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Thanks y'all for the lovely comments!!
I arrived home yesterday on the boat from France after two weeks of travelling on the back of a bike!!The trip itself was pretty awesome, looked a little something like this:
First day travelled from Cherbourg to Chateauroux for an overnight stop before driving on down to Carcassone the next day. Carcassone was such an amazing place, for anyone who hasn't heard of it its this medevil village, comletely closed in, paved with cobblestones, tons of gargoyles on all the buildings, really traditional shops, actually I could never do it just justice by trying to describe it! (silly billy that I am I left my camera with Hanley yesterday but google has a few ok pictures!)
So we spent one night there before moving down through Montpellier and Toulouse to a town just outside Monaco. Unfortunately disaster struck...we got a puncture on the motorway on the way down! Apparantly the insurance people can't send tow trucks to the motorway coz they're not allowed to stop on it so we ended up having to ring the French police who sent out a tow truck to us. In the meantime, another Goldwing passed us and pulled over, the guy had no English whatsoever so he rang his sister who could and she translated everything for us. That guy was an actual godsend, he was in a rush to get to work but he made sure we were ok, talked to the police for us, wrote out a note to give to the driver, explaining that we could only be left at a Honda garage etc..We spent 2 hours at the side of the road but eventually the guy arrived and brought us to a garage, the whole tire had to be replaced, the puncture was so bad that you could actually see the canvas on the inside!! :eek: so its just as well we insisted on going to a proper garage!
It was some job getting the bike onto the truck and back off again..
We finally got there in the end, I spent 3 days in the South, getting a savage tan and taking in all the sites. During those three days we took trips along the coast to Cannes and St. Tropez. Cannes was probably my favourite place out of the parts of the south that i saw...When i get my camera back I'll throw a few pics up!!
After there we had an overnight stop in a place called Macon, not a whole lot happneing there, it really was just an overnight stop.
Next day onto Paris, again three days there! Without a shadow of a doubt Paris was the best place we went to! i Fell in love with the city, I'm already making plans to go back there i the spring! The whole metro thing was, erm, interesing to say the least but i figured it out in the end!! Did all the usual things there, Eifel Tower, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, ate some buffalo etc etc etc
Last stop was a place called Caen before travelling back up to Cherbourg along the coast to get in some of the war beaches!!
Overall it was an incredibly memorable triploads of funny and weird happenins that I can't actually remeber now coz i'm so wrecked!!
When I got back home yesterday, i literally had to go straight to wrok! I work at Shelbourne Park and the Derby was on last night so they needed anyone they could get to work it...Didnt stop serving till 2 and then didn;t get home till about 4am, as you can imagine I'm incredibly tired now! I had to get up at 9 this morning to bring my sister dancing, it was the strangest thing ever though getting back into my car and actually driving after 2 weeks of being on the bike!! a good strange though, I missed it!
So I'm back, feeling refreshed and ready to attack the gym! I decided to do a beginners Sheiko programme and being the big legend that he is, Jimbob did out my whole program for me so its all typed out waiting to be done!!
Back into the gym on Monday, i need another day to recover from last night!!
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Malteaser! wrote:I decided to do a beginners Sheiko programme and being the big legend that he is, Jimbob did out my whole program for me so its all typed out waiting to be done!!
Back into the gym on Monday, i need another day to recover from last night!!
Oh god he roped you into one as well! J/k they're tough but rewarding.
The holiday sounds deadly.0 -
yop wrote:Well done on your log, your seriously motivated, any chance of bottling it for the rest of us.
What I cannot figure is how in the name of god someone so thin can lift so much, It would be really intimidating to come across you in the gym, and I mean that in a good way!!
Best of luck with it, any points on good sites to see how the different lifts are done. I now have serious doubts on whether I am lifting right or not! @home so no one to tell me, even morons!!
I presume when you say "Form" that you mean how you lift a weight.
