Forgot legs!

Okay, lets see... forgot to do this yesterday/last night.  Yesterday was squat day and man, my lower back like in particular two lumbar vertebra are still feeling wonky, so I didn't go over 135 on squats unfortunately.  We'll see if it improves.

Squats 135  6x5
Abductors 150 3x10
Adduction 200 3x10
Cable Side Bends 100 3x10
Standing Cable Situps 100 3x10



159/667

Shouldertricepmania

Today was a pretty good day at the gym.  Well, pretty good day in general, new Marvel Loot Crate came in and it was pretty sweet.  Pics on Facebook but this month's shirt is really fucking great.  Anyway... lets get on to some numbers...


Single arm landmines  45 2x10, 45+10 2x10, 45+10+10 2x10
Machine lateral raises 207.5  x10, 205 x10, 202.5 x10  200 x10
Long bar double cable triceps 52 x 15, 57 x 15, 62 x 15  67 x 15
Cable Tates  35x15, 45x15, 55x15, 65x15


154/667

Yay deadlifts, that's where I'm a viking!

Yeah, I'm reaching for these titles I know.  Anyway, first day back deadlifting and everything felt off, took a bit before I could get my timing right on them, first couple felt heavy, got better, but yeah, off day.  Then what we'll call some hip pain after the gym.

Deadlifts 315 8x2
Face Pulls 100 4x12
Straight arm pulldowns 100 4x15
Neutral Grip SS pulldowns 150 3x15



122/667

Bench, sometimes the shoulder goes south...

So, today was not a bad day by any stretch, but it certainly wasn't a good day at the gym.  Probably didn't invent, but came up with a new move for triceps since necessity is the mother of invention.  Kinda like a way to do Tate presses from a cable machine.  Actually saw a guy in there doing a couple of interesting moves on the cable machine, I'll say he inspired me.  It's not too often you see someone doing stuff in a gym where you think "Damn, that seems like a good move" without adding "if you want to rupture a disc" but damned if I didn't think just the first part today.  After warming up with 135 and 225 my partner was like "How bad is your shoulder hurting?"  "Pretty bad, was I lagging with my left?"  "Dude, you were benching crooked."  "Well, I'll see how 315 feels with my Slingshot and I might have to scrap bench."  At any rate, I didn't have to scrap bench, so lets get to some numbers...


Bench 135x10, 225x6
Slingshot Bench 315 4x2, 335 2x2, 345 1x2, and 365 1x2.  Held at least a 1 sec pause on all of the first reps.

Cable Tate Presses  35x10, 45x12, 55x10, 65x10

Long handle standing pressdowns double cable
37x10, 42x12, 47x12, 52x15.  Kept feeling stronger each set.

Hammer machine triceps presses
120x15, 140x15, 160x15



109/667

Lots of Balls... Dragon Balls...

This one isn't about lifting... So, a few weeks ago, I was like "Man, I really should watch all of Dragon Ball in it's entirety, in order."  So, after doing the research and rounding up the required media, I realized this was going to require some serious marathoning.  Holy shit, I wasn't kidding.  If my final number is right, including the movies and OVAs in addition to the episodes of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Kai, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Super, there are 667 total currently.  Now that number could be off, but if it is... it's not much.  Now with that being said, I haven't really watched much of anything else lately besides Dragon Ball, currently about to start episode 102 of Dragon Ball, damn it's been entertaining, really looking forward to getting to Kai though, that's the one I've seen the most of and where before two weeks ago the majority of my knowledge of Dragon Ball came from.  With that being said, I had to take a pic of this today for Snapchat.

I'll keep updating my number at the end of my blog.  And yes, it will seem like I've been watching an obscene amount of Dragon Ball, and that's because, you're goddamn right I have been.

Leg fun...

So, I'm bloody exhausted and a day late, so I'll get this posted while I have the memories fresh.


Elaborate more on the weekend on another day...


Leg extentions 100x10, 120x10, 130x10, 140x10, 150x10, 160x10, 180x10, 200x10
Leg curls   150 5 sets of 10
Leg Press 2 sets 4 plates of 20
Hip Abductors   2 sets of 10 150
Hip Adductors   2 sets of 10  70




93/667

Funny thing happened on the way to shoulders...

So, I didn't look up my previous numbers before this morning's shoulder training because I was so positive I knew them.  Fun fact!  I did not know them.  This was a good thing.  As it turns out I was wrong on what I had previously done.  And missing two weeks of direct shoulder training plus a week due to partner's back being jank and switching it up for triceps was a good thing since I did 20 pounds more than I had previously done for a set of eight.  No other major life updates other than blah, so lets get to numbers...


