Jake's Transition into the World of Natty BBing

6/18/13 Legs/calves

Lying ham curls: 4 sets of 8 12 partials, 100lb

Smith squats: (plate weight) 8x270, 6x290, 8x280, 6x300

Leg extensions: (ascending sets…ouch!) 10/10/10 w/ 30/60/90, 10/10/10 w/ 60/90/120, 8/8/8 w/ 90/120/150, 6/6/6 w/ 120/150/180

Leg press: 4x30x6pps, continuous reps

HS hack machine stiff-legs: 4x20x5pps

HS hack machine standing calf-raises: 4x15x5pps

Seated calf raise: 4x12x1pps

6/19/13 Chest/delts/abs

HS incline against monster mini-bands: (plate weight) 12x1pps, 9x1pps+25s, 6x2pps, 3x2pps+25s

BB Incline: 5 ramping sets of 6@ 185, 205, 225, 235, 245

DB bench: 15, 15, 12 w/ 70s

Hi to lo cable flyes, big focus on stretch and squeeze: 2x15

leaning 1-arm db lateral raises: 4x15x20s, 45 sec rest between

pec dec rear delt flye: 3x35 (tough! last 10-15 or so of last set were more or less partials)

Seated smith shoulder press: 8x185, 7x185 (failure)

pulldown crunches: 4x25

ab wheel rollouts: 4x10, 30 sec rest…these were slow eccentric and constant tension

6/24/13 Chest/calves

HS Incline press: ramped sets of 6 two plates at a time until I hit full stack

Decline BB press: 3x8x225

machine flyes: 2x12, then 12+8+8 drop set

DB press and twist: 4x10x60s

Superset: Pec minor dips+push-ups: 3 sets of 20 each

standing calf raise…slow: 4x15

seated calf raise…slow: 4x18

6/25/13 Back/abs

Meadows rows on HS deadlift machine: 4x8x180ish

Bent over smith rows: 4x10x2pps

Straight arm pulldowns: 4x12

WG lat pulldown: ramping 15, 12, 9, 6

Chest supported machine rows, high elbows: 4x12

Lo to hi rope face pulls: 4x15

ab crunch machine: 3x25, fuck these hurt!

V-bar crunches thingy? (lower abs): 4x25

6/26/13 Legs

lying ham curls: 20, 15, 10+30 partials

seated ham curls: 20, 15, 10+10+10 drop set

leg extensions: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8+12 partials

leg press: 50x6pps, 40x7pps, 30x8pps, 20x9pps, 20x10pps

superset
hack squat: 2x12x2pps, 12x2.5pps, 12x3pps
DB stiff-legs: 4x12x100s

[quote]jskrabac wrote:
leg press: 50x6pps, 40x7pps, 30x8pps, 20x9pps, 20x10pps
[/quote]
Dang. A set of 20 with 20 plates on the leg press?

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]jskrabac wrote:
leg press: 50x6pps, 40x7pps, 30x8pps, 20x9pps, 20x10pps
[/quote]
Dang. A set of 20 with 20 plates on the leg press?[/quote]

Yea. I’m training at a cheap gym just for a week while I’m living with my parents before I move into my new place downtown. Lot of variation based on the sleds, and this one just felt really light.

6/27/13 Delts/arms/abs/calves

strict DB lateral raises: 4x10

bent-over rear delt rows: 4x10, top weight 75

DB seated press: 8x50, 8x60, 2x8x70

machine lateral raises: 2x20, 30, 40

rear delt machine flyes: 4x20

straight bar pressdowns: 4x15

standing BB curls: 4x15

dip machine: 3x12, then 12/12/12 drop set

preacher curl machine: 3x12, then 12/12/12 drop

machine overhead extensions: 2x20

reverse DB curls: 2x20

superset: 8 rounds of 15 reps each, only rest was walking back and forth
standing calf raises
machine ab crunches

6/29/13 chest/cardio

*went with some pure pump work tonight

DB bench press: 6x12, 45 sec rest

pec dec: 6x15, 30 sec rest

Incline HS press: 6x8, 1 min rest

stretch push-ups: 6x12, 45 sec rest

Stairmaster: 10 min of intervals

6/30/13 back/abs

V-grip cable rows: ramping 15, 12, 10, 8

WG pull-ups w/ full ROM and 3 sec negatives: 4x6

DB rows: 4x25x100 (gym this week only goes up to 100 lbs)

DB pull-overs (lats):4x15x60

cable rows w/ rope: 4x10

HS shrugs: 4x20

machine ab crunches: 4x15

decline bench leg-raises: 4x15

7/1/13 legs/calves

Lying ham curls: 15, 12, 10, 8 8 8 drop followed by 25 partials w/ middle weight

Leg press: 4x20x10pps

smith split squats: 4x15x1pps

hack squats: ramping sets of 8 1/2 pps at a time up to 3 1/2 pps, then 6 6 6 drop w/ 4/3/2pps

BB stiff-leg RDLs: 4x15x225

superset

seated calf raise: 4x12
smith calf raise on aerobic step: 4x12