[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How are you liking 5/3/1? I was considering it but gave beast building a shot instead; I’ll probably come around to it in March.[/quote]
I’m really enjoying 5/3/1. I love going balls to the wall on the last set haha. I’ve definitely gotten stronger after 2 months on it, hopefully the progress keeps on coming. I’m also probably going to also change gears come March.
How’s CT’s beast building treating you?
You seem like you would be knowledgeable about diet and what now. Do you have any suggestions for good protein sources for someone who has quite the number of food allergies (dairy, eggs, seafood, nuts…I told you it was a lot)?[/quote]
Loving beast building so far–I’ll love it a lot more once I destroy my PRs!
I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about diet, by shit you just named all my favorite sources! I imagine you are left with chicken, bison, beef, and other animals. Can you tolerate whey and casein powders?
[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How are you liking 5/3/1? I was considering it but gave beast building a shot instead; I’ll probably come around to it in March.[/quote]
I’m really enjoying 5/3/1. I love going balls to the wall on the last set haha. I’ve definitely gotten stronger after 2 months on it, hopefully the progress keeps on coming. I’m also probably going to also change gears come March.
How’s CT’s beast building treating you?
You seem like you would be knowledgeable about diet and what now. Do you have any suggestions for good protein sources for someone who has quite the number of food allergies (dairy, eggs, seafood, nuts…I told you it was a lot)?[/quote]
Loving beast building so far–I’ll love it a lot more once I destroy my PRs!
I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about diet, by shit you just named all my favorite sources! I imagine you are left with chicken, bison, beef, and other animals. Can you tolerate whey and casein powders?[/quote]
Haha nice! Can’t wait to see that happen haha.
Yup. I basically try to scarf down any and all tolerable animal flesh. Sadly I can’t take whey or casein. I’m actually one of the few that are intolerant to the casein protein.
[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How are you liking 5/3/1? I was considering it but gave beast building a shot instead; I’ll probably come around to it in March.[/quote]
I’m really enjoying 5/3/1. I love going balls to the wall on the last set haha. I’ve definitely gotten stronger after 2 months on it, hopefully the progress keeps on coming. I’m also probably going to also change gears come March.
How’s CT’s beast building treating you?
You seem like you would be knowledgeable about diet and what now. Do you have any suggestions for good protein sources for someone who has quite the number of food allergies (dairy, eggs, seafood, nuts…I told you it was a lot)?[/quote]
Loving beast building so far–I’ll love it a lot more once I destroy my PRs!
I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about diet, by shit you just named all my favorite sources! I imagine you are left with chicken, bison, beef, and other animals. Can you tolerate whey and casein powders?[/quote]
Haha nice! Can’t wait to see that happen haha.
Yup. I basically try to scarf down any and all tolerable animal flesh. Sadly I can’t take whey or casein. I’m actually one of the few that are intolerant to the casein protein.[/quote]
Not even a whey isolate?
[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How are you liking 5/3/1? I was considering it but gave beast building a shot instead; I’ll probably come around to it in March.[/quote]
I’m really enjoying 5/3/1. I love going balls to the wall on the last set haha. I’ve definitely gotten stronger after 2 months on it, hopefully the progress keeps on coming. I’m also probably going to also change gears come March.
How’s CT’s beast building treating you?
You seem like you would be knowledgeable about diet and what now. Do you have any suggestions for good protein sources for someone who has quite the number of food allergies (dairy, eggs, seafood, nuts…I told you it was a lot)?[/quote]
Loving beast building so far–I’ll love it a lot more once I destroy my PRs!
I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about diet, by shit you just named all my favorite sources! I imagine you are left with chicken, bison, beef, and other animals. Can you tolerate whey and casein powders?[/quote]
Haha nice! Can’t wait to see that happen haha.
Yup. I basically try to scarf down any and all tolerable animal flesh. Sadly I can’t take whey or casein. I’m actually one of the few that are intolerant to the casein protein.[/quote]
Not even a whey isolate?[/quote]
I haven’t tried anything that is just whey. I think I’ll either find some at the grocery or just get Grow! from Biotest. Regardless I think I’ll give casein another shot in the near future. Who knows, I may have grown out of the allergy.
[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How are you liking 5/3/1? I was considering it but gave beast building a shot instead; I’ll probably come around to it in March.[/quote]
I’m really enjoying 5/3/1. I love going balls to the wall on the last set haha. I’ve definitely gotten stronger after 2 months on it, hopefully the progress keeps on coming. I’m also probably going to also change gears come March.
How’s CT’s beast building treating you?
You seem like you would be knowledgeable about diet and what now. Do you have any suggestions for good protein sources for someone who has quite the number of food allergies (dairy, eggs, seafood, nuts…I told you it was a lot)?[/quote]
Loving beast building so far–I’ll love it a lot more once I destroy my PRs!
