You need to get back on it man. I’m busy breaking prs everyday and you’re here daydreaming about chicks, unacceptable. But yeah, I stopped worrying about women and everything has been much better
Speaking of college…if you don’t mind me asking, what’s your major?
[quote]mmatt wrote:
You need to get back on it man. I’m busy breaking prs everyday and you’re here daydreaming about chicks, unacceptable. But yeah, I stopped worrying about women and everything has been much better[/quote]
Cut me some slack man, I have a penis. I’ve been hitting crazy PRs on squat and deads lately so it’s cool 
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
Speaking of college…if you don’t mind me asking, what’s your major?[/quote]
Civil engineering. It completely destroys when it comes to homework but it’ll pay off in a couple of years. What about you?
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
[quote]mmatt wrote:
You need to get back on it man. I’m busy breaking prs everyday and you’re here daydreaming about chicks, unacceptable. But yeah, I stopped worrying about women and everything has been much better[/quote]
Cut me some slack man, I have a penis. I’ve been hitting crazy PRs on squat and deads lately so it’s cool
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
Speaking of college…if you don’t mind me asking, what’s your major?[/quote]
Civil engineering. It completely destroys when it comes to homework but it’ll pay off in a couple of years. What about you?[/quote]
I’m not in college; I’m a sophomore in high school. Don’t know what I’d want to major in.
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
I’m not in college; I’m a sophomore in high school. Don’t know what I’d want to major in.[/quote]
Oh damn, enjoy it while you can. I’m not saying I’d rather be in high school, lol, but high school is a complete joke compared to college when it comes to studying and homework. I wish I would have started training in high school man. I was in a weight lifting class, but I didn’t care at all about getting stronger.
I was really good at, and enjoyed doing math. That’s why I chose engineering
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
I’m not in college; I’m a sophomore in high school. Don’t know what I’d want to major in.[/quote]
Oh damn, enjoy it while you can. I’m not saying I’d rather be in high school, lol, but high school is a complete joke compared to college when it comes to studying and homework. I wish I would have started training in high school man. I was in a weight lifting class, but I didn’t care at all about getting stronger.
I was really good at, and enjoyed doing math. That’s why I chose engineering[/quote]
Yeah. High school is fucking pathetic, frankly. They dumb down everything just so future dropouts can pass. The only class that I have that’s actually challenging is Honors Algebra II (I only have an 86%, WTF). My school’s weightlifting is a joke, too. I went down there because they have power racks, but the kids don’t even do anything more productive then a quarter squat and the coach has no clue what he’s talking about. I’ll probably major in something mathematically oriented; math has always come naturally for me.
And yeah, it sucks getting a late start on training, but at least you got into it whenever your testosterone was at its peak, right? Personally, my long term(ish) goal is to deadlift at least 600 before I graduate HS. Hope I can get it. 
By the way, what’s life like in college? Do you live in a dorm or what? Seems like it would really hard to go to school, support yourself with a job, and lift at the same time…
10/7/10
PRs: 3[/b]
Squat (5/3/1)
225 X 5
245 X 5 (belt)
275 X 7 PR MUCH BETTER FORM
275 X 7
Top half Squats (one notch lower than usual)
275 X 3
295 X 3
315 X 3
335 X 3
355 X 3
375 X 2 PR
Farmer Walks
160 each hand for a lap
205 each hand for a lap PR
250 each hand for a few steps PR but not really
205 another lap
NOTES: Squats were a lot better today, it felt great. I decided to try moving my feet in and not go so wide, and it feels much more natural and comfortable. I think I’m about to hop a one-way train to Gains City
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
Yeah. High school is fucking pathetic, frankly. They dumb down everything just so future dropouts can pass. The only class that I have that’s actually challenging is Honors Algebra II (I only have an 86%, WTF). My school’s weightlifting is a joke, too. I went down there because they have power racks, but the kids don’t even do anything more productive then a quarter squat and the coach has no clue what he’s talking about. I’ll probably major in something mathematically oriented; math has always come naturally for me.
And yeah, it sucks getting a late start on training, but at least you got into it whenever your testosterone was at its peak, right? Personally, my long term(ish) goal is to deadlift at least 600 before I graduate HS. Hope I can get it.
By the way, what’s life like in college? Do you live in a dorm or what? Seems like it would really hard to go to school, support yourself with a job, and lift at the same time…
[/quote]
Yeah I did weight class in high school as well, but only for an easy credit lol. I think they were more into just getting kids into shape though, summer weights was more towards getting the actual athletes strong.
