Third try's the charm.

Monolith · 04-13-2004, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MonStar

The bar on the Smith-Machine doesn't weigh anything at all.

You're supposed to say "i think it weights a couple hundred lbs

"

Monolith · 04-13-2004, 05:57 PM

Training for 4/13: Quads

Trap bar deads - 135lbx8 225lbx10x10x8

Leg press - 450lbx10x9x8

Extensions - 160lbx9 150lbx6

---

Bleh... i really need to up my volume. Quad day beats the crap out of me, though. Got a couple more reps on the trap bar deads at least.

PreMier · 04-13-2004, 06:00 PM

Some peeps dont like a lot of volume, but personally I love it.

M.J.H. · 04-13-2004, 09:54 PM

Hmm, interesting, trap bar deadlifts huh? How do you like them compared to regular deadlifts?

**P-funk** · 04-14-2004, 03:47 AM

Was that your first time doing trap bar deads?? Way to go!!!

I love trap bar deads.

atherjen · 04-14-2004, 07:43 AM

so do tell- how do you like those trap bar deads for the 1st time?? !!

Monolith · 04-14-2004, 09:55 AM

Nah, i did them last week too.

I like them a lot, and i think im gonna do em for one more week before i go back to squats...

Although, one problem is that i can barely get low enough with them - the weight touches the ground too soon. I really have to concentrate on squatting my ass down. I think i might do them on a platform next week... or just use a bunch of 35lb or 25lb plates instead.

Speaking of plates... it was a friggin mission to find 45's by the time i got into the gym. In one rack, some guy was squatting reps with 405, in another rack, some guy was doing hanging cleans with 250, and then every flat bench was full.

Monolith · 04-15-2004, 03:32 PM

Training for 4/15: Shoulders/Triceps

Standing bb mil press - barx10 95lbx7x6x5

Upright row - 90lbx10x9x8

Giant set: front/side cable raise: 30lbx6 20lbx6

Reverse pec dec - 90lbx9 80lbx9 drop 40lbx6

---

Dips - -100lbx10 BWx9x5 -40lbx6

CG bench - 135lbx9x6 115lbx8

One hand pushdown - 40lbx10 30lbx10 (assist on last couple reps of each set)

---

Nothing special... had another friend with me today, so RI's were fairly long for some stuff. He thought i was screwing with him when i told him to get on the pec dec backwards.

Weight is 237.5lbs as of this morning... which is really friggin confusing. A week ago i dropped 3lbs out of nowhere, and now i've stabilized again. I know im still dropping fat, because i lost another inch around the navel... but it's still very strange.

I reread all the leptin articles at avant last night, just to try and refresh myself before i start the leptigen. Spooks last article is just as confusing this time around as it was last time, though.

I bought a couple biochem and neuropharm books about a week ago im gonna check out in my spare time, hopefully i'll be able to get a better understanding of the science behind this stuff.

Been really busy with classes and work, so hopefully ill finally hop on the Leptigen no later than this weekend.

atherjen · 04-15-2004, 03:58 PM

workout looks good Mono!

hahaha your friend hadnt heard of rev pec dec?

silly silly !
hey cant complain that your weight hasnt gone down, but still loosing inches! thats a good sign!!!

yellowmoomba · 04-16-2004, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
Training for 4/15: Shoulders/Triceps

Standing bb mil press - barx10 95lbx7x6x5

Upright row - 90lbx10x9x8

Giant set: front/side cable raise: 30lbx6 20lbx6

Reverse pec dec - 90lbx9 80lbx9 drop 40lbx6

---

Dips - -100lbx10 BWx9x5 -40lbx6

CG bench - 135lbx9x6 115lbx8

One hand pushdown - 40lbx10 30lbx10 (assist on last couple reps of each set)

---

Nothing special... had another friend with me today, so RI's were fairly long for some stuff. He thought i was screwing with him when i told him to get on the pec dec backwards.

Weight is 237.5lbs as of this morning... which is really friggin confusing. A week ago i dropped 3lbs out of nowhere, and now i've stabilized again. I know im still dropping fat, because i lost another inch around the navel... but it's still very strange.

...

Good job losing an inch around the naval!!

