goob

Lack of sleep is my no#1 de-motivator and reason for some really shit workouts. In fact, lack of sleep royally fucks me over in just about every aspect of my life. Luckily I don't suffer too much.

Those numbers are shit hot in any book, bad workout or not. You're a strong mofo.

Did you do the 1000 x 8 military press with one hand, while balancing on a tightrope between two planes flying at 12,000ft? I find it works best for me.

Stewart14

Speak for yourself, try weighing 220 Although, I'm getting close, 90 lb DBs have to equate to over 200 on a bar, no?

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soxmuscle

I woke up this morning, felt exhausted, dragged my fat ass into a cold shower and still felt "blah" about the workout I ultimately had to complete. Thankfully for your sake, you don't suffer too much.. me on the other hand

I'm just excited to get back in the game now that my shoulders 100%, I guess I'm strong, but I can't wait to try and get stronger this summer.

Haha.. that was a typo, my bad.

Thanks for coming, big guy.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

90 lb db's definitely equates to over 200 on a bar.

Christ... When I'm able to chest press those guys, I'll be happy.

You're the man, Stewie.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

Stewart14

Eh, when you chest press those guys when you're weighing in at 160 or so, then you'll be the man. I can see you benching 3 plates at 170 pounds or less. Just remember, I've got like 13 years and 70 pounds on you now, wait till you see where you are when you turn 34 if you keep this shit up.

OK, now that concludes my love fest for the night

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soxmuscle

That would be a pretty awesome feat considering I'd most likely struggle to get them up at this point in time..

Oh, I'll be keeping this up. I'm definitely in this for the long haul.

Yea, I know I'm awesome, but enough with the man-crush already

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

katt

yeah, dude, it's grossin me out... ewwww...



Anyway,,, great job in here soxy!

Triple Threat

I read this thread looking for some kick-ass workouts, and what do I see? sox overhead pressing half a ton, and Stew and sox having a ... Sorry, gotta go.

soxmuscle

We're always having a gay olde time here in my journal.. literally

Thanks for the well wishes..

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

If you ever need someone to move your car, I'll just overhead press it for ya..

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

DE Squat/Deadlift
Thursday, May 22nd 2008

Chain Deadlifts: 195x3x10.
Leg Press: 235x20, 285x20, 335x20, 270x20.
DB Rows: 75x10, 85x10, 95x8, 105x7.
Pull-ups: 10, 10, 8, 8.
Leg Curls: 100x7, 90x8, 80x10.
Incline Pullovers: 60x10, 60x10, 50x12, 50x12.
Face Pulls: 50x10, 60x10, 70x10.
DB Preacher Curls: 35x8, 30x10, 25x12.

I also threw in the Abductor and Adductor machines, but I don't really feel the need to add them here.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

DE Bench
Sunday - May 25th 2008

Chain Bench: 65x3x10.
HS Shoulder Press: 50x10, 55x10, 60x10, 55x10, 50x10.
CAT100 Dips: 12, 12, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 7, 7.
HS Incline: 90x7, 7, 7, 7.
DB Lateral Raise: 30x10, 10, 10, 10.
Pec Deck: 160x8, 140x8, 120x10.
Skullcrushers: 50x10, 10, 10.

Another good one yesterday.. despite being hungover. The Hammer Strength shoulder press machine is at an awkward angle and I can feel some tenderness in my shoulder again, which isn't good at all.. I think it'll be fine though, I'm pretty sure its just your normal wear and tear.

Heavy deadlift day in a little while.. Celtics game tonight..

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

natural^

haha yeah not bad for being hungover bro. and yea c's game tonight!

I miss Danny81.
STATS
Height - 5'8" Weight - 169
Squats - 3x10 315lbs. Can't fucking fit the rest on here.

goob

Fuck, i just can't workout hung over anymore. It's a combination of can't be assed and I'd vomit like the exorcist if i did go. Depends on how late the night was mind.

Good effort Sox.

soxmuscle

Don't give me to much credit, guys.

