Sorry for the long delay in updates. I have been on hiatus in regards to blogging. My new resolve it to update at least once per week, but preferably daily or after each work out. A brief update from the past month. I've still been working out, getting stronger, and still experimenting with heavy hands exercises. Since my last update, I have set a new personal record on the lat pull down using the Explosive Fitness machine (I smashed my old record :) ). Over the last couple weeks, I have strayed from my daily regiment of 50 push ups and squats. I hope to reinstate this practice ASAP.
Yesterday, Tuesday September 15, was a phenomenal day of work out goodness.
My strength training secession consisted of static contractions presses on my Explosive Fitness machine. The exercises of the day were: Bench Press, triceps press, shoulder press, leg press, and toe press. I set three records yesterday on the current EF cycle. One in the bench press, one on the leg press, and the final on the toe press. I am fast approaching some of my all time personal bests and hope to exceed them in the near future.
I believe that it is important to set both short term and long term goals. An example using the leg press in the EF work out:
* short term goal least 30 lbs more than my last work out.
*intermediate goal (next 4 to 8 weeks) tie and/or exceed my best press.
*intermediate long term: exceed the normal common limit of 2500 lbs using the EF method.
*long term goal (several years) tie or exceed a world class strongman leg press of 3427 lbs(BTW, I'm over half way there).
Later in the evening, after my resistance training, I went to my jujitsu class. When things would slow down or we would take a break, I would head over the the chin up bar and alternate between chin ups and pull ups. I would do 3 to 5 reps, then repeat on each break. I also had the privilege of grappling with a very talented and conditioned individual for 10 to 15 min straight. That was the butt kicker of the day.
Today, I intended to do some heavy hands work and/or sandbag/odd object carrying as my conditioning for the day. However, I had two drawbacks and did not work out today. 1) the weather was crappy and rained most of the day 2) Last night, I managed to break/dislocate my toe and didn't realize it until I woke up this morning. I know, I know, it's just excuses and I agree, but sometimes a person just doesn't feel it and has to take a break. The trick is to not make it a habit, but only use it when necessary.
Thanks. Have a great day and always strive to improve.
SDG
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