That is funny about the rev pec dec

Monolith · 04-16-2004, 01:11 PM

Training for 4/16: Back/Traps

1 arm db rows - 60lbx10 80lbx10x8/7 75lbx9/8 (right/left)

CG pulldown - 140lbx9x6 120lbx8

WG tbar row - 35lbx12 55lbx10x10x9

WG cable row - 110lbx8

---

BB shrugs - 135lbx8 225lbx(9 sets of 2 reps, 10s RI)

DB shrugs - 70lbx10

---

Started with an RI of around 60s, but that only lasted as far as the db rows... went to about 30s for the rest of the w/o.

Tried doing lots of sets with low reps for shrugs to work on my grip. Needs some fine tuning, though... because this time it was my traps that gave out before my grip.

atherjen · 04-16-2004, 01:19 PM

hmm I trained back today too! doesnt look like my workout though!

BUT didnt I do 3 of those exercises last week?

and I think that you could EASILY do more on t-bar rows mister!! whats with that light weight?

Monolith · 04-16-2004, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by atherjen
hmm I trained back today too! doesnt look like my workout though!

BUT didnt I do 3 of those exercises last week?

and I think that you could EASILY do more on t-bar rows mister!! whats with that light weight?

lmao

yeah, the tbar rows were kind of weird. i think my form is off, because i was feeling it a bit too much in my traps. my gyms tbar row is weird, though... its got handles right by the center bar, so if im not careful, it wails me right in the crotch.

there's also two different places to load weight... either by the base of the bar, or by the top of the bar. obviously if i load up the base of the bar with 45lbs itd be a lot easier than if i put 45lbs on the top.

here, this is it:

PreMier · 04-16-2004, 04:07 PM

WTF is that contraption? I use a straight BB and stick it in a corner. Load up one side, and use an attachment #6 and put it where the grip begins on the bar. Then row away. Its called 2 arm long bar rows.

PreMier · 04-16-2004, 04:20 PM

Here! I found them

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...le=Middle+Back

Look under bent over 2 arm longbar rows. Just scroll down.

**Jodi** · 04-16-2004, 04:23 PM

Thanks PreMier - your picture just confirmed I am doing them right. I was a bit concerned I wasn't doing them right.

Monolith · 04-16-2004, 04:27 PM

lmao, yeah, i should probably just use the bar, and not this "contraption"

PreMier · 04-16-2004, 04:49 PM

No problem Jodi

I just got the idea off of Pumping Iron one day. And have been in love ever since!

Mono- Yea, that contraption looks dangerous, especially if you want kids! haha

**Jodi** · 04-16-2004, 04:53 PM

I started doing those long ago but you guys had me concerned I wasn't doing them right because of the amount of weight. I'm glad to know I am doing them right.

Monolith · 04-16-2004, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jodi
I started doing those long ago but you guys had me concerned I wasn't doing them right because of the amount of weight. I'm glad to know I am doing them right.

rofl, please, dont ever use my weights to guage the 'standard'

atherjen · 04-16-2004, 05:19 PM

thats a funny contraption!! just use the good ol way with an olympic bar and load that up!

Monolith · 04-17-2004, 02:46 PM

Training for 4/17: Hams/Calves/Abs

SLDL - 135lbx6 225lbx5 245lbx6 x(4x2x2x2 10s RI)

One leg ham press - 180lbx10 270lbx10x10/9x9/8 (right/left)

Seated curl - 150lbx10x8

---

Standing calf raise - 90lbx12 135lbx18x10 90lbx12

---

Cable machine crunch - 40lbx12x10x8x7 30lbx10

DB side bends - 80lbx10

---

Well, i wasnt sure if i should call them "SLDL's"... but i did anyway.

Legs were bent about 15 degrees at the knee, and hips pushed out as i dropped the weight. Ive gotten lost in the various forms of deadlift over the past couple days... so im not sure if thats a romanian, an SLDL, or a bastardization of both. As long as i can feel it in my hams, i guess its alright, tho.

