CowPimp Picks Up Heavy Shit

[CowPimp]

Monday - Heavy

Scarface
Thanks. Yeah, it can be a bitch. Upper/lower supersets are a lot of fun though.

P-funk
Thanks

soxmuscle
Agreed. A great feeling it is.

Duncans Donuts
I am trying to put on a little size now, but strength is generally my overriding goal. I have been gradually upping calories lately though.

katt
Thanks much!


A1 Squat RI150
95x5
135x4
185x3
225x2
255x1
285x3x3
A2 Chinup RI150
BWx5,4,3
+35x2
+60x1
+80x3,2,2

Note: Squats weren't even quite as hard as last week. That makes me feel good about things so far. They were certainly hard, but I didn't feel like I had to fight quite as much just to keep myself from falling forward, and it was like a 3-4 second grind instead of an 8 second grind, haha. Also, chinups were a loft attempt to increase. They weren't that pretty. I may even cut weight next time, but definitely not raising it. I have also added a few pounds, so that's part of why it was so damned hard.

B1 Military Press RI90
115x3
140x3x6
B2 Prone DB Row RI90
70sx3
95sx3x6

Note: Military presses felt really strong, especially the first and second sets. I felt like I had 8 or more in me. Actually, the rows felt pretty strong too.

C1 DB Incline Press RI90
85sx3x6
C2 EZ Curl RI90
85x3x6


Good workout overall. Sorry for the lack of posting again, but Jesus my schedule is owning me. Monday-Friday I leave my house anywhere from 5:15-6:45AM and return home about 10:30PM most nights, except Friday where I get off an hour earlier. I also work both days on the weekend and somehow fit studying in there too. I need to play a little catchup with homework this weekend and then I can get back to spending a few minutes here before bed after I get home.

Today, Tuesday, I did some steady state cardio. I will probably only be posting my weight workouts for a bit.

 

[CowPimp]

Update

Fucking A, has it been this long since I posted here again? Only thing I've been using my computer for lately is school work and watching anime as I eat my last meal of the day, heh.

Good news is I am largely caught up on my homework, so in theory I should be able to get back on here more this upcoming week. I'll just list some notable lifts I've done:


Military Press:
140x3x6

Bench:
250x3,3,2
225x4x5

Deadlift:
405x3x3

Squat:
255x5, 265x3x5

Chinup:
+55x4x5 (Plus I weigh a bit more, heh)


You get the idea. My bodyweight is back up to 195-196 territory. I plan on upping calories another 200-300 this upcoming week and chilling the for a couple weeks before bumping again.

 

[PreMier]

nice, bulking what anime do you watch?

 

[CowPimp]

Monday - Heavy

nice, bulking what anime do you watch?

Yeah, bulking is fun, except for having to man up and overcome fat boy pussy syndrome.

I just finished an anime called Claymore, and I'm going to finish Ergo Proxy in the near future. I also watch a couple of biggies like Naruto and One Piece. I have seen quite a bit of anime over the years. Probably my favorite series is Full Metal Alchemist.


A1 Squat RI150
295x3x3
A2 Chinup RI150
+80x3,3,2

B1 Military Press RI90
150x3x5
B2 Prone DB Row RI90
100sx3x5

C1 Incline DB Press RI90
90sx3x5
C2 EZ Curl RI90
90x3x5


Another good workout today. My strength has been doing great. The squats felt good, and not insanely hard, until the very last rep of the last set. On the first set I felt like I had 1-2 repetitions left in me. I feel like a 350 squat is not too far away for a solid 1RM.

Military press felt fucking great. I was going to do 145, but the warmup felt so solid I took it up a notch. It did get really hard by the end though. Incline DB press also felt on point. I've definitely never fucked with DBs of that size on incline presses.

I will weigh in again this coming Wednesday morning. Calories are up by about 200 per day in the form of some peanut butter thrown in a shake.

 

[katt]

I loved bulking,, but the same, for me, I don't like the extra fat pad at the end.... it's taking longer for me to get it off this time..

I don't think guys are the same as gals, do you? I mean, girls are so incredibly mean,, well, some are, especially in the gym. Do you get that from guys as well?

 

[Scarface30]

nice workout CowPimp!

I had to do the same and throw in some lower volume higher intensity stuff this week...for a confidence booster type thing lol

 

[CowPimp]

Wednesday - Medium

katt
I think it's more mental than anything. I'm still reasonably lean at this stage of the game. However, I like being pretty cut up.

I haven't had that issue from guy/gals. I was just a fat kid and I have little self-confidence, so it's hard for me to get past that.

Scarface
I love the heavy stuff so much more, and as you are saying, so does my ego.


A1 Deadlift RI90
385x4x5
A2 Bench Press RI90
235x4x5

B1 DB Bulgarian Squat RI75
70sx3x8
B2 DB Pullovers RI75
85x3x8

C1 Wide NG Seated Row RI75
#12.5x3x8
C2 Rope Pushdown RI75
#9.5x3x8


Pretty awesome workout. I am sore in my glutes, chest, scap retractors, and a little lat soreness as well. Me likey. More importantly though, my numbers are doing really good. The deadlifts were cool, though I didn't use much of a pause on most of those. However, just to prove to myself I could, one set I did briefly pause between each rep, heh. The bench felt great too. I felt so good on the warmups I made a really big jump. Bulgarian squats were SO FUCKING HARD OMG OMG OMG. That's all.

