HIT Workout - Nov 23rd

I was in warrior mode today – I worked out fasted, ready to do battle, and gave it 110%.  You can see it in the results…at least the 1^st 4 exercises – up in weight and time on 2.  But by the 5^th exercise I was out of steam – it hurt and I felt queasy.  I almost begged Chris to skip the last.

 

So I wonder, what will get me better results? Work out at 80% so that I can finish all 6 exercises well, or blow my load and struggle pitifully through the few remaining exercises?  Perhaps I will grow in endurance and eventually be able to do all at 100%.

 

Having a salad 1 hour after the workout.  Today is my daughter, Kira’s birthday and we’ll be having Kiku’s (Japanese steakhouse) for dinner.  I am planning on eating the fried rice, so it’s a good thing today was workout day!

 

HIT1	Last HIT1 Workout		This Week		Kevin J Smith
	3-Nov		23-Nov
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	Machine Type
Pull-Over	180	92	182	107	MedX
Lower Back	390	96	392	96	MedX: 72o
Chest Press	195	83	196.5	83	MedX
Leg Press	856	83	858	88	MedX
SS Pull down	160	77	161.5	72	Super Slow
Overhead Press	300	78	300	70	MedX

HIT Negative Workout - November 15th

I had a good workout today.  I felt really strong, especially on the Pull-Downs.  I worked out fasted and had a 12-day rest since my last workout. “Augmented negatives” refers to the fact that Chris stands on the weight stack for the negative half of the exercise, adding most or all of his body weight…it’s somewhat of a subjective added load as he can pull or push to add more resistance.  I did the Adduct exercise since Chris felt I was too wiped out to do a more compound exercise.

 

HIT2	Last HIT2 Workout		Next Week		Kevin J Smith
	26-Oct		15-Nov
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	Comments
Lower Back	310	4X	320	4X	augmented negatives
Arm Cross	n/a	n/a	340	4X	negatives only
Leg Extension	400	5N	410	4X	negatives only
SS Pull-Down	125	5X	85	5X	augmented negatives
Adductors	n/a	n/a	85	4X	augmented negatives
Add Retrac (Ts)	10	68	10	60	on inclined bench
I Scap (Is)	n/a	n/a	5	32	on inclined bench

 

 

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HIT Workout - November 3rd

I started with the pull over this week, as it had been my final exercise last workout.  As expected, I showed substantial improvement in both weight and TUL.  All other exercises were pretty steady with only minor additions in weight or TUL.  I had a 4 second drop in TUL on the pull down, but it went from my 1^st exercise to 2^nd to last.

 

On a dining note, I tried beef TONGUE the other night.  I slow cooked it in a stew for 4-6 hours, peeled off the skin and ate it like a steak.  I didn’t tell my daughters what it was and they both tried it.  One loved it, the other didn’t really like it but said it was fine.  It looks like pot roast but has a texture somewhere between pot roast and pate’.  Weird…

 

HIT1	Last HIT1 Workout		This Week		Kevin J Smith
	18-Oct		3-Nov
Exercise	Weight	Time (secs)	Weight	Time (secs)	Machine Type
Pull-Over	172	75	180	92	MedX
Lower Back	386	97	390	96	MedX: 72o
Chest Press	195	84	195	83	MedX
Leg Press	856	76	856	83	MedX
SS Pull down	160	81	160	77	Super Slow
Overhead Press	300	79	300	78	MedX