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Tuesday
v sit ups
reverse crunchers
snatch squats
straight leg dead lifts
D.B. fly

Wednesday
Ran bleachers. 4 sets of 5, and 4 sets of 6

Thursday
power cleans
squats
bench press
leg lifts

Skipped the workout and went mountain biking; 12.5 miles round trip, started at 4778' elevation and finished at 5800'.

Squats sets of eight: 275,315,315
Cleans sets of eight: 185,185
Standing press sets of six: 135 thrice
Chins and upright rows

Yesterday:

Bent over rows at 100lbs x 10, then standing press at 70lbs x10 rest one minute, then repeat for 10 sets.

Leg press at a light 125 lbs x 10. More of a leg/back stretch. 4 sets.
Toe raises on same machine. Straight, out and toed in. 20 each, x 4 sets.

30 minutes on rower.

Maybe row on the weekend. Maybe not.

Did a hike in the hills west of town, 45 lb pack, 4.5 miles round trip with 1,000 feet of elevation gain to the top and then back down.

Front squats sets of six: 185,225,245,245
Dead lift sets of five: 225,315,375

Took the weekend off.

Today
Bleachers. 8 sets of 6

Cardio intervals yesterday, lower body/core today.

treadmills can be fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfUgXcvq4g

My first workout after spring break came fairly close to ending my life early... And it weren't hard.

Back squats- 135x8 warmup, 225x8 for 5 sets.
Bench Press-135x8 warmup, 185x7 for 2 sets, only pushed 4 on the last.
Deadlift-135x8 warmup, 225x8 warmup, 295x5, 335x2

Ouch.... Alcohol consumption is where gains go to die...

Tanner

You drank on spring break?

Kids these days.........

Felt like schitt today...... got the headcold that's making the rounds and can't breathe worth a damn. That said:

10k at a steady 7:45/mile followed by 5 rounds:
10 pull ups
20 pushups
30 sit-ups
40 mountain climbers
50 squats

George

Yesterday
squats
pull-ups
bench press
dips
reverse crunches
v-ups
1 leg clean/press w db

As stated above, I'm trying to get back in the groove after a 20 year layoff. The upper body aint no thing, feeling good.

The legs....SQUATS ARE KILLING ME....feel like I'm going to puke during the workout. Very weak, can't lift much weight. Legs completely dead for a day or two. No more soreness but nearly have to lift my leg with the hands when walking up stairs. Good gosh I HATE them. But I recon this is the reason I started back. I knew they were going the wrong direction, now I've confirmed it.

What do you eat before your workout, and are you doing anything for recovery, as far food or a shake?

I am eating nothing particular before a workout. Eat breakfast at 8am, two kashi bars, workout at noon, lunch immediately afterwords, usually at grilled chicken caesar salad. Trying to loose about 20 lbs of fat. Its a delicate balance.

Well, I don't know if it'll help, but I worked with a trainer who was a power lifter and also competed in body-building comps.

He recommended a recovery drink as soon after a hard workout as possible. Key ingredients were things muscles need to repair after a hard workout--something sugary and 40 grams of whey protein. I buy the stuff at the store an mix my own using orange juice for the sugar and any kind of whey protein that doesn't have flavoring.

Ran bleachers today....5 sets of 7.

What do you guys eat/drink after workouts? I try to get a protein smoothie as soon as I can. I usually blend up a banana, frozen strawberries, silk, and whey protein. Sometimes I just mix chocolate milk with chocolate whey protein. Just curious to know what some other options would be.

I try to get 20-40 grams of protein after a good workout. I've been using GNC AMP Power on lifting days and Pure Protein whey on run/bike days. Typically I never have time to make a smoothie. The vanilla whey in OJ may be pretty good - Orange Julius?
Along the same line, do any of you track protein/carbs/fat/calories?
I aim for 150g protein/200g carbs/??g fat/2000ish cal per day.

Taking the week off for kids Spring Break. 'Course I did a lot of stairs at the waterpark, if that counts. Want to see something funny, wedge a fat, hairy guy (me) in an innertube, push me down a slide, then watch me try to get out in 18" of water. On the plus side, I didn't push us over any weight limits for any of the slides...