 

[yellowmoomba]

Nice program looks like you are picking up Heavy Shit like the title of your journal suggests

 

[PreMier]

nice deads!

i should catch up soon

 

[fufu]

awesome deadlifts and bench press, gee

You seem to have adapted greatly to total body workouts. That looks very tough having all this big heavy movements in sequence while still hitting good numbers.

 

[AKIRA]

Holy shit, 70lb DBs for how much volume?! (Really is it 3 sets, 8 reps?) Thats unfuckingbelievable man!

I am farting away with 40lb DBs and I am dying. Do you have a rest in between legs? I find that whatever leg I do first is a snap compared to the following leg, but I dont rest.

Maybe I can finish all sets on ONE side before doing all sets on the OTHER side.....

 

[CowPimp]

Monday - Heavy

yellowmoomba
I'm working on it dude, thanks!

PreMier
Thanks, where are you at?

fufu
Gracias. Yeah, it is a toughie getting through all that and keeping focused and intense.

AKIRA
Thanks. One of my better exercises I suppose. No, I don't rest between legs.


A1 Deadlift RI150
415x3x3
A2 Bench Press RI150
255x3x3

B1 DB Bulgarian Squat RI90
85sx3x5
B2 DB Pullover RI90
95x5
100x2x5

C1 Seated Row (Wide NG) RI90
#15x2x5
#14.5x5
C2 Rope Pushdown RI90
#10x3x5


Sweet ass workout. Happy with those numbers. I should be getting closer to a 500 deadlift and a 300 bench. I'll do a 1RM test in the not too distant future.

 

[CowPimp]

Wednesday - Medium

A1 Squat RI90
275x4x5
A2 Chinup RI90
+60x5,5,5,4

B1 Military Press RI75
135x8,8,7
B2 Bent DB Row RI75
90sx3x8

C1 DB Incline Press RI75
80sx8,8,6
C2 EZ Curl RI75
80x8
85x2x8


Again, pretty solid here. First set of squat felt really good. Very happy with the chinups especially considering my weight gain. I weighed in at 197 this morning. My beefcaking is working. Military press felt fucking great. I haven't bitched around 135 like that in a while, and it wasn't while fresh either. I have 135 for 10 no problem fresh out of the hole.

 

[PreMier]

295/8 3 sets. when i said soon, i meant 4-6 months you've gotten really strong bro, keep up all the hard work

 

[Scarface30]

yeah, you're moving some serious weight in here CowPimp, nice job!

this may be a dumb question, considering you are a PT, but what are you studying in school?

 

[CowPimp]

Random Update

PreMier
That's quite close already. I'm sure you'll be there and past in no time. Thanks mang.

Scarface
Thanks. Kinesiology, which is the study of human movement. Pretty much the same as exercise science or exercise phys.


Let's see, some notable stuff I did would include a military press for 155x5 for a few sets, incline db pressing for sets of 5 with 95s, and a couple sets of chinups with 80 on me for 3. The last couple chinups were a real stretch though, heh. Of course that's with added weight, and I'll weigh in tomorrow morning to see where I'm at.

This week I'm not making big boosts like before, so I want to test some 1RMs and then unload for a week.

 

[CowPimp]

Well my strength is starting to tank on the really heavy shit. My deadlift was poor yesterday, and Monday my squats weren't that great either. I will try to max out on bench tomorrow, and then no serious weightlifting for at least a week. I will do something, but it will easy (Unloading).

 

[CowPimp]

Update

This week am I unloading as I had said I was going to. Monday's weight workout took like 20 minutes and was really easy.

Also, last week I did bench press 285 fairly easily. 290 I'm pretty confident would have happened, but I went straight for an attempt with 300. I wasn't too far off. I did get the bar moving a good bit, but then it stopped right around where my triceps wanted to take over. It should probably go up after my time off too.

 

[vortrit]

I've checked into your journal for a long time. You really always have impressive numbers in here. Thanks for checking in with everyone!

 

[CowPimp]

Moo

I've checked into your journal for a long time. You really always have impressive numbers in here. Thanks for checking in with everyone!

Thanks for checking in with my journal!


So I have been deloading this week. Done a few cardio workouts, and a couple of short 20 minute weight workouts avoiding any serious spinal loading. Tomorrow I'm going to do some strongman event training. It should be pretty awesome. This probably won't become a regular thing, but it may in the future. I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[PreMier]

what events?

 

[CowPimp]

The Events

what events?

I ended up doing the log press, tire flip, yoke walk, and farmer's walk.

Log Press:
Had some trouble here, but probably started out a little heavier than I should have. I was basically doing singles my first time out, haha. Also, I was doing it on wet grass (Not smart), which made things considerably harder. 140 didn't feel too bad, but still harder than I find a strict military press with a normal bar. The technique is a lot different. Then I did 3 singles with 190. The last one I lost my footing and took like 5 steps backward with it overhead, heh.

