I would personally like to thank Coach Mike Tomlin for giving the Baltimore Ravens hope for the rest of their season. Going for it multiple times on 4th and short with an older, less capable Mike Vick in as your quarterback?!I get it, Scobee was not kicking well tonight but, man,,, they could have put a nail in the Ravens' coffin as a division rival.
Morning Circuit: Perform each exercise in order for 1:15 to complete a set. Three sets total. One minute rest between sets.
Jump Rope
TRX Row
Strict Barbell Overhead Press
Push-Ups with Dumbbell Renegade Row
AbMat Sit-Ups
Rotational Wall Ball Toss
Heavy Rope Whips
Evening Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 2-10 repetitions
Axle Bar Biceps Curls, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
Incline Parallelette Push-Ups, 5 sets of 15 repetitions
Dumbbell Hammer Curls, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
Captains of Crush Grip Trainers between each of the above sets
Have a Great Day!!
The Washington Wizards completed a franchise first sweep of a seven game series versus the Toronto Raptors?! First Sweep. Ever. I am slightly concerned that this type of success as a Washington sports fan is setting me up for a major disappointment as the NFL Draft approaches.
Today's quote is from David Rudisha:
"Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Morning Session:
Spin Bike HIIT, 30 minutes
Evening Session:
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute.
Jumping Jack
Push-Up
AbMat Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 1-5 repetitions including a one rep maximum press
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, triceps brachii)
Dumbbell Fly, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Weighted Push-Up, 100 total repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, triceps brachii)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Axle Bar Curl, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Dumbbell Hammer Curl, 10 repetitions per side
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Barbell Palms Up Wrist Curls, 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Brachioradialis, pronator teres and brachialis)
Barbell Palms Down Wrist Curls, 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Brachioradialis, pronator teres and brachialis)
AbMat Crunch, 25 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis)
Have a Great Day!!
Today we are going to drive to pick up our NOLS Southwest Instructor Course from the Gila Wilderness and get them to their rock climbing section at Cochise Stronghold. With all of this driving we are going to take today off from the weights. We should be back at NOLS Southwest early tomorrow afternoon which means that we can get a chest and biceps workout in. There will be no post tomorrow but I will put tomorrow's workout here today!
Active Rest Day Today:
AbMat Crunch, 50 repetitions
Foam Roller Work
Workout Tomorrow:
Warm-Up: One minute each.
Jumping Jack
TRX Chest Press
Ball Slam
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 30 repetitions
(Primary Muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Dip, 75 repetitions
(Primary Muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curl, 50 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris)
Toes to Bar, 30 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis)
Have a Great Couple of Days!!
The sports news today is splattered with Jordan Spieth crushing the Master's course at Augusta and winning the Green Jacket at 21 years old. A guy who doesn't drop F-bombs when he screws up a shot but rather sincerely says things like, "Gosh darn it". It seems that maybe the next battle in golf will be Rory vs. Jordan.
However, also in the news is Johnny Manziel coming out of a long stint in rehab. A guy that when he left, it was all about him. I am hoping that after being in a detox facility, he has realized that as a NFL quarterback he has a lot of other people counting on him. And not just the players... the Cleveland fans and community. It will be interesting to see what happens to "Johnny Football" this season.
Today's quote is from Charlie Sheen:
"Slash sat me down at his house and said, You've got to clean up your act. You know you've gone too far when Slash is saying, Look, you've got to get into rehab."
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise for one minute.
Jumping Jack
Barbell Good Morning
Laying Medicine Ball Chest Pass
Trunk Twist
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Bench Press with Heavy Chains, 5 sets of 2-5 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Weighted Dips, 5 sets of maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Dumbbell Fly, 5 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Dumbbell Concentration Curl, 10 repetitions per side
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curl, 6-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Wrist Roll-Up, maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Have a Great Day!!
The NOLS Spring Semester in the Southwest heads back today after completing the independent student expedition portion of their course. It will be great to see these students again and reflect on how far they have come from their beginning in mid-January. A new set of wilderness stewards turned loose on the world. A new set of students that have experienced places that need their protection. If you waited around long enough, one or two may show up here in a few years to be NOLS Instructors themselves. That is the impact that Wilderness can have on unplugged people.
