Shartnado

Mostly because how he constantly made Michael Cole declare that everybody in the ring just "loved/liked to have fun" in wrestling context it's a Vinceism that I never care to hear again. When Vince was accused of being all molesty with that woman working in a tanning salon, he allegedly said to the woman, once she objected, that he "just wanted to have some fun" so I had that in mind, after all the even worse, ahem, shit came out. While never being completely serious when I write on this board and I don't mean that literally, still I don't want to hear "that word" in wrestling context, because I don't want the image of Vince shitting on someone's head in my mind any more than it unfortunately already is.

And yet, an Apter mag was pushing an angle that when Honky was briefly in WCW, back in later '94, he was mad at Jimmy Hart (who was with Hogan at the time) that Hart was never trying to get Honky a shot at Hogan's WWF title when Honky was the IC-champion! Obviously, none of this was ever part of on-air storyline, but the kayfabe story was out there at the time.

Adding some more thoughts: Why do I keep thinking Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" for the past few times Archer's music hits the chorus? I was kinda fine with the Adam Copeland rah-rah speech. I agree with the sentiment. I did have a problem with the word "fun". Please don't use that in pro wrestling context. "Fun" will forever be all the things Vince made people do, on programming and otherwise. Having a blast or having the time of your life is fine, "fun" should be like saying "Benoit" or "Vince" in pro wrestling context from now on. Copeland vs Penta should be different. If Willow beats Julia for the TBS title, only to lose it to Mone, that's probably not great. Maybe Julia will somehow retain, and the big rematch of Willow vs Mone will be saved for later? Then again, there's tons of potential matches for Mone, maybe there's no point in saving it for later, I'm not sure?

Regular bench pyramid today, and I admit it didn't go spectacularly. I started with 8 reps per set and that probably blew me up early. 164, 208, 230 and 241 went alright, but 252 started being pretty ugly towards the end and it did not get better from that point on. 263 and 269 was 4 "reps" each but none of them were clean. Moving back downwards the reps became cleaner again but only got around 4 each set. 12 sets in total, I did a set of standing double bicep curls between each set, ranging from 31's to 48,5's and back down to 22's. Those went pretty well, the bro-split gave me a semi-decent pump at least. I did think that it has been a really long time since I was able to get the kind of pump going that I actually consider a PUMP. I should try to obtain it before the diet starts. The kind where you can neither bend nor straighten your arms afterwards. That's what I'm looking for!

OK, a few things real quick. Both challenges for Ospreay and Danielson were good stuff! I'm shocked that Hobbs is the one guy in the Callis Family who took the loss to Ospreay very badly. He was also trying to destroy Ospreay in the process! I wonder when Callis sees that Ospreay has outgrown the Family and tries to take him out? When Trent turned on OC, the look on Chuck's face was that of sadness, but not at all shocked or surprised. Like he knew it was inevitable. I'll write more when I have the time. OK, what else... I think Matthew Jackson should be SUED for almost kicking that poor woman! The way Billy Gunn vs Jay White went, there's no other way for this to go, but for BCG to win (unify?) the Trios Titles. I see Bucks vs Top Flight finals, but that could go either way. I bet Bucks will win though.

There are times, when you have tons of experience on the issue that is being discussed and at the same time find yourself thinking: "Wait a minute, have I been doing this all wrong somehow? ALL this time?!?"

In other words, young. Oh, and @Log I wasn't let go by AEW just now, so this puts the "Shartnado is probably Gravity in a mask" thingy from last year to bed. I'm of course NOT signed by AEW, either but that's a completely different issue altogether.

I went for an 11 set Seal Row pyramid today, from 231 to 352 to 231. 275's went decent, anything heavier, not so much. Plenty of resistance band chest flies between sets and some side delt work. My weight was down to 193 this morning. It is about time I start getting used to feeling hungry again, so it won't come as such a shock in a month's time. Oh, I forgot that I also did two sets of 15 with 132 reverse grip barbell curls before and after the Seal Row as well as a set of 3 deadlift with the 352.

A 6km run and two short resistance band workouts on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Back to work and gym today. 3 sets of incline bench dumbell presses and hammer curls with 88's, sets of 7, 8 and 9 on the presses. Curls went a bit better than last time. A bunch of lighter curls standing, sitting on the incline bench as well as using the bench for preacher curls. Also light pushdowns and lat pull downs to the front with the actual lat pull-down machine. A reduced ab work at the end.

Way to go! That's wonderful news!

Another 7km run and 1km walking this morning. The roads are not yet in running condition over here, at least not completely, but I take what I can. Even an occasional run before the beginning of May gets me closer to the actual running shape I need to be in for this year's cut. Mentally, I don't feel like I'm ready yet for that madness once again, but it's still a month or so away, so I have time to get adjusted. Later in the day we went swimming in an indoor pool. Not much swimming per se, but I did jump into the pool from a springboard. No headfirst dives, but I did do 360 that almost became a 450 due to momentum on the last go. Two dips into the cold water pool helped to get some circulation going on my legs after the run. Later this evening I did a little stretching session and so far my legs don't feel bad at all, at least compared to last week. We'll see how they feel in the morning.

Yeah, felt really tired yesterday, so no leg day. No workout, in fact. Today there was in total 48km of biking in three different sets. Morning, afternoon and evening. I went to have that lump in my upper back checked out. Just a cyst or something similar, but I should have it removed. I wasn't sure if I was going to the gym this evening, but I did. No leg day or Trapbar, though. Did heavy dumbell curls on the Scott bench, skullcrushers, chest flies with resistance bands, push downs as well as ab work. The Scott bench curls went nicely. I did 8+8 with 57, 8+8 with 61,5, 6+6 with 66 and with compression sleeves on 7+8 with 70,5. Also 5+5 with 44 really slow and clean reps. Due to Easter, the work week will be done after tonight, but we are supposed to go running during the long weekend. This week wasn't exactly spectacular, but I'll take it. Hoping to get some extra sleep during the time off. The trip last week was so active that it didn't really count as any kind of time off, at least for me.

