Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
Can you afford $18 a month 
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Stallion's Fitness Journal
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I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Nah that wasn't the reason. You see, i started with my best friend. Who is extremely broke. And this one gym was like $10 a month, and you could invite a guest -making it five dollars when we split it.
I didn't want to abandon him and pursue my lifting by myself. hes my best friend But now we are in a new gym. So all is good haha
I didn't want to abandon him and pursue my lifting by myself. hes my best friend
But now we are in a new gym. So all is good hahaQuagmire911
Master Don Juan
I wasn't talking about gym membership, I was talking about something that will aide your training exponentially. Something that when things start slowing down, which I imagine will be soon (just because of the stage you are at), will see you on your way.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
IA will coach me?
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
Yep, he is right:
http://www.redpointfitness.com/
I will be using this in the near future. It has EVERYTHING. Diet, training, form videos, supplements, etc...everything is spoon fed.
See more here:
http://www.ironaddicts.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=170
It isn't direct personal training, but you have IA and a few of his mod staff (who are very knowledgeable) at your disposal. All their knowledge is written into the software, and they are adding to it more and more as the days go by.
http://www.redpointfitness.com/
I will be using this in the near future. It has EVERYTHING. Diet, training, form videos, supplements, etc...everything is spoon fed.
See more here:
http://www.ironaddicts.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=170
It isn't direct personal training, but you have IA and a few of his mod staff (who are very knowledgeable) at your disposal. All their knowledge is written into the software, and they are adding to it more and more as the days go by.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
That is pretty cool. I read about it a month ago. I thought it would be more expensive. For the moment i am not going to jump the gun yet. I appreciate the links and advice Quag and Rampage. Right now my goal is to lose some bodyfat and gain muscle and strength. When I'm ready, i'll do it.
Plenty of rows and pullups for your lats and middle back which are lagging.I-tallionStallion said:
Lots of presses (flat, incline) and wide weighted dips for your chest and front delts.
Good luck mate.
MM
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Okay i forgot to post this...
Friday - I don't really know whats up, but my strength for one reason or another has been sucking. Ever since i started adding a 50 minute walk (more intense then orginal with plenty of tough hills) around the time i wake up 11:00 a.m. and working out 8:00 p.m I can't lift as much. I am guessing there is def correlation between the two. Back when i Pr'ed 400 for 1x5 i only walked a much lower intense 30 minute walk. So it seems to me i have to avoid intense hill walking.
Deadlift - 3x5
1x4 F 385 lbs - at this point i realized if i did anymore I'd be sorry
1x5 - 360 lbs - difficult but i was able to manage
1x6 - 365 lbs - Was able to do an extra one...anymore weight would have been bad
Pullups 2x10 - I usually do these with assistance as i can only do about 4-5 without assistance. Usually a 25 lb negative helps me a lot. - First set was really good, I felt something pull in my left bi...after i finished at at negative 18 lbs (which is the best i've done for 10 reps.
Bicept curls 3x8 - at this point i couldn't lift 15 lbs with my left arm, but i found a solution by using a barbell, which it hurt for the first rep but once i got going i could lift fine
1x8 - 60 lbs
1x8 - 65 lbs
1x10 - 70 lbs
Rows 3x6 - I regressed in weight, i feel i was using my arms too much, and it wasn't a real row. And i changed the rep range a bit to work it a little harder for today
1x6 - 95 lbs
1x6 - 105 lbs
1x6 - 110 lbs
I probably could do a lot more but i am going to work hard on form first. we will see what happens next week.
Friday - I don't really know whats up, but my strength for one reason or another has been sucking. Ever since i started adding a 50 minute walk (more intense then orginal with plenty of tough hills) around the time i wake up 11:00 a.m. and working out 8:00 p.m I can't lift as much. I am guessing there is def correlation between the two. Back when i Pr'ed 400 for 1x5 i only walked a much lower intense 30 minute walk. So it seems to me i have to avoid intense hill walking.
Deadlift - 3x5
1x4 F 385 lbs - at this point i realized if i did anymore I'd be sorry
1x5 - 360 lbs - difficult but i was able to manage
1x6 - 365 lbs - Was able to do an extra one...anymore weight would have been bad
Pullups 2x10 - I usually do these with assistance as i can only do about 4-5 without assistance. Usually a 25 lb negative helps me a lot. - First set was really good, I felt something pull in my left bi...after i finished at at negative 18 lbs (which is the best i've done for 10 reps.