College is awesome man. I’m living in a towns home 5 minutes from campus and right next to the football stadium. I’m fortunate enough to have wealthy parents who pay for my rent/food/gas as long as my grades are kept up (3.5 right now I believe) so I’m very lucky. It’s not out of the ordinary for me to have a 12 hour day though: wake up at 7:30-8:00, and nonstop class/homework/studying/lifting until 10 or 11 at night. Not much free time on the weekdays. But it’s still awesome, this town is heaven on Earth man. 30,000+ kids, more than half of which are women, and more than half of which are fairly good looking ;). It’s almost scary how the guys here are outnumbered by the ladies, and I love it haha
Cool. I’d like to attend the University of Pittsburgh myself. I may have to work out a few kinks, though. Did you get any scholarships? I hope I do; there’s no way in hell I’d be able to pay the tuition.
Push
PRs: 0
Seated DB
55 X 5
65 X 5
70 X 5
80 X 4 (up 2 reps from last time, but no PR)
Incline BB
135 X 5
155 X 5
175 X 5
195 X 4
Flat BB
135 X 5
185 X 3
195 X 3
215 X 3
235 X 2
A few circuits/huge dropsets that got me sweating a lot
NOTES: I’m giving up on the ramping with the same reps thing. I’m going back to my old style of ramping: increase weight, decrease reps until my top set. So i could do just 2 reps with 205 but go for 6 reps with 225. I made progress doing that and don’t know why I changed anything. Oh well
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
Cool. I’d like to attend the University of Pittsburgh myself. I may have to work out a few kinks, though. Did you get any scholarships? I hope I do; there’s no way in hell I’d be able to pay the tuition.[/quote]
I’ve actually been taking out loans myself. They aren’t put on interest until a few years AFTER I graduate, so it’s a pretty good deal. I slacked in high school so no scholarships for me. I have a better GPA now than I did in high school (3.5 right now i believe) and I’m taking much harder classes lol
Pull
PRs: 2
Power Cleans
185 X 1
195 X 0
BB Rows From Pins (strict)
135 X 8
155 X 5
175 X 8
195 X 10
205 X 10 (last few reps were little sloppy)
Pulldowns
LV 12 X 5
LV 15 X 5
LV 18 X 5
LV 20 X 10 PR 1LV and 5 reps (it’s been a while ;))
Stack X 6 PR
DB Rows
70 X 10
80 X 10
90 X 10
100 X 14
Preacher Curls
35 X 10
55 X 10
65 X 8
75 X 8
90 X 3 PR
65 X 8
NOTES: Taking tomorrow off, gonna do a pulse fast. I’m gonna try and lean up over the next few weeks with these. I put on 60 lbs in a little over a year so I’m thinking it’s time to do a bit of damage control. I’ve lost a few pounds already and am already feeling better from it so I’m gonna keep it up a little while longer.
Monday Morning Weigh-In: 193.6 lbs
I weighed 195 or 196 the day before I think, so I lost 2-3 lbs on the pulse fast. I really didn’t have any problems with hunger until I went to bed, then my stomach was growling like crazy. I took pictures of the day before and this morning, and it’s not anything super crazy, but I do look slightly leaner.
Deadlifts today
Legs
PRs: 5
Deadlift
135 X 5, 185 X 5, 225 X 5 X 2, 275 X 3, 315 X 3
365 X 1
405 X 1 (belt)
425 X 1
445 X 1 PR
455 X 1 PR
445
455
RDL
135 X 10
185 X 10
225 X 10
275 X 13 PR
225 X 20 PR
Bench Pushes
3 plates on top X 2 laps
Walking DB Lunges
50s X 1 lap
70s X 1 lap PR
Really close to throwing up so I figured I did enough lol
NOTES: 445 absolutely FLEW up, it was definitely an adrenaline rush from the song I played. I’ll probably play the same thing when I attempt 500 in the near future. I did the MAG-10 pulse fast yesterday so obviously the lack of calories didn’t affect today’s training. I’ll continue the fasts once a week for the next month or so to see if I can lean up without dieting on regular days
Push
PRs: 1
Seated DB (lots of stretching today, shoulders were feeling thrashed for some reason)
