Deadlift PR? How the hell did I miss that. Awesome work man!
U mean you are back in one piece, jacked and tanned. Amirite?
Nice ! I’m glad you killed it, gym was pretty much of question for myself lol.
Question is can you maintain levels of tan (jacked is a given) ? I know I won’t be able to, left Ibiza 4am 24 degrees, arrived in England in the morning a pleasant 6 Celsius.
Yeah jake, I left something hotter than 24, (prob closer to 30 lol, sry I’m american I don’t know celsius), and it was cold and rainy back home.
Anyways, today sucked dick as a day. Not gonna whine but w/e. Lost 8 lbs during the trip (some water sure, but I look flat as a fucking pancake, arms lost some size, not good news). The next few (4) weeks are going to be extra rough if you guys nomsayin. 
I didn’t really know what i wanted to hit today so I did back. It went dece. I got in late and hadn’t thought about what I was doing beforehand, foodsituation was bad so just not 100%. S’okay sokay.
Warmup. Shoulders felt surprisingly loose and the dislocates were really easy.
Stretchers
70 x 15
100 x 12
130 x 12
150 x 10, 10
Deadlifts: felt okay, didn’t feel 100% to go super heavy
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
495 x 3
545 x 3, 3
One-armed barbell row / Meadows row superset: love this combo
+50 x 10 / 10
+75 x 10 / 8
+100 x 8 / 6
+100 x 6 / 6
Pullups w/ slow neg, long stretch
BW x 15, 9, then long stretch
Rope straight arm pulldowns finisher.
Seated palms-fwd DB curls / hammer curls / EZ preachers: a nice triset. Still havent trouble getting a pump with anything, but once my body is refueled with nutrients hopefully i’m good.
15s x 10 / 10 / 35 x 10
20s x 8 / 8 / 35 x 8
20s x 8 / 8 / 35 x 8
OH rope curls / Low-pulley rope curls
3 supersets
10 min stairmaster but I needed to go to run to the store before it closed. You can prob tell I’m out of it by the way I’m typing lol. Bug will be back.
Why the next 4 weeks gonna be extra rough? i am slow
Decent looking back workout just getting back in the swing of things. Getting back to work after all the fun does have to suck. Thats the only downside to vacations. Makes the normal days that much worse lol
Hit me up on PM or via FB, would rather not discuss here.
You have been fucking killing it on deads lately- (super late) congrats on the PR man!
P.S. Shooting you an FB message, I’m curious too lol
Hit up chest/delts (and some tris) during lunch. A bunch of the BOIs have been doing chest and delts togethe, and since it is a JM recommendation, might as well give it a whirl. Was a decent session. Lot of work done in under an hour so rest periods were very short. Still feel deflated from the trip and such. No fun.
Quick warmup
Machine chest press: slow negative, 1-2 second hard contraction
70 x 20
90 x 20
120 x 12
130 x 10
140 x 8
160 x 6
Flat bench press: controlled, 2 second pause on chest. Felt heavy. Cramping from the first exercise.
135 x 8
185 x 8
225 x 8
274 x 4
Incline smith: TUT focus
135 x 10
225 x 10, 10
1 set cable flies.
DB lateral raises
17.5s x 15 (to ear level)
22.5s x 15 (to ear level)
30s x 8
35s x 8
Standing smith BTN eccentrics: I think Evan did something like this
135 x 10sec down 20sec hold
155 x 10sec down 15sec hold
155 x 5sec down 10sec hold
Pec deck rear delts
120 x 25
140 x 25
140 x 25
1 set x 20 rope pressdowns warmup
EZ reverse grip pressdowns / regular grip pressdowns: a nice superset. Not holding a pump for shit though today.
60 x 12 / 12
80 x 10 / 10
100 x 10 / 8
100 x 8 / 8
Tricep stretch. All in all, not terrible. Like I mentioned, will be grinding for some time but that’s the name of the game.
Omg bug is jacked AND tan? The forums are not ready for this level of amazingness.
What are you weighing nowadays?
I dont understand… did you not eat while you were in Punta Cana? I dried out quite a bit from the sun and drinking while avoiding a bloat and actually not being much deflated, even from coming off 3.5 weeks of RFL.
then again you’re much leaner than me…
Lol you guys are cute.
BJ, I’m in the ballpark of 220 but I don’t want to weigh in for a few more days and let things normalize a bit.
You’re tan now…
Well that’s it now… full God mode…
damn bro last time I checked you were at around 205 or something… What are you shooting for right now?
spidey: not exactly lol.
myself: ha, yeah I put on a little size and a little bloat in the process. we’ll see what the next few months bring.
Semi-long work day, I was falling asleep at my desk and during meetings. The office feels extra stuffy and it rails my alertness. I try to avoid caffeine during the day to save it up for the workout but today was bad. Despite this, I was able to have a pretty good workout. After the first warmup set of squats, I was a bit concerned since 135 felt very heavy on my back, but a change in music and mindset and I was able to do decently.
A lot of the exercises I did today were inspired by some Jason Huh vids I was watching. He really emphasizes the stretch and keeping the muscle under tension close to the stretch position. It was pretty gnarly for legs.