I got home from my gals house at like 10AM, went to the gym shortly thereafter, started my warm-up jog and started to feel all hot/sweaty/crampy before giving up on the "train hard or go home" premise.

When I ate a nice meal and rested the head for an hour, I was able to gut it out.

I do agree though; it's to the point where if I drink the night before, I have a slim to none chance of having a good workout the following day.

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thewicked

should've read this log sooner.. not bad!

dude i learned along time ago.. drinking and lifting don't mix AT ALL! Having a shooter here or there from time to time isn't bad but, if it's routine, training never gets any better.

It got to the point for me to decide what i wanted more...pickle my liver or progress in the gym. So not I only booz it up from on "special" occassions!


as far as using certain weights like you mentioned with the dumbbells. Man that's mental. From your numbers, you can move more than I think you realize. Just try it, get your head right and get it in the game, and have someone spot you PROPERLy and give it a go. You might be surprised with what you can do.

Trick is to give your body a look at a certain HEAVIER weight than you're used to... your CNS will flip it's shit trying to figure out how to move it. KEEP working with that heavier weight and before you know it you'll be moving it EASILY. That's because your CNS learns to take what muscle it's got and make all things "come together" as best as possible to be able to continuously support that kinda weight..

this is where isotonic, isometric training got and still has such a big part in training at times and why it DOES work.

keep it up in here man.. look good bro.

soxmuscle

ME Deadlift/Squat
Monday - May 25th 2008

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 275x3, 315x3, 365x2, 405x1, 425x1/2.
Leg Press: 450x5, 500x4, 550x3, 600x1, 650x1/2.
Pendlay Rows: 185x5, 195x5, 205x5, 215x5, 225x5.
Lat Pulldown: 145x5, 155x5, 165x5, 175x5, 185x5.
Leg Extension: 320x8, 8, 8, 8.
BB Curls: 105x3, 100x5, 95x5.

For whatever reason, my back was ridiculously sore following yesterday's workout and it definitely hindered me not getting able to get past the halfway point on that set of 425. It just sucks because I love deadlifting and now I have two weeks until I max out again.

I was impressed with the leg press. My legs are really starting to get strong.. even the leg extensions, I was able to do 320 with ease which minus the 1-9 pounds of added weight that I'll use next session is the entire stack on the Nautilus machine.

Bicep curls were good to. I'm really expecting big things this summer based on the improvement I've seen the last couple of weeks.

I'm going to the Cubs game tomorrow (yay), the Celtics looked like dog doo tonight (ballsack) and my next gym date is Wednesday.

Hopefully I can get a run in tomorrow some time, other than that, tomorrow will be a much needed rest day.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

thewicked

something that might help you since you like pulling as much as I do..

choose yoru attempts wisely when pulling.. man if you want to hit that 425, i'd toss out the 185 set and 275 set. Not necessary since you're alreayd pulling in the 4's. Go from 225 right into 315 and hell maybe even straight into 405 and that should give you plenty of gas in the tank, even if you're a little sore, to hammer out more reps in the mid 400's.

either way..helluva workout.

soxmuscle

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

goob

I think you've missed a . decimal point in your estimation there.

Justa, lettin you know.

soxmuscle

1.2 inches... around!

oh wait, that isn't big at all...

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

ME Bench
Wednesday - May 28th 2008

Bench Press: 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 240x1, 250x1, 225x1, 225x1, 225x1.
Military Press: 105x5, 120x3, 135x1, 155x0, 115x5, 95x8.
JM Press: 85x5, 80x5, 75x7, 70x7, 65x10.

Today's workout was just plain old strange. If you've been to the supplement forum today, you'd know I was up until 3:30 in the morning last night bickering about how big of a homo Chris Mason is. Needless to say, when my alarm went off at 5:30, there was no chance I was going to be able to work out. So I went back to bed and got up at the normal time and explained to my boss how important both the Celts and working out is to me and I was allowed to duck out of the office at 3:30 instead of twiddling my thumbs for the final hour and a half.

