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New Year, New goals (drop 30lbs, try to strength, hoping for 1/2 of it is fat)
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New log!

1/4/2010 Tuesday…
I think this month is national 1/4 rep month. Gym crowded.

Good day to test max’s

Lunch work out.

hspl Pullover
5x270
360 PR!
450 (Stack) PR!

hsps Decline Bench
250
250
250 wow my bench sucks

hsps MP
270 PR!
310 (Stack) PR!
310 (Stack) PR!
310 (Stack) PR!

hsps Pulldown
3x310 (Stack) PR!

hsps Row
310 (Stack) PR!
310 (Stack) PR!
310 (Stack) PR!

Preacher ez-bar curls
5x10x60

Evening work out

hspl v-squat machine (Comparing to smith squats)
3x270
360 PR!
450 (Stack) PR!

DL
0x525
0x495
5x405
3x405

hsps preacher curls
150 PR!
210 (Stack) PR!
210 (Stack) PR!

5 guys bacon cheeseburger of doom to celebrate, and because I was massively hungry!
Not a bad way to start the year.

My son is doing the “12 weeks to a better deadlift”…

gym crwded…
Old fat dude who probably hasn’t moved in decades trying to kill himself ego lifting. Way too high weights, doubt he’ll be back after he heals up.

ots of January specialls, hope they’ll stick with it, but at the times I’m not there.

Pullovers
5x270
5x360
2x360 (damn)
3x5x270

hsps decline Bench
5x5x150

hsps MP
2x5x170
10x170 (oops)
2x5x170

hsps row
5x5x170

hsps pulldown
5x5x170

db shrugs
5x10x80

preacher ez-bar curl
5x10x60

over head triceps extension
5x10x85

gym crwded…
Old fat dude who probably hasn’t moved in decades trying to kill himself ego lifting. Way too high weights, doubt he’ll be back after he heals up.

Lots of January specials, hope they’ll stick with it, but at the times I’m not there.

Pullovers
5x270
5x360
2x360 (damn)
3x5x270

hsps decline Bench
5x5x150

hsps MP
2x5x170
10x170 (oops)
2x5x170

hsps row
5x5x170

hsps pulldown
5x5x170

db shrugs
5x10x80

preacher ez-bar curl
5x10x60

over head triceps extension
5x10x85

Help me out here… hsps? Hammer Strength?

Big lifts all 'round, pal. Kudos.

Hammer Strength Pin Select
or
Hammer Strength Plate Loaded…

I’m using machines mostly, do to several shoulder injuries.

I’m using pin select where available as I work out with my 14 year old and I don’t want to take the time to switch plates as we alternate.

The Golds where I’m at has many of both and the Lifestyle’s…

I really like the feel of the Hammer Strength. Except the decline bench and flat bench where the handles are are really low (outer edge just below the end of my chest) and you can’t set the seat back. The range of motion is more then I can do with pronated DB’s. It’s working so I’ll stick with them until I run out of stack for working sets.

My biggest struggles are with discipline. I need to cut fat, last measurement a couple months ago I was just shy of 30%. I also need to be very careful about sleep.

Thanks for pointing out that most here are on the PL side. I’ve never thought of it that way. I’ve just thought of it as some competing, and are supported by good people.

I stick with lower volumes, I keep getting hurt, or have recovery issues when I try volume workouts. I get conflicted because I grow the best under 10x10. SO I keep “learning” the same lesson over and over.

I’ve been trying to keep my son away from the Dark Side (not that there’s anything wrong with it). It just that he’s young, and has a rather good structure for BB type workouts. I also think he would put on size better with 10x10 and should be able to recover. He’s a bunch of contradictions: He wants abz and low body fat. But is a real PR whore.

i like the Pink Floyd lyrical reference- btw, happy b day yesterday, syd barrett

Kids want it all. Who can blame them.

I saw your kid post in the beginner’s section. It must be pretty cool getting to lift with him. My boy is only three, so we have a few years to go before then, not that I’m complaining.

Good work in here,

Jack

Hey guys!

