Thread: Carmine's log

Originally Posted by carmineb

Well, the pants were actually BIG, loose enough to wan to take hem IN, and loose enough to make me feel comfortable if I eat tongiht and or get bloaty....

Good to hear you're already making progress! Good luck in the contest!

Well today is my day off from the gym but it will be a hectic day nevertheless wtih life issues.... Lets hope the cortisol isnt going to keep me catabolic all day, i am taking extra glutamine, keeping nirogen positive balance with protein all day and taking Endo amp from PP which assists teh body frommaking cortisol in the presence of bcaa's and glutamine (how I have come to understand the product)

The thing about doing a ransformation where there is significant fat to get rid of is like building an underground city. Ya, it might be magnificent but there is a ton of dirt above that covers the city from view to the rest of the world.... Hoping that this balanced approach wil yield me the greatest return in the end, losing fat while building quality muscle....

Originally Posted by carmineb

Well today is my day off from the gym but it will be a hectic day nevertheless wtih life issues.... Lets hope the cortisol isnt going to keep me catabolic all day, i am taking extra glutamine, keeping nirogen positive balance with protein all day and taking Endo amp from PP which assists teh body frommaking cortisol in the presence of bcaa's and glutamine (how I have come to understand the product)

The thing about doing a ransformation where there is significant fat to get rid of is like building an underground city. Ya, it might be magnificent but there is a ton of dirt above that covers the city from view to the rest of the world.... Hoping that this balanced approach wil yield me the greatest return in the end, losing fat while building quality muscle....

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Pulled off a Lats workout tonight, short workout, never made teh lower back and abs, guess will have to catch up tomorrow at some point.

nevertheless, good pump:

Superset #1:
Straight Arm Pulldown 2 sets, 50 x 15
Wide Grip Bent Over Rows 2 sets, 135 x 10

Super set #2
Close grip parallel pulldowns, 2 sets 130 x 12
Low pull iso rows HAmer Strength, 2 sets 140 x 10

1 hand seated pulley rows 1 set 50 x 12

Medium grip seated cable rows lparallel grip, 1 set 130 x 10 drop/ 100 x 10

today is shoulders, raps, triceps, calves.... I would have comleted a full circuit of workouts (3 weeks) with today's workout, I start anew on Monday....
Diet has pretty much ben protein fats and a minor carb load before and after my workouts and any additional carbs are incidental to breakfast or dinner, (like sliced bread on a sandwich) or the occasional fistful of rice or something..... Since I dont see fat acumulating on me right now, I have been more lax on carbs and it seems to be going well...

Originally Posted by carmineb

today is shoulders, raps, triceps, calves.... I would have comleted a full circuit of workouts (3 weeks) with today's workout, I start anew on Monday.....

Have a great workout!

i am wiped from working today BUT i cant imagine not at least trying to go to teh gym tongiht....

just took my afternoon PH's, liver care stuff and Nolva....

looking to extend DMZ + 13 Ethyl for an additional 2 weeks,

i am taking 30 mg a day now of DMZ
60 mg a day of 13 ethyl...

Hmmmm if I upped it to 45/90, wonder if it would be bad???

Hit the Gym.
My lifting partner bailed on my this AM. I took my Daughter MTN biking. then I decided to lift tonight. Heave and short but I still lifted

Go get em!

thanks Jag, I did.. I shortened it, skiped calves cuz tomorrow is mothers daya nd i ahd to run otu before stores closed BUt I got an incredible shoulder and trap workout.

Shoulders Traps Triceps:

Shoulders:

Super set #1:
Seated Bent over Laterals (ala Arnold style)
warmup 15 x 15
20 x 12
20 x 12, drop 15 x 8, 1/4 burns til dead

Arnold Presses
30 x 10
20 x 10


Super set #2:
Cheating Wide grip upright rows
80 x 10
80 x 12

Lateral raises
15 x 10
15 x 10/ 1/4 partial burns til dead


Cheating Dumbell Front raises

20 x 8
20 x 8 drop set 15 x 5

Traps:

superset 3:

Standing Dumbell shrugs w squeeze at top 3 count
warmup 65 x 12
75 x 12
75 x 12

Face down incline bench dumbell shrugs
65 x 12
65 x 12


Cable close grip upright rows
110 x 12/ rest pause 110 x 8

Triceps:

