Blaze-Better Dead than Average

I love the pics, and I agree with Kalle on agreeing on the body comp =D

Chest

Incline DBs
75’sx8
80’sx8
85’sx8
85’sx6

Barbell Bench
195x5 (felt this and knew it wasn’t going to be a good day)
195x5
195x4
185x4 (I started laughing due to something someone said and lost all tightness mid-set)
185x5

Skullovers
35’sx8
35’sx8
40’sx8 +2 rep PR

Incline flies
40’sx10
40’sx10
45’sx10 bad form here

Had a good pump, but my right shoulder was pretty achy and everything felt really heavy. I’ll try to go for the weights I wanted to get next week. Right delt is a little painful but easily tolerable, but my AC joint on my right shoulder doesn’t feel very good. I hope I don’t have to drop heavy pressing or switch to hammer strength pressing. If it doesn’t start feeling beter, I might switch to HS wide iso for a while.

[quote]nlmain wrote:
you can totally handly the occasional mcD’s man, but the mass is coming along nicely.

good job on all those PRs and hope the school/money/moving stress blows over quickly. I remember going through all that crap a couple of years back…

I regret nothing and its only brought me good.[/quote]

Haha thanks! That makes it a little more comforting considering I’m eating another large pizza for dinner and taking care of my friend who just had ACL surgery.

I’m thinking the stress will be manageable. Thanks for the kind words/motivation.

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
I love the pics, and I agree with Kalle on agreeing on the body comp =D[/quote]

<3 glad you enjoy them. Thanks! :smiley:

Pressing was crazy weak today, but I had a good session.

Seated BB Press
115x5
120x5
125x5
130x4
130x3 wasn’t set up right on these (but too lazy to change it), hit the pins at the bottom of the reps, kinda threw me out of my groove. I’ll set the safety pins lower next time so I don’t have that problem.
DROP
95x10 (done 3/4 ROM, constant tension style)

Leaning DB Lateral
30x12
30x12
30x12

Rear delts on incline
20’sx25
20’sx25
20’sx25

Smith Shrugs (weights are what they would be if the bar weighed 45lbs)
225x10
245x10
275x10
315x10
335x10 PR very slight body english here
DROP
225x30 Rep PR

Seated lateral burnout
20’sx12
15’sx12
10’sx12
(<1 min rest)
20’sx8
15’sx8
10’sx8

Done. I was sweating like crazy and had a really good trap/delt pump.

Your shoulders were screwy from chest yesterday, were they better today?

Awesome shoulder workout, makes me want to re-do mine =D

nice progress pics homeboy, lookin solid.

You’ll be a beast in a year or two if you keep it up like this.

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Your shoulders were screwy from chest yesterday, were they better today?

Awesome shoulder workout, makes me want to re-do mine =D[/quote]

They were kinda hurting on the presses, and the right one kinda kept popping when I was doing shrugs. Overall, tolerable though. Right shoulder hurts to put pressure on, like if I lay on my right side propped up on my arm, it’s killer. Ugh.

Thanks! Of course you did shoulders today, Together Team :slight_smile:

[quote]gregron wrote:
nice progress pics homeboy, lookin solid.

You’ll be a beast in a year or two if you keep it up like this. [/quote]

Thanks man! That last pic you posted you were looking pretty thick in the chest and shoulders. Beastly.
Haha beast status is hopefully in my future!

Noice shruggin’! How do you like seated BB pressing vs. standing?

[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Noice shruggin’! How do you like seated BB pressing vs. standing?[/quote]

Thanks man!

I like seated BB, as I can’t cheat at it by using leg drive and it places a lot less stress on my lower back. I’m just starting to do it though, so we’ll see if I like it enough to replace DB pressing.

Short legs session

Was feeling pretty weak legs-wise after skipping them last week.
Squats
250x5 (felt hard, decided to do a higher rep session to get back into it)
225x10 Rep PR
225x10
225x8 (form was getting ugly near the end)

Leg ext.
195x10
205x10
210x10 PR
95x20

Hamstring Curls
150x10
160x10
170x10 PR
95x20

Legs are pretty dead. Nutrition has actually been pretty good so far today.

look at all those PR’s!
a bet ya the good eating helped :wink:

My legs were feeling a bit off today too. At least you got in a good leg workout with PRs.

