Mywetjournal

[mywetnightmares]

I started a journal on another site because somebody asked me to, but I'm on this site more so I figured I'll keep it over here as well.

My lifting style is pretty much Vplayer's style but I also throw in some fascial stretching a la DC training. I'm going to be lifting twice a week but I'm going to be doing some sort of PT everyday. I'll be logging it all. My goal is to get at least one workout a day till school gets out then this summer I'm going to be doing daily doubles, and hopefully by the time fall rolls around I'll be getting three sessions of PT per day. I know some of you are going to tell me that's overtraining, but my goals aren't typical bodybuilding goals. I'm looking for all around strength, endurance, and conditioning. My training is for performance rather than appearance (though it never hurts to look good).

This entry is for both yesterday and today since I pretty much passed out when I got back to my place after my workout last night cuz I was so tired.

Yesterday morning I had PT with my NROTC unit, normally it's way too easy for my liking, but yesterday I got to lead the run so it was all good. My company started last and ended up lapping everybody else at least once. The downside is we only ran a mile and a half and I would have liked to run farther, but oh well, I couldn't control it. We only had two people drop out of formation, and one of them was injured so I was pretty pleased that almost everyone was able to keep up.

Last night I lifted, all around I was pretty pleased, my intensity was pretty good.

Quads
Squats 275x11
I don't know what it is about squats, the weight keeps going down. This summer I could get 315 for 10 was my best set, the best I've been able to get since then was 315 for 8. I think it might be though that recently I've been going ass to the grass, and I used to just go to parallel or slightly above parallel.

Sissy Squats 30x12

Hams
Leg Curls 90x7
Stiff Leg Deads 185x9

Back
Deads 315x6
One arm DB rows 50x8
WG stretch pause pull-ups BWx6

Shoulders
DB shoulder press 60x8
Side incline lat. raise 20x8
1 min. stretch, 1min. pump

Traps
Rear shrugs 185x11
Hanging DB shrugs 85x11
1 min. stretch, 1 min. pump

Chest
Wide-grip bench 195x11
flyes 40x10
1 min. stretch, 1 min. pump

Biceps
Seated DB curls 45x8
Incline DB curls 30x7
1 min. stretch, 1 min. pump

Triceps
Close grip bench 175x5
French press 45x10
1min. stretch

Tonight I went for my first run in boots. I don't know how far I ran, but I think I was gone for about an hour so it was probly a fair distance. I would estimate the distance if I was running in regular shoes, but I don't know what my average pace is in boots yet so all I'm gonna report is 60 minutes of run time at a moderate pace. I probly shouldn't have run as far as I did on my first time running in boots, but I did. Next time I'll cut it back a little bit and work up.

Thursday is supposed to be my next lift, but since I have my inventory PRT on Friday I'm probly gonna wait till saturday to get my lift in.

[mywetnightmares]

Today was a light day as I was still pretty beat from Monday and Tuesday. At PT this morning we played basketball and tonight I ended up doing some flutter kicks, but it wasn't a lot. Once my PRT is over I'm gonna be hitting it hard everyday.

[mywetnightmares]

40 minute run in boots last night, 30 minute run in regular pt gear today.

On another note I slept through my PRT...AGAIN. I got written up and officially counselled. Needless to say I was not a happy camper since I went to the effort of setting three alarms to wake me up and I slept through them. I think I may not be getting enough sleep, I fell asleep during chem lab yesterday. Did I mention it was while I was doing an experiment? Yeah, I left class for 10 minutes to get my sh!t straight.

[krenalor]

If you are going lower on squats it takes way more effort, do your old "style" squats for one set and see for yourself.

[mywetnightmares]

I just got back from my workout, I think that I like doing squats or deadlifts, not both in the same workout. Since I lift twice a week it works out perfectly.

Quads
Sissy Squats 30x8
I looked up the form for theses and I realized that I wasn't going deep enough on them. As a result I only hit 8 reps, and that last one was hard as hell.

Hams
Leg curls 90x9
Stiff leg deads 185x9

Back
Deads 315x6(singles, no hooks)
Prone DB row 50x12
WG pull-ups BWx6

Shoulders
Shoulder Press 60x9
Rear incline DB raise 25x8

Traps
Rear Shrugs 185x10
Hanging shrugs 85x12

Chest
WG bench 195x10
Flyes 40x10

Biceps
Seated DB shrugs 6x45
Incline DB shrugs 30x8

Triceps
NG bench 155x 6
French Press 45x11

Overall I was satisfied with my workout. There's been some muscle groups that have been pissing me off, like my biceps and chest, and there's some that I'm pleased with, like my back. I've never gone that heavy on raw grip deads before and it was definitely an interesting experience, I'll have to do that more often.

My wide grip bench has been stuck at 195 for way too long, I need to find a way to break past 200. Maybe after my next workout if I haven't gotten to 12 reps at 195 I'll either just up the weight or start doing regular bench.

[mywetnightmares]

Originally Posted by krenalor

If you are going lower on squats it takes way more effort, do your old "style" squats for one set and see for yourself.

