Growling strikes again!
Okay, so today being hump day in the current lineup means it’s also leg day, always my favorite workout due to the sheer volume of iron tonnage per minute that gets destroyed! Awoke after about 5 half decent hours of sleep & could hardly get up! Must’ve slept twisted up or something as my lower back was one giant raging knotted spasm!!! Finally got vertical & began to motivate through the morning ritual, adding a fistful of Excedrin Back & Body to the lean protein, multi vitamin & SubTest injestion.
Got to Helga’s & it was packed again, today with a posse of sistas I’ve never seen before following a new independent 5’ MAYBE toothpick trainer through the stations along with many other new folks, plus the usual crowd. Grumbling to myself about the crowd & my still throbbing lumbar I arranged my locker, lit up the iPod, grabbed the clipboard with today’s spreadsheet & headed out.
Clambered onto the 1 open upright bike, missing it’s pedal straps GRRR!, & proceeded to get the heart rate pumped up to 80% MHR while warming up the southern regions then headed for the lay down leg press sled where I start out. Luckily the posse was just moving away so I dialed in the shoulder pads, set the starting load at 600 & contorted my aching torso in. I always run 5 sets alternating ankle / calf press / stretches then reposition for ATTG full stroke leg presses, wash, rinse repeat, 13 reps per set today. By the last set the pump was feeling good from the hips down, the sweat was already rolling, & the lower back was apparently absorbing the Excedrin as it was down to a dull throb!
While rising I noticed about half the posse looking over towards me & just figured they were amused by my clumsy dismount technique not really thinking about the usual growls the last set or 2 generated. Of course they were all huddled up around the leg curl station where I usually go next & toothpick was demonstrating with like 60 LBs in motion so I ambled over to the abductor / adductor rigs waiting for a couple ROTC gals who have been recent regulars to finish up then did my 150 LB sets there 13x14x13 each, again noticing posse members looking at me as we passed each other, trading stations.
While cranking 150 LB seated leg curls 13x14x13 I was really beginning to burn the hamstrings and the last 13 were a real growlfest so as I was dismounting toothpick finally approached me jaws running 90MPH with a nasty attitude raging in her eyes! I popped an earbud glaring down at her standing about nipple tall & asked if I could help her?!? With her hands on her hips she exclaimed (in her best squeaky voice) that she was trying to teach these women about getting in shape & my “excessive grunting” was rude & distracting! I told her I was sorry that my workouts actually focused on building muscle rather than just toning but that I didn’t think I was being any more rude than 6 people traipsing from station to station tying them up, socializing as they each took turns half heartedly going through the motions! You could’ve heard a pin drop for a second then about 4 of the usual AM crowd began laughing their tails off & toothpick spun an abrupt about face & led the posse over to the dumbbell rack area where they spent the rest of the time doing mat work. Whatever!
So I proceeded over to the standing glute back kick station & knocked out 2x13ea L&R @ 150 LBs and there’s this 50ish year old, anorexic, 5’6” blond, 1950s librarian lady, honest to goodness horn rimmed glasses & all, working the abductor / adductor stations immediately in front of the glute station. As I’m heading back towards the bikes to unwind before grinding out my last set of stations she’s changing stations & tugs my shirt sleeve as I pass. Thinking “OMG, NOT AGAIN!” I stop, turn, pop an earbud, & seeing her smiling I ask nicely “Yes?” She giggles & says she agrees with me about toothpick & her posse, blushing like a little school girl. I just smiled back & told her I just hope toothpick isn’t the owner’s daughter! She just giggled and walked off.
A couple hours into flying the desk now the lumbar is stoving up again so I’m thinking a walk around the building at lunch may just be in order, after I get out of this next meeting that is GRRR!!!
Some days you just gotta roll with the flow I guess! I’m just glad I didn’t end today’s workout with toothpick’s attitude LOL!
On the personal swirl side ... well ... now that I've pretty much extracted my head from my nether regions I've just gotta keep working on that cranial enema I've been in need of for months. Pretty much all the cards are on the table, the smoke has cleared & the dust is settling. Now to see if I can get my head screwed back on straight without causing any further collateral damage since that is what I've been trying to do all along, albeit not so successfully. Just need to get my heart & head back in line without causing any further grief.
Rock on pals!!! Your crazy Memphis pal, Griz
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| After 96,800 LBs of LBWO ground & growled away!!! |
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