Your new avi. is unreal!
How’s the job hunt?
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
bugron your avi is amazin.
Solid chest and tris day. Didn’t have the same feel as last week. Will likely tone down the poundage on pressing for a couple weeks before i get back to the 3 plate range.
Bench press
95 x 10
135 x 10
185 x 8
225 x 6
275 x 4
315 x 4+1 - didn’t feel as “solid”, wasn’t quite in the zone. I decided I really dislike benching on the regular benches, just doesn’t feel as good as in the rack.
Closegrip
185 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 5+1 - lolz
Incline
135 x 15
185 x 15
245 x 3 (LOL, energy just went kaput) - took off the 10s, took a few deep breaths, then
225 x 7
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Don’t you feel that doing closegrips before inclines holds you back when it comes to the numbers you use on the incline ? For me it has to be Flat then Incline, followed by closegrips, otherwise I’d get too much tris when hitting the incline.
greg - thanks boss. It is a lot of barbell pressing for one session. 2 weeks in a row like that is plenty, ha.
cruz - you are teh sex machine. you OHP 315 yet?
undecimber - thanks man. good lighting really does wonders!
hlss - I probably won’t go into “ALL OUT BULKATHON 2k12!!!” for quite awhile. But the cals will ultimately keep going up. Job hunt is going ok. Good, not great. I get call backs and have been on interviews, a good one (for a position I wasn’t qualified for, lol) I didn’t get, and a couple herpyderp jobs that I got an offer and didn’t take. Hopefully in this next month or so something goes my way. Interviewing in NYC in a couple weeks.
Delta - yeah, that’s probably true. I just used the James Henderson sample bench workout he performs in his video on youtube and ran with it. Next time I wanna press that much, I’ll try incline second. thanks for stopping by. quads looking diesel in that recent pic you posted.
Thanks man, your physique is looking very good too brother.
But Bug, you can’t move to NYC. What will your 65 year old girlfriend do? JK, good luck
“Hello my name is [Bug], the shirtless sheiff, the bench wonder of the world”
Got some dinner and ran to Costco with the rents post gym today. Didn’t have some of the stuff I was looking for (grassfed beef, Ezekiel bread), however, got some other goodies.
Had an awesome session today. Got really into it, and by the end, I looked rly good in the mirror (black beater with a lat, rear delt, and bicep pump). woot.
Pulldowns / underhand cable rows (LIKE IN TEH INDIGO VIDZ!!!) superset - AWESOME
100 x 15 / #8 x 10
150 x 10 / #10 x 10
200 x 10 / #12 x 10
225 x 10 / #12 x 10 - sick nasty luvmazin
Stretchers - training partner came up with a really good idea to hook the back foot using a fixed weight barbell.
112.5 x 15
137.5 x 12
150 x 10 - sweeeeet
Meadows rows w/ a twist - supported non-working arm on a bench, like a DB row. was sweet.
2plates x 10, 10, 8 - low rest, awesome contraction
Plate-loaded neutral grip pulldowns
2pps x 10
3pps x 8
3pps +25s x 9
Straight arm pulldown finisher w/ a twist - LIKE IN TEH INDIGO VIDS, where they’d go straight down, then left, then right, etc. was awesome.
Onto biceptz:
Incline DB curls w/ 3sec negative - sweetness
17.5s x 12 LR
22.5s x 10 LR
27.5s x 10 LR
Barbell curls - woot
95lbs x 6
115lbs x 6
135lbs x 5+2 (last two with some ENGLISH)
Rope curls on cable row
3 sets of 10 for teh pumpz.
Some rear delt work, stretchin, calves, and fin.
Holy Shit @ the new Avi dude. You planning to compete soon?
no way man. I don’t need a panel of judges to tell me what I need to improve ;). I would look like a string bean if I dieted down to contest leanness. In time, I definitely would like to see how I look on stage, but not yet.
Fucking murder today. I’ll let the workout do the talking.
Back squats
135 x 15
225 x 12
315 x 8
365 x 11 - fuck yes. last time I got 5, LOL. Was “hoping” for 6. powered through and ebomb’ed that shit. Maybe soon I’ll be repping 4 plates again for 8-10. yay! it wasn’t over after that though..
