Oh FWIW I’m 5’7"…and that workout was fueled by Slipknot, hadn’t listened to them in forever.
Squat/Deadlift Assistance
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SSB GM - 325x8 365x6 385x5
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Belt Squat 3pps 4x8
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GHR 3x7 Green Band
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Pulldown Abs 3x10 100lbs
Ya 6ft 1" is me
Front Squatted for the 1st time today, doing 10-12 reps of it is bloody hard trying to hold the weight into your neck. Good thing is you can almost sit on the ground lol you go alllll the way down.
Worked up to 85kg *10
Hopefully will rise, no where near my Back Squat !
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
Squat/Deadlift Assistance
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SSB GM - 325x8 365x6 385x5
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Belt Squat 3pps 4x8
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GHR 3x7 Green Band
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Pulldown Abs 3x10 100lbs[/quote]
Can i ask how do you stop yourself from tilting backwards ?? I got to 32.75kg on it and from then on i end up being dragged back by it… any ideas ?
Or do you have any other good standing Ab exercises.
Thanks for your time.
[quote]SmallToBig wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
Squat/Deadlift Assistance
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SSB GM - 325x8 365x6 385x5
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Belt Squat 3pps 4x8
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GHR 3x7 Green Band
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Pulldown Abs 3x10 100lbs
Can i ask how do you stop yourself from tilting backwards ?? I got to 32.75kg on it and from then on i end up being dragged back by it… any ideas ?
Or do you have any other good standing Ab exercises.
Thanks for your time.[/quote]
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
Ya i know lol, was given that video few weeks ago… but when i get to a certain weight when the weight starts returning it ends up dragging me onto my heels off my toes…
Your lifting like 3 times my weight so maybe you haven’t run into it lol… by the way GREAT lifts.
[quote]SmallToBig wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
Ya i know lol, was given that video few weeks ago… but when i get to a certain weight when the weight starts returning it ends up dragging me onto my heels off my toes…
Your lifting like 3 times my weight so maybe you haven’t run into it lol… by the way GREAT lifts.[/quote]
How many reps are you doing?
Haven’t been able to post in awhile. Probably will only be able to check in here and there. You guys are looking strong so I am anxious to see your week by week improvements whenever I can check in. Keep up the good work.
[quote]SmallToBig wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
Ya i know lol, was given that video few weeks ago… but when i get to a certain weight when the weight starts returning it ends up dragging me onto my heels off my toes…
Your lifting like 3 times my weight so maybe you haven’t run into it lol… by the way GREAT lifts.[/quote]
Try a wider stance with your feet and digging your heels into the floor to prevent sliding back.
[quote]SmallToBig wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
Ya i know lol, was given that video few weeks ago… but when i get to a certain weight when the weight starts returning it ends up dragging me to my heels off my toes…
Your lifting like 3 times my weight so maybe you haven’t run into it lol… by the way GREAT lifts.[/quote]
Try it with bands, if you have access to them. They won’t lift you off of your feet, and you can still get a lot of tension.
Also, if you try to sit back and drive your butt against the little knee pad thing at a pulldown station, you might have better luck. This is the only way I can do them without feeling like I’m getting pulled around by the weight.
I squatted today. Worked up to 4 sets of 135 for 5. It felt super light on my back, but was rough. Baby steps, I suppose.
Death Circuit-4 sets 15
leg press
db rdl
leg xt
ham curl
cardio and abz
I gotta say that “Best of Quads” article finally made me decide to get back in the squat rack, tried those heels elevated TUT front squats…brutal.
Did a couple sets of 335 on the front squat then dropped down to 225, elevated the heels, and did a set of 12 and 8. I am so fucking sore today.
Definitely keeping front squats in the routine now, forgot how much I loved them.
Did some core work too, article said if you fall forward when back squatting (my problem) it’s a core strength issue, I’ll be workin on that.
On a side note our hack squat machine magically became Out of Order, damnit!
6 foot here as well.
Will be posting up some pics of the 2.2lb steak I demolished for dinner later.
Squat-
bar x 10
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 9 PR
Leg Press-
8 plates x 15 x2
Seated Calf Raise-
90 x 10 x3
Pulldown Abs-
60 x 10 x3
Back XT-
25 x 10 x3
Was actually supposed to do 310 x 10 tonight but I said “fuck it” and jumped to 3 plates. I hit 315 for 8 on my last 3x3 day (roughly 2 weeks ago) so getting 9 with it on my 5x5 day when it’s actually slightly heavier than I was supposed to go coupled with the fact that I’ve been moving out of my old house the past two days and am dieting is a little victory. Those 9 reps were a whore though.
