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Fueled by Testosterone
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BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS High Quality Supplements For Bodybuilders and Athletes. www.ironmaglabs.com The title of this journal is right to the point. I started fresh on a new program today, and I'm ready to attack with all my might. As always, I want to get stronger, and I think I'm going to try and add some quality lean mass too now that I've cut down, but that will be fairly gradual, especially for the summer. Come fall/winter I may get a bit more aggressive with the weight gain.
Also, I'm putting less emphasis on my conditioning work. I'm lifting 4 days per week, and I will do 2 days of cardio per week. I will be skipping anaerobic intervals this time around, but I do think I will stick to aerobic interval work on the days I do cardio. So, here's what I did today: A1 Back Squat RI60 275x3 255x4x3 245x3x3 A2 Reverse Cable Chop RI60 #8x8x3 B1 1Leg RDL RI60 65sx3x8 B2 Plank RI60 +70x45sec That's it. That's all I needed. So, that's basically what the strength day looks like for lower body. My first two exercises are 8x3 hopefully using something I can stick with the entire 8 sets. I started too high here (Should've been better), but I'm going to work this aggressively. My squat just sucks compared to my deadlift, so it's getting priority in the strength department. Really, right now it's been sucking period. Don't know what happened there, but will see what results over than next 8-12 weeks or whatever. Also, I'm going to the beach for a couple of days tomorrow. I am going to find a gym in Ocean City to workout at on Wednesday, and just let me mad swimming on Tuesday be my cardio, heh. My diet will probably suck while I'm there, but overall I've been pretty strict with that throughout the past several months save for the past couple of nights, so I could use that. |
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fiendish thingy
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coolio!
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Thats Dr. Keke to you!
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Hahahaha! That is the coolest journal title of all times. I wish I would have thought of it.
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Ride my face to Chicago.
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Looks good, Pimp-O!
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Lift or Die
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Austin Texas
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Bovine Pimpster picks it uuuuup!!! Sounds like you have a good energy going ...
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Myostatin Whore
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I'd hit it.
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MP Minister of Pain!
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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Glad to see a new journal bro!
You training for a meet or just personal improvement? Whats your weight at right now...last I knew it was like 192 or so. |
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It's a living thing, Brian. It breathes, it eats, and it hates. The only way to beat it is to think like it. To know that this flame will spread this way across the door and up across the ceiling, not because of the physics of flammable liquids, but because it wants to. Some guys on this job, the fire owns them, makes 'em fight it on it's level, but the only way to truly kill it is to love it a little.
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Ride my face to Chicago.
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Wednesday
Thanks for all the support everyone, especially the hot Asian chick.
To answer the questions posed: yes, this is a program I made up. However, it is broken up in a concurrent fashion like Westside (2 days for strength and 2 days for power). This, however, has some additional emphasis on hypertrophy and a lower intensity ceiling. I'm not training for anything in particular, no. Just for self improvement. Also, I'm not sure my exact weight. I probably finished around 187-188 on my cut, but our scale broke at work, which was the one I had been using to track progress. After these couple of days at the beach I'm holding some definite water though. I also ate and drank an incredible amount of calories, heh. A1 Bench Press RI60 225x5x3 215x3x3 A2 1Arm DB Row RI60 100x8x3 B1 1Arm OH Press RI60 55x8 50x2x8 B2 Chinup RI60 +25x2x8 BWx8 C1DB Hammer Curl RI60 40sx5 30sx10 C2 YTA RI60 (1 second isometrics) 5sx2x8 I substituted one exercise in there because I didn't feel like competing with a bunch of old people at the gym I found by our place in Bethany beach these past couple of days. I went around 11AM, so it was me and senior citizens and that's it, heh. I figured no one was going to be going for the 100lb dumbbells, so I did 1arm rows instead of doing the standing cable rows I had planned. No biggie. Also, my arms were so fucking fried by the time I got to the end of this workout. I had to cut my weights WAY down on the hammer curls. Chinups = bicepowned. I didn't really do cardio on Tuesday, but I did a few hours of swimming in the ocean both days, which can actually get pretty tiring if you're jumping around like drunken jackasses as me and my friends were, heh. I'll do some cardio today, and maybe Saturday if I really feel like it, but only if I happen to wake up early. I'm not forcing it. One more note: Working out with my own music is fucking great. God, how did I live without it? |
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Oh, one more addendum. My entire legs were SO fucking sore for Tuesday and Wednesday, I mean crippling soreness. Glutes, hammies, and quads were all friend from Monday's workout. I think they were so sore my gait was actually a bit off, heh. It's finally bearable this morning.
