the sum of reps, but the sum has priority. Take it easy and do it twice per week or everytime you go to the gym. One rep more each time will soon sum up to a nice back

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