Grip, Rip, Hoist!

Witchblade · 06-30-2007, 11:05 AM

How long have you been lifting goob?

Well, I have the easy route of course. I'm still young and although and I haven't been growing in length, my body is in a very anabolic state so I should be making rapid process. Anyway, you really have a way of motivating someone.

goob · 06-30-2007, 11:13 AM

Me, about 15 months, but only the last 11-12 with a (half decent) idea of what to do properly.

No worries Witch. You seem really knowledgable about lifting and will use it to great effect. That, i have no doubts.

Witchblade · 06-30-2007, 11:25 AM

I'll stay worried though. I'm a really bad perfectionist. When I commit myself to something, I want it to go well or not at all.

Consequently I like the quote (forgot who posted it here)
"Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."

JerseyDevil · 06-30-2007, 05:24 PM

Hey Witchblade, congrats on starting a journal. They really can help motivate you. I too was very surprised to hear you are 17. Judging by your posts, I thought you were late 20's, even early 30's. Very mature and knowledgable for your age.

Scarface30 · 06-30-2007, 07:32 PM

[quote=JerseyDevil;1648174]Hey Witchblade, congrats on starting a journal. They really can help motivate you. I too was very surprised to hear you are 17. Judging by your posts, I thought you were late 20's, even early 30's...QUOTE]

ditto for me

Witchblade · 07-01-2007, 09:38 AM

Wow, thanks guys. (Monkeyman, don't even think about posting a gay pic in my journal now!)

I totally forgot to mention I'm going to do a study for Personal Training. I'm going to do something else as well, but I'm not sure what yet... I still have to finish another year on the Gymnasium.

Sunday's workout
1) Deadlift 265/2x5

2) Cable rows 110/2x15 - (high pulley, pronated grip)

3) DB Bench 52/1x15 - slow tempo on the first 10, explosive on the last 5

4) WG pullups bw/1x10 PR

5) DB shoulder press 35/1x13 - slow tempo on the first 10, explosive on the last 3

6) pistols bw/1x7,10 - I used one arm to hold onto a bench

7a) unilateral calf raises bw+26/1x8
7b) calf raises 70s isometric hold at peak contraction - the burn...
7c) OH squats bar/1x8 - working on technique

I forgot to do another upper back exercise, but it was a good session. Short too. I can finally do 10 wg pullups with perfect form. I could even have done another I think.

**P-funk** · 07-01-2007, 09:58 AM

nice pull ups.

where do you study for personal training? Do they have a school? have you thought about going to college to study something exercise related?

Witchblade · 07-01-2007, 10:03 AM

I'm going to do a part time study. The study is actually called Personal Training. It takes about a year and I'll be going to college and get actual practice lessons. I might do other courses or get more certificates afterwards, but I think I'll just focus on my other study for a while and earn some money. I know I'll need it.

I still have to figure out all the details, because I don't know where I'll be going to college and what else I'm going to study.

goob · 07-01-2007, 10:33 AM

Hell yeah. 10 x wg pullups is not easy, at all. Good job Witch.

Double D · 07-01-2007, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witchblade

I'm going to do a part time study. The study is actually called Personal Training. It takes about a year and I'll be going to college and get actual practice lessons. I might do other courses or get more certificates afterwards, but I think I'll just focus on my other study for a while and earn some money. I know I'll need it.

I still have to figure out all the details, because I don't know where I'll be going to college and what else I'm going to study.

Keep us informed on how that goes!

Triple Threat · 07-02-2007, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JerseyDevil

I too was very surprised to hear you are 17. Judging by your posts, I thought you were late 20's, even early 30's. Very mature and knowledgable for your age.

Sounding like you're older than you are is a good thing. You only need to worry when you start looking older than you are.

Witchblade · 07-02-2007, 10:41 AM

Actually I do look older than I am. At least that's what I've been told. I get your point though.

Scarface30 · 07-02-2007, 01:16 PM

nice workout Witchblade! good job with the PR

Big G · 07-02-2007, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witchblade

I'm 6', 160 lbs. I started out at 130lbs at the same height about 10 months ago with the same bodyfatpercentage.

You've gained 30lb of muscle in 10months!? Are you serious!?

Are you a "natural" bodybuilder (i.e. Roid-free)?

I read up on SDrol recently and that sounds like the kind-of gains they were talking about on that shit. Surely you're on something, right?

Witchblade · 07-02-2007, 04:18 PM

Nope, 100% natural. I'm out of newbie gains though, I've been 80kg (176lbs) for a while now.

Archangel · 07-02-2007, 04:24 PM

Great w/o Brother Blade, you got that Brandon Lee look goin, Good Stuff!!!