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Thrusday
Elliptical
Lv8@130 x 1min Lv10@130 x 1min 3 Rounds: Lv12@130 x 4min Lv12@160 x 2min Lv12@130 x 3min Lv10@130 x 1min Lv8@130 x 1min Just a little cardio today. Lasted about 25 minutes. I'm going to try and add a 4th round of those intervals. I might even go in on Saturday morning and do that, but I'm not going to be too pressed about that. Either this Saturday or next Tuesday. |
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Fueled by Testosterone
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Friday
A Hang Power Clean RI90
135x5x3 B1 Deadlift RI60 315x10,10,8,8 B2 Side Bridge RI60 BWx4x45sec C1 Split Squat RI60 155x3x10 C2 Rollout RI60 BWx3x12 Legs were still very mildly sore from Monday going into this workout, but pretty minor. I didn't notice in the least bit when I was warmed up. I haven't done cleans in a long time. Form definitely needs work. I will probably stick with this weight for another week or two to get back in the groove. Those reps were hit or miss. Some of them felt good, but some of them felt off. Initially I was trying to muscle it up with my upper body, but eventually got to where I was using more triple extension and shrug. The bar definitely gets more height when done properly. I haven't done high rep deadlifts like that in a while. My lower back will be sore tomorrow, and possibly the glutes/hammies too. My whole posterior chain was on fire after set 4. Those side bridges started to get pretty hard in this combination as well. I probably could've pulled 10 on the last set or two, but I wanted to make sure my back was locked into place. I will probably add a 4th set to those last two exercises in future workouts; but we shall see. |
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Sunday
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A Push Press RI90 135x5x3 B1 DB Incline Press RI60 75sx10 70sx10,8 65sx8 B2 WG Pullup RI60 BWx10,9,7,6 C1 1Arm Bench Press RI60 75x10 70x10 65x10L/8R 60x10 C2 Bent Row RI60 195x10,10,8,8 D1 DB Overhead Extension RI60 70x12,8 D2 Cable External Rotation RI60 30x2x12 Pretty solid workout. I tried this new gym by my house today. Pretty damned nice place, but I will probably just keep working out where I am for free. The main advantage is that they have a basketball court and a pool, which is nice to have access to. Anyway, man, doing 4 sets of that shit owns me. I was fried toward the end there. My strength just drops off like mad, particularly on the pressing movements. I think my shoulders are already sore, hah. |
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Monday
A1 Squat RI60
260x7x3, 2 A2 Reverse Cable Chop RI60 #8.5x8x3 B1 1 Leg RDL RI60 70sx3x8 B2 Plank RI60 +80x3x45sec Done. Man, that workout is such a bitch. Both of the lower body workouts own me. I was mad I couldn't quite make it to the 3rd rep on the very last round of squats. The last 3 sets or so were pretty damned hard and I had a serious grind on the last repetition of all those sets. The RDLs were also tough. I faltered on 2-3 reps total throughout the duration of the sets. So, I think I'll keep the weight here, possibly adding a rep to each set if I feel up to it next time around. Planks = the pwn. Christ. Also, my lats are quite sore today, with triceps being a close second. Shoulders and chest are also a bit sore. I like when my lats are sore, because they don't get sore all that much. Soreness just feels good. |
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How are you liking these high set workouts? I am somewhat following advanced GVT and it calls for 10x5, 10x4 and 10x3 workouts over the course of 2 months, but so far I like it, it is a real bitch, I mean 10 sets is just a complete drag, but I really want to make it to the end. It calls for big jumps in the weights, if it works out. For example, I would theoretically go from 10x5 with 255 in the bench press to 10x3 with 320 over 6 bench press workouts spread out over about 2 months, so I would say that is good progress. Good luck on your stuff going forward |
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http://futuretrainer.blogspot.com/ --My new blog!!
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If you can follow through with the workout your just laid out, then that is some awesome progress! |
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Diet
So here's the macro breakdown for the diet I'm eating right now. This is generally below maintenance for me. I'm just letting my metabolism adjust from my big caloric deficit. I was down another 200-300 at the end of my cut. I'll sit here for a couple of weeks and bump it up from there:
3398kcal Protein: 190g (23%) Carbs: 397g (42%) - 50g Fiber Fat: 125g (34%) As I add calories I will mostly increase my carb intake with a possible bump in protein intake as well. Over the next several months my caloric intake will probably hit mid to high 4Ks. Before I cut, when I was sitting at 196, my intake was around 4300. I hope to go beyond that this time, but that will be gradually over the course of several months. |
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MP Minister of Pain!
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Lookin solid bro!! You got one hell of a program going much grats to you for your dedication!
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It's a living thing, Brian. It breathes, it eats, and it hates. The only way to beat it is to think like it. To know that this flame will spread this way across the door and up across the ceiling, not because of the physics of flammable liquids, but because it wants to. Some guys on this job, the fire owns them, makes 'em fight it on it's level, but the only way to truly kill it is to love it a little.
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Ride my face to Chicago.
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Dude, the most ive ever eaten is something like 4200 cals, and that was just for a freak day. The most i can keep it at is about 4000, and you're probably eating a lot cleaner than me.
Anyway, program is looking good. What are the goals for this program/phase? |
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Tuesday
DeadBolt
Thank you DB. Always good to see you stop in. Gazhole Haha, I'm willing to bet I can eat 4000 calories in one meal without too much trouble. I want to get stronger as always. I'm going to start bumping up calories to put on mass too. I think I need to get myself over 200 pounds before I cut back next time. I just need to be reasonable about it for the summer so I don't start suffering from fat boy syndrome, heh. Elliptical Lv8@120 x 1.5min Lv10@120 x 1.5min 8 Rounds: Lv12@120 x 1min Lv12@200 x 30sec Treadmill 12%@4mph x 12min 12%@3.5mph x 1.5min 12%@3mph x 1.5min Hit up some HIIT cardio followed by a brief stint of some solid state cardio to wind myself down. I kept the intensity fairly high on the solid state stuff though. My heart rate was sitting around 80-82% of my theoretical maximum, which is not really challenging for me at this point. Felt good, and finished up with some stretching of various tight spots on myself. |
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