Last thing, my nose has been all runny and i’ve had an obnoxious cough, which makes breathing seem extra difficult while lifting.
Warmup. 10min stairmaster
Lying leg curls: bottom half ROM reps, shit hurt badddd
50 x 25
65 x 20
80 x 20
95 x 20
110 x 15
125 x 15
Back squats: hammies sooo tight from ^, but by 315 i was starting to loosen up. Felt good.
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
385 x 5
445 x 5
Leg press: again, bigtime stretch emphasis, only press about 2/3 of the way up. Painfulllll
3pps x 20
4pps x 20
5pps x 20
6pps x 20
DB SLDLs: same thing. Start from the bottom, only come up to maybe knee level and try to contract.
75s x 15
95s x 15
105s x 10, 10. Sucking air.
Leg extensions: First half reps = hold peak contraction for 3sec, second half reps = botton half ROM TUT focus
60 x 10 / 10
80 x 10 / 10
100 x 10 / 10
Leg press toe pushes: rough.
2pps x 60 sec, 45 sec, 30 sec
Cooldown. I was wiped. Hobbled home.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
I was a bit concerned since 135 felt very heavy on my back
…
445 x 5[/quote]
^middlefingerlol.jpg
So now that you’re getting all kinds of jacked n tan, you considering making moves and competing?
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
I was a bit concerned since 135 felt very heavy on my back
…
445 x 5[/quote]
^middlefingerlol.jpg
So now that you’re getting all kinds of jacked n tan, you considering making moves and competing?[/quote]
Ha, I’m really not man. I’m nothing compared to the likes of most of you. More important to me than competing is achieving a certain “look” to my physique. That is priority number one. Once I either achieve that, or grow out of my body dysmorphia, I’m sure my goals will change, but I don’t know if I’m suited for bodybuilding, and training like a powerlifter would not be the most beneficial at present. Maybe one day.
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
I was a bit concerned since 135 felt very heavy on my back
…
445 x 5[/quote]
^middlefingerlol.jpg
So now that you’re getting all kinds of jacked n tan, you considering making moves and competing?[/quote]
Ha, I’m really not man. I’m nothing compared to the likes of most of you. More important to me than competing is achieving a certain “look” to my physique. That is priority number one. Once I either achieve that, or grow out of my body dysmorphia, I’m sure my goals will change, but I don’t know if I’m suited for bodybuilding, and training like a powerlifter would not be the most beneficial at present. Maybe one day.
[/quote]
Fair enough- I remember seeing something in your interview thread in T-Cell Alpha about competing in BB and/or PL, so just wondering.
Carry on with the hugeness sir.
What look are you going for ATM? Pic of someone maybe to show it? Just curious.
I have no idea what it takes for BBing porportion/size wise but seems like you got a decent body type for it but i know nothing so maybe i am off. PLing seems like if you really focused on it you could hit some pretty good numbers especailly considering you are taller.
Just do waht ever brings the most enjoyment. Oh and your work days sounds terrible
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
[quote]bigmac73nh wrote:
[quote]bugeishaAD wrote:
I was a bit concerned since 135 felt very heavy on my back
…
445 x 5[/quote]
^middlefingerlol.jpg
So now that you’re getting all kinds of jacked n tan, you considering making moves and competing?[/quote]
Ha, I’m really not man. I’m nothing compared to the likes of most of you. More important to me than competing is achieving a certain “look” to my physique. That is priority number one. Once I either achieve that, or grow out of my body dysmorphia, I’m sure my goals will change, but I don’t know if I’m suited for bodybuilding, and training like a powerlifter would not be the most beneficial at present. Maybe one day.
[/quote]
Fair enough- I remember seeing something in your interview thread in T-Cell Alpha about competing in BB and/or PL, so just wondering.
Carry on with the hugeness sir.[/quote]
lol look who’s talking.
Come to Boston and be my lifting partner pls.
[quote]ryanbCXG wrote:
What look are you going for ATM? Pic of someone maybe to show it? Just curious.
I have no idea what it takes for BBing porportion/size wise but seems like you got a decent body type for it but i know nothing so maybe i am off. PLing seems like if you really focused on it you could hit some pretty good numbers especailly considering you are taller.
Just do waht ever brings the most enjoyment. Oh and your work days sounds terrible[/quote]
It’s hard (for me) to look at a pic of another dude and say “Oh, I wanna look like him!” There are tons of guys I’d love to look like, but it’s just not in the cards for me to look like a shredded black dude with huge arms and a 24" waist. Certain muscle shapes and bellies, structure, etc, can’t be altered, so the way I may look at a ripped 230-240 is going to be way different than someone else.
Above all I want to look “complete”: aesthetic / pleasing to the eye (this is relative of course), big, and lean. Attaching a random pic I found. I like this guy’s look. No idea on his height and weight, and maybe I’d wanna be a little bigger, but it takes time to build that size and leanness even with assistance.
The next few years will be interesting.
That said, I may come to realize one day that it’s not realistic for me to get to physique X because of an unwillingness to cross certain lines regarding drug dosages. I’m okay with that.