In for the ride, will be following. Keen to see how you progress now you are in a good spot.
Glad to have you here brother.The more people jump in the more fun the log gets
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Barbell and weights just came in.Now I am just waiting for the bench and a few small plates
SQUAT AND PUSH WORKOUT
High bar squat
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
30 kg / 66 lbs x 10
40 kg / 88 lbs x 10
50 kg / 110 lbs x 10
60 kg / 132 lbs x 4 closer stance than usual.Still getting used to not looking at a mirror.Gonna shoot for 20 reps on this weight
Ohp
20 kg / 44 lbs x 8 + a few behind the neck presses
25 kg / 55 lbs x 8
30 kg / 66 lbs x 8
40 kg / 88 lbs x 5 my cardio sucks
25 kg / 55 lbs x 10
Band pushdowns
Green x 3 sets
Standing barbell overhead extensions
20 kg / 44 lbs x 12, 10
Side laterals
2.5 kg / 5.5 lbs x 3 sets
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I found an old time bodybuilder in another thread here, and oh boy he has an ideal physique.He was called Dick Dubois.Slightly taller than me, but probably close to my built (although someone with experience in bodybuilding cound probably find a million differences in out built)
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On triceps:
Back when my tris where on their biggest, I did 1 extremely high rep dumbbell press (25-60 reps), followed by heavy extensions.Since I do not have dumbbells, after my working sets on shoulder pressing, I’ll do 1-2 more light sets followed by barbell extensions.That’s 2 birds with 1 stone as well
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SQUATS AND PULL
High bar squats
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
30 kg / 66 lbs x 10
40 kg / 88 lbs x 20 PR
60 kg / 132 lbs x 5 PR I considered anything that I haven’t lifted in this log a pr
V grip medium pullups
Bw x 1, 1, 1, 6, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2
Snatch grip high pulls
20 kg / 44 lbs x 12
40 kg / 88 lbs x 6
30 kg / 66 lbs x 10, 7
20 kg / 44 lbs x 12
Reverse grip barbell curls
20 kg / 44 lbs x 8, 7, 7 Since regular barbell curls hurt my wrists, I’ll be doing those while trying out different stuff
Concentration dumbbell curls
5 kg / 11 lbs x 10 x 2
Here are some of my top sets
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_atD2kH_QY/
Really fun workout
Some things I wanna look into the next few days:
1.Bicep training.Honestly I never trained my biceps.Every movement felt awkward, especially curls with my arms facing up (toward the ceiling).They kill my wrists.I want those big bis though, so I’ll find a few stuff to try out
2.Adding some core work.Writting this more as a reminder, not much to really look into, I just have to add some ab work after my push days, or even both my push and pull days
That’s all I can think of from the top of my head
Today the bench arrives.As I wait I am thinking of some goals I’d like for the next 3 months.So, here they are:
-Squat 60 kg x 20 - 30 reps. Don’t know why, I just enjoy high reps
-Pullups bw x 10 - 15 reps, depending on the variation
-Incline I’ll see where I am today, no idea yet
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SQUAT AND PUSH WORKOUT
High bar squat
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
30 kg / 66 lbs x 8
40 kg / 88 lbs x 30 Despite the light weight the last few reps were challenging
50 kg / 110 lbs x 8
Low incline barbell press (1)
20 kg / 44 lbs x 15
30 kg / 66 lbs x 8
40 kg / 88 lbs x 6
50 kg / 110 lbs x 4
60 kg / 132 lbs x 10 Wasn’t even that hard.Didn’t expect that
80 kg / 176 lbs x 2 As soon as I unracked it, it felt heavy af, didn’t knew if I’d even get one
40 kg / 88 lbs x 15
High incline shoulder press (4)
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
30 kg / 66 lbs x 8
40 kg / 88 lbs x 11
30 kg / 66 lbs x 12
20 kg / 44 lbs x 17
Overhead barbell extensions, standing
20 kg / 44 lbs x 8
30 kg / 66 lbs x 5
35 kg / 77 lbs x 3
20 kg / 44 lbs x 13
Low incline jm press (1)
20 kg / 44 lbs for 2 sets
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Glad to see you’re back. I remember you as one of the few logs I followed when I first started around here years ago.
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Glad to see you too man.Those were some fun times, I just always hated going to the gym so much I eventually went less and less 
Many times I was more annoyed by the thought of going than the lifts themselves hahaha
Now that’s solved though.I’ll either have some great workouts or the equipment will collapse and kill me, hopefully not though 
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I didn’t realise that, wondered why you left. What’s changed now?
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I turned my two bedroom apartment into a gym, so no more sharing racks, going, awful music ect, just fun lifting and occasionally hitting myself with the barbell cause the house is 300 sqft
How’s everything with you? I haven’f gone through your log yet
Things are good with me thank you. Lifting wise: honestly I haven’t made that much progress over the years but this year before lockdown things were going well and I started to feel like I’m getting somewhere. At the minute I’m losing some weight which is much needed and taking part in the T-ransformation (not sure if you left before that was a thing). Afterwards it’s time to build some muscle and I think I’ll be able to do pretty well so I’m excited.
If I remember correctly weren’t you more interested in strength stuff than bodybuilding before?
Nice to hear.As I get older I realize how important is keeping a healthy weight and feeling great
Yes, I just like the idea of a small waistline with broad shoulders more atm.You can still do some impressive “strength” feats as a bodybuilder though.A 225-275 lbs squat for 30, an incline of 225+ for reps, 20+ pullups are some examples that come to mind
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SQUAT AND PULL WORKOUT
High bar squat
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
30 kg / 66 lbs x 10 or something
40 kg / 88 lbs x 6
50 kg / 110 lbs x 20
55 kg / 121 lbs x 5
Pullups
Bw x 1, 1, 1, 6, (5 or so minute break cause they called me from work) 3, 2, 2, 2
Paused barbell shrugs
20 kg / 44 lbs x 10
40 kg / 88 lbs x 8
60 kg / 132 lbs x 15
40 kg / 88 lbs for 3 sets
Spider curls
20 kg / 44 lbs x 6 or 7, 7, 6
Hammer consentration curls
5 kg / 11 lbs x 11, 10
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When shops open, I’ll go to a shop with fishing equipment and buy this cable attachment, it costs around 7€.I can probably build a cable for tricep work for less than 30 bucks
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