[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.[/quote]
Funny, I always thought you were female…
[quote]namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…[/quote]
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
Hey guys, where are thighs measured? middle of the leg or the top part (to include the bulk of the hamstrings?
[quote]josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol[/quote]
I wouldn’t mind having those numbers. lol
[quote]josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol[/quote]
95* lb DBs
[quote]UFgator11 wrote:
i’ve spent most of today looking at different bbb threads, MODOK/CC posts, SmallToBig’s log and the bbb slideshare. i just finished day 1 of ramp 1 of week 1 of the 6 day/1x per day plan. (i’ve got a lot of time on my hands; i won’t miss workouts). i did the 50%x5 75%x5 warm up sets for everything and had the stopwatch on my phone for 120 secs in between working sets.
bent over bb row: 145- 15, 15, 13
flat bb: 145- 15, 13, 12
wide grip EZ curls: 45- 15, 15, 13
standing calf machine: 120- 15, 15, 14
it went well, just wanted to put a thanks out there to CC for the input on my previous routine lol i think i’m on the right track now?
[/quote]
Yeah, you should be.
Note: Rows for backthickness = on the positive: shoulders back, chest out, retract scapulae, as if you wanted to set up for a bench press or so. That’s the primary motion of the whole thing actually, if you have short-ish arms, that’s probably also going to be enough to get the bar to touch your abdomen.
And make sure you’re tight when rowing, flex butt and brace abs as if squatting, some movement from the hip joint is ok (just not from the low-back, that stays arched).
[quote]WS4JB wrote:
UFgator11 wrote:
livefromthe781- weights in lbs; don’t dump on me like last time
Just trying to toughen ya up Nancy 
God I would be bored out of my fucking mind doing straight sets of 15.[/quote] Well, next time at least he can use more weight on the first set and possibly on the second as well and keep the third the same… At least then he doesn’t have to do the same boring weight for 3 sets 
[quote] But then again I could probably do well to do some higher rep stuff. I dont remember the last time I did an upper body lift above 8-10 reps not counting rest pause.[/quote]
15+ rep sets suck balls, especially if you’re trying to do them as an actual straight set, not like a breathing squat or quad widowmaker.
Actually, I hate everything above 8 reps because I’m a lazy bastard
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
Stronghold wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
MELB
- Reverse Band Squats (Circa Max Prep) - 545lbs 8x2 Blue Bands (slow as fuck)
- Speed Sumo Pulls - 275lbs (50%) 8x3 Mini’s
- Side Bends 140lbs 3x8
Stop all of this ineffective bullshit and do nothing but rear foot elevated split squats.
That’s how you get strong man. When will you idiots learn??
is that what today’s article was about?[/quote] I’ve just bookmarked the main page of the forums rather than the main page of the actual site, I don’t even notice anymore when new articles are coming out unless I venture into the article-comments section/ground-zero. [quote] i honestly didn’t even bother. but now i think ill check it out for laughs.
Be sure to read the discussion too.
im sure it’s only going to get better.
i remember when i used to read the articles and actually try the stuff out. [/quote] ← Hahaha
[quote]josh86 wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
UFgator11 wrote:
i’ve spent most of today looking at different bbb threads, MODOK/CC posts, SmallToBig’s log and the bbb slideshare. i just finished day 1 of ramp 1 of week 1 of the 6 day/1x per day plan. (i’ve got a lot of time on my hands; i won’t miss workouts). i did the 50%x5 75%x5 warm up sets for everything and had the stopwatch on my phone for 120 secs in between working sets.
bent over bb row: 145- 15, 15, 13
flat bb: 145- 15, 13, 12
wide grip EZ curls: 45- 15, 15, 13
standing calf machine: 120- 15, 15, 14
it went well, just wanted to put a thanks out there to CC for the input on my previous routine lol i think i’m on the right track now?
i think you should add some weight and go heavier.
Honestly, I agree. Also is there a reason for the 3 strait sets now? Obviously you can train however you want, but I highly recommend ramping to a top heavy set (6-10 reps on most lifts) and giving it everything you have. Then if you want you can strip some weight and do a lighter set for pump…but this is all about progression man. And 3 strait sets of 15ish reps isn’t the best way to go about progression.[/quote]
Don’t worry, he’ll be doing heavier work later in the week.