He’s doing well. It is fun lifting with him. He’s a good partner too, switches weights and seat heights and racks his weights.

3 is fun. I miss it sometimes, but not when he’s mowing the lawn…

Fun January day at the Gym. Went early.
Old guys camping on the machines. Guys who have the new years bug and haven’t moved in years doing things that will definitely hurt in the morningw.

Oh and someone broke most of the pins for the 5lb plate. How the hell do you do that?

hspl Pullovers
5x270
2x5x360
2x5x270

hsps Pulldowns (decline bench was in use as camping space, I hate screwing up the oppositional order)
5x5x200

hsps decline bench (firmly asked camper to set in)
5x5x210

hsps rows
5x5x210

hsps MP
5x5x210

preacher ez-bar curls (Great view of guys butt as he and his partner was doing one of those MF (Muscle and Fiction) DB curl, arm sling knee raises and ez-bar curl superset)
5x10x60

OH Triceps extension
5x85
4x5x100

Why don’t some dudes pull the damn shower curtain closed when they shower???

Sorry, not very accepting today. Gotta get my “just laugh at it” mentality back.

[quote]Null wrote:
Why don’t some dudes pull the damn shower curtain closed when they shower???

[/quote]
Maybe 'cause they wanna be seen?

ewwww!
Do they have to resort to this to get dates?

SNOW DAY!
LIFT AT HOME…

Decline Bench
3x20x127

MP
0x127
5x10x87

yoke ez-bar curls
127
5x5x87

hspl Pullovers
5x270
3x5x360
2x5x270

hsps decline Bench
5x5x200

hsps MP
5x5x210

hsps pulldown
5x5x210

hsps row
5x5x200

db shrugs
5x10x80

preacher ez-bar curl
5x10x60

over head triceps extension
5x10x100

Quick lift

hspl Pullover
5x270
3x5x360
5x270

deadlift
3x405
515 pr!

hspl v-squat
3x3x450

hspl Pullover
5x270
3x5x360
5x270

hsps decline
5x5x210

hsps mp
5x5x210

hsps row
5x5x210

hsps pulldown
5x5x210

hsps flat bench
5x5x210

db shrugs
5x10x100

preacher ez-bar curls
5x10x60

over head tricep extension
5x10x100

nice!

Tuesday am

bb pullovers
3x10x87

Arnold’s
3x10x50

DB Rows
3x10x92.5
–delay–
2x10x92.5

DB Shrugs
5x10x92.5

Tonight is leg day…

yoked ez-bar curls
5x5x87

—Night lift—

DL
2x5x315 (no straps, gonna do warm-ups)
3x3x455
2x3x405

hpsl v-squat
5x5x270
450

Home day
pull overs
5x10x87

db flat Bench
5x10x50

db decline Bench
5x10x50

yoked ez-bar curls
5x87
5x10x67

Hspl pull overs
5x270
5x5x360

DL
lost strapsâ?¦ Freudian slip? Woke up with reminder why I started them in first place: left wrist popping hurts, and golfers/tennis elbow tendons hurt both arms.
5X5X315

Hspl v-squat
3x360
5x3x450

Read others logs and learn:

Snap, your smooth DL’s showed me what is not right with mine… I get to the sticking point and then get my legs under me again, perhaps that’s why it is a sticking point. Thx!

Canada_k:
I admire your discipline at the table! I’m going to try to get down to 17% BF so your example will help me immensely.

Also questioning the use of straps, I will do my warm ups w/o. I think I can do 2x3x315 with a bit of safety margin, especially since I’ve found new tendon straps.

[quote]Null wrote:
Snap, your smooth DL’s showed me what is not right with mine… I get to the sticking point and then get my legs under me again, perhaps that’s why it is a sticking point. Thx!

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I don’t consider my DLs that smooth. Lots of room for improvement for me.

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying about getting your legs under you once you get to your sticking point.

Just caught up. Son’s lifting with you, sounds great. Hspl and hsv-squat. Hammer strength? Deadlifting still looks good.