Curling for sets of 50 is no joke, talk about more appetite stimulation. I do these curls strict meaning I use my biceps but in order to do this as the biceps fatigue the neck and back muscles contract hard.
I went from being sleepy to being even more sleepy after this but I was worked incredibly.
I had to suck down at least a half a box of pasta with shrimp at like 11pm
You think those carbs actually put any fat on me? NOPE!
Sunday
Standing unilateral leg curls 3-sets up to 37reps
Floor press-
Shoulder width grip-
Up to
165 x15
299 x2
209 x 2-sets of 2reps
Speaking of carbs , lately I’ve been eating bacon cheeseburgers with fried over easy egg on Dave’s Killer English muffin.
Rear laterals superset with pull-ups
Not really true superset there was resting here.
4-sets up to 12.5# on pull-ups for 9 and 17reps on the laterals. I did 17 regular style / 17 chicken wing.
The chicken wing style totally nailed the rear delts and traps hard.
Tricep extension pushups up to 12.5 x 25
Neck curls - 2-sets of 75
Neck is getting some girth!
Picked up a new food to try, Dates!!!
Most dried fruit isn’t great option but Dates are one of the most nutritious dried fruits and healthier pick.
140 calories a serving real natural carbs are sugar and they are delicious, easy to suck down and inexpensive. Grapes and other fruit are expensive and not as caloric dense but great sugar pump!
I was eating pork chops last night and I was working on my 2nd one and realized I didn’t need to finish it.
I saved half of it.
The body knows. Even if carnivore seems like the way to go and is all healthy, you must ask yourself, did you really work hard enough to eat that second pork chop? Our ancestors worked way harder than us.
I made a rant about capitalism and IT and removed it. No point and complaining, I’m moving forward cause I’m passionate about being the most bulbous strong guy there is to hopefully be that into my 70s or longer. John Grimek, Eder etc. I met a guy who worked for Grimek, he said John did partial squats with 700 in his 70s
Manged to squeeze in -
Pencil neck shoulders (this can be done anytime, anywhere) 100reps!!! Shoulders pumped and juiced!
EZ curls sets of 10 pyramid up to heavy 106 x5
JM presses - new weight - 2-sets of 15 back to back plus an extra 7 reps with the left because my left tricep don’t pop like my right does in the back.
GROUND BREAKING discovery!!!
The DATES………,and I’ll get to that below..
Squats-
110 x128 reps BOOYA!
100# plate BORs -
5-sets pyramid
The DATES are IT! I was eating the dates between my BOR sets and not only did I hit more reps on my last set, my form was STRONGEST!
I normally always go into an upright position from fatigue on my last set but today the dates fueled me.
I’m not a fan of eating the dates as a snack in the day but around the lifting, it’s a go.
Total food consumed around my lifting today in that 2-3hour period -
Dave’s bagel 1/2 bagel loaded with natty PB
Honey raw garlic
Apple
4-big pitted dates
Deficit behind the back deadlift-
2-plate deficit no straps-
Up to
220 x12
270 x5
305 x5
1-plate deficit and straps-
350 x1
380 x2
405 x2 PR!
No belt on any of this!
Also hit calves up to 32# x125 reps
The 405 x2 felt easy enough, better than 400 x2 last time.
The 2-rep sets are working well!
Stienborn squat-
5-sets of 20
Start weight-
111 to 151
Added 10# every set.
This is something different I’m doing and the goal is 20 reps without ever stopping to except once for 1-breath if needed.
The reason behind this is leg pump in which by set 5 I also got a good glute and lower back pump.
I figure this, sure heavy low rep squat net leg muscle BUT you gotta diet for that, well dieting sucks. Breathing squats net kinda the same thing and those burn you out so that sucks.
Why do things that suck.
This was awesome, I build up in the session to a hard set of 20, feel awesome and I can eat.
There are lots of ways I can go about this and still hit a total of 100reps!
My reasoning behind this is leg building and not burning out the posterior chain because my heavy lifting is deadlift focused.
Standing incline press wide grip-
Up to
138 x9
153 x2
158 x2
Another session hitting over 150 for 2-sets!
My arms are fried from muscling the continental clean and essentric part of that. I clean the bar then I lean back against the ladder, press, then I have to wiggle my body off the ladder all while holding the bar at my chest. Tough stuff, athletic/functional one day I’ll vid it.
Side bends-
100# plate tucked under arm x20 ea side warmup
Hammer bar- 130 x5ea, 140 x4ea 160 x2-sets (1rep , 2reps) grip is about maxed on these, might consider straps on my top sets going forward.
Funny how side bends are way harder on grip. I can pull 200+ each hand doing farmers style. But maybe it’s cause I’m using work gloves on the side bends, gloves actually challenge the grip as it adds thickness. My theory on those bodybuilders wearing them gloves actually works their forearms harder and makes makes them forearms bigger.
EZ standing tricep extensions-
Got up to 95# x22 was easy so went-
100# x21
Strict too no leg drive, that’s gotta be a PR!
I’ve done heavier for 15+ but with leg push/drive.
I stopped doing the suit case style instead I lift the both hands then swing the bar over to my side with 1-hand and then side bend, this is such a great way to do them. You get that momentum and focus on a great essentric. My sides are sore, my forearms are sore and even my neck is sore!
Today was EZ curls heavy up to -
97.5 x 2-sets of 6
I mentioned previously about why do things that suck. Believe me, this does not suck, as much as I dread this, I love it, cloud 10!!!
See, hours of boring cardio sucks. I saw a bodybuilding motivational video from the 1990s most of it cool except an insert where they are all “walking” on treadmills, how silly, I don’t care how great and perfect they look, what a waste of time, for me srs, the squats took 9 minutes and everything feels stronger along with the lungs.
Finished with EZ reverse curls - 3-sets of 10 adding weight.
1-arm barbell overhead press-
Up to
77# x2ea
80# x2-sets of 2ea
Since I’ve failed 85 x2 so many times I did some volume. 3# almost broke me, that’s how hard this lift is, but set 2 was great, I probably was in better position which I’ve not figured out on this lift.
I’ve seen some good insight on how to do side presses which is a technical lift and all. I’m not really doing those here.
