Jake's Pre-Cycle Log

[quote]LillGuy001 wrote:
Thats quite a strange split you have arranged there. Id reccomend something different, but its likley not worth my time typing something out.

Basically why an off day followed by an arm day and a shoulder day? Just doenst make a lot of sense.[/quote]

Well, my workout partner can’t train on Sundays, so I was stuck there. I kind of like it because it gives us three days in between hitting major movements (such as squats and deadlift, in addition to close grip bench and bench press). The reason arms come before shoulder is because I want to start squatting with the straight bar again. If my arms are sore, I can’t squat with the straight bar. I am hoping my shoulder training before won’t effect this too much, but I will have to wait and see.

Jake,I’m not clear on something. Have you started your cycle yet?

[quote]Cortes wrote:
Jake,I’m not clear on something. Have you started your cycle yet?

[/quote]

Yeah, I started 3 weeks ago.

The cycle’s been going well. j/k. I am still waiting on one other product. The masteron which is held up in some other country at the moment. I am real anxious to start, and I am having trouble waiting.

If you are interested, here is the rest of my training program I am going to be following. I might possibly switch up the reps on some exercises, but it won’t be anything significant.

Tuesday: shoulders

Seated rack military press (push a barbell 1/2 way in rack)
4x5 reps

DB military press
3x8 + partials (top & bottom)
When you reach failure at ideally 8 reps (could be more), perform top portion partial reps, and then perform bottom portion partials reps.

Upright rowing (dumbbells)
3 sets 8 reps + partials (top & bottom)
Perform 8 reps or to failure (goal is to hit 8 reps failure). After failure, perform top portion partial reps then perform bottom portion partials reps.

DB lateral raise
3x8-10 reps holds
On each rep you hold the peak contraction (top) for 4 seconds, squeezing the delts hard. Take 4 seconds to lower.

Barbell shrugs
3x8-12 reps + rest pause
Perform 8-12 reps or to failure, rest 10-12 seconds, perform more reps to failure with same weight, rest 10-12 seconds and perform a few more reps to failure, finally hold the weights in the contracted position for as long as you can. Take 2 seconds to shrug the weight, pause for one second in fully contracted position, then lower the weight with 2 seconds.

DB bent over lateral raise
3x10-12 reps hold
2x15+
On each rep you hold the peak contraction (top) for 4 seconds, squeezing the rear delts hard. Take 4 seconds to lower.

DB shoulder rotation:
2x10

DB side rotation:
2x10

Wednesday: legs/hamstrings

Calves (standing or seated)
3 sets warm-ups
Then 4 sets rest pause 8-18 reps
Immediately after (NOT 1 or 2 seconds after) do BW standing calve raises for 2 sets of AMRAP

Barbell back squats:
3 sets warm-ups
5x5
2x15+
Slow down, explode up

Good mornings:
4x7-10

Glute ham raises:
3xAMRAP

Leg curl:
2x12
2x12 Rest pause wait 10 seconds and do more reps, repeat, drop weight by 50% and perform AMRAP

Thursday: chest

Barbell bench press (8 sets):
5x4x3x5x4x3x2x1

30 degree incline DB press:
2x7 + partials
Perform 7 reps or to failure then perform upper partials, then perform lower partials

DB floor press:
3x5

DB flies:
3x8 + negatives
Perform 8 reps or to failure, then lift weights as bench press and lower a slowly as possible as a fly.

Friday: upper back

Warm-up…
Lat pull down:
3 sets light warm up weight

Work sets…

Pull-ups:
5xAMRAP

Bent over barbell rows:
5x5
Focus on form

Pull down to back:
5x5

Cable rows:
5x5

Face pulls:
3x10

Saturday: legs/quads

Deadlift:
3 sets warm-ups
5x5

Rack deadlift (close to lockout):
2 sets warm-ups
3x3

Reverse hyper extensions:
4x10-12

Leg press:
2 sets warm-ups
3x6-12
1x15 rest pause
Use a weight you can do for around 15 reps. After 15 reps, put the weight down, and wait 10 second then perform AMRAP. Repeat process 2 more times.

