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I've gotten a decent amount of mass, still definately not huge or where I want to be, but I was 158 in november and this morning I was 169.4lbs. I've decided I'd like to concentrate on strength a while and I'll use this journal for that. I'm going to start a P/RR/S routine next week and try that for 9 weeks. After that, I'll make changed if I need to to make gains, if not then I won't. I'm considering trying Westside, but right now P/RR/S seems more appropriate for me.

I've been on a bulking diet for a while getting about 3500-4000 cals a day of mostly clean food. Sometimes on Fridays and Saturdays I may eat a bit less due to irregular schedule/being out.

I don't really have specific goals regarding strength, as long as I'm improving I'm fairly happy. By the end of summer, I'd like to be 180lbs and 15% bf or under which shouldn't be too hard at this point.

Anyway, here's the routine I'm thinking of starting with, feel free to give advice as I've never done P/RR/S before and I just put this routine together on my own.

Power Week



Chest/Triceps/Shoulders

DB Flat Bench 2x 4-6

DB Incline Bench 2x 4-6

DB Shoulder Press 2x 4-6

Skull Crushers 2x 4-6

Cable Pushdowns 2x 6-8



Legs

Squats 2x 4-6

Leg Press 2x 4-6

Leg Extensions 3x 6-8

Leg Curls 2x 6-8

Seated Calf Raises 2x 6-8



Back/Biceps

BB Bent Over Rows 2x 4-6

BB Shrugs 2x 6-8

Hyper Extensions 2x 8-10

Pullups 2x 6-8

Lat Pull Downs 2x 8-10

Concentration Curls 2x 4-6



Rep Range Week



Chest/Triceps/Shoulders

DB Flat Bench 2x 8-10

DB Incline Bench 2x 8-10

DB Shoulder Press 2x 8-10

Skull Crushers 2x 8-10

Cable Pushdowns 2x 10-12



Legs

Squats 2x 8-10

Leg Press 2x 10-12

Leg Extensions 3x 10-12

Leg Curls 2x 8-10

Seated Calf Raises 2x 10-12



Back/Biceps

BB Bent Over Rows 2x 8-10

BB Shrugs 2x 10-14

Hyper Extensions 2x 10-14

Pullups 2x 8-10

Lat Pull Downs 2x 10-12

Concentration Curls 2x 8-10



Shock Week



Chest/Triceps/Shoulders

DB Decline Bench 2x 8-10

DB Arnold Press 2x 6-8

CG Bench Press 2x 6-8

Cable Pushdowns 2x 6-8

Lat Raises 2x 8-10



Legs

Hack Squats 2x 6-8

1 Leg Leg Press 2x 6-8 (each leg)

Leg Extensions 3x 6-8

Leg Curls 2x 6-8

DB Calf Raises 2x 10-14



Back/Biceps

Deadlifts 2x 4-6

Hang Cleans 2x 6-8

Pullups 2x 6-8

DB Rows 2x 6-8

Lat Pull Downs 2x 8-10

Standing Bicep Curls 2x 6-8

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Old 04-19-2005, 04:54 PM   #2
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Hey Sean you have made some quality gains would you mind posting your typical days diet. Any expectations on the gains who can expect over the next 9 weeks?
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In 9 weeks I don't really have any idea of the gains I'll make strength wise, but I'm guessing in 9 weeks I may be able to gain 8lbs if all goes well. Maybe get my squat up to 180ish for reps up from the 140-145ish it's at right now. Maybe get deadlifts up to 190 or so for 4-6 reps up from the 135 for 8 I'm at right now, and bench... I'm not really sure because I won't be doing flat BB presses during this split, but I'd think I may be able to do 160-170 for 4-6 after this up from the 145 for 6 I'm at now.

Also, here's my typical days diet during a weekday... Naturally, during the weekends I sleep in so I don't get quite as much food in.

Meal 1:

2 pieces whole wheat bread + 2 eggs + 1 slice American cheese = 390 calories 16g fat 40g carbs 23g protein



Protein shake (2 scoops whey, 16 oz 1% milk)

420 calories 9g fat 28g carbs 56g protein



Meal 2:

1 cup granola = 380 calories 6g fat, 78g carbs, 8g protein



Meal 3:

2 pb/j sandwhiches (white bread regrettably)

430 calories 20g fat 59g carbs, 20g protein



Meal 4(pre workout):

Kiwi 56 calories 13g carbs 1g protein

Nature Valley Oats n’ Honey granola bars (dry + crunchy)

180 calories 6g fat 29g carbs 4g protein

Creatine in water Pre workout

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Post workout = Protein shake (2 scoops whey, 16 oz 1% milk)

