Day 42

Today's Notes:

Today was pretty intense. Lots of hectic crap going on in life in the morning, but I did manage to escape in the evening for a bit of gym work. And man, did I need it... Stress levels are high right now.

I went up in reps on the tricep extension and tricep curl, mostly because I can't go up on weight with them. It felt pretty good, until my arms started freezing in this crazy gorilla-guy locked out thing... I felt like I looked like those guys who wander the gym with their arms all poked out to look big.

I ran into one of the gym's trainers, Cris. He and I started chatting, and I told him about the tryouts in Tampa and how I was now working toward October 13 for the Ga. Force tryout. He offered to help me out with the quickness and agility on touch and gos in my drills, so Wednesday morning, I'm meeting him at 7 AM to see what he has in mind.

Finally, I am trying to work quick cuts and touching lines in lateral movements to my sprints and drills, mostly because that's where I suffered the most in my drills at the tryouts. Yes, it was a bit rainy and the grass was all torn up by the time I got on it, but on both the short shuttle and the L drill, I killed more time than I should have just stopping, touching the line with my hand, and starting again.

Quick cuts.

I was one of the fastest big guys out there, but I can't help feeling like I MUST do better. Tampa saw me making the cut, but I haven't heard anything about training camp or anything else... Come October 13, I want to make a serious showing. This will help.

I hope.

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The Workouts:
(You can read descriptions for all of these exercises here)


Morning Session (lifting + cardio)


Didn't have time today to do anything like that, so I slammed everything into my evening session.

HOW I FEEL:

Lame, but hey, I worked hard in the evening.


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Evening Session (weights):

Tuesday: Chest + Tricep day - heavy day

Bench Press - 4 sets: 1 set x 20 reps @ 135lbs, 3 sets x 10 reps @ 275lbs

Incline Bench Press - 3 sets x 12 reps @225 lbs
SUPERSET with: Tricep Extension (cable) - 3 sets x 15 reps @ 95 lbs

Decline Bench Press - 3 sets x 10 reps @ 275 lbs
SUPERSET with: Reverse Overhead Tricep Curl (cable) - 3 sets x 15 reps @ 87.5 lbs

Dumbbell Flys - 3 sets x 15 reps @ 45 lbs (per hand)
SUPERSET with: Skullcrushers - 3 sets x 15 reps @ 75 lbs (bar)

4 mile run (treadmill)

8 super mega ultra stair sprint + 20 yard dash + touch and go (there has GOT to be a shorter name for this...)

HOW I FEEL: