to clarify ill order 5 more Low-Carb Metabolic Drive, and 1 each of Flameout and Superfood. ill order the rest in about a week after paycheck.
V-Diet supps arrived. starting it tomorrow. milled flax seed smells gross, and so does Superfood, so some of these shakes are going to e interesting.
Velocity diet started a day later than i had planned. wanted to start sat, nov 28, but i was “guilted” into pushing back a day to go out to dinner for grandmother’s 75th b-day. no big deal, i got a nice salad, meatballs and steak out of it…
so V-Diet started yesterday, harder than i thought, for sure. i had delusions that i would find it really easy to slam shakes all day. turns out i was wrong. the shakes are filling, and as of right now the flavor just isnt something i look forward to, which in itself is a little odd, because it isnt like its bad or anything. i went with chocolate for the following reasons:
vanilla: i strongly dislike pretty much every other vanilla protein powder ive ever had
banana: gnc made/makes a protein powder called wheybolic or something like that. accidentally bought banana once, wanted to vomit when i drank it. didnt even finish that stuff and it was only a 2 lb’er
strawberry: has been compared to strawberry yoohoo. had that once in my life and literally threw up immediately after swallowing it.
orange: just seemed weird.
anyway, day 2 is in the books, i will finish this, it just wont be a breeze like i (possibly arrogantly) thought.
workout:
military press:
140x5
160x5
180x5
kind of flopped around with assistance stuff trying to make 5/3/1 somewhat like the V-Diet training program to sort of get the best of both worlds. not even worth posting. im basically going to do my 5/3/1 work as normal from now on and maybe just try and get more volume on assistance stuff.
also, for the 5’s and 3’s weeks i will not be pushing the last sets, will be stopping at 5 and 3 reps, to save it up for the 5/3/1 week, as im sure at some point the lower calories, carbs, etc will hit me.
[quote]dez6485 wrote:
Velocity diet started a day later than i had planned. wanted to start sat, nov 28, but i was “guilted” into pushing back a day to go out to dinner for grandmother’s 75th b-day. no big deal, i got a nice salad, meatballs and steak out of it…
so V-Diet started yesterday, harder than i thought, for sure. i had delusions that i would find it really easy to slam shakes all day. turns out i was wrong. the shakes are filling, and as of right now the flavor just isnt something i look forward to, which in itself is a little odd, because it isnt like its bad or anything. i went with chocolate for the following reasons:
vanilla: i strongly dislike pretty much every other vanilla protein powder ive ever had
banana: gnc made/makes a protein powder called wheybolic or something like that. accidentally bought banana once, wanted to vomit when i drank it. didnt even finish that stuff and it was only a 2 lb’er
strawberry: has been compared to strawberry yoohoo. had that once in my life and literally threw up immediately after swallowing it.
orange: just seemed weird.
anyway, day 2 is in the books, i will finish this, it just wont be a breeze like i (possibly arrogantly) thought.
workout:
military press:
140x5
160x5
180x5
kind of flopped around with assistance stuff trying to make 5/3/1 somewhat like the V-Diet training program to sort of get the best of both worlds. not even worth posting. im basically going to do my 5/3/1 work as normal from now on and maybe just try and get more volume on assistance stuff.
also, for the 5’s and 3’s weeks i will not be pushing the last sets, will be stopping at 5 and 3 reps, to save it up for the 5/3/1 week, as im sure at some point the lower calories, carbs, etc will hit me.[/quote]
I absolutely hear you on the protein shakes man. Are you adding anything to the shakes? Also good job man on the progress you are making!
Thanks, and no on adding to the shakes- no extra sweeteners or flavoring as of yet.
motherfucker i hate this diet. i want to quit but then id be a quitter. fuck my life i feel like im going to puke.