With all that said, I was extremely amped for the work out and I drank an "Endorush" that I saw on the clearance rack at Vitamin Shoppe the other day in preparation for this workout that pumped me up even more. I'm not sure if it was the Endorush, I'm not sure if it was the spotter, but for whatever reason I nailed 225 (unlike last week), and then nailed 240, so I figured I'd try 250 and then nailed that one as well.

I used a spotter that I was familiar with because he went to my high school and goes to IU with me and has spotted me in the past, but for whatever reason, I was abnormally strong today.

I didn't believe it at first, but when I asked him several times, he said that he didn't even touch the bar and that it was all me, so I was pumped.

Some guy came up to me when I was on the Military after the bench and said that I was pound for pound the strongest kid at the gym which definitely made me smile.. perhaps a little to much because I felt like I was overconfident, hence why I failed with 155. I shouldn't say I failed, I just got stuck halfway and needed some help to finish out the rep.

JM Presses are coming along. What an exercise those are...

Psyched for my DE Squat/Deadlift day tomorrow.

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

soxmuscle

Oh, and go Celtics!!!

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

goob

I actually read some of your battle with Chris Mason. Some of it had me laughing out loud, "fluffy kitten" etc. Gold.

Awesome workout BTW, I'm considering Westside. Seems to be working well for you.

soxmuscle

It was one for the ages...

You should consider it some more

No seriously.. I knew I'd eventually be able to do some of the things I'm doing now, but the progress I've made over the last year amidst boozing 3+ times per week and smoking way to much pot even impresses me.

Louie and the guys know what they are talking about in terms of training..

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches

Stewart14

Yeah and just think of how much my boy Sox butchers the Westside template and STILL is doing great, so yeah, it's a great program

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soxmuscle

In all seriousness, I was thinking about contacting you to set me up with a strict program so I could avoid having such high volume (although knowing me, I know I would throw some random shit in at the end to make me feel all cozy inside).

The reason I've been struggling with my maxes is because my volume is so high. I know it. I was sore still from Monday morning and it really hindered my workout today, and I was sore yesterday from my workout on Sunday and while it didn't exactly hinder my workout with the numbers I threw up, but it did the week before and the week before that..

Since when is 2 days on, 1 day off, 2 days on, 2 days off not ideal? It's gotta be the volume...

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Stewart14

you might not like my program . You have to decide what you want in your training and then something's gotta give. If you decide you just want to get strong on the Westside lifts, then we can do that, but you will have to give up a lot of the stuff you are currently doing, as it isn't needed for that goal. If you decide you want to do a hybrid westside/bodybuilding program, we can do that too, but you won't be able to put up the biggest numbers possible in the big 3 because you will be doing so much other stuff unrelated to the big 3, they won't progress to their max. Sure, you can make good progress on them, and you would probably be more well rounded, but eventually the actual numbers will suffer, while your overall development might be better. Make sense?

Oh, and generally speaking for a true westside style program, you are better off with a schedule of something like:
Monday-ME Bench
Wednesday-ME Lower
Friday-DE Bench
Saturday-DE Lower

So decide what your true goals are, and then we can go from there...

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katt

soxmuscle

I'd be lying if I said my sole goal in training was to increase my heavy 3. Obviously, that is of great importance to me, but I still want to have a decent physique as well.

With that said, I guess I'm after a Westside/bodybuilding routine, one where I can improve my strength but not stuff my face all day and be a fat ass like the powerlifters I train with at my gym at school.

2 days on, 1 day off, 2 days on, 2 days off has always been perfect for me. I think the reason I'm starting to feel sore/DOMS is because my sleeping patterns are effed and I'm lucky to get 5 hours in a night, especially when I'm having to get up at 5 in the morning to get my workout of the way. Once I figure out how to get more sleep while still being able to workout and do the things I want to do, I don't think soreness will be a reason for why I'm not progressing strength wise.

I realize I have to give and take, but I still like to enjoy myself, still like to have a good time and that isn't going to stop any time soon. Diving into an ME day on Monday as your alignment calls for would be disastrous IMO, as I feel like I'm my weakest after what I put my body through all weekend on Monday. Which is why I've always started (and ended) with a DE day.

Hmm...

Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches