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06-09-2009, 10:26 AM #1
Afterthoughts with Shadow
I've got a journal of the same name at another site, but I figured I'd start one here due to the higher level of traffic. Here's some stats:
Age: 23 on Friday
Height: 5'6 - 5'8 (somewhere in there!)
Weight: 204 yesterday
Training style: kind of a HIT/DC hybrid, I guess; One on, one off.
Goals: Starting playing around in a weight room at 18, got serious at 19. Been in "off-season" mode since then, though until around 20 - 21, I didn't eat enough food. I plan on competing (and eventually going pro), but I don't want to step on stage just to do it. I want to step up there and get noticed right off the bat. Hopefully this means I'm on there sometime in 2010.Last edited by Gerb; 07-12-2010 at 10:46 PM.
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06-09-2009, 10:31 AM #2
YESTERDAY, 6/8: BACK/REAR DELTS
DEADLIFT: 275 - 4
NEUTRAL GRIP HAMMER PULLDOWN: 90 lbs per side - too many reps, up 5 pounds next rotation
SEATED CABLE ROW: 190 - 6, 2, 2
STIFF ARM PULLDOWNS: 110 - too many reps, up 5 pounds rotation
BENT CABLE REVERSE FLY: 35 - 7, 2, 1
AFTERTHOUGHTS:
Switched up my deadlift style. Instead of lifting and then tapping for each rep, I lifted and then reset after each rep. Probably because of the heavier weight, I'm not sure. I also started this style not too long ago, and back is one of the bodyparts that really seems to like it. Chest and arms seem to be stubborn.
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06-09-2009, 10:31 AM #3
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06-09-2009, 02:41 PM #4
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06-09-2009, 03:12 PM #5
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06-09-2009, 03:19 PM #6
nice to see some deadlifts. I havn't deadlifted in months. I should start again. Its just such a bitch to keep re-rackin the weights. lol... good weight though
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06-09-2009, 03:28 PM #7
I used to hate the damn things because I messed my back up back in the day...first on the leg press...then stiff-legging 315 at a bodyweight of about 165. Yikes.
I hear you on the racking, that crap is annoying. Thankfully my gym has one of those things that you use to scoop the bar up off the floor, and then can take weights off. Not sure how to describe it.
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06-09-2009, 03:21 PM #8
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06-09-2009, 03:29 PM #9
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06-10-2009, 05:04 PM #10
WEDNESDAY, 6/10: CHEST + BICEPS
Smith Incline (not subtracting lighter bar weight): 205 - 4 (too heavy to continue with good form)
Hammer Wide Chest (weight per side): 155 - 5, 2, 2
Dumbbell Flyes: 60 - 10, 10, 10 (too goddamn light, up five next time)
Barbell curls: 70 - too many reps, up 10
Machine preacher: 140 - 5, 2, 2
Hammer curls: 60 - too many reps, up 5
AFTERTHOUGHTS:
I hate training chest, simply because it sucks and it's weak. I have that upper shelf look, and thickness throughout, but it's not thick enough. It gets lost in shirts unless I wear a medium (at least to me). I think biceps might finally be responding to this type of training. Not sure about chest. We'll see how sore I am tomorrow.
Also, weight seems to be sticking at 204, so that's a plus. Finally over 200 pounds!
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06-10-2009, 07:30 PM #11
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10-12-2010, 02:13 PM #12
What i did for my chest and it BLEW UP like a balloon, was rest pause ill outline my chest day
Flat bench: 2sets x 1+1+1+1+1 (5 total reps)
Incline bench: 2sets x 4+4+4+4+4 (20 total reps)
Decline bench: 2 sets x 5+5+5+5+5 (25 total reps)
Pec Deck OR cable flys: 4 sets x 12 reps
Low cable Upper pec flys.: 4 sets x 15 reps
So what you do is 1 set = 5 reps. But you do 1 rep every 10 seconds. Using FLAT as an example. Pick a weight you can only do 3 reps of and begin your set.
For incline pick a weight you can do 6 reps of only and start your sets
For decline pick a weight you can do 8 reps of and start your sets.
NEVER rest more then 15 seconds in between each "mini" set. 1+1 is 1rep (10second rest) 1rep all the way until 5. once at 5 wait about 1.5-2min rest and the rock another set!
if you rest more then 15 seconds in between each set it will be considerd 1 rep sets and it wont have the same effect.
The flys are self explanitory.
Tell me what you think of this.. msg me if u have any Q's. Also if you want i can give you my entire body workout using this format.
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10-12-2010, 05:55 PM #13
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06-10-2009, 09:49 PM #14
Oh I will eventually if this keeps up. I've just read that it takes a while to adjust to the DC/HIT style. It was hard for me to connect with the biceps with heavy ass weight, but I'm connecting now. I got one hell of a pump!
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06-11-2009, 12:02 PM #15
No training today, and I'm sore as hell in the chest/arms. Yay.
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