Double arm landmines 1 plate x8, 2 plates x8, 2 plates/quarter x8, 3 plates x8 4 plates x8
Machine lateral raises  150x10, 170x10, 200x10, 200x10
Grenade triceps pressdowns  35  4 sets of 10
Handle pressdowns 52 x 15, 57 x12, 62 x12, 72x12


So pretty good day today, I'm pleased at least...


Once again....


80/667

Boring back day....

Actually felt rested again this morning going into the gym.  That feeling is starting to terrify me.  So last back day on this block then I go back to deadlifting, so I'm really looking forward to that.  Checked my weight this morning, I was at 322, so the dropping of it has declined slowly, but still losing a bit.  I won't alter my diet much unless I go under 315.  Today was a pretty solid day.  Everything felt good, so I'll just get to numbers...


Bar shrugs 135x15, 225x10, 315 3x10
Neutral grip short stroke yadda yadda 150 5x10
Straight arm pulldowns 100 5x10
Face pulls 100 5x10
Then I did a chinup at the end and was like "Nope, that's the one I'm doing today"  Must have been a little more spent than I had thought, although we did do all that at a pretty fast pace.  45 minutes, so I'm good.



Now for the number that has nothing to do with lifting...


54/667

Bench fun, okay mostly triceps...

Okay, so... yeah, this morning was actually good, didn't feel that tired going into the gym which was nice.  Actually did some rotatory cuff warmups before I benched.  Dunno if it helped, but I was waiting for the machine.  This week will be the last week of this plan the going back to actual bar benching which will be fun.  Haven't checked my weight for a few days, I'm hoping I've stabilized and staying around the 325-330 range. We'll check that in the morning. Anyway, lets get on to some numbers...

Machine bench 1 plate x15, 2 plates x10, 3 plates x10, 4 plates x10, 5 plates x12 I think 12 reps is the most I've done on there which is nice considering a few weeks ago I was only able to get 3, then 8, so I'm going to deem this block a success for bench.

Double cable bar pressdowns  37 4 sets of 10 with a focus on control, triceps were flaring after this.
Grenade press downs 30 3 sets of 10


Hammer triceps machine  120  4x12



And finally... the number that has nothing to do with training...


46/667

Squatless legs again...

Okay, lets see, gonna add a funny number to the bottom of these blogs, okay, not funny, maybe next weekend I'll reveal what it is.  Have stuff to do tonight so fortunately, I had a lovely nap a bit ago I'm just waking up from.  I'll go ahead and hop to numbers.


Leg extentions 100x15, 110x15, 120x15, 130x15, 140x15, 150x15, 150x15, 150x15
Leg curls   100x10, 110x10, 120x10, 130x10, 140x10, 150x10
Leg Presses  4 plates each side 4x10


Then we were done, okay, gotta find food and get ready.  Have fun all!



19/667

Sleep deprived back day!

I was extremely sleep deprived yesterday, and yet, it was oddly cathartic.  I'm not entirely sure why.  Anyway... lets see, anything else going on instead of jumping right into numbers.  My weight is slightly under 325 right now.  So that's coo, I've been having some odd cramps in my calves and not sure why, I'm just thankful I have calves, some people don't.  Those poor tiny people.  Anyway... lets see what we got going on here...

Neutral Grip Short Stroke Behind the Head Lat Pulldowns
...wait, I can make that longer...
Beltless Neutral Grip Short Stroke Behind the Head Lat Pulldowns.
150  5 x10
Straight Arm Pulldowns
100 5 x10
Face Pulls
100 5 x10
Bar Shrugs(to see if that move was still hurting partner's back)
135  5 x10

I threw in 4 chinups in there somewhere during the pulldowns and facepulls.

Benchtastic day

I swear I think I'm recycling titles for these blogs... anyway... first, FUCK DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME!  Seriously, it's pointless, it's not WWI anymore.  It's stupid.  It just wrecks people.  Fuck it right in the most painful way possible.  Seriously.  DIAF already!  So, woke up this morning tired, I always wake up tired, but today was a bit more tired than normal so that was a kick in the balls.  So, I had stuff I needed to do today, laundry, cleaning, and such aside from training.  So went to the gym.  I stopped using pre-workouts after I was put on beta blockers because well, they just wake me up a bit but don't energize me, however I'll still get an energy drink ever now and then because I'm tired and I need to be woke up.  My preferred drink of choice is VPX Redline Xtreme Watermelon, it's delicious, it's two servings per bottle, full disclosure, I never make it two servings. Occasionally I'll drink a Monster in the white can but it's because I like the flavor more than getting an actual energy boost from it.  But anyway, a full bottle of Redline Xtreme Watermelon has about 316mg of caffeine if you down the whole bottle.  In addition, has tyrosine, yerba mate, beta-alanine, so a few other things for energy aside from the massive dose of caffeine.  If you don't know much about dosages of caffeine, generally speaking a cup of coffee has 95mg per 8oz.  A caffeine tab such as No Doz has 200.  So this fun little drink is over 3 cups of coffee or a little over 1.5 caffeine tabs.  Anyway, here's the fun effect of beta blockers with energy drinks.  I drink one and it's like "Well, I don't feel a boost of energy anymore, but I'm no longer sleepy."  I miss feeling that huge boost of energy I'd get from them or a pre-workout.  Here's a fun pic taken an hour after ingesting the full bottle. 

