Cam 2007

**CowPimp** · 01-14-2007, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camarosuper6

Training more for hypertrophy, IMO, is some boo-boo.

Was reading through your journal. For some reason that got a little laugh out of me.

Burner02 · 01-15-2007, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camarosuper6

Today

Delts/Forearms

Military Press (seated)

1) 255 x 5
2) 255 x 3

camarosuper6 · 01-15-2007, 10:45 AM

Thanks guys.

LOL @ cow... well, im sure you will disagree and probably rightfully so.

I have just always grown better by increasing the foundation...strength.

Legs Yesterday

Squats 405 x 4 reps x 3 sets (upped one set from last week)

Leg Press: Stack plus 2-45's x 3 (too much to handle after squats)
Stack x 6 (slow, good reps)

Hamstring work
Calf work

My legs hurt today :/

Decker · 01-15-2007, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camarosuper6

Ya know... it really depends.

Here is kinda how I see it. Each week I want to make some kind of progress, whether it be weight increase, rep increase, or overall load increase.

If I cant weight increase, I try to rep increase, if that doesnt go quite as well as I would like, I then increase the sets by 1. Start low, around 6 sets per bodypart, work my way up to 9 for larger... up to 4-5 for smaller.

That's very interesting. I gauge my progress by the increases in my reps only. When the reps go up, the weight then goes up.

As for progress on a weekly basis, that's admirable.

Archangel · 01-15-2007, 03:39 PM

Awesome Squats!!! Leg work can be very brutal, Good Stuff!!!

oaktownboy · 01-15-2007, 10:29 PM

how come ur sets are so few for ur major bodyparts?

camarosuper6 · 01-16-2007, 07:36 PM

I wouldnt consider that few.

On DC I was doing one rest paused set per bp with excellent results. 9 sets for a bodypart is a LOT for me.

camarosuper6 · 01-16-2007, 07:38 PM

Today is back and biceps.

W00t.

camarosuper6 · 01-16-2007, 11:18 PM

Barbell Rows:
1) 345 x 6 rp x 3
2) 345 x 5
3) 345 x 5 rp x 2

Pulldowns:
320 x 4 x 3 sets (slightly weaker due to extending row sets with rest pause.. need better mind/muscle connection)

Deadlifts

500 x 6
520 x 4

My forearms are killing me and I temporarily am having problems doing flat barbell press

1 set up chins.. slowly for 6 reps

1 set up dumbell curls with 60lbs

1 set of easy curl bar curls... 55lbs per side x 4

Double D · 01-17-2007, 08:07 AM

Nice deads. Like all of your other numbers thats massive!

Archangel · 01-17-2007, 05:43 PM

My GOD, thats some serious poundage bein tossed about!!! Hope to be close to that someday!!!

camarosuper6 · 01-19-2007, 07:57 PM

Gotta another great discount today. A whole pack of Myoplex deluxe for 2 dollars. 20 packets!

haha.. I love it.

While my forearm and joints have been giving me serious problems though... dips nearly killed me... my arm almost goes numb for a few seconds when Im done.

I really need to get some glucosamine and start taking it religiously.

We will see how my Shoulders go tonight.

BigDyl · 01-19-2007, 08:13 PM

Try some cissus quadrangularis...

...or some deca...heh

camarosuper6 · 01-19-2007, 08:51 PM

Deca... I wish.

What is that other stuff?

camarosuper6 · 01-19-2007, 08:52 PM

BTW... anyone know where I can find free PDF downloads.. I wanted to download a Skip Lacour E-DVD/book but cannot find it.

camarosuper6 · 01-20-2007, 11:28 AM

Rack was down.. had to switch up exercises

Delts/Traps

Dumbell OH Press (been a longgggg time since I did these, akward at first....)

105 x 5
105 x 6

Hammer OH Press
345 x 6
345 x 4

Side Lateral 60 x 8
Machine Side Lateral 140 x 6

Shrugs

Archangel · 01-20-2007, 11:44 AM

HUGE #'s my Friend, Very Impressive!!!

oaktownboy · 01-20-2007, 01:51 PM

60 lb db for laterals? my god.. what kinda gym do u train at btw?

camarosuper6 · 01-20-2007, 03:43 PM

regular ol gym.... kinda run down older one, but they are "renovating"

oaktownboy · 01-20-2007, 04:52 PM

so it's a private one?

Burner02 · 01-21-2007, 10:52 PM

how did u like the DB OH Press? last time I tried those...they hurt my elbows...
side lats w/ 60's???? nice....

camarosuper6 · 01-22-2007, 02:48 PM

I like them. I dont really have any elbow pain on OH pressing movements, my elbows hurt only during dips.. they FRY my elbows and forearms... its very weird. The dumbells were akward but a good change.

My gym is pretty crummy.. it used to have a very oldschool type atmosphere, with older equipement and fairly nice... now things are just falling apart, its getting stupid.

