Happy Birthday to my twin boys, 6 months old today!
Changed up my routine a little the last two nights. Watched & read some info on Dorian Yates' Blood & Guts, also had a chat with my Uncle who was a big lifter in his day. I dropped the number of sets a little on heavy lifts, doing one solid warm-up and one working set. Warm-up was 12 reps full, working was 6-8 to failure... Honestly, it is awesome so far. I did Tri's and Legs on Wednesday night, yesterday morning, my Tri's were killer!!! Felt really sore for the first time in a while. The same for my legs. Did back & shoulders last night, and today my upper back is crazy!! Will be following this kind of routine for the next 6 weeks or so to see how I like it...
So far its been a little different, getting used to doing less sets and less time at the gym seems strange, but hitting the muscle HARD to failure seems very good. I almost felt like just doing more sets, but I then thought thats what I would think about and just didn't... felt like I worked out for 2 hours last night... Focused on slowing down the negative more, powering through the 'up' portion of the lift and holding it for just a sec at it's peak, the burns were crazy and the pumps very intense. After the last working set for each muscle and failure, felt like my muscles were going to tear off... especially my tri's!!
Weighed in at a dissappointing 237.8 for some reason... don't know why, but not going to let it bother me, still look much bigger, just will be watching my diet a little more closely now and protein/carb intake.
Here's a question, how long should I wait before running another PH cycle, this time a little stronger?