The Saga continues.....

[P-funk]

2/21/05

Bw- 187

upper body

decline bench press
RI= 60sec
285/3x8

although that is not impressive to most I felt pretty happy about it.

bent over BB rows
RI= 60sed
225/3x8

really underestimated my strength here. Since last week was my first time doing this exercise in over a year I didn't really know what weight to use this week to go heavy. 225 felt pretty light. Could have gone up to 245 or 255.

no the worst part!!

10sec rest intervals here on out!! This is hell

Wg pull down
plate#10/8,8,8,8,6

upright BB row
105/8,8,5
95/6,5

Db lateral raises (strict form)
15/8,8,6
10/8,7

incline DB curl
25/8,8,8,6,5

cable pressdown
stack/8x5

BB shrugs (no wraps sucka!!)
275/8x5

abs
sqiss ball crunches
bw/30x2

prone swiss ball knee ins
bw/30x1


then i put on a little display in the lobby of the gym waiting for ivonne to get out of the shower/locker room. I had my 150lb COC gripper with me to work on my grip so I did some timed holds (10sec) then other trainers were trying to close it but no one could get the handles to touch and didn't believe that the handles were even supposed to touch. So to put every one to shame I pulled out a penny and placed it between the two handles, squeezed and did some timed holds that way............hahahahahahhahahahhahah

 

[BritChick]

then i put on a little display in the lobby of the gym waiting for ivonne to get out of the shower/locker room. I had my 150lb COC gripper with me to work on my grip so I did some timed holds (10sec) then other trainers were trying to close it but no one could get the handles to touch and didn't believe that the handles were even supposed to touch. So to put every one to shame I pulled out a penny and placed it between the two handles, squeezed and did some timed holds that way............hahahahahahhahahahhahah

LMAO! I bet that was a helluva lot of fun to do!

 

[PreMier]

Its a 140# gripper. Buy a level 2, and report back. I wonder if you can close it?

 

[King Silverback]

Not impressive? NOT IMPRESSIVE???
Hell ya that is impressive!!!
Dynamite W/O Brother

 

[JerseyDevil]

Be careful with that thing Patrick.... you might just rip your COC apart

 

[P-funk]

Its a 140# gripper. Buy a level 2, and report back. I wonder if you can close it?

my buddy has one. he can close it. i can get close to making the handles touch but I still have to work on it. Why? can you close it?

 

[PreMier]

I never tried.. but if you cant, then there is no way I can.

 

[Cold Iron]

answer

the abduction machine (the one where you push out) is not the best machine since you are seated. This creates a slacking in the muscles that you want to work and increases the activation of the piriformis. the pain that you may be feeling is your piriformis (the muscle which abducts and externally rotates the hip. located about where your back pocket of your jeans would be) sits right next to your siatic nerve. increasing the hypertrophy of this muscle can lead to agravation of the sciatic nerve. Do the abduction standing with a cable attachment on your ankle.

Sup' Funk

I know that pain you were originally describing now, I'm getting it when I walk and especially when i'm jogging. Is there anything I can do to alleviate the pain, besides not running? Thx

 

[P-funk]

Sup' Funk

I know that pain you were originally describing now, I'm getting it when I walk and especially when i'm jogging. Is there anything I can do to alleviate the pain, besides not running? Thx

unfortunatly there is not much you can do for sciatica. You can try to stretch a bit to oppen up your hip to hopefully take away some pressure/impingment. If that is infact what is causing you the pain. Sometimes it can be stress induced and flare up like that. It could be pinched between muscles. There are a lot of things. You just have to wait until the pain subsides really. I would stop running. Something high impact like that can't be good.

 

[BritChick]

Good morning Patrick.

 

[P-funk]

Morning brit

2/22/05

BW- 188

UGh, I hate when I am dieting and someone comes up to me and says "wow, you look like you are getting skinny!!" What the hell does that mean and do they really think that is a compliment? Was I ever even fat?? I hate how people don't understand that this is what happens when you diet, you lean up. Regardless, comments like that depress the hell out of me because they make me second guess the way my body looks. Do I look skinny? Were is my muscle? I feel small? Should I be dieting? What is really going on here? Anyway.....

....Legs

squats
RI= 60sec
315/3x8

god the bars are my gym are so cheap. I explode out of the hole so fast that when I get to the top they actually bend and smack down on me.....WHACK!!!

sumo deadlifts
RI= 60sec
335/3x2 (worked on form a bit with a slightly heavier weight than last time. It is amazing how short the ROM for this exercise is for someone like me, being so short and all. I think I can pull a lot of weight this way if I can keep working on form and getting comfortable with it. I just never do it because I always pull convenvtional)

245/3x6 (did some speed work on the sumo's too)


seated calf raises
RI= 45sec
245/3x8



Okay.....Everything else was on a 10 SEC REST INTERVAL!!! By far one of the hardest things I have asked my body to do....here we go....watch out for puke and spit.

front squat
175/8,8,6
135/8x2

better than last week and with 5sec less to rest!!

110/8x5

last set was brutal. the burn was bringing tears to my eyes

45degree calf raises
360/8,8,6,5,5

that burns too.

stretched out.


