Thursday At the Gym...

Finally got to my first official weights training at the gym today. Thank god I had an off day from today to friday.

Although the distance to gym was walkable, I tried to integrate my daily walk on the way to the gym. To a normal person, it really looks stupid as I go one BIG round on the other roads to make sure that the walk took 30 minutes.

Too bad. Either I was too fast, or the route's too short. The walk took 20 minutes, even with the resting a bit to tighten my shoelaces!

I think my left knee is starting to act up for no reason... So I got myself another knee guard. Tight and firm, but not really sure if it will really hold my knee in place.

I sense another ligament trouble coming...

Anyways, I went to the gym, and worked out a bit, before getting real.

Warm Up
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Did 3 sets of 20 reps on gym machines, mainly the pectoral fly, bench press, leg curls, and the military press.

Only thing is that I took 10 pounds for each machines.


....... Yeah. 10 pounds. The pec fly was a real warm up though, got my pecs fatigued for a bit, but, hell yeahthank god the machine was huge, and people don't really have the eyes to see that I look very pussy.

I guess the warm up routine will be stuck mainly to machines. I really looked stupid to carry 1kg dumbbells, and doing 20reps of standing bicep curls in front of a mirror. I even heard a couple of giggles behind, so.... you know...

Ah.... So I continued on to the exercises, alternating upper body and lower body exercises. Some were done on machines, some with the famous dumbbells, and some with the cumbersome barbell.
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Upper Body
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Biceps Curls, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, 5kg per hand :
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Did 5kg each on each arm with dumbbells
, and got my right arm fatiqued before I could reach the 8th rep of my second set.

Did the last rep with a barbell though, and got 10 kg to carry.

Bench Press, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, 80 pounds(30+ kg):
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Did this on a machine, and realised that my pecs seem pretty strong compared to the curls. Maybe it's just the difference in muscle mass... haha....

Military Press, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, 80 pounds(30+ kg):
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No problems with this too... managed to finish this set up til 12, minimium 8.

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Lower Body
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Squats, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, 10kg barbell:
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Couldn't find a smith squat machine around, and I feel that the leg press was pretty much worthless since I could do the max weight on the machine without any problems (20/12).

I sweated a lot during this exercise. I don't know why, maybe it's the water I drank just before this exercise that got me sweating all over.

And 10kg worth of barbell weights on my shoulders only?

Yeah. I dunno why, but, my legs nearly collapsed after taking 10 more kg on my current weight. normally, I could managed 20 reps of normal squats for 3 sets, but with just 10 kg and I get so tired? Hell, man...

Right... maybe taking 10 more kg onto my current 104kg is too much...

Leg Curl, 3 sets of 8-12 reps, 100 pounds (40++ kg):
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Wow... The leg curl is siong. I swear man. Of all exercises, I detest this one. I remember the last times I went to the gym and did standing leg curls on a machine. It's super tiring. Having to control the lifting and releasing of the weight is a killer.

I nearly couldn't curl in my legs all the way, and I nearly gave up after counting 8 reps.
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One leg calf raise, 3 sets of 12 reps, no additional weight:
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Yes!!! I can finally raise my heels all the way!!!!!! Wahoo! maybe I should continue with additional weights if I can managed 3 sets of 20 reps.

I guess the workout's enough, and seeing that I had one fish along with a few slices of meat, I suppose my protein intake after the workout is enough.

Alright this is it...