Thread: MonStar's Journal: Time to Get Serious

PreMier- That's okay man. I always put my curse words with (*) I really don't know why, lol. Just an old habit I guess. Yeah I am definitely a sucker for Cool Whip, you have no idea. I can eat a tub it like it's nothing at all. That's definitely a problem for me, lol.

Saturday, 4-10-2004

Diet:
- 3 buttermilk pancakes & maple syrup, turkey & cheese omlette, whole-wheat toast, hash browns
- Gatorade during workout, whey protein postworkout
- grilled chicken fajitas
- 2 breaded chicken breasts, fettucini alfedo pasta

drinks:
- Sex on the Beach, Amaretto Sour, Melon Ball, 2 choclate Martinis, White Russian, Mudslide

LOL. Went to the Dave & Buster's in Philly tonight and definitely drank a lot. Tried about every single mixed drink that they had. Not the best idea in the world, but DAMN some of them were excellent. Their Mudslides are excellent, and so are their choclate Martinis. Great night overall, had a really good time.

Damnit, went to Perkin's for breakfast this morning! Couldn't help myself. Tonight I am going out to Philly to go to Dave & Buster's so I am going to try my hardest to keep my alcohol consumption down and hopefully eat pretty damn clean. I'll do the best that I can...

Sleep: 5 hours? Godd*mnit.

Weight: 219.5 lbs.

Back

T-Bar Rows
135x12, 180x12, 270x12!, 315x8!, 340x4!, 225x12

Nautilus Pullovers
180x12, 220x12, 240x8!
Dropset: 200x10, 170x8, 140x8

DB Shrugs
100x10, 100x10, 100x10

CG Cable Rows (to neck)
80x12, 80x12

Absolutely wonderful back workout today! Running on pretty much sh*tty sleep. But managed to pull through and have a terrific workout. Most likely not going to train tomorrow because it's Easter and because my gym is closed. So I had to squeeze a good workout in today, no matter what. Started off with my ghetto t-bar rows and hit 3 new PR's! Definitely happy with my strength here. Used some body English, but not too much at all. Used a little with 315 and a bit more with 340. But all 3 heavy sets were just friggin' awesome. 270 for 12 was absolutely exhausting. My midback was just screaming at the end of that set. Very nice.

Moved onto pullovers where I beat the f*ck outta' my lats. Hit a new PR here today, which doesn't really matter because its a machine but it's still more than I have ever handled. I really need to get some tips on how to feel this exercise more in my lats. I feel it in my lats and serratus now, but I still feel it some in my triceps, I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Triple drop was intense here today. Decided to hit some traps also today. Shrugs beat up my traps. Nothing too exciting there though. Then I did an exercise that I havn't done for years! Basically its seated cable rows, with a v-bar, but you flare your elbows and pull the v-bar to your neck. This puts a crazy amount of stress on your middle traps. Nice sets.

S1+ is going pretty well. Didn't take my first dose today until this afternoon. I didn't sleep at my house last night so that made it kinda' tough. Oh well. So far I am feeling pretty damn good on the stuff. We'll see what happens. Other things to note, I am back on ephedrine, lol, popped 25 mg. with 200 mg. caffeine I believe it was 30 minutes before my workout today. Taking my usnic acid preworkout now. That's about it! Taking a shower and then heading to Philly!

Hey, thats a neat idea with the cable rows to the neck. It must really nail your biceps too, though, right?

Have you thought about getting a pair of calipers and actually just testing this flabby from day to day feeling? Testing yourself a specific time each day could help you understand more specifically exactly what is causing the feeling. Granted by the weight fluctuation from 223 to 219 that its all water, but just measuring over the course of a month or something would really help your piece of mind if nothing else.

Thanks for the compliments too! Everything has been going good so that's translated over to my training. Hopefully it can continue to go that way and I can compete in at least 2 shows this year.

As far as the warm up and sets and reps go, I'd rather do a reverse pyramid or heavy weights first. That way I'm getting the most reps out of my heaviest weight then going back down to finish off whatever that heavy set didn't get. But through it all, its all about how you want to train and how you feel comfortable. That's where you'll make the most gains because you are happy doing it that way. I've tried several different methods and the one I've made the most gains on probably isn't the best but because I enjoy it, I'm more apt to work harder and that's where the gains come from. Working hard. You're doing just that so keep it up!

gosh, thats some crazy weight on the Tbar rows! way to go on the PR's!
ummmm whats body English???
back on the EC eh?? just couldnt give it up?

Have fun in Philly!

Monolith- Yeah man, and it does nail your biceps hard you're absolutely right. But it really tears up your middle traps and that's why I love doing them. You can't go heavy at all though, or you'll feel it in the wrong place.

Will- Eh, I have tried bodyfat calipers before, and for some reason I never really liked them. I never felt like I was getting an accurate reading. Progress pictures are always much more effective IMO because I can see exactly how my body differs, etc. I might honestly start taking weekly progress pictures. Just to monitor my definition, how much water I am retaining, etc.

I'll definitely be keeping up with your journal on WBB, though. And 2 contests is awesome man, really wish you the best of luck.

I honestly change things up so much it's hard for me to say what I am going to stick with in terms of my sets and reps. I definitely like pyramidding up and then burning out with a lighter weight. That's about all I know. I am thinking a few light sets though and then jumping right into the heavy stuff (like how I did my t-bar rows yesterday) is what I might start doing. A few warmups, then 3 worksets pyramidding up in weight. We'll see. I think I am going to do some cardio or something tonight---went out last night and drank way too much! Need sleep, and food, and rest.

Jen- Body English I just mean letting my form slip some. Like when you're doing standing BB curls you might use a little body English (as I call it) on the last few reps to get the weight up. Just leaning a little, etc. Make sense? Yeah I couldn't give up the ephedrine. Going to keep it strictly preworkout only from here on out though. Which I think is a good idea. Had a great time in Philly, wow, terrific night overall. I listed my drinks if you look at my journal entry, lol, damnit.

ahhhhhhhhh now I understand - the way you used the term before I figured it sorta was a lil cheat on the lifts!
Glad to hear you had a great time in Philly! I dont know what any of those drinks are.. but "Sex on the Beach" sounds yummy!

hummmmm sex on the beach