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cc ironically I’ve grown the most since I stopped bb squatting and deadlifting lol. I think it’s been 5-6 months on this bulk now and these have been the greatest gains by far that I’ve ever gotten. My legs were under 24 inches when I started this bulk they are up to 26 1/4 now as of this morning.

I was never good at bb squat and never progressed far, since switching to the hack squat I’m progressing super fast and my legs and everything else are blowing up. I also haven’t bb benched this entire bulk either lol. So much for just squat, dead, and bench huh?

Btw ever since they updated the site a few weeks ago it sucks going on here with my iPhone.

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[quote]josh86 wrote:
cc ironically I’ve grown the most since I stopped bb squatting and deadlifting lol. I think it’s been 5-6 months on this bulk now and these have been the greatest gains by far that I’ve ever gotten. My legs were under 24 inches when I started this bulk they are up to 26 1/4 now as of this morning.

I was never good at bb squat and never progressed far, since switching to the hack squat I’m progressing super fast and my legs and everything else are blowing up. I also haven’t bb benched this entire bulk either lol. So much for just squat, dead, and bench huh?
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If you were to say this in any other thread, people would, despite your obvious success, try to argue against everything you just said.

:slight_smile:

Keep it up brother!

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[quote]josh86 wrote:
cc ironically I’ve grown the most since I stopped bb squatting and deadlifting lol. I think it’s been 5-6 months on this bulk now and these have been the greatest gains by far that I’ve ever gotten. My legs were under 24 inches when I started this bulk they are up to 26 1/4 now as of this morning.
[/quote]

Yeah, but it’s not FUNCTIONAL muscle…

:stuck_out_tongue:

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CC - so true. That’s why I stay here haha!

Vegg - you made me lol. Thanks, Internet is down at work so I can’t do anything and I’m bored.

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[quote]josh86 wrote:
CC - so true. That’s why I stay here haha!

Vegg - you made me lol. Thanks, Internet is down at work so I can’t do anything and I’m bored. [/quote]

Whether you have small arms or are simply bored, curls fix the problem!

Bwahahahaha! ;D

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Curls and smith RGB!

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[quote]josh86 wrote:
Curls and smith RGB! [/quote]

Can’t go wrong with adding a few hundred pounds to them RGB’s…

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[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
I need to spend more time in here again.
Too much idiocy in certain other threads atm.[/quote]

Remember our conversation about me limiting the subjects I even feel like posting about anymore? Yeah… that’s why lol.

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[quote]Scott M wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
I need to spend more time in here again.
Too much idiocy in certain other threads atm.

Remember our conversation about me limiting the subjects I even feel like posting about anymore? Yeah… that’s why lol. [/quote]

I see your point :confused:
And yet I always end up in those e-arguments :wink:

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Motivating. Inspiring. Funny. Informative.

This is an awesome thread.

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alright boys heres todays lifts:

Reverse Bench (smith)
265x8
265x4 (2 less than last time)
265x4
225x7 (2 more than last time)
225x6 (extra set to make up for losses)

E-Z Curl (smaller bar)

100 lbs(+bar) x6
100 lbs x3
50 lbs x9 (short rest)
80 lbs x6
80 lbs x4

let me explain this lift…or try to. Basically its the same as behind the neck extensions except i do them bent over with a cable.

Behind Neck Cable (double pulley)

180x8
180x8
180x8
180x9
168x5

for most lifts except finishers, i like to get 8 reps in each set before i move up in weight.

this next exercise i take a bench infront of a cable station and lay on it while curling the bar to my head, i do “mini pumps” which is the very last inch or so ROM to just get a pump going. i do 2 weight categories, working weight and finishing weight, the reps differ also.

Lying Curl (single pulley)

72x8
72x7
72x5

Lying Curl (fisnisher version)

48x10 (did them almost immediately after my last working set)
48x13+mini pumps
48x9+mini pumps

then i just went to the pushdown and fucked around for a pump, didnt log any of it though.

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[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
I need to spend more time in here again.
Too much idiocy in certain other threads atm.

Any of you got huge guns off squatting and deadlifting yet? ;)[/quote]

I can beat that, I benched over 300 while my arms measured in the 14ish range.

But,but my favorite coach said I only needed compound movement and I would get huge everwhere and I would get leaner, and my dick would grow 2 feet.

Ive come to learn that back squats do nothing but make my ass grow too.

–JB

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Shoulders

Military press
45lbsx10
95lbsx8
125lbsx4
115lbsx8
…Seriously? I warmed up with 125lbsx6 last time…

DB Shoulder Press
50lbsx10
60lbsx6
55lbsx8.5

Lateral Raises
15lbsx8
20lbsx8
25lbsx18
*Elbows were straighter this time.