Hope the shoulder will stop giving you troubles.

looks like matts bedroom…why are you posing in matts bedroom…u do realize he has a camera in there that records whatever you do and now he has that footage to whack off too…good job u provided matt with nocturnal emmision materail for the next month :P:P:P GAYWADS

[quote]nlmain wrote:
look at all those PR’s!
a bet ya the good eating helped :wink:
[/quote]

Haha. Yeah, It probably did.

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
My legs were feeling a bit off today too. At least you got in a good leg workout with PRs.
Hope the shoulder will stop giving you troubles.[/quote]

I’m sorry :(. I hope so too, it’s getting to be a real pain, and makes me doubt myself on any heavy pressing because I worry about injury.

[quote]tyler2009 wrote:
looks like matts bedroom…why are you posing in matts bedroom…u do realize he has a camera in there that records whatever you do and now he has that footage to whack off too…good job u provided matt with nocturnal emmision materail for the next month :P:P:P GAYWADS
[/quote]

Haha. Well seeing as I’m crashing on his futon until we get a new place, it kinda makes sense. He didn’t care anyway. As for the camera…shit. lol. You don’t get to call me gay though, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID!

Tyler gave us some pheasant tonight, which was interesting to try for the first time. If i had to say it’s like anything, I’d say it’s like turkey. A little gamey and chewy but overall pretty good. Grilled it with BBQ seasoning. Mmmmmm.

5-14-11

Arms

BB Curls
110x8
110x6
110x6
120x6 PR

Close-Grip Bench
165x5
175x5
185x5
195x4

Hammer Curls
50’sx8
55’sx8
60’sx10 PR

Skulls
100x8
100x8
110x8 PR pretty sloppy form

Hammer Conc. Curls
60x16(8 with each hand on top)
65x16
70x16 PR

Unilateral Floor Press for tricep burnout
50x20/20
50x20/20 (these were pretty hard, but I think I can go heavier next week)

Had a pretty good pump after it’s all said and done.

Pump up video of the day:(pretty good pump up song too)

Gahd I want your curling strength.

Great pump up vid for sure.

How were the hammer conc curls? For some reason I would think they would be awkward to do.

[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Gahd I want your curling strength.

Great pump up vid for sure.

How were the hammer conc curls? For some reason I would think they would be awkward to do.[/quote]

TBH, I use some swing at the start of the rep on the BB curls. As long as I keep it fairly under control though, I’ll count it as a clean rep.

Hammer conc. curls are done like this (video courtesy of DOHcrazy)

[quote]Blaze_108 wrote:

[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Gahd I want your curling strength.

Great pump up vid for sure.

How were the hammer conc curls? For some reason I would think they would be awkward to do.[/quote]

TBH, I use some swing at the start of the rep on the BB curls. As long as I keep it fairly under control though, I’ll count it as a clean rep.

Hammer conc. curls are done like this (video courtesy of DOHcrazy)

Ah I see. Coolness.

Awesome arm workout babe, love the burnout tricep exercise. Can I have it?

[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Awesome arm workout babe, love the burnout tricep exercise. Can I have it?[/quote]

<3 You most certainly can.

Tyler tried these and liked them so I figured I’d give them a try. Still plan on doing pressdowns of some sort afterwards (maybe with a rope and spread upon extension to try to hit the lateral head of the tricep). If you do them, try to keep your elbow in like a close-grip bench to maximize tricep involvement.

Arms are hella sore today.

5-16-11

Back/Biceps/Abs

Pullups
bw+17.5x8
bw+27.5x8
bw+32.5x8
bw+37.5x8 (questionable pr, old pr is +35x8)

Seated Rows
230x10
240x10
250x10

Pendlays
215x10
225x10 (these were kinda ugly, lats were really dying, so I cut this exercise off)

Deadlifts
265x5
315x4
355x4
385x3.5 PR

Db Curls
45’sx8
50’sx8
55’sx4

BB Curl (slow negative)
60x8
70x8
80x8

Weighted Crunches (cable machine)
62.5x15
72.5x15
82.5x15

leg raises (captain’s chair?)
+0x15
+5x15
+5x15
weight added by holding a db between the feet.

Tired. Fairly long session.