On other notes, my squats are stuck at 405 x 5. My form will not be good doing any higher weights. Im kinda aggrivated by the plateau, but being tall has always made squats a pain in the glutes (har har).. and yet my deadlifts continue to skyrocket.

Archangel · 01-22-2007, 03:57 PM

I hear ya about the squats, I'm 6'2" and it SUCKS in the hole sometimes!!! Still your using unGODly #'s!!!

oaktownboy · 01-27-2007, 10:14 AM

??? busy at work

camarosuper6 · 01-31-2007, 08:04 PM

Forgive me for not posting.

I am now done with my short but sweet strength cycle and now am moving on to a long term strength PROGRAM.

I will be using bill star/madcows 5x5.. very well respected and popular strength program.

After really disecting my strengths and weaknesses.. I realized it is time to stop putting off my pathetic bench and squats.

granted I can rep 405 lbs, but my range of motion is pitiful, usually never going to parallel after viewing myself. Im realizing that for optimum leg development and strength, I need to embrace "the hole" or the bottom of my squats.... so I have to lighten the weight and focus on the explosion at the bottom.

I went deep today... painfully almost. 315 x 5 x 5 DEEP squats wore out my legs like 405 wouldnt do.

My workout setup is as so..

Tue:

Squat 5x5

Bench Press 5 x 5

Floor Rows (much more taxing than reg rows) 5 x 5

My bench is also pathetic, I was struggling with 275 for 5 reps on my final set.

Thur:

Deadlift 5 x5
Dips 5 x5
Military Press 5x5
Chins 5x5

Sat:

Repeat monday with diff sequence and some arm work.

camarosuper6 · 01-31-2007, 08:06 PM

Four weeks I slowly increase weights....then I go to a 3x3 for 3 weeks then deload... which is something I really have never practiced... well see.

My goals are as such.

My foundation is still not set how I want it.

I want to DEEP squat 405 lbs ass to grass.

I want a 600lb deadlift for reps and a 315lb military press for reps.

I would like my bench to hit at least mid 300's for reps.

Stewart20 · 02-01-2007, 06:22 AM

Good luck with the 5x5s, you are gonna need it! I think everyone on here who has tried it using respectable weights, myself included, has fizzled out around weeks 3 or 4, we never made it up to the deload and intensification weeks, but if you can do it, you are a better man than us!

Doesn't it frighten you a bit to do the 5x5 heavy squats on day one and then 2 days later have to come back with 5x5 deadlifts? Especially with the weights you are using....

wow, all I can say is best of luck, I will be following to see if you make it through

Bakerboy · 02-01-2007, 09:06 AM

Good luck with the new program.

01-15-2007, 10:45 AM	#93
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Thanks guys. LOL @ cow... well, im sure you will disagree and probably rightfully so. I have just always grown better by increasing the foundation...strength. Legs Yesterday Squats 405 x 4 reps x 3 sets (upped one set from last week) Leg Press: Stack plus 2-45's x 3 (too much to handle after squats) Stack x 6 (slow, good reps) Hamstring work Calf work My legs hurt today :/
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01-15-2007, 03:39 PM	#95
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Awesome Squats!!! Leg work can be very brutal, Good Stuff!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

01-16-2007, 07:36 PM	#97
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	I wouldnt consider that few. On DC I was doing one rest paused set per bp with excellent results. 9 sets for a bodypart is a LOT for me.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-16-2007, 07:38 PM	#98
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Today is back and biceps. W00t.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-16-2007, 11:18 PM	#99
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Barbell Rows: 1) 345 x 6 rp x 3 2) 345 x 5 3) 345 x 5 rp x 2 Pulldowns: 320 x 4 x 3 sets (slightly weaker due to extending row sets with rest pause.. need better mind/muscle connection) Deadlifts 500 x 6 520 x 4 My forearms are killing me and I temporarily am having problems doing flat barbell press 1 set up chins.. slowly for 6 reps 1 set up dumbell curls with 60lbs 1 set of easy curl bar curls... 55lbs per side x 4
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-15-2007, 10:29 PM	#96
oaktownboy DEFINITION OF R@B Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,375	how come ur sets are so few for ur major bodyparts?

01-17-2007, 08:07 AM	#100
Double D Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 9,901	Nice deads. Like all of your other numbers thats massive!
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01-17-2007, 05:43 PM	#101
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	My GOD, thats some serious poundage bein tossed about!!! Hope to be close to that someday!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

01-19-2007, 07:57 PM	#102
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Gotta another great discount today. A whole pack of Myoplex deluxe for 2 dollars. 20 packets! haha.. I love it. While my forearm and joints have been giving me serious problems though... dips nearly killed me... my arm almost goes numb for a few seconds when Im done. I really need to get some glucosamine and start taking it religiously. We will see how my Shoulders go tonight.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-19-2007, 08:51 PM	#104
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Deca... I wish. What is that other stuff?
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-19-2007, 08:52 PM	#105
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	BTW... anyone know where I can find free PDF downloads.. I wanted to download a Skip Lacour E-DVD/book but cannot find it.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-20-2007, 11:28 AM	#106
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Rack was down.. had to switch up exercises Delts/Traps Dumbell OH Press (been a longgggg time since I did these, akward at first....) 105 x 5 105 x 6 Hammer OH Press 345 x 6 345 x 4 Side Lateral 60 x 8 Machine Side Lateral 140 x 6 Shrugs
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-20-2007, 11:44 AM	#107
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	HUGE #'s my Friend, Very Impressive!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

01-20-2007, 01:51 PM	#108
oaktownboy DEFINITION OF R@B Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,375	60 lb db for laterals? my god.. what kinda gym do u train at btw?

