Looking good man!
It seems to be working well, Id be inclined to keep it as it is, or with minor tweaks, for a couple of months.
The only suggestion I have right now is that if you can’t feel the shrugs try doing high reps for a while I like 15 reps for a month or two then gradually reduce reps while increasing weight, so I’d move down to 12reps for a month then 6-8. If the progession stalls after this go back to 15.
Once youve done this a couple of times you’ll have a good idea of what works for you. I used to concentrate on 5-6 reps until I stalled, then do 3-4 weeks of 15 and start back on 5-6reps.
Boffin, your shrug advice is working already. I do around 16 reps for my first set, then by the second and third, I start feeling my muscles being worked after one or two reps. Thanks!
[quote]chrisa1002 wrote:
Boffin, your shrug advice is working already. I do around 16 reps for my first set, then by the second and third, I start feeling my muscles being worked after one or two reps. Thanks![/quote]
Not sure how to update these things but I’m still going at it, making gains, etc. I’m a bit obsessed with diet now though. Been doing a lot of reading on various diets that are good for bulking.
Completely lost this thread since I changed emails so sorry again for the late reply.
66 kg now. I can admit I’ve slacked off especially with eating since school’s been taking more and more of my time.
I aim for 6 reps for all my exercises but I generally don’t follow that and get as much as I can for that particular set. If I do too many, I up the weight for my next workout.
Bench press - Started at 35kg, now 48kg.
Narrow grip - 30kg to 40.
Military press - 22 to 30.
Bent-over row - 25 to 36.
Shrugs - 35 to 50.
DB concentration curl - 7.5 to 14.
Squat - 60kg to 76.
Deadlift - 60 to 76.
Calf raise - 60 to 76.
(Grip strength seems to be the limiting factor for me in those exercises.)
Lying leg curls - 25 to 35.
Lunges - 20 to 34.
try to get some chalk for the deadlifts, it helps lots. and its not like your hands have more strength with chalk… they just dont sweat to make the bar slip. if anything THATS when you use their real strength
[quote]lordstorm88 wrote:
try to get some chalk for the deadlifts, it helps lots. and its not like your hands have more strength with chalk… they just dont sweat to make the bar slip. if anything THATS when you use their real strength[/quote]