Grims Dungeon

It’s leg day again I hate leg day, I have bad knees, 3 surgeries on my left knee alone. I was told NEVER to do squats. I can barely squat without any weight, but no workout routine is complete without squats. I have built my legs up, bad knee and all to the point I’m squatting in the 300’s. If I didn’t have bad knees I’m sure I’d be in the 400’s-500’s but I can actually feel my left knee at times like it’s going to snap! or fall apart.

I’ve worked my lower back routine into my leg day, liking the leg day a bit more now. Lunges another move I had, I look like a goofy seal or some shit doing them, but it’s gotta be done.

Nothing going on much, just dreading leg day as always.

Blasted my arms today, bi’s and tri’s. Ez Curls, Reverse Ez’s, Close Grip Presses, Cable Pull down, DB Kick backs, Weighted Dips, Hammer Curls, DB Consentration Curls, Over the shoulder Cables and a few others I can’t think of at the moment. My arms were so pumped at the end I could not bend them, it looked like I was flexing them as hard as possible even though I was at a relaxed state. If felt great.

Yes 2 hours is a bit extreme for a workout, I however do take a quick 10 minute break in the middle where I down an amino acid pill, possibly a energy pill and a nitric oxide tab.

I’m going to be sore as hell tomorrow, it however feels great!

It’s funny seeing so many guys lifting who never appear to increase their strength. There are many reasons, over training, not having proper nutrition, simply genetics, your workout routine itself, etc. At my gym for instance dumb bells only go up to 100 pounds, so for many of us we could use them to be a bit bigger. I see many guys using the 100 pound dumb bells for back rows, which would be fine except they have been using the same 100 pound dumb bells for months. With no larger weight to go to they stay stuck in the same routine and consequently the same strength/size.

I have maxed those 100 pound dumb bells out on many movements myself, back rows, bench presses, shrugs, etc. One sure fire way however to make these lower weight dumb bells still effective is as simply as changing your workout routine. One method is simply to start lifting in an incline position for movements such as dumb bell presses or back rows. I’ve done this myself and am very, very pleased with the results. I still work the 100 pounders in for standard rows, but I can wear myself out with the incline rows with lighter weights before moving to the 100 pounders on standard back rows.

Basic concept, been out there for a long time, to many however refuse to change their workout routines up!