420 calories 9g fat 28g carbs 56g protein

Creatine in water



Meal 5:

Salad with garlic expressions dressing, and grilled chicken + baby spinach

~255 calories 18g fat 15g protein



Meal 6: 2 morning star chicken sandwiches on whole wheat buns

560 calories 17g fat 76g carbs 26g protein



Meal 7: whole wheat bagel with peanut butter

400 calories 17g fat 51g carbs 17g protein



Protein shake (2 scoops whey, 16 oz 1% milk)

420 calories 9g fat 28g carbs 56g protein



Totals:

3911 calories 121g fat 402g carbs 282g protein



And then I may snack on other things such as carrots, kiwi may be changed to an apple on some days, meal 5 maybe be skinless chicken with vegetable instead of a salad, or in addition to. I also may add a tuna sandwich in on whole wheat bread for another 30 or so grams of protein.



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look like a good diet maybe you should increase your protien intake a bit. I really need to sort my diet out thinking about starting a journal too. Will try and work out a diet on Thursday
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Old 04-20-2005, 12:12 PM   #5
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Sounds good, yeah I think you should start a journal. As for getting more protein, I don't really think it's needed that much at 170lbs that's like 1.7x my bodyweight per gram, it would also be hard to do in a way. The biggest thing I could think of is changing meal 3 to one or two tuna sandwiches.



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your right about your P amount, what supps are you taking any particular reason why you picked this program when you refer to 189 etc is that lbs or kg
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Old 04-20-2005, 01:45 PM   #7
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I'm using CEE that has NO2 in it (I wouldn't buy it seperately) and whey right now, I'm also taking a multi vitamin and a chewable vitamin C (I like the taste). Where did I refer to 189? I use lbs (pounds) for pretty much everything, since it's what I grew up with.

I basically picked this program because it seems fairly simple to me and the shock week keeps things interesting as far as changing things up. Also, I don't know my 1RM for bench, squat and deadlift so a Westside routine would be a bit difficult to come up with right now.



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oh ok 189 was just a random figure, I was just referring to the numbers you were quoting didn't know if they were lbs or kg. How do you rate CEE was thinking of buying some? Keep the progress coming may follow this program myself
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CEE... I can't really say too much about it honestly, I only used monohydrate for like 1.5 weeks and then I got CEE for cheap at the Arnold Expo and started using it. I'm also, relatively speaking, a beginner so it's difficult to tell how to rate the CEE in terms of gains.

Pretty much all I've noticed is a better pump sometimes during workouts(which doesn't really matter) and more vascularity most all the time in my fore arms. Right now I'm just used to it being in me, so it's hard to make a comparison as far as before and after. I just started taking creatine in February and in march I stopped taking it for a week or so when I had my wisdom teeth taken out, so I haven't exactly been consitent with it.



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Ok, well I'm getting ready to start the routine tomorrow, can't wait !

Does anyone think there will be a problem of shoulder fatigue from doing flat db, then incline, then shoulder press? I'm somewhat worried by the time I get to shoulder presses my shoulders my be a little worn out.

I'm also thinking of adding another shoulder exercise in on the p/rr weeks, maybe upright rows, not really sure.



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Sean ,

are you training at home or a gym ?



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Anyway, here's the routine I'm thinking of starting with, feel free to give advice as I've never done P/RR/S before and I just put this routine together on my own.

Power Week
Chest/Triceps/Shoulders

DB Flat Bench 2x 4-6
DB Incline Bench 2x 4-6
DB Shoulder Press 2x 4-6
Skull Crushers 2x 4-6
Cable Pushdowns 2x 6-8
I'd throw in a couple of sets of upright rows or lateral lifts for shoulders

Legs
Squats 2x 4-6
Leg Press 2x 4-6
Leg Extensions 3x 6-8
Leg Curls 2x 6-8
Seated Calf Raises 2x 6-8
I'd put in a couple of sets of Stiff leg dead lifts in for your Hams. Can use BB or Db

Back/Biceps
BB Bent Over Rows 2x 4-6
BB Shrugs 2x 6-8
Hyper Extensions 2x 8-10
Pullups 2x 6-8
Lat Pull Downs 2x 8-10
Concentration Curls 2x 4-6
HMMM.. if it was me I'd get rid of either the pullups or the pulldowns and add another biceps exercise unless you are counting on the work for your back to also be your biceps workout. But I'd definetly get rid of the Concentration curls as my main/only direct bicep exercise and do BB or Db curls.