Reverse Flys
165lbsx10
190lbsx16
190lbsx12

Machine Shrugs
4 platesx10
6 platesx20
6 platesx16

Not a bad day, but I was extremely disappointed with military press… At least I progressed with everything else, and I did a ton more with reverse flys.

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[quote]WS4JB wrote:
I can beat that, I benched over 300 while my arms measured in the 14ish range.
–JB[/quote]

And for all the people who say chins and deadlifts make your arms grow, I could do 25+ full ROM chins and deadlift 405x5 when I had 14" arms.

Also, my younger brother deadlifted 385 with 13" arms… :stuck_out_tongue:

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Vegg have you considered swapping BB military for something else? If I was regressing on a lift like you are I’d be swappng it for sure.

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[quote]josh86 wrote:
Vegg have you considered swapping BB military for something else? If I was regressing on a lift like you are I’d be swappng it for sure. [/quote]

I’ll see how I perform with it next week as I was progressing nicely until today. If I still suck, I’ll probably change it to DB shoulder press first then HS Shoulder Press.

Probably just another off workout today though. School has been pretty stressful lately and I have essays coming out the wazoo… Only two weeks to go though.

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Alright havent posted in a bit. New gym in my garage is pretty sweet takeing alot of setup time for the moment need a plate tree and stuff.

ME legs.
deadlift 375xfail ( dont know what happend)
370x1tie pr
315x3x3
275x5x2

Back squats
275x5x5
lunges and calves

I need some more free weight leg exercises no machines or anything at my house i can do step ups and stuff but i’d like something eles if anyone has anything thats worked for them let me know.

Vegg hows the road to 315? I got 235 the other day.

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Good day overall. Took videos of alt. DB curls and pinwheel curls… I would have gotten the InHumans but I was going relatively lighter today. Whatever. I have to wait for my friend to come over with the USB cable and then I’ll make a quick vid and post it up.

Thursday - Arms

Alt. DB curls (offset grip)

25lbs x 10
35lbs x 10
50lbs x 8
70lbs x 14 (yeaaah buddy)

Preacher curls (wide grip… thinking about swapping these out soon, dunno how much progress I’m making on them, although I do like them)

45lbs x 10
65lbs x 10
125lbs x 9 (tough)

Pinwheel curls

55lbs x 10
70lbs x 10
90lbs x 19

In-Human CGBP (took a nice gradual warmup and did my workset 20lbs lighter to ease back into horizontal pressing)

bar x 20
95lbs x 15
135lbs x 15
185lbs x 10
225lbs x 10
(long break since my partner did his RP, so I went ahead and did mine)
275lbs x 14 + 8 + 4 (26RP)

PJR Pullovers (I was FRIED from the inhumans but I guess that’s to be expected haaha)

70lbs x 10
80lbs x 8
100lbs x 11 (wanted 12… god damn josh I dont see why you’re so good at these)

Straight-bar tricep pressdowns (strict)

12plates x 10
13plates x 10
stack x 12 + a few forced reps

Did some other tricep stretches to try them out.

Overall, real good day. I’ll get that video up later tonight… biceps went quite well. The 14 reps on the CGBP destroyed me and I almost went down early in the second RP set. good times.

As we were leaving my friend who is enormous (was 5th at NPC Junior Nationals last year) showed up and was doing biceps… god, makes me feel like a fucking infant. He was doing concentration curls with a 95… piece of shit.

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Alright havent posted in a bit. New gym in my garage is pretty sweet takeing alot of setup time for the moment need a plate tree and stuff.

ME legs.
deadlift 375xfail ( dont know what happend)
370x1tie pr
315x3x3
275x5x2

Back squats
275x5x5
lunges and calves

I need some more free weight leg exercises no machines or anything at my house i can do step ups and stuff but i’d like something eles if anyone has anything thats worked for them let me know.

Vegg hows the road to 315? I got 235 the other day.

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small update

did cardio tonight, 30 mins, 3.5mph 10 incline walking.

weighed in after: down 3.5lbs (228.5-225)

so far, in the last 4 weeks of my first cycle of Sheiko, I’ve lost 3.5 lbs, added 40lbs to my deadlift and 10 lbs to my bench.

I can’t imagine I’ve GAINED fat and LOST muscle with numbers like that.

stay tuned tomorrow for squat testing…

edit: Vegg, I’m at 275 for bench, forgot to adjust my percentages for the last cycle, was doing less then I thought. I bumped it up to 285 for the next one. I should be about 2 months away from 315.