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 Today was my return to iron. I got back into the gym to lift and lift I did. The new workout is substantially shorter than my previous workout by 3 exercises. That makes alot of difference when you have to load and deload a bar. I truly enjoyed my first session of the week and I'm looking forward to two more identical sessions this week. I also had to return to the gym later in the afternoon to do my scheduled cardio session. I hate double gym trips, but it is the only way to get in extra cardio other than outdoor cardio and right now the weather isn't cooperating with that idea. I spent the day knocking off small tasks for work. These are the kinds of things that make a huge difference for others, but take me very little time at all to accomplish. I do this about every other week. I sit down with some major focus and just plow through my captured list of small tasks. When I was done today I went and processed all my meeting notes from last week into my GTD system. This system is what keeps me organized and afloat. I noticed an article on a body building forum about only being able to get 1 full body workout in a week when the man had intended to do 3. My initial thought was that at least he is working out 1 day a week, but my next thought has to do with making time for things that are important to you. Why the excuses? Why not just buckle down and make the time for the gym? I'm sure he could get up an hour earlier to fit in a full body workout more often. If he were to sit down and think about ways to accomplish more gym time, it would happen. My take is that it just isn't that important to him or he'd make the time.
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 Mike's Workout Log
Matty's Workout Log Oh yeah! We hit the iron and hard today. The program calls for me to drop down to 70% of my 1 rep maximum on all exercises and then aim for a certain repetition range on all exercises. It is very specialized and individualized. For instance, my optimal repetition range for the bench press is 6 to 8 repetitions, but Matty's on the same exercise is 3 to 5 repetitions. Another example is that on the leg extension my optimal repetition range is 9 to 12 repetitions while Matty's is 5 to 7 repetitions. This made the workout much more complicated, but I used our logs and logged this stuff down prior to the actual workout. I have to pay special attention to the maximum part of the range because that is where the weights increase. I honestly felt this was a pretty easy workout, but the majority of my exercises also call for me to up the weight in the next session. Matty felt the same way. He's gotten used to High Intensity Training and expected a tougher workout. My take is that we just came off a week's rest and the program is easing us into the workouts. That's the awesome nature of H.I.T., we control the pace. We will be upping the weights for our Thursday workout. |
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Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING! |
