Bug: Killin It

Training Training Logs
1001

Mediocre gym session was mediocre. Didn’t sleep that much and just felt lethargic this morning. Made it a “deload”, w/e that means. Working out 5 consecutive days every week I think it starting to take it’s toll on me… Friday is also a day I work in the evenings and I always have my worst sessions Friday. might start taking Fridays off and lift Sat/Sun instead of Fri/Sat., at least until new schedule.

Seated DB shoulder press - all reps quick and easy, 90s weren’t hard, just sluggish. w/e
30s x 20
50s x 20
70s x 15
90s x 10 drop 50s x 15 drop 30s x 10
30s x 20

DB front raises
35s x 8, 8, 8 LR

Cable side laterals
#3 x 15, 15 LR

One-armed DB rear delt raises - doing these really highlights how flat my arms are. i noticed where my tricep conncects up by the armpit, it’s abnormally thin. fml.
15 x 20 LR
20 x 20 LR
25 x 15 LR

Didn’t feel like doing shrugs, traps sore from back day.

done in 45 min.

1002

god i love arm day with a partner.

EZ-bar curls - these feel much harder to me than reg. olympic barbell curls? anyone else agree?
75lbs (assuming the bar weighs ~20lbs) x 15
95lbs x 14
115lbs x 12

One-armed hammer curls - did these a bit differently. supported self against DB rack and let arm dangle. i liked this.
40 x 12 LR
55 x 12 LR
70 x 9+1 LR

Alternating incline curls - first time doing them this way. held the DBs near the bottom and really focused on curling “out” (displaying the inner part of the bicep). this was cool.
35s x 12 LR
40s x 12 LR
45s x 10 LR drop 25s x SQUEEZE IT YATES!

EZ reverse curls “finisher” - just 40lbs for 3 sets of 15. thumbless. GOD couldnt make a fist.

Rope pressdowns
#7 x 20
#11 x 12
stack x 10

Overhead DB extension
70 x 20
100 x 12, 12

Reverse-grip pressdowns
#5 x 20
#10 x idk
#11 x some drop #7 x some drop #5 x a lot.

fin. yayayayayaaya

1003

Bug, you ever in California? I’d love to teach you how to stunt

1004

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:

snapped these real quick.[/quote]

Who is this lean machine? And where is the chubby bug that I know and love?

Haha, just kidding man. Been gone for a while but you’re still kicking ass! Keep it up

1005

hlss - stunting? like parkour?

ashy - hahah, well i’d hope after 3-4 months of dieting, i’d no longer be classified as chubby. How’s that I3G treating you?

1006

Sexi leg session. Your calves must be like 19" now

1007

The I3G is great, my friend. Eating like triple the amount of carbs as before and feeling great :slight_smile:

1008

[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
The I3G is great, my friend. Eating like triple the amount of carbs as before and feeling great :)[/quote]

I hate you.

/hijack.

1009

Some great sessions in general Bug, living up to the log title.

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Mediocre gym session was mediocre. Didn’t sleep that much and just felt lethargic this morning. Made it a “deload”, w/e that means. Working out 5 consecutive days every week I think it starting to take it’s toll on me… Friday is also a day I work in the evenings and I always have my worst sessions Friday. might start taking Fridays off and lift Sat/Sun instead of Fri/Sat., at least until new schedule.
[/quote]

I know how you feel about the consecutive days. Whilst I’m definitely a believer of the more work you do the quicker you progress, after training about 12-14 days in a row I have never in my training life felt more like I should have an off day or mini-deload as I did yesterday. Even with good sleep and plenty of food. Pushing through though and hoping today my CNS has somehow recovered for benching :slight_smile:

1010

No, stunting like G-Unit. Get with it bro.

1011

Cruz - 19 cm, maybz. fml

ashy - good stuff man. i need to check those I3G logs.

jake - appreciate it. there is definitely a fine line between training too much and not training enough. most people read about overtraining and are afraid to approach it, and some people train wayyy too much past what their genetics allow them to recover from and end up spinning their wheels. hope the day off served you well.

hlss - wut.

got pretty schmammered yesterday, was hung over today. thats all i really got.

1012

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
got pretty schmammered yesterday, was hung over today. thats all i really got. [/quote]
Lolol atleast theres no drunken back issues to report :smiley:

1013

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
jake - appreciate it. there is definitely a fine line between training too much and not training enough. most people read about overtraining and are afraid to approach it, and some people train wayyy too much past what their genetics allow them to recover from and end up spinning their wheels. hope the day off served you well.
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Didn’t end up having that day off 2 days ago but lifting suffered. Decided to train yesterday regardless and hit a bench PR. I definitely feel I make most progress training “on the brink” of too much, just got to make sure you don’t go over the edge too often. Deadlifts seem to be the only area I take much of a hit personally training every day, not sure about you?

1014

hlss can teach you how to g-unit stunt… I can teach you how to do a backflip, thats about it for parkour.

at least you didnt injure yourself with some drunken tom foolery… whats the bug drink of choice?

1015

greg - i usually stick with vodka sodas. nutt’n fancy.

Went in today for an unplanned session. essentially, I was feeling shitty this morning, so I ate 6 things of sugar-free jello (still like 240 calories, lol) and some other goodies, and I was bored as hell, so I figured why not and dick around with some deadlifts and see how they felt.

