Dude, you lift more than me so “everyone” is not technically correct.
If you work harder, so I will I.
Still, you’re lighter and haven’t been lifting as long So you’re kicking my ass really.
That’s what really grinds my gears. I started rehabing my back in Jan of 07 and it’s almost 2 years later and this is all I have to show for it + I STILL have a bad back!
Yeah, but you can’t mess with a injured back. Slow and steady and careful is the right way.
a work harder attitude goes a long way.
but you have to consider the fact that ur body doesn’t easily pack on mass. at all. being a socalled “hardgainer” makes strength gains harder to come by. i think for you the struggle is probably more with keeping down enough food to actually get ur body to gain. many of us DREAM of that problem… lol… but then i’m sure people like you dream of easily packing on mass. but it’s just the cards ur dealt. u’ll get where you want to be… it just might take you a little longer than someone who has a different metabolism. comparing urself to others isn’t nearly as important to just making sure you are constantly progressing.
so what’s up with the bw… i see ur back to 124…is it a too little food issue or too much exercise issue or some of both??
anyways… keep ur head up. you look fabulous and are really strong. i can understand the drive to be the best… but just don’t forget to give urself credit for the 5 years of hard work u’ve put in. =+)
now go eat! and eat and eat and eat. lol
Thanks guys.
And it’s a food issue. If I miss my diet I’ll lose 2-3lbs in a day. The heavier I get, the more careful I have to be about not missing meals. It’s incredibly annoying. haha
U-L35 Upper 7
126.2
DB snatch
5x25
5x30
5x35
5x40
5x40 (+3 rep PR)
Skipped the db press to rest the shoulders after all the snatches.
UH pullup 10xbw
OH BB row 12x90 lots of hitching
assistance*
U-L35 Lower 7
126.2
Oly squat
5x65
5x75
2x85
2x95
2x95
2x95
2x95
Really worked on explosive bar speed. Stopped the exercise when the bar slowed down. Was taking a minute rest between sets.
Back supported hip extension 3x8-135 (+65lb)
assistance*
Normally I don’t post most of my workout but I thought I would tonight.
U-L35 Upper 8
I’m taking the week off pressing to ease my shoulders. Diagnosis has changed from impingement in both shoulders to tendonitis is both shoulders which is fine because the treatment is the same. Rest and ibuprofen.
Wide pullups 6xbw
T-bar row 10x70 rope attachment
Incline curl 12x20 (+2reps)
Zottman curl 12x15 (+5lbs)
Bent over db curl 8x20 (+5lbs)
1 db oh tri ext 12x15 (+5lbs)
1 hand oh cable ext high 12x15 (+2reps)
1 hand oh cable ext low 6x15 (+5lbs)
Cable obliques 3x15-50 (+7.5lbs)
Reverse curl 3x10-45 (+5lbs)
assistance*
HS low row 3x10-90
Hanging scapular depressions 10xbw
DB curl (wide)
12x15
10x15
Band depressions/rear delts
Band pressdown x 50
Seated row 2x10-70 OH. very clean
I can’t even get ONE measly wide pull-up yet. I applaud your six.
Thank you ma’am.
I did hit the gym tonight but just to do some scapular retraction/depression work. Did a little bis/tris too but not much.
Back on the pull-up quest…is there any reason why I WOULDN’T try to bang out some pull-ups/chins every single day? Is there more benefit to resting that movement say, every other day, or by frequency?
Like I was telling someone else on here, I got from 3 to 12 in a row in about a month by doing at least 40 every day.
I don’t do as many now (about 8) because I got too lazy to keep up with it but that’s how I got there.
U-L35 Lower 8
127.2
Legs were effing sore coming in.
Deficit DL
5x135
5x155
5x175 belt. (+3reps) took off my belt and felt a sharp pain in my hip flexor area. Since I’m not a doctor I decided to play it safe since I had my PR.
2x155
2x155
assistance*
U-L35 Upper 9
OH pullup (no bar so did it on a ledge - tough) 6xbw
immediately followed by
Parallel pullup 4xbw/4xbw
Narrow preacher curl 7x50
DB preacher curl 12x15
Supine curl 12x30
UH pressdown 8x42.5
OH pressdown 8x42.5
Tricep dip machine 15x70
45 degree obliques 12x50
DB timed hold 60x1:10
B-ball and some hammer strength assist
U-L35 Lower 9
F sq
8x45
5x65
5x75
5x85
2x100 (+5lb)
5x85
BB lunge 12x70 (+4reps) work on depth
Back extension 12x75 (+5lb) cake
Donkey calf raise 2x20-295 (+70lb)
Decline sit (HIGH) 20x35 (+10lb)
BB shrug 20x135 (OH hook grip)
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!
Nice work on the front squats!
THANK UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
U-L35 Upper 10
129.6
Kroc row 20x65 (+5lb)
UH BB row 8x80 (+10lb)
Bent over ez curl 10x40 (+2reps)
concentration curl 12x12.5 (+2reps)
Cable curl 12x25 (+5lb)
UH Bench 12x75 (+5lb)
Rope pressdown 12x35 (+2reps)
Tate press 12x25 (+5lb)
Cable crunch 10x72.5 (+12.5lb)
Timed BB hold in smith 185x0:45 (+10sec)
assistance*
HS low row 2x10-90
HS high row 2x10-130
Incline DB press 10x25 slow down explode up
DB rear delts 10x25
Incline DB wide curl 15x15
Strait arm DB row 10x30
I need to repeat everything I did today before lifting every time I go because I was f*cking LIT UP today. Everything felt easy. It was awesome.
Basically I played some pump up music on my computer and drank my superpump while pacing around my apartment and visualizing my lift. I closed my eyes and imagined 225 on the bar (more than I was going to pull) and “practiced” ripping it off the ground like cake. I did this a couple times. When I got to the gym I pumped myself up before each set the same way, nodding my head and pacing in front of the bar. I had the lyrics from Tool-Sober in my mind and was able to tune out the gym music. I’d rip the bar off the ground on the same lyric every time.
When I got to 200 it looked so light on the ground because I had been visualizing 225. When the lyric came up WHHHYYYYYY!!! CAN’T WE NOT STAY SOBER - I ripped it off the ground and it flew up like I could’ve cleaned it. I was only supposed to get 2 but pulled 5. Easiest sh*t ever. I was so pumped up for the rest of the lift. PRed on EVERYTHING.
U-L35 Lower 10
130.2
DL
10x45
5x135
5x155
5x185
5x200 (+5lbs AND 3 reps)
5x185
BB step up (6 purple steps) 12x70 (+4 reps)
SLDL 12x145 (+10lb)
Standing calves
In 20x210 (+5reps)
Out 15x210 (+20lb)
Forward 15x210 (+40lb)
Cable obliques 20x57.5 (+7.5lb AND 5 reps)
HS shrug 8x255 (+10lb) gloves make this harder, skip them
assistance*
Back supported hip extension 20x135 (+12 reps)
That is so many PRs, my eyes are bugging out reading them. Way to go!
Definitely, you’ve found your ritual.