A Different Breed of Killer

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[quote]lemony2j wrote:
These are still good numbers to be squatting especially with the injured back and the knee situation. Go easy and don’t rush into it, maybe swap the heavy squats for some mountain dog type stuff on a leg press or hack squat…?
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Hey thanks man. I guess they’re okay, kind of sucks when you know you’re capable of more though (but that’s how it goes.)

Good eye - I was planning on switching over to a more MD-style leg day if this next one didn’t go well. The knee is feeling a lot better (it’s not a chronic issue, but it just pops up every now again when squatting frequently) so hopefully that’ll be fine. Unfortunately, there’s absolutely no machine in the world that destroys my body (in the uncool way) like the Hack Squat my gym has. It doesn’t have a power squat machine, which I love. :frowning: We’ll see how it goes on Monday and reassess from there!

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Well, here’s a fairly pumped pic from back day today. Eh.

On the subject of sides: Insomnia is becoming prevalent, and perhaps nighttime sweats too (but I’ll need a few more days with more controlled variables in order to determine this fully,) sweating is out of control in general and I can definitely tell that for some reason my cardio capacity has taken a bit of a hit, particularly when lifting. Nothing that I can’t handle. For the time being.

Ate very on-point and somewhat small yesterday. Home alone and no Thanksgiving. :*( Not too upset to be honest.

Also, grip/sweaty hand combination became an issue in this workout. Went medium-lowerish volume today.

Back

[u]One-Arm Strict Cable Rows[/u] (Waaaay PR’ed these.)
Lots of warm-ups and mobility shizz
150 x 8 (This was goddamn heavy.)
120 x 10
120 x 10 - 175 x 8

[u]DB Pullovers[/u] (3 sec negatives, feet up)
60 x 13
60 x 10
55 x 10
45 x 12

[u]HS High Rows[/u] (Rocked these fuckers)
3+25ps x 12
4ps x 8
(No rest other than alternating arms + removing weights.)
3ps x 12 (no wraps)
2ps x 12 (wraps)
(Both arms, wraps) 1ps x 10 / 10 / 10 (partial/partial/full)

[u]Assisted Pull-ups[/u] (Dropping these til shoulder is better.)
90 x 13
110 x 11

[u]Dual LF Pulldowns[/u] (And maybe these too, idk.)
205 x 11
175 x 12
145 x 15

[u]Kayak Rows[/u]
40 x 20
40 x 12 lol w/e w/e

Big giant nasty superset of face pulls / HS shrugs, not even going to bother writing it here other than a shit load x many

Cardio

Side note, this poor little fella is coming to hit light arms with me tomorrow (he thinks because I say “light” it’s going to be easy, lol.) And then, depending on how that goes, come up with me to my home gym on Monday and smash legs. Could be fun. :slight_smile:

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So… sometimes interesting things happen. This would be one of those times, 2 weeks into this bad boy and I’m going to follow the advice of some knowledgable fellows (truly) and switch my compound ratio to 2:1 and run 700/350. I’m going to run the ‘base’ compound higher here, because I know it works well for me and really liked it at 500. Keeping the other, new and exotic one a little lower for now until I know it’s something I can handle well.

Side note, sweating is getting out of control and I notice it has an odd smell to it, almost ammonia-ey. I’m to understand that that can come from one of the compound use -or- from protein being used as a primary fuel source, which I can almost guarantee is not the issue here. So, I’m going to bump my AI up to .75 EOD and see how it goes from there.

Went solo dolo today - contraire to my plans. I had a few “overlapping” exercises from my heavy day. I don’t know, I’m just trying to figure out good volumes to balance between 2x weekly and what exercises are better suited for what days. Today was balls-to-the-wall fast, I mean it took like 30-40 minutes or so. Sweaty sweaty.

