Thread: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Brother Legion, hows it goin my Friend!!!

SOmetimes, when I find myself tempted by the steroids that I find so many passing around my gym, I call to mind days like today, where I come so close to putting my fist through my desk in my classroom. Some days, when I pray for Angels, I feel that I am driven by demons. I forget to think, sometimes, and react with my muscle, hoping that my size and stature might just intimidate these broken, violent kids just enough to teach them a thing or two about being literate.

I'm tempted by chemical enhancements every day. I gotta keep my head.

Psalms 91:11 my Friend!!!
Psalms 145:18, these 2 verses help me through some tough times my Friend!!! Keep your chin up and your heart light!!!

Just be strong my friend the man upstairs will guide you!!

Helluva workout today. I have redistributed my movements into a pulling day, a pushing day, a Back squat day, and a deadlift/core day. Seems to be working well, I feel big and I feel strong. I've dropped some bodyfat, too, since I started taking Concerta and Ritalin two weeks ago... cut my appetite. I've begun to supplement the protein that I miss from eating less with Whey and skim milk, so things seem to be going fine. Cut the caffeine intake, too, since I really don't seem to need it.

Today was pushing/pressing day, primarily delts and front squats.

Front squat to press: 8@150lbs, 5@ 180 lbs(could have hit one or two more) 3 @ 205, 1 @ 225x 3 sets
Seated barbell press: Two double drop sets 185/155/135, about nine reps each
Seated Dumbbell alternating press/lateral raise superset: Two sets 65 lbs (big negative) and 25 lbs laterl raise
Close Grip Bench: 3 sets 8@185
Hammer Curls: 3 sets 6@55

Awesome w/o, solid numbers Brother Legion!!! Hope all is well with you and yours!!!

Originally Posted by * Legion *

Front squat to press: 8@150lbs, 5@ 180 lbs(could have hit one or two more) 3 @ 205, 1 @ 225x 3 sets

How deep are you squatting into these presses???

Full front squat. I dont do this often, i missed a leg workout, and wanted to hit the squats a bit.

Another no BS workout from the man. Really nice overhead pressing strength, I must say.

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Another no BS workout from the man. Really nice overhead pressing strength, I must say.

Thanks man, its become a new fav. I really rarely do much bench work, other than racking the weight in the power rack right at chest height and pressing the barbell dead off my chest. Any other pressing I do is overhead. Im working on my jerk tecnique, wish I had someone watch who knew what they were doing. Its hard to watch in the mirror and concentrate on the heavier lifts, I should tape it and post it.

How goes it my man!!! Hows work and the lil one coming along?

Originally Posted by DeadBolt

How goes it my man!!! Hows work and the lil one coming along?

Hey Brother. Things are great. Work is a challenge, to say the least. WOrkouts are going well, its just a chore to post them every time. I should be better about this.


I've laid off the benching a great deal, save for CG and some presses off the rack. It just feels counterproductive to me to be working on my overhead pressing, squatting/front squatting and back/deadlifts to then try to really up my max bench. Im not a big bencher, I really dont care to be one.

Things are well other than that, our little one will, depending on the gender, be named Conner Joseph or Abby Janelle.

Glad things are coming along! Dont worry i hate postingmy w/o's to LOL but I do it out of habbit dont ask me why.

Hey dont sweat the benching....I can't stand it myself....I'm a puller. But I am not capable of powerlifting so matters well get some hypertrophy out of the deal ya know!

I like those names for the kid! Good choices heh.

Originally Posted by * Legion *

Hey Brother. Things are great. Work is a challenge, to say the least. WOrkouts are going well, its just a chore to post them every time. I should be better about this.


I've laid off the benching a great deal, save for CG and some presses off the rack. It just feels counterproductive to me to be working on my overhead pressing, squatting/front squatting and back/deadlifts to then try to really up my max bench. Im not a big bencher, I really dont care to be one.

Things are well other than that, our little one will, depending on the gender, be named Conner Joseph or Abby Janelle.

Glad to know there are others out there that think about bench that way.

Good names, BTW. What's the due date?

I suppose I keep going back to my old mindset of wanting to be a well-muscled individual. I have always admired most those who had the musclemass of bodybuilders yet lifted like real strongmen. Perhaps my ideal (IDEAL= zenith, pinnacle, paramount) would be Marius Pudzianowski. Amazing physique. Insane strength. That's what I envision when i train.

Good workout today after a week off from lifting.

Hit front squats, but I had pain due to some pretty massive bruising in my left calf. Struggled through sets of 225, but it was hard to get out of the hole, feeling unstable on my feet.
Switched to seated presses, jerks from rack, and cg bench. Not wonderful numbers, as far as weight, but at least I was there. Finished with pushups between benches.