DB Lunges:
2x10
Use a long stride on each leg

Leg extensions:
2x10 then
Triple drop set
1 set 8-30+ reps on each weight.

Band wideouts:
3x10
Band wrapped around above knees

02/04/08 Diet

Meal 1:
3 eggs sunny side up (cooked in coconut oil)
3 pieces Ezekiel bread
Smart balance butter on bread
Ton of cayenne pepper on eggs
Sea salt
Shake:
1/2 cup frozen fruit (blue berries, raspberries, blackberries, cherries)
1 cup egg white beaters
4 raw eggs
Kefir (cultured in goat’s milk or coconut oil)
Cinnamon

Meal 2 (combined with meal 3):
8oz raw turkey breast
6oz russet potato
60z green beans
Spices (garlic powder, sea salt, cayenne pepper)
30g macadamia nut oil

Meal 3 (combined with meal 2):
Anabolic burger
8oz (probably around 6oz cooked)
2 burger buns (w/ HFCS)
1 piece letus
1/4 avocado
2 tbsp light may with omega
ketchup (sugar free)

Meal 4 (2 large meals combined)
16oz raw buffalo top round
12oz green beans
12oz russet potato
30g olive oil
30g macadamia oil
Spices (garlic powder, sea salt, cayenne pepper)

Meal 5-6:
Shake (split into two meals):
65g gamma protein isolate
3/4 cup raw oats
30g healthy oil
Cinnamon

Meal 7 (combined with meal 8):
8oz raw buffalo top round
6oz russet potato
60z green beans
Spices (garlic powder, sea salt, cayenne pepper)
20g EV olive oil
10x1g fish oil caps

Meal 8 (combined with meal 7):
Anabolic burger
8oz (probably around 6oz cooked)
2 burger buns (w/ HFCS)
1 piece letus
1/4 avocado
2 tbsp light may with omega
Ketchup (sugar free)

Diet notes:
Believe it or not, I am still hungry eating this amount. I swear my stomach is a bottomless pit. I need to start incorporating some more protein shakes into my diet besides eating so much meat. It gets pricy eating all this meat. Also, I think I am going to start eating brown rice instead of potatoes. Not only are potatoes pretty expensive, they also tend to get very old fast eating them all the time on high carbohydrate days (where I consume around 14oz/meal). As much as I hate high carbohydrate days, I LOVE high fat days. I also love burgers too! I am excited, I got some ground venison I am going to start using for my burgers.

Get a hunting permit, kill 5 deer, and you’ll have more fucking cheap than you’ll know what to do with. Just my way of saving money…

I can understand you still being hungry. Fuck I had just a fuzz under 9,000 calories yesterday between 10AM and 8PM and I was starving before I went to bed… 6 servings of cottage cheese did it for me though…

That’s a great idea. If only I had a gun, a permit, and a big ass frig. Being where I live, there isn’t too much wildlife around me (unless I drive pretty far). Do you chop up the meat yourself?

[quote]World1187 wrote:
Get a hunting permit, kill 5 deer, and you’ll have more fucking cheap than you’ll know what to do with. Just my way of saving money…

I can understand you still being hungry. Fuck I had just a fuzz under 9,000 calories yesterday between 10AM and 8PM and I was starving before I went to bed… 6 servings of cottage cheese did it for me though…[/quote]

Bodyweight 2 days ago on 02/03/08: 181.2
Bodyweight today 03/05/08: 182

At least it is moving in the right direction.

