Westside, Kiwi's and Training OCD!!!! welcome to my world...

yeh the pressups are a b1tch mate! proper gas u out, but great for cconditioning and the pump is unreal.. like i said, its as much about findin the sweet spot in terms of which reps t go for  t get them done the quickest.. :-(

thing is i blasted out 35 the first time after that i got 15 then i gassed out i was doing 10's then after a while i was doing 7's and 4's there must be something?????????

yeh the first time i did them, i thought i'll do 30 first set, then probably sets of 15, but that plan went downhill quickly.. the pump catches u so quickly its horrid!!
im honestly thinkin short bursts at it would be best, so-
5 pressups
5 secs rest
5 pressups
5 sec rest, etc etc etc...
i reckon that would get u a pretty quick time..that would get u near enough 90 in 3 minutes, and if u felt a bit more in the tank at some stage u could blast out10 or so now and again... :-)

Far too many tactics involved, just get down and do them you jessies!!!

we're supposed to do them in less time every session thats the catch

well, no trainin over the xmas period at all :-( my gym back at my folks place was ruined by the floods that hit my town, im sure many of u will have seen them on the news in Cockermouth cumbria.. ah well!!
i feel flat as a pancake, diet has been.. well, u understand! :-(.. far too much drinkin done too!
but had a great xmas, my last in england for a while i think as my folks are movin to spain on 14th jan, sop thats bye bye the family home and bye bye to cumbria, the palce i was born and brought up!! feelin quite sentimental about it all as i love the place, but the new house in spain is fantastic and i cant wait t get out there in a couple of months..
will be hitting the gym tomorro and weds, then maybe some cardio on the weekend, then back to normal as of monday!! will be starting the routine i have just started again as it is a set program with progression etc all factored into each week..
so here's to 2010 guys.. hope u all had a great time with ur families on xmas day! :-)

Wow, dude, sounds mad. I've never had that sentimentalilty of a family home as I've moved house soooo many times (and parents divorced) but I have always been in the same area. Must feel strange..... as will a warm Xmas next year

Glad you had a good one, been wicked here too what with <<<<< him and Santa, but only junk food for us, no boozing

do u not drink mate??
ive not gone crazy but had a few nights out back home, and the oddd glass of red with the family..
my folks are split too, and the hosue we have only had for 10 yrs.. but me and my mum moved there on our own, but ive always loved in cumbria, and she's always been there too.. will be wierd when she goes.. with my folks splittin when i was young (3) she has always kinda been my best mate too.. so will be hard not havin her an hr or so away!! but i'll be reet :-0

glad u had a good one mate

sorry for that bro merry Xmas

Blimey, yeah that will be tough. I've also moved backwards and forwards between my folks.

We don't drink but we aren't tea-total. Just not worth it or never makes sense. Not against it, just have better things to spend my money on. And working evenings it's nice to actually stay in and chillax rather than always going out. Don't forget, I'm 37 with kids too.........

haha, i totally get ya mate.. im gonna try adopt that kind fo approach this yr! one of my resolutions.. NYE will be my last big 'Blow out' for a while me thinks..

ok, so been to the gym today.. i did upper 1 of this routine.. was alright.. energy levels very low, managed a decent 135x4 on the bench which im not too fussed about!! that'll get back to normal in the next few weeks when diet and training become more 'normal'..
feel good now for goin tho, felt sick as in there tho.. proper knackered!! but nice pump and lookin large for the first time in weeks :-) haha.. back to the grind as of monday!!!!!!!!!

bumpety bump..
need this back on the 1st page so im not searchin thru pages and pages t find it..
gym tonight!!
stillf eelin v lethargic, a bit under the weather, slight post xmas/ New year blues, but i'll try have a good one tonight!
tonight will be upper 1 of the routine again, starting from scratch!! :-)
bring on 2010 i guess......

You can 'subscribe' to journals/threads mate.

Go to the top of the page and select 'subscribe to this thread'. You can do the same with other peoples journals/topics of interest.

Then in the top left hand corner, click 'forum menu' > 'subscribed posts' and vwola.

I've subb'ed to about 20 journals/topics, rarely venture outside of them nowdays

I just go into my profile and view last 50, it's usually high up the list for me there..... bloody bumping post whores

hahaha... ah yes, i shall try that! :-)
ok so today.

Bench-
120x8
130x6
140x4
strength on the increase again which is good, barely eaten anythin today tho!!

Flat DB press-
32kx18
32kx16

Seated Row / superset / Flat bar pushdowns
67k / 70k x 15 * 4 supersets

DB shrugs / superset / DB lateral raise
30k / 10k x 15 * 4 supersets

COMPLEX-
Empty Barbell
deads, BB rows, Hang cleans, push press, squats x 10 reps each

only did 1 round.
didnt fancy any weight on the bar today, wanted to just take it 'slightly easy'.. but felt good for doin it! :-)

I can empathise with the 'slightly easy' wants of a session ATM

Still putting in some solid numbrs there dude

cheers mate.. im hoping the little lay off wil act as a kind of kick up the ass too, and maybe blast thru the snumbers i was at just before xmas.. think i managed 145x4 a couple of weeks before xmas, so hopefully with some good solid eating and training behind me i'll be up past that by the end of the month.. then i'll get on my cycle then and see what happens :-)

slight bummer tho.. im goin snowboarding on the 21st march, so that will be like wk 7 of the cycle.. not sure what t do!! would i be alright takin a wks worth of orals to austria u reckon?? plus im goin to see my parents in spain mid feburary for a few days, so thats another small lay off, and also another time i will have t take orals abroad.. as far as jabs go, id probs just load up and jab my wekly dose in 1 as to not miss out....
any ideas DV??

I wouldn't risk taking anything abroad, arguably you could tub some up in a vitamin pot or something but TBH, it's not worth the potential trouble or hassle. I would either plan the start of your cycle so that there is minimal interruption or just cycle the oral side of it differently

thats the thing tho mate, im goin t spain mid feb, then austria end of march, so really wouldnt be able to then cycl without interruption til april!! and i really dont wanna wait that long :-(

arrrgghhhhhh... dont know what t do!!

Well it won't be hugely bothered by the injections, as you said you can preload before you go. So that side is perfectly workable, but while the orals may be fine, it would royally screw up your stay if you had a few hours wasted in customs getting quized and searched. Could you save the orals to run at the end of your course or for another time in this instance?