Witchblade · 07-02-2007, 04:32 PM

Big G · 07-03-2007, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Nope, 100% natural. I'm out of newbie gains though, I've been 80kg (176lbs) for a while now.

Geez! Good going then.

I never knew it was possible to grow like that. I'm still learning about all this. Hopefully, with a little help from everyone on here, and the books I've been collecting/reading I'll get some faster progress myself here soon too.

I was wondering though, what does a 6' man look like at 130lb!? I don;t really want pictures but, gee-whizz, that's crazy skinny! I was 10½stone (147lb) when I left England and move to the US in 1998 and I looked like a blind man's stick (shiny white and gangly as could be)! I can't imagine what 130lb would look like. You said you were an endomorph too right, which means you'd have far thicker bones than me. You must've been a rattling bag of bones back then.

Good progress!

Witchblade · 07-03-2007, 11:33 AM

Thank you.

I actually wasn't that skinny at all at 65kg (143lbs, the numbers in the first post weren't calculated correctly). I guess I have feather weight bones or something.

Tuesday's workout
1) Cable rows 132/1x12,8

2) DB bench 75/1x6

3) Deadlifts 242/?x? - Just playing around. Guess it was something like 3x6 + some singles. Wasn't happy with my form.

4) WG Pullups bw+35/1x3,3,1 - dropped the weight between my legs after the last rep and did 3 bw pullups

5) Front squats 155/2x6

6a) DB military press 40/1x8
6b) Machine shoulder press 22/1x18

7a) unilateral calf raises bw/1x8
7b) hanging leg raises bw/1x15 - 2s hold at top; 5s hold at the last rep followed by a 30s hold with only the knees raised
7c) externally rotating face pulls 65/1x12 - switched grip and ...
7d) face pulls 65/1x12
7e) externally rotated calf raises bw/1x10 - switched feet position and...
7f) internally rotated calf raises bw/1x10

Time for a new program I think. I want to do more volume and more crazy stuff. I'm thinking about a horizontal upper/lower/vertical upper program. I could go on a short cut with that program too. Then again, I also want to do 5x5 again.

goob · 07-03-2007, 12:15 PM

Great work Witch. DB bench and dead's looking especially good.

Witchblade · 07-04-2007, 12:27 PM

HIIT, sprints

Christ, the pain I get in the right part of my stomache is insane.

goob · 07-04-2007, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witchblade

HIIT, sprints

Christ, the pain I get in the right part of my stomache is insane.

What did you do for HIIT sprints?

30 second rest intervals? Sprint for 100m?/ 20 seconds?

HIIT is hard as fuck.

Witchblade · 07-04-2007, 04:17 PM

Nah I'm deconditioned. The weather is awful here and I've had 2 test weeks recently so I haven't been running much at all. And before that I had shin splints so I couldn't run either.

I usually do sprints on a dyke with streetlights. I think they're 50m apart. I didn't really have a plan or a program, but it looked like this.
50m sprint
100m walk
repeat 6 times
rest
50m sprint
50m walk
repeat 6 times
rest
100m sprint
50m jog
100m sprint
cushion my right inner oblique or whatever it is that hurts

**P-funk** · 07-04-2007, 04:21 PM

does the dyke get mad at you when you sprint on her?

Witchblade · 07-04-2007, 04:22 PM

I saw something like that coming, but not with those words.

JerseyDevil · 07-04-2007, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

does the dyke get mad at you when you sprint on her?

Patrick, you are such an asshole, and I mean that with the upmost respect.

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06-30-2007, 11:25 AM	#33
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	I'll stay worried though. I'm a really bad perfectionist. When I commit myself to something, I want it to go well or not at all. Consequently I like the quote (forgot who posted it here) "Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated."
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Scarface30 Moving Stones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 1,668 Photos: 2	[quote=JerseyDevil;1648174]Hey Witchblade, congrats on starting a journal. They really can help motivate you. I too was very surprised to hear you are 17. Judging by your posts, I thought you were late 20's, even early 30's...QUOTE] ditto for me
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07-01-2007, 09:38 AM	#36
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	Wow, thanks guys. (Monkeyman, don't even think about posting a gay pic in my journal now!) I totally forgot to mention I'm going to do a study for Personal Training. I'm going to do something else as well, but I'm not sure what yet... I still have to finish another year on the Gymnasium. Sunday's workout 1) Deadlift 265/2x5 2) Cable rows 110/2x15 - (high pulley, pronated grip) 3) DB Bench 52/1x15 - slow tempo on the first 10, explosive on the last 5 4) WG pullups bw/1x10 PR 5) DB shoulder press 35/1x13 - slow tempo on the first 10, explosive on the last 3 6) pistols bw/1x7,10 - I used one arm to hold onto a bench 7a) unilateral calf raises bw+26/1x8 7b) calf raises 70s isometric hold at peak contraction - the burn... 7c) OH squats bar/1x8 - working on technique I forgot to do another upper back exercise, but it was a good session. Short too. I can finally do 10 wg pullups with perfect form. I could even have done another I think.
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07-01-2007, 09:58 AM	#37
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,269	nice pull ups. where do you study for personal training? Do they have a school? have you thought about going to college to study something exercise related?
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06-30-2007, 11:13 AM	#32
goob Smartass anthropologist Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere.... Posts: 5,947	Me, about 15 months, but only the last 11-12 with a (half decent) idea of what to do properly. No worries Witch. You seem really knowledgable about lifting and will use it to great effect. That, i have no doubts.

