This weekend was a mess. Too much of a lot of things. Too much sun, too much booze, too much exercise, too much food, and not enough sleep. Where to begin? I've been behind in posting... as in Friday I posed Tuesday's workout, meanwhile I went to the gym on Thursday. Time to catch all of that up so that I'm current.
Lets start with Thursday.
7/5/12 - Thursday
Bench - 4 sets (plus warmups)
185x4
175x4
175x4
175x4
Incline Dumbbell Fly's - 3 sets
35's x 8
45's x 8
55's x 7
Pretty straightforward. Since I waited so damn long to post it, I don't remember what else I did, if I even did anything. I remember being somewhat rushed. Why, I have no idea. Onto Friday.
7/6/12 - Friday
Barbell Complex - 5 or 6 sets at 95lbs
7 cleans, 7 RLD's
7 cleans, 7 Overhead Press
7 front squats, 7 RDL's
7 cleans, 7 Overhead Press
7 front squats, 7 underhand rows
You get the picture. I don't remember the exact combinations, but I pretty much just kept doing 2 exercises of 7 reps and resting about a minute and a half in between. Pressing was really weird. I haven't done anything with my shoulders in a long while. By the last set I could only press 4 or 5 reps before failing.
Onto Saturday. Not a real workout, but I went for a walk with 25lbs in a backpack. Walked for about 25 minutes.
7/7/12 - Saturday
25lb Walk - 25 minutes in vibrams.
The walk wasn't too bad, but man, I was definitely feeling it. Sore in the shoulders from the weight, and just plain uncomfortable on the feet and lower back. Just goes to show I might be getting a little stronger (barely) at the gym, I'm not really getting into great "shape." Stuff like this can only help though. I'd like to say that I want to do this on a weekly basis. We'll see if I actually do it.
After this my wife and I spent a few hours in the sun at the pool. Between a few drinks and the sun, we left there totally wiped. Oh, and I ripped my left middle toenail partially off when jumping into the pool. Completely random. Came home, ate some dinner, and quickly went back out to watch the UFC fight. More drinks and more food, and finally left and went to bed close to 2am.
7/8/12 - Sunday
Onto Sunday morning where I woke up bright eyed at 6:30 am, unable to fall back asleep. Sunday's mean softball. I eat a small breakfast, pound coffee and water, and head to the field by 11am. It's really hot and bright, and I'm not handling it too well. I started the game in a tank top, but my shoulders started burning up halfway through the 1st game.
To get to the point - I was playing left field, and my brother is playing left center field. Between the heat and the hangover, I wasn't feeling too great. I was downright hurting, but I was still playing hard. So when a bloop fly ball is hit in between left field and left center, both my brother and I are sprinting all out for this ball. It's a little blooper, so it's not in the air too long, and before you know it we're both converging on it together. And both of us dive for it at full tilt.
My head collides with his shoulder and we both collide with the ground. My immediate reaction is "Where is the ball, did one of us catch it?" I see the ball dribbling away from us, and stupidly yell to someone to get the ball in. I go to stand up as if everything is normal, and that's when it hits me. I just fucking collided with my brother. The world tilts and I go back on my hands and knees, suddenly realizing the pain shooting through my skull.
I ended up alright, stayed in the game. Just needed a minute to collect myself. No symptoms of concussion, I was still "with it" and remember everything. No real headache, just pain on the side of my head. And a nice long nap afterwards.
The good news is we won both games and I had a bunch of hits and a few good plays in the field. Now, I can concentrate on getting my shoulder fixed up in time for the fall league.
Today, I'm beat up. My head is not aching, but it's painful to touch the area that was hit. My shoulder hurts from landing awkwardly on the ground. I'm limping from soreness in my legs from the walk on Saturday plus the missing toenail. I feel like shit and need a few days off. At least today, and probably tomorrow too.
I'll update when I head to the gym. Take it easy.
