Push Push Push

I'm ready to get back to sensible eating. Not so much a sensible workout although time constraints really force me to make painful decisions as whether cardio or lifting is more important to me. Because I don't work out during the weekend, I don't compromise on Mondays and do both, with a good stretch at the end. I'm going to feel it tomorrow. I know I've put on weight, what with all the indiscriminate snacking in my household. Especially while watching our latest favorite show: the past two seasons of Arrow that we're streaming on Netflix. It's not often you see a guy doing the salmon ladder as part of his workout routine, unless you're watching American Ninja Warrior. This guy is definitely easy on the eyes. Fight and stunt choreography is quite entertaining as well. And the IT gal is cheeky and adorable.

I feel a tad sluggish when I get to the gym. My hubs is off to Boston for another 10-day trip. My son is definitely not happy about going to school, as much as he misses his friends. I get on the LifeFitness for 30 minutes and everything loosens up. I feel like I'm flying. I'm just a bit short of 4 miles so I'm moving at a pretty good clip. A brief stretch and then I head over to the Smith. Vacant. Yaaaay! The over-sized Matrix adjustable inclined bench is sitting there. It's so unwieldy that I don't even bother to swap it out for the more reasonable flat bench. It's much higher than the other adjustable bench so I'm perched precariously, with my knees bent and my feet flat on the bench. At my heaviest set, my butt starts sliding down the bench because I'm not really anchored. There's no way to put my feet on the floor, or anything to brace myself against as I bench. So I only get 10 reps instead of 12. I don't have this problem with lower weights. Or with the other bench. Oh well...

Inclined Benches are okay. At the last super set of DB Laterals and Rear DB Inclined Flyes, Island Jerk motions to me to ask something. Because I think he's a jerk no matter what he does, I cut him off with a motion that says, One More. As in I'll be done in one more set. When I pull out one ear piece, I snap at him, "What?" He's laughs nervously. Clearly he thinks he's more charming than he actually is and was expecting a somewhat more pleasant response. When I'm done, I shift over to a flat bench for RIP skulls. Meanwhile Jerk has pushed the Inclined Bench out of the way so he can place a flat bench in front of the preacher bench for his (and the Mayor's version) of skull crushers. Jerk has bars loaded at three different stations so I don't feel at all bad making him wait while I finish my last set.

I get another 2.6 miles on the Precor (total mileage 6.51) and then do a full Mat Stretch complete with Dive Bomber Push Ups, plank, a few pistol squats, splits and other stretches. In the locker room I overhear three tall, leggy college girls complain to each other about a guy giving them unwanted advice at the Squat rack. "He's telling me I shouldn't squat so much," one girl chortles, "I've been squatting for a year. I think I know how much I can move." I smile, and fight the impulse to ask which guy it was. I'm amused. Tomorrow's going to be a cardio day. Hmmmm.

Monday Push Workout

Elliptical Training

Calorie :   150 CAL
Distance: 3.91 mile
Speed :    7.77 mph
Duration : 00:30:15

Smith Machine Bench Press

165

Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 100x12
Set 4 : 120x10
Set 5 : 110x12
Set 6 : 90x25

Smith Machine Incline Bench Press

112

Set 1 : 30x12
Set 2 : 70x12
Set 3 : 80x12
Set 4 : 80x12
Set 5 : 80x12

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

30

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 20x15
Set 5 : 20x15
Set 6 : 20x15  SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

30

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 20x15
Set 5 : 20x15
Set 6 : 20x15

Barbell Lying Triceps Extension

52.5

Set 1 : 15x12
Set 2 : 37.5x12
Set 3 : 37.5x12
Set 4 : 37.5x12

Elliptical Training

Calorie :   294 CAL
Distance: 2.6 mile
Duration : 00:30:11

Torso Twist Machine

91.67

Set 1 : 50x25
Set 2 : 50x25

Sit Up

100

Set 1 : 100 Lap/Rep

Flat Bench Leg Pull In

100

Set 1 : 100 Lap/Rep

Plank

Set 1 : 00:01:10

Dive Bomber Pushup

Set 1 : 20 Lap/Rep
Set 2 : 20 Lap/Rep

One Leg Bodyweight Squat

134.17

Set 1 : 115x5