The BBB template is kinda fancy and all that with ramps and regular training phases and different rep ranges and whatnot, but it works well. As long as you’re not too strong for using a 2-way split over 6 days a week, that is.
[quote]josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol[/quote]
Uh… You know what’s real scary? That somewhere out there is a “woman” on 4 grams of test per week who’s probably using the 200’s for flat DB presses ?
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
I wouldn’t mind having those numbers. lol[/quote]
Well, now you have an easy goal to achieve by this time next month.
I figure that if Live did it, you should be able to do twice that much without breaking a sweat.
What are your all time bests anyway?
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
I wouldn’t mind having those numbers. lol
Well, now you have an easy goal to achieve by this time next month.
I figure that if Live did it, you should be able to do twice that much without breaking a sweat.
What are your all time bests anyway?
[/quote]
Equipped PRs are something like 290/150/260. I should have had 290(or more) at my last meet, but thanks to some weight loss and new gear stretching out, I just didn’t get enough out of my suit to get me out of the hole there.
I don’t really have accurate raw maxes, but right now, I’m benching 95 for 5-7, can pull at least 225, and squatting about a plate 5-8 reps. The ankle set me back on all 3 lifts. Quite pathetic :(.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
Uh… You know what’s real scary? That somewhere out there is a “woman” on 4 grams of test per week who’s probably using the 200’s for flat DB presses ?
[/quote]
There’s an older female bodybuilder at my gym that def looks like she’s on test…bigger than most guys that lift and ripped as fuck lol.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
I wouldn’t mind having those numbers. lol
Well, now you have an easy goal to achieve by this time next month.
I figure that if Live did it, you should be able to do twice that much without breaking a sweat.
What are your all time bests anyway?
Equipped PRs are something like 290/150/260. I should have had 290(or more) at my last meet, but thanks to some weight loss and new gear stretching out, I just didn’t get enough out of my suit to get me out of the hole there.
I don’t really have accurate raw maxes, but right now, I’m benching 95 for 5-7, can pull at least 225, and squatting about a plate 5-8 reps. The ankle set me back on all 3 lifts. Quite pathetic :(. [/quote]
And what do the top girls in your weight class usually put up?
Hey, you’ll get there. Just get that damn ankle fixed and good luck…
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Hey, you’ll get there. Just get that damn ankle fixed and good luck…
[/quote]
???
Since when you are NICE and wishing people good luck o.0
Good god i’ll have to come back just to mock you more so you don’t turn into a big friendly giant
snorting some caffeine, shoved a Listerine suppository, blaring hanna montana in my rig…it was war. Got out of my rig, walked inside, fucked the guy checking cards, it was war. Went over to the bar, started loading it with deadlift, and a big samoan guy started giving me head then we declared war on the deadlift!
5/3/1 deadlift
335x5
375x3
415x4
leaning db row
90x10x2
90x7 L, 90x6 R
underhand pull down
140x8
160x3
horizontal row
120x8
140x8
straight arm pulldown
55x12
notes: i dont bother writing down all warm up sets, so it’s actually a little more volume then usual.
Hit 3 reps of the 415 touch n go, set it down, recouped, then hit it for another single (rest time less then 20 seconds). Nearly passed out from the rep, put it down and had to brace myself. Ahhhh the love of EC. Everything else went pretty smooth. Back felt great, weighted abz keep a rollin
Yesterday…2g…2mL Listerine…Rockstar Blue…300g of carbs…10 Years “So Long, Good Bye”…I declared war on my delts.
Standing BB Military
Bar x 20 Warm-UP
95x12
135x10
185x8
-DROP- (I wasn’t going to push it until back day when I finally feel exactly how my glute is doing)
135x12
Cutler Lo Pulley Side Lateral
30x16
40x12
50x10
50x10
40x12
30x20
Seated DB Rear Delt Flye
30x12
40x10
50x8
55x6
Warren Dips
BW x 12
BW x 12
BW + Plate x 10
-DROP-
BW x Failure
Cutler Side Lateral
25 x Tool’s Ã?nima (Maybe 40-50 reps per side)
Went home, pounded some leftover Sushi, 4 Pop Tarts, my shake, a slice of veggie pizza, some turkey, and took a nap.