Good news, no lower back pain. bad news, weak. however, I think my forearms were shot still from Saturday’s arm day, and my legs were still pretty cooked from Thursday. but this is basically all I did, with nice long rest periods so I felt like a REAL powerlifter!

Deadlifts
135 x 8, 8, 8
225 x 5, 5, 5
315 x 3, 3, 3
365 x 3, 3, 3
405 x 3, 3, 3

wow that’s a lot of sets haha. no wonder it took me over an hour to get out of the gym.

Some lying leg curls. hammies were sooo stiff. just 3 sets of 15-20.

Then some calves on da leg prezz.

Then a little more forearm/brach work (rev. and hammer curls superset for 2 go throughs) and one other bicep movement.

and lots of lower back extensions to start and finish.

boooooring. oh, and my headphones fucked up so I had no music. it’s amazing how much people just stand around and talk in the gym.

1016

Silly BBer tryin’ to PL but still goes to work on the 19" calves <3

Serially, glad the lower back wasn’t problematic.

1017

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
greg - i usually stick with vodka sodas. nutt’n fancy.

Went in today for an unplanned session. essentially, I was feeling shitty this morning, so I ate 6 things of sugar-free jello (still like 240 calories, lol) and some other goodies, and I was bored as hell, so I figured why not and dick around with some deadlifts and see how they felt.

Good news, no lower back pain. bad news, weak. however, I think my forearms were shot still from Saturday’s arm day, and my legs were still pretty cooked from Thursday. but this is basically all I did, with nice long rest periods so I felt like a REAL powerlifter!

Deadlifts
135 x 8, 8, 8
225 x 5, 5, 5
315 x 3, 3, 3
365 x 3, 3, 3
405 x 3, 3, 3

wow that’s a lot of sets haha. no wonder it took me over an hour to get out of the gym.

Some lying leg curls. hammies were sooo stiff. just 3 sets of 15-20.

Then some calves on da leg prezz.

Then a little more forearm/brach work (rev. and hammer curls superset for 2 go throughs) and one other bicep movement.

and lots of lower back extensions to start and finish.

boooooring. oh, and my headphones fucked up so I had no music. it’s amazing how much people just stand around and talk in the gym.[/quote]

YAY!
Deadlifts are back!

1018

[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
greg - i usually stick with vodka sodas. nutt’n fancy.

Went in today for an unplanned session. essentially, I was feeling shitty this morning, so I ate 6 things of sugar-free jello (still like 240 calories, lol) and some other goodies, and I was bored as hell, so I figured why not and dick around with some deadlifts and see how they felt.

Good news, no lower back pain. bad news, weak. however, I think my forearms were shot still from Saturday’s arm day, and my legs were still pretty cooked from Thursday. but this is basically all I did, with nice long rest periods so I felt like a REAL powerlifter!

Deadlifts
135 x 8, 8, 8
225 x 5, 5, 5
315 x 3, 3, 3
365 x 3, 3, 3
405 x 3, 3, 3

wow that’s a lot of sets haha. no wonder it took me over an hour to get out of the gym.

Some lying leg curls. hammies were sooo stiff. just 3 sets of 15-20.

Then some calves on da leg prezz.

Then a little more forearm/brach work (rev. and hammer curls superset for 2 go throughs) and one other bicep movement.

and lots of lower back extensions to start and finish.

boooooring. oh, and my headphones fucked up so I had no music. it’s amazing how much people just stand around and talk in the gym.[/quote]

8 reps?

wtffffff

1019

frustrating chest day was frustrating. as my followers know, I’ve been struggling with pressing weights since this diet hit (not that I was on top of my game before i started, which sucked), and today was no exception. my backup headphones died as I walked in the gym (WTF!), throwing me off a little, and we started kind of rushed and I didn’t really feel warm when benching. Oh well. Kept it light and ended up working on bench technique at the end of the workout with some close grip work. I think I finally learned the difference in feel of pressing through your feet, so hopefully I’ll be onto something next week! Also, I have pretty successfully maintained my leanness for the past 6-7 weeks, so it might be time to bump the calories up a bit more.

Bench press
135 x 10
205 x 10
245 x 8
275 x 8 - even 135 didnt feel that great, so after 205, I decided to just to 2 8 rep sets. 275’s last rep was tough, LOL FML. what happened to 235lbs Bug repping 325 x 8.

Incline smith - partner likes to rotate the incline variation after bench (BB, smith, and DBs usually). Incline smith just doesn’t feel 100%. not horrible, but barbell feels way better.
135 x 12
225 x 8
275 x 7

Flat smith bench - FOR TEH PUMPZ
135 x 45, 35, 33 - gnarly pump.

Pec deck
3 sets, last one was a drop set. Chest was fried after that, but I wanted to work on some close grippin’.

Close grip bench - set up in the power cage which I think I much prefer.
135 x 5, 5
185 x 5, 5
225 x 5
245 x 5 - focus on all sets was setting up tight and driving through my feet. can really feel the difference when I get it right. Some more practice, some more food, and a little more bodyweight, and pressing will hopefully start feeling better.

Rope pressdown / overhead extension SS
#7 x 15 / 10 - went through that 4 times. TEH PUMPZ. then rushed home to get a BJ. <3

1020

Same thing happened to my pressing when I lost weight. You’re not alone.