Tomahawks Fitness Thread

[Tomahawk27]

Chest Monday

Flat Bench Press - 1x10x95, 1x5x135, 1x5x155, and 1x4x175
Dumbbell Press - 4x12x45
Dumbbell Flys - 4x12x35
Dumbbell Incline Flys - 4x12x35

Pretty crowded last night and as a result, was only able to do the above

Heading to the gym in an hour or so

[Tomahawk27]

Biceps Tuesday

Dumbbell Curls - 4x12x35
Barbell Curls - 4x12x70
Dumbbell Incline Curls - 4x12x30
Preacher Curls - 4x12x60

[Tomahawk27]

Chest Tuesday

Flat Bench Press - 1x10x95, 1x5x135, 1x5x155, and 1x3x175
Dumbbell Press - 4x12x45
Dumbbell Flys - 4x12x35
Dumbbell Incline Flys - 4x12x35
Pec Dec Machine - 1x12x100 and 3x12x115

Gym was pretty empty for once last night. So nice when you can do whatever you want and not have anyone on a piece of equipment

[Tomahawk27]

Biceps Monday

Dumbbell Curls - 4x12x35
Barbell Curls - 4x12x70
Dumbbell Incline Curls - 4x12x30
Preacher Curls - 4x12x50

Might go to the gym later, not sure yet. My knee has been bothering me a lot lately, going to the doctors tomorrow to see what he says

[Tomahawk27]

Well my knee felt okay to him but that didn't match up with the description of what I was telling him, so I now get to wear an annoying brace and take a ton of ibuprofen for the next week or so. If it still doesn't feel better after that, another MRI

[Tomahawk27]

Anyway, now to the lifting:

Chest Tuesday

Flat Bench Press - 1x7x95, 1x6x135, 1x4x155, 1x3x175, and 1x2x185 (not going to lie, it felt awesome having the added 25's on there lol)
Dumbbell Press - 4x12x50
Dumbbell Flys - 4x12x35
Dumbbell Incline Flys - 4x12x35
Pec Dec Machine - 1x12x100 and 3x12x115

[nastynice]

1x2x185 (not going to lie, it felt awesome having the added 25's on there lol)

as it should have


...just dont look back

[Tomahawk27]

Haha thanks NN. Believe me, every chest day will now incorporate a set of 185 and hopefully build off that

[Tomahawk27]

Chest Tuesday

Flat Bench Press - 1x5x95, 1x5x135, 1x5x155, and 1x2x185
Dumbbell Press - 4x12x50
Dumbbell Flys - 4x12x35
Dumbbell Incline Flys - 4x12x35
Pec Dec Machine - 1x12x100, 2x12x115, and 1x12x130

Not the best stamina tonight but felt good to be back at it

[Tomahawk27]

Biceps Thursday

Dumbbell Curls - 4x12x35
Barbell Curls - 4x12x70
Dumbbell Incline Curls - 2x12x30

Gym decided to close early tonight for some reason and I wanted to get a short run in to see how my knee would react. Seems to be okay now, we'll see how it it in the morning without any meds

[Tomahawk27]

Phew, it's been too long. December was pretty crazy with finals, projects, and work but I hope to get into a groove again. I may have talked my girlfriend into coming to the gym with me because I figured, is there any better motivation than being in the same room with you?

Unrelated, my knee started bothering me again (I think I mentioned it recently), went to the doctor, and found that I have tears in my meniscus and ACL. Have another doctors appointment later this month to see what to do now. Obviously, this means lower body workouts are on hold.

Anyway, I eased back into it tonight:

Flat Bench Press - 3x7x135
Dumbbell Press - 3x12x40
Dumbbell Flys - 3x12x30
Dumbbell Incline Flys - 3x12x30
Widegrip Bench Press - 3x12x95

Not the best workout but without a spotter and the first day back, I'm content with it.

One last thing, I've heard conflicting advice on ab workouts. Can/should you workout your abs everyday? I've heard its better to rest them like the other muscle groups and others have said you can train them everyday

[Tomahawk27]

Sorry to keep bumping every so often but I found out that my knee pain was a torn ACL so I just had it reconstructed last week. I had been working out pretty frequently before but this is definitely going to set me back a little while.

Not sure when I'll be able to make it back to the gym but I'll try and post when I do

[Tomahawk27]

Well two knee surgeries and a ton of physical therapy later and I made it back to the gym tonight. Did chest tonight and it was really discouraging lol. Had no stamina and my numbers certainly took a hit. I'm not going to get too down about it though, it was out of my hands and I'm going to start lifting consistently again. Leg workouts are still a long way away but as long as I get back into a routine, I'm fine with that.

Now that I'm not playing rugby, I'm just focusing on getting leaner and building some muscle in the process, not a bulk. Aside from cleaning up my diet, and cardio (which hopefully I will be able to do in a month or so) should I change up my workouts?

Good to be back

[kayface]

Well two knee surgeries and a ton of physical therapy later and I made it back to the gym tonight. Did chest tonight and it was really discouraging lol. Had no stamina and my numbers certainly took a hit. I'm not going to get too down about it though, it was out of my hands and I'm going to start lifting consistently again. Leg workouts are still a long way away but as long as I get back into a routine, I'm fine with that.

Now that I'm not playing rugby, I'm just focusing on getting leaner and building some muscle in the process, not a bulk. Aside from cleaning up my diet, and cardio (which hopefully I will be able to do in a month or so) should I change up my workouts?

Good to be back

Sorry to hear about the knee mate.. Been there done that, twice. ACL reconstruction is no joke, and its a ***** to come back from.. how far along are?

[Tomahawk27]

Sorry to hear about the knee mate.. Been there done that, twice. ACL reconstruction is no joke, and its a ***** to come back from.. how far along are?

Ouch, one is enough for me, I don't want to even imagine twice. Things are finally starting to look up though. Had the knee manipulated a couple of weeks ago to break up all the scar tissue and I'm finally around 120-130 ROM. Granted, 130 is only during PT as he is stretching the knee but regardless, it sounds like in another month, things will be back to normal bend wise and it will just be strengthening the leg back up and resuming cardio, etc.