Thread: Hello everyone....

Yea i havent done this in a while....cus i wasnt sure on how i could continue my journal...but my boy told me how to....so im gunna keep track from now on....
This week i did a shit load of lifting....but however....i m not allowed to lift in the YMCA cus they r being gay and not letting me in because i dont work at least 10 hours a week....and i dont have a membership...so i have been lifting in my basement with what i have....

heres what i did today

Barbell Curl

85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12
(bar is 45)

Drag Curl

65 x 12
65 x 12
65 x 12
(bar is 45)

Hammer Curls

25 x 12
25 x 12
25 x 12

Incline dumbell curl

25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 10

Reverse Barbell Curl

65 x 12
65 x 12
65 x 12

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl

65 x 12
65 x 12
65 x 12

Bent Over Rows

105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Thats all i did for back....because i dont have that much wieght in my basement...and if the Y would let me lift there..... but whatever....shit happens....but im saving up my money for some more wieghts and shit....so well see what happens....
im out....

Today wuz shoulders and chest
i took noxplode....as usual....
here ya go.....

Front Two-Dumbbell Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Seated Barbell Military Press
85 x 12
85 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Seated Dumbell Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Side Lateral Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Upright Barbell Row
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10

Standing Rear Delt Lift
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 13

Bench Press *(the highest wieght plate i have is ten....so that is y they are odd numbers....)
85 x 12
85 x 12
125* x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12

I do what i can....and at the end my shoulders were feeling amazing....and i felt kinda beat after all the bench pressing....but i pushed it out....

Tomorow i have off so ill get back to u on monday
peace...

Today was a big liftin day....as usual i started by taking my noxplode...then i went downstairs...
today was supposed to be legs/tris....but i dont have anything to do for legs...i mean i can squat...but first i dont have enough weights to do that and i also like to have a spotter...so instead i did bis/tris....and forearms....cus they go with bis....so here is what i did....

Reverse Barbell Curl
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist curl
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

DB Curl
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Hammer Curl
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Incline DB Curl
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

BB Curl
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 10

One Arm Overhead Tri Extension (Each Arm)
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Seated Tricep Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Skull Crushers W/ H Bar
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Close Grip BP W/ H Bar
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Thats about it...it was an awesome workout....my muscles got madd swoll and i felt very strong...very happy with this one....peace...

Yea...i dont know...im doing things different this week....today was back/ bis...but i did tris/bis yesterday...so i figured i would finish off the set by doing back/shoulders/chest today....
here we go...

Upright Barbell Row
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Barbell Seated Shoulder Press
105 x 12*
105 x 12*
105 x 12*
*Struggling at the end of each set to get last reps in....

Dumbell Back Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Dumbell Shoulder Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Dumbell Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Two Arm Dumbell Front Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Bent over Rows
105 x 13
105 x 12
105 x 12

BP
135 x 12
135 x 7*
* I wuz exhausted....this was my failure point....i did bench press last...but my shoulders couldnt give any more....

That wus it....i know its sad...but im doing the best i can...and thats all that matters...

if I may make an observation, I think you need to focus more on the big compound exercises and do less of the isolation type exercises. for example, you do all those front raises, laterals raises, and rear raises, yet you only do 2 or 3 sets of bench press. the bench press and the overhead press should be the main focus of a chest/shoulders day, and then you can do the other stuff afterwards. You said you were exhausted one day and only got 2 sets of bench after everything else....you should start with the big exercises and finish with the smaller ones. Make sense? On your back/bi day, start with the back work like the barbell rows and pullups/pulldowns if you can do them, then work on to the bicep stuff. If you work the biceps first, you already fatigue them and you can do less back work. Just make a few modifications like these and you should be good to go

Hey....thats awesome advice stewart....thanx a lot!!! u will defintly see changes in that in my future posts....thanks again....thanks for the support too!!!!

I did bis/tris today...cus i wanna get my 2 sets done by tomorow....so i did that today and im going to do back/chest/shoulders tomorw...so i can take a break....from friday to sunday....i will start lifting again on monday with a normal schedule....

Here we go...