Rep Range Week
Chest/Triceps/Shoulders
DB Flat Bench 2x 8-10
DB Incline Bench 2x 8-10
DB Shoulder Press 2x 8-10
Skull Crushers 2x 8-10
Cable Pushdowns 2x 10-12
Same suggestion as power week

Legs
Squats 2x 8-10
Leg Press 2x 10-12
Leg Extensions 3x 10-12
Leg Curls 2x 8-10
Seated Calf Raises 2x 10-12
If you want to follow the prrs principals a little more to the letter you are going to need 3 exercises for quads and hams . First set do 7-9 reps, 2nd set do 10-12 reps and 3rd set do 13 - 15 reps. So you will need to add SLDL's and probbly finish the hams off with single leg curls ( 1 leg at a time )


Back/Biceps
BB Bent Over Rows 2x 8-10
BB Shrugs 2x 10-14
Hyper Extensions 2x 10-14
Pullups 2x 8-10
Lat Pull Downs 2x 10-12
Concentration Curls 2x 8-10
Same as above , 3 exercises per bodypart so you can do the 3 different rep ranges so you will need to drop a couple of the back exercises and add a couple biceps exercises.

Shock Week
Chest/Triceps/Shoulders
DB Decline Bench 2x 8-10
DB Arnold Press 2x 6-8
CG Bench Press 2x 6-8
Cable Pushdowns 2x 6-8
Lat Raises 2x 8-10
Ok, Shock involves super set and drop sets. that means you do one set of something and then with no rest do a set of something else. then rest and do the same thing again. To make it a little more complicated you need to do your first set for chest with an isolation type exercise, say cable crossovers then bench press.
Second group will be a compound exercise super set with an isolation move , Say .. Incline bench press with flyes . after youfinish your 2 super sets of these you need a drop set for chest. Maybe weighted dips or decline db bench. whatever you chose do 8-10 reps then drop the weight and do 6-8 reps .
So you are going to need a few more exercises for this workout


Legs
Hack Squats 2x 6-8
1 Leg Leg Press 2x 6-8 (each leg)
Leg Extensions 3x 6-8
Leg Curls 2x 6-8
DB Calf Raises 2x 10-14
you are going to need more exercises here too. Super set leg ext w/squats. hack squats w/leg extensions and for a drop set maybe lunges. For hams try super set of leg curls w/SLDL and finish withdrop set of single leg leg curls

Back/Biceps
Deadlifts 2x 4-6
Hang Cleans 2x 6-8
Pullups 2x 6-8
DB Rows 2x 6-8
Lat Pull Downs 2x 8-10
Standing Bicep Curls 2x 6-8
Going to need more exercises here too . and your reps need to be 8-10 for the super sets and your drop sets will need to be 8-10 for the first part , drop your weight and then 6-8
Just trying to help , hope i didn't mess with your head . Maybe it would be easier if you took a look at the outline of my wo's on page 50 of my prrs journal in my sig.

Power week reps should be 4-6
rep range week reps should be 7-9, the 10-12 , then 13-15
Shock week reps should be 8-10 for super sets , 8-10 then 6-8 for drop sets

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Wow, looks lot I need to change some stuff around. Anyway, thanks for stopping in and giving some advice. It might take me a couple days to actually have a written copy of my revised routine, probably this weekend, but I'll take into consideration what you said for today and thursday.

And also, I'm training at a gym, not at home. Only bad thing is they don't have mirrors . So I really have to work to feel the form on every exercise



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Wow, looks lot I need to change some stuff around. Anyway, thanks for stopping in and giving some advice. It might take me a couple days to actually have a written copy of my revised routine, probably this weekend, but I'll take into consideration what you said for today and thursday.

And also, I'm training at a gym, not at home. Only bad thing is they don't have mirrors . So I really have to work to feel the form on every exercise
Sean,

No problem, i 'm just glad you didn't think i was being an asshole. I don't often give advise 'cos i don't communicate my thoughts very well sometimes.

But anyway if you have anymore questions feel free to ask. This is my third time through ( i think ) on PrrS.

Oh and PreMier ( Jake) was just kiddin with his "PRRShit pfft "comment. He has something against PRRS but usually just jokes about it .



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Old 04-26-2005, 12:10 PM   #15
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No, it's cool, I actually understood really well what you were saying about my routine, it just shows I have a lot to learn about it and adjust my routine accordingly.

I thought he wasn't making fun of me personally about the PRRS thing, since I'm new to it



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Old 04-26-2005, 02:32 PM   #16
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Here's today's results, overall it was a pretty good workout, but 6 sets of presses in a row can be exhausting, but then again after a week off maybe it's just me . Also, here's my measurements...hopefully I will improve these over the next few months, when I started back in november my chest was around 37-38, and my biceps were probably 13 or so, no idea about quads and calves when I started.

