All in all, while I am disappointed with today, I still did more than I normally do.
Today was supposed to be my Fullbody Dropsets day. I got excited about it, spent time preparing...and for the first three of my planned warm-up rounds through the gym, I did well.
I say that because due to the fact that I have no spotter, I have to play it extra cautious. So my plan was to take 3 or 4 warm-up sets which would play out like regular laps through the gym. And then...we would start doing the regular drop-sets, going for muscle failure. Unfortunately...in the middle of round 3, I was stopped by people who were genuinely concerned about me. They knew I had worked an 8 hour that day already, and know how hard I push myself there. Still...I had tried to re-assure them with the hard stats of my heartrate stabilizing, and the lack of any muscle aches.
They left, unsatisfied, and the mood was killed. So I ended it early.
I barely feel like I tore up my muscles at all, so I'm not expecting to wake up with any fine chiseling. But from all of this, I am left with the impression that I can up my lifts to 120. Be it first thing when I get back on Wednesday, or on this coming Sunday.
Bike(Cardio): 30 minutes at level 10. Consistently 82-93 RPM. Particularly for the final 10 minutes.
Round 2: 30 minutes at level 9. Consistently 86-99 RPM, especially for the last 15 minutes.
Round 3: 30 minutes at level 8. Consistently 94-110 RPM, particularly for the final 15 minutes.
Bench Press (105 lbs): 30 reps.
Round 2: 95 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 85 lbs, 30 reps. I noticed that with each round, I found 30 reps a little easier. But by this point it was just ridiculous. x)
Pec Fly(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks. I just wanna say. When I did this one, I had to check and make sure I had done the weight right. It seemed too easy...imagine my delight when I saw that I had it right.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps, no breaks.
Abdominal Fuse (110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps. Another one that got easier as the rounds went on.
Leg Extension(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps. This one is already comically easy for me. Even when the weight is higher, I'm capable of powering right through. By the end, it just didn't feel like a workout.
Seated Leg Curl(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps. I surprised myself with how easy this one became by the third round.
Leg Press (110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps. Another one that became comically easy with time.
Chest Press(110 lbs): 26 reps.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 27 reps. As the number of reps will indicate...this one was a bit much for me as time wore on.
Shoulder Press(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 3: 26 reps. This one was wearing on me with time...but that's the point of muscle failure training. If I'd really wanted to push the issue, I could've done the full 30. It just would've been choppy.
Lateral Pull-Down (110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps.
Lower Back Fuse(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 30 reps.
Seated Row(110 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 100 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 90 lbs, 29 reps.
Bicep Curl(30 lbs): 30 reps, no breaks.
Round 2: 25 lbs, 30 reps.
Round 3: 20 lbs, 30 reps.
Tricep Extension(35 lbs): 15 reps with the left arm emphasized, 15 with the right, no breaks.
Round 2: (30 lbs) 15 with the left, 15 with the right.
Round 3: (25 lbs) 15 with the left, 15 with the right.
Incline Elliptical(Cardio): 30 minutes, level 10 difficulty. Continually wavering between the low 160's all the way up to the mid 170's on my heartrate. And yet, even by the end of this, I wasn't feeling like somebody with a 172 heartrate. The legs weren't even feeling weaker like normal.
Round 2: 30 minutes on level 9. Consistently 155-164 heartrate.
Round 3: 30 minutes on level 8. Consistently 155-160 heartrate.
Tonight's musics come from Zebrahead. I feel like my 14 year old self was a bit too quick to judge them based off of one track for the first Smackdown! VS RAW game, where they had one of their songs on the title screen. This is from their album "Call Your Friends", "Public Enemy Number One". I found it recently, but I can always use a new track for the mental iPod, considering the highly physical line of work I'm in. That being said...I will say that this song sucks unless you're playing it at 1.25 playback speed.
You just don't feel the blood pumping any other way.
