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#91 |
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Pimp Gimp
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BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS
High Quality Supplements For Bodybuilders and Athletes. www.ironmaglabs.com You want to do some real damage, add chains or bands when doing hyperextensions. It creates a whole new world of hurt.
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yay.
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do work son
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Maybe I'll give them another go on Thursday. Chains did for me exactly what the bands did for you. It was impossible to keep the bar level and straight. Good stuff, I'll probably be taking advantage of them quite a bit for the rest of the summer while I have them available. |
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#93 |
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do work son
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How would the chain hang? Currently I'm doing my hyperextensions the same exact way Mike does his. Curling an EZ bar between my forearms and biceps. So far, I haven't been able to do more than three sets because my lower back is just fried afterwards.
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do work son
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Tuesday; 7.9.07
ME Squat/Deadlift Deadlifts 135 x 5 165 x 3 195 x 3 225 x 3 255 x 3 285 x 2 315 x 2 345 x 1 375 x 1 405 x 1 415 x 0 Box Squats 135 x 3 165 x 3 195 x 3 225 x 3 255 x 2 285 x 1 315 x 0 (couldn't touch the box, happens outside of the gym too) Yates Rows 225 x 4 205 x 6 185 x 8 195 x 6 205 x 6 Shrugs 325 x 10 x 5 Hyperextenions 55 x 6 x 3 Diet:
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#95 |
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You can hold one end of the chains or bands in the crook of your elbows. Or you can wrap them around your hands and hold a DB behind your head. Plenty of places to put stuff. It causes the tension to shift lower and lower as you ascend.
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yay.
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Senior Member
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Illinois
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Honestly I am sure it would help things out, but it really sounds risky SF. I have heard many people simply say dont add weight to your hypers.....lets ask the Funk about this one.
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#97 |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Illinois
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Oh beautiful deads!!!!
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#98 |
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High Intensity Freak
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VERY Beautiful Deads!!! Excellent w/o's in here BRother Sox!!!
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"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13
"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37 |
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#99 |
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do work son
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Once I start to get to a respectable figure with the way I'm currently doing it, I may look into trying these. Nice.
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do work son
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What did Patrick have to say? |
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#102 |
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do work son
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I went to the gym tonight, did 10 minutes of interval training at 9.0 and 4.5; I finished up with some ab work before hitting the showers, literally.
I'm up early tomorrow morning, probably heading to bed here shortly. |
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#103 |
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Illinois
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#104 |
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Obsessed
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Journal is really looking good, dude. Nice to see SF is in here posting I love his point of view. But seeing all these Westside workouts makes me want to jump back on Westside but I can't do it. I just feel like I've become too accustomed to 2 days on / 1 day off, and on my rest day I'm itching to get in the gym. Now that I'm on my 3 days on / 1 day off, I feel like I'm progressing much more nicely.
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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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do work son
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SF's a huge help. I love that he's been chiming in of late. I'm stoned now. ![]() |
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#106 |
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do work son
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ME Bench, 7.13.07
Decline Bench: 95x6, 115x4, 135x3, 150x3, 165x3, 180x3, 195x3, 210x3, 225x3, 240x1, 255x˝. Seated Military Press: 95x4, 110x4, 125x3, 140x2, 115x5, 95x7. CG Bench: 135x6, 155x5, 175x3, 155x5, 135x6. Upright Rows: 115x6x3. Seated French Press: 75x5, 75x3, 65x5, 65x5. Pec Deck: 160x7, 180x5, 200x4, 120x3 Diet:
I slept through my alarm this morning, but thankfully woke up at 6:55AM and only slept an extra 1.5 hours. I got to work that same amount of time late, but all was well. Workout was fantastic this morning. I started off sleepy which is why I threw on 95 and 115. I really just couldn't snap out of it and didn't until I got my boost: The Undertake Theme Song on shuffle. I hadn't heard it in so long, I was loving it. I proceeded to set personal records hitting 240 for a single at the Gravity Gym. I tried to get 255 but I felt as if my spotter helped me too much. My Military presses are starting to fly up. I'm glad because I've always felt weak in that exercise. CG Bench was fun, I really sped through those and was still able to put up some solid weight considering that my hands were just about touching eachother. French Presses were fabulous. They're quickly turning into my favorite exercise. Upright Rows were good too, 115 felt tolerable when a month or two ago I wasn't able to do more than 1 or 2. I finished extremely strong on the Pec Deck's as well. I hadn't done 200 on the Pec Deck ever before. It felt good. I am curious about one thing though, I'm going to have to start performing solely flat bench on ME Bench days because going heavy on these other exercises (incline, decline, etc.) has been making my elbow and shoulder tweak. I think I'm fine right now, so I want to solve the problem before it actually becomes one. I'm waking up early tomorrow morning once again. I'm off to beddy-pies. |
