My road to 1500

2-12-17

Bench 20kg 2x6, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 100kg x3, 120kg x1, 105kg 4x6

CG Bench 97.5kg 3x6
Military Press 55kg 3x8
Cable Flys 5 plates 4x10
DB Laterals 15kg 4x8
V Bar Pressdowns 14 plates 4x12
Face Pulls 13 plates 3x12
Hammer Curls 20kg x15

Last session done, ready for the Deload next week!

Have been doing a slow cut the last 3 weeks because I managed to eat myself up to 100kg, and I’m competing at 90kg in 4 months. Weighed in this morning at 98.2kg (0.4kg down from last Saturday).

I’ve got a BB friend doing my macro breakdown week to week. Ran this week on 450c, 240p, 75f which is around 3500kcal per day, will be running that again next week and seeing if I can carry on losing 0.4-0.5kg per week.

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4-12-17

Deload
Bench 20kg 2x5, 40kg x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x5, 102.5kg 5x3

Spoto Press 102.5kg 3x3
Inc DB Bench 45kg 2x8
Seated DB OHP 35kg x6, 40kg x6, 45kg x6
Cable Flys 5 plates 3x12
Dips BW 4x8
Face Pulls 13 plates 3x12

Really easy session, I’m not really feeling fatigued on my Bench work, I’m mainly Deloading because my Squat and Deadlift work has left me feeling pretty done in (hips, lower back)

I’ll be taking my Lower Deload sessions a little easier!

I also have a consultation this Wednesday with a private TRT Specialist, I’ve spoken to him via e-mail and explained my situation and the replies I’ve had back seem favourable, so I’m hopeful that I’ll get a resolution of some kind this week! Fingers crossed anyways!!

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Hope it gets sorted for you man!

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Little update: Appointment went well today, the Consultant I saw has a lot of experience with TRT, he went through my past blood results, and decided the best course of action would be a change in prescription.

So from the weekend I’ll be on 0.5ml of Sustanon per week, and half a Clomid tablet per day (not fully sure on dosage as I don’t have these yet, hopefully this will keep my levels in the normal range!

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7-12-17

Deload
Squat 20kg 2x5, 60kg x5, 100kg x3, 140kg 5x3

Deadlift 60kg x3, 100kg x3, 140kg x3, 177.5kg 5x3

BB Hip Thrust 60kg 5x10
DB Rows 45kg x10, 60kg 2x8
Chins BW 3x8

Cant figure out why my hip is so tight, especially at the bottom of a squat, better get some stretching done this weekend before my next block kicks off on Monday!

8-12-17

Deload
Bench 20kg 2x5, 60kg x5, 80kg x5, 100kg x3, 110kg 5x3

CG Bench 100kg 3x3
Side Laterals 15kg 3x8
DB OHP 40kg x8, 45kg x6
Dips BW 4x10

Nice easy session today, taking the weekend to rest up ready to hit it hard again on Monday! Starting my new TRT Protocol on Sunday, so I’m looking forward to feeling normal for more than a few weeks at a time, and seeing how training goes with normal test levels.

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11-12-17

Squat (Beltless) 20kg 2x5, 70kg 2x5, 100kg x5, 130kg x5, 162.5kg 4x6

Front Squat 110kg 3x6
Belt Squat 100kg 3x8
DB Rows 50kg 4x8
Hip Thrusts 70kg 4x10
Pullups BW 4x8

Good session today, everythig felt pretty easy! Was worried going into the session, as I did my first TRT injection yesterday (I’m self injecting now) and my leg has been hurting all day, hopefully it gets easier in time. Once I was warmed up, most of the pain / discomfort subsided.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bck0_G8A4zc/

12-12-17

Bench 20kg x5, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 100kg x3, 112.5kg 4x5

Spoto Press 112.5kg 3x5
DB Inc Bench 42.5kg 3x8
DB OHP 30 / 35 / 40kg x6, 45kg x4
Cable Flys 5 plates 3x10
Dips BW + 10kg 4x8
Face Pulls 13 plates 4x12

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcnYj9GgDCI/

13-12-17

Deadlift 60kg x5, 100kg 2x5, 140kg x3, 180kg x3, 210kg x1, 242.5kg x1, 205kg 3x4

6” Block Pulls 190kg 2x4
GHR BW + 6kg 3x8
Pin SSB GMs 120kg x6, 130kg x6, 140kg 2x6
DB Shrugs 50kg 4x10

Deadlifts felt utter trash today, setup wrong on 242.5kg and it pulled me forward slightly, so I basically muscled the weight up, horrible rep!

