Pablo Picasso Never Got Called an Asshole

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 235 x 5/5/5

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 135 x 3, 165 x 3/3/3/3/3

Thick handle DB Rows - 50# x 25 Right, 25 left

For added degree of difficulty, I put a piece of pipe insulation over the DB handle

Had some weird rash-like symptoms on the left side of my back and stomach for the last couple days...only there was no actual rash or redness. It just felt like it. It felt quite a bit better today.

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 235 x 3, 265 x 3/3/3/3/3

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 125 x 3, 150 x 5/5/5

Curls - Oly bar+band/bar/band drop sets - 18/10/8

Ab Wheel Roll-outs - 15/15

DB OHP - 30# x 8 each side, 50# x 8 each side, 55# 8/6 each side

DL - 135 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 5/5/5/5/5

Chin-ups - 6/6/4

Snowflake, Cupcake, Suzie, Beta, SJW

I've been called all the above since the Dawn of the Trump era. This motivates me.

Follow up with the doctor. My blood pressure is good. The meds are working. The Prozac is working, too. I have much more energy. Still taking occasional Ativan to help get to sleep. One thing I notice is that I've been clenching my teeth on the left side. I had it checked out at my dentist who said everything was fine. I'm thinking it's a side-effect of the Prozac.

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 235 x 5/5/5

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 130 x 2, 150 x 5/5/5/5/5

DB Rows - 50# x 25 left, 25 right

I Walked 47 Miles of Barbed-Wire

Attended a few anti-Trump rallies. Walked over 16 miles in 2 days. Was encouraging to see so many folks out. Flipping off Trump Tower was cathartic as well.

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 235 x 5/5/5/5/5

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 150 x 5/5/5

Krazee Kurlz - Oly bar + band/bar/bad drop sets - 18/8/6

Ab Wheel Roll-outs - 15/12

The Revolution Starts Now!

As a nation transfers the nuclear codes and the keys to the Treasury to a Bond villain, I chose to work out my anger in the gym.

Single arm DB Press - 35# x 10 each, 45# x 8 each, 50# x 8/8/8

DL - 135 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 2, 335 x 1/1/1/1/1

Chin-ups - 8/6/4

Time to take it to the streets. The Revolution will not be televised. It will be streamed live on Facebook.

I Feel Like Dirt

Felt achy and sore all day. Took a nap after work. Slept for about 40 minutes. Felt better when I woke up.

SQ - Bar x 5, 135 x 5, 230 x 5/5/5

BP - Bar x 5, 125 x 4 (band looped around wrists), 150 x 2, 170 x 1, 190 x 1/1/1/1/1
Man, I struggled on those singles! I haven't had any shoulder pain but my bench remains pitiful. I might have to back off a little and try to sneak up on it.

DB Rows - 45# DB  x 35 left, 35 right

I feel like I was thrown from a moving vehicle.

Sunday Fun Day

Shoulder dislocates with broomstick

Light stretching

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 225 x 2, 255 x 1, 290 x 1/1/1/1/1
Not anywhere close to PR territory so I didn't go to the belt

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 125 x 3, 150 x 5/5/5

 Curls - Oly bar + Red Band/Bar/Band Drop Sets - 17/12/10
Growing the onions

Calf Raises - BW + 45 LBS
Growing my bird legs

Ab Wheel Roll Outs x 20
Shrinking my beer gut

Obscure 1950's TV Show Fortells of Trump

I'm hoping, for the good of mankind, that the ending is the same.

We. Are. So. Fuckt.

Well...he got his first press conference under his belt. What a raging shit show! Stacks of folders with blank papers, cheering from "plants" in the audience, failure to acknowledge legitimate press while taking softball questions from fake press,  He even brought his lawyer around to tell us that his sons Qusay and Uday will be running the family business. No conflict of interest there! The purpus of all this obfuscation and deflection, was to take attention away from the Senate confirmation hearings of his various swamp things. For all his tough talk, this man is the ultimate beta male. Ironically, "beta male" is a term many of his followers like to hurl around at men who are capable of thinking with their brains and not their penises. This is how it ends. Our 240 year experiment in democracy has failed. It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise as our government had pretty much become a plutocracy and later an oligarchy as the Democratic Party, once the party of the poor and working class sold out to their corporate overlords as the Republican Party went full-on bat-shit. After January 20, we will be living in a kleptocracy or kakistocracy. When the shit really hits the fan, Trump...or someone of his ilk will consolidate power in an attempt to beat back the insurrection. The bad news is...well...things will be bad for a while. Really bad. For a real long time. The good news is, the people will ultimately prevail...until a giant meteor smashes us to bits.