Also - I totally had my first fairly outright gay experience today. Someone approached me and was curious if I could send them a picture of my arms for “motivation.” Uh, nah. Still not good enough to be proposed for the exchanging of money yet. Some day. :frowning:

Light Arms (Turbo mode x 1,000,000)

[u]Rope Pushdown / Straight Bar Curl Superset[/u] (Rope was extremely close to the body - straight bar was elbows far back, curled to forehead for maxxxxxxxxx isolation.)
Lots o’ warmups
90 x 12 - 110 x 15
70 x 14 - 110 x 15
50 x 20 - 90 x 12
(did some partials for the final set but they were weird and not worth writing)
50 x 16 - 80 x 12

[u]LF Tri Extension / LF Preacher Curl Superset[/u]
30 x 18 - 60 x 15
30 x 15 - 60 x 13
30 x 14 - 60 x 11
30 x 14 - 50 x 12

[u]Low Incline DB Skullcrushers - Mid Incline DB Crazy Strict Curl Superset[/u]
25 x 15 - 25 x 10
20 x 13 - 20 x 12
15 x 15 - 15 x 12
15 x 12/10 x 10 - 15 x 10/10 x 8

Stretches for both

Cardio

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Felt on point this morning and heading into today. My mind has just been all over the place due to various girl-related things and I’m going to follow my gut instinct and just move right along. I do fine alone, despite the shittiness of having to jack off like 8 times a day when blasting, haha. I just don’t think it’s a great idea to have that influence while dieting and on exogenous compounds.

Squats didn’t go well, something was up with the bar position today. IDK.

Legs

[u]Leg Extension / Seated Leg Curl Superset Warm-up[/u]
Lots and lots
Lots more
A little less

[u]Back Squats[/u] (Something was off.)
405 x 1
365 x 3 (yuck)
315 x 9 (constant tension, no lockout.)

[u]Narrow High-Stance Leg Presses[/u]
10ps x 10
10ps x 10
10ps x 8
10ps x 10 - 8ps x 10 - 6ps x 20

[u]Leg Extensions[/u]
(3 second negative / 1 second squeeze)
150 x 10 + 5
150 x 10 + 3
120 x 12 + 5
(3sN/1sS - bottom partial - top partial - full reps)
120 x 12 - 90 x 8 - 45 x 12 / 12 / 12

Stretches

[u]DB SLDL[/u] (JM-style, constant tension.)
120 x 10
110 x 8
100 x 10
80 x 15

[u]Walking BW Lunges[/u]
x20
x20

[u]Lying Leg Curls[/u]
(3 second negative, 1 second squeeze)
100 x 9 + 3
80 x 8 + 8
60 x 7 + 5
(3sN/1sS - bottom partial - top partial - full)
40 x 8 - 8 - 8 - 8

Stretch

Some calf stuff

Some ab stuff

Some cardio stuff

And I’ll go and sulk and be emo for a while.

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Thought my hammies and calves looked cool here. BTW - diet is going well so far. Nothing too crazy but low and slow is the way to go right now.

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Okay. As I alluded to yesterday, brain has been a little foggy from stupid girl shit, but that door is now closed. I’m going to make an effort to find someone to just play with but nothing more. Even if I don’t, cool - The diet is going well so far and shit is stressful. Plus, as a dude who’s out of college and on a 40/48 hour weeks with a split like mine, it’s not always entirely easy to make time, fml.

Side note, it appears I’m going to have to REALLY monitor the E levels. I’ve bumped up to .75mg EOD of Ad*x, but I may have to go as high as 1mg. We’ll see. I’m definitely not feeling quite as “juicy” and alpha as I should, and my lil’ guy isn’t necessarily getting to 100% too easily right now. Not good.

So, head was clearish, and today was heavy arm day. Went well.

Heavy Arms

[u]V-Grip Pushdown[/u]
170 x 10 (Holy heavy fuck)
160 x 10
150 x 12
120 x 15

[u]Low-Incline DB Skullcrushers[/u]
40s x 12
40s x 10
40s x 12
40s x 12 - 30s x 8 - 20s x 15

[u]Standng Overhead Rope Cable Extensions[/u] (Single arm)
30 x 16
30 x 15
30 x 12 - 20 x 6
30 x 12 - 20 x 6 - 10 x 12

Stretch

[u]LF Preachers[/u] (3 second negatives, all about dat TUT)
110 x 7
100 x 9
90 x 8
70 x 10 - 50 x 10

[u]Rope Curls[/u]
160 x 9
150 x 9
110 (~15 sec rest) - x 12 - 9 - 7 - 7

[u]HS One-Arm Preacher Curls[/u]
40 x 9
40 x 6
30 x 12
30 x 9 - 20 x 12 - 20(two handed) x 15

Stretch

Nice, light cardio. I’m going to take it easier on cardio than I had before because I’m leaning out preeeeeetttty easily, lol.

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Well, to make this post have some kind of redeeming quality here’s an AM, completely relaxed pic update. 240 @ 5’11". Cool.

