Shartnado

I don't know about others, but I was in a bomb shelter. Well, no, except that there actually is one at work, right near where we change clothes. I had a week of due to long shifts and a couple of days on a trip to another city. Over the weekend we saw my sister my nephew and my younger brother and helped my dad and my brother's mom to move some of their stuff to their new home. There was a bunch of walking through the city and the moving involved some carrying, but nothing like an actual workout. I did do a few pump sets of curls and presses with my sister's 22 lb kettlebell, but that was the extent of it. This week, I've been busy with AEW and trying to avoid people since there has been a whole bunch of COVID at work so I haven't gone back to the gym yet this week, either. I did hear that the pair of attachable chains that we ordered for the trapbar and other lifts had just arrived today, so there's that to look forward to, once I get back.

Yeah, I had heard that Punk used to have Miseria Cantare (sp?) as his theme in early ROH, so I'm not going to troll and say Punk came out to some 30 Seconds To Mars -ripoff, but I do own the CD with that song on it by AFI. I also have the good one, from 2006, the one with three words typed together. Ok, that was trolling, but I do still own those CD's.

TBH, I was a tad disappointed that they didn't have the studs on them, but that didn't last for too long, though.

I watched Buy In and the hype show yesterday. I finally get PAC vs Buddy in segments of that 6 man, which was awesome as a whole. This is a pretty back and forth feud here! Statlander vs Hirsch was also good. Leyla proved she is the #1 contender, although that won't be for long. The PPV itself was insane, although maybe not quite what Full Gear was. Still, one of the best overall PPV's I've seen in ages. Obviously Punk vs MJF was the thing, but the opener was aces, I loved the 3 way tag title match as well as the Tornado trios match. Both women's matches delivered and Rosa will have her day on St. Patrick's. Mox and Danielson was what they promised and Regal added a whole new aspect to it. The ladder match was definitely good enough and I think the guy they want as the face of the revolution went over. The main event was not the best match on the card but holy shit was it still a great damn match! I was definitely worried that Cole would steal it as no other titles changed hands prior to it, but Hangman fortunately prevailed. Awesome stuff! And yeah Punk vs MJF was cathartic af and it is so GOOD to see someone who's been pulling this bullshit for a few years now, finally get punched in the face with his own damn ring! If only in real life...

I knew MJF, that walking discarded suppository, was going to do something like this! It took awhile for Punk to finally drop his guard, but he finally fell for it and paid dearly! Damn that POS to the depths of hell that Punk will unleash on his ass! ...also, after hearing MJF threaten the financial future of Wardlow's family, shouldn't Tony offer Wardlow an AEW contract ASAP to counteract such injustice? As an economic sanction, as it were?

What kind of news is it? You know I hate bad news! Maybe if you told the bad news in a good way? Let's see... it's great news sir, we no longer have to see current RAW episodes! Ever!

This combined with living next to the country with apparently bat-shit dictator and waiting if he is feeling froggy towards my homeland is not exactly good times over here, either!

This needs to be "The big one" that Eddie finally wins, right? Going back to Matthews for a second, I heard it said that he was extra juiced to the gills these days and you sure weren't kidding! Where do you get off making F'n PAC look like he's only moderately into that sort of thing?!? Statuesque isn't even the Goddamned word for it! To me, AEW is complete now. Bring on anyone else and it's just a nice bonus, but you have PAC, Buddy and Tony Nese (What? Well, fuck you, then!) under the same banner and you've made a fan until WW3 wipes us all out (which hopefully isn't before Revolution PPV can happen)!

Dynamite was excellent. But let me just say that seriously, fuck current Geo-Political bullshit and the responsible party all the way to hell, for ruining my enjoyment of first ever physical contact between Pac and Buddy Matthews! I needed this to take my mind off things and even this didn't work. It had so many great things. Also, guys, you DO realize that MJF is going to use this against Punk SO much, right? Tugging on heartstrings of the audience like that and getting Punk to question himself a little bit and them BOOM! Do NOT trust that walking reason why millennials don't want children for a second!

I think I have heard this before. But he is very swelte and slim kind of muscular. Wrangy, is that a word? And wearing a whatever size shirt isn't the issue. Getting out of the shirt without tearing it or your shoulder is what counts! You do remember that he used to tear away those nice suits of his. And had plenty of shoulder issues. Sensing a pattern here. Maybe he just owns a ton of T-shirts and whatever happens once it's time to disrobe, happens?

Rough week. Weather turned sucky yesterday, so that was like an extra leg day. I took the Monday off due to some much needed heavy drinking on Saturday. Tuesday was intense upperbody pump but nothing actually heavy. Plenty of drop sets with resistance bands for both chest flies and lat pull-downs. Lot of smaller, lighter stuff. Wednesday was trapbar or bust. Last Friday, while I was on my beast mode, I watched the other guy doing trapbar and getting 5 sets of 2x493 and I was thinking "Holy shit, I may not be able to answer that!" But I wasn't going down without a fight. So, my workout was as follows: 5x262, 5x306, 5x372, 5×416, 4x471, 4x493, 3x504, 2x504, 2x504, 3x493, 3x471, 3x449. And the usual shrugs afterwards. So, hell yeah I answered that! Thursday's bench suffered from the drain of the trapbar, but after warm-up, I did 3 clean singles with 280, took it down to 275 did two, 3 with 264 and then a bunch of inconsequential sets with lighter and lighter weights and then pump with 132 at the end. Today it was another, but less intense upperbody pump. The only thing that was at least moderately heavy was two sets (of 12 and 10) of EZ bar curls with 87 lbs. I'm not risking anything, so I won't go heavier than that. Decent pump, anyway, both arms at 16,5 (if that is same as 42cm) inches, but that's still less than they have been, but not that much. Ok, I kinda made this week count. Next week, there will in all likelyhood be 0 workouts, but 3 12-hour shifts plus the biking will make sure I'll be pretty beat by the end of it.