But hey, here's what I got done in the gym today:

DB overhead Press - 35# x 8 each side, 45# x 8/8/8 each side

Deadlift - 135 x 5, 225 x 5, 300 x 3/3/3/3/3

Chin-ups - 6/6/5

Ab Wheel rollouts - 15/15

Love me some Drive By Truckers

I've been more clearheaded of late, I think it's a sign the Prozac is doing its job. It's so much easier to get stuff done when I'm not dragged down by depression or anxiety. Sure, a Bond villain will soon have the nuclear codes at his disposal...but I feel fine.

SQ - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 230 x 5/5/5

BP - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 135 x 3, 155 x 2, 170 x 3/3/3/3/3

DB Rows - 45# x 30 left/30 right

We Got it From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service

Abs were a little sore due to ab wheel work and a post-nasal drip coughing jag on Saturday night. I have indoor allergies, so winter is the worst for my allergies. I'm allergic to two different types of dust mites. I was unaware that there were more than one variety of dust mite.

SQ - Bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 225 x 2, 260 x 3/3/3/3/3

BP - Bar x 5, 95 x 5, 125 x 3, 150 x 5/5/5

Curls - Oly bar + red band/bar/band drop sets - 18/10/8

My left shoulder was a little cranky today. It's usually my right. I'll keep an eye on it.

I've had the latest A Tribe Called Quest album. It's sad that three of my favorite albums of 2016 were from artists who passed away. I liked early stuff I heard from David Bowie and Leonard Cohen. I was shocked when Bowie died a couple days after his album dropped. Never saw it coming. I got the feeling Leonard Cohen's album was a farewell. There were some recent quotes where he was pretty much saying he didn't have much time left. The album was pretty much about his mortality. He was 84 and his health was failing. I guess he did the vocals while propped up in a medical chair.  I had seem him in concert a few years prior and though frail looking, he performed for nearly 4 hours. His stamina could put some much younger performers to shame. The ATCQ album was a bit of a surprise. It came out after Phife Dawg died. They hadn't out out an album in 18 years. He makes an appearance in the above video via some nifty animation.

"Unscheduled" day out of sheer boredom. Kept it light

Ab Wheel Rollouts - 15/15/15

Superset with Chin-ups - 6/5/4

Body weight holding steady in the mid 180's. 185.5 to be exact.  @ 5'6"

The internet told me I had to be 200 LBS to be a real man. I got up to about 215 before realizing how wrong the internet was.

DB Overhead Press - 45# x 8/8/8 each side

Deadlift - 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 265 x 5/5/5/5/5

Chin-ups - 5/5/5

A quick word about supplements. I've wasted a lot of money on them. I got tired of literally pissing away my hard-earned money. I've got it down to a few that seem to work. A glass of kefir in the AM to wash down a couple vitamin D pills, blood pressure meds and Prozac. I drink a glass of tart cherry juice in the PM to wash down the Magnesium Citrate horse pills. An occasional Ativan at bedtime if needed.

Had a sinus headache the last couple days.

Squat - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 230 x 5/5/5

Bench Press - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 125 x 3, 150 x 5/5/5/5/5

Inverse Rows (Straps) - 15, 15, 10

Ab wheel rollouts

Hadn't eaten well the last couple days. Though the weights didn't feel too heavy, I felt gassed at the end.

It's been over two years since I benched over 200 LBS. It's been baby steps but still pain-free. It's been so long since I got under the bar any kind of shoulder/elbow pain, there's some fear to overcome.

I took my youngest daughter out for some driving practice. It feels like just yesterday, I was running behind her on a bicycle.

First One of 2017

I'm going to start logging my shit again. Such a newb thing to do, I know.

My goal for the year is to not injure myself. My physical as well as my mental health are ongoing projects. My neck's been relatively pain-free (knock wood). I aim to keep it that way. My overall mood has been pretty good, all things considered. Not too many wild fluctuations. The Prozac and the therapy are working. 

Progress in the gym has been slow and steady. I was sick this past week. It coincided with my planned deload week, so I did nothing but rest.

First workout of the year.

Broomstick shoulder dislocates, some stretching.

Squat - bar x 5, 135 x 5, 185 x 3, 230 x 5/5/5/5/5 - went fairly easy. That's a good sign.

Bench Press - bar x 5, 95 x 5, 125 x 3, 150 x 5/5/5 - again, fairly easy. No shoulder pain!

Curls - Oly bar + red band/bar/band - drop sets - 16/10/8 - these are something I dreamed up a while ago. Start out with the bar and a fairly light band. Hold the bar and the band while standing on the bottom part of the band. Do as many sets as possible. Drop the band. Do as many sets as possible, put the bar down and pick up the band for as many sets as possible. Major pumpitude. 

Ab wheel roll outs. This is a new addition. I picked up an ab wheel over the weekend and plan to work my long neglected abs this year.