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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Silver Spring, MD
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I am woman hear me roa... Er... What?
I'm not entirely sure how frequently I am going to update this journal, but I figured I would make one so I can at least chart my progress at some kind of regular interval. I will try to update a few times per week, but I am not making any promises.
I kind of trailed off on my last journal, which was my jaunt into HST. I just couldn't get into HST. I don't like how you have to preceed your final workout of every 2 weeks with 4-5 pussy workouts where you stop short of failure on every single set. Hogwash. My new routine is based on a book I just read not too long ago called Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik. In fact, I made a couple of posts about it in the training section: One was a mini review of the book; the other was a layout of my routine. I'm going to be trying his split of 2 days (Tuesday, Friday or Monday, Thursday) one week and 3 days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) the following week. As you all will see, I am at least marginally stronger than the last time I started a journal. This is mostly thanks to Max-OT, but I was ready to try this new routine after reading the book. The book was very inspiring. On another note, I decided to max out on deadlifts last week just for the Hell of it. I finally pulled 405. |
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Tuesday, June 21st
Squats
95 x 5 135 x 5 185 x 5 265 x 3 Military Press 45 x 5 65 x 5 95 x 5 145 x 6 Bent Rows 95 x 5 135 x 5 185 x 5 215 x 6 Farmer's Walk 80s x 3/4 + 1/4 Round Trips Full Decline Situps 20 x 15 20 x 9 For some reason my squats lost a couple reps (Although this happened the previous week while still doing Max-OT, so they remained the same as that number). They held fast at 3 repetitions, although it took like 8 seconds to get the positive portion to lockout. I did attempt a 4th, but basically got stuck in the hole pushing with all my might until the bar pushed me back to the rack. Nonetheless, this is still the highest my olympic squats have ever been. Everything else improved. My military presses went up a reptition, and I will be increasing weight. The same with my bent rows. I will finally be using 2 plates with bent rows. I was using 2 plates with Yates rows at one point when I did Westside, but I think 195 was the highest I ever went on standard pronated rows. I also added weight on my full decline situps. I like these better than the 5 degree decline situps I was doing because I don't have to muscle 75 pounds into place to make it a good workout, although I will be forced to eventually I hope. Farmer's walks are damned hard. I was dissapointed with what I did, but that leaves lots of room for improvement. I love improvement. I made 3/4 of a round trip in my gym (Probably 20-30 seconds). Then I almost dropped the DB in my right hand on my foot. I set them down, took about 5 deep breaths, then carried the DBs back to the rack. All in all I enjoyed this workout. All the warmup sets made me feel like I was doing some work. However, this type of workout suits my mental abilities well. I'm much more focused by the time I hit that final working set. Very enjoyable first day training like a dinosaur! |
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UNLEASH THE BEAST
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Great w/o Cow, I look forward to seeing how you do on this program
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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do work son
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Welcome back, CP.
Workout looks good, how have you been? You didn't like HST? I am doing an HST-like routine this summer, hopefully I'll like it. |
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Drop and give me 100
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Lookin good man, congrats on the 405 pull. I too love improvement, good luck!!
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Patrick
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: AZ
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Fuck Yeah Man!! Dinasour training is some of my favorite shit! I am defenitly going to check in on this journal!
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Silver Spring, MD
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Friday, June 24th
Rocco32
I appreciate it. I have high expectations for this routine. soxmuscle I suppose life has been good. We moved to a new place where I might start being able to save money and maybe a semester or two down the road get back into school full time and work part time. Thanks for asking. Anyway, HST was a nice change of pace at first. However, I'm a very strength-oriented guy. HST just didn't do anything special for strength. The workouts are very good at conditioning you, especially with 60 second rest intervals. Even so, I don't like only going balls to the wall 20% of the time. HIT is much more my style. fUnc17 Thanks func. Who doesn't love improvement? That's what the iron game is all about. P-funk I'm glad to hear that, as I'd love to have your input along the way. Deadlifts 135 x 3 225 x 3 315 x 3 385 x 2 Bench Press 95 x 5 135 x 5 185 x 5 225 x 4 + 0 Turkish Getups 30 x 11 Side Bends 60 x 20 60 x 20 Curls 115 x 3 I enjoyed this workout, although I'm a tad dissapointed with this bench press. I'm sure it will go up, but that's what it stuck at the last 2 Max-OT workouts. However, I did just overcome a plateau at 215 x 4 which had been in place forever, so I should be patient. Also, I disliked the fact that I tried for a RP repetition and failed. My arms were fried, totally. My bench press is weird in that I can apply my strength to a 1RM far more effectively relative to reps. At 215 x 4 I hit 265 for a single. The deadlifts went well, and I almost got a 3rd rep. I got stopped like half way up. I tried damned hard though; I was sitting half way up for a good 10 seconds before my back was beginning to round and I decided to let up. I have never been stuck half way on a deadlift, always stuck at the very bottom. I think that's a good sign, as my lower back has probably gotten stronger. 3 reps will come next workout I think. Turkish getups are a bitch. Wow. My shoulders got really tired supporting the weight, and it's taxing on the entire upper body. The lower body gets worked slightly, but the upper body is ripped a new one. Everyone in my gym was looking at me like I was insane, so I think that means I'm on the right track. Never did side bends before. I'll use more weight next time. Although I hit 115 x 3 last time I worked out, I cheated up my last rep with a lot of leaning. This time it was clean, but definitely slow. I went for a 4th and got stopped at the bottom. Nonetheless, I pushed until my muscles started giving out. |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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Obsessed
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Nice workout bro! 385 for a double in deadlift is great. Keep it up man.
