Joined a gym today

[Lux]

I finished work early today so decided to pop down my local gym and sign up a membership. I think training at home alone has kind of stale and restrictive now so time to freshen things up.
I signed up at the right time as they have sold off 2 other gyms so they can put more money and focus into this one main gym. So that means over the next year there will be more improvements and more equipment

The girl on the desk started trying to give me the sales pitch and i had to keep stopping her and saying, "nope, no good to me cos i know what i'm doing". ;D She tried the idea of selling me a diet and i rolled off my tongue about 6-8 meals a day every 2-3 hours with an optimal macronutrient profile for putting my body in an anabolic state. Started saying about 35/45/20 splits blah blah blah. Nothing amazing but it soon shut her up ;D
I didn't even need a proper induction so decided to head inside for a back workout. I asked if she had any drinking water fountains in the gym but oh no, whats that in the corner of my eye? Ah, its bottled water for sale That answered my question.

I ended up straying away from my p/rr/s routine today and took advantage of using some new equipment. Resting 60 secs max and 8 reps per set for 15 total sets. Pulldowns, cable rows, 1 arm db rows and a set of pullovers to finish. But then i couldn't resist doing 3 sets of 14 reps of calf raises after that.
Oh yeah, the mirrors were definately my new friends today

So now i'm faced with more possibilities in my training. I'm reaping the rewards of p/rr/s but for some reason i'm just not feeling it. Maybe this introduction to the gym will reignite my fire for this routine. But now i'm in a gym how about doggcrapp? Or reverse pyramid? I'm feeling a rare case of DOMS in my delts today from the rep range sesh yesterday. I might push myself to finish this cycle of p/rr/s then switch up to something fresh

[RUBICON19]

Good stuff LUX. GO GET EM!!!

[GerryT]

Good luck, Lux. Hope you have a great training experience there. Keep us posted.

[Lux]

Theres 2 possible plans of action for monday now. Train am or pm?
The gym opens at 0630 and closes at 2130, ideally i would train after work but thats around the same time as most other people finish I don't know how busy it will get but i don't fancy getting stressed by some clown taking the db's i'm using as soon as i look away

So the pm session would be risky, or i would have to train around 8pm when it should quieten down.

The favourite plan of attack though is to jump out of bed, run down the gym (only take 5 mins and a good warmup before my workout) and get in the door as soon as some staff arrive. That will leave me with 1 hour to train and run the 5 mins back home, throw a shake down my neck, shower and get picked up for work at 0735. Followed by a proper meal as soon as i get chance.
Now that is tight timing! The only problem i can see would be trying to run home after a legs workout

I asked if they opened any earlier and the woman looked at me as if i was a nutter ;D

[Lux]

Ah man that was too close for comfort this morning. Got into the gym just before half six and even cutting down my rest times left me with no time to spare. I had ten mins to race around my house and get out the door for work. I turned up at the yard still eating some chicken and sweet potato, boot laces undone, t-shirt hanging out ;D Not the best impression to have on the first day of working for another company ;D

I've had some unexpected news today which throws a spanner in the works. I will no longer be supplied with a lift to work so its time to get the bike out of the shed. I can race down the gym in the morning, race back and throw the bike in the back of my car. My girl will then drop me off while on her own way to work and i will have to cycle back home at the end of the day.
Its only around 3 miles but i think the idea of weights in the morning and this bit of cardio in the afternoon sounds better. Or i could take a leisurely ride back so as not to burn out and then hit the gym?

Decisions, decisions! Not too sure about my training now, the idea of p/rr/s is to rest long enough for muscles to recover and constantly hit with max poundage. But with restrictive time in the morning i can't rest long enough for full recovery.
Should i now go for something quicker? I need to train in 30-45 mins, power chest and bi's had taken me roughly an hour this morning. Tomorrows legs workout would blow my timing to bits

[Lux]

I had some people looking at me real funny in the gym this morning. I havn't got around to buying a dip belt so out came the rope and i tied on a 20kg db to bust out some dips ;D
I'm sure i'll shock 'em more sometime soon!