So today was just a slop fest. I have feels all over the place from crap that happened yesterday. I can’t help it. I’m sure as my E starts getting back into check I’ll be able to push through without much issues.

Plus, my shoulder felt absolutely miserable today when I tried to do incline DB presses. I could only get the 100s for like 10, couldn’t even get the 110s into position and everything was just off. I won’t really even bother writing anything down because it was just that meh. I may start using lightish incline barbell benching, it felt okay today. But, anyway, I’m hoping today is just one of those “off days” and that by the time my Friday workout rolls around, my head will start to have cleared some and I can stop being such an emo douche.

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Well, this log had certainly morphed into a darker territory over the last week or so. Some things that have come to light,

1.) This last weekend I accidentally drank a lot of water that had a boil advisor for it (I was not aware.) It’s now Thursday and I’m just now rebounding I think.

2.) Yesterday I also started to grasp how much the T-God has been completely screwing with my mentality. No, weird relationship stuff didn’t help but now that that’s over I can be much more objective and cognizant of my actions and how I’m responding to various things. I’m even going to send an apology to the girl today (not expecting anything from it) just to apologize for only being able to offer and extremely paranoid, crazy and irrational version of myself. But yeah, the warnings about the compound are real. On that note —

3.) Sounds like my estrogen has been WAAAAY too low, and that’s been my other big thing. Talking with some experienced fellas last night, I chimed in that these were the exact symptoms I was experiencing (which I actually found from someone else online, but every one checks out:)

  • Zero Libido
  • Clicking and achy joints
  • Obsessive thoughts at times (about random and trivial things)
  • Shrinkage of the junk. Loss of a good 2 inches when soft and general inability to get hard past 60-70% tops. Can’t come close busting.
  • Unable to get a good pump in the gym
  • Awful insomnia
  • Crazy mood swings and mild depression at times
  • Foggy head

And the guys seemed to think this could be a pretty clear sign of too low of E. I’m dropping it for now, and going to see how that combined with the added (doubled) T dose does for me coming up here. I do absolutely have Nlv on hand, just in case.

So, that being said, I called in sick yesterday, slept a lot intermittently and woke up at like 2 am… stomach was holding up so I figured I might as well truck into the gym and give 'er a go… I know I’m supposed to be on a fixed split but gosh, I sure do better when going more instinctively. I fucking destroyed that workout. Pump wasn’t quite as good as it’ll be but it hurt. Rear delts were insane. Really feel excellent today.

Side note - I’m going to take a little time to make sure both of my heads are 100% right, but I think I just need to manwhore when I get back to where I need to be. There’s this exotic thing in my gym who I share frequent eye contact and smiles with and when I’m right I am going to make it a point to absolutely destroy her.

Mega Rebound Big Volume Back Day

[u]V-Grip Cable Rows[/u] (Hyuuuuje squeezes, no full lat flares though.)
Lots of warm-ups and stuff obv
225 x 10
240 x 8
210 x 15 - 165 x 10 - 105 x 8

[u]Dumbbell Pullovers[/u] (Relatively little rest)
60 x 15
50 x 15
40 x 15

[u]Feel-Out Deadlifts[/u] (Just curious to see what something not heavy but not light felt like.)
405 x 3 (Definitely not touching these for a long time.)

[u]HS High Rows[/u] (One arm at a time)
4+10ps x 8 (no straps, sweaty hands fml)
4ps x 10
4ps x 10
40ps x 8 - 3ps x 7

[u]V-Grip Pulldowns[/u] (Felt great, full extensions. Very little rest.)
150 x 10
135 x 10
120 x 10
105 x 12 - drop 60 x 8partial, 8partial, 8full

[u]HS Pulldown Machine[/u]
(Underhand, 5 second negatives, 1 second huge squeeze)
1ps x 10 + 5
1ps x 8 + 4
(Overhand, 3 second negatives)
1ps x 12

[u]Low-Incline Reverse Dumbbell Flyes[/u] (Strict, these were so fucking painful.)
RUN THE RACK
10s x 20
15s x 15
20s x 10
25s x 8
30s x 14
25s x 12
20s x 12
15s x 18
10s x 12

Stretches

[u]HS Shrug Machine[/u] (Very slow and awful)
4ps x 20
4ps x 15
4ps x 15 - 3ps x 15 - 2ps x 30

HIIT

Good day.

