Eggs Way v2

[Eggs]

Alrighty, its time for me to move my journal over here. I'm not going to stat completely over, probably going to C&P 10-15 of my last decent posts (the ones actually pertaining to working out) so that I have some bit of back ground.

A little bit about myself: I'm 5'9", weigh 182lbs, 31" waist, 16 3/4" arms, 45" chest.

Cant think of anything else... oh, good sized quads/hamstrings but my calves are pitifully small (just so I dont forget). Not sure why, always been a runner and so on.

I lift weights, run, do kickboxing and a couple other things. Enjoy Kayaking, Tennis, Climbing and swimming. Unfortunately there is only so much one can do in a day so Kayaking and Climbing are generally only once a month or perhaps twice a month events.

I recently bulked to 200lbs and am working on thinning out a bit before summer time. I have a six pack, but I'd like to drop my bf% another 2-3% I think. That will put it pretty low.

I've been lifting seriously for a little while. I certainly dont have the experience that some of these guys do that have been in the game for 15-20 years, but I love to learn and any tips you guys (and ladies) can give me are well appreciated.

Thanks,
Eggs

 

[Eggs]

Actually, on second thought I'm not going to C&P my last journal entries because most were just yacking anyways and spent little time in the nitty gritty.

So this is my basic routine:
Monday: Kickboxing
Tuesday: Chest, Shoulders and Triceps (trapz as well).
Wednesday: Kickboxing
Thursday: Back and Biceps
Friday: Kickboxing
Saturday: Legs, but I've been less than faithful because of thr trauma I've put on my legs recently with starting cardio again along with doing kickboxing. The weird thing is, I notice they hurt more during the week if I skip my grueling squat sessions.

Sample Tuesday Routine:
I like to start off with a warm-up set or two on the bench (or dumbells) at about 80lbs... then:
Chest:
Incline Dumbells x 3 sets
Flat Bench (Barbell) x 4 sets
Reverse Grip bench x 2 sets
Decline Fly x 2
Pec Deck x 2

Shoulders:
Military Press x 3
Side Lateral Raises x 2
Bent over Dumbell Raises x 2
Standing Rows x 3

*Yeah, I mix my sets up a bit and pop back and forth as I feel like it, sometimes I just need a few minutes break from a certain exercise and so hit another one in the mean time.

Triceps:
Skull crushers x 2
Triceps Pushdowns x 2
Rope... x 1 (or 2)
Dips x 10x2
Single Arm Dumbell tricep extensions x 1

Thats pretty much it for that day, I generally keep my workouts to 60-80 minutes. Any longer than that and its just too long IMO.

Of course any tips are welcome.

Eggs

 

[lean_n_76er]

Hey Eggs, nice to see you around! Couldn't find a "newbie" post so I thought I say Hello where you would see it!

 

[Eggs]

Hey Lean, thanks for dropping by! Yeah, the newbie post is long gone... I've actually been pretty laxidaisical (sp?) with posts as life has been busy for me.

Good to see you here, looking forward to your updates. How are your lifts coming? Making some decent progress since last time we talked?


Tonight I have Kickboxing. Getting pretty limber, very close to geting the splits. Hoepfully in less than a month I'll be that limber, if not I have as much time as it takes. Hurt my ankle two weeks ago messing around (long story...), but its mostly better now and only hurts slightly when I walk on it. Another week of keeping the kicks super light and I'll be back in the game. Started kicking (yes, very lightly) poles to strengthen my shins... funny when I wear shorts and both my shins are completely bruised. Ah well, its fun.

Eggs

 

[lean_n_76er]

Good to see you here, looking forward to your updates. How are your lifts coming? Making some decent progress since last time we talked?

Not much progress to talk about. Keep trying different things and don't see much results that I want. Like I said to Kuso, maybe I'm not liftin hard enough.

Hurt my ankle two weeks ago messing around (long story...), but its mostly better now and only hurts slightly when I walk on it.
Eggs [/QUOTE]

Fall out of bed again???

 

[Eggs]

Yep... fell out of bed! Heh, thats actually better sounding than the truth.

