My Workout Diary

Felt really crappy all day, sore throat, throbbing head ect ect... obviously getting sick. Nevertheless, got myself into the weight room to do some lifting. Ever since about a week ago I completely changed some priorities in my life. I used to come home from school and crash for 3 hours then stay up till 2am procrastinating homework, and thus missing many workouts. For the past 10 days or so I've gotten all my homework done right after school and then worked out immediately after. No more procrastinating. Saves so much more time, and even after a workout I have more free time than I would have if I was wasting time procrastinating. Not to mention I get 8 hours of sleep at night instead of like 4-5. Big difference, ironic that I get sick when I'm getting proper rest though hehe. Anyways my workout went good even though I wasn't feeling too great beforehand.

Romanian Deadlifts (Going to try moving the weight up next workout)
120 x 8
130 x 6
135 x 4

Bent Over BB Row
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 6

Lat Pull Downs
95 x 8
100 x 6
105 x 6

Bicep Curls
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4
 
Took today as a rest day because my cold is getting increasingly worse. Hoping that relaxing all day will allow me to feel better tomorrow so I can work out. Being sick sucks...
 
Felt more sick today than I did yesterday but I was determined to work out regardless. Very proud of myself and optimistic, if I can work out on a day like this, I can work out on a normal day with absolutely no problem. Not to mention I performed extremely well in the weight room and actually felt less sick after I had finished working out.

Bench Press
130 x 8
135 x 6
140 x 4

Military Press
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4

Decline Press
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 4

Tricep Press Down
45 x 8
50 x 6
55 x 4
 
Still feeling sick today, felt really bad this morning but it got progressively better as the day went on. Anyways, felt good enough to workout by night time. Didn't feel good working out because I still felt sick, but I can tell I've gained some more strength which is good.


Squats
155 x 8
160 x 6
165 x 4

Bent Over BB Row
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 4

Lat Pull Downs
95 x 8
100 x 6
105 x 6

Standing BB Bicep Curls
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4
 
Still fick today but I feel better than I did yesterday. Had a basketball game in which I played all but 2 minutes so I'm pretty exhausted right now. Other team never stopped talking trash and they won by 20 points so it was pretty frustrating. Anyways, I'm going to rest instead of hitting the weights, my body is too tired right now.
 
Felt stronger today than I ever have before in my life. Lifted heavier than I ever have as well, it's a real good feeling. I'm going to be able to move up weights on at least two of the exercises I did today. I've kinda had a goal to be starting with a plate (45 lbs) on each side for bench press. I have had my mind on this as a goal since over a year ago but I never came close before. Next workout I will be achieving this goal, so I'm really happy about it.

Flat Bench Press
130 x 8
135 x 6
140 x 6

Military Press
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4

Decline Bench Press
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 6

Tricep Press Down
45 x 8
50 x 6
55 x 6

Also ran out of whey protein so I went to buy some and they didn't have the kind I was using before at the store. I had previously been using Pro Rated Vanilla Whey Protein. Anyways, I got Optimum Nutrition Double Chocolate instead and it tasted GOOD. The vanilla didn't taste good or bad to me, kind of neutral but I put up with it because I needed the post workout protein. However, this double chocolate Optimum Nutrition whey actually tastes good. As in it's enjoyable to drink, like a milkshake. Anyways just thought I'd share that. Makes it a hell of a lot easier to drink a shake :)
 
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Congratulations on your awesome progress! You're not alone, I dream of that goal as well, I'm glad that you're almost there!

I just got the ON Double rich choclate myself, and it is the best whey I've had so far! It's awesome!

Good luck Cnat, keep it up! :)
 
Another good workout. PRed in romanian deadlifts and felt like I'm going to be able to move up on bent over BB row next time. Tomorrow is the last day of school before our two week break, gonna be nice and relaxing. I don't like getting out on a wednesday and going back on a thursday though. Ever since I started splitting up my full body workout I've been much more consistent with my workouts and seen much better progress as a result. I've learned how important consistency is and that should help drive me to not skip any workouts unless I have to. Also pushing for a treadmill for Christmas, because I have a huge amount of trouble getting myself to actually go outside and run in the winter. Treadmill would be awesome and I'm sure I'd use it, so hopefully my parents are feeling generous hehe.

Romanian Deadlifts
125 x 8
130 x 6
135 x 4

Bent Over BB Row
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 6

Lat Pull Downs
95 x 8
100 x 6
105 x 4

Bicep Curls
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4
 
Worked out yesterday at the gym with a friend. Didn't have time to post because I was extremely busy from the moment I got out of school until midnight at which point I fell asleep. Anyways we went and played a little basketball, then hit the weights pretty hard. Afterwards went in a jacuzzi then steam room, then showered and left. I did the following exercises.

Bench Press
135 x 9
140 x 6
140 x 4

DB Military Press
25 x 8
30 x 6
35 x 4

Tricep Press Down (Not sure if that's actual weight, just what the plates said)
40 x 12
50 x 8
50 x 8

Bunch of ab exercises

Reverse Flies
Not sure what weight I did it was with plates and a pin but I only did one set because it hurt my shoulders.
 
No school today, first day of winter break so it was nice. Went to get the tires on my car changed and then didn't do much else until I worked out. Planning to go out with some friends tonight so it should be interesting. Had a good workout though, and I was able to move up on the lat pulldowns and hopefully next time I'll move up on the bent over rows.

Squats
155 x 8
160 x 6
165 x 4

Bent Over BB Row
115 x 8
120 x 6
125 x 6

Lat Pull Downs
100 x 8
105 x 6
110 x 4

Standing BB Bicep Curls
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 4
 
Didn't have time to workout on Friday but I worked out yesterday. Moved up the weights on two more exercises and I'm going to try moving up on military press next time as well.

Flat Bench (Extremely happy I finally reached my goal of starting with a plate on each side and finishing every rep)
135 x 8
140 x 6
145 x 4

Military Press
75 x 8
80 x 6
85 x 6

Decline Bench
115 x 8 (Felt too light so added 10 pounds for next set instead of 5)
125 x 6
130 x 4

Tricep Press Down
50 x 8
55 x 6
60 x 4
 
Walked into the weight room today to find out my parents had gotten me a bowflex dumbell set. They are the adjustable ones where you just turn the dials to change weights, extremely convenient. My parents didn't want me to see until tomorrow but I decided to workout early today so I ran into them by accident. I didn't mind though hehe, got to add them into my workout today. They were pretty useful and really easy to use, a lot less hassle compared to moving weights around every set. Next time I'll be using the barbell for squats instead of lunges though, I just wanted to try it out. I'm not sure if I'll switch my deadlifts and rows to dumbells or not yet.

Lunges (weight will be of a single dumbell, I had one in each hand)
40 x 10
45 x 8
45 x 6

Stiff Leg Deadlift (weight of each dumbell)
45 x 8
45 x 8
45 x 6

One handed row kneeling on a bench with a dumbell
30 x 10
32.5 x 8
35 x 6

Lat Pull Downs
100 x 8
105 x 6
110 x 4

Isolated DB Bicep Curls (Sitting on bench elbow against inner thigh)
25 x 10
27.5 x 8
30 x 6
 
I want those DBs, they look awesome! Merry Christmas Cnat!
 
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