MonStar's Journal: Time to Get Serious!

[BritChick]

BritChick: Things were going really well until I let myself go overboard tonight with my diet, damnit.

Don't sweat little slip ups Mike, you're human after all... all of us do it!
(Some just don't admit it! )
Focus on all the progress you're making... bad habits take time to break, new ones time to form... keep at it you're doing awesome!

 

[M.J.H.]

Chris: I don't know man, your curls and skullcrushers are absolutely phenomenal. I have definitely never seen anyone throw around weight like you on them. And you have all of the videos in the world to back up your lifts, that's one thing I always enjoyed about reading your journal. You should definitely consider starting one here!

Nice to see that you're training every other day now. I remember for a while you were training very infrequently. If you have any ideas at all or suggestions about my training/diet or anything of the sort, please feel free to post away.

Monolith: Thanks for the support man. You're going to be surprised when you see what I did tonight. Somehow I managed to eat a big bowl of ice-cream (with the mindset of binging the rest of the night), and got all pissed off at myself and did a workout in my basement, and stopped the binge completely. That's definitely a new thing for me, I have never started to binge without going completely all out. I know that eating ice-cream was a bad idea, but I am almost proud that I am gaining control of my binges.

BritChick: Thank you so much for the support! It means a lot more than you know. I slipped up again tonight. But I'll let you read about it in my journal entry I am about to post. I just need to keep this journal and post all of my screwups in here. That way I can learn from my mistakes and move forward.

 

[M.J.H.]

Sunday; 9-19-2004

Legs

Wow, okay my first leg session I just f*cked it all up, deadlifted, has a f*ckin' sh*tty session. Got pissed, and left the gym and home and ate a huge bowl of ice-cream, telling myself I was starting a new journal tomorrow and going back to Westside.

Sumo Deadlifts
135x3
225x3
315x3
405x2
495x1
545x1
645x0

Conventional Deadlifts
645x0
645x0
645x0

Weird thing today about my deadlifting. I couldn't budge 645 at all sumo style. I mean it just didn't even slightly move at all. With conventional on all 3 attempts I got the weight a few inches off the floor. This makes me think that my conventional strength maybe a bit stronger than my sumo strength, but who knows, whatever.

I was f*cking pissed off, as you can imagine, and just frustrated as hell. I told myself that I was going to jump back on Westside (once again) and just forget about this crap. After eating the ice-cream and starting to feel like a fat piece of sh*t. I dedcided to stick it out with this journal and training, and at home (since the gym was closed) do another leg session. A few hours later, after the monster bowl of ice-cream mind you, I hit my legs again.

SLDL
6 sets of 10 with 305

DB Lunges
6 sets of 10 with the 60's

Ouch, ouch, ouch, and ouch. Worked my legs again around 9:30 PM tonight. I don't have access at all to much equipment in my basement---so I did the best I could. Hit 6 sets of 10 with 305 (the heaviest I could use). Exhausting sets of SLDL, simply because sets of 10 in deadlifts are torture, lol. Then I moved onto 6 sets of 10 with DB lunges, holy f*ck. Never failed on lunges before. My last 2 sets of 10 with the 60's I almost fell flat on my face in my basement. Great sets. I was completely drenched in sweat after these 12 sets of legs, wow.

Diet:
- banana
- turkey & cheese sandwich
- turkey & cheese sandwich, mixed fruit
- 1/2 turkey & cheese sandwich
- V-12 preworkout
- ice-cream
- whey protein postworkout
- tuna salad sandwich
- peanut butter

Sleep: 7 hours.

 

[klmclean]

Okay, this is too weird, what's with you binging on the same food as me on the same days???? Just came back from Dairy Queen, had a med. size Brownie Batter Blizzard, no fat in that, no not at all!!!!!

 

[yellowmoomba]

Good to hear you are still on "The WAGON" (even after the big bowl of ice cream)

Keep it up!!

 

[M.J.H.]

klmclean: Well yesterday I didn't binge, thank god. I really thought that I was going to when I ate that big bowl of ice-cream, too. I just got all frustrated and decided to workout again late at night, lol. So I turned a very negative thing into something more positive. That's always nice. Haha, Dairy Queen is the greatest though for desserts.

yellowmoomba: Yeah man, I am hanging in there. Even if it kills me to stick it out with this journal I am NOT starting another one.

 

[Saturday Fever]

 

[M.J.H.]

SF: Thanks for stopping by. Sticking it out with this for a while. I can't just binge and tell myself I am going to switch programs. I need to make a conscious (non-diet related) decision to jump back on Westside.

 

[M.J.H.]

Monday; 9-20-2004

Shoulders

Good workout today in the gym, really hit my shoulders hard. Focus was pretty damn good today. Really got a good pump in my delts. The only thing I think needs work is my rear delts, IMO. I have been hitting them on on my back day.

Seated DB Presses
2 sets of 8 with the 80's
2 sets of 4 with the 95's
2 sets of 12 with the 75's

Nautilus Lateral Raises
3 sets of 10 with 180
Dropset; 200 for 8, 160 for 8, 120 for 8

DB Front Raises
4 sets of 8 with the 40's

Upright Rows
2 sets of 10 with 125
2 sets of 6 with 165

... Some miscellaneous rotator cuff work.

Hit a great PR here today! I have never felt so confident about my overhead DB press strength. Really have been throwing around some crazy weights (for me at least), in seated DB presses. Hit 2 sets of 4 with the 95's today! My ROM is not all that great in these, simply because when I take the DB's down to touch my shoulders I get a deep ache in my rotator cuffs. I take my hands until they're roughy at the bottom of my ears, if that makes sense. Did some Nautilus laterals and a dropset, and then some DB front raises and some upright rows to finish off my workout. Also did some rotator cuff work. Good workout.

Diet:
- MRP + 2% milk + banana
- tuna salad sandwich
- V-12 preworkout
- whey protein postworkout
- ground beef + cheese soft taco
- ?

Sleep: 8.5 hours.

 

[Saturday Fever]

Good deal, man. Keep something constant and everything else will fall into place. No worries.

 

[M.J.H.]

SF: Thanks man, I appreciate it. A huge part of me though wants to just make the jump back to Westside. I know it sounds crazy because I did end up getting sick of the program (for whatever reason, my personality I think). Just benching and deadlifting now I feel like I havn't gotten any stronger. Kind of frustrates me in a way almost. Who knows. I am going to give it some more thought.