[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
More foam rolling while I helped my partner finish.
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^^lulz
lolol gregron, you SAMA-minded motherfucker.
Off day today, which is good. My legs are pretty sore, chest has some hcore DOMS setting in… first thursday night that everyone is back in the ATX… should be fun.
Nice lifts boss. Anytime I think I’m making progress on squats, I need only look around at the nearest training logs.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
More foam rolling while I helped my partner finish.
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^^lulz[/quote]
ha! well played sir.
Ran into Aphamos when getting in the gym today. Kid is bigger than me, I don’t know why he said he was small, lol.
Gotta post this real quick bc I gotta shower and get to work.
Seated shoulder press
only 245x3 topset 
Meadows shoulder fun time!
4 sets of 35 DB laterals (partials) with 65’s, holy shit.
3 sets of 30 on the lateral raise machine, partner-resisted negatives, @50lbs, holy shit
DB destroyer set (incline supported): 60’s x 60, 35’s x 30, 15’s x 10 w/ 2 sec hold
Some pressdowns
amazin
Hail to Meadows.
Love his shoulder stuff. It may be my favorite, or close second to his back work.
Dominated some Meadows arms today. I dont have time to write down everything, but I will say that after barely sleeping and shit I was glad to still be strong, beat all numbers from last week, and put up 315x6 on closegrip with one left in the tank (a grinder or maybe an assisted rep but still)
ok thats all I got. Diet starts this week! Wooo. And I got my measurer thingy from BB’ing.com (I broke my last one before I went to Japan) and my left arm is 18 yay! right is 17.75. Forearms are 15, waist is 38 lolz
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Ran into Aphamos when getting in the gym today. Kid is bigger than me, I don’t know why he said he was small, lol.
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Haha I wish man, I’m not even close.
Beast-work going on here as usual, keep us updated on the cut and whatnot.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
put up 315x6 on closegrip with one left in the tank (a grinder or maybe an assisted rep but still)
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Wow, I wish I got that excited to start a diet.
Aww you went to Japan? pout That’s my dream vacation.
315x6 on CGB? Damn man thats legit. Where’d you go in Japan? Did all the tiny locals part like the red sea when you walked down the street?
Nikki, I’ve been to Japan 3 times. I was living there for 6 months in 2010, hence why I’m still just as weak as I was for most of last year, lol. Since I’ve been back, I’ve been spinning my wheels drinking way too much haha. And Im super stoked to diet because unlike bulking, diet results can be seen in a matter of WEEKS, and later on, days, not months and even years. Woot. It’s gonna suck being small again though.
gregron, it’s aight, but when I have dudes like HolyMac cg’ing like 365 x 6-8, I have a longggg way to go. People did look funny sometimes for sure, but i just told them i knew you and then they were cool.
today was a really frustrating day in the gym. Workout was good, but it was SO FUCKING PACKED. and, the powerlifting team was having their ‘practice’ and after one dude let me come in and use the heavy DB’s (there was NO ONE on that side of the room), some dickhead team captain or something came over and said i had to take them outside with “the others”. i was like ‘you have to be joking’, etc, but nopeee. had to carry out a 125 and a 140. Fucking asshole. he’ll get a piece of my mind later.
Meadows rows
1plate x 12
2plates x 8
3plates x 8, 8, 8 (harder than I anticipated, haha)
Deadstop DB rows
105 x 10
125 x 6
140 x 8, 8, 8
Stretchers
1 warmup
100 x 12, 12 (intense-ass pump)
Partial pulldowns
150 x 8
175 x 8
200 x 8 (at this point, forearms and brach were started to get rly tired. still sore from saturday haha)
Cybex chest-supported row
2plates x 10, 10, 8 (lost grip from forearm pump lolz)
DB shrugs w/ 3sec hold
85’s x 12
95’s x 12, 12
Attempted to do some incline DB curls, but i couldn’t even hold onto the 25’s and i was beat, so I called it.
Woot.
Good work today brother.
Dont let the “powerlifting” team there ruin your opinion of all gearwhores
Seriously ballsy work on the cg as greg pointed out
EDIT - God ur so strong. <3 
Bug,
I find we often judge ourselves too harshly. you’ve been killing in here for a while, and those last progress pics you posted looked pretty jacked. Keep up the hard work, and like the Gear Whore above me said, don’t let one asshole ruin your perception of a group of individuals.
Stay strong.
I’ll still <3 you when you’re small.
Sorry about the “team captain” with the napoleon complex.
That powerlifter was so BA. Us powerlifters rule…RAWR.
Don’t worry I still luv u fat powerlifters. <3
Today was DAY 1 of the diet and it was AMAZING. The worst hunger pang was a few hours after the morning pulse, but after that it was smooooth sailing. I could really feel my pre-workout supps kicking in when it was gym time. Strength was good. Went heavier on the press and twists and that raped my strength for the rest of the workout from the unbelievable pump.
Oh, and I went into the gym around 2PM do do cardio (20 min elliptical. god a quad pump in 2 min lolo). My cardio endurance sux.
Incline DB Press and twist (most intense chest pump ever i swear to god)
30’s x 12
50’s x 10
70’s x 6
85’s x 10, 10, 8 (couldnt get the 10 fml)
Flat bench w/ 2-3 sec negative (i cant describe the chest pump. when i hit failure, it was all muscular. amazin)
135 x 8
185 x 8
worksets:
225x8, 255x8, 275x8 (spotter helped last one… i was SHOT), then back down to 225x8
Seated machine press strecher thingies (idk)
250 x 10 150 x 10
230 x 10 130 x 10
230 x 10 110 x 10 (pump was unbearable)
My training partner informed me he didnt like doing dips, didnt feel em, w/e, so we puttered around figuring out a new tri exercise. Settled on…
Bench dips (my first time doing them) w/ 2 sec negative, pause, and hard squeeze at the top
bw x 10, 10
45lbs x 10
90lbs x 10
135lbs x 10, 8 bw x failure
Overhead rope ext. (luv)
#8 x 15
#10 x 10
#12 x 8
#9 x 10 #8 x 10 #7 x 10 #5 x some #3 x lol
that was great. Feasted on chipotle afterwards. Now Im about to food coma the fuck out.
LUV. leg day tomorrow.
Day 2 fastin. I really hope this works because getting to eat a lot at night makes it worth not eating during the day.
Bout to head to the store to stock up on meat and other fun stuff. Been doing lots of stretching today so hopefully I won’t have any problems when it comes time to hit legs tonight.
Anybody had lower back pains before? I was thinking that this may mean I need to start strengthening abs / training LB directly.
Just thinking out loud.
Another thing I should note, I have been sore after EVERY workout since I started this Meadows stuff. Amazin.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
Anybody had lower back pains before? I was thinking that this may mean I need to start strengthening abs / training LB directly.
Just thinking out loud.
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Heavy abs and lower back training will help take care of that.