MontanaVegan

Wednesday Evening, Dec 20 I started to squat tonight. I found out my legs were sore and didn't know it until I squated. I did ten squats and figured I needed more time to recover. So I'll try them Friday night. Going for 80 reps with just the 45# bar. Thursday, Dec 21 Stayed up late Wednesday night so I took today as a rest day.

Wednesday, Dec 20 - Push Day BB Bench Press 185# x7,6,6 BB Military Press 70# x10,10,10 BB Tricep Extensions 70# x8,6,7 Very weak day for triceps, next time I'll do triceps before military press. About the same for the others

You are braver than I! I'll definitely be picking up a copy of his book(s) after Christmas, though. In the meantime, I've been reading the articles in the "Ask John" section of his website, and finding some good stuff. I don't know if braver is the correct word with only 7 shopping days left. I went to Barnes and Noble about noon on Sunday. Picked up the book and went to the front of the store. I saw the line and actually turned around to put the book back. But then I figured that I'm already there just get in line. It only took about 20 minutes

I only watched about 10 minutes of the video. Today I went out and endured the Christmas shoppers and bought his book.

Sunday, Dec 17 - Pull Day Pull Downs: 130# x10,10,10 DB Hammer Curl: 2x30# x10,10,10 BB Bicep Curl: 70# x10,10,10 Deadlift: 120# x10,10,10 *BB Shrug: 165# x10,10,10 *More weight than last workout.

Saturday Night, Dec 16th - squat I got 70 reps tonight. Using only the bar as weight - 45# The last 2 were tough, probably didn't have many left in me. Next time I'll go for 80 reps. Tuesday or Wednesday night. My goal is still 100 reps with just the bar.

Friday, Dec 15 - Off Day I was still a little sore from exercises that I haven't done in a while. Saturday, Dec 16 - Push Day and Lower Body Day BB Bench Press 185# x8,6,5 BB Military Press 70# x10,10,10 BB Tricep Extension 70# x10,8,6 Crunch 0# x10,10,10 DB Side Bend 40# x10,10,10 No leg workout this morning, I'm going to climb my hill Squats tonight, going for 70 reps Now that I'm doing Military Presses and Triceps again, my bench is dropping. I suppose that's a good thing, working the supporting muscles a little harder. My benching did hit a flat spot a while ago. Eventually this should help my bench numbers.

I wish, it's been below average so far in Montana. The last week of November we had a couple nights of -10 F (-23 C) I hope this means that winter will be warm for us.

Thursday, Dec 14 - Pull Day DB Hammer curls 2x30# x 10,10,10 BB Preacher curls 70# x 10,7,7 Pull downs 130# x 10,10,10 *BB shrugs 155# x 10,10,10 *Deadlift 120# x 10,10,10 Next time I will add cable rows. *More weight than last workout.

I made a couple extra DVDs of Dr Fuhrman. They are still available to anybody that wants them.

Wednesday : Dec 13 - Push Day I overslept and didn't have much time this morning Today I rotated through each exercise with almost no rest. It shows as my reps kept dropping Warmup on Bench Press: 40#x10, 80#x10, 135#x10 BB Bench Press: 185# x8 BB Military Press: 70# 10 BB Tricep Ext: 70# 6 BB Bench Press: 185# x6 BB Military Press: 70# x9 BB Tricep Ext: 70# x5 BB Bench Press: 185# x5 BB Military Press: 70# x7 BB Tricep Ext: 70# x4 I haven't done military presses or tricep extensions in quite a while I'm amazed at how quickly you lose strenght when you don't work out.

I think the only thing he got right was gorillas eat a small amount of insects. The rest is just pure nonsense.

Monday : Dec 11 I was going to use today as a rest day. But I just started squatting last week and really wanted to squat again. 60 reps with just the 45# bar. This workout wasn't to failure. My first squat workout was 52 reps and bigtime failure. My goal is 100 reps. Then I'll start adding weight and do fewer reps Working my way down to where I can only do 50 reps I don't have a squat rack so have no way of safely doing heavy weights.

