workout 2014-02-14

[piranha]

just finished watching "sherlock", which was absolutely amazing. i don't think i've ever seen a better interpretation, and cumberbatch is an astonishing actor.

it's a mistake to watch "elementary" right afterwards. it's too american. it's too formulaic. it feels a bit like a hipper remake of "monk". it's probably relatively decent compared to most other episodic crime dramas, but i can't appreciate it much after "sherlock".

but i applaud the choice of a woman as the iconic sidekick, and i like that it's a non-caucasian woman to boot. even though i am torn, because the deep friendship between the two men is also something special and rare, in particular as it is played in "sherlock". i seriously, seriously hope they won't make it romantic in "elementary"; i'd hate that.

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40 days: day 30 (week 5)

workout A

Warmup
2x5 bodyweight squat
5:00 min ATG squat

still not sleeping well, but enough so i don't feel totally wiped when i work out.

Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
2x10 @ 45 lb
2x8 @ 55 lb
volume: 1780

weird. even the empty bar felt somewhat heavy today. so i kept the working weight low and did a few more reps.

Barbell Deadlift
2x5 @ 105 lb
2x8 @ 145 lb
volume: 3370

was originally gonna up the working weight today, but since OHP felt heavy, decided to keep it and just up the reps by a few. that was no problem.

Rotational Kettlebell Deadlift
2x10 @ 43 lb
volume: 860

no change.

Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing
2x20 @ 28
volume: 1120

no change.

One-Arm Dumbbell Row
6x10 @ 32 lb
volume: 1920

since i'd been easy on the weight with OHP and DL, i decided to leave the dumbbell at its last 5-3-2 weight and do shorter sets again. i don't know what i don't like about sets of 15; it just feels boring. i'll never be a body builder. ;)


total volume: 9050 lb.
total volume for week 5: 41144 lb.

Comments

[zeborah]

I've never watched Sherlock; I've heard enough, and love Elementary enough, to think that comparison between them is probably not useful. They're doing qualitatively different things.

You won't get, say, novelty in storytelling from Elementary. What I appreciate about it is... hmm, call it novelty in the respect it has for its diverse characters, and the respect they have for each other.

i seriously, seriously hope they won't make it romantic in "elementary"; i'd hate that.

Do you want to know, or do you prefer complete unspoiledness?

[piranha]

thanks for asking. i find that i don't care about spoilers in this case, and i would certainly appreciate to find out they are NOT gonna go there. ;)

i do suspect from early hints that they might; the whole "i don't like you in my space but i'm stuck with you while i grudgingly learn to respect you" is an old romance trope. i'd be happy if they broke it. i'd also be glad to know ahead of time to prepare myself for the romance, because the show is good enough for me to keep watching.

just that it needs some distance from "sherlock" so i can appreciate it without comparing so much. glad to hear you love it. when sensible people love something it's bound to at least not suck for me.

i shudder at the thought of sherlock holmes and sexual romance. i'm not a canon purist, but to my mind that's not part of the character at all. not even with irene adler. occasionally, just occasionally, i like a competent character who's not heteronormative, or even normative anything (i'm well aware of the slashy possibilities).

[zeborah]

To the point we're at in the aired episodes, they've not only not gone there, but they've made it clear (possibly even at times explicit) that there is not a direction they're at all interested in even considering. The show's taken that romance trope and actively given it a platonic twist, and it's a continual delight to me to watch a show where the male and female lead have no UST at all.

Can't promise anything about the future of course, but... My sister and another friend were discussing this on Twitter just yesterday too, and I agree with what my sister said, that she doesn't think Lucy Liu would stand for it. :-)

[piranha]

oh, that's excellent. makes me a lot more eager to watch it again after i've given it some distance from "sherlock". it looked to me like they had actually not taken a whole lot more from the source material than sherlock holmes' name and his deductive brilliance (and drug addiction, *snrk*), but i've only watched 3 episodes. which would not be a problem once i get past the appropriation of the name without any faith to the character.

i need a userpic for tv fandom. ;)

[zeborah]

It's taken a bit more from the source material than that - but probably not much more. :-)

I have a userpic for Elementary but it's spoilerific so I can rarely justify using it.