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Rockinmage Exercises - Corey's Fitness Journey
Al:
--- Quote from: Rockinmage on July 04, 2013, 06:22:52 am ---It's actually an iPhone app called "PushUps PRO" by Runtastic. It reminds you to do the workouts and counts your pushups as you do them, pretty cool. Pushups are the only thing you do in the program. Each day you have a set amount you do, in various sets. Eventually, you are doing 100 of them in one set. They have similar apps for situps, pullsups, ect.
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Awesome dude I'm getting this. Also think I'm getting that pull-up thing for the door.
Rockinmage:
Thanks for the posts guys, glad to see there is some interest. I just wrapped up today's workout. It's technically 12:22 AM on Saturday morning, but I'm counting it for Friday. :) This is the first time I have lifted since my surgery (other than some very light stuff during physical therapy). I had some noticeable but what I'd call minor shoulder pain. I feel like it is something that I will just have to work through over time and it will go away, getting me back to 100%. At least, that's what the doctor tells me. I did toy with the idea of starting a pull up program, however I had some pretty intense shoulder pain while hanging from the pull up bar, so I'm going to allow it to heal for at least a few more months before putting that kind of direct stress on it. Tonight's efforts were all focused on chest muscles and I used dumbbells for everything. Without further ado, here is tonight's workout log:
My goals for each set was to lift as much as possible while staying in the defined rep range of 8-12. If I hit 12 reps, I need to do more weight next time. If I don't make 8 reps, I'm doing too much weight. Also, train until failure with every set! Meaning, don't stop until I physically can't lift any longer. This is not a program that I came up with, it is based off of Mark McManus' THT volume program. Out of a free e-book that he offers. Musclehack.com if anyone is interested. One reason I really like Mark is because he focuses on a body type known as a "hard gainer", which essentially defines me. People that have difficulty gaining weight and putting on muscle. Lots of great free info on his website, and it's certainly not just for hardgainers such as myself. Well that's enough for tonight. I'm happy to answer any questions if anyone has any.
Keith:
--- Quote from: Rockinmage on July 06, 2013, 06:42:35 am ---Thanks for the posts guys, glad to see there is some interest. I just wrapped up today's workout. It's technically 12:22 AM on Saturday morning, but I'm counting it for Friday. :) This is the first time I have lifted since my surgery (other than some very light stuff during physical therapy). I had some noticeable but what I'd call minor shoulder pain. I feel like it is something that I will just have to work through over time and it will go away, getting me back to 100%. At least, that's what the doctor tells me. I did toy with the idea of starting a pull up program, however I had some pretty intense shoulder pain while hanging from the pull up bar, so I'm going to allow it to heal for at least a few more months before putting that kind of direct stress on it. Tonight's efforts were all focused on chest muscles and I used dumbbells for everything. Without further ado, here is tonight's workout log:
My goals for each set was to lift as much as possible while staying in the defined rep range of 8-12. If I hit 12 reps, I need to do more weight next time. If I don't make 8 reps, I'm doing too much weight. Also, train until failure with every set! Meaning, don't stop until I physically can't lift any longer. This is not a program that I came up with, it is based off of Mark McManus' THT volume program. Out of a free e-book that he offers. Musclehack.com if anyone is interested. One reason I really like Mark is because he focuses on a body type known as a "hard gainer", which essentially defines me. People that have difficulty gaining weight and putting on muscle. Lots of great free info on his website, and it's certainly not just for hardgainers such as myself. Well that's enough for tonight. I'm happy to answer any questions if anyone has any.
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Did you create that graph or is that something you can access online? I like the format!
Rockinmage:
My logs are a modified version of what is available from Mark at Musclehack:
http://www.musclehack.com/tht-5-workout-logs/
YumYumMix:
runescape workout is better!
jk jk both are great