Anyways, my workout for Tuesday, but I dont have time to list reps/sets:

Chest:
1. Incline Dumbell
2. Flat Bench Barbell
3. Incline Barbell
4. Reverse Grip Bench
5. Incline Fly
6. Dont know the name of the exercise

Shoulders:
1. Military Press
2. Side Lateral Raises
3. Front Lateral Raises
4. Bent Over Lateral Raises

Triceps:
1. Skull Crushers
2. Tricep Pushdowns
3. Dips
4. Single arm dumbell extensions

I know, alot of different exercises... I cant help it, its fun to mix things up. Though I do quite a few sets as well.

Eggs

 

[irontime]

Sounds like you have quite the full schedule buddy, awesome. I can tell be the pics I seen of you that the work is definitely paying off Just one thing I noticed though. You put down traps with your shoulders instead of back. I'm pretty sure that traps are a part of the back muscle. Could be wrong though
Guess after posting this we'll find out

 

[Eggs]

Well, have to wait a few more minutes for my friend before heading out... so figured I'd post.

I do Trapz on that day because I also do shoulders... and during intense standing rows it puts alot of stress on the shoulders as well. Not to mention that shrugs, etc put a good bit of strain on the shoulders. So I'm not sure if that is a decent reason, but its why I do it that way. Before I worked them with legs to keep them out of the mix, but since I am doing kickboxing alot I dont do legs every week (havent since I hurt my ankle, dont want the legs to give out hard under heavy squats).

Perhaps on my next rotation when I mix up the work out I'll throw them in with back. Whats your back/traps workout consist of?

Eggs

 

[irontime]

For back I do behind the neck pull downs, reverse grip pull downs, rows, and this other thing that I made up haven't named and don't know how to explain For traps I do dumbell shrugs. I also find that with shrugs that if you keep your chin tucked down to your chest that it works it a hell of a lot better. I do all of these with a drop set untill failure. For shrugs it's a little different though. I max out, drop that weight in half go to failure, then I drop that weight in half and go again till failure.

What exercises do you do for traps? I'd like to add some more to my routine.

 

[kuso]

Ahh...so this is where you`ve been hiding ???

Eggs, I don`t know what you think of him, but Terry G from mm.com says that traps go with back always....don`t remember why, but if you do a search over there you should find it...it made sense to me so I changed over and like the feeling of doing them on back day better To each his own though I guess.

 

[irontime]

I never read what Terry said, but I'm pretty sure that traps are the upper back muscle, and I can feel the traps being worked when I do wide grip pull downs, so I think that's why.

 

[dvlmn666]

I can feel them being used on back day, but I personally do them with shoulders. It just seems to add that last bit of burn.

I usually do them either dumbells shrugs, barbell shrugs, or a machine we have that you use plates, so I can go even heavier, but it's not iso so hits them alot like the barbell shrugs.

Or one thing I've found that really fry's them if you do them on shoulder day is. Start with barbell upright rows, then when your done thrown on a plate or so on each side and superset shrugs until failure.

that superset is the best I've found to make them burn.

IT, I'll try that keeping my chin tucked in on dumbell shrugs on friday. thanks for the tip.

 

[Jenny]

Hey Eggs!

Great thread you've got going here!
Is your leg feeling better yet? (yeah, I know, I have such a fantastic memory... )

 

[Eggs]

Oooh, I cant believe my thread stayed "un-pornal" with all you characters in here

I might change them to back, but I like to switch up my routine as completely as possible every few months so that I have to keep the muscles guessing. Terry G. does know alot of stuff... too bad he doesnt hang at a cooler, more community oriented site!

I do shrugs and standing rows for trapz, so nothing new and exciting. I'll have to try keeping my chin tucked, thanks for that bit of info. I generally dont do drop sets every workout, but rather do them every two or three weeks on a rotational scheme. So this week I might do drop sets for chest and shoulders, then next week do drops for back and triceps, etc... then the week after legs drop sets, then back to chest and shoulders. Anyways

I've only done barbell shrugs a few times, found them quite uncomfortable and havent really done them since.

NG, hey there Thanks for dropping by... and my legs feeling much better! No more messing around for me though during practice

Today was back and biceps... changed it up a little bit and did a couple supersets as I've been beating my back pretty hard to get it up to speed.

Back:
Lat Pulldowns:
Warm up 2x12x120 (front pulldown)
Heavy: 2x8x200, 2x6x220, 2x23x240, 1x260 (yeah, for fun...)
*Note: I'm not happy with this currently, want to hit 300lbs by next Christmas.
Reverse Grip Pulldowns: 2x8x200, 1x6x220
Upright Rows: 2x8x140, 1x6x160
Bent Over Rows: 2x8x90lbs (not much, but I'm beat by this point)
Close Grip Pulldowns (Superset x 2) 5x200, 4x180, 4x160, 5x140, 5x120. My hands always start giving out on these... ah well.

