[quote]Blazin wrote:
Lookin’ good duuude
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Thanks bro. Not sure exactly what but there are some differences there. It’s only 6lbs ready to see the difference at 240lbs from 214lbs, hopefully won’t be a giant fat ass.
Yesterdays training sucked!!! I tried to max DL which just pissed me off. I can rep 315x10 no problems, cannot get 325 off the ground, WTF?? I did realize my leg press exercises DL, squat front or rear and even leg press I only push with my left leg? This could be the reason those lift numbers suck. I need to figure out why I only push with one leg and learn to use both. I’m not going to post my traing, I went through the motions thats about it. Diet too, fuck it.
Heres the calories break down
Calories 3515
fat 165
carbs 173
protein 340
[quote]dday wrote:
Yesterdays training sucked!!! I tried to max DL which just pissed me off. I can rep 315x10 no problems, cannot get 325 off the ground, WTF?? I did realize my leg press exercises DL, squat front or rear and even leg press I only push with my left leg? This could be the reason those lift numbers suck. I need to figure out why I only push with one leg and learn to use both. I’m not going to post my traing, I went through the motions thats about it. Diet too, fuck it.
Heres the calories break down
Calories 3515
fat 165
carbs 173
protein 340[/quote]
I’m beginning to see left/right side issues too…
Today I decided to add in some bicep work cuz fuck it I can…
well Ok 30lbs Barbell one arm preacher curls… you know to get forearm/wrist stability in there… Right arm… wow this is difficult… left arm… why is this easy?
Oh probably cuz I lift the majority of my weights using more of my right arm than my left arm… so when it comes to single arm exercises my right arm is le-tired.
Stupid.
Oh well
As for regular training… I’m sore for the first time in my life and its not just one session soreness its this whole phase soreness my upper back/shoulders are sore like someone hit me with a baseball bat… doesn’t affect lifting… but its just sore…
must mean I’m doing something right.
[quote]Blazin wrote:
I’m beginning to see left/right side issues too…
Today I decided to add in some bicep work cuz fuck it I can…
well Ok 30lbs Barbell one arm preacher curls… you know to get forearm/wrist stability in there… Right arm… wow this is difficult… left arm… why is this easy?
Oh probably cuz I lift the majority of my weights using more of my right arm than my left arm… so when it comes to single arm exercises my right arm is le-tired.
Stupid.
Oh well
As for regular training… I’m sore for the first time in my life and its not just one session soreness its this whole phase soreness my upper back/shoulders are sore like someone hit me with a baseball bat… doesn’t affect lifting… but its just sore…
must mean I’m doing something right.[/quote]
Sounds like we both have some imbalances to work out.
Sore is good, means you broke those muscles down.
Maxed bench last night, was hoping for 250lbs got 235, I think I could have gotten the 250 just wasn’t explosive, lowered the weight to slow and had 0 drive. Oh well, I rarely do bench press anymore but I’m going to start again. Sucks none of my lifts have been close to what I did in high school. So my goals are going to be to match my high school PRs. Those were:
Bench 275
Squat 400
Didn’t do deads in HS so I’m going to make up a goal of 400, like wise bent rows so I’ll say 275 for those.
Goal break down:
Bench 275
Squat 400
DL 400
Bent row 275
Current maxes:
Bench 235
Squat 350
DL 315 4x10
Bent row 250
Monday I’m going to start Dave Tates 9 week intro plan, I chose this one because I have access to 95% of the exercises at my gym, it doesn’t need chains or bands, nothing that can’t be done with what I have, there are a few exercises that I’ll have to rig to work but can be done.
Going to a PL WO may be a bit contrary to my goal of getting big but at this point I need some strength and it’s not like I won’t gain any size, just may not be as dramatic. Gotta start with a solid foundation.
Forgot to mention my training and diet, I’ll get to the diet later once I have time to get it into fitday.
Again I maxed on the old bench press
205 1x1
225 1x1
235 1x1
255 fail
245 fail
DB bench
75 4x10
Seated overhead DB tricep press
80 4x10
Incline smith machine to neck
155 3x10
Tricep push down
60 4x10
CT’s Tsuki Dumbbell Press
35 2x10
25 2x10
Tried to do some dips but my tris were trashed, I did body weight 1x10 but it took everything I had.
I gotta admit the Tsuki DB press was interesting, gotta work on the form for those but they are harder than I’d thought.
Over all a good workout, my tris are blasted today and hurting. I don’t understand the machine I use for tricep PD’s, it’s pretty stiff, at home I do these with 120lbs at the gym it’s half that and all I can do to keep form. I suppose the actual weight doesn’t matter just the result.
I used the smith machine for the inclines because there are no quality spotters at my gym, hell there are only like 5 people that WO there when I do and they are all trainies. The weight used may not have been 155lbs because of the smith machine but I consider all bars as 45lbs and as long as more weight goes on it and the work out is quality does it matter?
Diet:
2 scoops LCMD
2 cups whole milk
1/4 cup oats
fiber
creatine
Flameout
multi
8am
1/2lb turkey burger
pinch of cheese
8oz Sweetpotatoes w/cinnamon
11:30am
2 cups lettuce
2 tbsp cheese
2 tbsp Asian sesame dressing
10oz chicken
almonds
2:30p
8oz beef steak
almonds
5:30p post WO
Surge
creatine
8:30p
6oz pork steak
almonds
Totals
Calories 3223
fat 152gs
carbs 177gs
protein 296gs
Looks like our bench strength is about equal… We must look like sally bitches pushing that much weight for 220 and 230 pound males.
What is this 9 week program you speak of?
Maybe we can get on it together, that is, if you can hold out for 6 more weeks while I finish up Phases III and IV
[quote]Blazin wrote:
Looks like our bench strength is about equal… We must look like sally bitches pushing that much weight for 220 and 230 pound males.
