Well, I started working with IA last Sunday. Right now, I have completed 2 workouts - legs and shoulders and arms. It feels like someone took a baseball bat to those areas of my body. I haven’t been sore like this in quite a long time.
The workout was pretty much what I expected. It looks simple but is a ball buster. We’re pretty much deloading myself for now as I was obviously overtrained prior to working with him. Unfortunately, I can’t post all the workouts but I will post an exceptional one every now and then. Look for one maybe next week.
I’m even more impressed with the diet/supplementation plan he has given me. This guy definitely knows his stuff. I’m excited to see what I can achieve under his guidance.
I just started week 3 with IA and since being on a diet of about 3100 calories, I dropped 6lbs in two weeks. LOL Needless to say, we upped the calories a bit.
Here’s a video from tonight of my second squat set. It was 300lbs for 16 reps but the last one was a bit shallow. Also, my buddy moves around a lot a turns the shit sideways a couple times but you can see the depth on a couple reps. Most were to parallel or a little past.
Good to see you back posting here and still training balls out. Im interested to see how you do working with Wes. I havent heard anything negative about what he does so Im sure youre going to kick some ass with him.
Good strength Brendan, that video about gave me a seizure though haha. Is it possible to get a general framework of what Wes has you doing? Is it like any of his “top” routines listed on his site?
Also for diet is it a targeted carb diet like I’ve seen him talk about or something different?
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
Good to see you back posting here and still training balls out. Im interested to see how you do working with Wes. I havent heard anything negative about what he does so Im sure youre going to kick some ass with him.[/quote]
So far I really enjoy it. He’s always there to take questions and stuff. I feel like I’ve learned a ton already.
[quote]Scott M wrote:
Good strength Brendan, that video about gave me a seizure though haha. Is it possible to get a general framework of what Wes has you doing? Is it like any of his “top” routines listed on his site?
Also for diet is it a targeted carb diet like I’ve seen him talk about or something different?[/quote]
Right now he has me training 3x per week on a Poliquin-inspired split.
It’s
Sunday - Arms and Shoulders
Monday - Legs
Thursday - Torso
Thanks Brendan I just wanted a glimpse into how he had it set up for you since it doesn’t seem like he’s married to any particular style .
As per the rack deads that happens to me sometimes and for me at least it’s because one arm is longer than other(broken forearm when still growing) and I have to move the longer arm out about an inch wider. Have someone watch you from a couple different angles and see if they can identify what the problem is.
www.ironaddicts.com is his site. Very well respected trainer and reportedly(never seem him myself, Brendan do you have a pic?) a very large mammal himself.
[quote]Scott M wrote:
Thanks Brendan I just wanted a glimpse into how he had it set up for you since it doesn’t seem like he’s married to any particular style .
As per the rack deads that happens to me sometimes and for me at least it’s because one arm is longer than other(broken forearm when still growing) and I have to move the longer arm out about an inch wider. Have someone watch you from a couple different angles and see if they can identify what the problem is.[/quote]
He’s NOT married to any particular style. You’re right. It’s a common misconception that he a low volume, hardgainer kind of guy. I’m glad you know that.
As for his size, I’ve never seen a picture but he told me some of his measurements once. He’s pretty fucking large.