Exerbabble for 2-10-7

Today’s Workout:

Quest for 315: Phase I, Upper Day, Workout III

Superset A
Chins: 7, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2 @ BW (volume=4622.6 lbs)
Dips: 10, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1 @ BW (volume=5897.8 lbs)

current bodyweight: 159.4 lbs (+.8 lb; weekly average of 159.1 lbs)

I thought I’d just pound out the basics, because I wasn’t making any pull-up progress with just three sets. Sigh.

Okay. I had to stop after my chins`n`dips because I felt something odd in my shoulders when I did any movement. I was still sore from Wednesday, but I had three nights of sleep, and two full days of good eating. I thought I would have recovered. My performance will rebound.

Anyway. I think what did it was I accidentally hit failure on that last dip. Normally I jump up, hold my lockout for a second, and lower myself down slowly. I jumped out, and kind of came back down? I didn’t feel anything odd. I cursed internally and said, “Get back up.” This is partly why I’m choosing dips over bench. If you fuck up that last set of presses, you got a bar on your chest. Dips, you can will yourself into one more rep.

I was warming up for push presses, and my shoulders felt odd. I did some light overhead presses with dumbbells to see how it felt. I didn’t like it. I thought I’d just do my rows, but that didn’t feel right, either. So I stopped the workout.

It pisses me off, more than anything else. I thought what I needed was a swift kick in the ass, just pound out the basics. Nothing too fancy. Maybe will myself a little bit, have some determination. Like that how I got three reps on that sixth set of chins, after getting two on the previous. That was all will. My upper body is weak. I want to show everybody that if you open your mouth at me, I’m going to shove my hairy nutsac in it. Never mess with a man with an inferiority complex.

I was going to do my lower tomorrow, and then lift again Tuesday/Wednesday, and Friday/Saturday, so I can get back to MondayTuesday and FridaySaturday. Instead, I think I’ll push my lower until Monday, and then wait until Friday/Saturday to do my upper again. Amusingly, my lower body was barely sore yesterday. Go figure.

I could lower it to 8 sets. Maybe it’s overkill, I don’t know. Doing more pull-ups is more of an endurance feat than a strength feat, so adding weight isn’t useful right now. Right now, at least.