Biceps:
Barbell Curl: 3x8x85
Dumbell Curl: 2x10x35s (with 2 hammer curls pegged on the end for a total of 12 reps).

I didnt do much for biceps, partially because they were already destroyed, and partially because I was out of time to workout.

So thats it for today, thanks for dropping by the journal!

Eggs

 

[Eggs]

Got Kickboxing tonight, might do some pushups and dips too!

I'm down to 175lbs now, getting shredded pretty well. Just read of an ECA stack I'm going to try to finish off the cutting, but cant try it until I get back from vacation in Hungary. I'll probably post a few pics of the trip if you guys want. Not leaving until the 26th, family is coming over to visit so I figured it would be nice to leave Italy (though I really do love it here).

I feel so much better than when I was >200lbs (bulking), that was just a whole lot of weight. With me liking outdoor sports so much I'm not sure I'll let myself get over than point again unless I move to a really cold place.

So it will probably be another month before I get pics up for you guys, but hopefully you'll be able to see a bit of change

Eggs

 

[Eggs]

Alright, am switching up my routine now... yeah, about time!

I'm going to do something that I did last year, and while I didnt get a whole lot of size on it, it was great for Summer time.

Basically I do a warm up set, then do three heavy lifts x 6 reps, three medium lifts x 12-15 reps, and three light lifts x 25 lifts.

Each three sets is a seperate exercise... so for chest I did:
1. Flat Barbell Bench x 3 sets Heavy
2. Incline Fly x 3 sets Medium
3. Pec Deck x 3 sets Light

Then I did Triceps in the same fashion:
1. Skull Crushers x 3 heavy
2. Dips x 3 Medium
3. Tricep Pressdown x 3 Light

and of course shoulders:
1. Military Press x 3 heavy
2. Side Lateral Raises x 3 medium
3. bent over Lateral Raises x 3 Light

This is just so much better for me in Summer time because it doesnt overstress my joints while I'm running long distances, or climbing, playing tennis, etc.

Just went and got a new 3 piece suit... its pretty cool and the vest is nice. Perhaps this weekend I'll be able to put it to good use and go party a little. Guess we'll see.

Eggs

 

[Jenny]

Hey Eggman! Realised I haven't been visiting you much lately.. shame on me... your w/o looks really good, but when are we going to see the diet.?? not to mention pics...

Take care,
Jen

 

[irontime]

Originally posted by Eggs
1. Skull Crushers x 3 heavy

This is just so much better for me in Summer time because it doesnt overstress my joints

Skull crushers don't overstress your joints? Believe me I love skullcrushers, I was getting major gains with them but I noticed that whenever I did them I felt a 'bruise' in my elbow. It was the first signs of tendonidius (s/p) I kept doing them like an idiot and I was out of the weight room for 3 full weeks.

Just giving you a heads-up as you are doing 3 heavy sets, so if you start feeling something like a bruise in your elbow stop doing those.

 

[Eggs]

Actually, doing 15-20 dips puts x 3 sets puts alot more stress on my joints... I can generally feel the ol twinge after a set or two and it bothers me but I know its not going to cause permanent damage.

IT - You've got to remember that heavy for me isnt necessarily heavy for you Especially because I throw in reverse bench and stuff during my tricep movements which drain them even more.

NG - You're always welcome, if you need to hang to get away from intense pornalisation occuring in your thread then feel free The diet you probably wont see... mostly because its on the fly. I have a hard time planning it out because of my work day and I dont know if I'm going to be in the office or about all day. Either way I get food, and dont binge much. I just started a carb cycling program, at a low point it will probably be like 40g carbs and a high of 120g carbs. Wont be easy because I like to eat 6 portions or more of fruit a day! Thank God I dont eat sweets or I'd get fat.

I'll try and some pics for you today. I go to Venice this weekend, I'm looking forward to it. Was kind of a last minute thing but it sounds like fun. Then the week after I get back its a week in Hungary! Summers here and I have Cabin fever

Eggs

 

[irontime]

Well I was getting kinda carried away with them. I went up to 185lb for skull crushers, wonder if that put any stress on the joints

 

[Eggs]

Originally posted by irontime
Well I was getting kinda carried away with them. I went up to 185lb for skull crushers, wonder if that put any stress on the joints

Whew, yeah I think that might be a bit much.