I haven’t done much direct lower back or ab work lately, so I figured that I would add that back in and let my deadlifting take care of the majority of my hamstring work. I’m at about 2500 calories/day right now along with yohimbine and cardio roughly 3x a week, so I’m kind of prioritizing my work, I’d rather squat and deadlift big right now and hold onto my strength and mass than piss away my energy and muscle trying to do a shit ton of volume on big lifts.
Had a little refeed meal tonight after my workout, large pizza and hot fudge cake sunday. Hopefully I will have a kick ass bench session tomorrow now that I’m “topped off”.
Weird shoulders day… couldn’t do SHIPs because the smith machine was in use(I tried to get the person to go squat in the power rack which was available, but he said no) so I did militaries instead, which I apparently suck ass at(I don’t even want to post the weight, it was horrible). I might just do those now and get that weight up, see if I like the growth better.
DB Shoulder Press 75’s x10
Standing Laterals 40’sx10
Rear Delts in pec dec forgetx12
Shrugs 365x10
I also had to wait like 10 minutes between rear delts and shrugs because every place I can think of to do them(a bench, power rack, smith) was taken, and I really didn’t want to DL my shrugs from the floor first(plz santa give my gym bigger dumbbells for… labor day)
3/3/3 benches
235x3
250x3
265x5 (fucking pumped about this one)
db incline
90x6 Same as last two times, they are gone now, tried to find an alternative
machine incline press thing
130x6
pec dec
130xdrop set
spider curls
70x10…5…3
pinwheel
55x8
machine concentration curl
50x10 which made my biceps so fucking sore less then 2 hours later
notes: really happy about that bench, could barely get 250 for 6 last week. I think this playdough I’m drinking is really helping.
[quote]josh86 wrote:
I like being a nice 5’10" just about average height. Short girls still think I’m tall and I look fairly large at only 206…and I like short girls so it works perfecty for me! Lol[/quote]
This.
Ronnie was 5"10 ya know.
Austin, 405 x 4, god damn you, I wanted to hit it for 3 this week, and now you gotta fucking do it for 4.
And why the fuck is everybody in here over 6 foot ?
[quote]josh86 wrote:
I like being a nice 5’10" just about average height. Short girls still think I’m tall and I look fairly large at only 206…and I like short girls so it works perfecty for me! Lol[/quote]
Woe is me, I’m 6’3.
I got a quick question for everyone.
Has anybody gotten more vascular after gaining some weight?
Ever since I put on these last 20lbs I got a bunch of new veins popping out on my chest and shoulders. This is even when I’m relaxed and not lifting, maybe I should go to the doctor again…
[quote]Stuntman Mike wrote:
3/3/3 benches
235x3
250x3
265x5 (fucking pumped about this one)
db incline
90x6 Same as last two times, they are gone now, tried to find an alternative
machine incline press thing
130x6
pec dec
130xdrop set
spider curls
70x10…5…3
pinwheel
55x8
machine concentration curl
50x10 which made my biceps so fucking sore less then 2 hours later
notes: really happy about that bench, could barely get 250 for 6 last week. I think this playdough I’m drinking is really helping.[/quote]
Why do you drink playdough?
And you might try doing smith reverse grip bench in place of yer incline DB’s I hear they are good for triceps.
[quote]detazathoth wrote:
SmallToBig wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
Ya i know lol, was given that video few weeks ago… but when i get to a certain weight when the weight starts returning it ends up dragging me onto my heels off my toes…
Your lifting like 3 times my weight so maybe you haven’t run into it lol… by the way GREAT lifts.
How many reps are you doing?
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13-15 reps
[quote]xb-C wrote:
Stuntman Mike wrote:
3/3/3 benches
235x3
250x3
265x5 (fucking pumped about this one)
db incline
90x6 Same as last two times, they are gone now, tried to find an alternative
machine incline press thing
130x6
pec dec
130xdrop set
spider curls
70x10…5…3
pinwheel
55x8
machine concentration curl
50x10 which made my biceps so fucking sore less then 2 hours later
notes: really happy about that bench, could barely get 250 for 6 last week. I think this playdough I’m drinking is really helping.
Why do you drink playdough?
And you might try doing smith reverse grip bench in place of yer incline DB’s I hear they are good for triceps.
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I am happy they are good for triceps. But I’m going to target my upper chest