Bicept curls 3x8 - at this point i couldn't lift 15 lbs with my left arm, but i found a solution by using a barbell, which it hurt for the first rep but once i got going i could lift fine
1x8 - 60 lbs
1x8 - 65 lbs
1x10 - 70 lbs
Rows 3x6 - I regressed in weight, i feel i was using my arms too much, and it wasn't a real row. And i changed the rep range a bit to work it a little harder for today
1x6 - 95 lbs
1x6 - 105 lbs
1x6 - 110 lbs
I probably could do a lot more but i am going to work hard on form first. we will see what happens next week.
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
See what happens next week.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Monday--
I woke up and in the mirror i am starting to see new things, its very exciting and funny cause i eat so much and I'm losing weight...8-10 weeks and i should have quite an improvement. Keeping this up is no problem
Lifting was sub-good monday...here are the results
Squats-
1x5 275 lbs
1x5 280 lbs
1x5 285 lbs - if i added any more weight i think i would have broke haha...not a PR...but not bad nonetheless, and i have been trying to go as low as freaking possible...which means i'm practically sitting. VERY HARD as i did not go this low before, i used to just break parallel a bit, but this is much more extreme...and i feel like maybe i really should push the limits. So not bad
Leg Press 1x15 - 385 lbs PR
Decline Situps 2x10
1x10 - 80 lbs PR
1x12 - 80 lbs ---will def add weight next week...who knows 90 possibly?
Pullthroughs 2x8 -hard to judge the weight, i just remember the number. "7" I'll check better next time
Good mornings-2x8
1x8 - 155 lbs
1x8 - 175 lbs
I feel like maybe i wasn't going low enough on these, so i gave them a little less weight and a lot lower. Sometimes you realize that your technique sucks..i am trying to correct myself
Calve raises 2x10 (holding ten seconds each) - 440 lbs - I still feel like i haven't conqured this perfectly...will wait to see if next week is better
So i would say it was a pretty damn good day, I realized that somethings i do can be perfected in technique. But thankfully the numbers are still high
Going to buy a chain for dips and pullups as i am now able to do my body weight for the reps...well atleast on the dips
Till wednesday
I woke up and in the mirror i am starting to see new things, its very exciting and funny cause i eat so much and I'm losing weight...8-10 weeks and i should have quite an improvement. Keeping this up is no problem
Lifting was sub-good monday...here are the results
Squats-
1x5 275 lbs
1x5 280 lbs
1x5 285 lbs - if i added any more weight i think i would have broke haha...not a PR...but not bad nonetheless, and i have been trying to go as low as freaking possible...which means i'm practically sitting. VERY HARD as i did not go this low before, i used to just break parallel a bit, but this is much more extreme...and i feel like maybe i really should push the limits. So not bad
Leg Press 1x15 - 385 lbs PR
Decline Situps 2x10
1x10 - 80 lbs PR
1x12 - 80 lbs ---will def add weight next week...who knows 90 possibly?
Pullthroughs 2x8 -hard to judge the weight, i just remember the number. "7" I'll check better next time
Good mornings-2x8
1x8 - 155 lbs
1x8 - 175 lbs
I feel like maybe i wasn't going low enough on these, so i gave them a little less weight and a lot lower. Sometimes you realize that your technique sucks..i am trying to correct myself
Calve raises 2x10 (holding ten seconds each) - 440 lbs - I still feel like i haven't conqured this perfectly...will wait to see if next week is better
So i would say it was a pretty damn good day, I realized that somethings i do can be perfected in technique. But thankfully the numbers are still high
Going to buy a chain for dips and pullups as i am now able to do my body weight for the reps...well atleast on the dips
Till wednesday
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
...ohhhhhhhhhhhh man...not too happy today
Wednesday-
Incline bench - Last week i felt very pathetic at 180 lbs, i brought it back to 175 lbs, so i could hopefully do 5 reps
1x3 175 lbs ---i think i pretty much am done with this format...idk if its the walking in the morning but I am just not feeling as strong on the bench. Quag...so whats this other way you know? Cause i can tell you now, its not the diet as i stick to it everyday
1x7 - 146 lbs
OH PRESS 2x8-10
1x8 - 115 lbs PR
1x5 F & PR- 120 lbs
finished off with
1x4 115 lbs
A ten pound increase was pushing it lol but i am not dishappy with it
Dips 3x6
1x6 - negative 18lbs (as low as the machine goes)
1x6 - I tried unweighted dips and i couldn't keep my body straight, which concludes to me i am not ready for unweighted today...
