willpeavy Posted September 20, 2005 Author Share Posted September 20, 2005 Since I'm losing my scholarship to law school, I've been applying for government jobs all over the country. My wife and I worked out a list of the places we want to live in the most, and Portland is #1 on the list. We even picked out a place up there - http://www.buckmanapartments.com/bt/environmental.html if I get some kind of offer up there. I'm excited. I hope going up there works out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veganmadre Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Wow, that is great apartment complex! I hope that everything works out well for you in terms of locating a job! I am really sorry to hear about your scholarship! I understand your agitation with my earlier "complaining". So sorry! Again, I hope that everything works out for the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 21, 2005 Author Share Posted September 21, 2005 Haha! Veganmadre it's hard to read your comment without laughing because of your avatar. I hope you picked a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I'm excited. I hope going up there works outI'm sure it will! Even though i don't post here (in the log-section) often, i still read your post. I think i'll also inculde what i ate in my log. Have a great time,love and peace,Daywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Tues Sep 20 leg presses 16 X 400 calf presses 3 x 15 x 400 incline situp and twisting incline situps with 20 lb weight behind head - around 100 total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Wed Sep 21 rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Thurs Sep 22 600 pushups - new personal record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 23, 2005 Author Share Posted September 23, 2005 Fri Sep 23 I got some hand grippers today (these ones - http://store.everlastboxing.com/everlast-wood-hand-grips.html ) and did several hundred reps with them. I didn't bother counting the exact number of reps, but I got a pretty good burn out of it. Also, I spent about 15-20 minutes using my wrist roller with the Altus door gym, and this was really effective. So now it's good for two exercises - curls and wrist rolls. Later today I plan to do some ab work. Me and my wife and son are about to leave town to go to Orlando to stay with my father-in-law for the weekend. His neighborhood has a fitness center, which I think has a lat machine, and I'm hoping they also have a bar because I want to do hanging situps (w/ legs over bar) tonight, and pullups tomorrow. Oh yeah, and my eating log for today: lots of beans, oatmeal, and water. I'll update when I get back home, probably on Monday. Have a good weekend everyone. VEGAN POWER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 27, 2005 Author Share Posted September 27, 2005 Saturday - found a neighborhood playground and did pullups on the swingset bars, also went swimming for a couple of hours Sunday - did a bunch of crunches Monday Sep 26 (today) - did hand grips and wrist rolls this morning, plan to do pullups tonight ----------------------------- I have a new routine that I plan to follow: Day 1AM - hand grippers and wrist rollsPM - pullups Day 2AM - one leg squats and standing calf raisesPM - running Day 3AM - pushupsPM - pushups Day 4AM - crunchesPM - situps Then back to Day 1 some goals: 20 rep set of pullups, 100 pullups in a day, 1000 pushups in a day, 100 rep set of pushups, 50 rep set of one leg squats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 28, 2005 Author Share Posted September 28, 2005 Tues Sep 27 Did a hundred or so body weight squats and calf raises this afternoon - then went running for over an hour tonight. And by running I mean I was really running, not just a casual jog Tomorrow is pushups day, and I'm aiming for more than 601 total reps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 Wed Sep 28 725 pushups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 (edited) Went to Orlando again over the weekend and did a bunch of running, pullups, crunches, and swimming Mon Oct 3 - Did 100 chin-ups Edited October 10, 2005 by willpeavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 4, 2005 Author Share Posted October 4, 2005 (edited) Trying to do wrist rollers / grippers on the same day as pullups was making my pullups really weak because my arms were tired by the time I got to them, so I'm going to redo my new routine into a 5 day split: Day 1 - chinups / pullups Day 2 - one leg squats / one leg calf raises / running Day 3 - wrist roller / hand gripper Day 4 - pushups Day 5 - crunches / situps Edited October 10, 2005 by willpeavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Tues Oct 4 one leg squats - 100 total reps on each leg one leg calf raises - 100 total reps on each leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Wed Oct 5 wrist roller - spent about 20 minutes using the wrist roller on the door gym. I do 4 different variations because I can roll my hands either away or towards and I can also attached the roller to the bands at the top of the door or the bottom. I alternate directions / attachments after every few sets hand gripper - did several hundred reps, didn't bother counting them all because I use the gripper in one hand while I'm doing other things. I did count my biggest continuous set though and that's what I'm going to keep trakc of for this exercise --- Biggest set of the day was a 44 rep set curls - did a few sets of curls at max resistance on the door gym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 7, 2005 Author Share Posted October 7, 2005 Thurs Oct 6 750 pushups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Fri Oct 7 a bunch of situps, didn't count exactly how many I bought a 16 lb bowling ball at the thrift store on Saturday that I can hold behind my head while doing situps next time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) Sat Oct 8 125 chin-ups Edited October 10, 2005 by willpeavy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 I just read this article http://bodybuilding.com/fun/charles4.htm and realized that chin-ups means supinated grip and pullups means pronated grip. I used to think that pullups was an interchangeable word for pro or sup grip. See: http://bodybuilding.com/fun/exerpop.php?Name=Chin-Up Lately I've been doing supinated grip chins almost exclusively, but I'm going to start doing more pronated grips (true pullups) on my chin/pullup day so I hit my back more. See: http://bodybuilding.com/fun/exerpop.php?Name=Pullups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Sun Oct 9 Legs day. Before today I had been doing one-leg squats with the back of my hands/forearms leaning up against a doorway for balance. I read this article - http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mahler2.htm - and decided to do them differently on Sunday. First I tried doing a few one leg squats without the aid of a doorway, and I had to really struggle to balance. So I tried the stair step method, sitting on a surface about 12" high at the bottom of each rep. I did a hundred reps like this. Even though I was doing a full one leg squat all the way down when I was using the doorway for balance, doing one leg squats with no balance is more challenging even with the 12" platform. At this level though, they are easy for my quads, just hard when it comes to mastering the balance required to do them correctly. I didn't even bother with the calf raises or running I'm scheduled to do on legs day because I was so focused on the one leg squats. Next leg day I plan to do another 100 one leg squats at the same 12" level in order to get the form down better, and then try for lower surfaces until I can master doing them all the way down, easily, with no leaning or using anything to balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Mon Oct 10 hand grippers and wrist rollers - used them until my forearms were burned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Tues Oct 11 835 pushups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willpeavy Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 The first photo is from a few years ago - you can see how scrawny my arms used to be. The second photo was taken today, after nearly two years of strength training. http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~wpeavy/willpeavy-before.jpg http://helios.acomp.usf.edu/~wpeavy/willpeavy-after.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 That's a nice improvement, Will! Good arm(s)!And good job on the pushups! Yea - i like us vegans getting buff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobbi Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 VERY IMPRESSIVE ! GREAT JOB !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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