Masculine Excellence Requires Discipline

RIRO PPL

Push a Week 3

Calves

Close 25x300

Incline Hammer press 6-10 reps (3 drop sets).

9x325

5x325

3x325

4x275

4x225

4x185

Low Incline db fly press+db Inc press 8-12 reps (failure with fly press > failure db Inc press. one set. Count fly press only).

15,5x60

Over head db flies 15-20 reps

(fail Shoulder Flye > fail OH Press. One set. Count OH Flye only)

20,5x45

Db lat raise 10-15

14x25

no rest

DB Gironda Swings 10-15.

4x25

Close Grip BB Floor Press 6-10 reps.

9x185

9x135+4partials

90* cable push downs 10-12 (20-25 widowmaker last set)

12x80

20x70

Week 3 means 3x working sets. Volume not too bad but Push is my least fatiguing day.

Going to be forced to skip Friday session for a gymnastics tourney in Vegas. Will train tomorrow to get ahead of it.

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RIR0 PPL

Pull a Week 3

Machine Low Rows 6-10.

5x225

3x315

10x405

8x405

7x405

no rest

Horizontal Machine Shrugs 6-10.

16x405

CG lat pull-down 6-10 (triple drop set).

11x200

6x200

7x180

5x140

5x100

6x85

Dante row10-15.

15x100

no rest

seated cable row.

4x100

Reverse Pec Deck 12-15 3DS.

No time

minimal rest

DB Gironda Swings.

No time

CG EZ Curl (WM + Fail)

23x70

10x50

Hunched DB Shrugs (muscle round)

6x75ea

6x75ea

6x75ea

6x75ea

6x75ea

6x75ea

Abs

No time

Ate 80g extra carbs yesterday to help be ready for today’s training as there should be a rest day in between. Going to go low carb today, or at least try to.

Vegas tonight, flexing on single gymnastics moms tomorrow.

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Vegas was fun, competition went well. There was really no way i was hitting protein goals but i kept my food intake reasonably healthy.

Should have trained Saturday, then Sunday, then yesterday and i failed at all 3. To top it all off i ate like an asshole Sunday. I hate that i do this to myself; I’m my own achilles heel.

Eating back on track as of yesterday.

RIR0 PPL
Legs a Week 3

Adductor 8-12 (3 drops sets).
13x90
8x90
10x90
6x80
6x67
5x56

Calves.
Close 20x410
Wide 8x410

Leg curl 6-10(60 second static hold).
Did not perform, Hamstring in recovery

Leg extensions 12-15 (rest pause on last set).
7x250
8,5,3x200

Sissy Hack Smith squat 12-15 (widow maker on last set )
13xBW
20xBW

Machine rdl 4-6 (no intensifier).
10x315
11x315

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This stuff all lives within a spectrum. We try to be perfect, but we’re also human beings. When there’s not a deadline/ competition/ money on the line, I think it’s ok to be a person sometimes. You’re also within what I’d call a pretty reasonable range - you didn’t spend that time freebasing crack or filling the trash with empty vodka bottles; you just ate up a little and got some rest.

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That’s the real secret to getting stage lean.

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RIR0 PPL
Push b Week 3
(gym i normally use for this day was closed so some machines/weights are different. Still trained to failure every set)

Machine Incline press 6-10
15x275
8x275
4x275
(partials) 7x225

Cable fly 8-12
13x25ea
8x25ea (+4partials)

Machine Shoulder Press 6-10
6x275
8x225
7x225

High Face Pulls (Flared Elbows) 15-20
18x75
11x75
9x75

Skull Crushers 8-12 +3DS
16x100
9x90
6x70

Dips 8-12
Did not perform, time

Calves
Did not perform, time


2 week progress report:
(Blue is today)
Weight (weekly avg): 209.4lb (+1.1lb)
Waist at navel: 35" (-1"?)
Carbs yesterday: 225g
Carbs today: 225g


​Not sure if I see much of a difference but I’m still too fat.


Started DHB today at 300mg/wk.

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Interested to see how this goes. I’ve heard the PIP is worse than anything else.

I had 0 PIP but I heard the same; it depends on the brewer. I’m running 100mg/mL concentration - from what I’ve heard, anything more than that is prone to crashing so the stabilizing agents are the likely cause of any PIP.

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I’m 5 weeks into a cycle including DHB and like it. 0 PIP.
I did have a couple vials crash in transit but a quick heating fixed them up.

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Oh, and I have a lapse in schooling for the next 5ish weeks so I decided to take a free Harvard course, because I like pain.

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The blurring around your crotch got smaller, DHB shrinkage?! :winking_face_with_tongue:

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The sacrifices we make for gains, some will never understand.

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Totally worth it, big guns > everything!

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Cardio

Ab twister
10x115lb
8x165lb

Cardio
45 mins, AHR 125bpm

Need to turn this into fasted cardio.

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@mnben87 okay I lied.
I do have some PIP but it just feels like a sore ass cheek. Not debilitating or anything - if I did legs yesterday I wouldn’t have noticed the difference.

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RIRO PPL
Pull B *Garage edition

SS Lat Pulldown (3 sets +intensifier)
19x165ea
10x165ea
7x165ea(+partials)

Chest Supported DB Row (Flared>Standard, 1 set)
10,3x80ea
(Form was fucky here)

Smith Rack Pulls
10x225
17x225

Reverse DB Flye
25x22ea

Cable Rope Hammer Curl (rest pause)
20x88
11x88
7x88

Cable Curl (fail>step back, fail>step back, fail>step back, fail)
11x77
4x77
3x77

Crushed this whole thing in like 35 mins. Off to San Diego for another gymnastics competition.


2 days ago: <30g carbs
Yesterday: normal carbs
Today/tomorrow: we’ll see, just hoping to hit protein goals. Need to buy canned chicken for next time.

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San Diego was cool but rainy the whole time. Little one walked away with a ton of medals for gymnastics.

We went to the San Diego zoo yesterday and put in a fuckload of steps. Cool zoo but I could feel that my legs were absolutely depleted earlier today. I ate some carbs to prep for leg day, then the woman started demanding things from me. 60-90 mins of mild to hard cardio later, and all those carbs were gone.

TL;DR: my legs were shaking before I touched a weight.


RIR0 PPL
Legs B Week 3

Db leg curl 12-15
Did not perform, will give 2 more weeks before reattempt

Adductor 6-10
17x85
13x95
8x95

Calves
27x225 Narrow
17x225 Wide

Hack squats 6-10
14x585
11x585
7x585

Db rdl 6-10(no intensifier)
10x120ea
10x120ea
10x120ea
(Stopped early all sets, left lower back cramping and was about to pass out)

Walking Lunges
20x35lb
20x35lb
20x35lb

Had a pretty awesome calf pump and saw a lot of new veins, figured id share.

I’ll be honest, I expected a performance drop that did not come to fruition. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’m going to go throw up.

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Love a good calf pump, so does @Cyrrex . Quality

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I had that kind of cardio but as I’m super fit I managed to finish it in a third of the time :sweat_smile:

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This is the best title for a log ever. And it is true. The best pre-workout is hatred. Sheer, unadulterated hatred. Keep the good work.

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