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Bens Journal: Trying My Hand at Powerlifting

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I've decided to switch it up, and take a break from bodybuilder style lifting.
I've never tried lifting like a PL'er, so I'm pretty excited.
Not sure what "program" I'm going to follow, and I'm open to suggestions.
Just looking for something basic, to start.

Best lifts thus far are:
Bench 315 x 3
Deads 495 x 1(after heavy barbell rows, so I think it could be a little more.
Squat 225 x fucking pathetic. Admittedly, I've never consistently trained legs. Just telling the truth.

Like I said, I'm open to any suggestions:
Going to be running a cycle again soon of Test, Deca, & Methadrol Extreme from IronMagLabs.
I've used Methadrol Extreme before, so I know it's a powerhouse product.
This cycle should be great for what we're trying to do here.
 
Hmm, Nice. I am about to start the same cycle. With that one bottle of MD extreme I have sitting.

I have never been a powerlifter or tried training with that style so I am no help here, sorry bro.. But this should be interesting, so I will definitely be following. :)

Good luck my man.
 
Thanks, bro. If you haven't tried M.E yet, get ready to be impressed.
 
You sure you're going to be ok growing out of that sexy little figure of yours?

Look up Westside barbell. Probably the best powerlifting gym anywhere.
 
you are as bi polar as a woman


i wonder what crazy venture you will think of next an abandon


you are clearly not cut out for plifting....neither am i before you act like a hot head
 
bigbenj said:
Thanks, bro. If you haven't tried M.E yet, get ready to be impressed.
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No problem. And yeah I picked up 2 bottles back in January. Only used one, so still got one left to use. It was definitely good shit, ran with a short blast, put on some good poundage with it!
 
I took about a two and half week break from the gym, so these next couple of sessions will just be my settling in period.

Today I just did two sets for each of the exercises:
Rope Pushdowns
Underhand Pulldowns
Machine Chest Press
Machine Preacher Curl
Underhand Pushdowns
DB Laterals
Standing DB Press
DB Rear Raises
Hammer Strength Shrugs


Little bit of everything, to get some blood flowing.
Tomorrow will be the same type of deal with legs, then it's time to crank it up a notch.
 
At least you're honest with yourself bro. If your other lifts look like that then there is no reason your legs won't catch up soon. Last time I ran tren I was a squatting machine. One day I had a bad day at work and went in and cranked out 365x8. I felt pretty good about that. I'm tall so heavy squats aren't easy but there's nothing like hearing those plates shaking on the way up as you barely get that last rep.
 
Like I said before, the boy AIN`T right!!!! But in a GOOD way. Change it up. That will benefit you later if you get back to the BB end of it. You`ll see deeper growth with powerlifting movements and when you go back to BB, you`ll be thicker and denser. But don`t get discouraged, powerlifting ain`t for everybody. It takes a lot out of you. Halo would be amazing for that type of program. I`ve only played with some movements in the past. My knees and joints in general are in WAY too bad shape to do it seriously. Go shopping for food. You`ll be hungry ALL the time. Ravenously hungry. Like try to run over a deer because you are 45 minutes from home and have no food with you hungry. Buy pants too. Quads are gonna get real big, real quick unless you already do heavy squats. If you find a good program focused on explosive strength, everything else will fall into place. Go for it bro. You never know until you do it. I`ll be following for sure.
 
hoyle21 said:
You sure you're going to be ok growing out of that sexy little figure of yours?
Look up Westside barbell. Probably the best powerlifting gym anywhere.
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I'm hoping this adventure will make me look like a man :lol:
I was thinking Westside or 5/3/1. I know lots of people have had good results with both, so I have some reading to do.
KILLEROFSAINTS said:
you are as bi polar as a woman
i wonder what crazy venture you will think of next an abandon
you are clearly not cut out for plifting....neither am i before you act like a hot head
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What other ventures have I got into and quit?:geewhiz:
I know what you're saying about being cut out for it. I don't have the build prototypical build of a powerlifter, but, I'm going to do the best with what I have.
I don't have any aspirations of competing or anything, at least not at this time. Right now I just want to be strong like bull.
SloppyJ said:
At least you're honest with yourself bro. If your other lifts look like that then there is no reason your legs won't catch up soon. Last time I ran tren I was a squatting machine. One day I had a bad day at work and went in and cranked out 365x8. I felt pretty good about that. I'm tall so heavy squats aren't easy but there's nothing like hearing those plates shaking on the way up as you barely get that last rep.
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The problem for me isn't a dislike for training legs, its just that I usually don't care enough to train them. This last 10 or 11 weeks has been the first time ever where I consistently trained them, week after week, and it felt great. Just have to keep the train movin'.
Caretaker said:
Like I said before, the boy AIN`T right!!!! But in a GOOD way. Change it up. That will benefit you later if you get back to the BB end of it. You`ll see deeper growth with powerlifting movements and when you go back to BB, you`ll be thicker and denser. But don`t get discouraged, powerlifting ain`t for everybody. It takes a lot out of you. Halo would be amazing for that type of program. I`ve only played with some movements in the past. My knees and joints in general are in WAY too bad shape to do it seriously. Go shopping for food. You`ll be hungry ALL the time. Ravenously hungry. Like try to run over a deer because you are 45 minutes from home and have no food with you hungry. Buy pants too. Quads are gonna get real big, real quick unless you already do heavy squats. If you find a good program focused on explosive strength, everything else will fall into place. Go for it bro. You never know until you do it. I`ll be following for sure.
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The first part is what I'm hoping for, a thicker, denser look. Also, I think it makes sense that if I focus on strength, when I switch back to more of a tradional bodybuilding routine/rep scheme, I should see better growth and a different look to the muscle. An appetite increase would be great, too. I've never had a huge appetite, so any kind of boost would help. I may run some peptides, as well, to help with that.
 
