Kuper The Spotter Who Wouldn’t Spot (Part 1) – Mad Chaos: November 10, 1998

Back To The Keyboard

Here to commence again is the holy man of words. Music are my key of words and music is made from within the shower. Thoughts progress from such and those progressions are unleashed at times into this Diary. Not much escapes the thoughts of my mind and at times I capture those ideas in my head long enough to encapsulate them here forever. Now I shall speak of Monday and what had been done for that whole day.

Kuper The Bad Spotter

It was fairly eventful and right now my Chest, back and slightly in my Triceps area is where the good pain is dominant to show I have worked well those areas. Kuper put me off for most of the Gym workout and some time into my workout I realized that Kuper was only there to better himself against me and put me off. When I asked Kuper to spot me on the bar I told him specifically that I wanted to place his fingertips around the bar and just come up with the weight so that I would feel like I was receiving a spot but Kuper failed to spot me good.

As a result I had a shit day for Bench Press but the end result of my day was fairly good despite the presence of Kuper looking over my shoulder to see how much weight I was lifting and then comparing that to what he could do.

Kuper was fairly dubious to the truth that I was speaking of my workouts and his wanting to have a workout with me in my mind was for him to put me through his test. Although Kuper didn’t ask to see me flex he did tell me that he hadn’t been working out for a while and was a bit rusty. Questioning him some more I found out he only missed out one workout. It was evident that Kuper was trying to compete with me but even though he weakened my efforts by looking over my shoulder as I done most of my sets I kept on and had a reasonable workout.

Just before my workout I walked to Bradbury shops and bought FHM plus some fish and chips so I could have some energy at such an unusual time for me to be having a workout. That could be part of the reason that I couldn’t push as much weight on Bench Press as I usually do but Kuper’s spotting was deliberately shit because he wanted to see if I was lying about the weight I could lift. The workout started at 11:30 a.m. here it is…

Chest: Starting with a two minute warm-up on the bike I had a little talk to Kuper to slow my normal pace down but after that I started on Peck Deck Fly’s (Which is normal peck deck but without bent arms, I’ve always used it) and with 50 pounds I performed 20 reps. Taking myself to Machine Bench Press with 60 pounds I performed 12 reps.

Progressing to Assisted Dips with at least 70 pounds assistance I performed 10 slow reps. I’m not sure why I done this set but it wasn’t necessary and could have depleted me even though it was a good stretch. Last on the warm-up list was Pullovers with 35 pounds and 10 reps.

Bench Press Showdown

Moving to Bench Press and placing 170 pounds onto the bar I was a bit worried as to how much reps I could achieve but having my rest and lying down I started my set. Kuper had his hands completely away except for helping me get the bar up. Completing one rep alone I started to struggle not because it was too heavy but because my mind was confused. Usually I have hands just near the bar and that gives me a false sense of confidence and I complete more reps.

Kuper helped me with two more reps then I put the weight down and explained exactly what I wanted for the next set. Putting down the weight to 160 pounds Kuper done exactly the same thing and I performed only one more rep before he tried even giving me assistance for two more reps. That pissed me off so I made my way alone to Seated Machine Bench Press and with a huge weight of 160 pounds performed 10 fairly comfortable reps.

Moving to Peck Deck Fly’s I loaded 120 pounds on the stack and performed 10 reps. Pausing I done another set with 110 pounds and once again 10 reps. Moving to Incline Dumbbell Press with 55 pounders I performed 8 reps. Kuper was behind me and he told me he would look at me to get inspiration but he knew it would bother me and that’s why it was a bit harder than usual. Kuper has given me the impression that I’ve bragged to him that I’m so big and can do so much weight but that’s not the case at all.

Humble have I been about what I can lift when we talk on the phone and he’s just taken it to heart and decided to test me. Assisted Dips was next and with 30 pounds I performed 10 reps. Last was Pullovers with 60 pounds and with that I performed 11 reps before conking out.

