Exercise log: no new achievement unlocked

[hawkwing_lb]

My gym session today included an interlude wherein I biled some milk from breakfast all over the weights I was using for chest fly. So that was pretty unpleasant.

Pleasant, on the other hand, was the fact that there were two lovely staff who spotted my benchpress and gave me tips on the deadlift. So that didn't suck.

Assisted pullup: 1x5 @25kg assist, 1x4 @25kg assist, 2x5 @30kg assist.
Benchpress: 1x5 @40kg + light bar, 1x 3.5 @40kg + light bar, 2x5 @35kg + light bar.

It turns out that there are differing opinions over how much the bar weighs. Does it weigh 10kg? Does it weigh 15kg? Does it weigh less? More? All I know is that it weighs less than the bars that live with the two weight frame thingies. So if the heavier bar weighs 20kg, this means that at least part of the time I've been benching/deadlifting over 50kg...

Deadlift: 4x5 @40kg + light bar.
Chest fly: 3x8 @6kg/arm.
Shoulder fly: same.
Military press: same.
Bicep curl: 3x8 @9kg/arm.

An attempt at the treadmill, but my ankle ached and my gut didn't like it. I did a short session with the exercise bike, 5km in 14:00, a few stretches, and called it a day.

Especially since I have this progress review thing to finish drafting this evening.

Mass: 106.5kg.

Comments

[tithenai.livejournal.com]

The bar that lives on the weight frame thingies (the squat racks!) is called an Olympic bar and weighs 20 kg. It looks like this (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31vTXdGDWLL.jpg).

Notice how it has 4 duller sections, where the metal's scratched to aid gripping?

There is a very similar-looking bar that has a slightly smaller circumference (makes it easier to grip if you have smaller hands) and weighs 15 kg; it lacks the 2 dull parts in the middle, but has them on the outside. So at a glance the lighter bar is allll shiny in the middle.

So far as I know that bar gets used more often when learning the snatch.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Huh. This is interesting to know! I think this means the bar I've been calling the "light bar" must be the 15kg version. Maybe. Thanks!

(I know how things work, but remembering what they're called? Different matter entirely!)