Biros' Road to Leanness

Tuesday hittin squats

Squats
Bar x 10
135 2x8
225 x 5
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 2 beastin this today
Skipping 385 going to 405
405 x 2 pretty good
405 x 1 my legs are feeling wobbly today. Still got a few good deep reps though. Gunna drop to 315 and rep it out
315 x think this is too much volume or not enough? I mean my heavy sets are only a few reps but still idk. I’m def progressing even if it’s just an extra rep each week.

Gunna see how lunges go today

Db lunges with standing calf raises in smith
25s x 10
25s x 8
25s x 10

Calf raises
45 es x 11
90 es x 10
90es x 12

Leg ext
85 x 12
115 x 10

Leg curls
85 x 12
130 x 12

Was gonna finish w a few mins on the bike but my knee kept popping on the way up so not even gunna bother

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Just hittin some cardio today. Started taking creative about 2 weeks ago. Literally like over night I shot up a few pounds. The water retention is real.

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Back and bis today

Thursday feelin great

Warm up on the bike then startin with lat pull downs

Lats
120 2x12
150 x 12
150 x 10

Bent over rows
135 x 10
135 x 10
Rows into shrugs
225 x 8
225 x 5

Db curls
25s x 10
These are real slow going up and squeeze and slow going down.
30s x 10
30s x 8

Gettin tired quick

look up Death Marches, I find them better than lunges and less pressure on the knees

Will do. I like doing them but fuck man they kill my knees. I’ve studied good form on them too but shit just hurts.

Friday hittin some push today

Yesterday started good but then just died out. Better day today

Bench
Bar x 12
135 2 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 8
295 x 4
305 x 4
Drop to 225
225 x 12

Db incline bench
45s x 10
95s x 6
90s x 7

Arnold presses
30s x 10
35s x 10
These give me a crazy pump godddam love it
35s x 8

Flat db flys super set w tri rope pull downs
30s x 10
30s x 5
30s x 12

Rope pull downs
80 x 15
80 x 15
90 x 12

Saturday

Gunna hit some deads since I haven’t this week. My knees been fuckin poppin and feelin fucked so I’m not going that high

Deadz
135 2 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 1
405 x 1
Probably just gunna go up to 495 and do some reps idk
495 x 3
495 x 3
Some good cardio deads today

Hit some bis after this with sets of abs in between

Db curls
25s x 10
30s x 8
35s x 8
35s x 7

FUcking hate curls

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Monday

Starting the week with squats. My headphones are dead, my phones at 6%… Warm up ellipty

Squats
Bar x 12
135 2x8
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
Everything going up good so far
405 x 1
405 x 1
365 x 2
315 x 1
My energy feels low with no music !! Place is dead today too. At least got a cpl of 405s.

Leg curls and leg exts

Abs and finishing with cardio on the bike

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Tuesday hittin some push day

Incline bench my favorite
Bar x 12
135 2 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 4
225 x 4
225 x 4 idk maybe I’m just a weakling
185 x 6

Flat db press
50s x 8
95s x 10
95s x 7

Incline db flys
30s x 10
30s x 8
40s x 10

Db Arnold presses
35s x 10 these get hard but fuck they feel good
45s x 6
40s x 8

Super setting tri push downs with face pulls

Push downs
80 x 18
100 x 15
100 x 10

Face pulls
80 x 15
100 x 10
100 x 10

Finishing with some cardio

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Wednesday just hitting some cardio and abs . Gunna get at least 45 mins in on the bike or elliptical or both.

Thursday was gunna hit deads with back and stuff today but will probably wait til tomorrow for the deads. Did almost an hour of cardio yesterday so legs a lil sore
Warm up with some pull downs

Lat pull downs
120 3x12

Bent over rows into shrugs
135 x 10
225 x 8
225 x 5
225 x 6

Preacher curls on machine with abs inbetween sets
55 x 10
55 x 10
70 x 8

Db curls
30s x 10
35s x 10
40s x 7

Hammer strength row machine
90 es x 12
135 x 10
135 x 8

Saturday

Got here yesterday but my stomachs was wicked fucked up all day. Did one set of squats and went and puked after lol. Hittin some chest today

Flat dbs
45s x 12
50s x 10
75s x 10
95s x 10

Flat bench
135 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 5
This feels extra heavy today. It’s amazing how it feels like every week I’m losing strength somehow when I’m everything else is on point compared to the past.
275 x 5
Drop set to 225 to failure
225 x 8

Hammer strength chest iso
90 es x 10
90 es x 10

Arnold db presses
25s x 10
40s x 10
40s x 8 phew
One more set
40s x 12

Flat db flys
30s x 12
40s x 12

Finishing with some cardio on bike

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I’m down about 12 lbs since February and my bench is suffering too, loss of leverage and all makes sense but it still sucks

Fuck yea it does lol

Starting Monday w some squats

Warm up elliptical and usual pyramid

Squats
135 2x10
225 x 5
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1 the strength feels real today. Probably cuz of the pizza I ate yesterday.
405 x 2
415 x 1
425 x 1
Drop to 315 for a failure set
315 x 1 it was 1

Db lunges
25s x 10
25s x 8 these feel better, I think I was lunging too far and putting too much weight forward

Trying out these death marches…def gunna have to add these in to get the form down. Always funny trying something new and looking awkward
Couple sets of 25s

Leg ext and curls and calves

Curls
85 x 12
130 x 12
130 x 12

Ext
100 x 12
100 x 12
100 x 10

Standing Calves on smith
90 es x 15
90 es x 13
90 es x 12

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yeah this is not fun to find out your head set is dead

Tuesday feeling great today hitting some push day and gunna up the tempo and have shorter rest sessions

Bench
Bar x 14
135 2x 10
225 x 5
275 x 1
275 x 5
295 x 3y
305 x 2
Instant Drop set to 225 til death
225 x 9

Incline dbs
50s x 10
95s x 7 ppl m oo it
95s x 5

Db shoulder pressl
50s x 10
75s x 6
65s x 8

Front raises with ab sets inbetween
30s x 12
30s x 11

BW dips
15, 13

Finishing with cardio cool down

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Wednesday getting cardio in. 15 on bike 15 on elliptical 15 on incline treadmill

Thursday

Couldn’t decide between wanting to do squats or deads, so I chose death. Both

Squats
135 2x8
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
425 x 1

Deads
135 x 3
225 x 1
315 x 1
As far as I could get idk why id try doing this lol

Curls
25s x 8
35s x 10

Lat pull downs
135 x 10
150 x 10

Idk I’m
Tired and hungry

Sunday

Went out last night had a cpl drinks so gotta work off the shitty feeling with a little push

Bench
Bar x 14
135 2 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 7
295 x 2
Drop set to
225 x 10

Incline dbs
50s x 10
90s x 8
90s x 7

Flat db flys
30s x 10
40s x 10
45s x 10

Arnold’s
35s x 10
40s x 8
40s x 10

Finishing with some bike cardio

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