Peter Skene - Pleasure or Pain?

This will be my first entry of an endless account of self torture LOL
Last night at afterwork at midnight I continued with the lightweight sesh assault.

Barbell Squat: 40kg x 1 set x 100reps
Lying Leg Curls: 20lb x 2 sets x 50reps (1min rest)
Universal Machine Calf Press: 110lb x 1 set x 100reps
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 50kg x 2sets x 50reps (1min rest)
Barbell Benchpress: 40kg x 2 sets x 50reps (1min rest)
Giant Set of (Seated Dumbell side laterals, front raises, bent over rear lateral raises) 2 giant sets x 20,20,20 continuous reps (1min rest)
Barbell Shrugs: 40kg x 1 set x 100reps

A giant set is performed by doing 3 or more excercises back to back with no rest between.

Food Intake: At the moment in my situation being injured I am purposely making an effort to bulk up to assist in healing faster. If your looking at my food intake......please if yr wanting to trim up, dont follow my lead in the the diet stakes, its not the way to go. If you want to talk to me about getting ripped, i can tell you how I do it which works for me and is quite simple.....yet a boring diet

600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 banana, 1 serve Nitrovol
Footlong steak/salad subway + large boost juice gym junky shake
3 tubs yoghurt +600ml water
2 chicken sandwiches + 600ml water
Large can baked beans + half large can tuna + 600ml water
1 roast beef/salad sandwich + 600ml water
Training: 600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 banana, 1 serve Nitrovol

Another weights session after work again at the ungodly hour of midnight

Barbell Deadlifts: 40kg x 3 sets....50,30,20reps (1min rest) ......first time deadlifting since groin injury, it felt ok.
Lying Leg Curls: 20lb x 2 sets....60,40reps (1min rest)
Universal Machine Calf Press: 120lb x 1 set x 100reps
Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown: 50kg x 2 sets.....50,50reps (1min rest)
Smith Machine Incline Benchpress: 20kg x 1 set x 100reps
Giant Set of (Seated Dumbell side lateral raises, front raises, bent over rear lateral raises) :5kg dbs x 2 giant sets x 20,20,20 continuous reps (1min rest)
Seated Calf Raise: 10kg x 1 set x 100reps
Barbell Shrugs: 40kg x 1 set x 100reps

Food Intake:

600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 banana, 1 serve Nitrovol
Roast beef/salad sandwich + Banana + Powerade
Footlong chicken/2 egg/salad subway + 600ml Vitamin water
Chicken/Veges/rice + 800ml water
Chicken wrap + Yoghurt/museli + 500ml OJ
Training: 600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 serve Nitrovol

I heard that machines don't sleep. They only pretending

Didnt get home until 2am so slept in today till 12.30pm.

Did a Tacx Fortius cycle trainer session.

5min WU @ 150watts avg

40mins: 180watts avg / avgHR135 - maxHR150 / rpm92

For those of you that dont know what the Tacx Fortius is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNu9bhJ7CD8

Food intake:

A bit light on it today because I slept in and ran out of time

Shake: (500ml skim milk/2 eggs/1 banana/2 cups oats/1 serve Nitrovol)
Tuna/Beans +1 litre water
Rissole roll + 500ml OJ
Chciken/Beans + 500ml OJ + 500ml water
Shake: (500ml skim milk/2 eggs/1 banana/2 cups oats/1 serve Nitrovol)

Had morning shift today 3:45am wake up call....NOT FUN at all, same again tomorrow.

Got home, slept for a few hours and woke up a joined in 2 x 5km on the erg

My wrist feels the pinch a bit on the rowing machine so for now the pace is light a frothy, just some easy base building until its right again.

5k @ 1;59.9avg / 20spm

2min rest

5k @ 1:59.9avg / 20spm

For those of you who wanna start doing some indoor rowing at the gym and I highly recommend it as its proven to be one of the best power endurance machines on the market!!! Take a look at this clip to demonstrate the correct form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqVmMd7FdAA

Food Intake:

1 cup oats/1cup museli + 1 serve Nitrovol in 500ml skim milk
Tuna/Seafood salad + 500ml Apple juice + 1 stong coffee
Chicken/Veges + 800ml water
Shake: 500ml skim milk/2 eggs/2 cups oats/1 serve Nitovol
Chicken/egg/rice + 600ml apple juice

15/11/09 - Food Intake, rest day.

