Dave and Heather's Blog

I beefed up my training this week while the love of my life is out of town.  Weight training every other day and a combination of spinning at the Y and riding at home on my trainer (during the weekdays) on top of the weigh training. Interestingly, this is leading to a much more balanced sleep cycle which is quite nice.

Ken pointed out what he felt were grammaticaly errors with my last post. Sure there are some errors (especially spelling) but really I just write these on a whim. So ehh, I don't think I'll go back and change any of my prior posts. K, live with it! calm down man!  LOL.  When I'm writing something professionally for work or for school, I proof it multiple times but this medium is barely one step up from an completly impersonal casual email. :-)

Ok back to training.  I like to do the bench press:

It works your Pectoralis Major, Deltoid, Trcipes and some of the Latissimus Dorsi (back near the shoulder).  I have a tendancy to do a combination of isotonic and compound training mixed into circuit that I pair in threes. This means for example I do the bench (above photo) then quickly jump over to the leg press:

and then I will do something like bilateral leg lifts to work my abs.

With almost no break between each excersize. I break for 45 seconds after I do all three and repeat 3 times.  This works three distinct muscle group areas AND gets my heart rate up which in turn will help burn fat. I will then usually break after all sets are completed for a few minutes and get on a bike for 10 minutes. Then it's off to another circuit that may consist of isolated biceps curls, back and legs (or shoulder) all within a circuit, three times, 12 sets each. Really it varies day to day on what I'm working on and how I approach it.

Oh, I'm benching 195 now. BUT I can say I can't hold 195 for 12 reps, for three sets within a circuit. By the third pass, I'm down to around 8 if I maintain the weight. I personaly don't care what the number is as long as I'm doing it. I try to level it off to a weight I can make through all the sets without inflicting injury.