Rick's Notes

[Rick Prince]

Ended up placing 7th. It was not as good of a placing as I had hoped. But, I will dust the dirt off and climb back up on the horse & do a better job next time.
This trip was much better than my first one in 2011. I was able to meet a lot of good people. It was great to finally meet James even though it was while he was lined up to go on stage.
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[HeavyDutyGuy]

Rick, you looked awesome! Your conditioning was right on the money. Could have been in top 5 easily in my book.

[Hammerfit]

Good job Rick. Hope you are getting back to normal. Conditioning second to none again as usual.

[crawfBigG]

Been reading in your log here and there, thought I would chime in. Your conditioning looks great. I knew all that cardio had to be paying off. You have an iron will hitting all that cardio, 3 times a day. What contest did u just compete in?

[bcapprentice]

Ended up placing 7th. It was not as good of a placing as I had hoped. But, I will dust the dirt off and climb back up on the horse & do a better job next time.
This trip was much better than my first one in 2011. I was able to meet a lot of good people. It was great to finally meet James even though it was while he was lined up to go on stage.
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Congratulations! Yes I'm joining the chorus! That quad is impressive looking. Now if I could only get mine to look that good!

[Mac]

Good job Rick. Your conditioning is excellent. I wish I could come close to that now.

[Rick Prince]

Rick, you looked awesome! Your conditioning was right on the money. Could have been in top 5 easily in my book.

Good job Rick. Hope you are getting back to normal. Conditioning second to none again as usual.

Been reading in your log here and there, thought I would chime in. Your conditioning looks great. I knew all that cardio had to be paying off. You have an iron will hitting all that cardio, 3 times a day. What contest did u just compete in?

Congratulations! Yes I'm joining the chorus! That quad is impressive looking. Now if I could only get mine to look that good!

Good job Rick. Your conditioning is excellent. I wish I could come close to that now.

Thanks, guys. There was some quality guys at the North Americans. I was a bit drier in Pittsburgh than two weeks earlier at the Mobile show.

[Rick Prince]

Wednesday 9/4/13: Chest & Back

• AM Weight: 188.2
• HS Incline Press 3 x 12
• HS Horizontal Press 3 x 12
• Incline Cable Flye 4 x 12
• Seated Cable Row 3 x 12
• Wide Grip Cable Pulldown 3 x 12
• Dickersons 4 x 12

[masterschamp]

Just got the chance to respond to this........you looked great, Rick......even though you could have easily cracked the top 5, 7th is nothing to sneeze at at that level.

Keith

[Rick Prince]

Saturday 9/7/13: Delts

• AM Weight: 181.2
• Standing DB Side Raise 4 x 60 (Giant Sets)
• SM Seated Overhead Press 5 x 12
• SM Behind the Head Press 5 x 12
• Cable Crossover Rear Delt 4 x 12

[Rick Prince]

Sunday 9/8/13: Chest & Arms

• AM Weight: 179.4
• Bamboo Bar Bench Press 4 x 12 (video of bamboo bar below)
• BB Incline Press 3 x 12
• BB Incline Stop Press 3 x 12
• Pec Deck Flye 4 x 12
• HS Vertical Press 4 x 12
• Cable V-Bar Pressdown 4 x 12
• Cable Rope Overhead Extension 4 x 12
• Reverse Grip Dual Cable Pressdown 4 x 12
• EZ Bar Curl 20, 15, 10, 10
• Seated Incline DB Curl 4 x 12
• LF Preacher Curl 4 x 12 (multiple drops on last set for additional reps)

*Trained with my good friend Justin Swinney at Champ Training.

[Hammerfit]

Sunday 9/8/13: Chest & Arms

• AM Weight: 179.4
• Bamboo Bar Bench Press 4 x 12 (video of bamboo bar below)
• BB Incline Press 3 x 12
• BB Incline Stop Press 3 x 12
• Pec Deck Flye 4 x 12
• HS Vertical Press 4 x 12
• Cable V-Bar Pressdown 4 x 12
• Cable Rope Overhead Extension 4 x 12
• Reverse Grip Dual Cable Pressdown 4 x 12
• EZ Bar Curl 20, 15, 10, 10
• Seated Incline DB Curl 4 x 12
• LF Preacher Curl 4 x 12 (multiple drops on last set for additional reps)

*Trained with my good friend Justin Swinney at Champ Training.

Seen one made of rubber also similar tech. What did you think?

[Rick Prince]

Seen one made of rubber also similar tech. What did you think?

It was difficult to keep the bar from shaking, but did get easier with each set.
I felt a vibration throughout my whole shoulder girdle, but could not feel it in my chest during the exercise.
However, I could feel one heck of a pump in my chest after the set was over.
Guys watching said they could see various fibers in my chest firing during the exercise.

[Rick Prince]

Tuesday 9/10/13: Delts & Triceps

• AM Weight: 180.2
• Cable Crossover Rear Delt 4 x 12 (2 sets high, 2 sets bentover)
• SM Behind the Head Press 4 x 12
• Standing DB Side Raise 4 x 12
• HS Shoulder Press 4 x 12
• DB Front Raise 4 x 12
• Close Grip SM Bench Press 4 x 12
• Cable Rope Overhead Extension 4 x 12
• Cable Rope Pressdown 4 x 12

[Rick Prince]

Wednesday 9/11/13: Legs

• AM Weight: 179
• SM Front Squat 4 x 12
• Hack Squat 4 x 12
• Leg Press 30, 25, 20, 15
• Leg Extensions 3 x 20, 2 x 15
• Lying Leg Curl 20, 15, 2 x 12
• Ham-Glute Raise 4 x 12
• Stiff Leg Deadlift 4 x 12

*Trained at different local gym today with mostly Magnum, Matrix, & Star Trac equipment. Several pieces of equipment were a bit awkward. I was very impressed with the Matrix prone leg curl and liked the Star Trac smith machine.