600ml water
1 cup oats/1 cup museli + 500ml skim milk/1 serve Nitrovol
Tuna/beans + 800ml water
Chicken/Rice + 600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim milk/2 eggs/2 cups oats/1 serve nitrovol
Beef/rice + 600ml apple juice
500ml water

16/11/09

Midnight weights sesh:
Barbell Squat to at least parallel: 45kg x 1 set x 100reps.....try this if you wanna punish yrself!
Lying Leg Curls: 20lb x 70reps, 40reps (1min rest)
Universal Machine Calf Press: 120lb x 1 set x 100reps
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 50kg x 60reps,40reps (1min rest)
Olympic Smith machine incline bench press: bar only x 100reps
Giant Set of (Seated Dumbell side laterals, front raises, bent over rear lateral raises) 2 giant sets x 25,25,25 continuous reps (1min rest)
Barbell Shrugs: 40kg x 1 set x 110reps

A giant set is performed by doing 3 or more excercises back to back with no rest between.

Food Intake:

600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 serve Nitrovol
Large sashimi tray + 600ml vitamin water
Spagetti Bolognase + 500ml OJ
Large can baked beans + half large can tuna + 600ml water
Training: 1 litre water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 serve Nitrovol

Food Intake: At the moment in my situation being injured I am purposely making an effort to bulk up to assist in healing faster. If your looking at my food intake......please if yr wanting to trim up, dont follow my lead in the the diet stakes, its not the way to go. If you want to talk to me about getting ripped, i can tell you how I do it which works for me and is quite simple.....yet a boring diet

Worked arvo shift again so another later midnight weights routine.

Barbell Deadlift: 40kg x 50reps, 50reps (2min rest)
Lying Leg Curls: 20lb x 80reps, 50reps (1min rest)
Smith machine Standing Calf Raises: Bar only x 30reps,30reps,30reps (2min rest)
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 50kg x 70reps,40reps (1min rest)
Olympic Smith machine incline bench press: bar only x 110reps
Giant Set of (Seated Dumbell side laterals, front raises, bent over rear lateral raises):7.5kg dumbells: 2 giant sets x 20,20,20 continuous reps (1min rest)
Barbell Shrugs: 40kg x 1 set x 120reps


Food Intake:

600ml water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 serve Nitrovol
Steak/egg/salad sandwitch + curried egg sandwitch + 500ml OJ
Stir fry noodle + can tuna + 800ml water
stir fry noodle + can of tuna + 1 litre water....had lots of this at home so took it to work and doubled up
Training: 1 litre water
Shake: 500ml skim Milk, 2 eggs, 2 cups oats, 1 serve Nitrovol

Weighed myself first thing this morning: 102.7kg

I have progressively put on 1kg a week for the past 6 weeks.

The last week has been a complete shocker. Had a 5 day break from work, the training and the eating fell apart big time. Im really frustrated with this persisting wrist injury. I am booked in for my MRI tomorrow, then the specialist on Sat morning.

Today is Monday, new week so easing back into in. Half way through this weights session, I got the wobblies and suffered from low blood sugar, lack of food, need to get my shit sorted asap! Dont want this Kaza character to put me to shame in the HE-MAN stakes

Barbell Squat to at least parallel: 60kg x 35,25,20,20,20 (1min rest)
Lying Leg Curls: 20lb x 80reps, 40reps (1min rest)
Universal Machine Calf Press: 6plates x 1 set x 100reps
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 50kg x 60reps,50reps (1min rest)
Olympic Smith machine incline bench press: 25kg x 100reps
Seated Calf Raise: 20kg x 50reps,50reps (1min rest)
Giant Set of (Seated Dumbell side laterals, front raises, bent over rear lateral raises):7.5kg db's... 2 giant sets x 20,20,20 continuous reps (1min rest)
Barbell Shrugs: 50kg x 50,50reps (1min rest)


Food Intake:

500ml water
2 Cups Museli/500ml skim milk/1 serve Nitrovol
Strong Coffee + 500ml water
Chicken/Rice + 1 litre water
Training: 1 litre water
Shake: 500ml skim milk/2 eggs/banana/1 serve Nitrovol
Satay chicken + RIie + 800ml water
Shake: 500ml skim milk/2 eggs/banana/1 serve Nitrovol

On another negative note, my laptop shit itself a few days ago so i cant get online to row or cycle so that just did my head in....grrrrrr

This is so sad, Once again I have tears rolling down... MY ASS

hey pet just a question your dieting for a bulk and i see in every meal you choose water instead of the orange / apple juice or is it just your choice???

