You gotta love those days when you are constantly reminded why you love what you do...today was one of those days. From the young athlete who allowed me to push him to complete failure, to the man who blamed me as he dropped 4 f-bombs during the first 10 minutes of his workout....my day was fulfilled and complete. The latter was pretty hilarious...I've honestly never had anyone argue with me about why they curse during a workout...like I have control over what comes out of a 44 year old's mouth. I barely have control over what comes out of my own mouth....which, can be concerning at times...
A group of baseball players are coming in the gym now 3-4 days a week...play with the Dirtbags. Its generally 6-7 of them, and truly a good group of boys. And to be honest, if I were coaching, I'd probably prefer to coach guys rather than gals. Even if they are not crazy about training, there is a certain level of competitiveness that I personally do not have to try to cultivate in them. Its instinctive. And put them in a group setting like that and the testosterone is flying. I love it. Sure I have to listen to more than enough crude comments, and watch them "adjust themselves" too often to count, but they let me push them, respond to my critique, and want to get better. I can work with that.
As I said last week, my focus during this week's workouts is to maintain strength, but keep all reps a littler higher (mainly 12-15) to kind of unload if you will. I did back/shoulders/bis today, and had all intentions of running sprints. But by the time I got to that point, I was done...I had absolutely nothing left in me. Part of it may have been the fact that I didn't exactly take Saturday or Sunday completely off. I did intervals yesterday P90X style for 30 minutes...I was hating life by the end, but it was great. And Saturday was my 4.5 mile run...blah. So my legs were pretty much shot today.
Workout:
BW pull-ups 3 x 10-12
Close grip lat pull-down 3 x 12
Single arm DB row 3 x 10 each
BB row/ss rear flys 3 x 12 each
BB shoulder press (drop set)/ss front raise 3 x 15 each
Lateral raise and pulse 3 x 12 each
Preacher curls 3 x 12
Standing BB curls 3 x 12
Alternating incline curls 3 x 10 each
Its amazing I can still move my arms. Tomorrow is leg day, and the fat on my inner thighs is about to drive me nuts. Its like a fat cell camp going on down there...
Anyway,
so as you know, I have a garden. Tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc....well, this one particular bug is completing taking over my squash and zucchini. Its the ugliest creature, and I pretty much hate it because of that fact alone. So I haven't had time or energy to run to Lowes to get bug spray and what not, so I figured it was simply time to mark my territory out there. Yes, I poured urine on my plants. If it killed the bugs, great. If it killed the plant, whatever. If my neighbors knew what I did and I crossed their line of decency, even better. At this point, if I knew it would kill crab grass, I would be hosing down the cul-de-sac with it....which would take forever...my bladder is small...
Well, its almost 9:15 and I am about 10 steps behind myself tonight...ugh...Tuesday here I come. BTW, only 1 day til the birthday....yes, I accept gifts....yes, its the thought that counts, but no one really means that....they are lying and you owe them a gift asap...
Niiiiigghhhtttt!!!
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