Hammies 1/19 Deads – 3 warm, 285/8, 8, 8, 8, 8 Glute Hamm – 4 x 10 Split Squat – 135/10, 10, 10 Good morning – 95/10, 115/10, 10 Leg Curl – 85/15, 15 Weight 165 Good workout. Deads were awesome – love deads. Glute Hamm was good. Split Squat – good as well – will up it next time. Good mornings a nice change.
Quads – 1/23/12 Squat – 3 warm, 245/3, 275/3, 295/8, 8, 8 Hack – 2 warm, 250/6, 6 Leg Ext – warm, 250/12, 255/12, 260/12 Walk Lunge – 135/12, 12, 12 Front Squat – warm, 175/12, 12, 12 Weight 164 Good workout. Definitely spent by the end of it. Squats good – range was questionable. So not looking to raise the weight at this rep range anytime soon. Hack good and solid. Leg ext – nothing exciting – but good. Starting to see some separations etc while doing them. So starting to get tight. Walking lunge very good – will up next time. Front Squat good – range good but going to keep it here and concentrate on ATG Weight down a bit which I am happy about – had a good reefed meal last night at PF Changs.
Back / Calf – 1/23 Lat Pulldown In – 3 warm, 190/6, (200/6, 6) DB Bend Over Row – 2 warm, 85/8, 90/8, 8 Close Row – warm, 170/12, 12, 12 Pullups – 4 x fail Donkey Calf – 3 warm, 535/15, 15, 15 25 minutes cardio Good workout. Nice and strong – was able to up the Lat Pulldown – but felt great. DB Bend Over Row was good – may up next time. Close Row – ok – not my favorite. Pullups – nice. Calf good. Threw in 25 minutes of cardio as well.
Chest / Tri – 1/25 DB Press – 2 warm, 75/3, 85/3, 90/8, 8, 11 Chest Press – 2 warm, 185/8, 8, 8 Chest Dip – 4 x fail Incline DB Press – 65/12, 12 Tri Dips – 4 x fail Rope Pressdown – warm, 160/12, 180/12, 12 Rev Press – 40/12, 60/12 Good workout. DB Press nice and strong – cranked out 11 on the last set. Chest Press good as well – back came up a bit – but was tired from DB press – so I guess that is acceptable. Upped the last set by 2 reps from the last time. Chest Dips good. Tri exercises good as well – good taxing workout!
Hammies – 1/26 Deads – 2 warm, 265/3, 295/3, 315/8, 8, 9 Glute Ham – 4 x 10 Split Squat – (155/10, 175/10, 10) Good Morning – (115/,10, 125/10, 10) Leg Curl – 85/15, 15 Cardio 20 minutes Good workout. A bit disappointed in the deads. Glad it was 3 big plates – but a bit disappointed in the last set – was hoping for at least 10. Having trouble with my grip strength. Everything else good. Split Squat good – can up. Good Morning good as well – really felt it.
Quads – 1/30 Squat – 3 warm, 205/5, 245/3, 285/1, 301/1, 325/8 ish Leg ext – warm, 250/12, 255/12, 260/12 Walk Lunge - (155/12, 175/12, 12) Hack – 2 warm, 250/6, 6 Front Squat – 2arm, (185/12, 195/12, 12) Weight 164 ½ Pathetic. OK – maybe not pathetic – but not happy with the squats. I did technically do 8 squats at 325 – but they weren’t good ROM so – not counting them and certainly not upping the weight at all. Need to build it here before I move on. Someone was on the smith machine so had to move things around. Good Walk Lunge though – upped the weight and really good ROM. Front Squat good as well – upped it by 20 lbs from last week. Good solid ROM on it.
Back / Calf – 1/31/12 Lat Pulldown Wide – 3 warm, 190/6, 200/6, 6 DB Bent over row – 3 warm, (90/8, 8, 95/8) Close Row – warm, 170/12, 12, 12, Pullups 4 – fail Calf – 3 warm, 535/15, 15, 15 20 minutes cardio Weight 163 ½
Good workout – made a few gains here and there. Weight continues to drop slowly but steadily – want to be tight for when we go away. Will certainly gain a few pounds back – but that is ok by me. Overall think things are going good!
Chest / Tri – 2/1 DB Press – 2 warm, 65/5, 75/3, 90/1, 95/1, 100/10 Bar Press – 2 warm, 185/8, 8, 6 Chest Dip – 4 x fail Incline DB Press – 65/12, 12 Tri Dips – 4 x fail Rope Pressdown – warm, 160/12, 180/12, 12 Rev Press – 50/12, 60/12 Abs Weight 163 ½ Pretty happy with the workout this morning. DB Press – banged out 100 for 10 so pretty cool. Bench Press – weak on the last set – but guess it was good in the fact that I spent it on the DB Press. Chest Dips good. Incline DB Press solid. Tri workout good – but not fantastic. Overall pretty happy. Weight continues to slowly go down.
Hammies 2/1 Deads – warm, 225/5, 260/3, 315/1, 325/1, 350/10 Glute / Ham – 4 x 10 Split Squat – (185/10, 10, 10) Good Morning – (125/10, 135/10, 10) Leg Curl – 85/12, 12 20 Minutes cardio Weight 164 Good workout. Very happy about Deads – 350 for 10 – BAM!!! Glutes good. Split Squat nice as was good mornings. Leg Curls good finish.
