Upper Body
How do you do donkey calf raises if you do not have a training partner or a donkey calf machine?
Well, if you have a Volvo, you do donkey calf raises with THAT instead. Yup. That’s right. I used my Hip Belt from Ironmind Enterprises, hooked myself to the rear tow hook at the rear of my Volvo, placed the balls of my feet on a 2×4, straightened my legs til nearly 400 or so pounds was suspended by the belt on my hips and I began to do calf raises. Amazing. Who needs a donkey calf machine!
- Donkey Calf Raise: Back of Volvo - 3 x 6-8 (massive, crippling burn)
- Forearms: Thick Bar - 3 x 10, 8, 5 (tears in eyes pain; awesome pump; slow controlled reps - wow)
- Pushups: chest to board - 40, 10, 15, 10, 10, 10 10 (105 total)
- Parallel Chins: weighted 24lbs x 5, 3 5SHsec, 3 5SHsec (wow, can’t tell if I was stonger here or not)
The fact is that in the last 4 weeks I have gotten in maybe 4 solid workouts. In and of itself this would not be such a bad thing if I had had the proper diet. But, reduced calories, protein and fats, coupled with poor sleep, stress and more…well, friend, what you have right there is a recipe for atrophied muscles, loss of strength and endurance, not to mention depression. So, the fact that I trained today is a borderling miracle.
Diet: Packed in about 800 calories by 4 pm. Not much. Will do a protein drink in an hour. About 1/3 of what I need. Main thing is to drink lots of water. Update: Add a protein shake (600 calories) at 430 pm. It is dark outside again, or getting there fast. I just cannot stand this time of year. I am so sleepy. It’s hard to train when I feel this way. Thank God for the coffee bean.
My web sites have kept me up nearly a full week again, but thankfully they are pretty much up and running accept for cfCure, which is on the back burner. Level of focus not bad, but is usually better when my nutritional needs are more than adequately met.
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