[quote]fightingtiger wrote:
Haha, My girlfriend calls it animal food because it kind of looks like something you would feed farm animals.
Iv never had any gas problems with it…I eat the go lean cereal…its got like 13 g of protein per serving, and a ton of fiber, so it makes sense to me that its a decent food.
I dont really eat it anymore though, I have a 4 egg (whole) omelet with 1/4 cup of cheese and some diced bell peppers in it for breakfast every morning.[/quote]
OH NOES it has soy protein. Anyways, although its getting old saying this, Bill Starr’s 5x5 will have you dling 405 in about 9 weeks.
I think Im going to have 405 before that though. Im getting close. The way 345 went up last week, I think I could walk in, warm up, and get 365 today. The gym Im at right now isnt really a good environment to deadlift in, so pulling 3 times a week isnt a nice idea to me right now.
Iv set the goal to pull 600 by the time I graduate college…I think with a good deal of hard work, its definitely possible
Heres a crappy lat spread picture I took on my phone last night. It only has like an 8 second timer, so I didnt have the pose down all of the way when the picture took. Oh well.
Im still working on leaning out some and undoing some of the damage done by my previous fat boy bulking phase (ate everything in sight, and then had some more).
Iv got a diet worked out for when I start to increase my calories again. I plan on tapering up to this amount over a couple of weeks like a lot of the coaches on here recommend. Heres the diet:
Breakfast-
3 eggs
.5 cup cheese
1.5 cup yams
1 cup skim milk
Mid-morning-
Sandwich w/wheat bread, 5 slices roast beef, peice of cheese
2 eggs
1 cup skim milk
Lunch-
Sandwich w/wheat bread, 5 slices roast beef, peice of cheese
2 eggs
1 cup skim milk
PWO-
Cytogainer shake
Dinner-
Sandwich w/wheat bread, 5 slices roast beef, peice of cheese
2 eggs
1 cup skim milk
Snack-
12 oz tuna
Bedtime-
1 cup FF cottage cheese
1 tbsp SF jelly
Totals:
423 g protein (42%, 1690 kcal)
389 g carbs (35%, 1435 kcal)
105 g fat (23%, 947 kcal)
4367 kcals
Hows that look to you guys? I realize I am eating the same thing for three meals…this is because I am planning on using this plan for most of the school year and I can always get the things in those three meals at my school caf.
I havent lifted yet, but I am at work and the credit union is always dead on Tuesdays so that means I am bored.
The BTN presses were killer. Im hoping I can advance the weight a good bit in the next month or two. Iv never had that much muscle soreness over all of my shoulders. All three heads of my deltoids were aching something awful last night.
Im going to try to go all the way on 10x10 squats tonight with 185 so I can bump the weight up next week.
Good stuff, bro. Always exciting to see some progress. Sounds like you’ll be hitting some of your goals early, sweet, keep up the good work.
Oh, and hey, is that a Nike belt? If it is, how do you like it? I need to get a new one and they caught my eye at my local sporting goods store.
[quote]SARG wrote:
Good stuff, bro. Always exciting to see some progress. Sounds like you’ll be hitting some of your goals early, sweet, keep up the good work.
Oh, and hey, is that a Nike belt? If it is, how do you like it? I need to get a new one and they caught my eye at my local sporting goods store.[/quote]
Yeah, that belt is Nike. It works out pretty well. I like the velcro closure because I have trouble getting most conventional belts to fit right because of my smaller waist. Id say go ahead and get it. Try it on first, because they make them in several sizes, Sam (the silverback gorilla in my gym at school) has the same belt, but its a good 12 inches longer than mine because hes a much bigger guy.
[quote]fightingtiger wrote:
SARG wrote:
Good stuff, bro. Always exciting to see some progress. Sounds like you’ll be hitting some of your goals early, sweet, keep up the good work.
Oh, and hey, is that a Nike belt? If it is, how do you like it? I need to get a new one and they caught my eye at my local sporting goods store.