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Ahh, this old gem. Went home pretty late yesterday still not feeling great. Plus somehow last night, doing something completely innocuous, I fucking tweaked my neck or something so that’s rotten and annoying. Took some kind of pain killer (RIP liver) and will truck through the light arm day to see how it goes.

Depending on how the libido / body / everything is doing, I could take the whole weekend off. On the plus side, and this sounds so stupid - I did get a LITTLE bit of a boner last night/early this morning. fml Talking with a buddy at work about it and he told me to just to stick to the plan, let the estrogen come back, be patient and don’t sweat tiny things. Especially on the compounds I am. Ok.

Today, despite having just an awful-feeling neck, went well. I couldn’t push intensity too hard because of it, and should had probably skipped altogether. I may have to take this whole weekend off from the gym and let my brain and particularly body recover.

Light Arms (Really light arms, but I liked it. Great pumps which is a plus. Maybe things are starting to recover.)

[u]One-Arm Overhand Cable Tricep Pushdowns[/u]
10 x 20 - 20 x 15 - 30 x 12
40 x 10 - 50 x 12
40 x 14 - 30 x 18
20 x 22 - 10 x 30

[u]Low-Incline L-Extensions[/u]
20 x 19
20 x 15
20 x 18 - 20 x 14
20 x 15 - 20 x 12

[u]Rope Pushdowns[/u] (Very close to body, huge flair. Ow)
40 x 20
40 x 15
30 x 15 - 20 x 10
30 x 17 - 20 x 11 - 10 x 15

Lighter DB Extreme Stretches, felt amazeballs

[u]Strict Standing Alternating DB Curls[/u] (Been years since I’ve done these. Felt awesome, looked pretty sweet too, haha.)
10 x 15 - 15 x 15 - 20 x 15
25 x 10
25 x 8
25 x 7 - 20 x 5
20 x 8 - 15 x 6

[u]LF Preacher Curls[/u] (Closer/Mid Grip)
40 x 18
50 x 12
30 x 20
50 x 10
40 x 15

[u]DB Hammer Curls / Dual Cable Curl Superset[/u] (Bad on my neck, all of it.)
25s x 12 - 30 x 8
25s x 10 - 20 x 9
25s x 8 - 10 x ??15???

Easy, light cardio

Death :frowning:

EDIT: OH hell yes, I totally did the deed today. GREAT news!

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F.M.L. Went in and hit legs today - 6th day in a row now. Starting to feel otherwordly again and I’m loving it. Neck was fucked as fucking fuck but I took two Aleve and went for it.

Planned on keeping weights pretty light to avoid hurting the neck any further - and it was terrific. My pumps are REALLY starting to return again. Mind-numbing pain is close to accurate. Legs fell asleep on the leg press.

Saw my old boss and owner of the gym at the gym today. He was actually squatting next to me, but he’s a PL guy. So I went ahead and did my thing, and after my first heavy set he says, “So, are you intentionally trying to squat 6 inches below parallel?” Haha, nice. Reps were clean and great today. Couldn’t be any happier right now.

Leg Destruction

[u]Leg Extensions / Seated Leg Curl Superset Pre-Fatigue[/u] (Oh these fucking hurt.)
lots
lots
shiiiiit loads
damn

[u]Back Squats[/u] (Definitely A2G, legs were so gnarly pumped I could barely even walk to the rack.)
345 x 6
315 x 8
225 x 12 - 225 x 6 - 135 x 10 (Just RP)

[u]Leg Extensions[/u]
135 x 15 - 105 x 10 - 90 x 6
135 x 15 - 90 x 10 - 60 x 9
75 x 25 - 35 x 30

[u]LF Leg Press Machine[/u] (Toes hang off top, mid-stance.)
395rack x 50 (crazy numb legs)
395rack x 40
395rack x 35 - 245 x ???A lot, probably 40-50

Extreme Quad Stretch of Peace

[u]Lying Leg Curls - Good Girl Bad Girl Superset[/u]
130 x 14 - 90 x 30
120 x 14 - 90 x 16
110 x 12 or something
100 x 10ish idk

[u]HS Seated Leg Curls[/u] (Uni-Lateral, interesting)
50 x 12 x 10 (One-Leg, two leg)
25 x 20 - 12
20 x 15 - ?10?

Stretch

Calf Stuff

Zombie Cardio

FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

91

Day 7 in a row - 3rd arm day in that stretch. Nice.

