Day 3. Neck Sore...

Everything sore. But not as sore as it was a few days ago. A few days ago, i could not even straighten my arms. Things are sore now, but not as bad.

The back of my neck is tense. I don't know. It doesn't hurt like when I get a headache, but it is very tight feeling.

I have to workout later on.

Day 2. In the Gym - Shoulders and Arms.

Well after yesterday's fiasco of "i am going to do everything-ness" i decided to peel back the superman persona and do a normal routine.

Please let me know what you think of these weights. Am I on track?

Today i also bought a container of "super nos blast" which is a discount version of the product No-xplode they sell at GNC... It is a NO booster that has a bunch of other stuff in it. It gives me power in the gym. I've used it in the past, and it works well for me. It also has creatine in it, which i am taking anyhow.
Take 2 scoops, mix with water and drink half 30-40 minutes before the workout, then the rest during the workout.

This is what the workout looked like today... I actually used my ipod touch for these notes as I was working out, then emailed the entire thing to myself. Me likey technology!

SHOULDERS

Seated military press:
7x50 too heavy
8x40 felt ok still very heavy
7x30 to fail

Seated dumbbell Arnold press
10x20 easy-moderate
10x25 moderate- hard
10x25 hard to do 10th rep
8x25 to fail

**I am doing these seated because I plan to do my lower back for the first time in YEARS tomorrow, and I have back issues in my family, so why bother to tempt what could be a bad injury to a weak back by standing for them?**

Standing front dumbbell raise
10x20 easy-moderate
10x20 moderate-hard
10x25 to fail

Small barbell pullup
10x50 easy-moderate
10x50 moderate
9x60 hard
8x60 to fail

ARMS

Seated preacher curl
10x20 too easy
9x40 v. Hard
10x30 hard but felt efficient
12x30 but not to fail?

Seated bicep curl w/dumbbell
10x20
9x20
8x20 to fail

Standing barbell raises
10x50 v. Hard
11x30
17x30 to fail

Tricep cable pulldown
10x90
10x100
10x110

Nautilus tricep pushdown
10x70
10x90
10x110 to fail

DONE...
Time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Day 2. The Scale

According to the scale (I hate him, he is a bastard):

178.5 Lb
13.5 % BF

Which is probably right for the weight (ok, it is correct i have to admit) however that bodyfat is crap. Biometric impedance, not calipers.

Working out later on today.

Day 1. New Gym Membership

I am so sick and tired of the weight room here at the condo complex not working. Either the equipment is broken, or it is 95 F in there.
After yesterday's daily ritual of "Fix the nautilus and have a sauna while working out" I decided to move out the old workout set that has been sitting in the storage room.
Caroline decided that it was time for me to finally get a real gym membership on this very same day stating (and I agree) that our place is too small for it to have a weight room on site, and that I should find a gym to join.
She is overseas in the Philippines right now taking care of business and investing in land, so who am I to argue. I went and bought a gym membership. At $22 a month, what a deal! I was happy and drove home, ate and then went BACK to workout.

I had a plan:
Day 1 - Chest and shoulders.

My body had another plan:
Day 1 - Chest and NOTHING THE HELL ELSE BECAUSE ITS BEEN YEARS AND YOU ARE NOT IN THE SAME SHAPE NOW.

So I went in... My chest routine looks like this:
(all these with olympic bar - anyone care to tell me how much that weighs?)

Flat Bench:
10(reps)x70lb
9x70... now i should note that by this time, i feel like i've never even been in the gym before. I suck at this all over again, and I cant even do this set to completetion. So lower weight.
10x50 (to failure) There... that is better.

Decline Bench:
9x50
5x50 ... so like wow. This was way too heavy. Like i am afraid if dropping the weight too heavy.
9x30 ... this seems ok. maybe 10lb more?
7x40 (to failure)

Incline bench:
9x50
7x40
6x40 (to failure)

Flat Pec Flys with dumbbell (these i am usually good at since i went to a gym in mexico that had no barbells for a time):
10x20
10x25
10x25
8x25 (to failure)

Ok... so that was hard. Like, real hard. I started about 9:35pm and by the time i finished it was 10:20, meaning that this took up nearly the entire hour i thought my workout would take.
All these were done with 1 minute rest between sets.

But onto shoulders (or so I thought)

Military Press (with smith machine as I have a shoulder problem and didnt want to hurt myself)
8x50
4x50
...

And that was is. I could NOT do anymore. No matter what I tried my energy was zapped and I was finished for the day. I have never had this before. I want to note that I am doing each and every movement with the best form I can muster, and I sure felt sore afterwards.
But why is this hurting me so much?
It has been years since i did a proper dumbbell workout, and so i wonder if i had that good of a workout?

Scary stuff, but tomorrow is another day.