02/05/08 training

4:30am
30minutes elliptical

Rack military press (done from a little below 1/2 way and lockout). Next time I going to do these from lockout down. I feel it will allow us to use more weight than when starting in bottom position.
45x1x10
95x1x6
135x1x5
155x1x5
165x2x5

DB military partials
40x12
-14 top portion
-3 bottom portion
35x8
-23 top portion
-3 bottom
30x8
-12 top portion
-6 bottom portion

DB upright rows partials
20x8
-around 20 top portion
-around 10 bottom portion
20x8
-30 top portion
-15 bottom portion
25x8
-around 10 top portion
-6 bottom portion

Standing shrugs (pin 8) pausing 1 second at top
225x1x12
275x1x12
315x1x12
Rest pause (10 seconds between then hold at end)
225x12
225x12
225x10
225x6 + hold

Seated DB lateral raise (4 second hold at top, 3-4 second lowering)
10x3x15

DB bent over raise (4 second hold, 2 second lowering)
15x3x10

DB shoulder rotation
15x2x10

DB lying side rotation
10x2x10

Kneeling ab curls
145x4x10-15

Training notes:
While the partials did fatigue my shoulders a bit, I feel I would of had a better workout had I been lifting with heavy weights. For instance, on DB military press, I usually use 65-70 for 12 reps, but since I had to do partials at the end, I couldn’t use as much weight. Anyways, I will try this for a bit, and I will try to push myself as hard as I can to see what will happen.

This workout took a long time to complete; therefore, I am going to be moving the shoulder rotations to chest day.

Also, I felt nothing from doing the kneeing ab curls. If anything, the exercise hurt my elbows more than anything (getting into that position with the rope around your neck (not literally, but you know what I mean).

I hunt a lot myself and am also a guide for other folks…

I charge $200 a hunt and give you $100 back if you kill a doe. No small bucks though. That money largely finances my AAS use…

Yes, I butcher all of them myself. I believe altogether I butchered 51 deer this year. 14 of which were my own that I all killed with a bow…

If you weren’t aware, I’ll just go ahead and let you know that venison is one of the most anabolic meats on this good earth…

Where do you live Jake? PM if you don’t want to say out here in the open.

I can probably give you somewhere to go hunt and procure yourself some extremely healthy and cheap meat…

A huge fridge is not necessary either my friend…

That is A LOT of deer! I sent you a PM. I made a venison burger today (with ground venison), and it really tasted good. I don’t know what fat content ground venison would be, but I do know that since they are wild animals they are very lean animals (due to diet and exercise). So it is probably of little concern to figure out how much fat I am in taking from it. Do you sell venison meat? I would be willing to buy it from you if you did. Doesn’t buffalo also come close to venison it terms of anabolic meats?

Assuming the meat you bought that you refer to as “buffalo meat” was bought in America, I assure you that it is not buffalo meat at all. It is bison meat, and the terms bison and buffalo are not interchangeable… contrary to public opinion. Buffalo live in Africa and Asia, bison live in America.

Yes, bison is nutritionally similar to deer, but has more fat and is going to be much more expensive.

Your best bet is to find a friend who hunts. Offer to pay his license and tag fees (<$20) and have him give you a whole deer or antelope…

I am upset. On Friday morning, I have to go get a “hydrogen peroxide test.” I can not eat 12 hours before, and the test last 5-6 hours. I can not eat during this time either… which literally sucks balls. But, better do this test now when I am not on my cycle then to have to do it during my cycle.
Anyways the reason for this test is because I have a very bad gas problem. As most people would say, my gas is extremely “potent.” lol, anyways, to give you a few examples so you will understand.

  1. I have managed to clear out my entire gym multiple times with one fart (mind you my gym is pretty go size) for usually around 20 minutes.
  2. I broke wind in my sister’s car once, and she told me the smell linger three weeks. This was after he had a few air fresheners too, lol.
  3. My mother thinks I need to have my butt hole exercised.

Long story short, my farts are not normal. I have been told a few time my farts are “alien.” Anyways, I am going to have this test done to see if they can resolve this issue once and for all.

[quote]Jakebambeeno wrote:
Cortes wrote:
Jake,I’m not clear on something. Have you started your cycle yet?

Yeah, I started 3 weeks ago.

You said earlier you’ve been on cycle for 3 weeks.

But you just now said you’re not.