Surprisingly, I only had about 6 hours of AEW to go through after more than a week away from Triller Tv. Well, I have it on my phone as well, but was too busy with, well, Italy. Both Rampages were good, enjoyed Collison, with Eddie vs Okada, there was a Bryan vs Shibata in there somewhere, too! The Infantry upset House of Black, I had a bad feeling that they would, but was surprised that it was due to Mark Briscoe (although it makes sense). The women's street fight was wild, as was the I Quit match. I had a feeling Christian would quit before getting Spiked. The coward. It will be interesting to see who steps up to Copeland after this? Looking at Shibata vs Ospreay and Swerve vs Takeshita there is some really cool stuff lined up. I just have like 5 episodes of ROH and 3-4 Impacts to get to as well and not very much free time to get that done!

Two workouts in so far. Sunday night I did 5 sets of incline bench dumbell presses and 6 sets of hammer curls with 88's. The hammer curls in particular did not go too well. 5 sets of resistance band lat pull downs, some moderate dumbell curls on the incline bench and 2 sets of dumbell chest flies lying on the floor. Decent ab work at the end. Tonight I did another Seal Row pyramid. 10 sets overall from 220 to 330 and down to 132. Also 10 sets of shrugs between each row set. 8 of them with a pair of 88's and 2 with a pair of 44's. I wasn't too impressed with any of the heavier row sets, especially after all the talk about ROM recently. Some side delt work and a proper ab work at the end. I guess I should do squat machine tomorrow?

True, except that we don't have an actual pec deck, but in a place where I'm supposed to do chest flies, yes!

Man, the appreciation for being able to be at a gym all by myself or sharing it with a guy who is way more about full ROM than I am, is at an all-time high after the previous few comments.

Came back home from the trip yesterday and while the travel day that went with way less calories than usual (until we got back home, that is), and I was shocked (positively, I guess?) that my evening weight before all the eating that came a few minutes later was 197. So, I guess all the activity kept me from bloating out of control? Definitely weighing a few pounds more than prior to the trip, but not as much as I thought I would gain. I bought a new shirt for running, as the long sleeved compression shirt I took with me had so many holes in it that my wife is insisting I throw it away. Also went to an Under Armour store in Milan and they had cool looking white long sleeved compression shirts. Tried on a few and even XL didn't fit my back properly, and I guess the sleeves were way too long and a bit too tight. Not exactly a bad problem to have, but I was still bummed out, since the shirt looked so cool. Well, I saved 55e by not buying it. It hadn't been snowing THAT much during our time away, but I'll tell you being in +10 to +21 celsius for a week and coming back to -1 to -3 celsius is not fun, since end of March SHOULD show a little bit more signs of spring than this, even over here.

During our trip to Italy, I fixed us four meals with fresh ravioli and tomato sauce along with fresh cherry tomatoes to somewhat keep the costs down on the overall budget. Tasty, quick and affordable. Many different options to choose from, too!

All of the above points are very true. Personally, I have mostly used Smith for heavy shrugs back in the day. I think I have tried squatting and bench maybe once, but the real point I wanted to make with this was that I eat cereal so seldom that when I do, I definitely do gorge myself with it. With Smith, not so much.

Another run this morning 5,5 kilometers with 2,5 kilometers of brisk walking at intervals. I have also done three resistance band workouts and push up sets. Each day has included plenty of walking around the city, but rest assured I have not been in a calorie deficit during this time. Quads have been feeling much better after a couple of days. I have read that the weather back in Finland hasn't been great during this time and I am dreading the biking next week if the roads are icy once again, as they were finally clear for a while before we left for the trip.

Ran 6 kilometers this morning and later on in the day my quads were going "fuck you, we hate you and will totally stab you in the face while you sleep!" It's slightly better now, but all the sightseeing during the day in Milan took further toll. This apartment is on the third floor so stair climbing continues.

First full day of the vacation and we walked 4 kilometers up a steep hill zigzagging to a lighthouse up top. Then to the top of the lighthouse for pictures. Then jogging most of the way down and then running back to our apartment. Also, our apartment is on the 5th floor, so that's 87 steps each time we go up or down. The pizza, pasta and the pastries have been great so far, but I should get some decent activity going while over here as well. It's very good to get some cardio on my feet as well. Biking is one thing, but you won't have great running cardio just by riding a bike.

I said the Triller TV 3 PPV bundle was 49.99e, in fact that was dollars. The purchase price for me was 59.99e, but it is done now, in any case. Not much of an offer, but at least I'll be set until summer.

This combined with the fact that once he's up there he may decide to skateboard back down has me worried. So, if there's only 50% chance he won't JUMP to begin with... damn!

If Okada beating Eddie indeed leads to a big match with PAC at Dynasty, then I'm all for it. That way I get to see both of those matches. I don't like the idea of breaking up the Continental Triple Crown so quickly, though. It must be weird for AEW to catch a lightning in a bottle with Swerve and still have Ospreay and Okada out there waiting. Hangman and MJF will be back at some point, Moxley and Bryan (and Jay White, now too) are still alive and Samoa Joe is the champion during all of this. Even with some guys leaving and others injured, that's still quite the crop of credible top talent to go after the World title. And when they aren't challenging for the belt, the matches against one another will still be amazing. Of course, with the number of PPV's constantly increasing, the need for marquee matches on tap increases as well. Similar situation is developing on the Women's roster as well. There would be plenty of talent to go around if they were given more time. AEW won't run out of big one on one Women's world title matches any time soon, given their pace.