I mean, I guess it's better than my heart exploding on it's own, but damn I miss that rush of energy.  The funny thing is, all those numbers are actually elevated from it.  So yay.  :)

Okay, this thing is long, now I'll get to the actual training.  Today neither my partner nor myself felt like being there, I'm going to blame DST(have I mentioned fuck DST?)  Anyway, we pushed through and it was a pretty solid day.  I haven't weighed myself in a few days but I'm thinking from the way my jeans feel I've probably dropped another pound or so.  Which is funny because man, I went HAM on some Krystals over the weekend.  Anyway, I've rambled far long enough, numbers time....

Machine Bench  1 plate x10, 2 plates x10, 3 plates x10, 4 plates x10, 5 plates x10.  Really didn't feel like I'd get the 5 plates for 5 reps, but somehow I just plowed through.
Handle Tricep Pressdowns 67x10, 72 3 sets of 10
Hammer Machine Triceps 100 3 sets of 20 with a static hold on the last one of about a minute.  Oddly, using that machine really activates my abdominals and I'm not sure how it does it so well, but it's a nice bonus. 

Shou...errr... triceps!

So, partner's back was a little jank for shoulders with the movements we normally do so we were just going to do machine work.  Unfortunately the shoulder machine at the gym wasn't built for the husky gentleman with a wonk shoulder, so we were just like, fuck it, we'll just turn it into a triceps day.  Before I get to the numbers I'll speak on something I know nothing about, nutrition, okay, I know a bit, but I've noticed over the past month I've been eating a bit more healthy, aside from some Mello Yello.  At any rate, I don't keep detailed food logs, however, in the past month I've dropped close to 11 pounds while keeping my chest/shoulders/arms at roughly the same size.  It's been pretty nice, I need to see if I can keep it up and get back down to around 310 until I do my next meet.  Still haven't decided when that will be because of the shoulder being a bit iffy still, but we'll see how it feels when I decide to bench in my shirt again.  Anyway... numbers...


V-bar triceps pressdowns  72 5 sets of 15
Handle triceps press downs 52  2 sets of 12, 62 2 sets of 12, 67 1 set of 10
Grenade grip single arm press downs  40x6, 30 3 sets of 10
Hammer Triceps Pressdown  120 2 sets of 20.

Back fun...

So... lets see... was going to do the shrugs schedule for today, however after attempting to shrug 135 my partner's injury from last week was still there, so we called an audible.  Decent day, for some odd reason my chest is cramping tonight after back day, that seems odd to me.  Anyway... numbers...


Neutral grip short stroke behind the head pulldowns... damn that's getting longer.
120x12, 140 8x12
Straight Arm Pulldowns, 100 5x12
Face pulls   100 5x12
Then for fun to see how many I could get, 4 chinups.  Yay, gotta not do those at the end if I wanna do 5+

Yeah, cutting it short today.

Bench fun...

Lets see... part of me feels like I should put some cheery fun in here, but I'm just not feeling it.  It was a good day at the gym today though.  One more week and I go back to my normal routine.  Tonight I got on the scale, first time in like 4-5 weeks.  I was a shade under 326 pounds and I kinda freaked out that I'd lost over 10 pounds since last I weighed.  After querying people and getting a tape measure I realize it's size from around the waist so I feel better, but it was shocking.  Getting little scares me.  Anyway, lets get some numbers going...


Machine Bench 1 plate x8, 2 plate x8, 3 plate x8, 4 plate x8, 5 plate x8
V-Bar Pressdown 80  4 sets of 12
Incline machine 1 set with 1 plate on each side, very controlled concentric phase, 3x10
Pec Deck burnout 160 x 50

Crap week....

At least for the gym, other things too but trying not to dwell...  anyway, thanks the upper back pull of my partner we did a non squat leg day and it was obvious neither of us wanted to be there. 


Leg Presses, Plates x10, 2 plates x10, 3 plates x10, 4 plates 4 sets of 10
Leg Extentions 200 4x10
Leg Curls 160 4x8


So yeah, shit week.  Back tomorrow... I assume.