I am feeling terrific. Things are starting to feel great again, sex drive is steadily rising up and I’m starting to get that alpha mentality again, I’m starting to be able to do pretty much whatever weight sounds doable again. Yes. Nips were puffy today so I’m going to monitor that closely. Especially since in the coming week or so my body will really start feeling the effects of the increased amount.

On a terrific note, my arms were absolutely pumped beyond fucking belief. I’ve never had this, but at one point both my ear buds fell out, and I definitely had to twist each side of my body in a way because my arms were too pumped to reach my ears, haha. Seriously awesome.

I’m going to need a day off soon. Probably. Maybe.

Heavy Arms (Higher volume, too)

[u]V-Grip Pushdowns[/u] (These actually didn’t destroy Tris, I may sub these out for a while.)
30 x 30 - 90 x 15 - 130 x 8
160 x 14
160 x 11
140 x 13
100 x 16

[u]Low-Incline DB Skullcrushers[/u] (omg)
35s x 15
40s x 12
45s x 10
40s x 13
35s x 16 - 25s x 10 - 15s x 13 (bottom 3/4 partials)

[u]Standing Overhead Cable Rope Extensions[/u]
40 x 14 - 40 x 9
30 x 14 - 20 x 13
30 x 11 - 20 x 13 - 10 x 20

Extreme Stretch

[u]LF Preacher Curls[/u] (Normal tempo reps)
120 x 6
110 x 7
100 x 9
90 x 9 - 60 x 6

[u]One-Arm HS Preacher Curls[/u] (Inside grip. Brutal.)
50 x 8
50 x 7
40 x 11
40 (3 sec neg) x 7 - 30 x 10 (rep)
20 (3 sec neg) x 14 - 10 x 18

[u]Straight-Bar Reverse Cable Curl / Cable Rope Hammer Curl Superset[/u] (Ow. Ow.)
50 x 12 - 130 x 8
50 x 15 - 110 x 7
60 x 12 - 90 x 8
70 x 15? - 70 x 8-10

Cardio

92

Why not just go for 8? I did.

Today was solid. I unfortunately had to ditch the incline DB presses because those are what kept really re-aggravating my shoulder. Too bad. I haven’t actually done a standard incline BB press in… honestly, 3 years? But today hopped right in and it felt pretty good. I obviously didn’t go heavy but once my body adapts to the movement a bit I see the poundages rising a fair bit. That’s good. Not too bothersome on the shoulder overall, AT ALL, today.

Still really tentative about some things related to my body. Keeping E in check vs what’s going on with my libido. A majority of the people giving me advice are saying to avoid Prm for now, but ugh. I feel great, other than my damn sex drive. And that definitely can’t be estrogen-related at this point.

Chest + Shoulders

[u]“Other” Pec Dec Pre-Exhaust[/u] (These were actually sezzy.)
30 x 30
45 x 20
60 x 15
45 x 30 - 30 x 20

[u]Standard Incline BB[/u] (First time ages. Easy. 3/4 form - about 1-2 inches from chest, no lockout, constant tension.)
205 x 8
185 x 9
185 x 8 - 135 x 10

[u]LF Chest Press Machine[/u] (RIP this fucker is maxed out)
255 x 10
255 x 6
210 x 7 (3 second negatives)
180 x 13

[u]“Normal” Pec Dec[/u]
60 x 15
60 x 12
45 x 15 - 30 x 15
45 x 15 - 30 x 25

No Stretch, still avoiding shoulder aggravation

[u]LF Seated Lateral Machine[/u]
Tons of pyramiding up, sets and reps
130 x 14
110 x 15
90 x 20
90 x 15
70 x 17 - 40 x 10

[u]Rope FacePulls[/u] (Pumps were fucking nuts. Very little rest between)
30 x 30
50 x 25
70 x 15
90 x 12
110 x 20
130 x 18
130 x 15 - 100 x 10
90 x 18 - 50 x 10

[u]LF Seated Military Press Finisher[/u]
50 x 50
40 x 30? lol

Stretch

Cardio

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Okedoke. First, today my body finally told me that it’s time to take a day off. That’s good… 9 days in a row is a lot, haha - assistance or not. Whether optimal whatever, I won’t argue, but it helped me work out of my funk and I am starting to feel really damn great again. That is terrific. So, tomorrow I’m going to rest up, recharge, and get ready to get back at it.