I’d like to think I’m knowledgeable about diet, by shit you just named all my favorite sources! I imagine you are left with chicken, bison, beef, and other animals. Can you tolerate whey and casein powders?[/quote]
Haha nice! Can’t wait to see that happen haha.
Yup. I basically try to scarf down any and all tolerable animal flesh. Sadly I can’t take whey or casein. I’m actually one of the few that are intolerant to the casein protein.[/quote]
Not even a whey isolate?[/quote]
I haven’t tried anything that is just whey. I think I’ll either find some at the grocery or just get Grow! from Biotest. Regardless I think I’ll give casein another shot in the near future. Who knows, I may have grown out of the allergy.[/quote]
Yeah, if whey concentrate doesnt work, try whey isolate for sure
[quote]Chi-Towns-Finest wrote:
How about cottage cheese? It’s considered dairy, although a few of my clients who are lactose-intolerant can still handle it.[/quote]
Oh ok. I’ll give it a shot and let you know how it goes. Thanks!
[quote]pbclax1 wrote:
Yeah, if whey concentrate doesnt work, try whey isolate for sure[/quote]
Yeah I read that whey concentrate has lactose, while whey isolates and hydrolysates don’t contain lactose.
I slept quite well last night compared to previous nights. Went to bed at around 11 and woke up at 7:30ish and felt very well rested. I wonder if it has something to do with the neural charge workout. Maybe after a few more neural charge sessions I’ll see a trend.
For the hell of it I decided to do a few super-sets of BB rows at 95 lbs with band pull aparts. It pretty much lit my back on fire haha. Looking forward to switching to BB rows from T-bar rows.
[quote]pbclax1 wrote:
Im gonna have to give the neural charge workout a shot since you seemed to benefit from it. BB rows are the shit and they look badass. Period.[/quote]
Definitely give it a try. If anything you will have spent 10-20 odd minutes doing completely random and fun exercises.
Hahaha. BB rows are the shit. They don’t just look badass, they ARE.
I figure I’d switch to them from T-bar rows because of the wider grip I can take plus I feel it more in my back instead of my arms with T-bar rows.
Warm up sets for bench pressing felt great, I thought I was in for an awesome last set. Unfortunately my last set was crap. I completely sucked during that last set. I was hoping to get 13 or 14 reps but came up short.
BB rows seem to be more effective than T-bar rows. They light up my back a lot more. The only problem is that my back is just weak. I’ll have to look into either bringing up my rowing and chinning strength or some back specialization phase after a few more 5/3/1 cycles.
The rowing/push up pyramid was loads of fun. Definitely going to do it again, but instead of going down the ladder I’ll go up. Should make it harder.
The external rotations feel easier now. I’ve noticed that my left is more up to par with my right now.
Was feeling off today so decided to shoot for 13 reps at 225. The squats still feel off. Of all the lifts, my squat seems to suffer the most after a deload week. At least it feels the most off.
Pyramiding the weight down for the assistance squats was a great change of pace. Definitely going to continue doing it.
Planks are getting a little easier, but was hard today because the new pyramiding down scorched my quads.
Chin ups (staggered with BB military pressing)
25 total reps x BW
Band assisted wide grip pull ups (staggered w/ DB pressing)
50 total reps
Military pressing felt much smoother and faster. Hit today’s goal of 10 reps at 135. DB pressing also felt smoother and faster.
Chin ups fatigued my grip much faster than usual. I tend to feel chin ups in my arms as opposed to my back, so I decided to give wide grip pull ups w/ the help of a band a try. I definitely felt my back doing the work, but at the same time my arms were killed by these. The only drawback is that band assisted pull ups feel different than normal pull ups.
On somewhat of a side note, I’m thinking of throwing in an extra 20-30 minute session or two during the week to work on weak links and help with recovery. I read about doing this on Bret Contreras’s blog, he calls these ‘special workouts’. I’ll probably focus on doing grip/upper back work. Both of which are lagging.
RDL
10x225
10x205 (this set was absolute hell for my lower back)
10x185
10x155
10x135
Shrugs
10x135
10x185
10x225
A combination of difficulty putting plates on the bar and bad technique, but mainly awful technique lead to unwanted lower back pain. After looking over the video of my last DL set, I realized that my set up and technique was atrocious. Mainly because my back wasn’t neutral/arched enough, hence the lower back pain and added difficulty to what should be a little easier. Regardless it was still alright that I got 12 reps at 275, but I was shooting for 14.
After the first two sets of RDLs my lower back pain started to go away and I could focus on working my hammies. The RDLs did a pretty good job of working my grip.
The shrugs sure made damn sure to finish off what remained of grip. Unfortunately I was only able to work up to 10 reps of 225. Adding in shrugs should definitely help bring up my grip strength.
Apparently a picture is worth 1,000 words, and since it’s the new year and all I figure why not post some pictures to further track my progress. All these pictures are relaxed and I weight 200 lbs.