Tire flip:
This one I took to pretty quickly, though there is surely plenty of room for improvement. I did 725 for 8-10 flips for a couple of rounds. Again, getting the technique down is harder than you might think, but this was more doable for me.

Yoke walk:
Did just the yoke, which was 460. Man, this one fucked with me at first. I started trying to walk too fast, too soon (Before getting totally rock solid stable), and my stance was too wide. You have to get really really really stable first, then take baby steps with your feet close together. I did two one way trips with this. I feel like I can do a lot better with this one once I get the technique down.

Farmer's walk:
Used actual FW implements here. I did 185 in each hand for a couple of oneway trips along the guy's driveway. This one I had down pretty good too, though I do have some experience with this. However, things get quite a bit tougher at this weight. My grip was actually just fine for this. I feel like I have a lot more in terms of grip. It was like the yoke though, in that you have to take smaller steps with the feet closer together and all that jazz. It's not quite to the same level, but somewhere in between the yoke and normal walking.

It was an boatload of fun! The guys were really supportive even though I had a shakey start. Some of those guys were fucking beasts! I really want to make my way back there again. Soon they are going back to training Saturday mornings. If I can, I will try to go on a regular basis, or at least periodically.

 

[PreMier]

thats awesome

you should start doing strongman!

 

[Witchblade]

Strongman stuff rocks! Good luck!

 

[Gazhole]

Its sounds like something you could really get into, you've always been big into your strength stuff.

Tis good you're experimenting! Youll have to put up some videos when youve got comfortable with it.

How tiring was it once you'd finished up compared to a more 'traditional' gym workout?

 

[DOMS]

Cowpimp, the epitome of functional strength.

 

[CowPimp]

Random Update

Thanks for all the support guys!

Oh, and Gaz, it wasn't really that tiring. There was so much chit chat and whatnot that the workout took a really long time. I'm used to handling a much higher density and volume of work, and I definitely didn't push myself that hard on the farmer's walks either.



One notable thing this past week was a 290 bench press. I plan on getting back into some conjugate periodization. I will sort of use the Westside template, however, I will be using push pressing and db snatches for my power movements for the time being.

I 1-arm snatched an 80 for 3 reps each side pretty damned easy on Friday. In fact, it felt great. I'm quite confident I could hit 100, but that's where our DBs stop. Looks like it's almost time for plate mates!

This week was a little weird with workouts because of my Strongman biz on Sunday. In fact, I was pretty sore in various places, but my forearms were sore until fucking Saturday. In fact, I partially ripped of a callus on Wednesday doing RDLs. I can't wait until I lift tomorrow with some renewed grip!

 

[fufu]

that SM shit sounds super fun

 

[Gazhole]

Oh, and Gaz, it wasn't really that tiring. There was so much chit chat and whatnot that the workout took a really long time. I'm used to handling a much higher density and volume of work, and I definitely didn't push myself that hard on the farmer's walks either.

Ah right, yeah thatd make sense if it took ages - your work capacity is the stuff of legend

Kudos on the Bench Press btw, 290 is awesome

Do you think youll get more into the strongman stuff from now on? If its fun thats half the battle, its always easier to train for something you like.

 

[AKIRA]

I ended up doing the log press, tire flip, yoke walk, and farmer's walk.

Log Press:
Had some trouble here, but probably started out a little heavier than I should have. I was basically doing singles my first time out, haha. Also, I was doing it on wet grass (Not smart), which made things considerably harder. 140 didn't feel too bad, but still harder than I find a strict military press with a normal bar. The technique is a lot different. Then I did 3 singles with 190. The last one I lost my footing and took like 5 steps backward with it overhead, heh.

Tire flip:
This one I took to pretty quickly, though there is surely plenty of room for improvement. I did 725 for 8-10 flips for a couple of rounds. Again, getting the technique down is harder than you might think, but this was more doable for me.

Yoke walk:
Did just the yoke, which was 460. Man, this one fucked with me at first. I started trying to walk too fast, too soon (Before getting totally rock solid stable), and my stance was too wide. You have to get really really really stable first, then take baby steps with your feet close together. I did two one way trips with this. I feel like I can do a lot better with this one once I get the technique down.

Farmer's walk:
Used actual FW implements here. I did 185 in each hand for a couple of oneway trips along the guy's driveway. This one I had down pretty good too, though I do have some experience with this. However, things get quite a bit tougher at this weight. My grip was actually just fine for this. I feel like I have a lot more in terms of grip. It was like the yoke though, in that you have to take smaller steps with the feet closer together and all that jazz. It's not quite to the same level, but somewhere in between the yoke and normal walking.

It was an boatload of fun! The guys were really supportive even though I had a shakey start. Some of those guys were fucking beasts! I really want to make my way back there again. Soon they are going back to training Saturday mornings. If I can, I will try to go on a regular basis, or at least periodically.

Who provides the necessities to do these workouts? Id fucking love to do them.

I see youre deloading and that your weight sessions last 20 minutes. what are you doing for the 20 minutes...or are those they?