Hammer Curls
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Dumbell Curls(Alternating arms)
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist cur
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

Barbell Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Incline Curls (Both Arms at same time)
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Reverse Barbell Curl
85 x 10
85 x 10
85 x 12*
*Pushed out an extra two reps on last set....good song played off my mp3 player and got madd pumped....*

One Arm Overhead Tri Extension (Each Arm)
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Seated Tricep Press**
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12
** Really pushed it out this time...i upped the weight by ten pounds and found i could still do twelve reps....which is good...and i got max pump every time....muscles felt really good and strong....**

Skull Crushers (w/ H Bar)
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Close Grip BP (w/ H bar)
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

That was everything i did today...like i sed before tomorow im gunna finish for the week....and take a couple days off...cus last week i overdid it....by lifting twice each day for two days out of the week....so im gunna give my body a rest for now....and just keep eating right....and ill start again on monday....
peace...

Originally Posted by fyredup1286

Hey....thats awesome advice stewart....thanx a lot!!! u will defintly see changes in that in my future posts....thanks again....thanks for the support too!!!!

hey no problem ,any more questions you may have, just fire away. Good luck to you

hey....thanx i appreciate it....

Yea today i wuz a little rushed to get my w/o done cus i have a class at 130....so i had to cut it a little short...but i got the main lifts in that i wanted....so here goes....

BB Shoulder Press
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 11

Upright BB Row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Bent Over Row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

BP
105 x 12
125 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12

Rear Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

DB Shoulder Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

DB Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

DB Front Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

That wuz it...i wanted to do more back....but i didnt have the time...along with chest....but i did mostly shoulders cus i wanna get em bigger....so....thats it....peace....

I have a new split now....here it is
mon:tris/shoulders
tues:back/bis
wed:chest/shoulders
thurs: same as mon
fri:same as tues
sat:same as wed.

I am now doing shoulders a lot more because that is the one body part that i am focusing on because i want them to get bigger....so thats that...today was the first day of the new split....

Tricep Press
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

One Arm Overhead Tri Extension (Each Arm)
20 x 12
20 x10
20 x 10

BB Shoulder Press
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Front BB Lift
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Arnold Press
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Front Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Side lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Rear Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

That was it for today....more tomorow

I really pushed myself today....i got up at 8 and took noxplode as soon as i wuz awake...so it hit me hard as hell....so here is what i did....

DB Curls (Alternating Arms)
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Hammer Curls
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Bent Over Row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Reverse BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 10
85 x 10

E-Z Bar Curl W/ DB***
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Reverse E-Z Bar Curl W/ DB***
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

***I dont have an Ez curl bar so i just took DBs and held them in the position my hands would be in if i were using one....it worked....

Thats it.....lemme know wuts up people....i need some comments!
peace....

Today wuz shoulders and chest....and i figured out that i can take off parts of the bench i have which makes it easier to do flyes and incline bench....so thats good....heres what i did...

Front BB Lift
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10

BB Shoulder Press
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Arnold Press
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

DB Press
20 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Rear Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Incline DB Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Flat Bench Flyes
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Front Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

That was it for today...i felt really strong throughout the whole w/o....and i finished strong...so thats about it....peace

Today was supposed to be tris/shoulders...but i figured out that i did shoulders yesterday...so i did bis/tris/forearms instead... I had some pain in my left elbow when i started doing my tris...so i didnt want to make it worse...so i stopped...ill take a break from tris for about a week...because i have been pushing them the last couple of weeks....so here is what i did...

Tricep Press
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

Skull Crushers w/ H bar
30 x 7**

Close Grip BP w/ H bar
30 x 7**
** This is where i felt the pain in my elbow...i originally did the skull crushers first and it started to hurt...so i stopped...and i figured i would try to do at least the same amount of close grip BP and when i did it i still felt the pain in my elbow...so i just let it go...and did mainly bis....

Close Grip Curls w/ H Bar
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Reverse BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist curl
85 x 20
85 x 20
85 x 20

BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

DB Curls (Alternating Arms)
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

E-Z Bar Curl w/ DB
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Reverse E-Z Bar Curl w/ DB
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Hammer Curl (Both Arms at the same time)
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Incline DB Curl
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

That was it today...tomorow i have no skewl so im gunna finish of my week with a big w/o....doing chest/shoulders/back
i know its bad to do those together...but since i dont belong to any gym...my wieghts are too small and everything...so thats what i have to deal with.

More tomorow...peace

today wuz the last day in the set for this week and im gunna start lifting again on monday hopefully at bdales gym...if its nice enough....i dont know tho i have to chek it out...
here is what i did today big w/o....chest/shoulders/back....