Today was not bad by any means, I’m just feeling the wear and tear.

[u]DB Pullover / One-Arm Cable Row (Supinated) Superset[/u]
15 x 15 - 30 x 15
25 x 15 - 45 x 15
35 x 15 - 60 x 15
45 x 15 - 75 x 15
55 x 15 - 90 x 15

[u]One-Arm HS High-Row[/u] (Fuckin’ nasty ked)
4+25ps x 7
4+25ps x 7
4ps x 9
4ps x 8
{Both hands} 3ps x 8 - 2ps x 8 - 1ps x 15

[u]Assisted Pull-ups[/u]
Overhand 80 x 10 (Huge fucking stretch and squeeze)
Wide grip 100 x 6 (These destroyed my shoulder and I bailed. Not good.)
Overhand 110 x 8 (Eh, grip)

[u]V-Grip Pulldowns[/u]
DC-Style RP set - 150 x 10 / 5 / 4
120 x 10 - 90 x 12
75 x 15

[u]Kayak Finishers[/u] (Pump was so nasty now it was just un-fun.)
50 x 20
30 x 30

  • Tried to do shrugs, instantly felt the recovering neck tweak for a second and stopped.
  • No rear delts, hit 'em yesterday.

Cardio - part LISS part HIIT.

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Yeah, yeah. Since my split is a 5-way, and I had done 9 of them… might as well just round it off. fml Feeling amazing - really feeling on. The doubled up is really starting to work its magic. I will likely keep the 5 over 7 split for this upcoming week. Maybe. :slight_smile:

Light Arms

[u]Rope Pushdowns / One-Arm Cable Pushdown Superset[/u] (Rope close to body, huge pull-apart.)
20 x 30 / 20 x 15
40 x 15 / 30 x 10
60 x 20 / 30 x 8
50 x 15 / 20 x 11 - 10 x 20
40 x 20 - 20 x 10 / 20 x 10

[u]Low-Incline L-Extensions[/u] (wtf, bothered my right shoulder so I quite after a few.) No rest between sets.
25s x 12
20s x 12
15s x 20

[u]Straight Bar Pushdowns[/u] (Really wide grip. Awesome for the long head.)
90 x 20 - 60 x 21s
90 x 15 - 50 x 12
80 x 12 - 40 x 15

[u]Overhead Tricep Dumbbell Extensions[/u] (Two hands on one dumbbell. Bottom 3/4 ROM, very slow tempo.)
45 x 16
35 x 15
25 x 15
20 x 15

Stretches

[u]LF Preacher One-Arm Closish-Grip Curl[/u]
10 x 20 - 20 x 15 - 30 x 15 - 40 x 12 (holy eff)
50 x 10
50 x 10
40 x 12 - 30 x 12
20 x 20 - 10 x 30

[u]Cross-Body Hammer Curls[/u] (These hurt my wrists. Very strict, slow, big squeeze.)
30s x 15
30s x 8

[u]Rope Hammer Curls[/u]
110 x 10
100 x 12
80 x 13 - 50 x 10

[u]Standing Strict DB Alternating Curls[/u] (Fucking pump, seriously. Curl to ear-level.)
20s x 12
20s x 11
15s x 15 - (dual curls, hunched over) 10s x 8
^Same as above - 15 x 12 - 10s x 8

Stretches

Actual HIIT.

Tomorrow: OFF!!!

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It’s awesome to see you able to train so much, seeing as history has kind of prevented that previously.

Excited to see your progress over the next few weeks/months.

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[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
It’s awesome to see you able to train so much, seeing as history has kind of prevented that previously.

Excited to see your progress over the next few weeks/months. [/quote]

No doubt man. I’ve been naturally gravitating towards a “you’ll know when to take a break” approach. It’s definitely physical - but there’s a big mental thing to it, too. For instance… because of some plans that came up for Friday night / Saturday morning, I gotta go train legs tomorrow and chest + shoulders on Saturday. 12 days now. Fml.

And me too! Things are starting to get cooler by the day. :slight_smile:

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Fucking dicksauce. Terrible idea.

Warmed up a bunch, squatted semi-heavy, bailed. Did pitiful cardio. Body wasn’t whispering… but rather yelling at me to fuck right off. Forearms could barely handle the load on the squats. Just meh. 11 days in a row really is too much. Noted.

Taking the next -2- days off.

