Another big update

Man, it seems like I'm barely able to keep up with the updates.  Part of it is that I haven't been going to the gym that much lately, and the other part is that I've been BUSY.  Many late nights at the office, a bachelor party, a wedding, and most importantly...surgically removed warts.  Exciting!

I haven't posted in 12 days.  That's a long time.  I've been to the gym 2 or 3 times since then, but my lifts have been very limited.  It will help my own memory if I build a loose timeline here, so bear with me.

Weekending 8/12/12.  It was a rough week.  There was an intense project going on at work, and everyone at my office was working crazy hours.  I had a bachelor party to go to Friday night, and swapped late nights at the office for late nights in Atlantic City.  Long story short, we come back Saturday evening, and drag myself to the gym Sunday morning.

8/12/12 - Sunday
Bench Press - 4 sets
95x10
135x10
155x10
145x10
135x10

I think that was it on Sunday.  I was feeling shitty, hungover and tired.  I made some silly decision to do 10 rep sets, and as you can tell, I was going terribly light, and struggling with it.

Monday, I went to the dermatologist, and he surgically removed 2 warts from my hands.  The one on my right hand was an ugly bastard, and it was right on the back of my hand near my pointer finger's knuckle.  Very visible.  Tough to shake hands with people when you have something like that.  The other one on my left hand I've had for years, and it's on my palm, near my ring finger callous.  That one was bigger, uglier, but very inconspicuous.  It never really bothered me because nobody knew it was there.  Hell, even my wife didn't know about it for a very long time.

Either way, the Doctor cut them out and cauterized the wounds, leaving me with these 2 gaping holes in my hands.  So Wednesday, instead of doing the gym, I go for some sprints.

8/15/12 - Wednesday
Short Sprints - 12 sets

Not much else to say, really.  I just sprinted 12 times, and my rest was the walk back to the starting point. My guess is it was like 30 yards.

Saturday morning I make it to the gym again, and I have intentions of doing some pulling.  My warts don't agree.  I do 2 sets of rows on the universal, and the handles I'm using are digging into the bandaids on my hand.  No good.  So I switch to bench.  Here are those sets.

8/18/12 - Saturday
Bench Press - 3 sets
95x10
135x8
155x10
155x8
145x10

Rows (universal) - 2 sets
120x10
160x8
160x8

Bent Bar Bicep Curls - 1 set
70x10

Saturday night was my cousin's 30th birthday party.  Had fun.  Ate well.  Sunday was my sister in law's 33rd birthday party.  Ate well and had fun there too.  I also ate some delicious ice cream cake.  And a brownie.  No good.

And now here I am.  It's Tuesday, I hope I can get to the gym today after work.

Lots of stuff

Well, this is embarrassing.  I worked out last week, both Wednesday and Friday.  I'm sitting here trying to remember what the hell I even did.

I think Wednesday (8/1) I did bench and RDL's.  I don't remember the weight.  I must have done 195 and dropped it to 185.  I honestly can't remember.  I think Friday I wanted to squat, but couldn't.  Instead, I did something.  I can't even freaking remember.  Maybe I didn't even go?  Hell.  It's been a rough 10 days or so.  It started with a heavy week at work, staying late almost every night.  Now that I think about it, I definitely stayed late on Friday, and I think I skipped the gym.

Saturday I went to an annual "party in the park" with friends and family.  It's always a long day of fun and games and beers.  I'll say that I drank for most of the day and night, and definitely did not go to the gym on either Saturday nor Sunday.  Monday continued the heavy workload.  There's a project going on, and it's requiring a lot of late nights.  In fact, last night (Tuesday) I went to the gym and squatted, but didn't get there till almost 9pm!  That's after a 12 hour workday.  The squats were... awkward.

I can deal with a little exhaustion.  It is what it is.  But I wore my vibrams at the party in the park, so they were annihilated.  I had to wear my sneakers to squat, and it felt really off.  I still did a set at 235, but it felt like my feet were sliding towards the outer side of the shoes.  Anyway, here are the sets I can remember from last week, plus the weak squats I did yesterday.  Soon, the craziness at work should die down and I can get back to something that resembles a normal workout schedule.

8/1/12 - Wednesday
Bench Press - 3 sets
95x8
135x5
195x3
185x4
185x4

RDL's - 3 sets
135x8
135x7
135x7


8/7/12 - Tuesday
Squats - 3 sets
135x8
185x5
235x5
225x5
225x5

That's all for now.