All the best and well done
Thank you
Tbh, I learnt how to lift by sitting at powerlifting competitions. when Hanley is competeing I'd sit in the audience all day watching all the lifts, when a person missed a lift I'd always be watching to see what they had done wrong, you know, not squatting deep enough, hitching the bar up when deadlifting, I learnt all the little bitty things about the three main lifts there.
As for everything else, that just took Hanley standing over me making sure i did them right. It really is invaluable to have someone there with you for the first few sessions pointing out where you're making mistakes. You can look at all the videos you want but unfortunatley when you're lifting in the beginning its hard to concentrate on making sure your form is perfect while actually performing the lift and even if you feel like you're doing them right, it really does help to have somone else there, even taping you so you can look back and improve. Especially with something like squats, often people feel like they've hit parelell when in fact they're only doing 1/4 squats.
Actuallly if you're training at home you should take a few videos, throw them up here and there's tons of people who'll look them over and give advice.0 -
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tribulus wrote:Oh god he roped you into one as well! J/k they're tough but rewarding.
The holiday sounds deadly.
I know, I was looking at the sheet there last night and some of the days look positively frightning!! 0 -
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Started Sheiko today, man it's going to be tough...very very tough!!
I was hella excited about it but when i went in i was so pushed for time so I ended up a bit stressed out trying to get it done!!
Anyways, here's how it went:
Bench:
20kg x 2 x 5
25kg x 2 x 5
27.5kg x 5 x 3
Squat
20kg x 5
32.5kg x 5
40kg x 2 x 5
45kg x 5 x 5
Bench:
20kg x 2 x 5
25kg x 4 x 4
Flies:
5kg 'bells x 5 x 10
Used wraps for the last few sets on the bench, my wrist was acting up but I didn't wanna stop without finishing the session, they made the worl of difference, will definately be using them again. Hanley actually bought me a pair a few weeks ago but I never thought I needed them...:rolleyes:
The last few sets of the squats were a disaster, my friend came in and it was the first time I had seen her since i got back from France and when i say she wouldn't stop talking, i mean it. In the end I told her to just keep talking while i did my set and had to zone her out while she waffled on!!
Then it was back over to the bench, where she followed me and kept on talking...then, one of the instructers who we're friendly with came over and actually started talking to me as well, like I was actually in the middle of the set when he started telling me about his weekend!!! I was seriously surprised by him...I think I should do that to him next day he's training!!
Anyways, all in all, not too bad, felt good to be back in the gym but it wasn't easy!!!0 -
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Hanley wrote:**Impending Shock Warning**
haha it's not really a big deal....
today wasn't a sheiko day but I was up in the gym with my friend anyway, just having a bit of a mess around...
Did cardio for the first time in forever:
Cross Trainer: 10 minutes
Shoulder Press:
6kg 'bells x 6
7kg 'bells x 7
8kg 'bells x 8
9kg 'bells x 9
10kg 'bells x 10*
Situps on a ball: 3 x 12
Side Raisey thingys 2 x 12
Leg raises:
3 x 5
Bike: 5 minutes
StairMaster: 5 minutes
Just did the cardio to fill in time while i was waiting for my friend. had absolutely no intention of doing any weights today but i just couldn't resist.
*Whenever I was doing shoulder presses I always made sure i could do the same number of reps as the weight I was lifting before progressing onto a new weight eg, 5kg x 5, 6kg x 6. My secret goal that i wanted to reach was 10kg x 10 coz thats the heaviest weight in the dumbell tree and it just seemed like a nice tidy number. Anyway my last pb was 8kg x 6. Today I really really wanted to make it 8kg x 8....but em....I kinda went a bit overboard and did 9kg x 9, then 10kg x 10...I was fricking delighted....one goal down...There was definately more there but I didn't want to wear mself out coz i have sheiko to do tomorrow!! so yeah...happy faces!! 0 -
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Week 2, Day 3 (the half way point)
Squat
32.5kg x 5
40kg x 4
45kg x 2 x 3
50kg x 5 x 2
Bench:
20kg x 2 x 5
25kg x 2 x 3
27kg x 2 x 2
25kg x 3
22.5kg x 5
20kg x 7
Flies:
6kg x 5 x 10
Squats
32.5kg x 5
40kg x 2 x 5
45kg x 2 x 4
Hyperextentions:
5 x 5
Groin held up perfectly till my second lot of squats and the niggly pain started back and by the last set it was quite sore.
