BulkMeUp

Hmmm.. I'v seen a couple of those products in some supp stores. I shall check on the weekend. Else i'll get it online.

This one looks to have the best value for price. Hope i can get it : http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/now/cc.html

Unfortunately there is no Costco near me. These are big box bulk stores and as i live downtown, there arent any near me. Besides Costco is a 'Club' store. One needs to buy a membership to shop there. For regular shopping it would be ok, otherwise it isnt worth it.

BulkMeUp

Flat DB Bench - wu 35x8, 50x6 - 65x8,8,7,5
CG Seated Lat rows - 140x10,10,10,10
Decline BB Bench - 120x7,6,5
WG Pulldowns - 135x12,12,12
DB Standing Militaries - 45x5,6,5

Flat Bench - Got a couple of extra reps on each set. So these are progressing.

Lat Rows - got to max RR. But last few reps of last couple of sets wernt with great form. Mucho throwing upperbody back to pull the weights. So i'll do the same weight next time and hopefully with better form before upping the weight.

Decline - Wasnt too focussed during this routine. I accidently loaded 50lbs more when i meant only to do 20lb more. I did one rep and stopped as there was no way i could do 3 sets of 8-10. Reduced the weight, but left it at 30lbs more than last time. Didnt make it to RR. But i think next time i should be able to get there.

Pulldowns - Got to max RR with better form than last time. Will increase weight slightly next time.

DB Milis - up by 5lb each. kinda missed RR. But i think i am getting there.
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Not a bad wo, but i wasnt too enthuastic about it. Was delayed at the office and got to the gym an hour later than usual. And didnt have time to go check for theose Calcium pills which i wanted to get asap.

Anyway, managed to do this routine in 75mins. Streaching was only for a few mins and gave up and left. Only to get caught in the rain on the way home.

As i mentioned i wasnt too focussed, so it didnt strike me that i could have taken the subway and gotten closer to my apartment than walk most of the way in home the rain. You would think that after living in that neighbourhood for 8 years i would be smarter I think my job is using up too many of my brain cells!

Tom_B

That's great to hear!
ya at first , it's kind of sour - but you'll quckly love it sooo much more than using skim milk omg those shakes are so good! If I could I'd jsut drink them all day all night

LOL at the rain thing

BulkMeUp

RDL's - wu 110x8,160x6 - 200x7,8,7,6
Squats - 150 x10,10,10,10
Seated calves - 110x10,10
Standing calves - 75x25,18,18
Lying crunches - 65x12,12,10

RDL's - weight up by 10lbs and nade it into the RR. Hopefully i might mke it to max rr next time.

Squats - reached max RR. Was pretty wiped out by this time. Felt i could simply go home, but i finished the routine. My squats are only 150lbs .. sooo pathetic

Seated Claves - weight up my 10lbs and reached max RR

Standing claves - didnt do too well with these. Same weight, but lost 4 reps on the 2nd and 3rd set. Not going to increase weight until i can get to 30reps each.

Machine Lying crunches - weight up my 5lbs. Tried doing these with a slower tempo. felt good. Max weight on this machine is 75, which i can get to. But what then? lugging a plate up and doing it on the free ab bench is a bit of a circus act. Oh well, will have to come up with something else or do this set with a higher RR. Since it is for abs that should be good.

Did this routine in 75mins. Cant seem to get this routine done in under 60mins for any day. but i guess 75mins for these number of sets/reps isnt too bad.

BulkMeUp

The other day i opened a new tub. There were a few yellow blobs in the yogurt i was surprised as it was a new tub! So i looked at the label again, and saw that i had got Peach yougurt When i baught it i only saw the label said FF and picked the nearest tub.

I even throw in 2 tbsp natural yogurt in my tuna and sweet potatoes (+olive oil + franks red hot sauce with lime). Give the meal some moisture and makes it tasty Actually i used to do that months ago. cant remember why i stopped

BulkMeUp

So i got the Calcium-Magnesium pills.
Brand : Natural Factors.

Quantity of Active Ingredients per pill :
Calcium (Citrate) 250mg
Magnesium (Citrate/Oxide) 250mg
Manganese (Citrate) 1mg
Potassium (Citrate) 20mg
Zinc (Citrate) 5mg
Vitamin D3 100iu

So i shall take 4 of these over a course of 4 meals. Dont think i could do them at once. Each one is one big honkin' tablet!