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#107 |
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do work son
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Here are some pics I took this morning before I went to the gym:
- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...83/Justin4.jpg This was my favorite pic, so I decided to fuss around with it and make it look cooler. AKA, I inverted the colors, ha. I'm still a beginner with Photoshop.- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...83/Justin3.jpg It looks like I'm grabbing my junk, so I'm going to roll with it. Eff all of you.- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...83/Justin1.jpg - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...83/Justin2.jpg Blah. A little bloated after downing my morning shake, but I wanted to get something up and running because I haven't in years.Edit: My brother took three of them, I took the legs pic. ![]() |
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#108 |
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do work son
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DE Squat/Deadlift, 7.13.07
SLDL: 175x3x8 Superset, Leg Press/ Leg Extensions: 150x8/200x10, 8/10, 10/12, 12/12 Dumbbell Rows: 50x10, 75x8, 85x8, 95x7, 105x5, 110x4 Plate Loaded Lat Pulldown: 175x6, 160x8, 145x8, 130x10, 115x10 Hyperextensions: 45x8, 55x6, 45x8 Superset, DB Hammer Curls/Hammer Strength Curls: 30x10,8,7/50x10,5,5 Hip Abduction: 3x10x100 Diet:
Ended what was a phenomenal week. Every workout this week was exceptional. Look what happens when I take the weekend off from drinking and just relax. Of course that will go in... one ear and out the other, starting tonight. I was going to do Speed Deads but I decided to do light SLDL's without much rest between sets. DB rows were fantastic, the only thing slowing me down on those is my grip strength (which is also improving). Lat Pulldowns were great, my gym hunny was right by me offering some excellent motivation, ha. All and all a great workout, nothing really else to dive into, workout speaks for itself in my opinion. Monday, monday, monday... |
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#109 |
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Succinct
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Two thumbs up for sox.
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High Intensity Freak
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Great w/o's Brother Sox!!! Keep it up and enjoy the weekend!!!
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"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13
"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37 |
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That's Mr. Incredible
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Mr. Incredible - "Of course I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero without one. I mean, who wants the pressure of being super all the time?"
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That's Mr. Incredible
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You've certainly got some nice deadlifts man!
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Mr. Incredible - "Of course I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero without one. I mean, who wants the pressure of being super all the time?"
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#114 |
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Tulsa, OK, USA
Posts: 603
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Hey sox,
Ok.. I just read through your whole journal. I haven't been on Ironmag in a long time and I'm not sure that's a bad thing but your journal caught my eye because I've been doing westside the last year or so. Not everything you are doing is wrong, but a lot of it is far from ideal. I don't wanna come in here sounding like a know-it-all or anything, but I would like to point on some things you may want to consider. Before I do that, I would also recommend you read ALOT more Louie Simmons articles: Westside BarbellŽ"Often Imitated but never duplicated" . Also, read as much as you can from big west-siders like Dave Tate, Jim Wendler, Marc Bartley, etc... most of these guys can be found at EliteFTS - Powerlifting and Strength Training Products and Knowledge for Lifters, Athletes, Coaches, and Trainers . Here's some of what I noticed right off: -You are doing your back work on lower body days. That's ok if it really really seems to work for you, but it's very atypical and I think you could be sacrificing some rep volume on your legs. Generally all back work should come on upper days. Here would be two example upper day workouts: DE Upper Speed Bench 8x3 JM Tricep Presses 5x5 Overhead Tricep Ext 3x5 BB Row 5x5 Rear Lateral Raises 3x8 ME Upper 2 Board to a PR, drop to singles at 80% and up CG Bench 4x10 Neutral Grip DB Press 3x10 Chest Supported Rows 4x10 Cable Laterals 3x12 -Don't do much if any leg isolation. Drop those leg extensions. An example leg day could be: ME Lower Rack Pull to a PR Full squat 4x10 Sumo Good Mornings 3x10 Glute Ham Raise 3x10 -Alternate DE Upper with upper body rep work every 3 weeks, or just skip DE work for the upper body until you are bigger. Until you are much stronger and bigger, you'll probably benefit more from the extra rep work, especially if you are not probably employing accomodating resistance and the contrast method -NEVER accentuate your eccentrics/negatives. You will be doing ALOT of accessory volume. You don't need to stretch |