Thread: Making Progress

One more thing: I learned a few weeks ago during a physical exam and blood work that my testosterone level is low. My doctor will be prescribing androjell to me. I am hoping this will aid in fat burning and lean muscle mass gains. Anyone have any experience and/or insights on this?

Of course, I will maintain a good diet and continue with my weight lifting and cardio.

GREAT To hear you are feeling so good with your routine.

Keep us updated on how it goes!


CROWLER

Hi Swede,

Nothing like blowing your own horn, "well done" with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work I may just get there one day.

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I should probably start a journal. I even tried to, but seemed like a lot of work to keep up to date....

Today was push day: chest, middle and front del's, triceps

Flat Bench 95 x20, 135x15, 185X12 (new record, old record was 10X), 195x6, 185x8 (I think the 185x12 wiped me out when I tried 195 - I was going for 10 rep's)
Incline DB super set w/Incline fly's 60x10/10x25, 65x10/10x25, 70x10/10x25
Flat Bench DB 70x10, 75x10, 80x10 (I have never tried 80# DB before - new record!! - felt awesome)
Hammer strength machine mid del presses 3x15 of 55#'s each side
Hammer strength machine front del presses 3x15 of 55#'s each side
Side laterals one drop set of 10x25/10x15
CG flat bench 3 sets 15x155 (on smith machine)
4 drop sets of cable push downs with rope as one giant set

My question is this - do you think think this is overtraining in one session? It took me about one hour to complete. I will hit the same push muscles again on Friday using different movements and mixing up rep ranges - see post above.

I found myself overtraining when I first started working out one year ago (after 4 months I started to lose strength), but since then it seems like my body has adapted and I get better results when I work harder and more frequently. What do you all think??

Tomorrow I see a urologist about getting a prescription for androjell to help increase my testosterone level. I hope I get it and can't wait to see what is does to my progress.....

Quite a few new records for you, GREAT JOB!

To me it does seem like quite a few sets. You might want to cut the number in half and see how that feels. Then later cut it even further if it were me.

But some people like lots of sets so find what is good for you.


CROWLER

Crowler-

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I also worry about the number of sets being to much. I am trying to learn to listen to my body and appropriately modify my routine. As long as I am making progress I am not too worried, but if I should start to plateue, then....However, I feel like I am doing a good job of mixing things up with heavy/light and rep ranges so we shall see. And, I have been good with my diet and getting lot's of rest (8 hours sleep per night). Then there is the testosterone thing I mentioned earlier which should help if I get the prescription.

JanErik