What brand do you use mate? myprotein is amazing for cheap protein, impact whey is 34.99 for 10lbs. in water, it tastes just like water, and in milk it tastes like creamy milk, its lovely!
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I’m sure my right arm works different to my left on shrugs, something to do with my dodgy shoulder and the angle of my wrist when grabbing the dumbells, something I gotta work on with good use of a mirror.
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I’m having a similar problem with my right shoulder and DB 1-arm rows (the left is stronger). I have a slight lean to my right side posture-wise and, although I suck at posing, my lat spread and front double-bi show me that my right lat is noticeably smaller than my left! Perhaps the use of mirrors would help…
I bet your left pec is bigger then. Maybe your left tricep is slightly different to your right as well? Thats what I have atleast…
From what i’ve read if you train well, this stuff balances out. When I think about it I never used to use either side of my body equally - if I could throw with my right, arm wrestle, tense an arm, mop something… you get the picture. I try and use my other side as much I can and I think about posture daily.
I feel like a homo looking in the mirror checking myself out haha but I have a power rack at my place so it’s not too bad!
Thanks for stopping in, keep up the work
[quote]rugggby wrote:
What brand do you use mate? myprotein is amazing for cheap protein, impact whey is 34.99 for 10lbs. in water, it tastes just like water, and in milk it tastes like creamy milk, its lovely![/quote]
Already wrote a reply but its got lost somewhere?
Just started using that site as Biotest stuff is real expensive over here, got 5lbs of whey for 30 including postage etc. Went for the slightly more expensive one cause I havn’t read a review saying any bad things about digestion - my body doesnt like cheap whey at all haha
I’ve heard some bad stuff on hermes who they use for delivery… whats your experience been like?
Keep up the hard work
Its been fine mate tbh, you can chose who you want to deliver, i think there are 9 options. Never had a problem. Always comes 2-3 days after. As for digestion, my body doesnt have a problem with anything lol. milk, 20 eggs a day… it churns up everything, so i dunno if the whey is poor quality as ive only trained ‘properly’ for a lil while and only starting using it again today. Il keep you updated.
I’ve been hitting the weights well recently but I always slip on the other important stuff, so I’m gonna log it here when it gets done. This is what I plan to do throughout the week at some point, when I’m doing what I’m not sure yet. I’ll put rotator cuff stuff on a day off with the other stuff. I think this could be good
Back [Start with Scap Push Ups and Overhead Shrugs]
Chest and Shoulders
Off [Abs]
Legs [Rotator Cuff]
Off [Abs]
Hopefully that plan has enough recovery time for everything and I’ll do my best to stretch every day. Heres the stuff outlined above.
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Stretching:
Calf Stretch
Hamstring Stretch
Quad Stretch
Hip Stretch
Pec Stretch
Lat Stretch
Neck Side Bends
Wall Slides
Shoulder Circles
Rotator Cuff:
Cuban Press:
90-Degree Dumbbell External Rotation:
Lying 45 dumbell Raise
Other:
Scap Push Ups
OVerhead Shrug
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I’m not working arms cause I want a better back, chest, legs and shoulders right now. Mainly focusing on the big lifts with better form while gaining strength and flexibility.
This looks a lot better and a bit more structed than what I was doing before, so hopefully now I’m logging it all with clearly defined goals it will be easier to see what works for me, what doesnt work, and how important the stretching and other exersizes have been over time.
Yesterday was a nightmare, my stupid fucking housemates GF decided to tidy up for him which involved moving my collars to THEIR FREAKING BEDROOM?! wtf?! So I got half way through some shoulder presses then thought “Weights going up, best put the… the… oh where are they…” ten minutes later gives up
Today I did this:
Incline Press:
57KG 4/7/7/3
Shoulder Press:
45KG 8/5
At this point my right shoulder was going a bit wrong, but my form felt fantastic on everything
EDIT: Done all the stretches today as well, just annoyed about the shoulder.