Cal:Mag is 1:1. If this is not a good idea, let me know,Emma.

Tom_B

LOL!!
That just gave me a yummy idea - blending some banana into my yogurt at lunch omg banana yogurt ~ or wait, even strawberry yougrt!! Screw bloat that'd be too yummy to pass up!

That'd be good too ..
I actually today found this fat - free vinnegarate dressing thing today in the fridge I use to put on tuna and stuff , I completely forgot why I stoped using that too - Well I threw the last bit of it on my pearled barley / chicken , can't wait to try it out

Emma-Leigh

Nice workout Adrian! Your RDL numbers are really impressive!


Why is are you concerned about doing the routine in under 60 minutes? Do you have time constraints?

Emma-Leigh

It looks fine for now... Just keep an eye out for something in a 2:1 ratio for the future. At 4 x tablets a day I doubt this jar will last you long anyway!

BulkMeUp

Bent Over BB Rows - wu 50x8, 80x6 - 120x8,8,8,8
Incline DB Press - 45x10,10,10,10
WG Seated Rows - 137.5x12,12,7
Pec Dec - 135x12,12,7
DB Upright Rows - 60x10,10,10

Bent Overs - Got to max RR with all reps to touch my abs. So weight goes up next time.

Incline DB press - Max RR. However i should have gotten to this point a couple of sessions ago (03sep) as i was only short 2 reps on the 4th set. The next session (18sep) i lost 1 rep each on the 3rd and 4th set. But this time i got to max RR for all sets. So small victory.

Seated Rows - Got to max RR with these, but need to focus on form. Mucho leaning back to pull the bar. I did feel it in my lower back, which i shouldnt as thats is not what is being worked. Though i got the bar to touch my abs on all reps.

Pec Dec - Thought i could get to max RR with these, but only got 2 extra reps on the 2nd set. No extra on the 3rd. Oh well, maybe next week.

EZ upright rows - Weight up by 10lbs AND got to max RR wasnt expecting that. If anything i have been cautious about my shoulders considering they get worked out twice a week with all the upper work as well as direct work. I was considering reducing sets on direct movement, but seeing that that are progressing nicely, i shall leave it the way it is.
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The school is having monetary issues. So Principal Skinner has made a lot of cuts to several programs. Principal Skinner and Mrs.Crabaple (sp?) are having lunch in the cafeteria and argueing about the budget cuts.
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BulkMeUp

The fruit yogurt i get barely has much fruit. A big tub probably has 1/2 a peach! Bit annoying when chugging down the pwo shake and a blob of fruit gets into my mouth.

FF vinegrette? never seen that in my store. Oh well, my combo works for me

BulkMeUp

Thanks, Emma. Actually i was thinking about that after the wo. It is good progress considering i have been DL-ing for less than a year. However my grip seemes to slip a wee bit with this weight. So may need to get straps in the near future if grip becomes too much of an issue.

No time constraints really. I was reading about energy stores and test levels dropping after a certain period of time (i think 45mins is what i read). So i thought it better to have a more compact wo rather than a longer one.

BulkMeUp

Ok. Will do. I went with this one as both Cal and Mag were Citrate. But i will check for the 2:1 ratio tabs again.
no it wont. At this rate it is gonna get a bit pricey. It has 180tabs which will last 45days. I'll look at the brands again and i think i did see one with a 2:1 ratio with a cal citrate.

Tom_B

LOL!
I went out today and got some strawberries to mix in my yogurt tomorrow omg I can't wait!


LOL well I figured out why I ended up putting a stop to my combo - my store no longer sells it

Emma-Leigh

N'ah... Another 'myth'... Sure there is a slight effect (not too bad if you make sure you are well fueled and hydrated).

Once you get up over ~90 minutes of INTENSE exercise (eg: marathon running) then you start to have real issues, but for average weight lifting it is not really an issue.

BulkMeUp

I rememembered why i stopped. It was because i redid my diet and added some CC to the meal. Didnt need the yogurt anymore. Oh well, Back to yogurt.

