So overall, I’m ok with this summer and it’s progress. Could have been worse.
Whoa, whoa, slow down there buddy. You can’t just go out there and and accomplish goals or remain accountable for missed objectives. Shit, then everybody would have to do it.
Please go back to posting your good intentions and your plan for progress only. This way everyone can participate instead of only those that are going to do something.
No go and start a thread about what you’re going to do over the next year and remember to have progress remain linear and under no circumstances should you account for setbacks. Then DON’T update it next year.
no squat goals, my knees are either hit or miss every week. Maybe front squat 225x5 if i can stay healthy
and hopefully i don’t have to get too much bigger then 225lbs to accomplish this.[/quote]
my sldl has stalled. fixing it but i am not gonna hit 455x5, maybe 455x1. i am up to the 105’sx6 on DB bench. I haven’t OH pressed in a while using a BB but i am up to the 85lb DB’sx3. my knees are feeling well so i just started to front/back squat again. I should hit 225x5. still have 2.5 months to hit these goals.
[quote]JaX Un wrote:
JaX Un wrote:
by January 1st, i will
make the 110lb DB’s my bitch
SLDL 455x5
and
OH press 185x5
no squat goals, my knees are either hit or miss every week. Maybe front squat 225x5 if i can stay healthy
and hopefully i don’t have to get too much bigger then 225lbs to accomplish this.
my sldl has stalled. fixing it but i am not gonna hit 455x5, maybe 455x1. i am up to the 105’sx6 on DB bench. I haven’t OH pressed in a while using a BB but i am up to the 85lb DB’sx3. my knees are feeling well so i just started to front/back squat again. I should hit 225x5. still have 2.5 months to hit these goals.
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6’5"? That is long squat dude. Good work on the bench.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
JaX Un wrote:
JaX Un wrote:
by January 1st, i will
make the 110lb DB’s my bitch
SLDL 455x5
and
OH press 185x5
no squat goals, my knees are either hit or miss every week. Maybe front squat 225x5 if i can stay healthy
and hopefully i don’t have to get too much bigger then 225lbs to accomplish this.
my sldl has stalled. fixing it but i am not gonna hit 455x5, maybe 455x1. i am up to the 105’sx6 on DB bench. I haven’t OH pressed in a while using a BB but i am up to the 85lb DB’sx3. my knees are feeling well so i just started to front/back squat again. I should hit 225x5. still have 2.5 months to hit these goals.
6’5"? That is long squat dude. Good work on the bench.
Your arms look better than mine bastard ;).
EDITED to be less retarded.[/quote]
thanks bud! my arms are pathetic though, trust me. haha. I am just shy of 220lbs, my goal is to hit 250 by next summer and i should do that. i have gained 10lbs in the past 5 weeks. 17lbs total since i started this bulk.
thanks for topping this thread, i forgot about it (not about my goals though)
[quote]JaX Un wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
JaX Un wrote:
JaX Un wrote:
by January 1st, i will
make the 110lb DB’s my bitch
SLDL 455x5
and
OH press 185x5
no squat goals, my knees are either hit or miss every week. Maybe front squat 225x5 if i can stay healthy
and hopefully i don’t have to get too much bigger then 225lbs to accomplish this.
my sldl has stalled. fixing it but i am not gonna hit 455x5, maybe 455x1. i am up to the 105’sx6 on DB bench. I haven’t OH pressed in a while using a BB but i am up to the 85lb DB’sx3. my knees are feeling well so i just started to front/back squat again. I should hit 225x5. still have 2.5 months to hit these goals.
6’5"? That is long squat dude. Good work on the bench.
Your arms look better than mine bastard ;).
EDITED to be less retarded.
thanks bud! my arms are pathetic though, trust me. haha. I am just shy of 220lbs, my goal is to hit 250 by next summer and i should do that. i have gained 10lbs in the past 5 weeks. 17lbs total since i started this bulk.
thanks for topping this thread, i forgot about it (not about my goals though)[/quote]
No problem. I thought of it when I got on my scale this morning and weighed in at 240 post shit, pre-breakfast for like the 5th day in a row. Now I won’t weigh myself for like 6-8 weeks. I had to search back like 18 pages in my post history to find it, lol.
I’m just surprised more people aren’t posting results. (Although I’m aware some of these guys don’t’ post here anymore.)
Damnn, i remember whn i first got my 225DL, i felt like DA MANNNN, then i found T-Nation and found out that 99& of the members do warm ups with that weight.