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23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles |
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UNLEASH THE BEAST
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Same here. Another great w/o Cow. Guess I need to order a copy of dinosaur training |
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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Drop and give me 100
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hmmm turkish getups and side bends, sounds like my kettlebell program. I absolutely LOVE those two exercises, side bends rape your lats like no other!! Not to mention the cardio workout you get from the getups, they are fun.
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Monday, June 27th
shiznit2169
Turkish getups are simple. You lay flat on your back on the floor. You hold a weight out with your elbow locked. Now get up without letting the weight touch the floor and maintaining a locked elbow. I usually put my other arm on the ground to brace me then switch arms while I'm standing before I lay back down. Google will provide you with pics/videos. P-funk It sucks that certain lifts are that way, but I guess we have to take the good with the bad. Glad to hear I'm not the only one. MonStar Thank you for the kind words sir. Rocco32 Thanks Rocco. I highly recommend you do. If you take nothing else from it, it will provide you with a lot of motivation. fUnc17 I actually enjoyed side bends myself, although I have always been reluctant to try them for no good reason. Getups are likely to become one of my favorites. I really enjoyed the overall worked feeling that is similar to that of cleans. Bottom Squats 95 x 5 135 x 5 185 x 5 245 x 1 Standing DB Military Press 10 x 5 20 x 5 40 x 5 60 x 7 Pullups -80 x 5 -40 x 5 0 x 5 40 x 6 Farmer's Walk 80 x 1 Captain's Chair 15 x 17 Hanging Leg Raise 0 x 7 I didn't know what to expect with the bottom squats. Been a while since I've done these, and I've never done them olympic style. I got one solid rep, then paused for a few seconds on the rack at the bottom and went for a second. I failed a few inches off the rack but kept pushing. I slowly went back onto the rack but continued to push with all my might for another 5-10 seconds after contacting the rack. DB overhead presses went well. I went up significantly from the last time I tried them a couple weeks ago. I went for another, but basically was stuck at the bottom, although I kept pushing for 5-10 seconds in the bottom position. Chinups were great. I have never been able to chinup with this much weight. It's getting hard to keep the weight between my feet. I need a weight belt. I went really hard on these. I got about half way up on my 7th and did about a 10-15 second long negative pulling as hard as I could until the weight finally dragged me down. I got a little bit further with my farmer's walk this time. Hopefully next time I can add another 1/4 of a trip. I think I'll stick with this weight until I make somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-4 round trips along the route I take. Although I wanted to grab a bench and lay down by this time, I finished with some ab work. Went up on my captain's chair and got stuck about half way on my final repetition which led to a 5-10 second negative at the end. Hanging leg raises were so damned hard at this point. It took a lot of concentration just to make sure I maintained my grip. I could definitely do more of these if I started fresh, but my core was fried. Next time I'll do 2 sets of these instead. |
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Patrick
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: AZ
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good workout pimp.
Bottom squats acre the shit out of me. You have to be really tight to get that bar up otherwise all hell breaks loose on your spine. |
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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Patrick
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: AZ
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good workout pimp.
Bottom squats acre the shit out of me. You have to be really tight to get that bar up otherwise all hell breaks loose on your spine. Anyway. I know you are short on change but I have some links to making home made strong man implements, farmers walks, thick bars etc....so maybe you can take some of these ideas for your home gym and add them in when you get the chance. Somebody emailed them to me so you can check them out. [quote] http://bigtonyscrivens.homestead.com...homefarmer.jpg > These arn't mine but i have built a pair just like > it. They work very well. the timbers are treated 6x6 > like they sell at homedepot. Handle size need to be 1 > inch or 1.25 inch. > > > http://bigtonyscrivens.homestead.com/files/Drag.jpg I > haven't used this before but i thinkit would work very > well. > > http://www.shellbent.com/articles/sanke.html Kegs > are used alot in strongman. They are cheap and easy to > use. Try a local bar or liquor store, they will > probebly give them to u or sell them up to 30 dollers > > http://www.tc.umn.edu/~keen0018/makeastone.htm > This is a hard technique to use but if you do it right > it works very well. I myself have made 2 stones this > way. much cheaper than the alternative. > > http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/TITEFW.htm Another > good way to build farmers walks > > > http://jva.ontariostrongman.ca/THICK.htm A good > way to make a thick bar.[url= [/QUOTE] |
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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do work son
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Your workouts are awesome. They look like a ton of fun. What is this dinasaur training you speak of? any links? First you introduce me to westside, now this... whats next.. haha
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Patrick
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Dinosaur training is a book by Brooks Kubik. Do a search for the book. I believe you can get it at ironmind.com. Brooks also has his own web page... Brooks Kubik |
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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..is bulking up!
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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"I am a Woman."? .. oh ok.. so in real life you are actually a black woman called 'Chaka Khan' ?
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UNLEASH THE BEAST
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Another great w/o Cow, keep it up
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain...
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Patrick
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: AZ
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Pimp, don't know if you mentioned it and I just missed it, but are you training onece ever two days like Kubik reccomneds or doing something else?
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book |
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Obsessed
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Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat 380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current) 405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals) The M.J.H. Chronicles |
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Patrick
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http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind!
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