Biceps Beside Kuper

Biceps: Because Kuper started on his Biceps I thought I should favor his workout. Kuper done some Incline Dumbbell Curls with 45 pounders and he done around 20 reps while I performed 10 reps on Seated Alternate Dumbbell Curls with 35 pounders. From what I recall you can do much more weight on Kuper’s exercise but he was doing a fairly heavy weight for his Bicep exercises so he must be strong in that domain.

Placing the weight down to 30 pounds I performed 10 more reps standing up. Reaching Standing Cable Curls I done a warm-up beforehand and this time I loaded the bar with 60 pounds and performed 10 reps. Moving to Preacher Cable Curls I performed only 6 reps with 40 pounds before conking out.

Back And Abs Done

Back: Starting with Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns for warm-up with 40 pounds and 12 reps I moved to Close Grip Lat Pulldowns and performed a set with 120 pounds and 10 reps. Moving to the Wide Grip version I performed 10 awkward reps with 80 pounds then placing the weight down to 70 pounds performed 10 reps again, this time better controlled. Moving to Seated Cable Rows I loaded the stack with 120 pounds and performed 10 reps easily. Once again I performed a set with the same weight and reps. Moving to One Arm Dumbbell Rows with 70 pounds I performed 12 reps per arm and that was my Back Routine.

Abdominals: Last was the six pack and jumping onto Machine Ab Crunches with 30 pounds I performed two sets of 30 reps. Placing 70 pounds onto the stack I performed 15 reps before finishing up for my one hour and fifteen minute workout.

Bananas And Bielka

Kuper and I made our way to the shops where he bought a couple of banana’s and gave me one to fill my body with Carbohydrates. To Kuper my talk was still technical and calculated when I regarded my body. Walking past the bus stop I came across little Bielka whom I had seen at the front of Chevy’s on the weekend and thought to stop for her.

Bielka was with some guy with blonde hair and today I found out from Lyssa that it could actually be her brother, not her boyfriend like I thought. Bielka had an interview at the Dentist Surgery for a Reception position in a couple of minutes so I just talked to her about how I had seen her at Chevy’s and she told me that she knew bouncers that let her in because she’s only 16 years old.

After five minutes of full conversation Kuper and I made our departure as I wished her luck. Kuper was headed home and so was I as we walked up Jett’s old street. Parting our ways I told Kuper to give me a ring if he wanted to have another workout on Friday but I would rather that we didn’t team up again, I prefer to work alone.

Paying The Telstra Bill

While at home I had myself food to eat that mum had prepared for me but this time it wasn’t as colossal as mum usually makes it. Once my food was devoured I made my way to Campbelltown with the aim of paying my Telstra bill. Monday was the deadline day and if I didn’t pay my bill they would have cut my phone off. While in Campbelltown I also bought myself some Gel for my hair like Brill Cream that makes my hair appear wet but once I tried it for the night it made my hair look shit.

Walking to the large sports clothing store on Queen Street I looked behind the counter and past the girl serving for a hat. Looking at a couple of hats I told her that I would come back if I couldn’t find anything up the street.

While walking up Queen Street I noticed Phoenix that used to be going out with Stan, the girl with the great nipples. While I was crossing the road I noticed her equally tall friend with a half top on and as she looked pretty hot I looked over at her friend and noticed the person who was waving was indeed Phoenix.

Waving back I thought to stop and chat with them so I could meet the other girl but I kept walking up the street hoping that I would bump into them on the way back down, I didn’t. The girl at the Key Engraving place in the Mall wasn’t there for Monday and I was hoping she hadn’t quit yet.

A Hat And A Name

Making my way back to the Sports Store I bought myself a Tommy Hilfiger Hat and as I was just about to leave the girl asked “Is it cold outside”. Knowing this was an approach to converse with me I didn’t disappoint her and after she told me how she was upset that work finished for her at 5:30 p.m. we talked about how she lived in Thirlmere.

Asking if she knew Simon I continued with conversation and at the end of it all and with no real changing of tone in my voice because the weather made me dull I found out her name was Pearl by asking her and for that we exchanged names. “Next time I come in here I’ll call you by name” I told her and with that I said goodbye and left on my way.