Actually went up to a 420DL.
My goal is to hit a lean 200lbs. I started like 5 months ago at 264lbs, currently at 225lbs
…never wake up and seeing anything less than 220lbs on the scale, while still in decent condition. [/quote]
This should be attainable. a solid 217 morning weight now and on the rise.
Have gotten 315 x 7, but I don’t think 405 is gonna happen. Maybe by mid 2010 though.
Don’t we all get a lil greedy with our pressing number goal… lol. I’ll be happy with 3 solid reps, then maybe 1 more with the help of a spotter. Currently at 275 x 6.
Stopped front squatting. 335 x 3-4 or so was my best I think.
Hmmm this will be a tough one. Currently at 605 x 4.
At 16 2/3 in. Working on it. Fuck my arms.
I can hit 225 x 5 even on a bad day, so I think this is just about in the bag.
I didn’t post my goals here, I mentioned them here and there in BoI but that vanished… I’ll chime in on summer progress anyways though:
Rehabbed a groin and got my squat back above 405(hit 405x3)
Finally hit 3 plates on bench(315x1 just this week)
Broke 500 DL(back to the floor after a couple months of rack pulls and it is flying up)
Arms looking much better since I started 2x a week training(need to get tape to measure them, bicep stretch marks look weird, thanks BBB for suggestions regarding my wrist/forearm issue you’re awesome)
As for remaining accountable for things I haven’t done so well: my bodyweight has stalled big time at the 205 range again depending on the day(although I look much better than the last time I got here), my diet slips on non training days and that’s unacceptable.
Lat movements don’t seem to be going anywhere, pulldowns/pullups are pretty stagnant, might be time to finally worship at the church of rack chins, or find a gym with HS Pulldowns, or both.
Shoulder numbers are struggling, I recently switched to military pressing from SHIP’s though so we’ll if that brings new growth.
so i am changing my front squat goal to 225x10 by news years
i hit it x3 today and i could have done more except my face was about to explode. And i am definitely breaking // if that helps and why my back squat sucks so much, i do not know. actually i do know, but whatever.
flat DB’d benched today: 95’s x9 100’sx7 105’sx4. I still don’t think i should try the 110’s yet, but soon, i will.
my stiff leg deadlift won’t go above 365x2. pissing me off. maybe i will work on rack pulls and see where that takes me
[quote]jtg987 wrote:
summer is way off but I’d hope to add .4 inch on both arms to bring them to 18’ by september my diet is a limiting factor atm if I cleaned it up and got in some more protein I’d be set…
I’d also like to behind the neck smith machine press 110kg for 10 reps, current doing 90x5…need to bring these shoulders up,
db bench the 110’s for 10(using the 94’s for 6 at the moment(still getting used to balancing the dumbbells))
by september I want to db row the 55kg db’s for 20+ reps(currently getting 5-8 reps)
by september I want to be able to barbel row 150kg for 10 reps(current best is 140kgx6)
by the end of the year I want to be able to do the 300lbs lat pull down stack for 10(did 260x10 yesterday)
also be able to wear shorts without being embarassed by my puny calves
attainable goals? yes, it’s just going to take dedication, motivation and commitment[/quote]
hmm looking at the goals I set awhile ago I have acheived some and forgotten about others.
lat pulldown - I can do the stackx10x2
my arms are closer too 19 inches than 18 at the moment
my calves have grown about an inch(Not much)
haven’t db benched in weeks, last time I did it I hit the 110’sx10
bent over rows I hit 150kgx8 last time I did it, now I’m focusing more on width and length of my lats
db rows a month or two ago was 120x12
good year so far, however I feel like I should start cutting now
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
My goals are both size and strength related. I’d like to gain 7 lbs of muscle getting me up to 230 lbs without gaining any inches on my waist. Would like to get my biceps closer to 17" as well. They’re about 16 and 1/4 on a good day.
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Check on the weight gain. I’m between 232 and 235 depending on high or low carb day.
My arms still suck. They’re 16.5". They’re the most stubborn body part. My calves grew almost an inch from calve raises once a week. Working my arms twice a week gave me a quarter inch.
Couldn’t get 315 twice. The 1st rep was cake but the 2nd wouldn’t go up.
Can curl 125x6 so close but no cigar.
Got front squat up to 245x3 easily but tore my ACL and meniscus so all bets are off on that one.
Got the calories but about 25 grams a day short on protein. Averaged about 325 a day.