01-20-2007, 03:43 PM	#109
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	regular ol gym.... kinda run down older one, but they are "renovating"
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-21-2007, 10:52 PM	#111
Burner02 Super Hero in Training Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tip of the spear! Posts: 28,291	how did u like the DB OH Press? last time I tried those...they hurt my elbows... side lats w/ 60's???? nice....
	Success leaves clues. People who produce outstanding results do specific things to create those results Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem THERE IS NO TOMORROW! - Appollo Creed

01-20-2007, 04:52 PM	#110
oaktownboy DEFINITION OF R@B Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,375	so it's a private one?

01-22-2007, 02:48 PM	#112
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	I like them. I dont really have any elbow pain on OH pressing movements, my elbows hurt only during dips.. they FRY my elbows and forearms... its very weird. The dumbells were akward but a good change. My gym is pretty crummy.. it used to have a very oldschool type atmosphere, with older equipement and fairly nice... now things are just falling apart, its getting stupid. On other notes, my squats are stuck at 405 x 5. My form will not be good doing any higher weights. Im kinda aggrivated by the plateau, but being tall has always made squats a pain in the glutes (har har).. and yet my deadlifts continue to skyrocket.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-22-2007, 03:57 PM	#113
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	I hear ya about the squats, I'm 6'2" and it SUCKS in the hole sometimes!!! Still your using unGODly #'s!!!
	"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13 "For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

01-27-2007, 10:14 AM	#114
oaktownboy DEFINITION OF R@B Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,375	??? busy at work

01-31-2007, 08:04 PM	#115
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Forgive me for not posting. I am now done with my short but sweet strength cycle and now am moving on to a long term strength PROGRAM. I will be using bill star/madcows 5x5.. very well respected and popular strength program. After really disecting my strengths and weaknesses.. I realized it is time to stop putting off my pathetic bench and squats. granted I can rep 405 lbs, but my range of motion is pitiful, usually never going to parallel after viewing myself. Im realizing that for optimum leg development and strength, I need to embrace "the hole" or the bottom of my squats.... so I have to lighten the weight and focus on the explosion at the bottom. I went deep today... painfully almost. 315 x 5 x 5 DEEP squats wore out my legs like 405 wouldnt do. My workout setup is as so.. Tue: Squat 5x5 Bench Press 5 x 5 Floor Rows (much more taxing than reg rows) 5 x 5 My bench is also pathetic, I was struggling with 275 for 5 reps on my final set. Thur: Deadlift 5 x5 Dips 5 x5 Military Press 5x5 Chins 5x5 Sat: Repeat monday with diff sequence and some arm work.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

01-31-2007, 08:06 PM	#116
camarosuper6 Back Home In SOCAL Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,325	Four weeks I slowly increase weights....then I go to a 3x3 for 3 weeks then deload... which is something I really have never practiced... well see. My goals are as such. My foundation is still not set how I want it. I want to DEEP squat 405 lbs ass to grass. I want a 600lb deadlift for reps and a 315lb military press for reps. I would like my bench to hit at least mid 300's for reps.
	"TOLERANCE is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K.Chesterton Boot Shine and Polish $15. New Uniforms: $250 New gun and holster: $450 Looking like a stud in uniform: Priceless Girl: Me and this new guy are getting kinda chummy. Me: Good chummy? Like friends forever? Girl: Ya Me: Or Chummy like, spank my ass chummy?

02-01-2007, 06:22 AM	#117
Stewart20 I have a headache Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: All you can eat Chinese Buffet Posts: 2,749 Photos: 2	Good luck with the 5x5s, you are gonna need it! I think everyone on here who has tried it using respectable weights, myself included, has fizzled out around weeks 3 or 4, we never made it up to the deload and intensification weeks, but if you can do it, you are a better man than us! Doesn't it frighten you a bit to do the 5x5 heavy squats on day one and then 2 days later have to come back with 5x5 deadlifts? Especially with the weights you are using.... wow, all I can say is best of luck, I will be following to see if you make it through
	http://futuretrainer.blogspot.com/ --My new blog!!

02-01-2007, 09:06 AM	#118
Bakerboy cat burglar Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: the city of champions Posts: 4,146 Photos: 3	Good luck with the new program. </