BulkMeUp

Aahh .. cool! So ill just keep on truckin' and keep an eye out for RI only.

BulkMeUp

Leg Press - wu 90x8,8 ,340x8 - 470x8,8,8,8
Sumo DL's - 180 x8,8,8,10
Standing Calves - 215 x8,8
Seated Claves - 110x12,10,7
Weighted Leg raises - 20x8,8,8

Good wo. Was supposed to do it on Tue but was busy at work and stayed back a couple of extra hours. So i did it a day later. Quite busy this week. Will try and get the wo's in but possibly may only do 2x insetad of 4x this week. Hopefully not.

BulkMeUp

Flat DB Bench - wu 35x8, 50x6 - 65 x8,8,8,7
CG Seated lat pulls/rows - 140 x10,10,10,10
Decline BB bench - 120 x8,8,6
WG pulldowns - 135 x12,12,12
standing milis - 45 x4,5,2

Flat bench - this is progressing. missed max rr by 1 rep on the last set maybe next time.

CG lat pulls - same weight as last time. I wanted to do them with good form. Got most of the reps out with good form. Next tiem weight goes up.

Decline bench - 1 extra rep on 1st set. 2 on the 2nd and 1 on the 3rd. Nowhere near max rr, but getting there.

Standing militaries - these were a disaster. lost a rep on 1st and 2nd set. lost 3 reps on 3rd set

This wo started fine but soon dragged on endlessly. After flat bench, i did the lat pulls. Went to the decline bench. It was being used by some guy doing BB shrugs as both squat racks were busy. Waited ~10mins, but the guy didnt seem to finish anytome soon. So i went down to do the pulldowns instead. Couldnt get the machine i usually use. Got another one . But i needed a 5lb rubber weight to get to the weight i needed. Saw it at a distance. But the time i got there, some woman leaned over and picked it up and placed it on the machine she was using Went back and got my usual machine. Went back for the decline bench. It was being used by some guy doing declines Finally he finished. I did my sets and then did the militaries. Which were a total disaster

I have been suspecting shouldeers might experience a problem. Have noticed that they get sore easily dring the past couple of weeks. Holding the hair driyer for a few mins and they get sore So am going to skip the next upper wo and rest them totally before resuming.

BulkMeUp

RDL's - 110x8,160x6 - 200x8,8,8,8
Squats - 160 x7,8,9,9
Seated calves - 120 x10,8
Standing Calves - 75 x20,24,20
Lying Crunches - 65 x12,12,12

RDL's - got to max RR. last couple of reps of the last set were a bit dodgy. But will increase weight next time. By just 10lbs, probably.

Squats - weight up by 10lbs. These were diff to focus on quads parallel but got to RR.

Seated Calves - increased by 10lbs.

Standing calves - For some reason i thought max rr was 20 on these. And so i stopped at 20. But then realised max rr was 30 anyway. Looks like 30 is a long was comming as i'v only ever gone to max 25 reps so far.

Lying crunches - same weight as last time and got to max RR just like last time. But did them a bit slower than usual.

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Shoulders still feel sore from thursdays wo. I think it is a good idea to skip tomorrows upper wo and rest them completly. Next upper is on thu next week.

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So work was busy. But i didnt have to work at 3am for the project launch Hence managed to get 3wo's in. Skipping the 4th as explained above. Have also taken monday off in lieu of extra time worked on previous project. (and i still have one more day off due from that project )

BulkMeUp

Wow. Those cal-mag tabs (with the zinc and Vit-D) really help me get a good nights sleep. It is almost like i'v been knocked unconscious... in a good way.

Had posted a thread about glucosamine chondroitin (glucosamine chondroitin). Seems it is recommended by the few responses i got. Not sure if i'm turning into some kinda supplement junkie!

Emma-Leigh

I use it to help keep my knees happy.

The glucosamine has a great deal of research to back it up... chondroitin is still just 'hear say' but it seems to be ok too.

You need to make sure you take it at the right dose, and it doesn't work instantly (takes 6 to 8 weeks to have an effect - but, similarly, it remains active for ~6 to 8 weeks after you stop taking it too).

So make sure you get the 1500mg of Glucosamine and you should be fine.

BulkMeUp

Thanks Emma. I'll look for that.