Magnus Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Just did some stuff to get the blood flowing today Thick handle dumbbell hammer curls: 60x12 60x12 60x12 60x12 Single arm cable curls (supinated): 40x12 40x12 40x15 40x15 Barbell shrugs: 225x30, slow and strict. Lower back is still feeling my last dead session. Deload bench: 135x8 135x8 Pec tendons are feeling pretty sore at the bottom of the ROM. Looks like its time to start Animal Flex again. I'm gonna look into Cissus as well. Bench has been going up beautifully (for the first time in 2 years) and I don't want it to get derailed over something preventable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 Bench: 335 x 5 335 x 5 335 x 5 335 x 5 335 x 5 Managed to grind these out well enough but it was quite a bit harder than 325x5x5 was last week. Next week I'll either do the same thing for an extra set, or only up the weight by 5lb. Close grip (only R&P on knurling) off 2 boards: 315 x 3 315 x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Deadlifts: WU 475x3 475x3 225x10 225x10 Felt super drowsy. Could've taken a nap at any point during the workout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Deadlifts: WU 475x3 475x3 225x10 225x10 Felt super drowsy. Could've taken a nap at any point during the workout. I've been like that for two weeks. Sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 26, 2013 Author Share Posted July 26, 2013 Really wanted to do pullups today but couldn't, so I did the following instead. Lat pull downs: 170x15 - Wide DO 170x15 - Wide DO 170x15 - Narrow DO 170x15 - Narrow neutral 170x15 - Narrow neutral 100x10 - one arm w/ RT handle 50x20 - RT handle again Cable pull-overs: 50x20 50x20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Bench: WU 340x5 340x5 340x4+2 That ends the 5x5 streak. Probably should have just done 335x6x5 based on how that felt last week. I'm going to attempt 5x5 at this weight again next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Deadlifts: WU 475x3x3 Face pulls: 125x5x15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Pull-ups: Strict, DO wide grip BWx3x10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Was just going to take the day off today but ended up messing around. Close grip bench (hands about 12" apart): Shoulders still pretty sore from Monday. 135x10 225x5 315x6 Misc. bicep stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Bench: 340x5x5 - Take that, July 29th. 3rd and 4th sets were explosive, and then barely finished the last set. Close grip DO grip pull-ups, hands almost touching: BWx4x6 Rope face pulls: 100x2x20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Bench 135x8 225x5 315x3 335x3 365x1 405x1 415x1 315x7 So there it is. The big 4 wheels and change went up today. My spotters said 415 actually went up faster than 405. Decided to quit while I was ahead. Bunch of pull-ups and lat pull downs after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 I've been lifting, just not posting. Benched 405 again today and missed 425, but it was a good attempt. At least now I know that 405 is a solid baseline. Pretty sure I can have 425 in 2 or 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Damn strong bencher Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Thanks, Jason. Back at school, so I've been lazy with this log. Don't remember every workout, but I have had some decent lifts in the past few weeks, as follows: Bench: 340x7, rep pr Strict hammer curls: 80x8 Deads: 500x3, no belt - not a pr, but it's been quite a while since I've been in the rep range with 500. Barbell shrugs: 540x8, strict(ish) - weight and rep pr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Time to quit being lazy. BW currently 281. Trying to get into the 260s. Bench: 135x5 225x5 275x1 315x1 365x1 385x1 405x1 415x0 315x6 315x5 DB hammer curls: 65x12 75x8 80x8 45x12 fat gripz Now that I look at it, maybe that doesn't quite count as not being lazy. Gym was freaking packed to the hilt though so I left. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looks like you've kept pressing in the last year and a half haha! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Looks like you've kept pressing in the last year and a half haha! I mean, let's be honest. If you're gonna keep at least one lift maintained, make it the most important one 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Trying to get that lat strength back up. Hammer machine low rows, single arm: 45 x 10 90 x 10 135 x 10 Dumbbell rows: 80 x 10 100 x 10 120 x 10 135 x 10 135 x 10, 6r w/ fat gripz, 4 without 135 x 8, 4r w/ fat gripz, 4 without 120 x 8, 4r w/ fat gripz, 4 without 120 x 10, drop set to 105 x 4 120 x 10, drop set to 105 x 4 Cable rows, close/neutral grip: 100 x 10 150 x 10 210 x 10 210/150/100 x 10, drop sets Cable rows, wide grip: 100 x 10 Cable pullovers: 60 x 10 100 x 10 120 x 10 60 x 20 Hammer curls: 90 x 6 Lat pulldowns: 120 x 15 wide grip, dropset to narrow grip x 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Back feeling beat to hell from the