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 Today’s post is going to be short and sweet because it is my wife’s birthday and I want to spend it with her and not writing a blog post. I hope you will forgive me for my brevity. Had a great workout today. It was the start of a new week and this week is focused on the calves. Amazing how working the calves causes you to be a little more tired in other leg exercises. More on this in the workout log area below. |
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 Mike’s Workout Log: 
Matty’s Workout Log: Today’s workout was different. I have never really focused on my calves before and the idea was to get them pumped up. This workout definitely accomplished that. One thing I changed (in keeping up with the spirit of the Experiment of One) was the rep speed. This program calls for 2 seconds postiive, 4 seconds negative movement. This just hasn’t felt as intense as it should, so I switched to a 3 seconds positive, 3 seconds negative program. It definitely made things seem more intense and we both had trouble with some of the exercises as a result. We stepped up and did standing calf raises. I am supposed to be working in the range of 9 to 12 repetitions and I was able to do 19, so I knew the weight was clearly too light for me. I immediately went to the lying leg curl with no rest. I was amazed that working the calves first had a strong effect on the lying leg curl. It hurt like hell, but I pushed through. Matty was dripping with sweat after just the second exercise. We then did seated calf raises (even through the log says calf raise on leg press—the leg press machine was occupied). We went straight back to leg curls. That was 2 supersets for the legs. My legs were extremely tired. We moved into the rest of the workout feeling excited. Our calves were extremely pumped up. I swear mine were an inch bigger after the 2 supersets. It was an incredible feeling! The rest of the workout was fairly routine for a H.I.T. session. I faced the overhead press and was disappointed that I was 2 reps lower than my previous workout. That disappointment didn’t last long as I managed a personal best on the bench press. I hit 175 lbs. for 8 repetitions. I have never done 175 lbs. for repetitions in my life. According to this I should be hitting my bench press goal during this mission. Granted, I am still 45 lbs. away from the actual goal, but I can see that happening over the next 6 weeks. I only have to add 8 pounds a week to get to my goal. The insane part of this workout came towards the end. I did a set of leg extensions with 210 lbs. and managed 13 repetitions. I then had to climb on board the Quad Blaster and upped the weight to 50 lbs. I am not sure what this equates to for a squat (Carlos DeJesus can clue us in on this), but the intensity felt greater than a 250 lb. barbell squat does. Needless to say, I was fried as I was leaving the gym for the day. Matty was walking funny after his Quad Blaster set. The bar has been raised. |
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 Birthday celebrations are an important thing when you are young and not so important when you are older. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
