COME AT ME BROS.
lol. This is where I’m at cold in the AM right now. If I can nail 210 naked in the AM by the end of summer at a slightly better level of leanness, I’ll be a happy man.
COME AT ME BROS.
Since I’m not hitting a heavy leg day this week, I only need four workouts. Instead of getting them all in by Thursday and having three off (trace carb only) days in a row, I’m taking one off day now. Just 20 min of light SS cardio (incline treadmill walking) and some mobility work today to loosen up.
U R BIG.
But both you and Evan make me realize that apparently if I want to get into Law School, I’m going to have to be swole.
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
U R BIG.
But both you and Evan make me realize that apparently if I want to get into Law School, I’m going to have to be swole. [/quote]
Thanks broski
Lol, I think that actually lifting weights while managing the schedule necessary to prep for LSATs while taking hard classes will just automatically get you way swoler. It’s not too hard to dial things in and get efficient when every wasted minute in the gym means less sleepy time. Also picking heavy shit up and putting it down tends to help with sanity maintenance.
P.S. Do not put me and Natty Ripped Jesus Super Soldier Evan in the same sentence- I don’t even lift compared to him haha
Today’s Workout: Chest/Shoulders/Triceps
A1. Plate Squeeze Press
3x10
A2. CG Bench Press
3x225x6 squeezing inward
225x12 haha, too many pumpz and wuz toast after 12
B. Banded Low Incline Machine Press (+doubled minis)
3x:
1x6 slow 1.5 reps
2x3 for speed
1x6 slow 1.5 reps
1x3 for speed
1x AMRAP normal tempo full ROM… top half partialsxAMRAP… bottom half partialsxAMRAP
C1. Band Lateral Raise
3x1 LR slow reps
C2. DB Laterals (little bit of body english to start reps)
40sx6
35sx12
30sx20
C3. Bradford Press
2x40x12
40xAMRAP
D. Low Incline DB Fly Stretch (3 sec stretch)
20sx6
25sx6
30sxAMRAP
E1. Cordova Extension
3x12 LR
E2. Throat Press
3x95x12
F. Banded Pushdowns (+mini, 1.5 reps)
2x12
1xAMRAP
G. Low Incline OH Cable Extension (3 sec stretch, adding resistance each set)
2x6
1xAMRAP
H. Partial Hack Squats
3x1ppsx15
I1. Machine Crunches (2 sec peak hold)
3x15
I2. Band GM’s
3x15
Notes:
Crazy good feel and pump. Actually need to back of on the frequency a bit. I’ll be making the change to the split that I wanted to start on this week prior to the low back injury.
I felt slightly under-recovered during this workout (performance stuff was meh) so I’m eating a fuckload of chicken and rice.
I am eating a fuckload too. Its fun!!!
Good looking sessin. Banded pressing is the bees knees
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
I am eating a fuckload too. Its fun!!!
Good looking sessin. Banded pressing is the bees knees[/quote]
Haha wasn’t all that fun last night… I literally ate chicken and rice until I couldn’t move then just fell asleep.
And thanks mang. Banded machine work kicks ass for sure, lol @ “the bees knees”
Today’s Workout: Back/Bi’s
A. Kayak Rows
3x6-6-6-6
B1. Meadows T-Bar Rows, Banded (+doubled minis)
3x+1px12 LR
1x15 LR
B2. Kroc Rows
60x12 LR
80x12 LR
100x18 +5 strapped LR
C1. L-H BPA
3x1 slow reps
C2. DB Shrugs (strapped, 3 sec peak squeeze)
100sx6
95sx12
90sx20
D. Banded Lat Pulldowns (+mini)
3x:
[1x6 slow 1.5s
10 sec hold at stretch
1x3 for speed
10 sec hold at peak contraction
1x3 for speed]
Straps on:
1x6 slow 1.5s
10 sec hold at stretch
1x3 for speed
15 sec hold at stretch
1xAMRAP normal tempo 1.5s fucking lat murda haha… was full gorilla after this
E. DB Dead Stop Rows (knee on flat bench, 3 sec stretch)
40x6 LR
60x6 LR
80x15 LR strapped
F1. Band Reverse Curl
3x8
F2. Fixed Weight BB Curl
50x12
60x12
70x20
G. Rope Hammer Curl (1.5 reps)
2x12
1xAMRAP
H. Incline DB Curl (3 sec stretch)
20sx6
25sx6
30sxAMRAP
I. Back Squat (focusing on form for the bottom portion of the rep, no lockout at the top 4 pumpz)
135x12, 15, 15
J1. Band GM
3x15
J2. Machine Crunch (2 sec peak squeeze)
3x15
Notes:
<3 this back workout. The tweaks I made this week are quite sexy. But hitting all of these exercises twice was definitely too much for anything less than stupid eating. I feel ready for the two weekend off days lol. Reducing the workout frequency starting next week will be a pleasant change.