I try for perfect form at lower weights, dont need to hurt myself

Eggs

 

[Eggs]

Alright...

I believe last week I slacked on posting my back routine. I cant remember exactly what I did so I'll just skip it and say it was good. Maybe not THAT good, like w8lifter good But not too shabby overall. Friday I went for a little jog and then headed to Venice.

Hmmm, Venice... I could get used to living there. Sort of a Romantic place, a place for eccentrics; for poets, writers, and painters to congregate and create fantastic musical shiny wonderful things. The kind of place where you can see a gondola drifting past with a wedding couple, where you can relax in the piazza, or head out with close friends and party the night away. Okay, I didnt get laid.

So anyways, now that we're done with that BS, yeah I had a good time... very enjoyable and I recommend it to anyone who wants to blow a load of money on a fun little vacation.

So lets get back to the workouts can we?

Last Thursday was back and bicep day... in sticking with my new routine I did 3 sets of 3 exercises for back, and two sets of two exercises for biceps.

Back:
Lat pulldowns x 3 heavy (6 reps)

Bent over rows x 3 medium (12-15 reps)

Dumbell Rows x 3 light (30 reps)

Biceps:
Barbell Curl x 2 heavy (6 reps)

Dumbell Curl x 2 medium + hammer curls (12-15reps)

I took the weekend off of running, my legs need a break. I've been running pretty much every day and every couple weeks its good to let your legs rest and heal.

Today I did 8 miles, probably around a 6:00-7:00 pace the whole time. I have my PRT coming up and I'm going to see if I can do it in 8:30 or so. We'll see.

Eggs

 

[Eggs]

I'm going to hungary for vacation for a little while, I'll try to keep up to date on this stuff via internet cafes while I'm there. If I cant, see you guys when I get back.

Eggs

 

[irontime]

See ya buddy. have fun

 

[Eggs]

Thanks Iron, not leaving until Friday but have visitors (and am on leave) for the mean time.

Did my PRT this morning, a little disappointed.

Sit-ups: 117
Pushups: 92
Run: 8:17 (5:52 mile)

When I went to Coronado when I first joined the Navy (after boot camp in Great Lakes) I was at 120, 120, 5:30. Guess I'm getting older. It happens to everyone though.

Just want to say thanks to you all, its great being able to come to this site and chat and be with people who enjoy the gym lifestyle. You guys are great

Eggs

 

[kuso]

what a cool way to make your 100th post

How long are you going for anyway?

 

[Eggs]

Having a fun time in Budapest.

Worked out today, met a cool guy here and we are going to work out together while I'm here.

Did chest and arms today, chest really good, arms were pretty lacking compared to usual because of time constraints.

11 sets chest
4 sets biceps
4 sets triceps

Tomorrow I'm going to do a morning run and then will be hitting the gym again Thursday.

The weather has been nice and tomorrow is a national holiday so going to check out the parades that are supposed to be happening.

Eggs

 

[Jenny]

Hey Eggs!
Glad you're having a nice time in Budapest!
I'm going to Prague next week with my class (school).. Bet your drinking a lot of beer, it's so darn cheap down there!!

Enjoy yourself! When will you be getting back?

 

[Eggs]

Hey, I'm back!

Budapest was nice, I might go back in June for another round. The city is beautiful of course and the people are a load of fun.

Prague... bet thats going to be a great time. Do you plan on actually getting any school work done?

Beer was cheap, the weather was great. I actually got back to La Maddalena and everybody was asking me where I got my tan. Told them to go to Hungary for vacation like the rest of the Italians are doing. There were a whole lot of Italian speaking people at the baths in Budapest.

So on Friday I got another workout in. It was a bit of a hodge podge of different things, but I just wanted to expend some energy. So the workout was Chest, Back and Shoulders.

Not going into any specs, I'll try to be a little more precise now that I'm back to my normal routine.

Eggs

 

[Jenny]

No, I don't plan on getting any schoolwork done.. That's the point.. We're all going there to p a r t y.. Kind of 'last night with the gang', only extended for 5 days.. Won't be any teachers or silly things like that involved.. I'll take it pretty easy though, I've become pretty unused to alcohol and am pretty scared of what it'd do to me.. So, I'm looking forward to a nice, laidback trip with some clubbing..