Alright guys. I really need some help/input. I think you know I wouldn’t put it here if I didn’t really need it.
I think you’re all familiar with my strange little hammie/calf-origin pain I’ve had the last few months. Remember this later.
New gym, means new machines.
[u]Full ROM Hack Squat[/u]
25 ps x 8
45+10 ps x 4
45 + 35 ps x 2
2x45 + 25 ps x 10 (Fairly easy)
[u]Leg Press Widowmaker[/u]
12x45 + 75 (615) x 19 *************************
[u]Hammie Curls[/u]
75 x 8
137.5 x 3
200 x 7
[u]DC Seated Calf Machine[/u]
25 ps x 12
*************** Okay. Now, when looking at the Widowmaker, it doesn’t look to be all that bad. Here’s a few things about this set.
1.) For the last two months or so, my ROM on these has decreased a little bit. It’s definitely not full, or too close to it. Today, with two different reps throughout the set (maybe reps 8 and 16 or something,) I went lower than my legs could handle and had to help push the weight back up with my hands on my knees. Not cool.
2.) I used a higher incline where my back lies than I’m use to at my old gym.
3.) My weird hammie issue was REALLY bugging me all day, and even some last night. I was trying to stretch it like a mad man, but to no avail, it still pained me, even when walking around.
4.) I am now doing Hacks, which I think will help put a lot of focus on my legs, because I’ve always noticed I squat with my hips mostly. Could this contribute towards leg fatigue on Widows?
5.) These had been progressing quite fine before this session - Of course, I am on a new leg press.
Okay, now all things considered, what do you think I should do with my WM Leg Presses?
I was thinking about dropping the weight moderately (maybe to 6 pps only,) and working back on getting full ROM and progressing that way.
Maybe I should use the same weight next session, but put back rest at a slightly-lessened incline?
I’m really thinking I should work on ROM, but I know this is supposed to be a quad-dominant exercise. I don’t want to say I’m only going like, five inches, hahah, but it’s definitely not “deep.” I’m using the high-and-narrow foot placement, for whatever it’s worth.
So, C_C especially, or anyone who has experience with Widowmakers (or WM leg presses,) or ANYONE who has any insight, what do you think I should do about this?
BTW, for those who don’t read the Training Logs, I’m at 224 yesterday.
[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
josh86 wrote:
namor wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
some terrible upper body pics, not even good posing as i took them myself. plus im far from lean.
Funny, I always thought you were female…
Hahahahahahaha have u never read any of his workouts? Girls don’t put up his numbers, none I’ve ever seen. I’d flip out if I saw a girl repping 450 deadlifts and shoulder pressing 90 lb DBs lol
I wouldn’t mind having those numbers. lol
Well, now you have an easy goal to achieve by this time next month.
I figure that if Live did it, you should be able to do twice that much without breaking a sweat.
What are your all time bests anyway?
Equipped PRs are something like 290/150/260. I should have had 290(or more) at my last meet, but thanks to some weight loss and new gear stretching out, I just didn’t get enough out of my suit to get me out of the hole there.
I don’t really have accurate raw maxes, but right now, I’m benching 95 for 5-7, can pull at least 225, and squatting about a plate 5-8 reps. The ankle set me back on all 3 lifts. Quite pathetic :(.
And what do the top girls in your weight class usually put up?
Hey, you’ll get there. Just get that damn ankle fixed and good luck…
[/quote]
Amy Weisberger squatted 590 at 132
I’m ok with not being competitive against the top women in the sport. I’m just not ok with being weaker than the average 12 year old boy.
[quote]300andabove wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Hey, you’ll get there. Just get that damn ankle fixed and good luck…
???
Since when you are NICE and wishing people good luck o.0 [/quote] Well, she isn’t you, so why should I treat her badly? [quote]
Good god i’ll have to come back just to mock you more so you don’t turn into a big friendly giant
:P[/quote]
Still trying to cause a war between Germany and Tealand, huh?