9/22/08
Squats/Deadlift supersets: 35140
Pullups/Close Grip Bench supersets:
3510/35205
Militaries/Bent Rows supersets: 35135
120 seconds between sets
Question for Nate or anyone doing Nate’s program. How easy is the benching suppose to be? Like I said in my post on yesteday, the 225x2 was really easy. Is it suppose to be really easy? I know I should have done 230 instead but I don’t think the 5lbs. would have made much of a difference.
Just wondering.
[quote]dre wrote:
Question for Nate or anyone doing Nate’s program. How easy is the benching suppose to be? Like I said in my post on yesteday, the 225x2 was really easy. Is it suppose to be really easy? I know I should have done 230 instead but I don’t think the 5lbs. would have made much of a difference.
Just wondering.[/quote]
It stops being “easy” once you hit the 6x4 mark in three weeks. The first three weeks are the prep phases for whats coming after…week 5 is the money work I think.
[quote]Qaash wrote:
dre wrote:
Question for Nate or anyone doing Nate’s program. How easy is the benching suppose to be? Like I said in my post on yesteday, the 225x2 was really easy. Is it suppose to be really easy? I know I should have done 230 instead but I don’t think the 5lbs. would have made much of a difference.
Just wondering.
It stops being “easy” once you hit the 6x4 mark in three weeks. The first three weeks are the prep phases for whats coming after…week 5 is the money work I think.[/quote]
That’s what I wanted to hear!
Yeah, what Quash said. It starts out easy, but be patient. 6x6 week is pretty intense and I can’t wait for 5x5 next week.
Here’s my session for today:
[b]Deadlifts
6x6 @ 315[/b]
Fucking brutal. Barely locked out the 6th rep on the last 2 sets. Looking forward to squatting 6x6 with my back on fire from DOMS in 2 days lol
Yesterday�??s Back
Oldschool (ie BB in corner) T-bar Row:
5plates x12
5plates x13
5plates x12
5plates x11
Wide-grip Rack Chin:
+90x11
+90x10
+90x10
+90x10
Seated Cable Row (overhand grip):
160x12
180x9
180x9
180x9
Close, neutral-grip Lat Pulldown:
160x12
180x9
180x9
180x8
On a side note, this morning was my weigh in day and I was very pleased. 201 pounds! First time in my life I’ve ever stepped on a scale in the morning and it said 200+.
The past month, maybe a tad more I have changed up my bulking style and been doing very low carb except immediately pre/post workout and my waist gain has slowed tremendously. I gained about 2 inches on my waist just in the first month or so of my bulk, I meased this morning after my impressive weigh in and since then it has only increased another 1/2" and I have gained about 10lbs since that last measurement. Very pleased today. Guess I figured out what works best for me, its all about experimenting with what works best for ourselves.
Don’t you just love it when the scale seems to go up every time you step on it?
Yes, yes I do!
9/24/08
Squats/Deadlift supersets: 38140
Pullups/Close Grip Bench supersets:
3810/38205
Militaries/Bent Rows supersets: 38120
360 seconds between sets
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Don’t you just love it when the scale seems to go up every time you step on it?[/quote]
Speaking of scale, I picked up one of my dogs last night and decided to weigh him. Which consists of stepping on the scale with me holding him and then stepping on the scale again by myself.
Stepped on the scale with him, it read, 307. I thought to myself, sweet, my dog is putting on some weight. I stepped on the scale by myself and it read 247, shit, I guess he’s not putting on any weight.
Last time I weighed him he was 60 lbs. and I don’t think the scale read 307. haha
WS4JB was too cool to lift with me today, something about a job interview, typical. He also forgot to mention a certain set of BB rows with 275…
Push press:
135x5
155x3
185x3
205x1 (two fail)
195x3x4
Seated DB press, log grip:
60x8
60x6
60x6
60x5
H.S. Shoulder Press
1 plate per sidex12
1 ppsx6
1ppsx5
20-30s rest between those.
Lateral Raises w/20lbs
3x10
Out in half an hour and some change, it was a quicky.
Sprint Day
150m
x2
puke
100m
x1
i’m going to go die now.
I wanna ask everyone a question real quick.
I saw a video of Ronnie Coleman making a protein shake with 100g of protein in it.
Would using that much protein powder in a shake be beneficial to someone with a fast metabolism like me or would it just be a waste?
Granted the calories alone would be over 1000, but would my body utilize all the protein I would be supplying it with?
I would think my body WOULD respond to it if I was working hard enough in the gym and breaking down enough muscle fibers to constitute growth.
I’d like to see what you all think.
Thanks.
[quote]xb-C wrote:
I wanna ask everyone a question real quick.
I saw a video of Ronnie Coleman making a protein shake with 100g of protein in it.
Would using that much protein powder in a shake be beneficial to someone with a fast metabolism like me or would it just be a waste?
Granted the calories alone would be over 1000, but would my body utilize all the protein I would be supplying it with?
I would think my body WOULD respond to it if I was working hard enough in the gym and breaking down enough muscle fibers to constitute growth.
I’d like to see what you all think.
Thanks.[/quote]
I’m inclined to agree but that’s got to be cost prohibitive. I would start lower and see how you respond and add as you go. Remember, Ronnie’s a freak, he had bar-b-que sauce with his meals while he was dieting for the O.
Well any time you have 300+ lbs of muscle, you’re going to go through energy pretty darn fast and efficiently…
Chest,Shoulders and Triceps.
Hammer strength Incline-
4 plates x 10
6 plates x 8
6 plates x 6
6 plates x 5.5(failed on lockout)
Hammer Shoulder press -
2 plates x 12
4 plates x 8
4 plates x 6
4 plates x 6
Hammerstrength plate loaded dip
4 plates x 12
4 plates + 25’s x 8
4 plates + 25’s x 7
4 plates + 25’s x 5
Side DB laterals
20’s x 15
25’s x 12
25’s x 11
30’s x 8
Comments: Bought a musclemilk from the little store at my rec right before my 20 minute walk home.
Big mistake, I was running for the apartment bathroom the last block, and with the DOMS i got in my legs right now, running is even less of a favorable activity then usual.
–JB
So i dont have a scale here at the apartment, so I have no idea what im weighing, but Im liking the mirror and the progress in the gym, and with as much as Im eating i have to be gaining weight.
Lets just hope there arent any issues with me eating all the discount meat and 80 cent a dozen eggs ive been eating.
[quote]WS4JB wrote:
Comments: Bought a musclemilk from the little store at my rec right before my 20 minute walk home.
Big mistake, I was running for the apartment bathroom the last block, and with the DOMS i got in my legs right now, running is even less of a favorable activity then usual.
–JB[/quote]
Come on man, toughen up, Musclemilk rulez!!! haha
just found a new favorite meal. This is what you need.
Big ass can of tuna or salmon.
Cheese, i prefer mexican
microwave
It tastes like a casserole, and Im totally in love with it, ive had like 140 grams of protein just through 2 meals of this today
I told you that the real protein drinks were down at the last cooler.
And that ‘dish’ is something I can make, I might have to try that if I can walk my ass to Kroger for some cheese.