Thread: A penny for my thoughts, now I'm rich

Well I worked out the past two days but I didn't get to take pictures as I was rushed last night and didn't really feel comfortable taking pictures after going out drinking all weekend.

Workouts to follow...

Push

Bench Press:
bar x warm
135x5
185x3
225x1
235x1 (spotted helped)
230x1
225x1

Hammer Strength Flat Bench:
275x1
275x1
275x1

Standing Military Press:
bar x warm
95x5
115x3
135x1
125x2x5

Hammer Strength Shoulder Press:
185x3
185x3
185x3
185x3

Weighted Dips:
45x10
90x5
90x5
90x5
90x5
90x5

Hammer Strength Incline:
200x7
220x6
235x5
220x6
200x7

Other light/accessory stuff to finish up...

Really feel like I could have gotten 235 but the spotter nudged me up a bit. One of my pet peeves is shitty spotters but the Saturday evening crowd was lacking with good candidates.

Good workout overall though.

Hadn't done weighted dips in a while because I usually have leg days the following day and strapping ungodly amounts of weight and walking around makes my legs sore.

Leg day tomorrow morning. Am busy all day, so I'm getting up tomorrow morning at 5:30 to get 'er done. Trying for 395 will depend on how I feel in the morning. I may just do 375 in preparation to go up weight on my next work out, most likely on Friday or Saturday.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Looking back at my old journal, I guess I never posted these pics I took in February:

I am built a lot like you. Have you always had peak to your biceps? I think mine is genetics. I have always had them even when i was 14 and started to develop some.

Haven't read very far I just noticed these pics lol. I am hoping to see something on what you do for your abs, that is one of my problems.

Matt

I really don't do much for abs.

Weighted chin-ups is the only staple. From time to time I'll do the ab machine they have there or if I'm with my girlfriend, I'll do medicine ball sit-ups on the decline bench, but that's pretty much it.

Diet.

Holy dang dude. respect

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

I really don't do much for abs.

Weighted chin-ups is the only staple. From time to time I'll do the ab machine they have there or if I'm with my girlfriend, I'll do medicine ball sit-ups on the decline bench, but that's pretty much it.

Diet.

Damn that must be nice, its pretty hard for me. I guess I never really dieted for abs though. I have always tried to up my intake of carbs.


Matt

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Plan for Tomorrow:
-- Take KEFE style video of myself

Are you planning on trying to fly also?

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Holy dang dude. respect

Respect for what? My push muscles are shit.

Originally Posted by mboley370

Damn that must be nice, its pretty hard for me. I guess I never really dieted for abs though. I have always tried to up my intake of carbs.


Matt

I don't do anything special for my diet. I eat a lot of good healthy foods whenever I feel like it and don't let myself overthink things in the process. I guess to some, my above average metabolism is "nice" but to me, it just makes it impossible for me gain weight the way my lifestyle is currently set-up.

I truly believe that people overthink things when it comes to weightlifting and training.

Like Iain Daniel says so loudly: eat, train, eat some more, rest, repeat.

Do that and stay consistent with it and you'll be where you want to be in no time.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Are you planning on trying to fly also?

No can do on the flying, but I am going to challenge KEFE for his WWF World Title belt that's plastered on his wall.

I could so take him in a fake staged wrestling match...

Legs

Squat:
bar x warm
135x5
185x5
225x3
275x3
315x1
365x1
375x1
325x3
325x3
325x3
325x3
325x3

SLDL:
135x5
225x3
315x1
365x1
375x1
325x2
325x2
325x2
325x2
325x2

Leg Press:
200x12x4

Barbell Step-ups:
135x8x4

HS Leg Curl:
100x8
100x8
90x10
90x10

Leg Press Calf Raises:
Sled x20x3

Mixed things up a bit today as I knew I wasn't going to be able to try for a PR with how exhausted I was/am.

Didn't do nearly as many reps/sets of squats or deadlifts as I'm accustomed to doing, so I substituted with the Leg Press and Leg Curls.

I love the leg press because I go so deep (that's what she said) and really get some incredible reps because of it.

Looking like I'm going to have to take tomorrow off as my next scheduled work out is a back day and my backs sore as shit from the deadlifts.

It's probably for the better because I have a bunch of catching up to do on school work and have needed to set aside a day to do work for some time now.

Leaning towards Wednesday = pull and Thursday = push with my potential PR leg day on Saturday.

That means, I go out on Thursday, don't drink on Friday and eat/sleep like a mad man all day on Friday in preparation for Saturdays day of hell.

