What training are you doing/have you done today? (Vol.3)

[mcelliott]

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

Some of you guys regimes are crazy, I just wouldn't have the time/energy. When I worked doors and had every day to myself pretty much my training was much more consistent and punishing with commensurate benefits, I feel I'm playing constant catch up now working out lots during holidays and as and when during term time. I was enjoying early morning training but my dogs need walked before work now as there is now nobody home for them during the day. Go at night to the gym I hear you cry...and your right...just seem tired after work, mentally causing physically!! Still, getting there slowly.

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

I trained really hard when I was on the doors, heavy every session, rarely missed a day but I feel that mentally I am weak now and that is where any change needs to come from. I physically have time to go to the gym, which is five minutes away, but rarely make the time through the week. Shocking admission but life sometimes gets you that way I guess. We are creatures of habit and I just need to create a new habit, but mentally I am not as in love with being big and strong as I was in my earlier incarnation.

Yup, life does get in the way, I like everyone have crap going on in the background, I have learnt that I can only control the controllables everything else is just wasted energy. Training to me is simply part of my day, wether I'm motivated or not I just do it.

[272BHP]

I find early morning workouts help with motivation. It is a terrible wrench when you first start (especially at this time of year) but becomes liberating very quickly.

Pretty much everyone has time to exercise first thing, if you don't then simply wake up an hour earlier

[biggbn]

272BHP said:

I find early morning workouts help with motivation. It is a terrible wrench when you first start (especially at this time of year) but becomes liberating very quickly.

Pretty much everyone has time to exercise first thing, if you don't then simply wake up an hour earlier

When I returned to the gym I was training at 05.30, now that's when I take my dogs out. I agree, any kind of training early on is great for your head!!

[biggbn]

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

Some of you guys regimes are crazy, I just wouldn't have the time/energy. When I worked doors and had every day to myself pretty much my training was much more consistent and punishing with commensurate benefits, I feel I'm playing constant catch up now working out lots during holidays and as and when during term time. I was enjoying early morning training but my dogs need walked before work now as there is now nobody home for them during the day. Go at night to the gym I hear you cry...and your right...just seem tired after work, mentally causing physically!! Still, getting there slowly.

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

I trained really hard when I was on the doors, heavy every session, rarely missed a day but I feel that mentally I am weak now and that is where any change needs to come from. I physically have time to go to the gym, which is five minutes away, but rarely make the time through the week. Shocking admission but life sometimes gets you that way I guess. We are creatures of habit and I just need to create a new habit, but mentally I am not as in love with being big and strong as I was in my earlier incarnation.

Yup, life does get in the way, I like everyone have crap going on in the background, I have learnt that I can only control the controllables everything else is just wasted energy. Training to me is simply part of my day, wether I'm motivated or not I just do it.

Fair play to you brother man, keep on trucking!!

Thanks to all for their inspirational posting. Peace, gbn x

Edited by biggbn on Tuesday 18th October 09:21

[TheThing]

From me this morning;

A few kettlebell row drop sets and some curls.

16 mile bike ride home from work. 1hr 5mins. Felt good but the traffic was heavy.

[spikeyhead]

spikeyhead said:

spikeyhead said:

I ran for 36 minutes today, which is longer than I've ever run as an adult.

37 minutes today. In another three years I'll be able to do a marathon twice a week

I only managed 37 minutes today despite my brain wanting me to run more my legs wouldn't let me. Probably due to missing Parkrun on Saturday, (who knew that the opportunity to play in the Atom round Rockingham would take priority) and finishing boxing training the day before with four sets of ten on a 15kg slam ball wearing out my hams.

[biggbn]

Due to time constraints, popped into gym for less than half an hour to train arms. Standing dumbell curls up to 27.5 kg, sets of 6, standing Olympic bar curls super slow up to 15kg per side sets of 6, seated triceps machine, stack x 40.

[mcelliott]

Fab sunset ride up our coast road last night, wife came too, just over an hour, not without a few little climbs too, 35kph avg, , today, short swim then 50km on Zwift set a few PRs so pleased with that, will do some pull ups later.

[biggbn]

Quick leg session, cantilever squat machine, four and a half plates a side sets of four, leg extensions only 20kg per side sets of ten, calf raises 40kg per side sets of ten. First leg day in a long time, nursing a back injury so just going through the motions but better than sitting thinking about going through them!

[TheThing]

16 mile bike ride into London this morning. 59 mins.

This evening was 15 minutes of kettlebell sumo deadlifts at 60kg and some bodyweight lunges.

[mcelliott]

No bike today, so a mid week gym session, really enjoying these, incline bench, sled pushes, weighted pull ups, finished off with 4 , minutes with a 10kg lump hammer and a tyre, by the end everything was blown up like a balloon, feeling strong AF.

[Lee Jones Jnr]

Sparred 21 rounds with the lads, 7 different guys, 3 rounds each.
They are all too fast and fit for me these days.

[spikeyhead]

Twice in the same day? That's some going

[TheThing]

This morning; kettlebell clean and presses at various weights.

Was supposed to cycle home from work but there is bugger all left on my brake pads!

[chris watton]

I have been keeping up with my routine..

Today I did:

Squats - 5x8-5 reps
Bench Press - 5x8-2 reps
Clean and Press - 5x8-2 reps
BB BOR - 5x8 reps
Deadlift - 1x5 reps

[biggbn]

Shoulders today, it was a hard workout, felt it.

Seated dumbbell press up to 40kg set of 8
Single arm thor lateral raises up to 27.5 kg sets of five
Viking press 35lg per side 8 reps.

Shoulder was a bit raw today so quit at that.

[Animal]

Chest/shoulders yesterday.

"Add 5" format.
Starting at 35kg:
2 reps military press
2 reps push press
2 reps jerk
Re-rack and add 2.5kg.
Repeat until failure. Once you reach failure on military press, continue with push press and jerk. Once you reach failure on push press, continue with jerk.

Incline hammer strength chest press 4x6-15
Pec deck 4x12-15

[mcelliott]

Yesterday, hilly hour on the bike, then 3 set of 20 pull ups, swim to finish off.

[biggbn]

Quick back work out.

Seated close grip pull downs, stack x 8 x 3 sets.
Standing single arm rows with 115kg per side, unilateral, sets of 5
Rear delt machine stack x 8
Standing shrugs on machine, 80kg per side, Sets of 5

Going to start adding in more cardio and finishing with drop sets to get my reps up, haply enough with strength levels for now.

[TheThing]

No cycling again today so a quick full body circuit this morning before work. Totals-

50 X Kettlebell snatches - 20kg
50 X double kettlebell rows - 2 X 24kg bells
100 X Kettlebell swings - 32kg
Farmers walks - 20 lengths of my garden - 60kg in Kettlebells

19 min