205kg felt awful aswell, not sure what went wrong today, none of my warmups felt particularly good, I still managed to hit my numbers though. Chalk it up to a bad day I think

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15-12-17

Squat 20kg x5, 60kg 2x5, 100kg x5, 140kg x3, 175kg 4x5

SSB Pause Squats 145kg 3x5
Deadlift 160kg 8x2
Hip Thrusts 75kg 4x8
Bulgarian Split Squat 30kg DBs 3x8
DB Row 60kg 5x5
Squats felt really easy today, weight moved well.

Split Squats are the devil, wow they hurt! I was in bits by the time I’d finished them!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcvGrLxAt_d/

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16-12-17

Bench 20kg 2x5, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 100kg x3, 120kg x1, 132.5kg x1, 145kg x1, 120kg 3x4

CG Bench 115kg 2x4
Cable Flys 5 plates 3x10
DB OHP 30kg x8, 35kg x8, 40kg x7
Side Laterals 15kg 3x8
Dips BW + 10kg 4x8

Really happy with Bench today, still not feeling great but I’m sure that should pick up over the next couple of weeks. Weighing in at 97.5kg today aswell which is 2.5kg down so far.

Looking forward to Squats on Monday, plan is to set a new Beltless PB for a single, then do my 3x4 back off sets!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcxHsEDAQIH/

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18-12-17

Squat (Betless) 20kg 2x5, 60kg x5, 100kg x5, 140kg x3, 185kg x1, 205kg x1, 225kg x1, 185kg 3x4

Front Squat 125kg 2x4
Belt Squat 100kg 3x8
BB Rows 110kg 4x8
GHR BW + 6kg 3x10
Chins BW + 10kg 4x8

Had to bail on Chins, I was really struggling by set 4, no way I would of got set 5 done, keep pushing then until I can get 5x8 then add more weight.

225kg Beltless Squat, new PB!! Was buzzing about that 1. Went into the gym tonight feeling a little stiff, warmups felt pretty average but got shit done and got my PB!

The belt is goin back on after this cycle I think, I’m currently 15 weeks out from the Brit Qualifiers meet I’m doing, will be around 12 weeks when this block ends so figure thats about the right amount of time to get used to it again.

Betless Squat PB and Back offs.

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That’s all damn nice beltless squat mate! Belt on should see some fireworks.

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Cheers mate, and yea I’m hoping so!

19-12-17

Bench 20kg 2x5, 60kg 2x5, 80kg x5, 105kg 4x6

Spoto Press 105kg 3x6
DB Inc Bench 37.5kg x8, 42.5kg x8, 47.5kg x8
DB OHP 30kg x6, 35kg x6, 40kg x6, 45kg x6
Cable Flys 5 plates 3x8
Straight Bar Pressdowns 9 plates 5x15
Face Pulls 13 plates 4x12
Hammer Curls 12.5kg 2x12

Steady bench session today, everything feeling good! Really happy with my DB OHP progress lately, my shoulders are starting to feel a lot stronger!.

Biceps were a little tender today… 1 of my Front Squats pulled me forward at the bottom and it tweaked my Biceps a little trying to stay upright and not drop the bar! Didnt cause me too many issues but I could definately feel them while Benching.

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This has happened to me too. It’s why I prefer Frankenstein squats unless I’m going really heavy.

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I usually wrap my straps around the bar, but i just forgot and did them with arms crossed over, wont be doing that again.

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That’s definitely one way to remember your straps…

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20-12-17

Deadlift 60kg 2x5, 100kg x5, 140kg x5, 182.5kg 4x6

Block Pulls below knee 167.5kg 3x6
SSB Good Mornings 135kg x6, 145kg 3x6
Hip Thrusts 90kg 4x8
Pull ups BW 4x8
BB Shrugs 140kg 4x8

My ass feels dead today, gotta get those Glutes strong though! I’m really feeling the SSB GMs, if those dont help me fix this weakness then I dont know what will!

Deadlifts felt easy tonight, could quite happily of increased the weight, but gotta stick to the program!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc8B2VSgB-V/

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22-12-17

Squat 20kg x5, 60kg 2x5, 100kg x5, 140kg x3, 170kg 4x6

SSB Pause Squat 137.5kg 3x6
Deadlift 165kg 8x2
Bulgarian Split Squats 30kg DBs 3x8
Hip Thrusts 90kg 4x10
BB Rows 125kg 5x5

Decent session today, things still feeling pretty comfortable without the belt. Next week is the last week of this block, I’ll be doing a deload the first week of January and then I’ll be getting my belt back on.

Squats and SSB Squats.

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