nadirmg

thanks, goob! but.. uh, no. i seriously doubt that i look more muscular than you do.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

Gazhole

Its totally possible. Its more possible than not possible by a large margin. And no, im 5'10", lol.

Though when i started i was probably shorter than that...maybe 5'9" ?

Oh, and enjoy:

http://pics.livejournal.com/gajita/pic/0001cfds

Wasnt even at my lightest in that before pic, lol.

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Archangel

WOW, BRother N, Excellent progress my Friend!!! Lookin SOLID!!!

"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13

"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

katt

ok so I just got a look at your new pics......

Daaammmnnnn.... nice work!!!!! Great looking back you've got there...

hmmmm reminds me of a song

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nadirmg

thanks katt! you've got great lats and delts too!
haha, the split i'm using was made by Built and it turns out it's name is 'baby got back'. coinkydink.

thanks, arch!

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

nadirmg

i'm thinking about getting equipment to start working out at home once i move back to texas.

bench press
rack pulls
squats
are the main things i need to be able to do with the rack.

is there a single rack that i can do all of those on? space in my apartment and of course money are factors i'm dealing with so i'm trying not to get a squat rack AND bench press.

also it'd be great if the rack had a bar at the top so i could do chin/pull ups.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

Triple Threat

I have one that looks somewhat like this (chinup bar is slightly different).

Rock-Solid Fitness / Home Gym Center L.L.C. > RockSolid RS-PPC MultiSports Power Cage


I paid $225, but that was late 1980's.

Gazhole

^ Yeah, that looks good. I was gonna suggest some sort of power cage, too. Great piece of kit.

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I agree, a power cage would be plenty!!! Best Wishes Brother N!!!

"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13

"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

countryboy

Any specific reason you don't want to go to a gym?

I know if I bring stuff in the house it will just collect clothes..

.. I need the "get out of the house" motiviation..

Keep up the good work!

-Dennis

nadirmg

Ok, power cage.. i was kinda thinking along those lines. just wanted to make sure it'd do all the big lift stuff for me. thanks guys!

still not sure if i'm going this direction or not. it depends on how far away the gym is from my new apartment if/when i move back to texas. i'm kinda the same way about getting out of the house.

it also depends what the gyms in texas will have as far as equipment goes.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

Triple Threat

No problem with that. I'm constantly using the cage. Squats, GMs, BB Lunges (OK, these are done outside the cage, but I do use the pins to get started), all sort of bench presses, floor presses, pull-ups, chin-ups. Rack DLs too.

If you have your own cage, you can even use it to do BB curls.

nadirmg

saturday - 04.26.08 - vertical pull push, abs, and calves
hang cleans
80 x 5
90 x 5
90 x 5
80 x 5
80 x 5

1-armed oly bar corner press (bar is 55lbs)
25 x 8
25 x 8
25 x 8

arnie presses
25 x 10
22.5 x 10
22.5 x 10

weighted chins
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5
+10 x 5

unweighted chins
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5

single-armed lat pull downs
45 x 8
45 x 8
45 x 8

weighted crunches w/bosu ball
55 x 8
55 x 8
55 x 8

seated calf raises (3 sec pause at bottom)
135 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12

sunday - 04.27.08 hamstring dominant quad accessory tris
RDLs
185 x 5
245 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5 - PR
245 x 5

GMs
105 x 5
115 x 5
125 x 5 - PR

leg curls
120 x 12
130 x 12
130 x 12

front squats
125 x 10
135 x 10 - PR
135 x 10

weighted dips
22.5 x 8
25 x 8 - PR
25 x 8

close grip bench
125 x 8
125 x 8
125 x 8

tuesday - 04.29.08 - horizontal pull push abs and calves
rack pulls
235 x 5
255 x 5 - PR
255 x 5
255 x 5
255 x 5

bent over rows
115 x 8
115 x 8
115 x 8

one-armed rows
55 x 12
55 x 12
55 x 12

flat bench
115 x 5
145 x 5
155 x 5 - weight PR up 10 lbs
155 x 5
155 x 5

low incline db press
40 x 8
40 x 8
40 x 8

cable crossovers
60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8

weighted crunches
60 x 8 - PR up 5 lbs
60 x 8
60 x 8

standing calf raises
bw x 8 each leg
bw x 8
bw x 8

wednesday - 04.30.08 - quad dominant ham accessory biceps
ATG back squats
165 x 5
205 x 5
205 x 5
205 x 5
205 x 5

front squats
125 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 8

split squats
80 x 10 (10 reps left then 10 reps right)
80 x 10
80 x 10

bicep curls
27.5 x 8
27.5 x 8
30 x 8

preacher curls
bar + 40 x 8
bar + 40 x 8
bar + 40 x 8

friday - 05.02.08 - vertical pull push, abs and calves
hang cleans
90 x 5
90 x 5
90 x 5
80 x 5
80 x 5