315 x 10
225 x 15
135 x a LOT. Last 3 sets done with low rest (60sec). Fucking brutal. My stomach was so full of food and liquid going into the workout, I thought I was gonna yack the rest of the session.
Leg extensions - didn’t pay attention to the poundage (partner was setting it), but we got decently heavy
x12 reps
x12 reps
x10 reps
x6 reps
then 3 more sets (like squats) using same weight we used going up. I was beyond pumped at this point. Legs were numb and it was just pain tolerance.
Hack squat RDLs - face the pad/dig head into it, mimic RDL movement. Was interesting, great stretch. Will do again.
25/side x 10
— upped weight to 35/side then supersetted with one-legged plate-loaded leg curls (35/side)
10 / 10 LR
10 / 10 LR
10 / 10 LR
Finished with some reverse hypers with hard glute/ham contraction (3 sets of 10).
Leg press calf raises
3 sets, got pretty heavy (12, 12, 10 reps)
Some calf machine / seated calves superset
3 sets of destruction.
Pulldown abs
stack x 15, 15, 15
stretch, mobility, doneski. Was in the gym approx hour 45. Sweat like a pig. I feel awesome/accomplished.
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Looking strong. Not sure what you’re career will be, but if I was you I’d think about staying in Texas. I’ve done some traveling the last 6 months or so and everywhere I’ve been has been in the economic shitter in comparison to Texas, and to top it off we have no State income tax and the cost of living is absurdly cheap [even in Austin], relatively speaking.
Flash, thanks man. Yeah, Dallas and Houston are two of my top locations (close to family, get to stay in Texas while getting to experience a different metropolitan area, for better or worse). thanks for stoppin by.
A random rear double bi, because I hate ebomb and his perfect lats that look like 2 perfect butt cheeks.
^^^ Well, being from Houston I say fuck Dallas, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Looking lean and strong man. Next time you’re tossing around 3 plates, try and catch a vid.
^ I’d def take a body shot off that
[quote]hlss09 wrote:
^ I’d def take a body shot off that [/quote]
^ Dick Sea, get out of here with your pics you!
Bug, you’re looking thick. What do you attribute your huge rhomboids to? Just overall growth I’m guessing?
And yes, Evan’s lats look like a newborn’s taint
“Huge” rhomboids? ololol.
In my “formative years” (when I started firing on all cylinders), I put a big emphasis on heavy rowing. LOVE(D) barbell rows, often done with english, and a slew of other movements. And rack pulls.
Didn’t check training logs for awhile but gotta stop by to say awesome work, especially the squatting! Very impressive.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Yeah, I feel you on glute dominance. How lean are you? It’s funny how differently a person can look if they hold fat a certain way when they are lean.
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I haven’t bodyfat tested but I’d guess no leaner then 13% and no fatter then about 16%. I mainly get bodyfat in the lovehandle area really, which sucks for waist measurements/look.
Today’s workout brought to you by Apocalytica & Eminem.
Smith shoulder press
95 x 15
135 x 10
185 x 8
205 x 4
245 x 10 - really wanted 11, lol. I was super groggy so i’ll take it. 12 next time.
Seated DB press - low rest - get the blood movin.
50s x 20
65s x 15
80s x 14 - now I was feelin good.
Standing BTN press / Front raises / Seated laterals
65 x 15 / 35s x 8 / 15s x 12
85 x 15 / 35s x 8 / 15s x 12
95 x 15 / 35s x 8 / 15s x 12
115 x 13 / 35s x 7 (lol, just couldn’t raise my arms anymore) / 15s x 10 (lol) - felt insane at this point. veins, crazy pump. Was really into it now.
Meadows lateral partials / one-armed DB rear delt fly
80s x 20 / 15 x 10 LR
80s x 20 / 15 x 12 LR
80s x 18 / 15 x 10 LR - GOD!!! Pump was outrageous.
Shrugs on Cybex chest machine
2pps x 15 squeezed
4pps x 15 squeezed
5pps x 10, 10
3 x 15 pulldown abs.
Got into a pretty big argument with my lady last night over what I think is a big misunderstanding, I figured it was just cuz we’d been drinking but it continued this morning. Was up stupid late, slept horribly, and woke up from a “nap” about 45 min before lifting, so just had 1 scoop humapro, 3 pieces ezekiel bread, then 20min pre-workout I took a stim and I had a sick workout. <3 the gym sometimes.