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[lpetersson]

Ahh that was quite a super weekend.
Friday I went to Garlic & Shots with camillat and also managed to find a penguin_worship and flannelcat frolicking about. Good food, drink and company led on to The Cro Bar where I got to chatting with some random people while waiting for the G&S staff to show up. After nearly an hour one the randoms and I discovered that we both work for HSBC. It's a small world...
When the Cro Bar closed we still had a thirst for the demon drink and decided to go to Pepes.
Those who know Pepes also know that it really is a place for the desperate who still want drinks at 5am.
It's a small dive that's run completely illegally out of someones basement :)
Still, it was entertaining...

Saturday I went to The Edge f The World. This is also known as Hove :]
Spent an excellent and chilled day/evening/night with sliding_loopz who is an excellent hostess.
I was most surprised to find that I really liked the place. It had a good feel to it and I definitely hope to go back there for a visit again.
Sunday I was a bit of a mong and managed to miss my train back to London so I missed viking practice. Bugger. Went to the gym instead, so I didn't feel completely useless.

Speaking of gymming, I have decided that it's time for another overhaul of my training regime.
For the past month I have mostly been doing classes and I have seen my cardio fitness go up noticeably, but I have lost some strength.
So now I'm going back to proper weight training with a view towards doing 100kg bench, 30kg hammer curl, 125kg leg extensions and 100kg leg curls by the end of next month. This will be hard, but I can do it. And I will do it.
I will try to keep my weight sessions to under 1.5 hours (1 hour weights, 30 minutes abs + lowerback) followed by 20 - 30 minutes intensive cardio.
That should do the trick...

Comments

[nibber.livejournal.com]

100k bench. you big jesse!!! my nan can bench that. well actually thats a lie, but still.
seriously man, with your size and muscle bulk you should be up able to lift 125.
apparently the 150 club is something to attain to: never quite saw it myself but still...

even i could lift nearly 100 when i was at uni shape! well ok, 95, but 100 sounds more impressive, and only a couple.
if you can do a full three sets of 10 reps at 100k i'll be well impressed.

anyway. i too am gonna start back in the gym soon. i might actually make the extra money available and join a proper gym with free weights instead of nasty fixed weights.

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

if you can do a full three sets of 10 reps at 100k

Since I'm currently doing 3 sets of 15 reps... :]
I know 100kg may not sound like that much, but my current max is about 70 and the most I've ever done without cheating is a bit over 80kg.
And as I said, I'm aiming for 3 reps of 15. It's gonne be hard, but I'll make it.

There's a couple of guys in my gym who can do over 150kg, but I'm aiming for lean and muscular rather than bouncer big. Still, it would be nice to be able to do 150kg.

nasty fixed weights
Eeeewww, free weights are the way forwards.
Machines are really only for absolute beginners IMO...

[nibber.livejournal.com]

not for beginners, just what the uni gym has to offer. i wouldn't exactly call myself a beginner. skinny wretch, yes, but beginner no...

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

No you don't sound like you qualify as a beginner and I wouldn't call you particularly scrawny either.

[nibber.livejournal.com]

aah, thanks :)
just a little out of shape.
however. on eof the lads has just moved back to the east end and we're gonna partner up again so it might turn out like old times, anly now we got a little more money so can go to a proper gym with lots of free weights :)

[nibber.livejournal.com]

on a slightly less insulting note, i was expecting to see you at the pub last night to catch up and for some entertaining banter.
next weekend sometime?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

I thought about it, but I didn't know who was gonna be there for sure so I stayed at home and relaxed.
There's a good chance I'll be there next Sunday after training.

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Good to hear you've had a good weekend! Friday was indeed lovely :-)
As you might have read on my Lj my brother is coming to visit me tonight andf staying til Saturday morning. So, I was thinking of taking him to G&S Wednesday or Thursday. Want to come?

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

Wednesday I definitely can't and I'm already half confirmed for Friday...
How about joining us Friday?
there will be me, Iselle, a friend called Izzi visiting from France, I assume Matt and I'm trying to get Barbara to come as well...
It won't be massive though. Just a bit of good food and a couple of drinks...

[camillat.livejournal.com]

That sounds really nice. I think he has a very early flight home Saturday morning, but we'll see. He's a young one so should be able to party and get up early ;-) I'll let you know when we've talked about it. But it sounds like a nice evening, so I hope we'll be able to meet up with you guys!

[lpetersson.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good idea.
I think it would be fun :)

[camillat.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll let you know as soon as we know :-)