[quote]dez6485 wrote:
motherfucker i hate this diet. i want to quit but then id be a quitter. fuck my life i feel like im going to puke.[/quote]
don’t quit. follow through. one day at a time!
sorry guys, im done with V-Diet. yesterday i felt like shit. today thatd be the understatement of the year. felt fucking terrible, worse headache than yesterday, cramps, etc. just not for me. or maybe im a pussy, or have no will power, whatever the case may be. i just ate a meal of real food and i feel 100000x better…
however, in my 3.5 days, i have realized the importance of eating healtier. i was really starting to think “damn id love some asparagus or green beans and a nice grilled chicken breast”…ah whatever, point is ill be eating better, i want to.
and honestly, im not big enough yet. maybe i lost focus thinking itd be cool to have ripped abz or something. time to re-focus, get strong, get big.
enter ANACONDA!
for the record, i bought a bottle of Anaconda, MAG-10 protein, and that mixing bottle.
now i am happily off to deadlift.
deadlift:
325x5
375x5
425x5
felt great.
Hi, I’m about to start 5/3/1 for the first time next week and had a question about your cleans. Are you doing those following any 5/3/1 percentages or just freestyling them? I’d like to work them in b/c I think cleans are a pretty good time. Thanks.
Cleans are done 5/3/1 style sets, reps, percents. I just started them last cycle, and estimated a starting weight. I like them a lot like this. I’m not strong enough on them yet that it feels like I just lifted a ton of weight, but I can feel them when I’m done, and I’ve noticed my shoulders are much more warmed up when its time to squat and get that bar lower on my back. Used to take me 2-3 warm up sets before the bar was low enough on my back to squat with the bar “on the shelf” but now I’m pretty much good to go the first time the bar gets on my back. Nice added bonus I think
Bench today
225x5
255x5
295x1,2…WTF?!
I know the bar was a 50lb and not a 45lb, but I didn’t care and that 5lbs shouldn’t matter, I should be spanking that weight like a little bitch.
Didn’t use the normal bench, which the rack actually pivots out so it “almost” serves as a lift-off, so I had to pull the bar from back behind my head- I’m going to pretend that’s why bench sucked today, and also maybe I’m not quite back to 100 percent after my 3.5 days on the v-diet. Who the fuck knows? I’m not going to cry about it either, ill kick ass next bench day and it’ll work itself out.
Also, had to roll early, fiance was feeling sick so I figured I’d be a nice guy for a change and offer to cut the workout and take her home.
Got 3 sets of flat bench BBB done and 3 sets of pullups…again, ill do better next time.
Anaconda should be here tuesday, so wednesday’s Military Press will be my re-birth! Gonna destroy some shit!
God help me. Wtf?
My squat clearly needs to be re-set, I shouldve done it a few cycles ago. It has become clear to me that my 1RM will improve using moderate weight for higher reps. In addition to that, it seems the slow grinders not only don’t help me progress, but they actually make me regress.
So ill reset and get back on the path to greatness. I may do the same with my deadlift as well, because it has been quite a while since I have gotten 9+ reps on a heavy set.
Anyway, here’s the numbers from my pathetic clean/squat workout lastnight:
Cleans:
140x5
160x5
180x4…I’m not worried about this, ill probably know the cleans down 20lbs or so next cycle, but for this cycle ill just stick with it. I may have been able to do #5, but I tweaked my left wrist somehow the other day, rep 3 and 4 were sloppy, so I let it be.
Squats:
240x5
280x5
315x2
One final thing to say about the squats- the 280 felt heavy as shit, and I definitely thought about just calling it a day and chalking it up to just not feeling it. Not to nutswing terribly, but I remembered a post in Wendler’s workout log where he was military pressing, and wasn’t happy with his last set, so instead of accepting it he loaded the bar back up and hit a PR. So, thinking about that, and all the other strong ass beasts out there bringing it day after day, I decided to quit my pussying around and try and get my 5. Obviously, I didn’t get it, but I did give it all I had at that moment. Just turns out they were super slow grinders. Either way it was good, because even though I had a feeling that the 315 was going to be brutal, I wouldn’t know how much I was sucking until I got under it. In other words, after that performance I’m thinking of knocking 40-50lbs off of the training max when I reset, but if I hadn’t seen just how much I’d regressed, I may have only decided to knock it down 20lbs or so.
Also, anaconda should arrive today, excited to get that rolling through my viens tomorrow.