BB Front Lift
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Seated BB Press
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Bent Over BB Row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Arnold Press
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Flat BP
105 x 12
125 x 12
135 x 12

Incline DB Flyes
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Incline DB BP (40 in each arm)
40 x 10
40 x 10
40 x 10

Rear Lat Raise* PB
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

One-Arm Dumbbell Row
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

Front Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

That was it today it took me madd long to do all that....like an hour and a half or somting....i dunno....good w/o none the less....
im out...peace

Looks like you had a pretty decent workout there.
-Dan

Originally Posted by sftwrngnr

Looks like you had a pretty decent workout there.
-Dan

hey thanks dan....yea...i push myself a lot when i do shoulders especially....

i didnt lift over the weekend cus i ended pretty hard last week....and it is becoming harder and harder for me to find somewhere for me to lift....it is in fact getting rediculous...today i figured i would try out the community colleges gym...and i got there and apparently u have to be a member and pay to use it....and its not even that great...its fuckin bullshit if u ask me...and then i went back to my high skewl to see if i could lift there...but they told me to come back after skewl to lift....nd i didnt want to do that....so because there is a basement room being put in as we speak...i cant lift down there anymore....so i ended up in my garage...the last possible spot for me to lift...but here is what i did...

DB Curls (Alternating Arms)
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Hammer Curl
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Reverse BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Seated Tricep Press
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

One Arm Overhead Raise
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

E-Z Bar Curl w/ DB
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Reverse E-Z Bar Curl w/ DB
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

For the circumstances that i was given....i made nothing into something...i dealt with what i had and put it thru....so i was happy with my results by the end...im slowly seeing changes in my body....which is good...and each day i look forward to lifting again....more tomorow....peace

I had off frum skewl today so i got up around 840 took my no xplode and lifted in my garage...here is what i did....

Cleans (warmup)
85 x 5
85 x 5

BB Shoulder Lift
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

Standing SHoulder Press
85 x 12
105 x 9
105 x 10

BB Shoulder Press
105 x 8
105 x 9
105 x 12

DB Shoulder Press
30 x 12*
30 x 12*
30 x 12*
*=personal best

Flat Bench DB Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Rear Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Bent Over row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Shrugs
105 x 12
105 x 12

Incline DB Fly
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Front Lat Raise
20 x 10*
20 x 10*
20 x 10*
*=personal best

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

My shoulders were feeling really good after this w/o...i felt strong through the whole thing....i hit some PB's which is always a plus....and i did good....but im taking tomorow off and ill be back on thursday....peace

Today was a bad day of lifting....i did it in my garage again...and i did bis/tris/forearms...and my arms gave out before i was done with my w/o....but here is what i finished...

Hammer Curl* PB
30 x 8
30 x 8
30 x 8

Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Standing Barbell Palms Back wrist curl
105 x 20
105 x 20
105 x 20

Seated Tricep Press
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

BB Curl
85 x 12
85 x 12
85 x 12

One Arm Overhead Raise
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Incline DB Curl
20 x 12
20 x 8

This is where my arms gave out....it pissed me off...

whatever...more tomorow

Today i did shoulders/chest/back....i felt really strong throughout the whole w/o
here is what i did

Cleans (warmup)
105 x 12

BB Shoulder Lift
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

BB Shoulder Press
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Bentover Row
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

Flat Bench BP
105 x 12
125 x 12
145 x 12* PB

Arnold Press
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Shrugs
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

DB Shoulder Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Incline DB BP
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Rear Lat Raise
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

One Arm DB Row
40 x 12
40 x 12
40 x 12

Flat Bench Fly
20 x 12
20 x 12
20 x 12

Front Lat Raise
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

that whole w/o took me about two hours....the noxplode keeps me going for a while so i had the endurance to do the whole thing....i felt really strong through the whole thing...good day...good w/o... im taking the weekend off....talk to u on monday...peace

Your workouts seem to have an awful lot of volume... From what I'm observing, I've seen 24-36 sets a workout and that's about 2-3 times what's generally advised. Is there a reason you're using so much volume?

Most people use in the 12-18 set range per workout, but really concentrate on each lift. The less time you're in the gym, the more time you have to eat .

Anyway, to avoid this, like someone mentioned earlier focus more on compound movements. You don't need all the isolation exercises you have. If you'd like to do them all, you can rotate them every so often, but I usually only do 2-4 isolation exercises per workout.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

Your workouts seem to have an awful lot of volume... From what I'm observing, I've seen 24-36 sets a workout and that's about 2-3 times what's generally advised. Is there a reason you're using so much volume?