Where as I am powering through like a monster!! rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaagh

ps whats this nitrovol business??

Mariano....your muscles are like 70% water.....so its like watering a plant mate, you have to fill those muscles up with water to stay full and pumped, its very important!!!......I do also drink natural juices, like apple and orange, but too much of those and you take in too much simple sugars which will make you a porker (fatty) LOL

Alex.....Nitrovol is a Protein/Carb Supplement by BSC......should I be telling you my secrets???

Peter Skene wrote:

Mariano....your muscles are like 70% water.....so its like watering a plant mate, you have to fill those muscles up with water to stay full and pumped, its very important!!!......I do also drink natural juices, like apple and orange, but too much of those and you take in too much simple sugars which will make you a porker (fatty) LOL

Alex.....Nitrovol is a Protein/Carb Supplement by BSC......should I be telling you my secrets???

Cool just the name Nitro- sounds like more than protein.. anyway I like your comment on water, Im gonna go drink some!

Skeeny the Grub has disappeared off the planet..mustn't be training if no posts. How you going grub? I can no longer access this forum from my room..only work, due to excessive wording on page its been blocked...

Hey Skeeny how are you
Lots of gay talk in this forum, miguel with his wet ass....What going on?

Hi Alex n Eric.....my lap top died last week so when I want to get online I have to pry Annies laptop out of her little but strong and determined hands!!! I should be getting my new one within a week. I have ordered it already, its gonna be a beast like me ....... Toshiba Qosmio x500

On the training front I have been doing little as possible until I get the results of my MRI scan.....Im going to see the specialist tomorrow. One he gives me some info about whats going on, that will determine how I approach my training from here on in. Fingers crossed, but this situation is fookin doin my freakin head in AGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Alex....what do u mean you cant access the forum? Is there anything I can do at my end?

Hope everything goes OK with MRI skeeny.. Erik had a frozen shoulder for a few days but seems to be getting better as well. As for not being able to access forum, nothing at your end, its the wireless server here and AFP attempts at cost cutting on communications, its all good all it means is that we have to enter forum whilst on shift only.

G'gay Perves.....update: Went back to specialist to get results from MRI, he said it looks like the tendon running up the side of my wrist is dislocated ...... now wants me to to see a specialist othopedic hand surgeon....I asked if a simple chinese burn would fix the the prob, unfortunately not.

Anyway, as for my index finger knuckle which is also ratshit, he injected cortisone into it and it now feels 10 times worse....hopefully it settles down and it eats away at the inflamation build up in there causingthe sharp pain goin on. I even had to get annie to put my socks on before work.....I feel like an invalid!

On the training front, ZERO! I have tried to be good and just take a chill pill, that doent seem to be helping at all, so now I am going to re-evaluate and just work on legs if thats all I can do atm, at least do somethin.

I hope I can get into see this hand surgeon quickly, see what he says, fingers crossed no OP, Im over that shit!

On a brighter note...my fav boxer Roy Jones Jnr is getting set to make a mockery of Danny Green on Wed night....anyone want to come out for some dinner to watch the fight card with me at a pub?

Back in the gym tonight (midnight) after work with Beggsy. I can only train legs atm, and am trying not to involve the wrist at all.


Smith Machine Front Squats: Bar only x 20,20,20,20,20 (1min rest)

Body weight Squats: 1 set x 10mins duration x 180reps.......before when I used to do this for erging I was up to 300+reps in 10mins so thats the goal.

Leg Curls: 30lb x 20,20,20,20,20 (1min rest)

Smith Machine Standing Calf raise:bar only x 20,20,20,20,20 (1min rest)

Seated Calf Raise: 20kg x 20,20,20,20,20 (1min rest)

Not much, but at least its a start, gotta stop feeling sorry for my self and do something at least.

Hi Skeene

Shoulder getting better, concentrating on legs and running for a while....also light weights ....high reps....Alex also has an injury to his elbow not to bad though.......and you mate hows that wrist......
take care bro......dont see much of Morheb different shift

Over the past few weeks I have backed off the weights and everythingelse while trying to get my diagnosis sorted formy wrist.

