Again, I apologize for the lighting.
Up to this point, I’ve loved BBB because I think that I’m a chronic overtrainer anyway, haha. As I enter the first Supergrowth phase, I need to keep “less is sometimes more” in mind.
Another thing I’d like to do with this log is to keep some quotes from various posts on TN and abroad the interwebz that are either inspiring or a good reminder. For example, I am now reading the BBB II thread, and I really liked this from MODOK:
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Your body systemically does NOT want huge muscles. Its the most evolutionarily disadvantageous thing that can happen to you (ask neanderthals). You have to give it no other choice than to make it believe without a shadow of a doubt that it MUST carry the substantial excess muscle mass or it will die. How do you do that? Eat tons of food and absolutely crush bone-bending weight as often as you can. Re-modeling your body this way isn’t very fun. It actually fucking hurts. You can actually feel the heavy weights stretching, bending, and molding your connective tissue and muscles. Eating becomes a chore. When I was bulking, I absolutely hated F’ing eating. I literally had to sit and stare at my 10 scrambled eggs every morning. Shit was disgusting. I wasn’t hungry. But I powered that shit down because I knew I needed the food, whether my stomach did or not."
The difference is crazy. 30 Pounds of awesome and it shows.
Thoughts on the day:
-I have a strain in my upper left rib cage area, just below the petoralis. It’s interesting with which exercises it interferes: doesn’t affect squats all that much, but my standing OHPing is absolute shit right now.
-Squatted 260 for my BBB sets for 9, narrow squatted 275x5. Thursday (next squatting day) is my bday, and I just might give a 300 narrow squat a go, just to see if I can do it. Ha, bday present for myself: very heavy squat load.
-Anyone who says they can’t gain weight just isn’t eating like a champion. Out of the food I eat PWO, I would say that I only really want to eat half of it. The other half is where champs are made :).
EDIT: Also, the hardest part about BBB for me is doing the long rest periods during SG. I love beating the hell out of myself during the ramps, but the increased rest period during SG is hard to adapt to haha.
Thoughts on day:
This ab strain interferes with chest, back, and delts substantially. I’m still able to work through and go heavy, but I definitely notice a drop-off in intensity much earlier than normal (probably at the hour mark) of my workout. Pretty annoying. I’m okay with resting it a bit, as I’m currently in supergrowth anyway and backing off a bit in terms of volume is the name of the game anyway.
Anyone who says he or she can’t gain weight is full of shit.
I’m starting Ramp 2 soon, and I’ve been looking at what my template might look like. I’m wondering whether 3 weeks of squatting 6 times a week is absolute insanity. Thing is, I don’t have access to that much equipment, I love squatting, and if I feel like I’m just too burned out by it, I can always just try something else.
Love the quotes.
Still working around injury.
Squat workout today included 290x4 and 300x2. Very happy with that, as I hit my SG goal (300x1 on squat).
Squatting has really become by far my favorite lift. I’m really happy that I’ve moved from 125x5 to 300x2 within less than 3 months. I feel like a lot of the lift is about mentally overcoming the load–i.e., not being afraid to put 300 on the bar and just go in thinking that you own it.
Also, at the end of the squatting I hit 245x14 with maybe one or two ugly reps left in the tank. Pretty happy with that considering that on 4/12 my max load on the 13-15 day of week three was 235x13.
For scheduling purposes, I ended up doing one week of Supergrowth and not hit day one of Ramp 2 today.
Rib still hurting, BUT
Let’s look at one week’s progress in squats:
Last week, 260 for 9 was a failure set on Monday. Saturday, I hit 300x2.
Today, my high rep squats was 260 for 16 without actual failure. I probably had one or two in the hole, but my form was breaking down, and I am cognizant of the fact that I’m hitting thighs tomorrow with box squats and/or leg press. I’m still setting my template for tomorrow.
[quote]The3Commandments wrote:
For scheduling purposes, I ended up doing one week of Supergrowth and not hit day one of Ramp 2 today.
Rib still hurting, BUT
Let’s look at one week’s progress in squats:
Last week, 260 for 9 was a failure set on Monday. Saturday, I hit 300x2.