I got asked if I weigh 250 today (by another guy at the gym who actually lifts weights). Lol. He recognized the Meadows T-bar rows and had some respect for JM. He also mentioned that there’s a natty BBer at my gym who has won some shows. I’ll have to keep a lookout for that guy and check his training out
Another off/trace carb only day today. Even though I loosen up on quantities and eat whatever as far as fats/protein go on days like this, it still really fucking sucks. I just get a bullshit brain fog that only half subsides when I don’t eat carbs for a long time and it isn’t that fun.
I added in yohimbine-HCl yesterday. I’m hoping it will help with some of the pain-in-the-ass lagging pockets of fat storage (low abs, love handles, around the chesticles). Starting very low on the dosing and working up. What I’ve seen recommended is .2mg/kg BW, but I don’t want to get one of those goddamn crippling headaches that fucks you over every time you get a spike in blood pressure so I’m playing it safe lol. I had 5mg today, I’ll probably do the same tomorrow because I’d like to see how I handle that with actual weight training. I’d be pretty happy if I could roll with 10mg a day with zero sides for a couple weeks, but I’ll have to see. That would be in addition to some green tea extract, green tea, and a bunch of coffee.
On another note, I’m making the switch to the new split tomorrow. It’s going to be:
Mon: Power Day (heavy bench work, heavy squatting, and a bit of power snatch work, reps @ 1-3, avoiding pump work)
Tues: Chest/Shoulders
Wed: Back
Thurs: Legs
Fri: Arms
(with the abs/HFS squatting every day)
I’m going to keep the squatting to HFSW-loading for this week and belt up since I’m just coming off the low back injury and want to stay healthy.
And random thought, but I ended up seeing Prometheus in 3D last night. I liked it, but think it would have been better in 2D since the 3D didn’t add much for making me wear fucking glasses for that long lol. All three friends that I went with hated it haha.
Prometheus was pretty good, 3D waste of money IMO though. I didn’t know the back story enough to really appreciate it I think.
Lemme know how that Yohimbine works out, I presume it’s not banned like ephedrine products in natty feds etc?
Clearly strong training as usual, even though it reads pretty complicated. Your a big guy obviously and your arms look pretty legit to me regardless of measurement. Mine probably tape at less then 15.5 right now and look their biggest ever, at the end of the day it’s how big they look that matters.
Man, I had heard that the 3D was worth it, but I guess everyone’s got their own opinions! I probably would have, knowing what I know now, seen it in 3D because I thought it was fucking excellent. But yeah, as a glasses-wearer, I can fully understand your disdain for those 3D glasses, lol.
And dude, how are you measuring out the Yohimbine? This came up the other day, but I seriously just do “nummies” of them on the end of my finger 2-3x per day that I’m using. I guess mine’s just in powder form, though…
PS, I’m not sure if you’ve never/ever mentioned this or not, but are you one who abstains from “gray area” stuff?
Clen works wonders. Just going to throw it out there.
tell your friends they can suck the BBC
Just had a ‘nice’ Father’s Day dinner with the family. Nice conversation anyway, but it was all Italian food and fucking everything had carbs in it so I had to cry into my salad and just crush water and coffee in an effort to fill my stomach with something. I lost a little of my soul looking at a chocolate chip cheesecake. Fuck.
Thanks for stopping by dudes, lemme try to get back at everyone without writing a novel lol:
[quote]jake_j_m wrote:
Prometheus was pretty good, 3D waste of money IMO though. I didn’t know the back story enough to really appreciate it I think.
Lemme know how that Yohimbine works out, I presume it’s not banned like ephedrine products in natty feds etc?
Clearly strong training as usual, even though it reads pretty complicated. Your a big guy obviously and your arms look pretty legit to me regardless of measurement. Mine probably tape at less then 15.5 right now and look their biggest ever, at the end of the day it’s how big they look that matters. [/quote]
I had a very poor grasp of the back story for Prometheus too lol. The 3D was definitely cool, I just don’t think it was enough of a make-or-break to justify the extra money.
Will definitely update on the yohimbine. I don’t follow many natty PL feds as far as substance restrictions go, but I have checked in on the INBF/WNBF and it doesn’t seem to be a problem for them.
I agree 100% about measurements. There are so many factors involved in how good a muscle will look, so I’m all about shooting for overall appearance and just keeping the numbers distant in the back of my mind to help evaluate if progress is coming quickly enough.
I think my training just looks more interesting than it is due to notation or something haha. It feels pretty simple at the time, just the bastard child of some CT/Meadows-inspired planning and gametime adjustments based on feel. Nothing cray cray.
[quote]SSC wrote:
Man, I had heard that the 3D was worth it, but I guess everyone’s got their own opinions! I probably would have, knowing what I know now, seen it in 3D because I thought it was fucking excellent. But yeah, as a glasses-wearer, I can fully understand your disdain for those 3D glasses, lol.
And dude, how are you measuring out the Yohimbine? This came up the other day, but I seriously just do “nummies” of them on the end of my finger 2-3x per day that I’m using. I guess mine’s just in powder form, though…
PS, I’m not sure if you’ve never/ever mentioned this or not, but are you one who abstains from “gray area” stuff?