Chest / Tri – 2/15 DB Press – 2 warm, 90/5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 Chest Dips – 4 x 12 In DB Press – 65/12, 12, 12 Flat Bar – 155/15, 135/15 Tri Press (wide) – warm, 180/12, 12, 12 DB DBL KB – 20/12, 30/12, 12, 12 1 Arm Press – 60/12, 70/12 Abs and Obliques Weight 163 Great workout – nice and solid. So still sore from Monday’s leg workout – so switching to Shoulder tomorrow instead of Back / Ham. DB Press – solid, Dips good. In DB Press and Flat Bar were switched due to availability – but maxed on both. Tri workout was good – like the new rotation.
So down to / staying at 163 – so think I am about 11 – 13 lbs out from competition – since it won’t be until August – think it should be a nice slow decline to 148 – 152. Had lowered to this weight in prep for a vacation. Ate like a king – but guess due to my activities I burned more than I ate (which is hard to believe) – but came back at the same weight / a bit lower – so can’t beat that!
Shoulder / Bi – 2/16/12 DB Press – 2 warm, 65/5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 Side Cable – 30/10, 35/10, 10, 10 Rear Delt Raise – 45/12, 50/12, 12 ss DB Shrug – 110/12, 12, 12 In DB Curl – 2 warm, 45/6, 6, 6 Cable Curl – 2 warm, 60/10, 10 1 Arm Preacher (Machine) – 55/12, 45/12, 12 15 minutes cardio Weight 163 Good workout. Awesome DB Press – felt great – strong – good range of motions. Side Cable good – but did at a lower weight. Rear Delt – should probably lower a bit as it was a bit sloppy. Shrugs – good. DB Curl – good – struggle – but good. Cable curl – ok. 1 Arm Preacher – lowered to get a better ROM – got some great vein poppin. Love when I start to lean a bit and get that. Hello there veins.
Hammies 2/17 Deads – 3 warm, 315/5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 Leg Curl (Lying) – 2 warm, 115/8, 130/8, 7 Reverse Lunge – 135/4, 225/4, 4 Stiff DB – 110/10, 10, 10 Seated Leg Curl – 130/15, 15 Good workout – upped the weight to 315 instead of the scheduled 310 just to make it easier – ripped it up!! Leg Curl – good, Reverse Lunge good as well – not sure if my ROM is good or not – did it without much weight and then loaded it up. ROM seemed about the same – but not sure if it is a good ROM or not. Stiff DB – good. Really felt the stretch on it. Seated Curls – good – solid – not too taxing.
Back / Calf – 2/21 Pullups – 5 x failure T Bar Row – 90/8, 125/8, 180/8, 8, 190/8 Seated Cable Row (wide) – warm, 150/12, 12, 12 High Pulldowns (Straight Arm) – warm, 130/15, 15, 15 Standing Calf – 3 warm, 270/15, 15, (320/15) Cardio – 20 minutes Weight 161 7/8 Really good workout!! Pullups felt great and did notice an increase from the numbers from last time – so cool. T Bar good. Seated Cable – good and High Pulldowns good. Standing Calf – rocked it and upped it a bunch – hope to be able to up more next time.
Ok so this week I finished my “5’s” routine and next week is my deload. Not sure how I feel about this latest progression. Disappointed isn’t quite right as I know I cranked things out as best I can – but also a bit disappointed in the fact that I feel that I now need to take a step back and re-calibrate my weight.
Squats – wasn’t able to do ROM that I feel was acceptable, DB Press – form wasn’t great, DEADS – reps fell short, DB Military – ROM wasn’t as good as I would like.
So as not to not injure myself and also to get maximum effectiveness out of the exercise, I’m going to step the weight back a bit and re-calibrate. Also I am losing some body mass as well – and although I don’t think it is realistic to attribute it all to muscle loss – I do think that there may be a bit of that going on as well.
Deload week 3/5 So this is a deload week. Kind of happy it has rolled along. Not sure If I am going to move onto the 3s next week or bump it back up to the higher rep scheme. I’m having difficulty with the higher weights and just feeling that a skip on this might be good. Weighing the pros and cons – not sure what they are – but pondering it
3/12 – Chest / Tri So not going to post numbers today as they really were not all that good. Had taken 2 days off from the gym as I had a really bad stomach bug and was pretty much out of commission. Did make it in today – but not feeling particularly strong – nor did it show in my numbers. So just going through this week and doing the best that I can. Hopefully I will regain some strength over the next day or so and will be back to a good routine next week.
Was disappointed also in the fact that that only good thing from this would have been to lose a few lbs – but that didn’t happen either. So all the misery – none of the benefits. Oh well.
EPIC FAIL on the workout today – just no gas in the tank. Bailed on Deads – had nothings. Got the rest of the workout done – but it wasn’t on the best ones by a long shot.
OK - so this week was a wash all around. I would love to put it in the WIN column - but can't. Pretty sucky as far as workouts go. So to make a brand new start of it - switching routines up 2 wks ahead of time. Think I just need to do it from a mental perspective. Brand new start next week. I also have to say that I was having difficulties with the 3s - not exactly sure why - perhaps I was pushing myself too much - even though I backed the weights back a bit and still failed. Wish I could blame it all on being ill - but not sure if that is true.
OK - So tommor is a fresh start. Going back to 10's on the Juggernaut and focusing on form. Have about 21 wks until the show. Starting to clean it up tomorrow!!