Yeah, I've started doing that, it's just going to be a bit demoralizing for awhile since I had those other numbers in my head. Even though I know that I'm getting better muscle activation I just wish I didn't have to lower the weight.

[mywetnightmares]

I just got back from my run. It was probly around 4 miles in boots. I didn't really feel tired, I probly could have run farther, but since my body isn't used to it I don't wanna push too hard in the beginning and get shin splints.

I also started my pushup and flutter-kick routine during my run today. Everyday I'm doing three sets of pushups and three sets of flutter-kicks. every week I'm going to add one rep to each set. Today I'm starting off with 33 reps for my pushups and 20 reps for my flutter-kicks. Next week I'll be doing 34 reps and 21 reps. It'll keep building so that after a year I'll be doing sets of 85 pushups and 72 flutter-kicks.

[mywetnightmares]

I had my PT with the navy this morning. Needless to say I'm not in a good mood after that. We stretch way too much, the rec opens at 6, if everyone hurried up we could probly be ready to go by 0605 or 0610, but instead we ended up stretching 'til 0625. Then we did a mile and a half indian run, now I like indian runs, but when the line is really short and you're not going at a fast pace it just doesn't feel right. Then we had calisthenics, not tough at all, I think I get to finally make up my PRT this friday, hopefully I'll get a better score than last time so that I can make the case to my PTO that I need tougher PT, maybe he'll let me and some others PT on our own since there's about 2 or 3 other guys in the unit that are also interested in going SEALs.

Sometime tonight I'm gonna get my pushups & flutterkicks in.

[mywetnightmares]

Went for my run today, same run that I've been going on, probly about 4-5 miles. I felt more tired than I usually do for some reason in the beginning. When I went to do my first set of pushups I got a nasty headache halfway through the set. It stayed with me for the rest of the run, just not as bad. I'm not sure why it happened, but it definitely pissed me off.

[mywetnightmares]

Well I finally had my PRT this morning. I knew I wasn't going to do as well as last time cuz my body is still adjusting to the extra PT, but I was still unhappy with the results. I did 77 pushups in 2 minutes(down 15), 103 situps in 2 minutes(up 7), and my run time was 9:21(15 seconds slower). Needless to say I wasn't happy and after I was done I ran an extra mile and a half since I didn't feel that my performance was satisfactory. Next time I should be able to max the pushups as I've done that before, and I only need6 more situps to max those. The run time however will be the hardest to max since I'll have to do 1.5 miles in 8:15. I don't know if I can do that this year, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to next semester.

Next up on the agenda is a short run tonight, hopefully.

[mywetnightmares]

I've gotten kinda lazy about updating this so I'm gonna kick that bad habit and start again. I've still been working out as hard as ever, I just haven't been updating this.

Today I went on a 3 mile run at 90% speed. I ran 23:22, which to me is piss poor. I used to be able to do a tempo run at about 21 flat and a 100% run at about 18:30. I fell like right now I could probly do 100% at around 22:00 if I really pushed myself, so I really need to start working on my speed.

Tomorrow is a lifting day, hopefully it'll go better than my run today.

[mywetnightmares]

Today I did some work on the track, some 600's, my times are slower than what I'd like them to be at. Then again they'll always probly be too slow for me because I expect a lot from myself. I also did my usual push-ups and flutter-kicks. I'm supposed to lift Saturday, I really hope I've recovered from that pull-up workout I did Monday, cuz I'm still incredibly sore from that. I'm gonna do some serious stretching tomorrow, and I'll probly have my friend give me a massage to work the kinks out. Hopefully that'll get me back to normal.

[mywetnightmares]

Here's my lifts from Saturday.

Quads
Squats 275x10
Sissy Squats 30x8

Hams
Leg curls 90x9
Stiff leg deads 195x10

Calves
Standing Calf Raises 135x20

Back
Prone DB row 55x12
WG pull-ups BWx7

Shoulders
Shoulder Press 60x9
Rear incline DB raise 25x9

Traps
Rear Shrugs 205x10
Hanging shrugs 90x9

Chest
WG bench 205x9
Flyes 40x12

Biceps
Seated DB shrugs 45x7
Incline DB shrugs 30x6

Triceps
NG bench 155x 9
French Press 45x11

some of my lifts have really not been consistant and have been disappointing lately, I still feel like I'm making progress, but it's slowing down. My legs especially are pissing me off because they've been getting weaker from all the running I've been doing. I know eventually they'll get back up to where they used to be and hopefully a little stronger, but it still frustrates me. My biceps have also been rather inconsistent lately.

Sunday I took off, which I haven't been doing lately so it was kinda nice to have an off day.

Today I did some light PT in the morning, only a two mile run and some other calisthenics, nothing to stressful unfortunately. Tonight I did half a pull-up pyramid on my own as well as my daily push-ups and flutter-kicks. I did a full pyramid last week and it was just too much at this point, so until I get conditioned I'm sticking with a half pyramid. I'm on 36 push-ups for three sets and 23 flutter-kicks for three sets right now.