How about a 3rd contest: heaviest weight squatted 100 times I only suggest it because I'm going for 100 reps of 45 pound Tonight I stopped at 60 reps with the bar. It wasn't to failure, but I was starting to feel it. Next time I'll go for at least 70 I still haven't captured my form to look at. I have a 13 inch foam pad that I touch at the bottom to know I'm going deep enough. It's very light so it doesn't support my weight

Saturday : Dec 9 A very weak push day workout, I only did bench press. But I did go for a nice hike on my favorite trail Sunday : Dec 10 - Pull Day Pull downs 140# x 10,10,10 BB shrugs 135# x 10,10,10 Deadlift 70# x 10,10,10 (I know very light weight) DB Hammer curls 2x30# x 10,10,10 BB Preacher curls 70# x 10,10,10 Gripper

I've been lazy in working out for over a month, time to get at it again. This time around more compound exercises and less isolated. I will also be adding squats and deadlifts. I rarely did them before. I'm still using the same bench at home, no gym membership yet. As always, advice is appreciated. http://www.huetheronline.org/vbb/396.jpg Three day rotation with rest days randomly thrown in. Push Day : Chest, Shoulders, Triceps BB Bench Press BB Incline Bench Press BB Decline Bench Press DB Fly BB Military Press DB Front Raise DB Lateral Raise DB Rear Deltoid Row BB Tricep Extension DB Tricep Kickback Pull Day : Arms, Back Pulldown BB Shrug Deadlift BB Preacher Curl DB Hammer Curl Gripper Exercises BB Wrist Curl BB Reverse Curl Seated Cable Row DB Bent Over Row Lower Body : Legs, Abs, Waist BB Squat Single Leg Calf Raise Crunch DB Side Bend

I haven't been out to my favorite trail in months. I decided it's time to go for a walk this morning. It's a nice morning, about 40 degrees, and a slight breeze. There was still a little snow on parts of the trail

Thanks for all the good advice Daywalker. I do workout at home, I have this bench The picture shows the safety pins set high and doesn't show the upper pins When I squat I'm facing the rack in hopes that I could get the bar on one set of the pins if something happened. I was able to get the bar back on the rack from my knees the other night. It was only 45 pounds so there was no real danger. I wouldn't want to rely on my bench if I failed with a lot of weight though. Maybe a gym membership or power rack is in my future. I don't really know if I have proper form. All I know is from reading and watching online videos. Getting a video online might be my best option, I don't know anybody that squats. I did catch myself doing a few squats that even I knew were bad form. Getting a lot of weight on to my back isn't a problem. Getting it off while on my knees after failure might be difficult. That's good advice, just a few days too late. That might have saved me from 2 days of walking like Frankenstein.

This squatting newb has a few questions for the pros. I'm wondering about the best squat workout schedule. I thought about working my way up to 100 reps with just the 45 pound bar Then add a little weight each workout until I can only do 50 reps Or should I just start adding a small amount of weight and keep the reps close to 50. Or is there a better way? I not too eager to do high weight/low reps without a squat rack (not that I can do high weight yet anyway) How often should I squat? Is twice per week too much?

I have no desire to visit Chernobyl, but touring on his ZX-11 would be the best. I sold my motorcycle about 5 years ago, it was a 600 Ninja. The ZX-11 was what I wanted to upgrade to.

brrr, an ice bath sounds unpleasant. I could go outside and bury myself in a snow drift. I'm hoping this muscle soreness is mostly just beginner's weakness. It shouldn't be this bad after every workout. There wasn't any real pain during the squats. On the last try the butt didn't go up. Instead the knees went to the floor. My muscles turned into mushles.

I am so sore today, maybe that wasn't the right way to start squatting. What a helpless feeling after the last failed 1/2 rep. I can't wait to do it again. Just give me a couple days rest.

Put me down for 52.5 reps of 45 pounds (just the bar) I'm sure I couldn't do 1 rep with my bodyweight on the bar.

Funny hunting video

Here is the link that CollegeB posted a while ago.