Afterthoughts with Shadow

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 10:26 AM

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.

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 10:31 AM

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.

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 10:31 AM

No training today!

**buster12** · 06-09-2009, 02:41 PM

cool journal!

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by buster12

cool journal!

LOL. It will be once I get more people in here, giving me some feedback. It'll probably take a while for it to build, since I don't go to the gym on consecutive days anymore.

**buster12** · 06-09-2009, 03:19 PM

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

**freak** · 06-09-2009, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

i hear you there bro. people say "do it for the experience." i say "fuck that, i wanna win."

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by buster12

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

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.

**Shadow** · 06-09-2009, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by freak

i hear you there bro. people say "do it for the experience." i say "fuck that, i wanna win."

Damn right. Especially when you KNOW there are things you need to bring up before you can do damage, and you want to get to that elite level. I've got plenty of time, I'm in no rush to get on-stage.

**Shadow** · 06-10-2009, 05:04 PM

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!

**freak** · 06-10-2009, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Shadow

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!

if your biceps arent responding, why dont you try something different? i dont see the use in being dogmatic, do what works for you.

**Shadow** · 06-10-2009, 09:49 PM

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!

**Shadow** · 06-11-2009, 12:02 PM

No training today, and I'm sore as hell in the chest/arms. Yay.

**Shadow** · 06-12-2009, 02:08 PM

FRIDAY, 6/12: DELTS/TRIS

Hammer behind neck press: 85 per side - 4,1,1
Machine laterals: 150 - 7, 1, 3...up 5 next rotation
DB hammer grip front raise: 50 - 4, 3, 2
Machine close grip press: 200 - 4, 3, 2
Machine tri extension: 90 - lots...up 5 next rotation
Seated DB extension: 95 - lots...up 5, maybe 10 next rotation

AFTERTHOUGHTS:

Hammer behind the next presses are a bitch to get up by yourself. On my last rest-pause I figured out a way to get it up that's pretty simple, so I don't have to fret.

I don't feel normal close-grip bench presses, so what I do is take the cable attachment that looks like an EZ curl bar, go over to the regular machine press, and put that across the two supports, mimicking a regular close-grip press. THIS I feel.

**freak** · 06-12-2009, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Shadow

FRIDAY, 6/12: DELTS/TRIS

Hammer behind neck press: 85 per side - 4,1,1
Machine laterals: 150 - 7, 1, 3...up 5 next rotation
DB hammer grip front raise: 50 - 4, 3, 2
Machine close grip press: 200 - 4, 3, 2
Machine tri extension: 90 - lots...up 5 next rotation
Seated DB extension: 95 - lots...up 5, maybe 10 next rotation

AFTERTHOUGHTS:

Hammer behind the next presses are a bitch to get up by yourself. On my last rest-pause I figured out a way to get it up that's pretty simple, so I don't have to fret.

I don't feel normal close-grip bench presses, so what I do is take the cable attachment that looks like an EZ curl bar, go over to the regular machine press, and put that across the two supports, mimicking a regular close-grip press. THIS I feel.

nice w/o bro. howcome no anterior delt isolation??