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Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 19(Th22) – Chest

Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 19(Th22) – Chest

Narrative: 149mins
Good workout; had a protein drink and banana before and Gator Aide along the way.  I needed to eat earlier though, I think I ate to close to hitting the gym.  The morning cardio session was pretty slow, but I wanted to go easy on the legs since I worked legs the yesterday.  All in all good workout.  

Abdominal Exercises:
As stated above, in this workout you should train your abs at the end of each session.

  1. Oblique (L and R) Crunches – 4 sets of 25 reps – 200
  2. Hanging Leg Raises - 2 sets of 25 reps – 50
  3. Decline Crunch – 4 sets of 25 reps – 110
Wednesday – Chest
Chest
Exercise Sets Reps Weights
Incline Dumbbell Press 4 15, 12, 12, 10 50,50,55,55 lbs
Flat Dumbbell Press 3 15, 12, 10 55,60,65 lbs
Decline Dumbbell Press 3 15, 12, 10 40,45,50 lbs
Cable Crossovers 2 12 50,50 lbs
Incline Flys 2 12 25,25,25 lbs

Cardio: 62 mins
Distance: 4.0
Calories: 1149
Crunches: 360

Tracker
Total Distance: 254.49 miles (Goal 400/145.51 remain) *
Total Calories: 64,692 (Goal 80,000/15,308 remain) *
Total Crunches: 5235 (Goal 25,000 / 19,725)

Good livin’…keep movin’!
-R-

Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 19(Th22) – Chest

Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 18(W21) – Legs

Narrative: ( Total Time – 147mins)
Ok workout today…felt pretty strong to start off, but started fading to the end.  Caught a second wind and pulled out a relatively strong finish.  Totally missed my dead lifts…one of my favorite exercises…no sweat tho, I am still realing from my back workout a couple days ago, so I can afford to stay away from the deadlifts as they tax the lower back as well.

Abdominal Exercises:
As stated above, in this workout you should train your abs at the end of each session. Use these exercises:

  1. Oblique (L and R) Crunches – 4 sets of 25 reps – 200
  2. Hanging Leg Raises – 4 sets of 25 reps – 100
  3. Decline Crunches – 4 sets of 25 reps – 100
  4. Standing Cross Leg  (L and R) Crunches - 2 set of 25 – 100
Tuesday – Legs
Quads/Hams/Glutes
Exercise Sets Reps Weights
Squats 4 20, 15, 12, 10 110,120,120,140 lbs
Leg Press 3 15, 12, 10 380,400,410 lbs
Leg Extension 3 20, 15, 12 25s,25s,25s lbs
Leg Curl (*) 3 10,12,10 35,35,35, lbs
Straight Leg Deadlifts 3 15, 12, 10 90,140,180 lbs
Calves
Exercise Sets Reps Weights
Seated Calf Raise 3 25, 25,25 140,140,140 lbs
Standing Calf Raise 3 25,25,25 75,95,115 lbs

Cardio: 62 mins
Distance: 5.5
Calories: 1495
Crunches: 500

Tracker
Total Distance: 250.49 miles (Goal 400/149.51 remain) *
Total Calories: 63,543 (Goal 80,000/16,457 remain) *
Total Crunches: 4875 (Goal 25,000 / 20,125)

Good livin’…keep movin’!
-R-

Chuck Norris and a Blind Man

Chuck Norris and a Blind Man

A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris’ shoe.

Chuck replied, “Don’t you know who I am? I’m Chuck Norris!”

The mere mention of his name cured this poor man’s blindness. Sadly, however,  the first, last, and only thing this unfortunate fella ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuckster.

No joke – Chuck’s quite the badass!

Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 19(Th22) – Chest

Rupe’s YoB: Phase III-Day 17(T20) – Arms

Narrative: (120min)
Easy cardio this morning, ran a slow 4.5miles.  It was really nice out, cool and not too humid.  Weight training on the other hand was somewhat labored.  Got to the gym relatively late and felt somewhat weak…again eating is to be blamed.  I was able to get through the main arm workout, but I ran out of time, not so much gas for my ab workout.  No worries though, I have been hitting abs pretty hard lately, I can manage to take off a day.   

Abdominal Exercises:

    1. Oblique (L and R) Crunches – 4 sets of 25 reps – 200
    2. Hanging Leg Raises – 4 sets of 25 reps – 100
    3. Lying Left Crunches – 4 sets of 25 reps – 100
    4. Lying Center Crunch – 2 sets of 25 reps – 50
    5. Lying Right Crunch – 4 sets of 25 reps – 100
    6. Decline Crunches – 4set of 25 reps – 100
Monday – Arms (Time: /1min rest)
Biceps
Exercise Sets Reps Weights
Barbell Curl (bar only) 4 20, 15, 12, 10 55,65,65,65 lbs
Dumbbell Curl 3 15, 12, 10 25,25,25 lbs
Concentration Curl 3 15, 12, 10 25,25,25 lbs
Triceps
Exercise Sets Reps Weights
Close Grip Dumbbell Press 4 15, 12, 10, 10 50,50,50 lbs
Weighted Bench Dips (up cts – 0 weights) 3 25, 25,25 0,0,0 lbs
Dumbbell Extension 3 15, 12, 10 25,25,25 lbs
Tricep Pushdown 3 15, 12, 10 110,120,120 lbs

Cardio: 62 mins
Distance: 4.5
Calories: 865
Crunches: 0

Tracker
Total Distance: 244.99 miles (Goal 400/155.01 remain) *
Total Calories: 62,048 (Goal 80,000/17,952 remain) *
Total Crunches: 4375 (Goal 25,000 / 20,625)

Good livin’…keep movin’!
-R-

God of War – Completed!

God of War – Completed!

Situation Play – Easy

My Comments:
Finally finished the God of War trilogy this past weekend; by far the best video game ever created in my estimation. 

Not being a big time video-game -head, I was blown away by this PS3 game over a year ago when I was deployed to Bahrain.  It was then that I first came across Kratos, the mere Spartan warrior leader who, after essentially selling his soul to Ares, the Greek God of War, was tricked into murdering his family by his new master.  Kratos in turn, aided by Athena, and the tacit support of other gods, namely Zeus, was able to secure his revenge.

Really great journey and very cool treat to play.  I did played the trilogy backwards, so I did loose a bit of the normal anticipation; but the absolute awesomeness of the game more than made up for it.

Story:
The story is told mostly in flashback, after being framed with a scene from the present wherein Kratos, standing atop the tallest cliff in Greece, laments how the godshave abandoned him and tosses himself into the waters below.

While the player starts the game three weeks prior to this event, Kratos’ background is told by the Narrator during the game (revealed to be the Titan Gaia in God of War II). Kratos was a fearsome Spartan warrior, and grew his fifty-man squad into an army of thousands via strategy, tactics, ferocity and conquest. However, in a battle against a barbarian horde, his army was massacred, and, in a desperate measure, Kratos offered his life and service to Ares, the God of War, in exchange for Ares defeating the Barbarians. Ares, sensing enormous power in Kratos, accepted his offer and destroyed the Barbarians. He also granted Kratos the Blades of Chaos, curved blades forged in the pits of Hades that were attached to long chains which were fused to Kratos’ arms. 

Click to contine at GoW wiki