Last Week of Summer

After getting stuck at work and running to the shore for a couple days I'm back to the blog. It's been over a week. Soo....Today I had a late afternoon workout. I ended up getting called into work early, so I worked out after a dinner of fish tacos. Yum. Here goes:

1) Barbell bench press - 5 sets, 10 reps

a)45lb b)50 c)55 d)60 e)65

2)Dumbbell bench press - 3 sets, 12 reps

a)15lb b)18lb c)21lb

3)Shrugs/clean&jerk and pull-ups - 3 sets of 10-12 reps

4)Alternate shoulder press - 3 sets of 12 reps

a)15lb b)18lb c)21b

5)Shoulder shrugs & curls - 3 sets of 12 reps

Run for 20 minutes

Playlist: Ceremony, Dillinger Four

Work Week Commence

After a BUSY weekend, it's back to the grind. Zim and I did get an early run in at Mount Joy on Saturday. Tough run, but I never stopped running. Monday was a gym day. Upper body strength training followed by a half hour on the elliptical and ab work. My ass was dragging. I pulled through and finished though. Today if it's dry enough I'm going for a trail run. It was POURING all morning here.

I was in Philly pretty much all weekend. Zim and I did three days of This Is Hardcore Fest at the Electric Factory. The Fest was four days of hardcore, punk, metal core bands all afternoon and night. Every band had a half hour or forty minute set. It was a boatload of fun and I saw a bunch of great bands. I ran into some old friends and met some new ones. What a weekend! The best sets that I got to see were Ceremony, H2O, Suicide File, Kid Dynamite, Slapshot, Paint It Black, and Kill Your Idols. Ceremony's set totally blew me away. Amazing set and the crowd went crazy. It was the second time I've seen them. I will definitely see them again! Great time!

7 Seconds, Paint It Black, Ceremony.

Let The Weekend Begin

Today I took off. I didn't get home till late Thursday night because of the show, so I didn't make my 6am run. I needed a day off to rest anyways. Thursday morning, I did a 20 minute upper body workout at home and then took the new sneakers out for a spin on the trail. They felt great. Had a good 3 1/2 mile run in a little over a half hour. It was a bit humid out but it was nice to be on the trail again.

Tomorrow Zim and I are planning an early morning 7am run of Mt. Joy. Love early morning runs! Happy weekend!

Wednesday Already?!

I started the week off with a bunch of fun in Philly at the Violent Society/The Virus show. I finally got to see my friend's band Combat Crisis too. I had a BLAST! I felt like I was a 17 year old kid again hanging out at Denny's. I got to see some old friends and made some new ones. The bands were great, the venue was nice, and the crowd was awesome! Super happy I went!

After I slept off the beer from the night before, I changed up my upper body workout and worked out with Zim. Here's the routine:

1)Bench Press- 3- 5 reps working to max effort

a)5-45lb b)5-55 c)5-60 d)5-75

2)Dumbbell Bench Press- 3-4 sets of 10-15 reps

a)10-18lb b)10-21lb c)10-25lb

3)Horizontal Row- 4 sets of 10-15 reps with barbell

a)10-45lb b)10-55lb c)10-55 d)10-60

*Man my arms are tired

4)Seated Dumbbell Power Cleans- 2-3 sets of 12-15 reps

a)12-9lb b)12-12lb

5)Dumbbell Side Bends- Weighted abs 3-4 sets of 8-15 reps

a)15-35lb b)15-40lb c)15-45lb

DONE!!!

Tuesday, my arms and chest felt a bit sore. I decided on cardio, so Zim and I did a trail run at Mt. Joy which is about 3 1/2 miles. I had a nice run, not super fast, but I never stopped running. Those inclines will KICK your ass too. I did realize that I do need new trail shoes. I've put some decent miles of my Brooks ASRs. I decided on using an old Zappos Christmas gift card on a new pair. Just got them today! Can't wait to break them in.

Today, the orders at work got completely screwed up, so I had the morning off. I ended up going early to my gym and worked on legs. Been at least a month that I've worked on legs at the gym. I felt good, and felt stronger. Pressed 230lb on the seated leg press. That's a new record! Tonight I took my dad to the Phillies game. Luckily the rain held off and it was quite nice out. Too bad the Phillies have just been terrible lately. It was my dad's first game all season, so that was nice!

Alright I'm going to watch the rest of the Chelsea v Real Madrid match and go to bed.

Playlist: Leftover Crack: Fuck World Trade, Vindictives: Many Moods of...

August Already

The summer is FLYING by! As it usually does though. After relaxing at Ocean City last weekend it was back to the dregs of work and getting the workouts in. I actually had a great week of workouts. I squatted a personal record of 110 pounds on Wednesday. I ran a couple of trails, flat and up a mountain for 3 plus miles. This afternoon, the weather was a beautiful 82 degree day and full of sunshine. I was going to take the day off from a workout, but I decided last minute to get a 4 mile run in. It was too damn pretty out! I ran my fastest time in a while, averaging a 8:37 minute mile. I'm super happy that I've found my stride again. 

I'm going to have a pretty busy schedule this week. I have a small concert tonight in Philly featuring some old punk rock bands from the late 90s, The Virus and Violent Society. Should be a lot of fun and hopefully there will be no fights.  I also have tickets to two shows for This Is Hardcore Fest on Thursday and next Sunday. There's a bunch of punk/hardcore bands playing each day. Thursday, I'm looking forward to seeing Kid Dynamite and Striking Distance. Sunday, I'm there to see Paint It Black and Slapshot. Gwar's headlining that show too. I also have tickets to a Phillies game and Union match. At least I'm keeping busy! The weather's supposed to be great this week as well. Good for running!