Not dead yet

"Well I thought I was once, but it turned out that I was just in Kansas."Little Bill to English Bob in "The Unforgiven"

I have been caught up in the crap of life and running the gym and my poor blog got pushed to the side. (So because I like quotes.) Like David Lee Roth said, "I'm back!"

April 23-SE Lower
Warm-up consisting of foam rolling, mobility work and some light lat pull downs, leg curls and TKE's
Reverse band squat: worked up to 385x6x6 reps
*That took almost 2 hours with numerous interruptions, so I finished with a "Gun Show" episode.
Fat Grip triceps pushdowns: worked up to 10-15 w/75, 85, 95 and Standing DB hammer curls 3x10-15 w/35, 45, 50

April 25-DE Upper
Warm-up of foam rolling, cat camelx12 and t-spine mobs
A1. bench press: work up to 205x3, 235x4x3 reps, 255x4x3 reps
A2. T-bar retractions: 9x12 working up to 135

B1. Swiss bar press: work up to 3x3/ 120, 135, 155 medium grip
B2. Reverse band rows: Did a few sets with different bands and weights until settling on the bar hung by average bands with a wide grip for 3x8

C1. Seated DB French Press: 5x8-12
C2. Seated DB curls: 5x8-12

D1. 4-way planks 2x60s (15s each w/rotator cuff mob)
D2. Stir-the-pot: 2x6/cw/ccw

Overall, training wise I feel healthy. I have been doing submaximal work in place of the ME work using reverse band squats and presses in a 16 week cycle (I am in week 6 now). And I am in week 7 of my 8 week pre-summer Gun Show in the All-American tradition of doing a crapload of curls and pushdowns to get the guns ready for tank top season!

Stay tuned.

And remember, if you can't live large, look huge in the coffin!!!
Ed T.