Today, my high rep squats was 260 for 16 without actual failure. I probably had one or two in the hole, but my form was breaking down, and I am cognizant of the fact that I’m hitting thighs tomorrow with box squats and/or leg press. I’m still setting my template for tomorrow.
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Your going to die tomorrow dude 
[quote]Oregand wrote:
Your going to die tomorrow dude
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I literally get so pumped/afraid when I’m going to squat the next day that I have dreams about it. Ha, last night I had dreams about squatting.
[quote]The3Commandments wrote:
[quote]Oregand wrote:
Your going to die tomorrow dude
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I literally get so pumped/afraid when I’m going to squat the next day that I have dreams about it. Ha, last night I had dreams about squatting.[/quote]
Ha that’s so cool. The same thing happens to menthe night before DL’S, I get so excited I can’t sleep. I just lie there thinking of last weeks form haha
In case anyone searches BBB Ramp 2 exercise selection, I’ll say that what I think I’m set on doing is alternating hack squats and back squats as my thigh exercises.
Today was day 2 of endurance day (15 reps), hack squats as primary leg exercise. Good god am I sore–feels good. At the same time, I know that I’m going to need to make absolutely sure that I’m eating a ton over the next few weeks and being careful about my form and such.
So to think of BBB as A days and B days, I’m basically going:
A
Back squat
V-bar row
Incline
BB Curl
Extra:
Weighted Dip
Wide grip pullup
Leg exercise depending on day: (Leg press/SLDL/ RDL)
B
Hack squat
BB Row
BB Bench
CGBP
Extra:
Standing OHP
Neutral grip pullup
Leg exercise depending on day: (Leg press, SLDL, RDL)
Ramp 2 is crazy, but I think that two things MODOK points to are key: intensity and faith in the program. Legs are sore after endurance day, but I’m hoping that maybe the DOMS will release me tomorrow!
Today’s squatting included a top set of 280x11 for the first set. I’m going to hit 300x8 on Friday.
My diet has been very low carb for a long time, and I’m thinking about going full AD and doing carb-up weekends. I’m thinking that I will be eating a ton of oatmeal+cottage cheese and whey during these periods, along with maybe tuna and rice and green peas and rice.
Well, 300x8 didn’t quite happen. I decided on 305 (I often walk in with a weight in mind like 300, call myself a pussy, and then add 5 pounds) and got it 4. Failed on 5th. Next week, it’ll be 8 by god. Assuming I’m less sore than I am now, I should be able to do it no doubt.
After that, my weights went 295 and 290, then I did some sets of 6 at 275. I want to get used to consistently lifting weights that heavy. Next endurance day, I want to do 275 in the 13-15 range.
One supplement on squats I do after my BBB sets is two sets of squats with a lower weight (255 today) during which I pause in the hole. I try to hit the 8-10 rep range, and I feel like it’s really helped me in getting out of the hole. It also nicely complements shallow leg presses, which are more quad dominant.
Today’s my first carb-up day in months. Eating a lot of calories with stuff like oatmeal and cottage cheese is hard as hell. I miss my fats already!
Screw you and your visible abs with 305 for 5.
I weigh 184, very chubby with no abs. I eat 3000 daily and squat 60kg for 3. Look at me!
I think that I’m going to start trying for 1-2 carb-up days per week on squat days. Thing is, I woke up hungry this morning, which NEVER usually happens on my usual days.
Upper-body lifts haven’t been progressing as much as I’d like, but they are progressing. The rib injury really impeded my overhead pressing, which is now hovering where it was two weeks ago. I think another part of it is Ramp2 hitting legs every day–I always do legs first, and by the time I get to OHP, I’m pretty tired.
Keep pushing.
Hey! No squatting tomorrow! Ha!
I feel like my body must have heard my cries, as both my bench and overhead press moved today. 205x9 for the former, 130x9 for the latter. Baby steps.
Tomorrow is day off from BBB. In past weeks, I had been using the rest day to go to the gym and just do deadlift, since DL isn’t in the program for me. I’ll go if I feel like I can.
Top set ended up being 375 for a single. Missed on 400. meh.
Then, did 6 sets of 295x7. Which was quite hard by the end. Then, farmer’s walk, rack pull/shrug superset, then farmer’s walk with fat gripz. Treadmill for 30 mins at 3.9 speed at 10.5% incline. Cheers.