Never Strong Enough.............

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Thanks trav

Mim, I have been able to squat 400lbs for at least a decade. For whatever reason i always had something come up that prevented me from pushing much past that barrior, whether it be injury(lord knows i’ve had alot of injuries to deal with), work/school schedule/workload and desire. For the past 1.5years i have strived and strained and pushed myself harder than i ever have, to get bigger and stronger.

So it comes down to the fact that overall, though i’ve put in alot of effort, i am not satisfied with the results i currently have. lol Haha, not trying to be too abrasive here, like i said regarding my log’s title, it’s Never enough. :slight_smile:

Ink, Great suggestion, but i am already using the box every few weeks or so for DE day. I just haven’t for the last few weeks. The other thing is i don’t want to handicap myself in anyway, and have to rely on the box to hit parallel. Don’t know if that makes sense, but for ME stuff i would rather just use my camera and then go from there. Plus i don’t like box squatting because if i’m not extremely careful, my nuts get crushed and well you can see how that would make me very unhapppy, not the least to say uncomfortable. But for DE day this thursday, i will make a concentrated effort to do box squats for my DE squats. Still not going to use bands as i am still extremely weak off the box.

DE Upper:

Bench with red minis:bar*?,135*8sets of 3 I felt really tight and i used the setup i did for last ME day and it seems to help me consistently get really tight for the lift.

Seated db press:6010,8010,90*8

Db row:8010,15010,220*4,3.5(vid) Form went to hell on this, but this was the heaviest i’ve ever attempted on db rows, so meh whatever.

Cable pushdowns:14510,16010,20510 (powerpushdowns) finished with 11520 superslow eccentric and pause and full contraction

Powerpushdowns:25015,25015

Done, overall good workout. Wish i would’ve got to the gym earlier so i could’ve done some better triceps work.

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Totally makes sense dude, I hear you, just don’t want you to get red-lighted for depth WHEN you do a meet. Remember, unless your cheeks are on the ground, you CAN go lower.

Fucking 220# DB Row? Damn dude! Killing it!

LWI!

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Touche ink, but i want to just barely hit parallel and get as much out of my squat as i can. So you won’t be seeing me doing very much ass to grass squating.

DE lower:

Box squats:1355,1355,22526sets (vid of last 2 sets)Slow and did not feel very comfortable

Speed deads:1553,2552*6sets No bands, belt or straps

Romanion deads:1555,2455,3556,15529ish, i don’t really remember, i basically went until my head exploded into a headache. That fucking hurt. Cut the workout here as well.

Done, i was going to do more, but my head hurt alot after that last set so just stretched out and went to check out an old school gym nearbye that had some chains and more an olympic lifting chalk allowed and all that. Not alot of machines, more free weights to choose from instead. Once i get my squat suit and briefs i think i’ll try the gym out for a month and see how it goes.

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I think it depends on the fed also, some are pretty anal with the depth while others seem kind of loose with their calls. Nice work in here!

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You’re right trav, i’ll just have to keep a focus on depth and make sure that i am reaching depth and go from there.

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ME upper training:

Bench with SS:13510,13510,1853,2251, Added SS 2951,3151,3551,3850(failed at the transition part where triceps take over. I really need to make an effort to do really heavy tricep work, it’s obvious that i need to work on tricep strength. I don’t really want to put the video up, but here it is.

Db floor press w/pause:6515,8515,100*12(despite really focusing on breathing and etc i got another exertion headache or whatever they’re called. i’m not happy about this, but this time it went away really quickly.)

JM presses(light):7520,7520,75*20

Overhead rope extensions(light):10015,10015,100*12

Db curls:3015,4010,50*10

Cable laterals:2510,2510,25*10

Db shrugs:7015,9010,100*10

Done, this headache thing sucks. My head felt great this morning. For the rest of the workout i probably looked like a fish out of water with my increased focus on breathing. I was thinking about doing reverse band squats on monday, but with my exertion headaches, i’ll have to see how i feel. Funny thing is i had absolutely no problem on the benching, but seems to occur on the higher rep but pushing myself somewhat heavy type stuff. Time to go to the 2011 Npc big sky championship, and maybe get to meet Jay cutler.

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So i ordered a squat suit and hopefully i should have it on thursday to test my squat with it. So i switched things a bit for this week due to that and to get used to waking up early. So i did some light squats.

