Thread: Patrick is pulling it together

That's some pretty good benching considering you fried your triceps just two days ago.

Thanks, it is a light day so I try and really work on my explosiveness which probably inhibts what I can really do if I went for slower reps.

well, I finally got my olympia pic developed (I know lazy!!!)

So here are some funny shots from vegas:

I'll post the links:

the crew


Hey, who is that blond?? Jodi?

me and titus

me and Jay

me and levrone

here are some funny shots of me over christmas with my cousins:

me and the munchkins

another munchkin

sack of potatoes

None of those pic links work for me

And DAMN genetics... I want lats that come low like yours haha

Yeah, I can't figure out why the pics wont work

What about hosting them on IM? Or did you never pay your 11$ haha!

what do you mean?

Oh snap Premier...that works....okay, my olympia pics are in the gallery!!

Originally posted by P-funk
what do you mean?

I forgot that you dont have to be elite to host pics here

well, they are there now.....Man Jay Cutler is big!!!

LoL, yea I commented on that!

Oh, and you arms are looking LARGE! I need to get me some funk arms haha! How big are they? Do you have any other measurements?

I don't know. The last time I measured which was well over a month ago they were just under 17" so I would guess I have broken that by now.

I feel like I look tiny in all of those pictures. I need at least another good 20lbs to feel happy.

I dunno... mine were around 16 1/2" last I measured, but yours do look big compared to mine. Maybe I have the same prob as you though

I almost forgot, there was a picture of me with craig titus. I updated that. That guy is really huge too.

1/6 back (8-15 rep day)


All rest intervals were you go I go with my training partner. ABng this one out really quick.

reverse grip chins
bw x 10
bw x 8
bw x 6+2

barbell t-bar rows (shove one end of a barbell in the corner of the room....load up the other end and go at it)
3 plates x 10
3 plates x 10
3 plates x 10

wide grip pulldowns
plate#8x15
plate#9x15
plate#10x10
plate#11x9

wide grip spider row (aka support t-bar row)
3 plates x 8
3 plates x 8
3 plates x 8

close grip machine row
150x15
130x12
110x12
110x12
110x12

back hyperextensions
bw+ 45 x 12
bw+ 45 x 12
bw+ 45 x 12


Forced into 20min cardio (bike) by training partner. Not to bad.......there was pretty girl to look at while i was doing it....if there were ever a good reason to do cardio...lol

Nice Pics P-Funk!

Lookin Large! Keep it up

Thanks Iain

1/8/04 legs (8-12 rep day)

squats
225x10
225x10
225x10
225x10
225x10
stop squats (4 count pause in the hole)
135x10
135x10
135x10
135x10
135x10

straight legged deadlifts
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10
185x10

leg extensions
plate#10x15
plate#10x15
plate#10x15

lying leg curls
100x15
100x13
dropset 100x5, 50x10

seated calf raises
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12
2 plates and one quarter plate x 12

Though I had a great/hard workout until my power lifter friend, who was training a client as I was doing this workout, walks over to me and says:

him: Hey "p", can I get a piece of paper form your training journal to write some thing down?

me: Sure, just make sure you rip out a blank page.

him: No, I am going to rip out the workout you just did. Cross it out and write overtop of it.

me: (starring blankly at him)

him: What? This workout should be really easy for you to remember.....THE REPS WERE SHIT AND THE WEIGHT WAS NOTHING!!!!


Sad part is.....he's right!!!



Sometimes being a personal trianer can be very difficult.....you have to put up with a lot of complaing and bitching and sometimes it feels like down right babysitting. But, every now and again something happens that makes you realize why you do it, something that makes you realize that you are actually helping someone out. I have a female client that has been training with me two times a week for about 7 months. A nice lady in her fifties, kind of banged up (hernaited disks and a torn rotator cuff are just a few of her many many problems as you will see). When she started she was really deconditioned, overweight and out of shape. To make matters worse she is right now going through a terrible divorce from her husband, the piece of shit that he is, who beats her. She works hard but training her can be a drag, not because of all her past injuries, but because she often times needs someone to talk to about her problems and I am there so I am that person. It can be really depressing at times and I really feel bad for her because her situation is one that no women should ever half to be in (I hate men with no respect for their women). Today she comes in and before we get started she hands me a $100 bill and says "pat, I really want to give you this because I feel awful that I didn't get you anyhting for Christmas. I had no money because my husband had closed my access to all of our accounts so I have a little bit and I want you to have this now. I want you to take it while I have it because I don't know finacially what will happen for me in the next couple months and when this traaing package runs out I am not sure if I can afford another one, especially now that you got promoted (to which I ofcourse told her I would offer her a lower rate.....being the nice guy that I am..lol). I want you to have somehting becuase I appreciate everything you have done for me and training every week is something that I look forward to, not only because it relieves all the stress I have right now in my life, but because you have trained me to be so strong that I am not afraid of my husband any longer and I am not scared to stand up to him. You have given me so much confidence and strength and I appreciate you taking the time to accomodate me in you schedule every week."

As sad as the story is it feels good knowing that I have helped someone out this much.

thought I'd just share.

-patrick

Thats sad...