Yesterday, after a hard day of working as well as working out afterwards, I biked home through this slushy ice and slightly melted snow. Only to find that the bike shed's door had been blocked by melted and re-frosen ice between the time I opened it in the morning and coming back home. All the tools to remove the said ice were inside the shed. Was able to get a steel rod from elsewhere so I could bash enough ice to get in and get the usual tools. Also scooped a few buckets of ice water away from the yard so this wouldn't happen again today. During this, I was thinking to myself "C'mon! A prelude to World War 3 OR this bullshit weather, pick one freely, but not fucking both on the same day!"

I fear for Trent Baretta's life. He, on the other hand, does not give a single fuck! The main event was super! Also, Hobbs looked impressive. Good for him.

So that's why WWE can't quit him!

That's 02:00am over here, so I'll get to it in the morning, I doubt I'll stay awake for another two hours. Just got home from work half an hour or so ago.

Sabrina the Middle-Aged Witch is a Wingperson now?!?

I decided "fuck everything" and went beast-mode today. Well, a moderate beast-mode, anyway. On Monday I skipped the heavy stuff, so I did the dip, shrug, pull-up combo today. 4 sets with 66lbs, 20, 19, 17 and 13 on dips, to failure (didn't count) each time with reverse shrugs and 7, 5, 4 and 3 with pull-ups, 2 sets with 44lbs , 22, 20 dips, 2 times to failure with shrugs and 5 and 5 with pull-ups (getting rather ugly, though), one set with 22 lbs getting whatever. Then on to the Squat-machine. 3 sets of 10 as low as the machine allows and with a stop at the bottom most reps as well as a stretch at the top. Weights were roughly equivalent of 242, 286 and 330. Then 3 sets of calf raises with 330. Then 5 sets of curls with the pairs of 22lb weights. Then abs with a few different hanging moves. I'm fine with this.

The bike rides to work have been kicking my ass this week. Either there is something wrong or I had WAY too much clothing on considering the weather. Omicron has made it to my workplace so that is only a matter of time, at this point, too! Nonetheless, I'm three workouts deep this week and going again in a few hours. I tried not to do the same "mistake" as last week and only did the light, intense stuff on Monday, so as to not mess with Tuesday's bench. Yeah, that didn't really help all that much. I did get up to 286 with one set of two reps, maybe a bit better than last week, but still not clean. 275 was fine for 3 and then I just dropped 11 lbs per set and did two pump sets of 17 and 20 with 154 and 110, respectively at the end. Not great. Wednesday I was beat. Getting to work was rough as shit and the idea of doing Trapbar didn't seem realistic. So, I opted for... Trapbar. Yeah. I decided to only do 3 reps per set no matter the weight, so I could get through it. So, it was 3x196, 3x306, 3x372, 3x416, 3x449, 3x460, 3x471, 3x482 and 3x416 plus shrugs with 306 and 196. Last week was better on this front as well. Not quite sure what I will do today, I have an idea, but I'll update it later, in case I end up doing something else in the end. Anyway, the first couple of months of '22 have not quite been what I expected, workout-wise, but the bloating that happened over the Holidays is pretty much gone. I agreed to split my Winter holiday week in half and use the remaining days later in the spring. So, I'll be doing 3 12-hour shifts (evening and night, no less) so I highly doubt I get any workouts in at the time. So I should make next week count.

Yes, overall a kick ass show! I know it was the first time anyone asked MJF to be their Valentine, but I didn't think he'd be THAT speechless over it! That sad excuse for a wet fart Shawn Spears did absolute fuck-all to help out Wardlow in that match. Less than that, actually! the Inner Circle tag was good, shouldn't Santana &Ortiz win one of those battle royals now? Mox will fight Brian before he can decide if he is worth teaming up with. Smart! John Kreese, you fucker! Main event, holy crap! Rosa and Martinez kicked a whole bunch of ass! Doesn't seem like the sky is falling even if Cody isn't there.

Besides the point, but even that doesn't properly describe Cole's physique, though. I mean obviously he's in great shape cardio-wise, so skinny fat or dad bod seems kinda inaccurate. Petite, diminutive or elfin on the other hand...

Yeah, I was like they wouldn't... would they? Maybe at Revolution?

Holy fuck, that shirt! I wonder who is the asshole who keeps following Cody and igniting it once more, after he's left?

On the off chance that Hook will be in the Ladder match, I wonder if they could pull off a spot with Keith Lee, where Lee does the huge Jessica Biel throw across the ring towards the corner but Hook lands on his feet in the corner and does his disgruntled face pose while leaning on the top turnbuckle?

Many of the same letters, for sure! Anyway, overall this was a very good show, but watching straight after this week's Dynamite, it was a bit much. That being said. I liked everything I saw. Gunther vs Solo Usoa before moving on to Bron should be a worthwhile distraction.

In that case, fuck Excalibur right in the nose!