What is this 9 week program you speak of?
Maybe we can get on it together, that is, if you can hold out for 6 more weeks while I finish up Phases III and IV[/quote]
You’ve got mail!
Yea I felt like a fool only pushing that much, hell I used to work out with 225 in HS/college, that was sometime ago though. If felt good to do real bench press for a change.
I thought about building the beast before I chose the Tate program, I’ll look at that and likely hold off on the Tate so we can do it at the same time to compaire results.
Last night was a much needed day off in the gym, mentally anyway, I did go in do a bit of cardio to loosen up, followed by 20 or so minutes of streatching and some ab work. I also played with a make shift reverse hyper idea I saw in a post somewhere around here. I put a yoga ball on a bench and tried to hold a dumbbell with my feet, was less than ideal but in a gym without a reverse hyper machine I think I can make do.
Diet: low carb day
6am
2 scoops LCMD
creatine
Luciene
multi
8am
1/2lb turkey burger
almonds
11:30
10oz chicken
lettuce
2 tbsp sesame dressing
almonds
2:30p
8oz pork steak
almonds
I know there is a 6hr gap, I was unprepaired
8:30p
6oz beef steak
almonds
10:30p
2 tbsp PB
1.5 cup whole milk
This meal shouldn’t be here but I was hungry after class.
Calories 2841
fat 161gs
carb 64gs
prot 281gs
Well I’m hosed, got laid off today, I knew it was coming but kind of figured I’d make it though the first of the year. This is the 3rd time in the last 8 years I’ve been laid off from this company, I’m so done with telecom.
I got 4 weeks severance pay, yippied fucking do. Top it off, I come home to find my big screen had also died, the red went out, it’s like watching a 3D movie without the glasses and I can’t afford to buy a new one, hell it’ll likely cost me as much to fix as a new one. So anyway a perfectly good day down the shitter.
Last nights training:
Romainain DL
135 2x10
245 4x10
neutral grip pull down
160 4x10
T bar row
150 2x8-10
160 2x8
shrugs db
85 4x10
Workout was cut a little short, there was a new guy who kept asking me questions while I was trying to lift. I didn’t really mind but it got a bit annoying.
Official weigh in today 220lbs, time to increase calories again, likely shoot for about 4000 from the 3500 average of the past few weeks.
I think I’m doing this right, and am not gaining fat, maybe actually losing some. I’ll measure in a bit to see how the numbers look.
Last nights training.
Military press
95 1x10
125 2x10
125 2x8
Lateral raise
45 4x10
Straight bar curls
65 4x10
concentration curls
25 4x10
Wow thats a shit-ton of calories… good luck with being able to eat/afford to eat that much man…
Wow, I’m fucking starving speaking of eating…
haha
[quote]Blazin wrote:
Wow thats a shit-ton of calories… good luck with being able to eat/afford to eat that much man…
Wow, I’m fucking starving speaking of eating…
haha[/quote]
Yea the affording part will be the hardest. I’m fixing to go to the store shortly and see if I can get this done a budget.
Last night was the first day of my Dave Tate workout. I dig it but need to remember to count sets on the first lift, not sure exactly how many I did but there were something like 6-8. Went something like this.
Good mornings
135 1x10
185 2x3
165 3x3
165 4x1
Glute ham raise
3x10
reverse hypers
3x10
Single leg, leg press
200 3x10
Pull downs abs
5x15
leg raise
5x15
I added the single leg leg press because I didn’t feel that the good mornings were enough, today I’m regretting it. My ass is killing me!
Diets been harder to keep track of than I thought, since I’m home now I eat different than I did at work. Heres the break down.
8am
2 cups whole milk
2 scoops LCMD
1/4 cup oats
11am
10oz chicken
8oz sweet potato
8oz whole milk
1p
10oz hamburger
almonds
8oz whole milk
3p
8oz pork
almonds
8oz whole milk
5:30p
Surge
8:30p
1/2 turkey burger
10:30p
2 tbsp PB
8oz whole milk
Calories 4419
fat 232
carbs 191
protein 404
Went a bit over board, need to cut back a bit on the milk for now.
By my count thats nearly a gallon of whole milk…
Really trying to gain weight huh? lol
I thought gallon/day was for skinny bastards not big lugs like us 
[quote]Blazin wrote:
By my count thats nearly a gallon of whole milk…
Really trying to gain weight huh? lol
I thought gallon/day was for skinny bastards not big lugs like us ;)[/quote]
Actually little better than a half gallon, I scaled it back to 18oz today. I do love me some milk.
yesterdays training:
Bench
135 2x10
185 1x3
190 1x3
195 1x3
200 1x3
205 1x3
210 1x3
215 1x3
225 1x1
laying triceps press
65 6x10
triceps dips
BW 5x15
one arm press
45db 5x10
pretty good workout, not sure there was enough volume but I gotta believe that Dave Tate knows a bit more than I do.
Diet:
8a
2 turkey sausage links
6 large eggs
8oz whole milk
11:30a
10oz ground chuck
8oz sweet potato
8oz whole milk
2:30a
11 chicken breast
2 cup lettuce
almonds
5:30p PWO
Surge
8:30p
8oz pork
10:30p
2 tbsp PB
8oz milk
Calories 3844
Fat 219gs
carbs 147
protein 328
Short of my 4000 goal.
Midweek weight 219, that’s down 2lbs from last week, WTF??
Does tate’s program recommend that amount of calories?
2lbs isn’t a big deal mid week, I found that I dropped that much in my weight gain stage but then I ended up floating back up to normal by the end of the week.
I think you should start measurements and PRs over weight… Who cares if you weigh 200 or 225 if you’re benching 315+
You’ll be a beast man