I did the last 4 sets low rep low RI, trying to work on my grip again.

yellowmoomba · 04-17-2004, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Monolith
Training for 4/17: Hams/Calves/Abs

SLDL - 135lbx6 225lbx5 245lbx6 x(4x2x2x2 10s RI)

One leg ham press - 180lbx10 270lbx10x10/9x9/8 (right/left)

Seated curl - 150lbx10x8

---

Standing calf raise - 90lbx12 135lbx18x10 90lbx12

---

Cable machine crunch - 40lbx12x10x8x7 30lbx10

DB side bends - 80lbx10

---

Well, i wasnt sure if i should call them "SLDL's"... but i did anyway.

Legs were bent about 15 degrees at the knee, and hips pushed out as i dropped the weight. Ive gotten lost in the various forms of deadlift over the past couple days... so im not sure if thats a romanian, an SLDL, or a bastardization of both. As long as i can feel it in my hams, i guess its alright, tho.

I did the last 4 sets low rep low RI, trying to work on my grip again.

Nice weight on the "mono's version" of SLDL's

atherjen · 04-17-2004, 03:40 PM

Mono Style Deads!!

nice work on those!

M.J.H. · 04-17-2004, 04:00 PM

Nice strength on SLDL Mon, keep up the hard work.

**P-funk** · 04-17-2004, 04:07 PM

SLDLs lookin' good. I do mine with a slight knee bend as well just to take some pressure off the kne joint and lower back and increase range of motion without stretching the lumbar spine.

04-13-2004, 05:57 PM	#392
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 4/13: Quads Trap bar deads - 135lbx8 225lbx10x10x8 Leg press - 450lbx10x9x8 Extensions - 160lbx9 150lbx6 --- Bleh... i really need to up my volume. Quad day beats the crap out of me, though. Got a couple more reps on the trap bar deads at least.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-13-2004, 06:00 PM	#393
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,055 Photos: 2	Some peeps dont like a lot of volume, but personally I love it.
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

04-13-2004, 09:54 PM	#394
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	Hmm, interesting, trap bar deadlifts huh? How do you like them compared to regular deadlifts?
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

04-14-2004, 03:47 AM	#395
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,373	Was that your first time doing trap bar deads?? Way to go!!! I love trap bar deads.
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! http://ivonneberkowitz.blogspot.com/....check out Ivonne's new blog! Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

04-14-2004, 07:43 AM	#396
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	so do tell- how do you like those trap bar deads for the 1st time?? !!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

04-14-2004, 09:55 AM	#397
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Nah, i did them last week too. I like them a lot, and i think im gonna do em for one more week before i go back to squats... Although, one problem is that i can barely get low enough with them - the weight touches the ground too soon. I really have to concentrate on squatting my ass down. I think i might do them on a platform next week... or just use a bunch of 35lb or 25lb plates instead. Speaking of plates... it was a friggin mission to find 45's by the time i got into the gym. In one rack, some guy was squatting reps with 405, in another rack, some guy was doing hanging cleans with 250, and then every flat bench was full.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-15-2004, 03:32 PM	#398
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 4/15: Shoulders/Triceps Standing bb mil press - barx10 95lbx7x6x5 Upright row - 90lbx10x9x8 Giant set: front/side cable raise: 30lbx6 20lbx6 Reverse pec dec - 90lbx9 80lbx9 drop 40lbx6 --- Dips - -100lbx10 BWx9x5 -40lbx6 CG bench - 135lbx9x6 115lbx8 One hand pushdown - 40lbx10 30lbx10 (assist on last couple reps of each set) --- Nothing special... had another friend with me today, so RI's were fairly long for some stuff. He thought i was screwing with him when i told him to get on the pec dec backwards. Weight is 237.5lbs as of this morning... which is really friggin confusing. A week ago i dropped 3lbs out of nowhere, and now i've stabilized again. I know im still dropping fat, because i lost another inch around the navel... but it's still very strange. I reread all the leptin articles at avant last night, just to try and refresh myself before i start the leptigen. Spooks last article is just as confusing this time around as it was last time, though. I bought a couple biochem and neuropharm books about a week ago im gonna check out in my spare time, hopefully i'll be able to get a better understanding of the science behind this stuff. Been really busy with classes and work, so hopefully ill finally hop on the Leptigen no later than this weekend.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-15-2004, 03:58 PM	#399
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	workout looks good Mono! hahaha your friend hadnt heard of rev pec dec? silly silly ! hey cant complain that your weight hasnt gone down, but still loosing inches! thats a good sign!!!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

