DiaryOfAGymEnthusiast #4
Location: College Gym  13/03/12

Today I  bravely ventured to the vast jungle with a high population of primates known as the college Gym with friends Stuart (DiscoStu),Sam (The man with half a back),Dean (The Hobbit) and the Girls. With our tracksuits on (in aid to blend in) we swiftly passed through without making eyecontact as this would lead to a postcode war, which would have been very inconvinient as i had forgotten mine. So we reached our destination in one piece, apart from Dean which didn't matter as he was only ever a half anyway. On to the actual Spartan Workout

The Workout
1,000m Rowing:
Stuart and I managed this in under 5 minutes so was a good start.

Bench Press on the Smith 4 sets 8 reps:
Sam and Stuart completed on 32kg,
whereas i being a true spartan take on 52kg throughout three sets, last set up to 57kg, only schooled by Dean with his shown ease to complete such reps.

Bicep Curls 4 sets 5 reps an arm:
Casually completed this feat with 15kgs throughout the sets,
Stuart showing improvement with his increase to 10kg an arm, congratulations dude !

Pull ups for reps:
In the one sitting i managed only 8 reps, this being due to the tiredness of the muscle as i had done lots of pull ups yesterday at the Belhus Gym.

Vertical Leg press:
Trying this on weight block 17 ( scale from 1 to 21) i was on my 4 rep and suddenly my seat went shooting backwards causing the weights to crash down creating a loud noise, Silence in the gym....Quite Embaressing and was slightly worried that i had broken the machine to find out that the stopper keeping the chair in place had come loose under the pressure !

Squats on the Smith Machine:
 Stuart and Sam attempt 87kg, allowing sam to conquer his biggest setback, well done mate !
Just before this i try to do 82kg as a warm up weight and absolutely fail because i lent to far back into it !! I was not going to let this break me, So after this i smash the weight up to 102kg and lay them out for 3 reps. Stuart and Sam not able to go any further Dean jumps on the Smith and matches me.
This goes on from 107kg up to 127kg, where Dean gambles and gets Stuart to sit on the bar. Total weight = 127kg + 63kg (Stuart) and manages to pull off 2 reps which is debatable whether or not he was not aided by me or Stuart holding himself up but we will give the hobbit his big break.
Obviously not able to match this feat i decide to match my current Squat Max at 137kg but with 6 reps !! improvement !!

Workout Overview
-1,000M Rowing
- 4 sets 8 reps Bench Press on the Smith Machine
- 4 sets 5 reps an arm Bicep Curls
-Pull ups for reps
-Vertical Leg Press Filiure
-Squat Competition on the Smith Machine

1 hour 30 Time Taken

Next Week improvements by Myself
-Take under 4 minutes 30 on the 1,000M Rowing
-weight on bench press up from 52 kg to 57kg complete sets
-Weight from 15kg bicep curs to 17.5 kg
-Atleast 10 pull ups in one sitting, (note to self:dont attempt this if having done the day before !)
-Make sure the Leg Press is secure !
-137KG squats to 142KG

No gym tommorow due to superior forces which prevent my attendance to the Gym, dont worry back on thursday for my Belhus edition ! My next post will probably be tommorow anyway as i have plenty of gym related anecdotes to share with you all, watch this space !

Thanks for Reading !