I like this!! Your def eating to grow!!!
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Yessir . . I think I’m doing something right food wise as the scale has stayed the same over the past 4-5 months, hovering around 212-214, but my shirts have definitely gotten tighter in the shoulders/chest region
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I was going to say something similar. I’m a bit jealous of how much you can put away without blowing up.
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Agreed
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I picked up a turkey breast at the grocery store last evening for next to nothing as it was marked down due to needing to be sold by that day . . cubed it up and cooked it and added jasmine rice and salsa . . that was breakfast this morning along with a piece of a porterhouse steak from last evening
lunch will be smoked brisket and mashed potatoes from the Mennonite deli in town and supper will be bone-in pork chops and chicken thighs on the grill with more jasmine rice
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Looks amazing
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7/19/24: 800am workout
Week 6 Creeping Death 2 - Back
Bent BB rows:
4x10 w/235
High pulls:
3x5 w/205
2x5 w/215
Straight arm pushdowns:
4x8
supersetted w/
One-arm lat pull-arounds:
4x8 each side
Face pulls (pulling to throat level):
3x12
Ez bar curls:
2x12 w/80lb bar
1x12 w/70lb bar
Db hammer curls:
10x 25s
2x10 w/20s
really dialed in with the BB rows . . this was definitely a longer session, was there every bit of 90 minutes . . arms felt huge, have to share
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Love to see the hard work you’ve been putting into the Meadows programs! Looks like you’ve been gaining some serious mass!
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thanks man! Just trying to be like you. It looks like most of your sessions are super intense. You train at home, correct? I go to two different gyms and it’s just amazing to me how so many people lack any sort of intensity at all in their workouts. I’m talking 80+% of people I see when I’m there just haphazardly get through a set of lat pulldowns or whatever and then scroll tiktok for 5 minutes before their next set and never even break a sweat their entire time there.
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Yes sir! Andi appreciate that! I train in the garage 90% of the time! I totally know what you mean and that’s part of the beauty of training at home. I just have my phone on the table, connected To the sound system and write all of my sets into my notebook just as Dorian intended lol
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7/20/24: 600pm workout
Week 6 Creeping Death 2 - Chest/shoulders
H.S. Machine chest press:
3x10 w/102.5lbs each side
Flat BB bench:
5x5 w/275lbs
Machine flyes:
4x12
Smith machine shoulder press:
4x6 (lifted explosively)
supersetted w/
Db laterals:
4x10 w/27.5s
not sure of the actual weight on the shoulder press as this was my first time using this particular smith machine and the empty bar was a lot heavier than the standard 15lbs
Tricep cable pushdowns:
3x10 w/150 stack
Tricep cable overhead extensions:
3x8 w/120 stack
later workout today as we camped out at the river last night and then the daughter had a couple horse show events this afternoon; that was ok as there was only one other person in the gym at this time . . had 4 eggs, a protein shake and a handful of blackberries for breakfast . . two turkey thighs, a bowl of rice and a little smoked ribs leftover from yesterday for lunch . . two grilled pork chops, another bowl of jasmine rice and a banana, oat, whey, peanut butter powder shake about an hour preworkout . . and am about to grill 4 lamb chops and a grass fed NY strip steak with more rice for supper
had a wicked shoulder pump before I left the gym
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7/21/24: 130pm workout
Week 6 Creeping Death 2 - Legs
Leg press:
warm-ups
10x 540lbs
10x 590lbs
10x 540lbs
Front squat machine:
warm-ups
3x10 w/450lbs
Leg extensions:
3x8 w/155 stack
Seated leg curls:
4x12 w/125 stack
Standing calf raises:
5x10 w/225
for being dialed in like I’ve been I sure wasn’t feeling it today . . not sure why . . had my 10y/o daughter with and had her do some KB deadlifts, split squats and Db rows . . she enjoyed it . . probably going to make that a weekly occurrence
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I was the same. Been destroying it in the gym lately but today I just wasn’t feeling it. Everything seemed hard. Might be a lack of sleep the last few nights? Oh well, one more day tomorrow and then three days off training as I’ll be traveling. Might catch a hotel gym WO but more likely I’ll just get cardio in.
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Sounds good! Yeah I get at least 7 hours every night so who knows . . .
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7/23/24: 500am workout
Week 6 Creeping Death 2 - Back ‘Pump’
Seated cable rows (lat focus, driving my elbows back and down):
4x10 w/180 stack
Straight arm pushdown:
4x8 w/140 stack
supersetted w/
Supinated pulldowns:
4x8 w/170 stack . . crazy lat pump again
Hammer strength shrug machine:
4x8 w/390lbs & 2 sec pause on each rep . . felt really strong on this today
Ez bar curls:
2x8 w/90lb bar
1x8 w/100lb bar
1x8 w/90lb bar
Db hammer curls:
3x15 w/20s
an hour on the dot this morning . . feel great . . had a scoop of Surge intraworkout . . double scoop of whey isolate when I got home and just finished an 8 ounce Ny strip steak, 3 poached eggs, a slice of sourdough, half a potato and a fresh local peach . . I love breakfast . . chicken thighs and jasmine rice for lunch
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Thats awesome!
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yeah she wants to play softball next year (we have horses and she rides a couple times a week now) so I told her she should start working out and she asked if she could go with . . so I think she’s going to go at least once a week going forward and hit a little legs and back
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7/24/24: 515pm workout
Week 6 Creeping Death 2 - Chest/shoulders
Machine chest press:
warm-ups
4x6 w/245 stack
Cable flyes:
4x8
supersetted w/
Db bench press:
4x8 w/100s
Db shoulder press:
4x15 w/60s
supersetted w/
Bent rear delt raises:
4x15 w/20s
Face pulls:
3x15
Tricep rope pressdowns:
3x10
nothing notable to report, good pressing session . . I only check my weight about once a week or so but I’ve been between 210-212 consistently for the last month or so
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7/26/24: 1115am workout
Week 7 Creeping Death 2 - Back
Bent BB rows:
warm-ups
4x12 w/235lbs . . strict form, could really feel it
High pulls (1/2 way between clean and snatch grip):
3x5 w/205lbs
2x5 w/225lbs
Wide grip lat pulldowns (emphasizing full stretch at top):
8x 180 stack
2x8 w/200 stack
8x 180 stack
Hammer strength chest supported row:
4x8 w/270lbs (iso-lateral)
Ez bar curls:
8x w/90lb bar
8x w/100lb bar
2x8 w/90lb bar
intense session! I feel incredible . . trainings just been a blast lately
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7/27/24: 715am workout
Week 7 Creeping Death 2 - Chest/shoulders
H.S. Chest press:
warm-ups
3x12 w/102.5lbs each side
Incline BB press (45 degrees):
6x 135lbs
6x 185lbs
6x 225lbs
6x 245lbs . . RPE 8.5, probably should’ve chased one more heavier set here
Machine chest flyes:
3x10 . . couple partials at the end of the last set
Db lateral raise partials:
2x20 w/40s
2x20 w/35s
supersetted w/
Machine rear delt flyes:
4x15
Cable overhead Tricep extensions:
3x10 w/130 stack
had to go semi-early this morning as the boy had to get up the road to get weighed in for football at 930 . . had a scoop of Surge intraworkout but was super hungry when I got home so I had 5 eggs with salsa and cheese, two big slices of homemade zucchini bread, two lamb chops and a whey, oat, banana, peanut butter powder smoothie . . wasn’t hungry after all that
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