45 X 10
55 X 5
65 X 5
70 X 5
75 X 2
80 X 5 PR Tie
Incline BB
115 X 5
135 X 5
165 X 3
185 X 7 PR
165 X 5
Flat BB
135 X 5
165 X 5
185 X 3
205 X 3 X 3 cluster set PR?
Flat BB (spotter pushes down for 5 seconds on first rep, for a weight releaser)
185 X 3 X 2
165 X 5
Laterals and Front Raises
some stuff
NOTES: Finally PRed on some bench stuff today. I’m going back to my old ramping method of dropping reps while adding weight, and hitting a rep PR for a selected weight. Hopefully this works again. I’m doing back-off sets afterward as well, because I feel my volume has been lacking as of late
great job with the incline man
Pull
PRs: 3
Chins
BW X 5
+20 X 3
+30 X 3
+40 X 3
+50 X 3
+60 X 4 PR Dang, pulled something in my lower lats on that last rep 
BW X 10 No pain
Pulldowns
2 somewhat lighter sets
1st rep on 3rd set hurt lower lats, stopped
HS Low Row (strict. weight is on each side)
2 plates X 8
2 plates +25 X 8
2 plates +35 X 8
3 plates X 8
3 plates +10 X 8
3 plates +20 X 8 PR
2 plates X 18
HS High Row
1 plate +25 X 8
1 plate +35 X 8
2 plates X 8
2 plates +10 X 6 Dropset 1 plate +25 X 10
Seated Hammer Curls
20 X 12, 25 X 10
35 X 8
45 X 12 PR
Dropset: 35 X 10, 25 X 10, 20 X 10
NOTES: Lower lats are still feeling tight. Gonna try and stretch it out over the next couple of days. Only doing a neural charge session tomorrow, nothing heavy
[quote]leadben wrote:
great job with the incline man[/quote]
Thanks man. I’m hoping to make my way up to repping 2 plates soon, then 275 on flat should be cake by then. Hopefully you’ll still be on your way when I’m there 
Deadlift is looking great!
It’s funny how similar some of our programming is.
My bench routine has almost the exact same rep scheme.
Push
PRs: 4
Standing MP
95 X 3
105 X 3
115 X 3
125 X 3
135 X 1
145 X 4 PR
115 X 10 PR
145 X 4
115 X 10
Incline BB
115 X 5
135 X 5
155 X 3
175 X 3
195 X 2
205 X 1
215 X 3 PR
Flat BB
185 X 3
205 X 3
225 X 1
240 X 2 PR
245 X 2 (spotter helped on 2nd)
185 X 8
Laterals and Front Raise Circuit
NOTES: Yeah, really good session. I was supposed to squat, but my hams are still really sore form high rep RDLs on Monday lol. Squat tomorrow
[quote]jahall wrote:
Deadlift is looking great!
It’s funny how similar some of our programming is.
My bench routine has almost the exact same rep scheme. [/quote]
Thanks man! My bench is climbing slowly again so hopefully this works lol
Legs
PRs: 3
Squat (5/3/1)
225 X 5 oops, supposed to do 3
260 X 3
295 X 6 PR
225 X 20 PR this was hell. got a vid but some fatty doing wrist curls knocked my camera over mid-set
295 X 6
Plate Loaded Squat Press (excluding base weight)
270 X 8
360 X 8
410 X 8
450 X 8
500 X 6
540 X 6
590 X 6 PR about blew my eyes out
Leg Extensions
6 sets of 8, then a dropset of 10
NOTES: Good session
Pull
PRs: 6
Underhand BB Rows (strict)
Bar X 12 X 2, 95 X 12
135 X 10
155 X 10
185 X 8
205 X 12 PR
225 X 7 PR
185 X 15 PR
HS Low Row (weight per side. strict)
2 plates X 8
2 plates and 25 X 8
3 plates X 8
3 plates and 25 X 8 PR
3 plates and 35 X 7 PR
DB Rows
85 X 10
100 X 10 X 3
Standing Alternating Hammers
20 X 15
30 X 10
40 X 8
50 X 8
Dropset: 55 X 10 PR, 30 X 10
Legs
PRs:
Deadlift
315 X 2
345 X 2
365 X 1
385 X 1
405 X 1
435 X 1
460 X 1 PR
RDLs
225 X 10
255 X 10
295 X 7
Leg Curls
4-5 sets
NOTES: Talked too much today, intensity wasn’t exactly there. Had two guys work in with me on deadlifts, one of which pulled 405 but with the worst form I’ve seen in my life. His back looked like a rainbow