Thread: MonStar's Journal: Keeping It Simple!

Friday; 9-24-2004

Chest

Good chest workout today, really seemed to beat up my pecs pretty well today. Considering how sh*tty my diet was last night, this really doesn't surprise me at all. Binged like crazy last night, so all the calories I think are the reason that my pump was crazy today in the gym.

Decline BB Presses
2 sets of 4 with 315
3 sets of 2 with 350
1 set of 12 with 275

Flat DB Presses
4 sets of 8 with the 120's

Flat DB Flyes
3 sets of 8 with the 75's

Nautilus Pec-Deck Flyes
2 sets of 10 with 180

Started off with decline BB presses, great sets! Hit 2 sets of 4 with 315, felt extremely easy. Then I moved onto 3 sets of 2 with 350. Great sets there. Felt very strong today in declines today, I was pleased with my strength. Moved onto 4 sets of 8 with the 120's. Great sets there as well. Moved onto some flyes, and finished up with some pec-deck flyes. Pecs were totally exhausted, and pumped as f*ck.

Diet:
- cottage cheese + pineapple
- tuna wrap
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
- MRP + 2% milk
- tuna wrap
- teriyaki chicken + vegetables

Sleep: 8 hours.

Weight: 233 lbs. Heavy today, but my diet the past few days has been horrendous.

Damn, and I was just getting into the other one

Good luck Mike.

Just cause there was some whoring in the last journal doesnt mean you need to start a new one

PreMier: Yeah the other one was 5 pages of absolutely nothing journal related at all. So there is really no point in me using that one. Plus I am no longer doing Westside. Surprise, surprise, I am sure.

Jill: There were 5 pages of nothing related to my training/diet at all, I think that's a little more than just whoring.

Hey Mike, I for one am glad you started this one. I thought there was way too much stuff in the other journal that had nothing to do with your training.

As I told you before, I am behind you 100%....time to train...

Good luck on this journal Mike. I promise not to rant in this one .

I do think you should stick with a Westside style program for awhile.

Hi Mike

I tend to overthink everything too. You are right, keeping it simple works best. Good luck in all your goals, I will try to follow as much as I can

Brownie ate dog food today. Then he drank some water.

Tony: Yeah I definitely needed a new journal, lol. The other one was 5 pages of everyone arguing, I am hoping that this one doesn't turn out the same way. Lately I have been pigging out like crazy on some sh*tty food---so I am trying to get back into the swing of eating clean.

JerseyDevil: I don't know man, I think I need to keep things simple a while. Focus on not binging, not creating a new journal, not overthinking anything. I just want to keep things as simple as possible for a while.

jstar: Hey there! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it. It is always so great to see new faces here in my journal. I am going to try and hang in there with keeping it simple. I just always like you said you do, overthink everything. Make things more complicated than they really are, etc.

Monolith: Whatever you say bro, lol.

Originally Posted by Jill

Just cause there was some whoring in the last journal doesnt mean you need to start a new one

Did you read his old journal? It wasn't just some whoring

I like the name Mike, now let's keep it simple and stay here

Originally Posted by Monolith

Brownie ate dog food today. Then he drank some water.

I am interested in learning more about Brownie's diet and training (I was following his progress with interest in the "what happens when alpha meets alpha" thread, it proved most err, distracting ) - do you think he would consider starting a journal here please?

All the best Mike; one day at a time hey? Easier to build up lots of little wins that way, rather than focus on the unrealistic enormity of never slipping again

Originally Posted by MonStar

Jill: There were 5 pages of nothing related to my training/diet at all, I think that's a little more than just whoring.

I didnt realize is was that many pages of

Sorry.

Jenny: Yeah, I am just going to take things one day at a time. I am not going to be overly concerned with keeping this journal forever, etc. Just take things gradually one day at a time, and focus on progression, and eating clean, etc. Thanks for stopping by.

Novo: Agreed man, I am going to focus on short term goals this time around. That's the only way that I am going to stick it out. Thanks for the post, bro.

Jill: Yeah my other journal was full of sh*t. It got a bit out of hand, honestly. But it's okay now because I am going to stick with this journal.

Saturday; 9-25-2004

Legs

Decent leg session today I think, I missed a PR on deadlift. Not too concerned with it, I am not doing a powerlifting program, so it doesn't matter that much to me. I was just in the mood to deadlift heavy, so I tried, and missed. Not too big of a deal.

Conventional Deadlifts
135x3
225x3
315x2
405x2
495x1
585x1
640x0
640x0

Hack Squats
2 sets of 6 with 520
2 sets of 4 with 610

Smith-Machine Lunges
4 sets of 6 with 175

Nautilus Leg Extensions
3 sets of 15 with 260

Hyperextensions
3 sets of 10 with 120

Seated Calf Raises
5 sets of 15 with 285

After the deadlifts I moved onto some hack squats. Really hit my quads and glutes hard there, great sets. Worked up to 610 for 2 sets of 4, not bad at all. Nice and deep. The Smith lunges are pretty damn good, they hit my legs hard. Leg extensions I used the entire stack for 3 sets of 15, pretty good quad contractions. The hyperextensions can be described in one word---PAINFUL. I have never done hyperextensions for more than 5-6 reps. And let me tell you I got the deepest muscle aches in my hamstrings and a*s at the end of each set, holy sh*t. Finished up today with some seated calf raises. Nothing too bad.

Diet:
- 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
- tuna wrap, mixed fruit
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- MRP + 2% milk
- 6" tuna & cheese sub
- cottage cheese + peaches

Wanted to add in here today that I had a pretty much mental fight with myself to not binge. I don't know why but tonight I just wanted to binge so damn bad. Really had to battle myself back and forth mentally whether I should or should not.

Sleep: 2 + 6 hours. Fell asleep for a couple of hours, and then I had to drive home. Not the greatest sleep last night. Whatever.

Good lifting. Nice bench numbers the other day.

Damn MonStar, nice lifts.

I cant believe youre only 20....how long you been liftin' ?

SF: Thanks man, appreciate it. I was definitely pleased with my decline strength the other day. I didn't expect to throw around the weight that I did.

Arnie's left nu: Thanks man. I have been working out since I was 12, never took a break from it actually. I was an obsessed kid, lol. The first couple of years though I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.