Most people use in the 12-18 set range per workout, but really concentrate on each lift. The less time you're in the gym, the more time you have to eat .

Anyway, to avoid this, like someone mentioned earlier focus more on compound movements. You don't need all the isolation exercises you have. If you'd like to do them all, you can rotate them every so often, but I usually only do 2-4 isolation exercises per workout.

Hey...thanks sean...that is really helpful...but i think the reason i am doing all these sets is cus i have very minimal wieghts at home...and i do more because i dont have the weight i would normally use in a gym... but that is a good idea....less isolation movements is prob gunna help me out too...thanks again..and thanks for the support!!!!

Today was kind of a wierd lifting day...i took fri...sat...and sun...off and then i started again today with bis/tris....and i lifted with fUnc17...if u know him....
here is what i did...

E-Z Curl
50 x 10
50 x 8
70 x 1** PB

Reverse E-Z Curl
50 x 12
50 x 12
50 x 12

Arm Curl w/ DB
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Hammer Curl
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

One Arm Overhead
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

That was pretty much it...but i chilled at his house all day...and went back down at like 9 and fooled around to see what i could do...and how much...since i dont have the right weights...here is what i did...

BP
135 x 6
145 x 5
155 x 4

Dead Lift
275 x 1** PB

again...i wuz just foolin around...seeing what i can do...but that was it...so more tomorow
peace

Originally Posted by fyredup1286

Hey...thanks sean...that is really helpful...but i think the reason i am doing all these sets is cus i have very minimal wieghts at home...and i do more because i dont have the weight i would normally use in a gym... but that is a good idea....less isolation movements is prob gunna help me out too...thanks again..and thanks for the support!!!!

No Problem... What do you have at home as far as DB, EZ-Bar, and BB weight? It looks like you have plenty of weight for BB.

Originally Posted by Seanp156

No Problem... What do you have at home as far as DB, EZ-Bar, and BB weight? It looks like you have plenty of weight for BB.

Well....all i have is two changeable DB...a BB...that i just found out is about 20 pounds...and really small...not olympic...and all i have weight plate wise....is about 10 10lb weights....and a shit load of 5 lbs and 2and a halfs...and small ones like that...but im looking to buy either more plates....an E-z Bar....and a powerblock...cus my changeable dumbells are breaking....their madd cheap,...but yesterday i wuz at my buddys house...and he has a gym in his basement pretty much...so i could use the good shit...but if i wanna do E-Z bar kind of lifts...i take the DBs and angle my hands as if they are on the bar....i know is bad...but i do what i can....i hope that answers ur question....

Today wus the WORST w/o i have ever had in my life....no joke... i took noxplose when i woke up...but it didnt seem to hit me...i dont know y...i guess its cus i lifted last night....and took three days off before that...i dont know but here is what i did...

Cleans (Warmup)
80 x 12

BB Raises
80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10

Shoulder BB Press
80 x 12
80 x 12
80 x 12

bent over Row
100 x 12
100 x 12
100 x 12

Dead Lift ( i know the right technique to do it now....but only if i had more weight....)
120 x 6
120 x 6

BP
120 x 6

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

This is where i couldnt do anymore...i wuz soo frustrated...my shoulders were fatigued....i have no idea y...but im gunna take tomorow off....for recovery and lift on thursday...see what happens
peace

Today wuz a really good w/o....and im sick...so ive been taking it easy....but two days ago i did some bis/tris...but today i did shoulders/chest/back...here is what i did

Shoulder BB Lift
80 x 12
80 x 12
80 x 12

Seated BB Press
80 x 12
80 x 12
80 x 12

Shrugs
80 x 12
80 x 12
80 x 12

Dead Lifts
160 x 8
170 x 8

Bent Over BB Rows
170 x 3** PB!
120 x 7
120 x 7

BP Flat
120 x 12
135 x 10

DB Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Arnold Press
30 x 9
30 x 9
30 x 10

Rear Lat Raise
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Incline DB Press
30 x 12
30 x 12
30 x 12

Flat Bench Flys
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Front Raise
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10

Side Lat Raise
10 x 12
10 x 12
10 x 12

That was it...but it toook me about 2 and a half hours to do...cus i wuz taking my time...and fixing my mp3 player and stuff...but it was very productive...peace