Today's quote is from Will Wright:
"I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order.
Jumping Jack, 50 repetitions
Push-Up, 50 repetitions
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch, 50 repetitions
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 1-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total. No break between exercises. One minute break between sets.
Weighted Dip (body weight +35 lbs.), maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Dumbbell Fly, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Weighted Push-Up (body weight +50 lbs.), 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curl, 5 sets of 6-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Fat Grip Dumbbell Hammer Curls, 5 sets of 8-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Captains of Crush Grip Trainers between each of the above sets, 15 repetitions each
(Primary muscles worked: Flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Have a Great Day!!
Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans brought home the NCAA bracket victory for me with their win over Louisville. As the winner of my pool, I get to be taken out to dinner by the other three folks and it is looking like we will be having sushi! Now, I need the Spartans to run out of gas and lose to Duke to make my bracket hold up. I also would LOVE for Wisconsin to beat Kentucky. Go Badgers!!
Today's quote is from the PBS show on Life in Sparta:
An old man wandering around the Olympic Games looking for a seat was jeered at by the crowd until he reached the seats of the Spartans, whereupon every Spartan younger than him, and some that were older, stood up and offered him their seat. The crowd applauded and the old man turned to them with a sigh, saying "All Greeks know what is right, but only the Spartans do it."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise for one minute.
Jumping Jack
Push-Up
Trunk Twist
Hammer Curl
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 3-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Dumbbell Fly, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Renegade Dumbbell Row with Push-Up, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, biceps brachii, triceps brachii, rectus abdominis)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Axle Bar Curl, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris)
Dumbbell Hammer Curl, 10 repetitions per arm
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Wrist Roll-up, Maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris)
Have a Great Day!!
I may end up making a couple of posts tomorrow. I am getting up and lifting with my co-worker and buddy who has to take off and do a drive tomorrow to take a course into the field. We will do the following workout early in the morning. In the afternoon I may end up leading another workout with other folks in the evening.... we will see.
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up:
Push-Up, 1 set of 20 repetitions
Weight Training: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. 5 sets total. No rest between sets.
Heavy Bench Press, 5 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Weighted Dip, Maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curl, 8-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Wrist Roll-Up, Maximum repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Brachioradialis, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Have a Great Day!!
And then there was the afternoon session. Tomorrow I drive to drop our NOLS Southwest Semester group off on the final leg of their journey. Shortly after that I pick up our NOLS Semester on the Borders and take them to their climbing camp. Big day of driving, cleaning and debriefing.
So tomorrow will be a day off and there will be no post. Tonight I worked out with three folks and we had a good lifting session.
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute.
Jumping Jack
Push-Up
TRX Biceps Curl
Bicycle Abdominal Crunches
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 2-10 repetitions
Dumbbell Fly, 5 sets of 10 repetitions
Super Set: Perform three sets of each exercise.
Axle Bar Curls, 10-12 repetitions
Dumbbell Hammer Curls, 10 repetitions
Between each of the above sets complete a set of Captains of Crush grip trainers.
Now, Really Have a Nice Day!!
I did not fair too badly in my NCAA bracket for rounds one and two, coming away with 28 winners picked. I would love to say there is a method to the madness but in the end it is all a crap shoot. I did use the BPI rankings as a guide, but in the end there is really no way to see teams like UAB and Georgia State coming. Once the dust clears in round two, the teams typically begin to exert their dominance in round three: Keep an eye on Kentucky, Arizona and Villanova. The one guy that picked multiple "Cinderellas" in our pool is struggling a bit after pulling for Buffalo and Stephen F. Austin.
Today's quote is from Hunter S. Thompson:
"March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a 'gentleman gambler' when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely... There are no rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order.
Jumping Jack, 50 repetitions
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch, 50 repetitions
Push-Up, 15 repetitions
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 1-10 repetitions including a one repetition max test
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, triceps brachii)
Renegade Dumbbell Row with Push-Up, 3 sets of 10-15 repetition
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, biceps brachii, triceps brachii, rectus abdominis)
Dumbbell Fly, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Super Set:
Axle Bar Curl, 4 sets of 6-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Wrist Roll-Up, 4 sets of maximum repetitions
Have a Great Day!!
