Week One Comes To A Close

     I found the damn link to the training program. How I managed to forget what the friggin name of it was is beyond me. I'm the type of person that doesn't care too much about what something is called. Just give me some stuff to do and I'll do it. It's the basic conjugate training method; been around forever and helped many guys get strong. I figured if it helped them, it could help me. You can get the program and the explanation of it here. 

    In a side note, it felt good tonight to help Frank really nail down his form. He's lost an awesome amount of weight. He's down about 46lbs from when he found out about his diabetes! I couldn't be prouder of this man. He's shown determination and grit just to lose the weight and now, with that weight gone, he's finding it easier to have better lifting form. It's difficult to get into the position you need to be in when you have your own body in your way. He's truly done excellent and he's a motivation to me when I feel like I'm struggling. But I digress.... It felt good to help him because it was exercising a mental muscle that I don't get to use much anymore. That muscle is the teaching muscle. When I was at Real Strength, Justin gave me the opportunity to teach a barbell class every week. I didn't have too many regulars but I had a couple and it was fun to teach other people how to do things that they didn't think they could do. But it also served to keep me on my toes. How can I have bad form, or slack on my training and then expect other people to tow the line? I miss it. It used to be a dream to be a personal trainer. I guess a little snippet of that still lives inside me. Anyhow, here's tonight's training. It was short on time but long on effectiveness.

BACK SQUATS:

(110lbs x12) 2x

DEADLIFTS:

(135lb x6) 2x

ACCESSORIES:

GLUTE BRIDGES:

Single leg x15 ea.

PLANK LEG RAISES:

(x10 ea leg) 2x

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     And that was it. It seems like it's nothing, but there's a couple of reasons why it works. First, pairing squats and deads hits every got-damned muscle on your backside, plus your core. And second, I'm woefully out of shape; walking to the bathroom leaves me winded for christ's sake. 😜

     Tonight concludes the first week of the 4 day split and it feels pretty good. I feel sore (in a good way) but not totally wrung out. We're off until Monday when we hit bench again. Catch ya on the flip!