07.06.25
Warm up on elliptical, then
Leg curl 5x42.5kg
Leg extension 6x57.5kg
Leg press 20x110kg
Cable pullover 5x30kg
Pulldown (curl grip) 5x60kg
Dips 7+2
Seated M/c press 2x37.5kg+2x25kg
Lateral raise 4x10kg+6x5kg
Single arm preacher curl 6x12.5kg
Pushdown 5x30kg+3x25kg
Nice to be able to do dips again. Swings and roundabouts though, shoulder is recovering so now my back is playing up again. All reps were done under control, just doing whatever I could that wasn’t putting pressure on my back.
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10.06.25
Warm up, then Walrus style circuits wearing 6kg vest
Narrow neutral grip chins 3,4,3
Push up 8,8,7
Squats on toes 20,20,20
10.5 minutes to do the above
BPA’s 10x28lbs
Still having back issues so leg work is what I can do without problems for the time being.
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14.06.25
Warm up, then
Hammer Strength pulldown 5+2x40kg
Hammer Strength incline press 7+2x40kg
Seated lateral raise 5+2x5kg
Pushdown 6+2x25kg
Cable curl 8+2x25kg
Watched Jay Vincent and Drew Baye do a similar workout so decided to do it myself. It was good and my arms and forearms know about it this morning. Went to failure then took 10 breaths and did as many more as I could, which wasn’t many. And just to prove I truly am in league with the devil, I’m currently reading and enjoying Mike Mentzer: American Odysseus.
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I am reading that as well. Quite interesting.
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Haven’t read that one yet. Does he dwell on the 1980 Olympia a lot?
It does go into it quite a bit and the background to it as well and there is a lot that relates to Arnold and the Weider brothers as a result of that.
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The Weiders could be naughty boys. The Black Prince by Robby Robinson delves into the Weider empire. The 1981 Olympia might have been more controversial. It appears “the fix was in” on more than one Olympia. I read (somewhere) that in Pumping Iron the film crew was instructed to avoid filming certain competitors too much due to viewers thinking they looked better than the Austrian. Robby Robinson was one of them. Weider’s famous “Trainer of Champions” bust statue was Joe Weider’s melon placed on the top of Robby Robinson’s bust.
I imagine a whole book could be written about the inside workings of the Weider machine.
Sorry for the hijack.
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I’ve read The Black Prince as well and thought he was badly treated.
If you’ve not read it volume 2 of Muscle Smoke and Mirrors is quite eye opening on what went on. It went a bit too deep on Arthur Jones and various lawsuits for my taste though, still a good read.
No need to apologise I see it all as conversation rather than a hijack.
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One of Arthur jones’ sons wrote a biography of his dad. Nautilus: The Lost Empire of Arthur Jones. The kid’s name is William. I quit reading it and deleted it from my Kindle. I do not know anything concerning Gary Jones (Hammer Strength), but brother William was/is a racist son of a gun. If I recall Arthur had a tendency to live by a shoe string.
I have volume I of Muscle, Smoke and Mirrors. I need to start reading that.
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I’ll take that as a warning and avoid that book, thanks.
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18.06.25
Warm up, then
Yielding isometric pull up 20secondsx24kg
Dips 6
Lateral raise 5x10lbs
BPA’s 3x33lbs
1 arm towel curl 4+2x12kg
1 leg calf raise 17x16kg
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22.06.25
Warm up on elliptical, then
Neg accentuated leg press 12x87.5kg
Hammer Strength pulldown 6+2x42.5kg
Hammer Strength incline press 6+2x50kg
Seated M/c row drop set 2x80,72.5,65kg
Chest press 6+2x42.5kg
28.06.25
Warm up on Airdyne, then
Neg accentuated leg press 12x90kg
Hammer Strength pulldown 6+1x45kg
Hammer Strength incline press 5+1x55kg
Seated M/c row drop set 2x80,72.5,65kg
Chest press 6+1x45kg
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02.07.25
Warmp up, then
Pull ups 1,1x18kg 1,1x16kg 10 sec pause between reps
Bench from chest 3x52.5kg
Lateral raise 5+1x10lbs
Single arm towel curl 7x12kg
Kb wrist curl 22x12kg 8x16kg
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06.07.25
Warm up on Airdyne, then
Neg accentuated leg press 12x92.5kg
Pulldown 6x70kg
Dips 8
M/c seated row 3x77.5kg, 2x65kg
Chest press 4x42.5kg
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