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Well, felt great today. Went in and hit heavy arms. Was going to do chest + shoulders but my neck tweak is still hanging around and I didn’t want to push it with that. Solid day. Definitely made this one “heavy.”) (Other than the massive fucking snowstorms we’ve had over the last week, fml.)

Decided to not go out last night and be responsible… I have very little flexible money paying for two rents for the next three months - and I really should minimize drinking to the best of my ability. I do believe I will be having some next weekend.

Heavy Arms

[u]Wider-Grip Straight Bar Pushdowns[/u]
20 x 40 - 50 x 20 - 100 x 15 - 130 x 8
150 x 13
130 x 14
120 x 13 - 80 x 13
100 x 14 - 70 x 8 - 40 x 15

[u]Low-Incline DB Skullcrushers[/u]
40s x 13
40s x 12
35s x 14 - 30s x 15
35s x 11 - 25s x 8 - 15s x 15

[u]One-Arm Pushdown (Underhand) / Rope Pushdown (Close to Body) Superset[/u]
30 x 15 - 30 x 25
20 x 15 - 30 x 15
20 x 20 - 10 x 10 / 30 x 13 - 20 x ??

Stretch

[u]LF Preacher Curls[/u]
20 x 20 - 50 x 15 - 70 x 8 - 100 x 2
125 x 4 (Tempo not slow enough, just heavy.)
-Rest of tempo was very slow
110 x 6
100 x 7
80 x 9 - 60 x 6

[u]One-Arm HS Preacher Curls[/u]
50 x 9
50 x 6
40 x 9
40 x 8 - 30 x 9
30 x 10 - 20 x 12 - 10 x 15

[u]Mid-Incline Super Strict Hammer Curls - Standing Alternating DB Curl Superset[/u]
35s x lol no brah
25s x 10 - 15s x 15
25s x 6 - 15s x 6
20s x 7? - 15s x 6?? idk

Stretch

Cardio poop

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Fucking neck tweak bullshit was irritating me today. Yolo ate like a fat pussy last night (didn’t even bother finding plans - got like half a foot of snow yesterday and go anywhere sounding like a big damn hassle.) But, still went in to hit da weightz. It was a pretty good session, albeit a little weird, BUT…

Can I guy catch a mother.fucking. break? Today going in to the gym I was casually asked how I was doing (by a girl at the front desk,) told her “Baby it’s cold outside.” Out of nowhere this girl who was standing nearby… sexy as all fuck - looked a lot like Kaelin Tuell (tuell_time on IG iirc) except not quite as shredded and manly = i.e. HOTTER - responded with a line from the song and probably thought I wasn’t going to go with it. She noticed my Packers hoodie. SHE LIVES IN GREEN BAY AND IS A FUCKING PACKERS REP. 25 (my age.) Also, was squatting today, 175 for multiple awesome, below-parallel sets. We bullshitted for 40 minutes during cardio. What’s the issue though? Just fucking started dating some guy like three weeks ago. She was even home (she’s from the area) during Thanksgiving when I was talking to a different girl and remembered me. Told me when she was home the last time she was single. FMLFMLFMLFML

We traded numbers and said “Maybe someday…” so in actuality, #foreveralone

Sucks. Anyway.

Chest + Shoulders (Still nursing shoulder issues, so fucking annoying)

[u]Pec Dec[/u]
Stuff and stuff

[u]Incline BB[/u] (3/4 ROM - 45 sec rest between sets, felt weird.)
225 x 4
215 x 5
205 x 6
185 x 6 (Not sure what happened, chest sputtered)
135 x 15

[u]LF Chest Press[/u] (Awesome)
255 x 9
255 x 8
225 x 9
210 x 10 - 185 x 4? lolz
120 x 30

[u]Low-Incline DB Presses[/u] (Bottom 1/2 ROM)
60s x 14
50s x 15
45s x 13 - 35s x 8
30s x 25

[u]Pec Dec[/u]
More stuff, whatever

[u]Rope Facepulls[/u]
Seriously so many sets
So much more
And a lot
A lot
A LOT

[u]LF Strict Lateral Raise Machine[/u]
And a whooooole shitload here too
Seriously so much
Ouch

Long, easy, sad and awesome cardio at the same time.

fml

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Welp, long story short, I went in to do back today with that girl I met yesterday.

We worked out for like a couple minutes before we left, went back to her place and smashed like absolute fucking monsters.

It was amazing and perhaps the best few hours of my life.

That is all.