volume yesterday. Deads: 135x5 225x5 315x3 405x1 475x1 505x2 405x1 + 20 shrugs 405x1 + 12 shrugs 315x1 + 20 shrugs 315x1 + 15 shrugs 225x1 + 20 shrugs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 Bench: 135 x 12 225 x 8 315 + chains (+40 at the top) x 5 315 + chains x 5 335 x 5 335 x 3 315 x 5 315 x 5 315 x 3 + 2 forced w/ spotter Haven't used chains in a long time. Felt weird. Incline DB bench: 100 x 6 100 x 6 Chest just not cooperating by this point. Tricep pull-downs w/ rope & fat gripz: 100 x 25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 The exercise science majors at my school are doing a test to determine whether or not chocolate milk is more effective than 1) Gatorade 2) a specific post workout drink at increasing a recovery post workout, with the test muscle group being the biceps. I volunteered to be one of the lab rats. Basically what they do is test our max bicep strength by having us apply as much static force as we can on a bar over 5 seconds while our elbows are against a wall and in a 90 degree position. The force is logged by computer. They then average the force and use that weight to do the test. My average resistance was 137lb (and yes, it was the highest of the group ). A few days later they have us perform 6 sets of maximum reps on strict barbell curls with ~75% of our 1rm, so in my case they used 100lb. Rules were 2 seconds on the positive, 1 second on the negative. I just considered this my arm workout for the day, so here's how it went: 100 x 15 100 x 8 100 x 8 100 x 6 100 x 6 100 x 7 (yeah, I don't know) Today was the chocolate milk portion of the test, so when I was done with that, they gave me that to drink and I'll get tested to see how my 1rm is affected tomorrow. This will get repeated two more times within the next 2 weeks; once with Gatorade and once more with a protein shake. While I'm interested to see the results at the end of this thing, I seriously doubt there will be any significant difference in one direction or another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Neat test but I'm with you. Seems there should be like 4-8 weeks utilising each. Some kind of basic peaking program. One off would be just that, one off. We all know what the differences of o e training day to the next can be from all kinds of other factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Neat test but I'm with you. Seems there should be like 4-8 weeks utilising each. Some kind of basic peaking program. One off would be just that, one off. We all know what the differences of one training day to the next can be from all kinds of other factors. Exactly. I think their results are going to be all over the place and ultimately completely inconclusive. But on the upside, I get to do a bunch of curls while two reasonably hot girls watch me and then give me drinks afterwards, so I'm complaining about nothing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Neat test but I'm with you. Seems there should be like 4-8 weeks utilising each. Some kind of basic peaking program. One off would be just that, one off. We all know what the differences of one training day to the next can be from all kinds of other factors. Exactly. I think their results are going to be all over the place and ultimately completely inconclusive. But on the upside, I get to do a bunch of curls while two reasonably hot girls watch me and then give me drinks afterwards, so I'm complaining about nothing. Chocolate milk, chicks, and curls. There's gotta be a meme for that haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Neat test but I'm with you. Seems there should be like 4-8 weeks utilising each. Some kind of basic peaking program. One off would be just that, one off. We all know what the differences of one training day to the next can be from all kinds of other factors. Exactly. I think their results are going to be all over the place and ultimately completely inconclusive. But on the upside, I get to do a bunch of curls while two reasonably hot girls watch me and then give me drinks afterwards, so I'm complaining about nothing. Chocolate milk, chicks, and curls. There's gotta be a meme for that haha! Fratty Lite Frank. I can see this. Bench: Warmup 335x4sx5r 325 x 5 315 x 3, close-grip, paused rep I was only supposed to do 320 for 5x5 today but some douche face-fighter who I can't stand was at the platform next to me deadlifting 335, so I immediately had to go into counter-douche mode. Sets felt pretty strong anyway. Incline bench: 135 x 10 175 x 8 205 x 5 225 x 5 245 x 5 265 x 5 135 x 15 Front delt raises: 15 x 10 20 x 10 25 x 10 35 x 8 40 x 8, drop-set to 15 x 15 Got retested for my max curl strength again afterwards. As expected, my numbers were way different this time. Max today was 149lb. This will probably confuse them since they're expecting my 1rm to drop the day after the workout. I'm guessing they were higher today from doing some compound movements beforehand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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