Last week I went to see the hand surgeon who informed me from the result of the MRI that the shealth holding the ECU tendon in place has been torn off

Surgery is the only procedure to fix and rebuild the sheath. The doc said that this is a bitch of an OP and he ants me to get more bone scans and ultra sounds done beofre he makes his final recommendation. HE also said if I can get away with NOT having the op then thats what he would want.

That didnt make me feel too good knowing that even he was frowning upon management or this injury. FUUUUCCKKKKK!!!

Now tomorrow I have to get another dynamic ultra sound done, so the doc told meto excercise the wrist to agitate it so the result of the ultrasound would show more. So today I tried weights. Felt like absolute shit, with the lack of weights on the wrist the muscles are getting weak and im noticing more pain in my movements.

Tomorrow morning he told me to go out in the surf ski for a long paddle to use my wrist and infame it, Im a bit worried bout that!

Anyway today after work I did: All reps slow and continuous focussing only on muscle contraction
Supersetting = 2 exercises done back to back without any rest.


Superset Smith machine front squats: Bar only x 20,20,20
with Lying Leg curl: 30lb x 20,20,20

Superset Wide grip lat pulldowns: 30kg x 20,20,20
with Smith machine incline bench press: bar only x 20,20,20


Superset Smith machine standing calf raise: bar only x 20,20,20
with seated calf machine: 20kg x 20,20,20

Superset smith machine seated military press: bar only x 20,20,20
with barbell shrugs: 40kg x 20,20,20

Superset barbell curl: olympic bar only x 20,20,20
with tricep push down: 30lb x 20,20,20

Superset Forearm curl: 2.5lb db x 100
with rev forearm curl: 2.5lb db x 100......right hand only

Today i noticed it most on the barbell curls, the wrist felt royally fucked...aghhhh

See how i go tomorrow, will only go out if its flat water. I have no idea how it will cope

Well today was my appointment for my dynamic Ultrasound, so in the morn I had to go out and stir up the tendon with a bit of kayaking.

Went down to Rose Bay hoping the water would be calm,,,,and it was so very happy with that. I stayed in amongst the marinas and close to shore in case the wrist decided to snap off or somthething similar.

Anyway, I went out for 40mins, the wrist was tightly strapped, and I took it easy. I was happy it held together but the 40mins was as long as I could handle, every now and then I hit a bit of chop and could feel the pinch.

went and had the ultra sound and it was confirmed the tendon keeps slipping out of its socket when i twist my wrist, it makes me feel sick in my stomach....

Hey Bro,

That is pain indeed. But hope u will get well. First fix your self to avoid another harm, ok. Hope we will see you on Xmas party on Saturday.

Hey mate sorry to hear about the extent of your injury..

I went back to the surgeon who had already spoke with the Ultrasound doc. They both agreed that my injury is a tricky situation. Very rare and not ideal for an athlete to get. There were two options.

1. Surgery - they both said that this should be last resort, things have the possibility to come out even worse after ad op. I would also have to be in a cast from my fingers up past my elbow which would stuff all training and also my employment.

2. Second option is to slowly attempt to get back into training as rehab and hope my body adapts to the subsheath tear and can cope with the tendon being unstable. Hopefullywith light weights and slowly attempting to get back on the water then the muscles surrounding the tendon will strengthen and make it more secure.

So, not a good situation to be in but I dont have any other choices.

So last night I did another full body weights session. Light weight. More of a circuit style session suppersetting exercises with high reps.

NOT HAPPY JAN!

I will continue with this and keep raising the reps slowly, and if possible start adding some more weight in soon. IM gonna have to listen to my body carefully with this one.

Superset Smith machine front squats: Bar only x 25,25,25
with Lying Leg curl: 30lb x 25,25,25

Superset Wide grip lat pulldowns: 30kg x30,30,30
with Smith machine incline bench press: bar only x 25,25,25


Superset Smith machine standing calf raise: bar only x 25,25,20
with seated calf machine: 30kg x 15,10,10

Superset smith machine seated military press: bar only x 25,25,25
with barbell shrugs: 40kg x 25,25,25

Dumbell Curls: 10kg dbs x 20,20....ouch.......dropped to 5kg db's x 20rep.......the wrist feels really dodg yon this exercise now ......gonna be careful with it.
with tricep push down: 20kg x 20,20,20

Superset Forearm curl: 2kg db x 100
with rev forearm curl: 2kg db x 100......right hand only