So this one girl at the gym has a husband that trains NPC competitorts. Basically instructs them on how much pasta to eat and what kind of drugs to do and how much. So she is telling me how they (her and her husband) have a few guys in the contest that I am entering and they are in my weight class and they are dieting down from 220lbs!! So I am telling her how I don't care about the placing I just like to have a goal to work towards and I don't expect to win against people on so much drugs. So she says "well, it is possible, you really need to just do tons of cardio, like twice a day, to get as shredded as you can. You should really talk to my husband." So I start telling her how I can't do that much cardio because I am natural and I don't have the privlidge of being anabolic all the time like someone taking steroids so I have to be careful with my training volume and cardio and that is why I train upper and lower and control things with my diet and not do body parts. I told her that if I start doing all that cardio I will disappear and my legs will shrivel up. She says that I have a broad enough frame to handle all that cardio. What the hell does that mean??? Why would anyone want to do so much cardio anyway??? I mean, they guys they are training are so fat right now at 15 weeks out that they need to do that much cardio. I don't get like an animal in the offseason to get around that problem. Whatever....I love when people think they know what they are talking about.

 

[Velvet]

Do I look skinny? Were is my muscle? I feel small? Should I be dieting? What is really going on here? Anyway.....

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Let me be the judge, send me pics...nudes so I can get an accurate look

 

[P-funk]

Let me be the judge, send me pics...nudes so I can get an accurate look

I don;'t have any.

 

[Velvet]

Take some, get the nice little ole lady down that hall to snap em for you, make her day!

 

[Rocco32]

Great w/o's Patrick. I'm not looking forward to those 10 sec RI's. Don't listen to that lady, your obviosly doing things right according to you body because you look amazing already.

 

[CowPimp]

Whatever....I love when people think they know what they are talking about.

Bahahahaha! Good line.

Nice workout too. You got some heavy lifting in there, both squats and deadlifts. You did a bit of speed training. As well, you used 10 second rest intervals on leg day. You are probably in the top .01% of the entire US population of in terms of physical abilities.

 

[P-funk]

Nice workout too. You got some heavy lifting in there, both squats and deadlifts. You did a bit of speed training. As well, you used 10 second rest intervals on leg day. You are probably in the top .01% of the entire US population of in terms of physical abilities.

lol, well I don't know about that. I think I am just a little crazier than most.

 

[CowPimp]

lol, well I don't know about that. I think I am just a little crazier than most.

Crazy training gets crazy results, or so it seems in your case.

 

[oaktownboy]

who cares what they think p...skinny LMFAO

 

[GoalGetter]

Let me be the judge, send me pics...nudes so I can get an accurate look

hey watch what you ask of him, sistah! hahahaha!

 

[PreMier]

You are probably in the top .01% of the entire US population of in terms of physical abilities.

Stop blowing smoke up his ass!

 

[Rocco32]

Stop blowing smoke up his ass!

 

[King Silverback]

Intense lookin W/O!!!
I'm sure you seen her lips moving, but all you should have heard was

You know what your doin, let it all show at your contest.
You skinny? I think not

 

[BritChick]

So this one girl at the gym has a husband that trains NPC competitorts. Basically instructs them on how much pasta to eat and what kind of drugs to do and how much. So she is telling me how they (her and her husband) have a few guys in the contest that I am entering and they are in my weight class and they are dieting down from 220lbs!! So I am telling her how I don't care about the placing I just like to have a goal to work towards and I don't expect to win against people on so much drugs. So she says "well, it is possible, you really need to just do tons of cardio, like twice a day, to get as shredded as you can. You should really talk to my husband." So I start telling her how I can't do that much cardio because I am natural and I don't have the privlidge of being anabolic all the time like someone taking steroids so I have to be careful with my training volume and cardio and that is why I train upper and lower and control things with my diet and not do body parts. I told her that if I start doing all that cardio I will disappear and my legs will shrivel up. She says that I have a broad enough frame to handle all that cardio. What the hell does that mean??? Why would anyone want to do so much cardio anyway??? I mean, they guys they are training are so fat right now at 15 weeks out that they need to do that much cardio. I don't get like an animal in the offseason to get around that problem. Whatever....I love when people think they know what they are talking about.

Ah, she's probably scared you're gonna kill her clients in the competition and wants to fuck you up!

 

[GoalGetter]

Ah, she's probably scared you're gonna kill her clients in the competition and wants to fuck you up!

HOLY CRAP! Great minds think alike! i was gonna joke about the same exact thing!!!! hahahahahahahahahhaha! I was gonna tell P that it sounds like this woman is trying to sabbotage his training so that her hubby's clients will have a better chance!

 

[BritChick]

HOLY CRAP! Great minds think alike! i was gonna joke about the same exact thing!!!! hahahahahahahahahhaha! I was gonna tell P that it sounds like this woman is trying to sabbotage his training so that her hubby's clients will have a better chance!

 

[P-funk]

wow, you two are such cunts.

 

[GoalGetter]

wow, you two are such cunts.

And next week at the AC you will have to deal with the both of us. Poor patrick. Hahahhahahahahahaha!

 

[PreMier]

I wish I had the problem of dealing with 2 cunts.. hahaha

 

[P-funk]

LMAO....I'll take pictures P.