Squats:13510,2252,315*2 Easy and fast, also no sign of my headache issue up to this point.

Farmers walks:70*1lap one stop, by the time i reached the starting point, i almost had another exertional headache. FML, i could feel the pressure building and i was on the brink of it happening again. I’ll outline what i plan to do at the end. It only seems to be when my heart rate gets really high, like during a higher rep heavier type set.

DB holds: 12020secs,12020secs

Leg curls:10010,10010,100*10

Done, I’ve got to be real honest with myself and hold myself accountable. Stairs have become a pain in the ass cardio wise. What i’ve been doing diet wise simply isn’t working. I’ve eaten whatever the hell i wanted over the last month, and alot of foods higher in sodium than i normally eat. I’ve eaten more carbs as well although those weren’t entirely out of the ordinary, just more than normal. Back to pain in the ass eating and not much ease of access eating. Basically i’ve been on the seefood diet with the emphasis on getting in plenty of protein.

So that said, i am going to go back to a lower sodium diet, i will cut out some of the carbs that i’ve had. I will also increase my h20 intake a bit. Yeah i’ve gotten stronger and all that, but i’ve also gained too much weight. I was around 255 in january, i weighed myself after my workout today and i was at 269. So that might be a contributing factor toward my head issues as well. So i will change those things and be in a bit of cruise phase for a bit and see if this thing goes away. I will still try to go heavy for my main exercise since that doesn’t seem to have any effect on my issue, but assessory work will be lighter and somewhat easier. I will adjust these things as i go depending on how i feel.

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What suit did you get?

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DF i am getting the regular stance super centurion and the centurion dual quad briefs.

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getting stronger and dropping pounds seems to be the agenda for many…(myself included)

you can do it!

Why not use your log to track foods? I know if I make my food public, I’m likely to think twice about eating it.

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
getting stronger and dropping pounds seems to be the agenda for many…(myself included)
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+1 (for now!)

You’ll get there man, everything takes time. Cleaning up the eating will help you ‘feel’ better too, and you’ll be stronger still.

I just watched your bench vid, and it was hard to see a lot of leg drive from you there. Have you tried placing your feet wider, and getting your heels driven into the ground? Just a thought, and keeps you a bit more stable.

Keep kicking ass man.

LWI

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http://articles.elitefts.com/articles/training-articles/does-your-lockout-suck-read-this/

In case you haven’t seen it, a few notes on lockout.

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Yeah I’m not sure about the headaches, I get those sometimes also with volume/high rep work. Cleaning up the diet can’t hurt though.

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[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
getting stronger and dropping pounds seems to be the agenda for many…(myself included)

you can do it!

Why not use your log to track foods? I know if I make my food public, I’m likely to think twice about eating it. [/quote]

I won’t do that, but as an example of what my last two days looked like, sure here you go. The following is from memory, didn’t write it down nor do i want to as of now.

Sunday:
8:30 am 2scoops whey, 1/2cup oats, 1 cup mixed berries, 2tbsp natural crunchy pb blended in 2cups of water
12:00pm 3scoops whey, 1tbsp psyllium husk
3:00pm 2scoops whey, 1 cup oats, 2tbsp natural crunch pb, blended in 2cups of water
5:00pm 2scoops whey
7:30pm i had been wanting mcdonalds so i had 1big mac, 1 fish fillet, 1double cheeseburger, a 10piece nuggets with s/s sauce, and one a/w root beer 20ounces.(I know, almost 2000 calories in one sitting)
1:30am 2 scoops mixed protein, 2tbsp psylium husk in 20ounces water.

Monday:
8:30am 2scoops whey, 1/2cup oats, 1 cup mixed berries, 2tbsp natural crunchy pb blended in 2cups of water
11:30am 2scoops whey, 1 cup oats, 2tbsp natural crunch pb, blended in 2cups of water
2:00pm (pre-workout)1scoop whey, 1scoop maltodextrin
4:00pm (post workout)3scoops whey, 1scoop maltodextrin
5:10pm 2scoops whey, 1 cup oats, blended in 2cups of water
6:00-9:00 cardio/pe activities
7:45pm 2scoops whey
9:30pm one beef pot pie, 2.5cups 1%milk
1:30am 2scoops mixed protein, 2tbsp psylium husk.

