Saturday, May 15, 2010

Saturday- Upper Body

I trained early this morning with Lance today.  Like 5 am start time early.  Whenever I know I'm going to lift early like this I usually don't sleep very well the night before.  I'm usually jacked up and sleep very lightly.  I think it's my body saying, "Don't you dare oversleep.  You've got iron to move."  Despite the lack of sleep we were there bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Bench: 185x6, 205x6, 225x6, 240x6+2+2+2

Inverted Row: +25x6, +35x6, +45x6+2+2+2

DB Standing Press: 50x6, 55x6, 60x6+2+2+2

Lat Pull Down: worked to 20 plates + orange bandx6+2+2+2

Dips: +25x6, +45x6, +65x6+2+2+2

Sledgehammer Tabata

Great session this morning.  Bench was hard as hell but it will be a good starting point.  I'm going to have to figure something out for the lat pulls because I had to have Lance put his foot on top of the weight stack to add extra resistance.  Dips felt good and I look forward to getting stronger on them.

On a side note Lance and I have been training together since college.  One of my favorite things about training with him is the way he encourages whoever he is spotting.  He usually yells, "Come on!" a bunch of times.  It's not what he says, though.  It's how he says it.  It sounds a lot like a very disappointed father yelling at his son.  The inflection in his voice makes you picture a dad who is a big sports nut who wants his kid to be good at baseball but the kid only wants to sit on the ground and pick dandelions.  Punch, drink, cry.

Song of the Day:

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”
-Louisa May Alcott

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