Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Start

This here's my first training log post. When I say log it's really just a few comments from training. I had it pointed out to me by Craig McGuigan that training logs are pretty boring when its just numbers, and I struggle to keep track of every set anyway. My attention span is too short.

My goal right now is to bench 175 at the national bench in October. I've done it in training but would like to get it in a competition (or a bit more). Im wearing a Katana bench shirt that hasn't seen any action for about 6 months now, and it needs a repair, so things could change in the next few weeks.

Training now consists of high volume stuff with Mr Fry and Mr McGuigan giving me some guidance. We trained back today after my first "chest" session last night and now my chest feels like its been groped by pliers.

These sessions are awesome and much easier to focus on as there's less pissing around between sets. I'm used to working with heavier weights and having bigger rests so this is a good change. Anything over 5 reps still feels like cardio but I'm getting used to it.

Today was heaps of pull downs, bent over rows, seated rows both close and wide grip. sets of 8 to 12 reps. Fell 1 short of a goal I had to do 10 reps of Bent overs with 110kg, but was my first crack woth that weight so I know things are moving forward anyway.

Looking forward to the next few weeks.
Nuff said for now....