Superset 4:
Vbar pushdowns
55 x 15
65 x 12

Bench dips:
20
15


Superset 5:
Incline machine cable extensions
70 x 12
60 x 10

Undergrip pushdowns
30 x 10
30 x 10



Tricep extensions machine
70 x 15 finish w Xreps
50 x 15 finish w Xreps

Chest biceps and abs on Monday, back to low reps, longer rest periods and heavy emphasis on the negatives.... I am making some slight changes to the power routine from last time, minor.. such as I did incline presses, changing that for the iso incline on hammer machine or a different one, at that heavy weight I would be using I cant afford a dumbell across my nose if my arm buckles. lol

if you strted on April 15th, you are officially 1/4 the way thru this challenge! I think I layed a pretty good foundation so far, we all have ... Now is time to hit the turbo button and go for it.... Hopiing to find a spotter for some pure negatives if I can....

wow 25% done so far i didnt realize that, we gotta start working harder lol

Originally Posted by newkid

wow 25% done so far i didnt realize that, we gotta start working harder lol

!!! I am behind!

time to separate teh men from teh chicken shits. chalenge is 25% over so far.... This week is power week for me....

I am making the following adjustements:

1. adding negatives with a few forced reps when I can get a spot to my power week workouts and wehre there is no spot and possible, I will have to use cheat for the exra reps adn focusing on the pure negative of the movement t get an exra rep or two (DAMN I need a workout partner)

2. I upped my stack from 30 DMZ and 60 13-Ethyl to 45/90 for the next 3 weeks, 9taking us to HALF way point of challenge.... I will see if I get any sides if any and consider dropping back down.

3. I am adding a carb meal in the mornings (oatmeal) as well as pushing an additional meal wehre I can (not just a protein shake).... Picking up some fiber stuff to add to protein meals since I dont get enough of it unless I m eating real food.

4. Goal is to outdo the weight I used on the previous power week.

CAtch u all after my workout for the log.

Kick some ass Carmine those negatives make a huge difference. Keep pushin brother!!

Thumpin it dude

definitely kicked ass, will report log later when I got the time... All lifts from first power week are up so i see some improvements....

"time to separate teh men from teh chicken shits."

hahaha damn carmine i like ur attitude!

Lof of todays workout. I have a 3 week cycle, this is week 1 again, power week. I am goign to put side bgy side, 1st week log and this one to see the improvements since week 1. I kept close to the original workout.


First set of numbers was week 1, second numbers are todays:

Chest:

Hammer strength Decline Press (weight reprsents waht is added to bar)
90 x 12 ..... 90 x 15
180 x 8 ..... 180 x 10
230 x 8 ..... 270 x 8
270 x 7 ..... 320 x 5
300 x 5 ..... 340 x 2/ rest pause 1/ stripped 270 x 3


Incline dumbell presses
40's x 12 ..... 40 x 12
50's x 8 ....... 55 x 9
60's x 6 ...... 65 x 10
60's x 2(arms buckled)...... tried 70 (couldnt get weight up to position) ..... 65 x 7


Flat Bench flys
20 x 15 ..... 40 x 8
35 x 6 ....... 40 x 8
35 x 4 ....... 45 x 8


Biceps:

Incline Dumbell Curls
20 x 10 ..... 20 x 12
30 x 8 ....... 35 x 7
35 x 6 ...... 40 x 6
35 x 5 ....... 40 x 5

Preacher Curls Machine
110 x 8 ..... 125 x 4/ 140 x 3
110 x 4 ..... 140 x 4

Alternate Dumbell Curls
30 x 6 ..... 35 x 8
30 x 6 ..... 35 x 8

Forearms:

Dumbell wrist curls (sitting on bench)
35 x 6 ..... 40 x 6
35 x 6 ..... 40 x 5

Reverse easy bar curls (still working on tendon issue on right arm so continuing to go ligher)
40 x 6 ..... 40 x 10
40 x 6 ..... 40 x 12

Abs:

Incline bent knee situps:
15 reps
15 reps


Ab Machine (w/weights)
150 x 12 ..... 200 x 10
180 x 10 ..... 200 x 10


I pulled something on my left forearm today doing the incline curls, (near the funny bone, it is tender right now) probably new injury to work round.

