Squats and Lat Pull Downs

I love waking up sore the day after a workout because it makes me feel I did something right lol.

Yesterday afternoon I worked my leg (frontal high and hip) and lats. As always I was paranoid about doing compound exercises with bad form because I don't want to hurt myself but I think I did pretty well with my barbell squats yesterday.

Barbell Squats

Bar (8kg) x 5 reps

15kg x 5 reps

17.5kg x 5 reps

20kg x 5 reps

20kg x 5 reps

25kg x 5 reps

25kg x 5 reps

Lat Pull Downs

10kg x 10 reps

20kg x 10 reps

20kg x 10 reps

20kg x 10 reps

20kg x 10 reps

20kg x 10 reps

I rested today and probably wont work out again until Friday as I'm pretty sore but love this feeling!

Deadlifting

I had my first workout of 2014 at Nate's Gym. The plan was to do some deadlifting and squats but I only managed to get through deadlifting as I was too exhausted to continue after. I'm not sure if it's because I didn't eat enough to give me the energy that I needed, if it was just too hot (because it really was!), if it's because I did one extra working set than normal, or because I haven't really done it in a while, but it was a lot more challenging than I expected.

Deadlift for core strength

3 min rest after each working set (first 3 are warmups)

18kg x 5reps

20kg x 5 reps

25kg x 5 reps

30kg x 8 reps

30kg x 8 reps

30kg x 8 reps

30kg x 8 reps

30kg x 8 reps

I think i will keep working with the 30kg weight for a bit to ensure I'm lifting with proper form. I noticed that when I'm a little fatigued my left knee would begin to twist on the way up, this isn't good and will surely lead to injury if I don't correct it, or go heavy too soon.

Nathan had a tough time of his own and felt quite ill in the middle of his workout, to the point where he thought he was going to throw up. He thinks it may have been caused by consuming a double dose of his pre workout supplement. He too didn't complete his workout to schedule.

Also it was really really hot today!

Praying Mantis

 This picture of the Praying Mantis was taken with the Canon Ixus 230 HS point and shoot camera. It was on automatic mode.

I had a play with Photoshop afterwards to see if I could get the Praying Mantis to stand out a bit.

This is also the first time I've mucked around with Photoshop.