Legs – 3/9/09

Here is my leg workout 3/9/09

Squats 

135 – 15 reps, to jump squats (20 alternating wide and narrow jumps)

225 – uh, yeah! got about 6, range was a little limited, can you imagine!, again followed by the same 20 jump squats (almost puked )

205 – range was a little better, got 6 again, same jump squats

185 – did about 8, then dropped to 95 got my range back and went to failure (failure for me in this case is just when my form breaks, that saves my back), same 20 jump squats.  i think i did puke a little in my mouth – PERFECTION!

leg extension & leg curls, supersets of each, drop-sets of each.  starting with leg extensions (110, 90, 70) then curls (85, 70, 55).  I did as many as I could at each weight.  

off to Teach my spin class – 45 mins!

…..and for those of you why say that leg extensions and curls are not “functional” my legs still function!  ;-)

Ugh! Gym Irks

It isn’t often that you get to ramble about the things that really bug you at the gym.  here are a few of my favorites.  What really irks you at the gym?

WORKING IN -”Excuse me, can i please work in”? this question is a polite way to say “if your not going to use the maching, get off of your A$$ and let me use it for 60 seconds.  Please don’t respond to me, i’ve just got one more.  I didn’t ask you how many sets you had left, I asked you if I could use the machine at this moment, while you are NOT using it.

SWEAT PUDDLES – For the love of God, please wipe your sweat off of the machine when you are finished using it.  I don’t think you want to sit in a puddle of someone else’s urine.  I don’t want to sit in or touch yours.  by the way…. Sweat contains the chemicals or odorants 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) and 4-methylphenl (p-cresol), as well as a small amount of urea. (wiki). Uhm… disgusting!

YOU REALLY AREN’T THAT IMPORTANT! – Unless you are Barak Obama and just can’t live without your blackberry, don’t talk on it in the gym.  If you must, that’s why texting was invented to keep annoying people from being loud and obnoxious in public.  The gym should be a place where people are taking time to give back to themselves…. leaving work and home life at the door for that precious time they are in the gym.  Please, if you really need to take a phone call, step out of the workout/exercise area and take your calls.  Besides, if you can carry on a conversation while working out, you really need me to train you because you aren’t working hard enough