06-30-2007, 05:24 PM	#34
JerseyDevil Done Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern, NJ Posts: 5,176	Hey Witchblade, congrats on starting a journal. They really can help motivate you. I too was very surprised to hear you are 17. Judging by your posts, I thought you were late 20's, even early 30's. Very mature and knowledgable for your age.

07-01-2007, 10:03 AM	#38
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	I'm going to do a part time study. The study is actually called Personal Training. It takes about a year and I'll be going to college and get actual practice lessons. I might do other courses or get more certificates afterwards, but I think I'll just focus on my other study for a while and earn some money. I know I'll need it. I still have to figure out all the details, because I don't know where I'll be going to college and what else I'm going to study.
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07-01-2007, 10:33 AM	#39
goob Smartass anthropologist Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere.... Posts: 5,947	Hell yeah. 10 x wg pullups is not easy, at all. Good job Witch.

07-02-2007, 01:16 PM	#43
Scarface30 Moving Stones Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 1,668 Photos: 2	nice workout Witchblade! good job with the PR
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07-02-2007, 04:18 PM	#45
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	Nope, 100% natural. I'm out of newbie gains though, I've been 80kg (176lbs) for a while now.
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07-02-2007, 04:24 PM	#46
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,178 Photos: 4	Great w/o Brother Blade, you got that Brandon Lee look goin, Good Stuff!!!
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07-03-2007, 11:33 AM	#49
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	Thank you. I actually wasn't that skinny at all at 65kg (143lbs, the numbers in the first post weren't calculated correctly). I guess I have feather weight bones or something. Tuesday's workout 1) Cable rows 132/1x12,8 2) DB bench 75/1x6 3) Deadlifts 242/?x? - Just playing around. Guess it was something like 3x6 + some singles. Wasn't happy with my form. 4) WG Pullups bw+35/1x3,3,1 - dropped the weight between my legs after the last rep and did 3 bw pullups 5) Front squats 155/2x6 6a) DB military press 40/1x8 6b) Machine shoulder press 22/1x18 7a) unilateral calf raises bw/1x8 7b) hanging leg raises bw/1x15 - 2s hold at top; 5s hold at the last rep followed by a 30s hold with only the knees raised 7c) externally rotating face pulls 65/1x12 - switched grip and ... 7d) face pulls 65/1x12 7e) externally rotated calf raises bw/1x10 - switched feet position and... 7f) internally rotated calf raises bw/1x10 Time for a new program I think. I want to do more volume and more crazy stuff. I'm thinking about a horizontal upper/lower/vertical upper program. I could go on a short cut with that program too. Then again, I also want to do 5x5 again.
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07-03-2007, 12:15 PM	#50
goob Smartass anthropologist Elite Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere.... Posts: 5,947	Great work Witch. DB bench and dead's looking especially good.

07-04-2007, 12:27 PM	#51
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	HIIT, sprints Christ, the pain I get in the right part of my stomache is insane.
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07-04-2007, 04:17 PM	#53
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	Nah I'm deconditioned. The weather is awful here and I've had 2 test weeks recently so I haven't been running much at all. And before that I had shin splints so I couldn't run either. I usually do sprints on a dyke with streetlights. I think they're 50m apart. I didn't really have a plan or a program, but it looked like this. 50m sprint 100m walk repeat 6 times rest 50m sprint 50m walk repeat 6 times rest 100m sprint 50m jog 100m sprint cushion my right inner oblique or whatever it is that hurts
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07-04-2007, 04:21 PM	#54
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,269	does the dyke get mad at you when you sprint on her?
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07-04-2007, 04:22 PM	#55
Witchblade Succinct Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Holland Posts: 4,208 Photos: 2	I saw something like that coming, but not with those words.
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