Clen works wonders. Just going to throw it out there.[/quote]
Don’t get me wrong- 3D was cool, I just feel like the movie was built around it to the extent where it would have suffered without dropping the extra bills and dealing with the GD glasses. I’m also just kind of biased against 3D movies I guess lol. I like my movies to have the too-HD, absurdly bright look to them and 3D movies tend to be a bit darker.
Fucking LOL @ yohimbine ‘nummies.’ I’m lucky since my y-HCl is capped into 2.5mg doses. Pretty damned easy to work with, and it’s not in retardedly ineffective doses or anything. I actually haven’t experimented with split doses though. I’ve heard that insulin response will more or less make it useless, so I try to just take my full dose in the AM a half hour before I even touch any protein. Do you see any serious benefits to splitting it up into 2-3 doses?
I’m about to wager a couple hundred thousand dollars that I’ll be able to pass the bar exam and practice law haha, so I tend to tread carefully on the gray area and less-gray area discussion. I’ll say this though: I’m cool with people doing whatever they want as long as they don’t present themselves falsely in competition to gain an unfair advantage. I feel that using AAS ever and competing natty is dishonest since those gains can be maintained (at least to some extent). I don’t view banned stims/fat burners the same way- their effects are much more short term and I don’t really see how they can give anyone an unfair advantage if they’re cut well in advance of contest prep.
As of now, my goal is to compete natty in BBing at least once, so I will definitely comply with restrictions and make sure to be six months free of any banned stims (including but not limited to the gray area ones) prior to the show. I’ll admit that I would not pass that polygraph test right now. I’ll also say that I’ve never bought research chemicals. My natty competition goal is definitely one of my short term goals though.
That’s about all I’m cool with saying on the internets for now anyway, I hope that rant at least kind of answers your question lol.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
tell your friends they can suck the BBC[/quote]
I don’t know if they make that in NH…
The BBC will find them. The backstory’s not all that complex. If you need to be brought up to speed, it’s nothing a quick wiki read won’t fix.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
The BBC will find them. The backstory’s not all that complex. If you need to be brought up to speed, it’s nothing a quick wiki read won’t fix.[/quote]
I actually liked not knowing too much. I’ve heard that those who go in expecting too much Alien get disappointed. I’ll probably just catch the other supposedly-upcoming prequels in order and then check out the older films.
I’ll inform my friends that they should sleep with one eye open because the BBC is looming.
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
The BBC will find them. The backstory’s not all that complex. If you need to be brought up to speed, it’s nothing a quick wiki read won’t fix.[/quote]
I actually liked not knowing too much. I’ve heard that those who go in expecting too much Alien get disappointed. I’ll probably just catch the other supposedly-upcoming prequels in order and then check out the older films.
I’ll inform my friends that they should sleep with one eye open because the BBC is looming.[/quote]
Definitely go in with an open mind. Seen all the older films many times and I loved the movie. I’m glad it wasn’t full-on Alien. sofresh.jpg I’m wondering if the sequel will be a two-pronged story or not or even a completely different tangent. Dem bitches love timeskips.
Man i would not of passed on the family food unless I was dieting for a contest. But you do have your cut going on. Life is too short for me to not eat and enjoy myself at family functions especially when somethign as tastey as cheese cake is offered. Props to you for being that strong. I would rather cut for 2 days prior or after to make up for it and enjoy it when i can.
Strong looking workouts. Your beast
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Man i would not of passed on the family food unless I was dieting for a contest. But you do have your cut going on. Life is too short for me to not eat and enjoy myself at family functions especially when somethign as tastey as cheese cake is offered. Props to you for being that strong. I would rather cut for 2 days prior or after to make up for it and enjoy it when i can.
Strong looking workouts. Your beast
[/quote]
Thanks man… definitely tough keeping to the diet when some good home cooking is right on the table, but I try. The thought of waking up a bloated piece of shit is usually enough to keep me in line haha
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Man i would not of passed on the family food unless I was dieting for a contest. But you do have your cut going on. Life is too short for me to not eat and enjoy myself at family functions especially when somethign as tastey as cheese cake is offered. Props to you for being that strong. I would rather cut for 2 days prior or after to make up for it and enjoy it when i can.
Strong looking workouts. Your beast
[/quote]
Thanks man… definitely tough keeping to the diet when some good home cooking is right on the table, but I try. The thought of waking up a bloated piece of shit is usually enough to keep me in line haha[/quote]
that would suck seeing as you already have a dickhead
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
Man i would not of passed on the family food unless I was dieting for a contest. But you do have your cut going on. Life is too short for me to not eat and enjoy myself at family functions especially when somethign as tastey as cheese cake is offered. Props to you for being that strong. I would rather cut for 2 days prior or after to make up for it and enjoy it when i can.
Strong looking workouts. Your beast
[/quote]
Thanks man… definitely tough keeping to the diet when some good home cooking is right on the table, but I try. The thought of waking up a bloated piece of shit is usually enough to keep me in line haha[/quote]
that would suck seeing as you already have a dickhead[/quote]
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