All in all, I did ok and was happy with the improvements....

wow amazing improvement carmine im gonna use this as motivation tomorrow when im hittin my front squats! maybe ill get a vid for ya lol

Originally Posted by newkid

wow amazing improvement carmine im gonna use this as motivation tomorrow when im hittin my front squats! maybe ill get a vid for ya lol

looking forward to it and thanks for the compliment... I'll make a vid some day soon, I hope

Tonight was Legs Hams Calves night. Since I have cycled back to power week, I will show the progression from week 1 and week 4 here. First column is original weight from week 1 and the second numbers are what I used tonight. I did a little better

Quads And Glutes:

1. Smith Machine Squats (shoulder wide stance)
originally feet laced forward, tonight i was able to balance myself with feet directly below so teh stance was different in that respects:

105 x 12 . 105 x 15
155 x 8 . 195 x 8
195 x 6 . 285 x 6
195 x 6 . 285 x 6
195 x 6 . 285 x 4
(skipped) . 285 x 4

2. Seated Leg Presses (close stance) .... I did the regular Leg presses tongiht which are harder on legs, I hate the seated ones I did before not much range of motion

220 x 12 . 3 plates/side x 12
250 x 8 . 4 plates x 10
290 x 6 . 6 plates x 6

3. Smith Machine Lunges
I probably could have done a little more weight but my ass started to cramp up a little so I left it at the higher rep for tongiht.

65 x 6 . 105 x 8
65 x 6 . 105 x 8



Leg Bicep:

4. Lying Leg Curls

90 x 8 . 110 x 8
110 x 5 . 135 x 6

5. Stiff Leg Deadlifts

(skipped today) . 135 x 10
. 225 x 6



6. 1 leg , standing leg curls

50 x 8 . 70 x 8
50 x 8 . 80 x 6

Calves:

7. Stainding calf raises

180 x 8 . 240 x 10
220 x 8 . 280 x 8
240 x 6 . 300 x 5 (whole rack)

8. Seated calf raises

90 x 12 . 180 x 8
135 x 8 . 180 x 8



took my post workout aftershock drink, vit c, 10 extra g glutamine, multi, fish oils, vanadyl sulphate, etc... same routine as always....

I know I cold not go to work today if I had done legs this morning.. Note to self, on heavy leg days, do night workouts.


Seems as tho my strength has increased since first week (3 weeks ago).... I was able to finish teh entire workout tongiht, I pushed , laste time, i was a mess and barely made it thru whatever I tried to do.

damn your squats shot up by a solid ass 70 lbs (if my maths right) lol keep it up and you could be hittin 300 by the end!

Great improvements you are doing something right brother! I'm starting to love the pain of leg days let's you know you put in work

i fel like throwing up if that is any indication. I finish a set, I look up delerious, practically blood shot eyes and glassed and people look at me like I got something wrong with me. lol.... I appreciate the kind words. yes, the squats did shoot up that much but I am doing them in the smith machine cuz i am afraid of getting stuck and no spot at least with teh smith, I can roll the bar and bow out so I got the courage to go that exra rep. I have NO idea what dead weight vs smith machine translate as

tomorrow is my day off but since I just joined golds, I get a free visit wtih the personal trainer, gues he wants to sell me on a program, I just want his assessment of diet, supplements and check my bf to be honest plus, I cant afford a trainer right now...

So I should at least have my bf after 3 full weeks measured, I am crossing my fingers that it is DOWN!

I go to golds too and if you just want your body fat measured just ask someone they do that for free. That trainer is going to make you do some ridiculous workout. You'll probably end up standing on the stabilizer ball doing 5 pound curls.

Originally Posted by carmineb

(snip) The thing about doing a transformation where there is significant fat to get rid of is like building an underground city. Ya, it might be magnificent but there is a ton of dirt above that covers the city from view to the rest of the world....

^^^ Very descriptive.

Originally Posted by carmineb

i am wiped from working today BUT i cant imagine not at least trying to go to teh gym tongiht....

just took my afternoon PH's, liver care stuff and Nolva....

looking to extend DMZ + 13 Ethyl for an additional 2 weeks,

i am taking 30 mg a day now of DMZ
60 mg a day of 13 ethyl...

Hmmmm if I upped it to 45/90, wonder if it would be bad???

From what I've read there's no reason to increase the DMZ beyond 30mg every day. You're loving it, right?

And was that a seventy pound increase on squats? NICE!

Curt, I think it is just kicking in after 3 weeks, lol... and with one week to go, that sucks, (we arent suppossed to take it for more than 4 weeks.... I have to find an unmethelated product I can get fast to extend the cycle.... Its like chasing the carrot, just when I am starting to make some physical changes, it gets pulled from under my nose!