Today's Gym Session

[southernsoftie]

Just playing at it at the moment, still got lingering back strain which rower seems to exacerbate. Doing lighter power moves with Bulgarian bags, sometimes tied to cable machines (e.g. Bag tied to cable on floor, pick up as per deadlift, quick lift to overhead and to one side, slamming bag down (under control) then repeating with the other side).

Quite a bit of fun actually. Makes a change.

[Derby Tup]

softie, have you got a Lexus? I saw a fella who was the spit of you on the M1 today driving a white one

[southernsoftie]

softie, have you got a Lexus? I saw a fella who was the spit of you on the M1 today driving a white one

No, not me Tup: green Scirocco. Today drove up A59/A1 to Bedale. If you see him again, pass on my commiserations. Poor bastard!

[southernsoftie]

Once more unto the breach, as back seems to be fine now. Somehow recently also Buggered up my rotater cuff, but this too now getting better. So...

-Lvl5wk1day1 of 50PullUps 12/10/10/9/8 (sets 2&4 chins)
-Died on Tabata row sesh (10reps between 1:30-1:45/500m)
-Deadlift (4x6@60)
-Corner press (4x6@30) both of these, just easing my way back into it.
-Hang snatch & press (4x6@20) new one for me, so light weight to focus on technique first; that and this one most likely to set my shoulder off again.

Back & shoulder OK, so far.

[southernsoftie]

Gym session during the week:

Level 5 wk 1 day 2 of 50 pull ups - 12/10/10/9/9
Deadlifts - 4x6@80kg
Single leg step onto Bench - 4x12@28kg
Box jump burpees - 4x10
Weighted pull ups (using low cable and belt to attach them to) - 3x5@8kg including 20sec hang on last rep.

Now down to 10% bodyfat, but weight has gone with it (sub 12st). Might just have to live with lower weight than ideal as I step up my ultra training. Probably no bad thing in reality.

[southernsoftie]

Last nite:

50 pull ups level 5 wk 2 day 1 15/11/10/9/8

5 rounds of:
6*deadlift @90kg
10*boxjump burpees
10*core stand ups w/10kg plate

No (scheduled) rest between exercises or rounds, but inevitable pauses for the odd breather. An absolute bastard of a circuit.

[The devil's own]

First time back in the gym for a long time, or doing anything for that matter.

300m row warm up
Tabata row, thrusters, burpee's.

Wasn't as much as I planned on doing, but I felt totally worked and didn't want to over do it. Lost so much strength and fitness, gutted but it's my own fault for being slack and losing motivation. Plenty of bodyweight and cardio tabata workouts to come to trim the fat and get fit again. The big weights can wait.