Monday, November 21, 2011

Squats

Such a simple word squat, then repeated, becomes squats...but that repetitive action to pluralize the word squat brings ohh so much pain...and pleasure. So call me a masochist but damn i love squat and legs day. No other day whups me nearly as well in such a short period of time.
Today I meant to do bar squats but being that I'm in the dungeon gym, non were available...even though there was a girl doing a set of squats on one rack. While the form was good the guy on the bench behind her was grinning like a fox..so i doubt he was commenting on her form. I'd say the form was a 9...she was a 6, but hell she was the only girl so add 2.

But that's besides the point, i decided instead to do 50lb kb squat presses...each set until dropping the kb's..then into lighter weight swings. About midway through my hamstrings were screaming, my knees were aching and my heart was racing. LOVE IT...gutted out two more sets then onto leg extensions for a rest before lunges. But damn I love squats...

Saturday, November 19, 2011

The Dude Room

It's been a while, I blame Homework...less travel and more school has reduced my posting recently. As a mathematical function it would relate as HW increases blog post decrease but as it approaches infinity blog posts increase b/c i need to procrastinate. I bet it would be a cool graph.

But instead of talking inanity about my inability to focus I wanted to make a commentary, or an ode to the dude roo, shower method. What is the Dude Room? It's the hallowed showering method used in my high school, most military base showers, football showers and unfortunately Penn State(too soon?). You know, that open room with no stalls, the decrepit shower heads and only 3 or 4 producing a controllable temperature. The room itself isn't bad, its just well, there are no stalls. The first time you come upon the room as a guy you're definitely looking and going..What the F- didn't we invent curtains?

This room is an ode to the old school method of going to shower at the gym and getting to stare at some old guys ass or junk as he's standing there spread legged, scrubbing altogether way to hard for it to be really cleaning. Or the big fat dude who's trying to find his junk under that third or forth fold of skin and you're showering wondering why eye bleach doesn't exist. Even though those two are classic, the best is still the guy who is new to the gym, and never been in the dude room shower, the wide eyed nervous look...crap thats me..

Either way, cheers to the dude room bc the Drill Hall on base i work out at now has one..and damn it's a classic