ANACONDA and MAG-10 have arrived. Tomorrow will be a good day.
well, it was good.
military press: 3’s day
150x3
170x3
190x3…
190x3
190x3
190x3
190x3
decided to put this Anaconda/MAG-10 to the test and keep going with the sets @90%. im impressed so far, now if i feel good tomorrow and not beat up from this ill be really impressed.
did 5x5 widegrip pullups
4 sets seated supinated cable rows…
bloat from all that liquid did start to get to me, so i didnt do as much assistance as planned.
Definitely feel like I could train shoulders again today. Ill have to make sure I kick up the volume a bit on deadlift day and take advantage of this Anaconda
not an awesome deadlift day, i think i know the problem though…
deadlift:
350x3
405x3(400 but easier to load up 405)
450x1!..my head just about felt like it was going to pop off, lots of trouble breaking off the ground. my leg drive sucks, so does my squat right now- go figure. so i believe there lies the problem, now just have to set out to fix it. im thinking of resetting both my squat and deadlift, and making sure to go deep on the squats.
as for the anaconda, definitely easier to get down today, used berry flavoring which i liked better than the orange. also used 2 caps of flavor as opposed to yesterday’s 3. the fluid did make it a little uncomfortable, but not as bad as i thought.
also did pull-thru’s, 5 sets of 15
did a few sets of shrugs for the hell of it
did 3 sets of back extensions
4 sets of heavy standing abs
bench:
245x3
275x3
275x3
275x3
275x3
275x3
was supposed to go up to 305x3, but 275 felt a bit heavy so i stuck with “moving 275 as fast as possible”.
did 5x5 pullups, again focusing on pulling myself to the bar as fast as possible (no swinging of course).
pin presses
225x5
245x5
265x5
265x5
265x5
seated cable rows with wide overhand grip
3 sets
i might be modifying the way i workout, keeping the days as they are in Wendler’s 5/3/1, but incorporating some of CT’s methods as well. after all, i dont think they have opposing ideas necessarily. id say they are both after getting as strong as possible. i like Wendler’s ideas of getting a certain number of lifts in the 80%-95% range, but i also like CT’s ideas of autoregulating for how you feel that day. anyway, ill be lifting hard and heavy, just probably not following 5/3/1 exactly as written, going to play with max force production, etc, for a bit and see how i progress.
Two workouts to log for my adoring fans:
Monday squat:
I got caught up running some errands before work, so I had to abbreviate this one
Squats:
225x3
245x3
265x3
295x3
315x3
As you can see, I’m not really following 5/3/1 percentages, but moreso the “spirit” of it. The last rep @315 was really ugly. Fell forward slightly out of the hole, so I pretty much know this is all I could handle. We’ve heard this story before, nothing’s changed, my squat is in the hole (joke!) Not sure exactly what it is, not feeling very strong at all with a bar on my back. But, ill figure it out.
Finished with 3 sets of heavy abs, 6-8 reps. Was really pushing it for time, so I had to cut it and roll out.
tuesday (today) military press:
175x3
195x3
210x1 (almost locked out #2, but I didn’t)
185x2
175x3
155x3
Pullups 14 sets of 5= 70 reps, all done as explosively as possible, no kipping of course.
Some higher rep tricep work to get some blood going in there, help recover this nagging left elbow
Two sets of 12-15 reps on reverse fly machine, rear delts.
I had a bottle of HOT-ROX Extreme hanging around, decided to see how that would go with the ANACONDA/MAG-10. I will say that it was hard for me to get through this workout, I had a hard time getting the fluid down, felt like it was going to come up any moment. I don’t know if this is all due to the HOT-ROX, or if it’s because I don’t normally workout so soon after waking up. Night shift at work this week, got up at 11, was in the gym about 1230, so it mahave just been that. I do generally feel better working out with at least a few meals in my belly. I will hopefully wake up earlier on thursday, get some more food in, and re-assess taking the HOT-ROX with the ANACONDA- for anyone interested ill report back on that thurs night or friday.
Well tonights workout was crap. I think I’m going to get back to strict 5/3/1 before things get way out of whack. Having said that, deadlift and squat are both going horribly bad. My thoughts are to re-set each of them back 5-6 months or so, and start building back up again.