I have a day off today. A day off just in time to pour over my NCAA bracket. The goal here is to try to erase as few bracket entries as possible. Looking closely at it, it seems a bit harder than usual this year. I do have Kentucky, Wisconsin, Duke and Michigan State in my Final Four. I am picking the upset with Wisconsin beating Kentucky and have Duke beating Michigan State. In the end, I am going with Frank the Tank and the Badgers to win it all! I guess that Michigan State is my Cinderella this year... though picking Tom Izzo as a Cinderella seems like cheating.
Today's quote is from Zach Johnson:
"I'm kind of a grinder. I'm a Cinderella, an underdog story who fights."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute to complete a set. Three sets total.
Jump Rope
TRX Chest Press
Lightweight Dumbbell Hammer Curl
Lightweight Dumbbell Fly
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 5 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoid, triceps brachii)
Super Set:
Dumbbell Fly, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Push-Up, 3 sets of 30 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curls, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Super Set:
Dumbbell Concentration Curl, 3 sets of 10-15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Bicycle Abdominal Crunch, 3 sets of 50 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Rectus abdominis, obliques)
Have a Great Day!!
My good friend, workout partner and co-worker turned 30 years old today. I find that thirty is a very interesting age and one that tends to lend itself to instant credibility: I mean hell, you survived your twenties! It was a fun day and we were able to use our last Horrible Card for Travis' birthday! As a gift we gave him a brutal super set to end the workout!
Today's quote is from Pete Rose:
"Doctors tell me I have the body of a thirty year old. I know I have the brain of a fifteen year old. If you've got both, you can play baseball."
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise in order for one minute.
Jumping Jack
Trunk Twist
Push-Up
Light Dumbbell Curl
Abdominal Crunches
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 2-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Dumbbell Fly, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Weighted Dip, 5 sets of 8-12 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Anterior deltoids, pectoralis major and minor, triceps brachii)
Super Set: Perform each exercise in order to complete a set. Three sets total.
Dumbbell Hammer Curl, 15 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Axle Bar Curl, 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
100m Farmer Carry
(Primary muscles worked: Flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Have a Great Day!!
I have returned from my 14-day trip down the Rio Grande with my fantastic NOLS students! It was pretty damn cold, but great students and fun instructors made it an amazing trip! It was really good to be home again though! Just a quick post tonight to get back into the routine!
Today's quote Edie Falco:
"Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun."
Workout: Chest and Arms
Warm-Up: Perform each exercise for one minute.
Jumping Jacks
Abdominal Crunches
Push-Ups
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 2-10 repetitions
Dip, 5 sets of 15-20 repetitions
Push-Up, 5 sets of 20 repetitions
Axle Bar Curl, 5 sets of 10 repetitions
Captains of Crush Grip Trainers between each set, 10-15 repetitions per set
Have a Great Day!
Tonight I am sending out much love and support to the folks on the east coast that are about to get blown up by a winter storm. It is a bit frightening when the Mayor of New York City says that it may be the worst snow storm to hit the city... EVER?! I have no complaints out here in the desert. I hope folks just hunker down and wait out the storm in safety.
Today's quote is from Shalom Harlow:
"My favorite New York memory is that blizzard in '96. I get chills thinking about it. It's my favorite time here - call me crazy. I'm from Canada, and it's very cold up there."
Today we did a brief warm-up followed by one very light bench set and then went for a one repetition maximum press. The last three sets were of 6-8 repetitions.
Workout: Chest and Biceps
Warm-Up:
Jumping Jack, 30 repetitions
Push-Up, 20 repetitions
Abdominal Crunch, 50 repetitions
Weight Training:
Bench Press, 5 sets of 1-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, triceps brachii)
Dip, 5 sets to failure
(Primary muscles worked: Anterior deltoids, pectoralis major and minor, rhomboid major and minor, triceps brachii)
Dumbbell Fly, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Pectoralis major and minor)
Axle Bar Biceps Curl, 3 sets of 8-10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii, flexor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris)
Dumbbell Concentration Curl, 3 sets of 10 repetitions
(Primary muscles worked: Biceps brachii)
Foam Roller Work
Have a Great Day!!
