Monday, Chest Day!

I had a music teacher in high school who would get very upset if his students in a band or choir were struggling during rehearsal time in order to learn parts. "Homework is for home," he would tell us, and the message was clear - in order to make music, each individual in an ensemble needs to do their own legwork on their own time. Rehearsals were for putting it all together. Otherwise, precious ensemble time gets wasted in order for individuals to catch up.

That being said, while I'm enjoying my time with Jay immensely, I think it's incumbent upon me to make sure that I'm putting in enough gym time on my own so that our time together is spent fine-tuning and exploring new ground, instead of rehashing things that I should be practicing on my own.

Anyway, here's what happened at the gym today:

1) Warm up, elliptical, 10 minutes @ 154bpm

Chest:

2) Bench press, 135lbs x 3 sets x 10 reps
3) Declined bench press, 135lbs x 3 sets x 10 reps
4) Inclined bench press, 105lbs x 3 sets x 10 reps
5) Barbell pullovers, 55lbs x 3 sets x 10 reps
6) Dumbbell chest flys (inclined), 30lbs each x 3 sets x 10 reps
7) Bosu Ball push-ups, 5 sets x 10 reps

Abs:

8) Sit-ups, 3 sets x 15 reps
9) Leg raises, 3 sets x 10 reps

And, that was my day. My favourite part was when I was doing chest flys, set a dumbbell down, and watched it roll away. My first instinct was to look sad, and call after it, "So long, lamp!"

[180.2, a significant spike over yesterday's 177.6.]