oly bar press - single-armed
25 x 8
25 x 8
25 x 8

arnie press
22.5 x 10
22.5 x 10
25 x 10

weighted chins
+10 x 5
+12.5 x 5 - weight PR up 2.5 lbs
+12.5 x 5
+12.5 x 5
+12.5 x 5
+12.5 x 5

unweighted chins - SO freakin' easy so i'm doing 2-sec negs
bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 5

one-armed lat pull downs
45 x 8
45 x 8
45 x 8

weighted crunches
65 x 8 - PR up 5 lbs
65 x 8
65 x 8

seated calves - 3-sec pause between reps
135 x 12
135 x 12
135 x 12 - PR - first time to do all 3 sets at 135

couple of PRs in here over the past week. i'm especially happy about the flat bench, RDL, and weighted chin ones.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

SamEaston

My god man ... for a second i thought that was todays workout

Hey, if you get a home gym then how are you going to chat up the laydees?? Hmmm, bet you didnt' think about that eh??

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Built

Hang clean and bench coming up - good work!

goob

I know. For a moment I thought he'd stolen one of my older workouts...

Excellent work on the hang cleans. You really are not far at all from what I'm doing. And you'll pass me by shortly too....

DOMS

I did too!

That a solid workload, nadirmg!

JailHouse

Looks gr8 nads, so gr8 that im stealing it

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nadirmg

yeees, i've already thought of that. there aren't really any ladies to speak of at my gym that i'd talk to anyway.

thanks, built!

thanks, goob! if any of my lifts DO catch up to you my bench will be the last one - weak chest

thanks DOMSter

haha, it's a great split, isn't it? thanks, JH.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

nadirmg

ok, just a couple of updates.

i'm keeping some of my main goals listed in my sig. over the past week i met my first flat bench goal of 150 (actually did 155 for 3 sets of 5 reps too). so my second goal is now to get 170. just 15 lbs more to go.

i haven't been really keeping you in the loop with my weight, but today i weighed in at 143. up 8 pounds from when i started bulking. more than halfway towards my goal of 150.

in may believe i'll get my first squat goal of 235 - now i can squat 4 sets of 205 x 5 so it's time to up the weight again.

i've been doing weighted chins for 3 weeks now (using +12.5). 10 reps of bw chins will be no problem. so i've changed my goal to 5 reps +20 lbs. that should keep me busy for a while

also yesterday i bought 8.65 pounds of top sirloin tips for $16. score!

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

Built

Steak + squats = size.

vader

sounds like your doing great,meeting and beating set goals are awesome.
Get a big sweet potato with that steak

countryboy

Looking Good! A couple of goals achieved already.. Excellent!




OK, lunch is covered.. what's for dinner??

-Dennis

Scarface30

back logged a little bit, huh? oh well - all the workouts are looking fantastic dude this is really weird, but I weighed myself just the other day and was 143...lol

how's the studying coming?

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Archangel

Excellent w/o's BRother N!!! Congrats on your PR's and Goals met too my Friend!!!

"I can do ALL things through Christ, who strengthens me" - Philippians 4:13

"For NOTHING is impossible with GOD" - Luke 1:37

nadirmg

thanks vader! yes indeed, meeting goals rocks.

thanks, country! on to the next set of goals. we're never finished!

thanks, scar. yea i got lazy with updating my journal - mainly because i was studying. speaking of which i'm so sick of the gmat i'm just ready to take it and get it over with already...

thanks, AA!

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

nadirmg

sunday - 05.04.08 - ham dominant quad accessory triceps

RDLs
195 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5
265 x 5
275 x 1 - PR - just wanted to see if i could do 1 rep. that was all i could do.
265 x 3

GMs
105 x 8
125 x 8
125 x 8

leg curls*
130 x 12
130 x 12
130 x 12

front squats*
135 x 10
135 x 10
135 x 10

weighted dips**
25 x 8
27.5 x 8 - PR
27.5 x 8

CG flat bench**
145 x 8
145 x 7
145 x 6

*antagonist pair
**antagonist pair

remarks
RDLs - i remember the first time i did RDLs back in february one wheel on each side was a challenge for me. today my warmup set, 50 pounds heavier than that original 145, was so easy i almost laughed out loud. even got a 1-rep at 275 today!
overall - back feels like it's getting a lot stronger recently. pretty happy with that but i need to start working on my grip strength or i'll hit a ceiling before long.

w/o log
5'5" - currently bulking - 145lb on 5/16
weight goal I: 150 :: bench goal II:170 :: squat goal II: 250 :: weighted chin goal IV: +35 x 5 x 5

JailHouse

your deads are coming along at record speeds. Nice PRs!!

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Built

You're on FIRE here!

Okay, grip: Every time you're under something you can hang from, do it. Jump up and hang off the power cage between sets of squats, jump up and hang for as long as you can when you walk under the cable crossover station - any where you can, just do it.

I also found my grip came up a lot when I started doing hang cleans.

b_reed23

wow...your working your ass off in here!!!!

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