I have had a cold from hell over the last week. The Beta-Glucan was crap in preventing it (even at 1,500mg per day) and shortening symptons. In fact I am now more certain than ever that supplements are useless, if you are in constant close proximity of people with a cold and you haven't had that strain - no amounts of supplements will help you. My tip is to save your money and spend it on some chicken and brocolli. I even tried some of that Mauka honey, I bought 2 jars of it as it is meant to be a potent anti-viral/anti-bacterial, again waste of money as it did JACK! I don't know why I keep trying new things?
Anyways I still have a runny nose and chesty cough but overall this is the best I have felt for about 6.5 days, so decided I to hit the gym before I got any weaker. I was quite excited as it was my first training session in a week and also it was my first session at my new gym. Funny but the weight on all the cable stations felt a lot lighter than my previous gym, for example on tricep rope extensions I usually only ever go up to about 50kg for 8 reps, today I did a real easy 65kg for 15 reps? I suppose it's a bit like leg press machines, I remember once I was doing 12 plates a side for 8 reps at a gym I was going to and went to a friends house to train, I got up to 8 plates a side and only just got 5 reps. That's why you can't compare exercises on machines like you can with free weight squats, deadlifts, benches etc.
So the new gym is good, it has got a power rack which allows me to train chest heavy when gym is empty. The only problem is that the lift off is too high, so I have a real struggle unracking and racking the bar, I might put the bench on some 20kg plates to reduce the distance. Also the free standing benches that can go into the power rack are too tall, so my feet barely touch the ground - again not great as I can't balance too well or drive off the floor, I tried stacking some 5kg plates on the floor to help but couldn't get it right, some experimenting is required.
The dumbbells are a lot better too, slightly thicker handle with knurling on it.
Overall power down again, since December my power levels have been dropping. I really need to stay illness free and get some consistency in my training.
Flat Benchpress in power rack (see issues above)
20kg x 10
60kg x 10
80kg x 6
100kg x 4
120kg x 2
130kg x 2
125kg x 3
Free weight loaded chest press (similar to hammer style)
1 plate a side x 6
2 plates a side x 6
3 plates a side x 6
3.75 plates a side x 6
Cable cross overs
15kg x 10
20kg x 6
25kg x 6
35kg x 12
Single arm Smith machine shoulder press from the side
20kg x 6
30kg x 6
Standing DB laterals
10kg x 12
17.5kg x 10
15kg x 10
Face pulls
25kg x 10
50kg x 15
Tricep rope extensions
50kg x 8
65kg x 15
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