Hajime no Seven - the second blog

[bodhitree]

lat pulldowns
170 x 1 x 8
190 x 5 x 8

whats this ****, do some pull ups man

[SevenStar]

LOL, fat guys don't do pullups *hiding behind an excuse*

I gotta start posting regularly again. I have been on a different kick for the past few months... Like I said before, the gym wants me to get down to 205, and coincidentally, the day job is having a biggest loser contest - so far my team is in second place.

over the past 5 weeks, I've dropped 17 pounds. I have won the pushup and crunch challenges overall (71 pushups in a minute and 92 crunches). I've been walking 4 miles per day and have been still lifting heavy, but lighter than before. my diet has mainly consisted of salmon, grilled chicken salad, some form or rice or bread, etc. - the same stuff I normally eat. anything unhealty I exercise portion control with. I've been doing some jogging and will be hitting that harder in the coming weeks. Matter of factly, I am running a 5k next week.

[SevenStar]

Pullups
3 x 4

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
275 x 3 x 3
225 x 5 x 6

deads
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
315 x 3 x 3

squats
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
315 x 1 x 5
365 x 2 x 3

barbell curls
75 x 3 x 8

dips
3 x 10

rows
135 x 1 x 10
185 x 1 x 8
205 x 3 x 8

standing overhead press
135 x 3 x 5

24s
2 sets

bent lat raises
35 x 3 x 8

walked 2 miles.

I worked out with a friend of mine today - a woman who at 140 does ass to ground squats with 225 for 15 reps. she did frat boy squats with 315 for 8 reps. she benches 135 and deads 155. and she's cute. guys at the gym were watching her with their mouths open.

[bodhitree]

Pullups
3 x 4

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
275 x 3 x 3
225 x 5 x 6

deads
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
315 x 3 x 3

squats
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
315 x 1 x 5
365 x 2 x 3

barbell curls
75 x 3 x 8

dips
3 x 10

rows
135 x 1 x 10
185 x 1 x 8
205 x 3 x 8

standing overhead press
135 x 3 x 5

24s
2 sets

bent lat raises
35 x 3 x 8

walked 2 miles.

I worked out with a friend of mine today - a woman who at 140 does ass to ground squats with 225 for 15 reps. she did frat boy squats with 315 for 8 reps. she benches 135 and deads 155. and she's cute. guys at the gym were watching her with their mouths open.

awesome on the pull ups and awesome on the woman! there is a girl at the gym that does power cleans, mmmmaaaaannnnnnn. my wife aint athletic

[SevenStar]

10 / 16

jogged / walked 4 miles.

yeah, the woman is a badass. an inspiration for men and women.

[SevenStar]

10 / 17

5 miles

light weight training - not even gonna bother posting poundages on those.

[bodhitree]

light weight training

is this active recovery stuff or is it for your weightloss thing at work?

[SevenStar]

nah, just weight loss.

10 / 18

4 miles.

[SevenStar]

10 / 19

3 miles.

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
275 x 3 x 3
275 x 5 x 1 (20 seconds rest between each single)
225 x 5 x 5

lat raises
30 x 4 x 10

bent lat raises
30 x 4 x 10

dips
2 x 10

barbell curls
75 x 2 x 8

barbell row
135 x 1 x 10
185 x 1 x 8
225 x 2 x 8

shrugs
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 3 x 10
275 x 2 x 8

[SevenStar]

10 / 21

3.5 miles

butterflies
machine bench press
lat pulldowns
curls

all were performed on the machines in the apt. complex gym.

[SevenStar]

10 / 22

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 7
275 x 3 x 3
275 x 3 x 1
225 x 3 x 5

squats
225 x 1 x 8
315 x 2 x 5
365 x 2 x 3

lat raises
30 x 4 x 8

bent lat raises
30 x 1 x 8
40 x 3 x 8

dummy curls
40 x 3 x 8

barbell curls
65 x 1 x 8
75 x 1 x 8

pullups
3 x 3

went 4 miles.

[SevenStar]

10 / 23

worked with one of the women I mentioned a few months back. She and I have been working out twice per week - I've been teaching her muay thai and just in general getting her in shape. Since we've been training together, she's lost about 15lbs.

[SevenStar]

10 / 25

we had a pushup challenge today... I managed to crank out 105 in a minute. The next highest male did 44...

the three women on my team all did well also - they placed first, second AND third. Hopefully this will bump us back up to first place.

on with the workout...

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
275 x 1 x 5
285 x 3 x 4
225 x 4 x 6

dummy curls
40 x 1 x 10
40 x 4 x 8

lat raises
30 x 3 x 8

bent lat raises
40 x 2 x 8

a meeting got in my way, so it was a fairly short day.

[SevenStar]

for some odd reason, friday is a complete blank to me... I know I did cardio and I know I lifted, but that's about all I can recall...

10 / 29

bench press
135 x 1 x 10
225 x 1 x 8
275 x 2 x 3
275 x 5 x 1
225 x 2 x 5

shrugs
135 x 1 x 15
225 x 1 x 15
275 x 2 x 10
225 x 1 x 15

pullups
3 x 3

lat raises
30 x 3 x 8

walked 1 mile, jogged 1 mile. all in all, another short day.

[SevenStar]

10 / 30

worked with teammates / students for about 90 mins. it was kinda cool, because while we were training an indian guy cam in and started doing yoga. while he was in there a chinese guy came in - and he started doing a form. I talked to him about it and he said he studied chen taiji in china while he was in college.