January 6 and 7

If my friend Dave had a motto, it’d be “go big.” In two syllables, he bestows approval, support, enthusiasm, and motivation. He applies it liberally to his life and to his friends. Workouts, creative projects, cookies, or sweaters? “Go big.” It’s almost like Ronald D. Moore’s co-opted “good hunting,” but head and shoulders higher on the Super Awesome Scale.*

Sunday is our day to go big. That’s the day we pile into the car as a family and trek over to the Captain’s office to use his workout room. We take turns wrangling the toddler while the other adult goes big. Bench press? Go big. Squats? Go big. Deadlifts? Biggest!

Yesterday was our first day back into the Sunday routine since Thanksgiving. We were both amped. I hit 75 pounds on clean and press, and had a personal record bench press of 105 pounds. The Captain had a personal record benching 135 pounds. I turned around and deadlifted that much. It was a big, big day.

This morning I have a sore chest and spaghetti arms. I skimped on a workout, settling for 50 pound widowmakers and lunges while toddler finished her breakfast. Afterwards, I ordered the coolest, ugliest pair of Dansko mary janes ever. Burgundy patent leather comfort stompers. If a pair of Doc Martins had a drunken hookup with a pair of Crocs, these shoes would be the resultant offspring. They make my inner 1990s teenager swoon.

Like the man said, go big.

Sunday, January 6

• Running (treadmill):
  • 0:02:00 || 0.1 mi (+5 pts)
  • Warm up
• Clean and Press:
  • 75 lb x 5 reps (+114 pts)
  • 60 lb x 5 reps (+103 pts)
• Standing Military Press:
  • 50 lb x 5 reps (+72 pts)
  • 50 lb x 5 reps (+72 pts)
• Barbell Bench Press:
  • 65 lb x 10 reps (+63 pts)
  • 85 lb x 10 reps (+72 pts)
  • 105 lb x 1 reps (+38 pts)
  • 95 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
• Barbell Deadlift:
  • 95 lb x 10 reps (+77 pts)
  • 115 lb x 10 reps (+88 pts)
  • 115 lb x 10 reps (+88 pts)
  • 135 lb x 5 reps (+85 pts)

Monday, January 7

• Barbell Squat:
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+63 pts)
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+63 pts)
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+63 pts)
• Barbell Lunges:
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+111 pts)
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+111 pts)
  • 50 lb x 20 reps (+111 pts)

*I am not a BSG fan. It was too damn bleak. Also, he is such a parody of himself that anytime a character in DS9 fell out of Starfleet speak and into Twentieth Century Navy speak, I knew it was one of his episodes without looking. Seriously, Sisko only uses the terms “XO” and the aforementioned “good hunting” when RDM was putting words in his mouth. What I’m saying is shut up, RDM.