[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
About halfway through the first cycle! How do you like it so far?[/quote]
Its ok, but its similar to how trained before I started the first cycle, because I
have trained splits that are inspired by 5,3,1 for a year now. I did try it last year and
even thou I did hop off the 5,3,1 progression in the big lifts I did take something with me and that is this:
bench, mp, squat and deads are the most important lifts, therefor base your split around them.
one arm rows kick ass and are great with bench and mp.
be patience, Rom wasnt build in one day.
So therefor it doesnt feel that new or strange, but I guess that if I follow the progression for a long time good thing must happen.
[quote]jasmincar wrote:
I see you’re making progress, seems like training is dialing in for you now. is 5x62.5kg a pr on bench?[/quote]
No, my rep max on 62,5kg are 9reps, so I have some work a head of me before I am at my best.
I get some money tomorrow, so now I can buy som real food. Been having a bad economy for over a month now, and have been almost only eating oatmeal and omelets. I am so tired of oats and eggs, someone hand me a steak, medium rear with potatoes and sauce LOL.
Well training went to hell for two weeks now, I know its silly and I need to man the fuck up.
I am planing on training tomorow, not 5,3,1 thou. I am going to use a simple tbt workout for
the end of this semester aka two months.
thanks for checking in jasmincar, I dont deserve it.
comment:
felt good with some more volum and some xtra isolation movements and I think that dbpress are a good idea for a period, for two reasons:
my left shoulder is bugging me.
the last time I spent on dbpresses( two years ago ), I did hit a pr in barbell benchpress when I got back to it six months later and my shoulders got bigger. Hope it works out the same way this time
food intake today:
2 baguets with butter.
bacon, two servings. one for breakfest and one for supper.
2 shakes: consisting of 5dl whole milk each and 4scoopes each of a gainer powder and one scoope of creatine. According to the gainer dunk each serving with 5dl whole milk contains 1250kcal. So that equals 2500kcal from the shakes.
one icecream.
2 tablespoons with fishoil.
5dl orange juice.
I guess my total kcal intake today where roughly 3000-3500kcal. maybe I add a bowl of grains with milk later before bed. ( the bowl of grains and milk where consumed before bed )
Damn! Back with a vengence. Are you going to eat like that consistantly? I don’t think I’ve seen you post up that much food before. Well at least not that many calories. I agree with adding grain. It’s a lot of calories but also kind of a lot of liqued. It’s a great way to add calories. I think the extra solid meal would make things more bearable.
db bench is a great assistance lift to the barbell bench. It’ll probably be a good substitute as well.
How long will you stay on this program? Have you used it before?
You don’t wiegh much but you’re cut. If you consume like this for a decent period of time then any change should be noticeable. Keep on eye on the mirror and get measurements if you think you can keep this up.
[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
Damn! Back with a vengence. Are you going to eat like that consistantly? I don’t think I’ve seen you post up that much food before. Well at least not that many calories. I agree with adding grain. It’s a lot of calories but also kind of a lot of liqued. It’s a great way to add calories. I think the extra solid meal would make things more bearable.
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I plan on eating like this untill the semester is over and I head back to Oslo for the summer. That would be somewhere between 6-8weeks. I see what I am going to do when back in oslo where I only have a barbell, I`l guess it will be alot of overhead pressing and deads.
ps. grains and other foods rich on fiber are importent when consuming gainer, atleast for me if I want to stay away from bein constipated.
Incline felt good and I where able to hit the pecs better than with a barbell, looking positive I think
no I put this togheter a couple of days ago, but I have used tbt with dbpress, dbrow, goblet squat and swings before( two years ago ), After six months with that routine I hit a pr in benchpress( from 1x70kg to 4x70kg ), militarypress( first time I hit 50kg ), deadlift( from 1x100kg to 3x100kg ) and squats( from 50kgx5 to 50kgx10 easy reps ). I am probably weaker in some lifts now than I where then.
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You don’t wiegh much but you’re cut. If you consume like this for a decent period of time then any change should be noticeable. Keep on eye on the mirror and get measurements if you think you can keep this up. [/quote]
I am doing this no matter what, need to gain some weight or I am going to be stuck in stagnation land for ever, I want away from stagnation land and go to progress land LOL.
todays eating:
2 shake with whole milk, 4scoops of gainer powder, 1scoop of creatine.
2 small baguets with butter and bacon.
8 chickenwings.
2 tablespoons with fishoil.
I was gonig to ask what you were doing before that allowed you to hit your past PRs and suggest trying it again, but it looks like you already are. If you keep eating like this and lift in a way you know is effective then I don’t see a good reason you shouldn’t gain something. You could probably pass your old PRs if you do this long and consistantly enough.
I agree with the grains. I’m sure to always have some regardless of goals. I just eat fewer when losing weight, but I don’t cut them out completly. They seem more filling than straight vegetables and are easier to plan and make meals with. My stomach doesn’t make so many strange noises when I eat grain like it does when I eat a lot of vegetables. A noisy stomach is a little embarrassing and irritating when I study in a tomb silent library. I think they also just help in gaining mass. People often get enough protien but can neglect the carbs.
I’m progressing about as well as I can expect in regard to my goals thanks for asking. I was at 195lbs (~88-89kg) a few monthes ago. I last weighed in at 184lbs (~83-84kg). I check again in a week. I look better in the mirror constantly but I still have much fat to drop. I never realized how much I would need to lose to look decent. While losing my main goal is to not lose strength although not neccessarily gaining it. I think if I keep my strength up then it helps keep the muscle on. My squat is the same but all other lifts have improved which is good because I felt my numbers were a little unbalanced.
You should definatly post your meals. Eating is as important a component as lifting and you post about lifting so why not post eating as well. I assume it would help keep you on track.
It looks to me like your putting more effort than usual into this. It’s the most under rated aspect of all. I see people who don’t lift at all in the way you would think neccessary to progress yet they do. They drink, eat out, do some of the most newfangled shit in the gym I’ve ever seen, and avoid squat racks like the plague but can progress. They beleive in what they do and exert effort at a high level as a result. Sometimes complacency sets in and causes people to slack off a little. Hit your stride and keep up the strong effort to make monster progress and hopfully surpass old PRs in only 8 weeks time.
[quote]mikemike87 wrote:
I was gonig to ask what you were doing before that allowed you to hit your past PRs and suggest trying it again, but it looks like you already are. If you keep eating like this and lift in a way you know is effective then I don’t see a good reason you shouldn’t gain something. You could probably pass your old PRs if you do this long and consistantly enough.
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I hope that as well
I found out I need more grains and vegetables/fruits as in yesterday, I am officially constipated. That happend last time I used gainers aswell, I am going to the store later to buy som yogurt and some apples( they are rich in fiber ), hope that will take my stomach back one track LOL. When it comes to protein and carbs you are spot on. Its much easier to get in protein for me than carbs, simple because protein rich food taste really good, while carb food is kinda boring.
congrats on shedding some weight man, good to somebody progress,
And if you are able to improve most lifts while you cut, you must be doing something right
lets hope it will help me stay more consistent.
I guess Im putting more effort into it because its summer vacation in a few months and thats helps with motivation + I have a bit more time on my hands now because I have done most on my bachelors paper in history, just some tweaks left to do. I am going to re-test my bench, mp and deads in 7weeks. Allways good to start the summer with some prs.
Thanks again mike for taking an interrest, meens alot