Holy cow -- you did 38 reps as it is for squats, not including what you did for warm up..

Were you trying for 50 or something.. ??

btw - nice comment on the leg press...

I'm sure someone will quote that and take out the letter "s" in she...

Haha.

Well the sets of 135, 185, 225, 275, and 315 are all warm-up sets in preparation for my one rep max set.

For whatever reason, especially in the winter, it takes a lot for my lower back/legs to get warm.

Technically (or at least in my mind), I did only 7 working sets and 17 total reps. 365 is tough for me, but even that could be considered a warm-up; had I gone for 395, 365 for one rep would be considered a warm-up.

That said, I definitely have some high volume of late.

I'm not sure where the "thats what she said" jokes originated, but they apply to so many different things, I find them to be hilarious and think/say it under my breath/say it when I'm amongst my friends from time to time.

In beer pong the other night:

"Is it in!?"
"that's what she said..."

Taking a test the other day:

"It's so hard!"
"that's what she said..."

Dropped the remote between the bed and the wall:

"It's stuck!"
"that's what she said..."

And so on.. you get the jist

Respect for your physique. And ninety added pounds on dips? Yeah no biggie.

dick


also, thats what she said rarely gets old

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Respect for your physique. And ninety added pounds on dips? Yeah no biggie.

dick


also, thats what she said rarely gets old

Man, I probably sound like a cocky fuck when I say that, but it's discouraging to me knowing that a year ago at a lesser weight I was reaching higher numbers on my push days.

I think one of the reasons I've progressed the way I've progressed is because to me, I still look like shit. Call me bigorexic, call me irrational, or perhaps call me just plain stupid, but I'm humble (or a dick, whichever way you want to view it as) because what I see through my eyes is different than what other people see through their eyes.

This way of thinking surely has its cons, but without it, there's not a chance I'm putting up the kind of numbers that I'm putting up today.

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but I'm a big fan. When the term first became popular and people said it for anything and everything, I found it dull and unfunny; now that people are picking and choosing when/how they use it, I find myself laughing every time I hear them.

I really think everyone that is diligent in the weight room has some type of body dysmophia (sp?) It seems we are really never quite "there" with how we want our bodies to look,,,

Originally Posted by katt

I really think everyone that is diligent in the weight room has some type of body dysmophia (sp?) It seems we are really never quite "there" with how we want our bodies to look,,,

I completely agree.

Even those who aren't diligent in the weight room and go here and there do so because they want to look/feel better.

It is what it is

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Call me bigorexic, call me irrational, or perhaps call me just plain stupid,

Can we call you a choad?

The day we are big enough or cut enough is the day we stop "showing up", so to speak.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

Can we call you a choad?

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

The day we are big enough or cut enough is the day we stop "showing up", so to speak.

Signature material.. so to speak

Originally Posted by FishOrCutBait

Over my head

Pull 3/4

Weighted Chins:
bw x 5
45x5
90x3
145x0 (just couldn't get my chin over)
140x1
135x1
125x1
115x2
105x3
95x5
85x6
75x7

BB Rows:
225x3x5

BB Shrugs:
315x8x5

BB Curls:
95x3
100x3
105x3
100x3
95x3

DB Single Rows:
100x5
100x5
90x7
90x7

CG Lat Pulldown:
200x5
210x5
220x5
200x5

The rest was accessory work.

Push 3/5

Bench Press:
bar x warm
135x5
185x3
225x1
235x1 (spotter helped, yet again)
225x1

HS Bench Press:
280x0
275x1
275x1
275x1

Military Press:
95x5
115x3
135x1
125x1
125x1
125x1
125x1
125x1

Weighted Dips:
95x4
95x4
95x4
95x4
95x4

Decline Bench Press:
205x3
205x3
205x3
205x3

I did other stuff but it was pretty much all accessory stuff.

I got no sleep last night and was forced to work out early this morning because of class, so I really didn't expect to get 235 today despite trying for it.

Should come along next week or the week after that - I'm so close, just need a few finger taps from the spotter to get it.

Wow - nice chins !!

Haha - I must have been hanging there for a good twenty seconds before I gave up on getting my chin over the bar with the 145.

Hate that feeling of not being able to do something...

Thanks, katt!

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

Haha - I must have been hanging there for a good twenty seconds before I gave up on getting my chin over the bar with the 145.

Hate that feeling of not being able to do something...
Thanks, katt!

Ugh me too. Especially when you are sooo close, like you were. I was maxing out for bench press yesterday and was about a inch off from completing the rep. I was so pissed.


Your chins are pretty unbelievable. They are definitely something to be proud of.