As I’ve thought the last couple of days, I’ve got a throat/synus bug thats been going about work so I didnt get legs done today.
I did however stretch, do some mobility work and some rotator cuff work.
Protein powder has arrived and is real good.
Weight: 160
More stretching and shoulder mobility, then some squats. I was really thinking about my form on these.
Back Squat:
32KG X 10
42KG X 8
52KG X 6
60KG X 6
70KG X 5
80KG X 3 / 3 / 3 ? [cant remember if I did three or two sets at that weight]
60KG X 8
Through every set, I was thinking about starting by pulling the hips back, break at the knees, sit into the squat with the chest up and head forward with shoulders/hips square while using the legs and keeping the knees out. This wasn’t too taxing, but the 80KG felt heavyish on my shoulders. Took a lot of rest between sets.
Shoulder Press:
45KG 5/5/5 [Felt pretty easy, more weight next time]
Incline Bench:
62KG 4/6/6
Close grip flat:
50KG 6/6/6
Good pump in the triceps at the end, shoulder presses felt real good the first set, that weight flew up. More weight needed.
Unracking and positioning was awful the first proper set of inclines so I cut it short.
Weight: 161
DOMS seems to have gone now I’ve got that whey, it seems decent and bumping my protein up nicely time will tell if its worth keeping/using so much.
Gonna test the DOMS theory tomorrow though, just taken two days off from the weights. Hope to get a good nights sleep in tonight and wreck my back tomorrow - what a way to start the week!
Chin Ups:
6/6/6/6/5
Power Cleans: 50KG
6/8/ 5-7reps [Started just hammering this set cause my grip was starting to go a little]
Rack Pulls: 82KG [From just below knee]
8/8/6 [Grip was going slightly again]
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The rack pulls were weird, I wasnt sure where/how to start the lift while warming up with 60 so I was messing around a bit… I’ll have to read up on the best/safest way to do them. Also the grip was starting to go.
Had a 25g protein shake before, and another after. Probably taking in 180 g of protein at the moment, and I’ve started to lower my saturated fat and increase my carbs some because… well, I reviewed what I was eating and there was a LOT of saturated fat. I’ve stopped using fish oil as well for some reason, just totally forgot.
Weight: 160
So I thought I’d get some photos up of how I’m doing… This is front, showing “teh gunz”. I’m not pushing the arms with my hands, just tensed up. Took the image with my foot off the laptop cam haha
Heres a back shot which I had to run into position for cause of the burst feature. I realise this is a retarded way of taking progress pics haha
The damage to my once 8% level bodyfat haha. It’s all in the name of progress, bloated from a days worth of eating, oh where for art though hawt abzzz! My chest is non-existant
Legs… these need work.
Squats:
30x10
40x10
50x6
60x6
70x 5/4/3
Been having some fun and games in the evenings the last three evenings, doing negative things for my training, but partying away! Repped at 70 but took vids of form which all look good… Hitting decent depth in the squats, just need to keep working on shoulder mobility [right is horrible] and hip mobility and keep stretching.
Weight: 163
[quote]Ben_VFR85 wrote:
I’ve started to lower my saturated fat and increase my carbs some because… well, I reviewed what I was eating and there was a LOT of saturated fat.[/quote]
Why’s that mate? You not on the bandwagon of saturated fat increases testosterone?
Figured I could reduce my 130g of saturated fat to somewhere near 90g’s. When I’m also eating a lot of nuts and take omega 3s, I figure I could do with getting more calories from carbs - it’s more an experiment than anything.
Lats are looking thick in that picture, mate whatever you’re doing for back seems to be suiting you what do you weigh?
Cheers mate, I think its just genetics though! I weigh 13st 8lbs… but I have a carb up at the weekend. I wont clutter your log, so i’ll reply on my page.
I was just wondering about fats.
Good luck with that mate, I’m learning that this game takes time, figuring out your body and how it reacts.