1x13 negative 18 lbs - I did as many as humanly possible....i am hoping by next week i can do a set of dips without weight, and then (i alreadly ordered my dip belt) i can do weighted dips two weeks from now
Technically a PR but fvck it, i'm not happy till i can PR weighted dips, for now i am disappointed til next week
Skull crushers - A little progress here as i was able to do more weight than last couple weeks after the dips - i could def tell a strength increase here.
1x8 35 lbs
1x8 40 lbs
---till next time
Wednesday-
Incline bench - Last week i felt very pathetic at 180 lbs, i brought it back to 175 lbs, so i could hopefully do 5 reps
1x3 175 lbs ---i think i pretty much am done with this format...idk if its the walking in the morning but I am just not feeling as strong on the bench. Quag...so whats this other way you know? Cause i can tell you now, its not the diet as i stick to it everyday
1x7 - 146 lbs
OH PRESS 2x8-10
1x8 - 115 lbs PR
1x5 F & PR- 120 lbs
finished off with
1x4 115 lbs
A ten pound increase was pushing it lol but i am not dishappy with it
Dips 3x6
1x6 - negative 18lbs (as low as the machine goes)
1x6 - I tried unweighted dips and i couldn't keep my body straight, which concludes to me i am not ready for unweighted today...
1x13 negative 18 lbs - I did as many as humanly possible....i am hoping by next week i can do a set of dips without weight, and then (i alreadly ordered my dip belt) i can do weighted dips two weeks from now
Technically a PR but fvck it, i'm not happy till i can PR weighted dips, for now i am disappointed til next week
Skull crushers - A little progress here as i was able to do more weight than last couple weeks after the dips - i could def tell a strength increase here.
1x8 35 lbs
1x8 40 lbs
---till next time
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
Stalling is no fun :-(.
This is the system I was looking at:
http://www.sugdenbarbell.co.uk/index.php/articles/n/Tokars-5x3-System
Try and get a video of the bench. We can then try and look to see if there are any form issues. It will also show us where the sticking point is, some board/rack work may do you some good.
This is the system I was looking at:
http://www.sugdenbarbell.co.uk/index.php/articles/n/Tokars-5x3-System
Try and get a video of the bench. We can then try and look to see if there are any form issues. It will also show us where the sticking point is, some board/rack work may do you some good.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Thanks Quag...but i was going over a new routine with EFFORT, one he mentioned to you...so that looks to be the road I'd like to take. I'm getting sick of this routine. Been a little over a year on it. Westside barbell cycles and supersquats, then eventually DCing seems like a fun way to take things. Because i want to gain a good amount of mass too, along with strength.
Friday-
Well today was a decent day...not unhappy, but i have some new goals
Deadlift 3x5
1x5 385 lbs - I finally had my strength back today. Last week sucked...but today just kicked a$$
1x5 390 lbs - Very good i felt amazing, so amazing i felt it was time for a PR i just felt like maxing today...don't know why
1x1 430 lbs (RAW) - Okay...I failed, i was two three inches from locking out...i ALMOST HAD IT :box: :box: I know if i would have taken a little easier on the first two sets i would def would have gotten it...i will post the video up later. But i swear it was a damm good try! VIDEO WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW
Pullups 2x10 - still doing negatives...this time a only 20 lbs helping me do 10 reps
second set i got the ten, but once again my left bicept was torn from it (maybe i hurt it last week...or i am pushing it too hard?) It doesn't hurt now, but in the gym it was hard to do bicept curls again...not that i care that much about those though
Bicept curls 3x8 DUMBBELLS
1x8 - 30 lbs
1x8 - 30 lbs
1x11 -35 lbs ---anymore weight, and my left arm couldn't go up. it sucked cause i can usually do 40 or even 45
Rows 3x6 - working on technique here so a lower weight
1x6 - 115 lbs
1x6 - 120 lbs
1x8 - 125 lbs ---i feel like i was doing it right this time, although light...i will be able to do them correctly next time with no worries
Welll..no PR's but i still felt good in there. I think i could have had the DL PR...but i screwed it up. I'll put it up tomorrow. Stayed tuned
+Video now posted here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtZ9yoZR98
After further evaluation, i lost good form and i probably could of had it if i didn't give up too soon. I needed to get my a$$ down like i did on the 385 lb reps for more leg drive, and keep that back straight. DOH!