Benching felt amazing, so so strong! I'm really delighted with how that's come on, I'm reallly learning how to do it competition perfect! 0 -
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Week 3, Day 2
Today is gonna be mental so I decided to go to the gym when it opened at 6.30am, was surprised the amount of people there at that time but anyways it went well...
Deadlift:
45kg x 2 x 3
55kg x 2 x 3
60kg x 4 x 3
Bench:
20kg x 2 x 5
25kg x 2 x 3
27.5kg x 2 x 3
30kg x 2 x 3
27.5kg x 2 x 3
Flies:
6kg x 5 x 10
RackPull
55kg x 4
65kg x 2 x 4
72.5kg x 2 x 3
80kg x 3 x 2
Lunges:
7kg x 5 x 5
About halfway through the session I felt so ill, i was very nauseous and ended up just going out to the bathroom to sit for a minute or two but by the end of the benching i was feeling grand again.
Had my very first protein shake this morning, well I only drank half of it my poor tummy couldn't handle the rest though I'm told you get used to the taste!!
Only 4 more days left with Sheiko...time to start working on a new program I think!!!0 -
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Week 3, Day 1
Squat
20kg x 5
32.5kg x 5
40kg x 4
45kg x 2 x 3
52.5kg x 5 x 3
Bench
20lg x 2 x 5
22.5kg x 5
27.5kg x 5 x 4
Flies:
6lg x 5 x 10
Skull Crushers:
10kg x 5 x 8
Front Squat
20kg x 3 x 5
25kg x 3 x 3
Another good day, mentally and physically.
Delighted with the squats, I'm really improving at getting them right down below parralel.
Bench was feeling strong again, I really can't wait to retest that when this is all over, I have a feeling it'll have shot right up!
Starting to hate flies, it seems I never get a day away from them, when I do my new program they're one thing that deffo won't be present (unless Hanley tells me I have to, and then...well I'll have to!!!)
First time doing skull crushers in a while, i always liked them. Couldn't go as heavy as I normally would, I think it's coz i was so wrecked from all the squatting and benching beforehand!!
Really enjoy front squatting, I dunno what it is but It just seemed to click with me.
Another easy day :eek: shocking really!0 -
Non-Sheiko day.
Another 'bits and bobs' day really!
Leg Press:
60kg x 10
90kg x 10
110kg x 10
120kg x 10
130kg x 8
Incline Bench
20kg x 5
25kg x 5
27.5kg x 3
30kg x 1
HyperExtentions:
+10kg plate x 10
+15kg plate x 10
+20kg plate x 10
Leg Raises:
3 x 10
Tidy little session, nothing too taxing. Pb's on...well everything.
Leg press, there's a pb of 10kg there, not really a big deal though imo, it just goes to show that the reason my squat isn't higher isn't because of a lack of strength in my legs though, it's probably due to a lack in core strength so I'm gonna keep that in mind when doing up the new program and throw in some ab stuff and just keep up the hypers etc. I know that some difference is normal but I reckon my leg strength is enough to squat more than I currently can so hopefully with the added core work (and maybe some upper back assistance) I can bring my squat up a bit soon. Oh and yes, the leg presses were all full range of motion!!
Incline bench is up 5kgs from when I did it last about a month ago. It's only 5kgs away from my 'max' flat bench (35kg). I tested that about a month and a half ago, before Sheiko started, so I'm really expecting a good increase on that. Definately aiming for about 40kg in two weeks or so.
Never did weighted hyperextentions so anything I'm gonna lift is a PB, it was good having Hanley there for the feedback...apparently I can do weighted hypers better than without
I always struggled with leg raises before, so when i was able to do all those sets with proper straight legs I was so happy.
So like I said, tidy little session...looking forward to getting back into the gym on Wednesday to get my second last day of Sheiko finished!!!0 -
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