Today will look much like yesterday except i will not have the shake at 5, and at 10pm i will have 1cup of cottage cheese and one can of mandarin oranges instead of the pot pie. This is right after i get home from work. I need less calories overall today, so i will and should have less than i did yesterday. The main difference being that before, for the 10pm meal i was having corn dogs, chips, and etc. So that is going to change, no more crap right before bed, and more of the oats and protein shakes that i do get tired of, but they work and i can mix in quite a few different flavors and etc.

So yeah i eat alot, but on certain days i also need a ton of fuel. But on the days that i don’t, they shouldn’t look like these days.

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Ink, yeah that is what i’m aiming for. I usually do feel pretty good overall and rarely have any health issues outside of the wear and tear from training. I do lack sleep, but right now with having to be up in the morning and up at night, there isn’t much i can do besides take naps during the day.

Trav, the thing about the headaches is that i’ve never had these before, i also rarely ever get any headaches at all. So it’s kindof weird to not even be close to giving it full effort and boom headache. Absolutely no other issues other than it seems to be higher heart rate/higher bloodpressure induced. If it gets worse and doesn’t get better soon, then i will see a doctor about it and go from there, but for now i will make some changes and see how i respond.

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HOLY shit balls, that’s a lot of WHEY!!!

Our of simplicity or what?

as if you need the psylium husk after the McDonalds, LOL!

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Mim yeah i get the whey in bulk and fairly decent quality for good price. Yes out of simplicity more or less. Planning or not, there is no way i would be able to get the protein i need through whole foods very easily. I simply don’t have the time to spend 30+minutes eating rubbery tastless chicken or tuna. Now a good burger on the other hand, i can consume a very large burger very quickly.

Funny you should mention, i do seem to be more um regular after eating a mcdonalds meal.

More or less assessory day than DE day

Light bench:13554sets, messed around with my setup, but no matter what i do i cannot get my feet flat on the floor, my humongous ass gets in the way. So that is still a work in progress. Meat i am and will continue to work on getting better leg drive somehow.

Db shoulder press:5510,6510,75*10

HS pulldowns:1pps15,2pps15,3pps*10

Db rear laterals:30103sets

Db lying extensions:3020,4010,45*10

Rope extensions:4153sets

Done, i really cut my intensity back today and still got in a barely okay workout. But i did not have any headache issues at all. So i will continue to somewhat take it easy, drink a little more water than normal, and restrict my sodium intake. Hopefully it is going away.

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Since your humongous ass gets in the way, try stacking a couple plates on the ground, and get your feet flat on those.

Just a thought

LWI

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Ink, i will try a few things out, that will be one of them. I will also try to just bring my toes under me more which i did today and it seemed to help.

ME upper:

Pin presses from about 2-3inches off chest:bar*?,13510,1355,2253,2751,3151,3351,355*1

Barbell rows:13510,1355,2255,2755,2255,13510 No straps double overhand, seems grip is improving

Cable leaning side laterals:2010,2510,30*10 Started to push the pace with no issues.

Db rear laterals:3010,4010,60*10

Cable pressdowns:10015,10010,175*5, L elbow was a little funky so didn’t go any higher

Overhead rope extensions to finish 100*20

Done, so i did sets of 5 to try to get higher in weight but not allow my heartrate to go too high which is what seemed to cause my issues last week. No sign of it today or since monday. So i started to say fuck you to the weights almost from the beginning and coincidently heard the song below that reaffirmed how i felt for my workout today which was the complete opposite of how i felt over the last few days.

So regarding my suit, i still cant’t get it over my hips, gonna get some garbage bags as suit slippers and try keep trying and see if i can slowly stretch out the hips enough to get them on.

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ME lower: back in the swing of things.

Squats:13510,1355,2252,3152, added belt, 3651, added knee wraps 4051 this was fast, but i was a little above parallel, 4551 easier than last time pretty close to parallel, 5050 hit parallel, but kinda gave up too easily(kinda crashed hard too). I think with complete focus and 100% effort i can get this next time. I chicken winged it a little too, which probably caused my upper back to round a little as well. So need to remember to keep elbows down and push them down on the ascent.

Vids(about 40secs in on both)

455 squat

505 attempt

Paused squats:225*3

Done, i just got done with about 3 hours of PE activities. I feel like i got run over.