Friday-
Well today was a decent day...not unhappy, but i have some new goals
Deadlift 3x5
1x5 385 lbs - I finally had my strength back today. Last week sucked...but today just kicked a$$
1x5 390 lbs - Very good i felt amazing, so amazing i felt it was time for a PR i just felt like maxing today...don't know why
1x1 430 lbs (RAW) - Okay...I failed, i was two three inches from locking out...i ALMOST HAD IT :box: :box: I know if i would have taken a little easier on the first two sets i would def would have gotten it...i will post the video up later. But i swear it was a damm good try! VIDEO WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW
Pullups 2x10 - still doing negatives...this time a only 20 lbs helping me do 10 reps
second set i got the ten, but once again my left bicept was torn from it (maybe i hurt it last week...or i am pushing it too hard?) It doesn't hurt now, but in the gym it was hard to do bicept curls again...not that i care that much about those though
Bicept curls 3x8 DUMBBELLS
1x8 - 30 lbs
1x8 - 30 lbs
1x11 -35 lbs ---anymore weight, and my left arm couldn't go up. it sucked cause i can usually do 40 or even 45
Rows 3x6 - working on technique here so a lower weight
1x6 - 115 lbs
1x6 - 120 lbs
1x8 - 125 lbs ---i feel like i was doing it right this time, although light...i will be able to do them correctly next time with no worries
Welll..no PR's but i still felt good in there. I think i could have had the DL PR...but i screwed it up. I'll put it up tomorrow. Stayed tuned
+Video now posted here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOtZ9yoZR98
After further evaluation, i lost good form and i probably could of had it if i didn't give up too soon. I needed to get my a$$ down like i did on the 385 lb reps for more leg drive, and keep that back straight. DOH!
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I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
MONDAY -
Box squats
1x3 245 lbs - very low...maybe too low haha
1x10 205 lbs - YOUCH!
BB Rows 4x6 - started light to do form correctly
1x6 - 95 lbs
1x6 - 115 lbs
1x6 - 135 lbs
1x6 - 145 lbs ---I made sure i did these with the best form possible, i could pretty much easily handle the weight, keep myself solid and back tight, and bring the bar to my upper abs. A lot of reps so i started light, will pick a higher weight next time
GHRs- 3 sets of max reps - wow...can't do a real one but i did the best i could till i couldn't do it anymore. Fun
Cardio - 15 minutes
Till Wednesday
Box squats
1x3 245 lbs - very low...maybe too low haha
1x10 205 lbs - YOUCH!
BB Rows 4x6 - started light to do form correctly
1x6 - 95 lbs
1x6 - 115 lbs
1x6 - 135 lbs
1x6 - 145 lbs ---I made sure i did these with the best form possible, i could pretty much easily handle the weight, keep myself solid and back tight, and bring the bar to my upper abs. A lot of reps so i started light, will pick a higher weight next time
GHRs- 3 sets of max reps - wow...can't do a real one but i did the best i could till i couldn't do it anymore. Fun
Cardio - 15 minutes
Till Wednesday
Quagmire911
Master Don Juan
Haha the deadlift, I f***** loved it. Unlucky, but good attempt You'd have made it if you sniffed your ammonia like Benni
Which routine is it you are going onto, is it a 3/4 day Westside? Any DE work?
You'd have made it if you sniffed your ammonia like Benni Which routine is it you are going onto, is it a 3/4 day Westside? Any DE work?
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Haha you know i think i could have had it quag...idk. After i watched it i laughed at myselfQuagmire911 said:Haha the deadlift, I f***** loved it. Unlucky, but good attempt
Which routine is it you are going onto, is it a 3/4 day Westside? Any DE work?
Yeah i am doing 3 day westside now. DE? Not sure what that means hahaQuagmire911
Master Don Juan
Cool, this should be interesting.
DE is dynamic effort. Speed work.
DE is dynamic effort. Speed work.