On another note: Why didnt she get a divorce from her husband sooner? I mean if he hit her and whatnot. I have no remorse or pitty for the people who let others degrade them in such a way. Sure it is sad, but I have tried to help someone in such a relationship and guess what? The girl ALWAYS went back. No matter what the guy did the girl always went back. I soon realized that I had been wasting my time, and said "If you like the way he is treating you then by all means go back, but if you dont like how he is treating you, then get out and find someone who will treat you better." Well she went back. Sorry for the rant
Just goes to show, some people are stupid, and you shouldnt feel bad for the stupid Patrick. I know I used to and it made me sad... now I just dont care anymore.

I don't know? She sais that she though he would get better, though he would change. Honestly I think she was hoping that it wouldn't go this route for her kids sake.

One thing I learned is once a guy degrades a woman in such a way it will never get better unfortunately..

If she is as old as you say, her children SHOULD understand... unless the dad raised them to beat women

Her children are still young (ne is a junior in highschool and the other is still in grade school).

Oops, I said she was in her fifteis....More like early to mid 40s

Originally posted by P-funk
I feel like I look tiny in all of those pictures. I need at least another good 20lbs to feel happy.

Tiny! I don't think so. You were huge when I saw you and now your what, 10 pounds more?

Nice pics

BTW - I still think your a cutie

Originally posted by Jodi
Tiny! I don't think so. You were huge when I saw you and now your what, 10 pounds more?

Nice pics

BTW - I still think your a cutie

Right back at ya babe

1/9/04 delts,traps,abs

seated neutral grip dumbell presses (sagital plane)

55x10reps/10 sets

dumbell standing lateral raises
20x12 reps/6sets

prone incline dumbell reardelt raises
20x10reps/6sets

shrugs
225x12/4sets

explosive shrugs
225x10/3sets
225x8

Well, I though this was an okay workout until I got screamed at for a good hour about my training rountine and poundages. My powerlifter friend was doing legs while I was training shoulders and he laid into me so hard today that I got freaked out. He was yelling at me on the gym floor..........

"What the F**K is wrong with you??? You call this training?? When was the last time you varied your workout?? Quite wasinting your time!!!! You are so smart, your diet is perfect and you can't out together a better training routine than this crap!!!! This is pathetic!!! Once a week for each bodypart!!!!! How long have you been training like that!!! Ever since I have know ya!!! YOu have put on so much size....do somehting new......train everything twice a week, except your legs....do speed workouts and powerworkouts.....work at different intensities.....do explosive days, do slow days, do staici contraction sets....why do I have to tell someone as smart as you this shit??!!!! Shock your body with somehthing completely different.....Don't stop now....gain another 50lbs....you P**SY!!!! You call yourself a bodybuilder......BODYBUILDERS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MUSCLE.....YOU LOOK MORE LIKE A FU**K'N MARATHON RUNNER TO ME!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE.....I AM 11 YEARS OLDER THAN YOU AND YOU CAN'T OUT LIFT ME!!!! (despite the fact that he ways a good 50lbs more than me and has been competetive powerlifting for over ten years and he has won almost every competition he has entered). Why are you doing so many lateral raises and reardelt raises?? What puts on more size, rear delt raises or deadlilts? Deadlifts!! What puts on more size, reardelt raises or bentover barbell rows? Bent rows!!!! So why don't you do more bent rows?? "But I do them a lot." Do them heavy!!! "but I do do them heavy"....."No you don't" ......"I was doing 225 for 6 reps"........"THAT IS BULLSH*T....YOU CAN DO 245 FOR 6 REPS.....ALL YOU DO IS UNDERESTIMATE YOU STRENGTH AND I AM SICK OF IT!!1 YOU SHOULD BE DEADLIFTING 500LBS EASY!!!! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!!!!"

Trying to get him back he had his shirt off in the locker room, changing his clothes so we could go eat. Now this guy is nowhere near being fat but he is not lean or ripped like a bodybuilder either, being a powerlifter that was never his goal. So I try to get him back and I say "Okay man, get ready. We are going to take your before fat farm picture". He replied "I would rather be a fat sloppy mess than a skinny fat wimp like you. At least the fat slop mess can pic things up........you think that wil make me mad? I will make you cry."

Then we went to eat.

Where am I going with all this? Tomorrow I am going to go in and do a very light arm workout because I don't know what my trianing program/split will look like come monday but I am going to try and cook up somehthing differnt this time that will really freak my body out and hopefully give me some more size. He really kicked my ass today with this yelling, that lasted over an hour and continued even as we were training clients on the floor later in the day. I really need to change things up now......time to start thinking.

Nice friend..

Anyway I switched my routine up, and it seems like it would benefit you from what your "friend" said. Here is my split:
Mon: Shoulders/arms
Tues: Chest/back
Wed: Legs
Thurs: Off
Fri: Shoulders/arms
Sat: Chest/back
Sun: Off

I will be doing pretty intense xhest on Tues and lighter on sat. Back will be lighter on Tues and heavier on sat, due to legs the next day.
I am also going to incorporate workouts from this site here: http://www.haywired.com/bodybuilding...rzenegger.html

Good luck P-funk!