Training 9/13

Band pulldowns (orange band) - 1x30 (vastly underestimated how easy they would be)
RDL + shrug - 275 - 1x8
Chest-supported DB row - 50s - 13+4+4
Preacher curl (used bench as preacher seat) - 50 - 13+5+6
DB wrist extension - 15s - 1x45
DB wrist curl - 50s - 1x40
Chest-supported rear delt flye - 5s - 1x40

I can say Arnold and I do not share the same affinity for "the pump" (watch Pumping Iron to understand what I'm talking about). That said, it is a necessity. I am adapting to the training, such that it does not wreck me the way it did at first. Today's session, for instance, took me roughly 55 minutes, including a fairly extensive warmup and 5 minute bike cool down at the end, compared to over an hour the first time I did this training a few weeks ago with a rather abbreviated warmup. And today would have been a few minutes shorter, but I had to wait for some of the blood to exit my forearms so I could do the rear delt flyes. (Note to self - flyes before forearms from here on out). Of course, it still induces quite a bit of residual soreness, which is fine and expected. I've already begun formulating my "long-term" plan, at least pushing it out a few months. After running a few cycles of the training as-is, I will modify to heavier weights and more of the DC template as Dante originally laid it out, aiming for 11-15 total reps on many exercises, as opposed to the 20-30 I am currently doing. However, I must be careful not to get too far ahead of myself and overlook what is right in front of me - the training itself.
Focus is not where it needs to be - I have definitely discovered that I cannot train while I have athletes in, it is simply impossible to focus the way I need to. However, even today, training with no one around, I was not focused in my execution the way I need to be.
Onward and upward.