Back, calves and abs

It's bad enough having a teenaged trainer who's 30 years younger than me, but it's taking the piss when he sprints past me while I'm freewheeling downhill on my bike. Bloody kids.

Deadlifts (resetting)

Warm up - 135lb x 10
225lb x 6
275lb x 5, 5
225lb x 10

Bent over dumbbell rows; per arm
55lb x 12; 60lb x 10, 10

Bent over barbell rows, between legs
50lb x 12; 75lb x 10, 10

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Straight arm lat pull downs
70lb x 12; 80lb x 12, 12

Two-leg standing calf raises - 15, 15, 15

One-leg standing calf raises (per leg) - 15, 15, 15

Seated calf raises - 45lb x 12, 12, 12

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Crunches - 25, 25, 25

Scissor kicks - 30 seconds x 3

Planks - 30 seconds per side x 3 (continuous, no breaks)

Holy shit, that was a lot of work in 60 minutes!

Back and biceps

Armed and dangerous

I decided to start a slightly different weekly routine, just because I've been following the same plan for several months now, and I don't want to plateau. My left adductor is a bit sore, and my last two workouts have been shoulders, traps and forearms, with chest and triceps yesterday. This means pretty much the only split I could work on today involved chest and biceps. My traps are still sore from Thursday, which didn't help today.

Wide grip pull-ups - 10, 7, 7

Lateral pull downs - 80lb x 10; 90lb x 10, 10

Straight arm lat pull downs - 30lb x 10; 35lb x 10; 40lb x 7

Machine reverse flies - 65lb x 10; 70lb x 10; 75lb x 9

Bent over row - 75lb x 12; 80lb x 10, 10

EZ bar curls - 55lb x 12; 65lb x 9, 8

Dumbbell preacher curls - 25lb x 8; 22lb x 8; 20lb x 9

Incline dumbbell curls - 17.5lb x 10, 9, 8

Upper body

Personal training with Paul

I've been feeling the symptoms of overtraining the past couple of days, and even a bit this morning when I got up. As before, it manifests itself with a flu-like ache in my chest, arms and shoulders. To be honest, I really wasn't looking forward to today's session because I didn't have much energy. However, I thought I might start to feel better once I got warmed up. I actually felt much better after this workout than at the start, and I barely have any of that aching feeling now.

For the record, it's well established that Paul's memory is better than mine, and I did actually train on Wednesday, contrary to what I'd suggested. However, he can't count for shit. Rather than paying attention to the reps I was doing, I think he was picking his lotto numbers.

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Supersets

Incline bench press - 35s x 10, 40s x 10, 8, 8
Push-ups - 16, 12, 8, 6

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Pull downs - 100 x 10, 10, 8, 7
Straight arm pull downs - 70 x 10, 7, 7, 6

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Lateral raises - 20s x 10, 9, 7
Military presses - 20s x 11, 8, 5

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Chest supported row - 100 x 10, 10, 10
Reverse lateral raise - 40 x 10, 7, 5

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For time:
50 sit-ups (strict)
50 Russian twists with 25lb plate (total)
25 sit-ups
25 Russian twists
Time = 7:53

Full body

Andrea Ager

Lots of supersets today.

Leg extension - 3 x 12 @ 95
Traveling lunges - 3 x 6 per leg @ 35s, 40s, 40s

Incline dumbbell flies - 25s x 10, 30s x 10, 8
Incline dumbbell bench presses - 25sx 10, 30s x 8, 2(!)

Straight arm pull-down - 70 x 10, 90 x 10, 90 x 8
Wide-grip pull-ups - 7, 4, 3

Lateral raises - 3 x 10 @ 20s
Push presses - 65 x 10, 75 x 10, 8

Rear delt raises - 3 x 10 @ 17.5
Cable row - 3 x 10 @ 80

I went to Upper Case Books to buy something for Madi's birthday, and my hands were shaking so much I had trouble putting my debit card in the card reader slot! Kristen, the store owner, asked if I was having a stroke.