Forgot to add, last week, when I took off from lifting, I did cardio tues and thurs. On thursday I did some warmup laps running, then the elliptical for 20 mins on the highest incline and 8-10 resistance(whatever that means). After that I sprinted a couple laps (track is 1/10 mile) and jogged a little more. Today when I jogged my calves kill, and they still do, not really sure what's up.

Today's also my b-day as well, I'm 19 now.

4-26-05 measurements:
Biceps - 14"
Chest - 40"
Waist - 33.5"
Hips - 35"
Thighs - 24"
Calves - 15"
Forearms - 11.25"
Neck - 16"
Height - 5'10"
Weight - 171lbs
BF- approx 14-16%

Workout -

4-26-05BEGIN P/RR/S



Power Week



Chest/Tris/Shoulders/Abs



DB Flat Benchpress

1st set – 55lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 55lbs 5 reps



DB Incline Benchpress

1st set – 45lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 45lbs 6 reps



DB Shoulder Press

1st set – 45lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 45lbs 6 reps



Skull Crushers

1st set – 55lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 50lbs 6 reps



Cable Pushdowns

1st set - 100lbs 8 reps (a little too light)

2nd set – 120lbs 8 reps



Upright Rows

1st set – 55lbs 6 reps (also a little light)

2nd set – 65lbs 6 reps



Hip Raises

1st set – 20 reps

2nd set – 15 reps



Reverse Decline Situps

1st set – 30 reps

2nd set – 20 reps

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Hey Happy Birthday !
Wo looks pretty good , but I would do the upright rows after the db Shoulder press.



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Thanks, as my birthday present, I get to work on two papers, and a large reading assignment all due tomorrow YAY !

Yeah, I suppose doing the upright rows after shoulder press would make sense Anyways, thanks for your help



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Ok, here's todays workout. I pretty much hate leg day... I was kind of in a bad mood before hand, and I feel like all I did worthwhile was leg press. I'm still struggling with squats and SLDL as far as deciding what weight is appropriate and keeping good form (not in a cheating way, but in an avoiding injury way). I think I slightly pulled my hamstring on SLDL, but it's not that bad, just a little pain when it's streched out. Oh well...

4-28-05

Legs/Abs



Squats

1st set – 155lbs 5 reps

2nd set – 145lbs 5 reps



SLDL

1st set – 135lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 135lbs 7 reps



Leg Press

1st set – 360lbs 6 reps PR

2nd set – 400lbs 6 reps PR



Leg Extensions

1st set – 115lbs 8 reps

2nd set – 130lbs 8 reps



Leg Curls

1st set – 110lbs 8 reps

2nd set – 120lbs 8 reps



Seated Calf Raises

1st set – 205lbs 7 reps

2nd set – 190lbs 7 reps



Decline Situps

1st set – 25lbs plate 21 reps

2nd set – 35lbs plate 18 reps



Weighted Crunched (machine)

1st set – 90lbs 16 reps

2nd set – 100lbs 12 reps



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Nice wo !


Congrats on the PR's !



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Thanks My legs are feeling pretty sluggish now, can't wait to see how they feel tomorrow.



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Today's workout was great, got a very nice pump in my lower back + bis and it felt nice I think the hyper extensions are EXACTLY what I need to get my squats and deadlifts to go up, because right now they're on par and often less than my benchpress, and I think it's due to a relatively weak lower back. I love back day, maybe even better than chest day, I just like the way pulling weight feels a lot. Also, the little cardio session I did to cool off is crazy after leg day on thursday. I can hardly walk now and my calfs are killing me.

Anyway, here's the workout.

Saturday

4-30-05

Back/Biceps



BB Bent Over Rows

1st set – 155lbs 6 reps

2nd set – 145lbs 6 reps



BB Shrugs

1st set – 185lbs 10 reps PR

2nd set – 205lbs 7 reps (grip’s the main problem with these) PR



Hyper Extensions

1st set – 25lbs plate 10 reps

2nd set – 25lbs plate 10 reps



Lat Pull Downs (cables)

1st set – 220lbs 10 reps

2nd set – 220lbs 10 reps (I can’t get anymore weight on these b/c the stack is 200lbs, and I can only find 20lbs worth of rubber weights around the gym…)



BB Curls

1st set – 75lbs 6 reps PR

2nd set – 70lbs 4 reps



Concentration Curls

1st set – 30lbs 5 reps PR

2nd set – 25lbs 6 reps



Cool off – sprint 2 laps, jog 3 laps, sprint 1 lap (1/10th mile indoor track)

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