Shane’s Journal

Tuesday Back/Triceps

Weight 258.2

UH BB Row

12 x 135

12 x 155

12 x 175

8 x 195

7 x 195

Lying DB extension

12 x 25

12 x 30

8 x 35

8 x 35

Mag Grip Lat Pulls

12 x 140

10 x 160

6 x 180

3 x 200

Assisted pull ups

Amrap x 3 sets

CGBP

10 x 135

10 x 155

8 x 175

6 x 175 hip cramp

HS Seated Row

12 x 90 per side

12 x 90 rest pause

12 x 90

Tricep Pushdown machine

20 x 210

15 x 230

12 x 250

8 x 270

60 minutes

Decent day. Got in late to the gym but got it done. First back day without deads. I plan to ad a core day on Wednesday. Abs and lower back work will be the focus and should help to keep my lower back somewhat strong.

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Solid effort Shane. Man, hip cramp during CGBP? Getting old sucks… :sweat_smile: Nah, I’ve definitely had hammy cramps during bench. The rest of it looked good too. Yeah, I hear you on the O Line/D Line gap. Couldn’t agree more. It seems like lots of teams have good D Line but only a handful have good O Line. All the Panthers fans are screaming to spend every draft pick next year on O Line. I would have to agree.

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I know, it’s crazy the cramp I got in my hip yesterday. LoL. Getting old absolutely sucks!

Falcons fans are screaming for the same. Our line is built for a completely different blocking scheme than our new head coach wants to run. If you can’t run the ball you are not going to be hard to game plan for.

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Wednesday Ab Work and Cardio

Weight 258.4

HS MTS Ab crunch

20 x 60

20 x 60

20 x 60

20 x 60

16 x 60

Back extensions

12 x BW

12 x 65

12 x 85

12 x 105

Ab wheel (from knees)

20

10

10

10

Gym Ab wheel. Sucks! Bringing mine next week

Elliptical

30 minutes

432 cals per the machine

Hump day done. Not bad but nothing amazing, clock puncher of a session.

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Nice core/cardio session. I’m trying to imagine an ab wheel that sucks. Is it like those grocery cart wheels with the flat spots the bump bump bump all over the store? :roll_eyes: :sweat_smile:

Thank you Trent. Yes, the Ab wheel was a lot like that. Horrible, they actually have 2 of them and they both suck. :joy:

Thursday Chest and biceps

Weight 258.8

BB Bench 531

TM 235

5 x 95

5 x 135

3 x 145

5 x 185

3 x 200

1 + 225 (7) possibly one in hole, no spot

HS MTS bicep curl

20 x 30 per side

20 x 35 x 2

Cybex converging incline press

16 x 90 per side

11 x 135

9 x 135

12 x 90

9 x 90

LF Fly (seat at 7)

12 x 170

12 x 170 forgot to drop a plate

12 x 190

8 x 210

Reverse grip ez curls

20 x 30

20 x 40

12 x 50

10 x 60

Free motion Cable dips (4V3L)

12 x 120 per side

12 x 150

8 x 200

9 x 200

60 minutes

Decent day. I wanted 8 at 225 but without a spot I wasn’t going to push it.

I have got to get my weight down. I did start creatine again and have been taking it daily for about a week but I don’t think the weight loss issues are that.

With me not doing squats and deads I am going to roll into a PPL next week. This will give more time to schedule in extra conditioning.

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“I wanted 8x225” he says… I want 1x225. :sweat_smile: Hell of a session Shane. Taking creatine? Man, I haven’t taken that since college. What is the reasoning there? To be able to lift more?

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LoL. Yep, it’s the one more rep supplement. Actually is one of the few supplements that are proven to work.

Friday Legs

Weigh in 259.8 managed to gain a pound this week. :weary:

Warm up bike

5 minutes

Leg Extensions

16 x 40 per leg

12 x 50 start here

12 x 60

12 x 70

8 x 80

Lying leg curls

15 x 65

12 x 80 start here

12 x 95

12 x 110

Lunges

10 per leg x 5 sets

Hip Thrust Machine

12 x 135

12 x 185

12 x 235

12 x 235

Cybex hack squat

12 x sled

10 x 90

10 x 90

10 x 90

BB RDL

12 x 135 legs are toasty

12 x 155

12 x 175

5 minute cool down bike

70 minutes

That’s it. Good leg day today. My gym’s hack squat is actually a good one where the platform leaves plenty of room where it doesn’t kill my knee.

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As a fellow knee pain sufferer, BFR is one of the things that I think has helped me keep some quad size by allowing me to train hardish while my knees are pissed off. If you haven’t tried that, it might be worth a go.

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I appreciate the advice. I think most of the things that are pissing my knee off right now is just overall load that I put on it. Heavy dead lifts I think might have been the culprit. It is feeling a lot better this week. Plan forward is to work in the 10-20 rep sets instead of doing heavy triples, singles, etc.

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Nice leg day on Friday, Shane. I would have been in DOMS Town all weekend after that. :sweat_smile: Sorry to see the Falcons got smoked this weekend (well not really sorry but sorry for you :wink:). At least you have the Bull Dogs though. :sunglasses:

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Thanks Trent. I still had DOMs today. :weary: worse part about it was I also had ab DOMs. I was sore from my chest down this weekend. :joy:

Yep, hopefully the Dawgs can get over that Alabama hump this year and win it all.

Monday Fullbody

Weight 258.8

Warm up bike ride

5 minutes

Leg Press

15 x 3PPS

15 x 4PPS start here

12 x 5PPS

12 x 6PPS

Bench Press

TM 245

5 x 100

5 x 135

3 x 150

5 x 160

5 x 185

5 + 210 (10)

Chest supported DB Row

12 x 55

12 x 65

12 x 75

12 x 75

Leg Curls/HS bicep curls

12 x 80/15 x 40 per side

12 x 95/15 x 45 start here

12 x 110/15 x 50

12 x 125/12 55

HS OHP

12 x 70 per side

12 x 85

8 x 100

6 x 100

Lat pull/ V grip tricep

12 x 160/20 x 50

8 x 180/20 x 57.5

8 x 180/16 x 65

LF Flys

12 x 170

12 x 190

10 x 210

68 minutes

Decided to try 3 day Fullbody instead of a PPL. Tomorrow I will do core and cardio.

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Great looking session Shane. You had DOMS and still crushed it! Nice! :sunglasses: Way to destroy some leg press and bench. Crap ton of other work too. It reads more like a novel… :sweat_smile:

Thank you! I am trying Trent. :slight_smile:

Tuesday Abs/Conditioning

Weight 258

McGill Big 3

Leg raises

20

10 + 6 pounds

10

16

16

Life fitness Ab crunch

15 x 110

15 x 130

10 x 150

10 x 150

Elliptical

30 minutes

417 cals

That’s it. Nothing impressive just a clock puncher.

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My abs would be sore as hell from punching that clock. :sweat_smile: Nice job Shane!

Is this the total for the whole session or just the Elliptical part (I’m hitting circa 150-200 in 30mins fwiw on the elliptical)