Early morning workout!

So many mornings I wake up with every intention of going to the gym only to pull the blanket over my head and fall back asleep,  it is mornings like today when I simply woke up and decide I'm going.  These mornings always make me feel so much better and lead to productive workouts. Today I really didn't have a plan, just motivation.  Arriving at the gym at 4:50am only to find one lone soldier battling away in the corner, the empty weight racks loomed over me, the cardio machines screamed and  my relaxed and rested muscles taunted me like a school yard bully.  "where have you been?", "whats your excuse this time?" they cried.  Today there are no excuses, only time to punish those rested muscles.  Being that its been a while since I trained my chest it became the chosen victim. So a quick warm up on the elliptical got my heart pumping and my shoulders warm from the repetitions.  A big problem I have always had in the gym is weight envy...watching that other individual rep out with a weight I'm not ready for.  After a couple weeks of rest, warm ups and stretching the opportunity arises to give heavier weights a shot.  This morning was no exception, my current goal is 100lbs each arm for dumbbell presses, for the last two months I have been pushing toward that goal, paying close attention to my back and shoulder workouts in conjunction with my chest training.  My typical training partner for chest is my neighbor Chad and he is gifted in the upper body training area.  Unfortunately our schedules don't always work together and we taunt each other constantly about going to the gym. Chad is great at pushing me to be better and his knowledge and strength is a great inspiration to me on our typical Saturday morning routines. We had made gains but the last weeks found me run down and sore.  Today was my chance to jump up a few pounds and push out some reps for that mental picture.  My weapons were chosen and I proceeded to finish a great set with 15lbs more than I would normally do.  It was a fantastic feeling knowing that I am only a fraction away from my initial goal.  The rest of my workout went very similar, deciding to just focus on chest today and not spend too much time wearing my body down again.  My two muscle group workouts have been stretching into the hour and half area and its time to get that closer to fourty five minutes to an hour. It was unusual not using my typical pre workout of Muscle prime or my BCAA from allmax aminocore as I'm attempting to clean out my body over the next few weeks with lots of water, natural cleanse and high quality and nutritious foods, but if I feel this good without my typical supplementing its going to be awesome when we reunite.  Have a great day everyone!!! get that workout in and lets work together toward our Heavy Agenda.