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i want to body build

i want to dnp

i want to sell drugs

i want a dog

i want to have research chemicals buisness



what do you guys think?


oh never mind
 
KILLEROFSAINTS said:
i want to body build

i want to dnp
i want to sell drugs
i want a dog
i want to have research chemicals buisness



what do you guys think?


oh never mind
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1. Bodybuilding: There is still plenty of time for that, this is just a change of pace. Never hurts to try something new.
2. DNP: got talked off the ledge, thankfully.
3. Sell drugs??????
4. Still looking for dogs, just haven't found the right one, yet. The time will come.
5. RC chem business: I have some powder being sent to me this week for testing :)

Except for bodybuilding, none of those have anything to do with this journal at all. For the most part, it's all petty shit that you're bringing up.
dnp, selling drugs, getting a second dog, and having a RC company don't have any relation to this journal.
 
Now please keep this on track. I'm going to make sure this is more like my last journal. Less talk...More work.
 
Good change up bro. Once you get back into bb you'll be able to push more weight and you will gain alot more dense muscle mass. Johnny Jackson... nuff said. Just be safe and do the work!
 
What is a Super Ram? I'm a PL'ing noob lol. Either way 525 is big boy weight. Nice!
 
Oh yeah, I've seen that before in some lifting videos.
For now, my only equipment is going to be a belt and straps. I have a sissy grip, and my gym doesn't allow chalk, so it is what it is, for now.
 
Nothing wrong with straps. Just work up to a point where your grip starts to fail then strap up. Any shrugs or deads over 500 that i do, Ill use straps just so that I can nail the lift. Occasionally Ill go until grip failure. My equipment list is mostly wrist wraps, straps and Ill prob be getting one of the rams.
 
You have my attention. I love power lifting. Ill get you up to 5 plates in squats and 6 plates in deads in no time.
 
indrox1 said:
Good change up bro. Once you get back into bb you'll be able to push more weight and you will gain alot more dense muscle mass. Johnny Jackson... nuff said. Just be safe and do the work!
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JOJ has tiny legs... so does Stan Efferding. Just saiyan...
 
Get to work on them legs :paddle: Good luck!
 
Today was pump work again. Supersetted the shit out of Seated Leg Curls, Leg Extensions, and Calf Raises.
Did some arms too. Looked pizz-umped hahaha
I will start the 5/3/1 program Tuesday(a couple days to recover from todays section). The order will be:
-Bench
-Deadlift
-Shoulder Press
-Squat
 
I like this approach because it will give me some real strength. Having peaked biceps and capped delts is nice, but, it serves no real purpose other than cosmetic.

Pretty pumped up for this run.
Got all my numbers calculated.
Time to get to gorilla status ;).
 
bigbenj said:
Today was pump work again. Supersetted the shit out of Seated Leg Curls, Leg Extensions, and Calf Raises.
Did some arms too. Looked pizz-umped hahaha
I will start the 5/3/1 program Tuesday(a couple days to recover from todays section). The order will be:
-Bench
-Deadlift
-Shoulder Press
-Squat
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Benj have you considered leg press and hack squat machine
 
ctr10 said:
Good web site, they left out one thing, TREN
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haHA! hell yeah!
ctr10 said:
Benj have you considered leg press and hack squat machine
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Today was just to get the blood flowing in the legs, not really a serious workout.
I shouldn't say that I don't hit legs hard, because I do now, I just didn't before. They have definitely came up in the last couple of months and now I'm going to build on that further.
I put every rep in the bucket on squats, but that will change for this 5/3/1 program, as you're only supposed to go to parallel, I believe, not ATG like bodybuilders do.
I always mix it up and hit everything from every angle.
 
Benj I think anything below parallel starts to wear on the knee's too much, parallel is fine
 
The layout for each session is simple:

Bench:
Barbell bench press
Accessory work:
Dumbbell bench
Dumbbell row

Deadlift:
Deadlift
Accessory work:
Good mornings
Hanging leg raise

Shoulder Press:
Shoulder press
Accessory work:
Dips
Chin ups

Squat:
Squat
Accessory work:
Leg press
Leg curl
 
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