Week of 01/22/2019

Didn’t do any training yesterday, the warden was in an absolutely miserable, foul mood. Up my butt all day long, just pissed off about everything, looking for any and every problem or mistake she could find, even made up a couple of mistakes that were not legit. When I pointed out that they were correct, she said “well change the way it looks! I don’t like it!” Anyway, I could go on, but what’s the point? It just reminds me of the premise of this journal: to keep me focused on escaping prison, not making it pleasant or tolerable.

01/22/2019 Tuesday

10/15 – BCAA + NOX

10:25 – 100 Pushups App x 15, 13, 15, 17, 16, 16, 14, 14, 50; 2 min rest in between. 170 totals reps. Total failure on last rep, not sure how I completed it. I barely locked out on rep 49, but did lock out on 50. I think I would have injured myself if I’d tried to lower myself back down.

I may have to stop doing these at work because the rest period is turning this into a 20 minute workout. I’ll see after the next one because it is going to be fewer total reps, so I’m guessing it will be more reps per set with fewer sets, which translates into fewer rest periods and less overall time.

01/23/2019 Wednesday

9:40 – BCAA + NOX

– Neck Mobility Drills

10:00 – Handstand Press x 7, 3, 2; 2 min rest; total failure on each, did eccentric phase after each last rep, o final set got back off the ground part way before giving out.

– Sphynx Tricep Extension x 18; failure, intense burn, maybe had 2 more but couldn’t dig deep enough to find out.

– Yoga Pushups x 75; not quite failure, but close enough. I was roasting and my elbows and chest were on fire.

10:40 – Sphynx Tricep Extension x 25; failure; elbows very close to body and near bottom of rib cage

Have a Great Day!

Lubimûr

pRISON cUBICLE Workout Week of 01/07/2019

01/07/2019 Monday

Goals for today: Squats, Scapula, triceps

10:35 – Seated Scapular Dips x 50; just warming up.

11:00 BCAAs

11:30 – Squats x 86 (I think); walked down 2 floors, then back up and back down, then squats; started out at parallel, then went below after around 25 reps; started to approach failure, there’s a chance I could have made it 100 (15 more reps), maybe.

– Sphynx Stretch for 30 seconds

– Sphynx Triceps Extensions x 35; couldn’t take the burn in my elbows; walk back up 2 floors

These were all done with no rest.

12:05 – Toe Touch 2 x 25; 30 second rest; feet shoulder width (or more), round back, pause at bottom rather than top, explode up quickly;

Lunch: Brussel sprouts with onions, sausage, and turkey stock

4:05 – Seated Scapular Dips x 100; feet on floor;

– BCAAs – ½ serving, wait 5 minutes

– Squats x 50; same as before, this time skipped a step coming up both times. Wanted to do triceps too but blood sugar is dropping.

Going to eat the rest of my luch.

01/08/2019 Tuesday

Goals for Today: Squat App, Back

8:40 – Torso Twists

– 200 Squats App x 16, 19, 15, 13, 22; Narrow feet (hip width, maybe a tiny bit less); But well below parallel, close to heels on most reps.

I changed the daily goal from shoulders to back since I will be working from home this afternoon because I can’t do back at work.

10:30 – Neck Mobility Drills

01/09/2018 Wednesday

Goals for Today: Stairs, Shoulders

I may do something else other than stairs. I need to do them badly because I haven’t been training on the stairs and I am backpacking Little Bugaboo in Oklahoma on the 25th. But I say am so completely drowning in work, that I hate to take the 25 minutes it takes to do the stairs. I’d rather do a bunch of 2 minute moves throughout the day. IDK, I’ll play it by ear.

I am also torn with whether to do shoulders or pushups today. I haven’t done pushups at all this week, and shoulders get worked when I do pushups and back, which I did yesterday. I almost completed the Day 1 for the Pull up App. I did 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, but the last one is supposed to be 3. I am still curling my knees up when doing them though, and I can’t do most of the pullups without doing that, which means I’m using other muscles to cheat myself up. I don’t think I’ll move on to day two until I can do it without “cheating”.

My coworker is coughing her lungs out, an she has a fever. Her husband is home with a fever from an inner ear infection, and her 7 year old has influenza A. oh the joy. I’ve already had 3000 mg of Vit C + noni extract, and it’s not even 10 AM.

9:50 – Neck Mobility

– BCAAs + NOS Blast Preworkout + ACV (Apple Cider Vinegar)

10:05 – Handstand Press x 5, 3, 2, 90 second rest between sets; absolute failure on each one. On first set I didn’t think I could even descend after rep 5, came down a little fast, but I got that extra eccentric contraction in!

10:45 – Pushups x 43; almost failure; Narrow hands, shoulda done wide, my triceps and shoulders just started shutting down.

3:35 – Pushups x 61; Wide hands and elbows; total failure. Wasn’t sure I would get rep 60, but managed to squeeze it out and then somehow got 1 more. I was going for more than that, but everything just quit coming down from #61.

– Wall Handstand x 24 seconds; maybe failure, I got the sensation I was about to collapse onto my head, like my muscles would give me no warning. I did push away from the wall near the end and free handstand for about 2 or 3 seconds.

1/10/2019 Thursday

Greatness isn’t for the chosen few. It’s for the few who choose

Goals: Squats, Hamstrings

9:05 – Seated Knee Raises x 50/side; knees wide to focus more on inner flexors; good burn

– BCAAs + ACV

10/05 – Wall Handstand x 45; actually held handstand for 4 seconds before falling, kicked back up to wall immediately

– Squats x 100!!!; normal stance, but to heel (at least as close as my flexibility will allow)

1/11/2019 Friday

7:45 – BCAAs

– 200 Squats App x 19,22, 16, 16, 24; narrow feet, butt to heels; oh man that was tougher than I thought it would be! Legs are quaking, sucking wind.

Have a Great Day!

Lubimûr