04-16-2004, 01:11 PM	#401
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 4/16: Back/Traps 1 arm db rows - 60lbx10 80lbx10x8/7 75lbx9/8 (right/left) CG pulldown - 140lbx9x6 120lbx8 WG tbar row - 35lbx12 55lbx10x10x9 WG cable row - 110lbx8 --- BB shrugs - 135lbx8 225lbx(9 sets of 2 reps, 10s RI) DB shrugs - 70lbx10 --- Started with an RI of around 60s, but that only lasted as far as the db rows... went to about 30s for the rest of the w/o. Tried doing lots of sets with low reps for shrugs to work on my grip. Needs some fine tuning, though... because this time it was my traps that gave out before my grip.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-16-2004, 01:19 PM	#402
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	hmm I trained back today too! doesnt look like my workout though! BUT didnt I do 3 of those exercises last week? and I think that you could EASILY do more on t-bar rows mister!! whats with that light weight?
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

04-16-2004, 04:07 PM	#404
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,055 Photos: 2	WTF is that contraption? I use a straight BB and stick it in a corner. Load up one side, and use an attachment #6 and put it where the grip begins on the bar. Then row away. Its called 2 arm long bar rows.
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

04-16-2004, 04:20 PM	#405
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,055 Photos: 2	Here! I found them http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exer...le=Middle+Back Look under bent over 2 arm longbar rows. Just scroll down.
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

04-16-2004, 04:23 PM	#406
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	Thanks PreMier - your picture just confirmed I am doing them right. I was a bit concerned I wasn't doing them right.
	Essence EFA

04-16-2004, 04:27 PM	#407
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	lmao, yeah, i should probably just use the bar, and not this "contraption"
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-16-2004, 04:49 PM	#408
PreMier happy sumo Elite Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 21,055 Photos: 2	No problem Jodi I just got the idea off of Pumping Iron one day. And have been in love ever since! Mono- Yea, that contraption looks dangerous, especially if you want kids! haha
	P-side Inc. "the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

04-16-2004, 04:53 PM	#409
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	I started doing those long ago but you guys had me concerned I wasn't doing them right because of the amount of weight. I'm glad to know I am doing them right.
	Essence EFA

04-16-2004, 05:19 PM	#411
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	thats a funny contraption!! just use the good ol way with an olympic bar and load that up!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

04-17-2004, 02:46 PM	#412
Monolith OMGWTFBBQ Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MA Posts: 4,002	Training for 4/17: Hams/Calves/Abs SLDL - 135lbx6 225lbx5 245lbx6 x(4x2x2x2 10s RI) One leg ham press - 180lbx10 270lbx10x10/9x9/8 (right/left) Seated curl - 150lbx10x8 --- Standing calf raise - 90lbx12 135lbx18x10 90lbx12 --- Cable machine crunch - 40lbx12x10x8x7 30lbx10 DB side bends - 80lbx10 --- Well, i wasnt sure if i should call them "SLDL's"... but i did anyway. Legs were bent about 15 degrees at the knee, and hips pushed out as i dropped the weight. Ive gotten lost in the various forms of deadlift over the past couple days... so im not sure if thats a romanian, an SLDL, or a bastardization of both. As long as i can feel it in my hams, i guess its alright, tho. I did the last 4 sets low rep low RI, trying to work on my grip again.
	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ek867/dexamyl.jpg

04-17-2004, 03:40 PM	#414
atherjen DS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MS Posts: 5,757	Mono Style Deads!! nice work on those!
	" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed." NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

04-17-2004, 04:00 PM	#415
M.J.H. Obsessed Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 3,587 Photos: 12	Nice strength on SLDL Mon, keep up the hard work.
	Stats! 23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles

04-17-2004, 04:07 PM	#416
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,373	SLDLs lookin' good. I do mine with a slight knee bend as well just to take some pressure off the kne joint and lower back and increase range of motion without stretching the lumbar spine.
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! http://ivonneberkowitz.blogspot.com/....check out Ivonne's new blog! Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book