Yeah, that belt is Nike. It works out pretty well. I like the velcro closure because I have trouble getting most conventional belts to fit right because of my smaller waist. Id say go ahead and get it. Try it on first, because they make them in several sizes, Sam (the silverback gorilla in my gym at school) has the same belt, but its a good 12 inches longer than mine because hes a much bigger guy.[/quote]
Thanks. They did seem like they’d be pretty comfy and little more low profile than a conventional belt. I think I’ll pick one up, thanks again.
10x10 squats (185 lbs) tonight. I made it through all 100 reps so that was an improvement over last week. Got a bitchin headache now. Dont you just love sinus pressure?
Tomorrow is my day off. Im glad.
Chest and upper back on Thursday, Ill keep you posted.
My notebook is in the car, so I cant post the specifics of my past two workouts but I can say this:
Thursday- Chest and upper back
DB incline-4 sets, 3/85’s top set
HS Wide Chest- 4 sets, 5/305 top set, 15/180 feeder
2 sets incline cable flies, just for a good stretch
Seated Rows- 4 sets, 5/200 lbs top set
One armed cable rows- 4 sets, 8/150 lbs top set
bent over db flies- 3 sets of 8
Friday- Arms
Ez bar curls- 4 sets, 4/100 top set
Narrow grip press- 4 sets, 3/195 top set
Cable hammers- 4 sets
dips- 15,12,15
Seated db curls- 4 sets, 6/45 top set
Pushdowns, maxed out the stack at 15/150, time to replace this one. Probably going to do upright overhead extensions
Ill get my notebook tomorrow and edit this to be more precise.
I had two more reps left on squat, but the guy who was waiting on the one squat rack at my gym mistook my effort on the 3rd one as me being close to failure and rushed in and started to spot me. I got the 3rd rep up without him touching the bar, but it threw me off so much that I just racked it and moved on.
I had two more reps left on squat, but the guy who was waiting on the one squat rack at my gym mistook my effort on the 3rd one as me being close to failure and rushed in and started to spot me. I got the 3rd rep up without him touching the bar, but it threw me off so much that I just racked it and moved on.[/quote]
Next time compose yourself and finish those two reps. You are pretty strong for your size. Keep training hard and eating big and the results will come.
A
[quote]n3wb wrote:
fightingtiger wrote:
Did legs tonight, heres how it went:
I had two more reps left on squat, but the guy who was waiting on the one squat rack at my gym mistook my effort on the 3rd one as me being close to failure and rushed in and started to spot me. I got the 3rd rep up without him touching the bar, but it threw me off so much that I just racked it and moved on.
Yeah I hate that, at least they mean well right. [/quote]
[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Next time compose yourself and finish those two reps. You are pretty strong for your size. Keep training hard and eating big and the results will come.
A
n3wb wrote:
fightingtiger wrote:
Did legs tonight, heres how it went:
I had two more reps left on squat, but the guy who was waiting on the one squat rack at my gym mistook my effort on the 3rd one as me being close to failure and rushed in and started to spot me. I got the 3rd rep up without him touching the bar, but it threw me off so much that I just racked it and moved on.
Yeah I hate that, at least they mean well right.
[/quote]
Thanks AA, I really appreciate the feedback. Its always good for us younger guys to hear that were doing the right thing from those who have been at this for a long time.
I plan on getting 285 for 8 on my next leg workout. Im taking next week off for vacation, so I should be primed up and ready to go after a week of 12 hours of sleep every night and tons of protein-rich seafood!
Im probably going to make 225 my first set and then increase from there rather than starting with 185.
My form was a lot better tonight too. I usually squat very wide…like a powerlifting style stance, but tonight I was just beyond shoulder width and went hips below parallel on each rep.
Did chest, shoulders, and tri’s tonight since this is a short week for me with the holiday on Monday and my girlfriend coming to town tomorrow right after I get off of work. I kind of supercompressed all of my workouts. I did incline db press, hammerstrength decline press, btn presses, lateral raises, dips, and cable pushdowns.
I also had a Spike Shooter today. I think I will be ordering a case sometime soon.