So are you or not? Make your mind up about which lie you want to tell…

[quote]World1187 wrote:
Assuming the meat you bought that you refer to as “buffalo meat” was bought in America, I assure you that it is not buffalo meat at all. It is bison meat, and the terms bison and buffalo are not interchangeable… contrary to public opinion. Buffalo live in Africa and Asia, bison live in America.

Yes, bison is nutritionally similar to deer, but has more fat and is going to be much more expensive.

Your best bet is to find a friend who hunts. Offer to pay his license and tag fees (<$20) and have him give you a whole deer or antelope…[/quote]

Ahhh… Very interesting. I have an old friend (haven’t talked to him in a long time) who hunts and is really big into it. Probably should give him a call. My meat supplier sells bison cuts pretty cheap. I get bison top round (Durham ranch) for around 4.10-4.55/lb. The venison has always been more expensive (at least 6-7$/lb I believe which is the cheapest cut). Ground is always the cheapest, of course.

I said j/k after I said I was on (in the same post). Not on yet. Waiting on one more product.

You will know when I am on. I will be very detialed about everything.

02/05/08 Diet
4 raw egg whites
1.5 cup raw steelcup oatmeal
1 box raisins
1 banana
cinnamon

meal 2:
5oz bison
12oz russet potato
5oz veggies
anabolic burger
8oz raw (probably 6oz cooked) 93/7 ground beef
1 piece letus
2 burger buns (w/ HFCS)
Ketchup (sugar free)

Meal 3:
1.5 cup raw steelcup oatmeal
1 banana
1/2 cup egg beaters
cinnamon

Meal 4 (mega man meal):
anabolic burger (burger 1)
8oz raw (probably 6oz cooked) 93/7 ground beef
1 piece letus
2 burger buns (w/ HFCS)
Ketchup (sugar free)
Anabolic burger (burger 2)
8oz raw (probably 6oz cooked) ground venison
1 piece letus
2 burger buns (w/ HFCS)
Ketchup (sugar free)
Shake:
1.5 cup raw steelcup oatmeal
1 banana
3/4 egg whites
cinnamon

Meal notes:
Ate real shitty today. “Mega man meal” started to fill me up just a little bit, and I don’t usualy get filled up. Look forward to eating more venison burgers.

02/06/08 body weight: 181.8
Goes to show if I eat like shit, I won’t gain.

02/06/08 wednesday training

5:00am
30minutes elliptical

DE stretches
7:00am
Standing Calf
90x10
180x15
255x15
Rest pause
285x9
240x8
190x11
165x12
BWx2x30+

Squats (w/ straight bar in mono lift. conventional stance)
145x3x10
235x2x5
255x2x5
275x1x5
165x1x15
145x1x15

Leg planted squats (don’t know what piece of eq. is called)
BWx16
BWx10

Good mornings (straight bar)
145x10
135x10
135x8

Glute ham raises
BWx2x15
BWx10

Lying leg curls
120x12
120x8 + 90x7
Rest pause
105x12
90x8
90x6
60x20

Low cable side raise
100x3x15 (each side)

Training notes:
This workout pissed the hell out of me. Not only did I feel like I had to throw up the entire workout, I also still couldn’t seem to find my grove with my squats and good mornings with the straight bar. I used to place the bar on my low upper back, but now it doesn’t want to stay there. I have been putting it on my traps, but I am not used to this. Since I have a weight set in my apartment, I am going to load the bar up with as much weight as I can and just let it sit on my traps to get myself used to this. I guess that is what happens when you don’t use a straight bar in 6 months.

My training partner likes to go workout right after breakfast which really sucks. I only had 3 eggs and 3 pieces of bread this morning along with my preworkout shake. I couldn’t even push myself for fear I would throw up. I refused to throw it up, and just kept the weights light and the rest periods long. I know I could of had a much better workout if my stomach would digest my food before I train.

I think the overall setup of the leg program is fucking great and I look forward to performing it correctly. On the leg planted squats after squats, my legs DEFINITELY felt it even though I wasn’t hitting them that hard. I can’t wait to feel the pain when I am hitting it hard. It is going to be great. The rest pause sets on leg curls were also awesome.