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Soldato
Did, 5x8 80kg deadlifts and had to go for a breather on the outdoor circuit because felt sick! Shouldn't like that exercise but really do!
Caporegime
Finally got my MSM + Glucosamine tablets delivered today! Time to start taking them...Hopefully my ankle and knees will start to improve a little bit now 
Really bad at the moment.
Really bad at the moment.
Caporegime
Yeah...I went through a bottle of them a month or two ago...And I think they did help me a fair bit.
Only wish I brought them sooner, it's getting ridiculous how pants my body is at the moment.
Caporegime
Quite happy with yesterday's back session. Got to the gym early, so got plenty in and Friday nights are always empty. Lots of me time. 
Deadlift:
10x60kg
10x80kg
10x90kg
10x100kg
10x110kg
10x60kg
BOR (flat, supinated):
10x50kg
10x60kg
8x70kg
10x50kg
Wide arm pull downs:
10x56kg
10x63kg
10x70kg
7x70kg (fail)
10x63kg
One arm DB rows:
10x28kg
10x32kg
10x36kg
10x38kg
10x32kg
Traps DB fly:
10x12kg
10x14kg
10x16kg
5x16kg (fail)
10x12kg
DB Shrugs:
10x28kg
10x32kg
10x34kg
10x28kg
Did that lot in about 1hr 10mins. Really need to get some wrist straps now. Fingers were totally mullered after that.
Deadlift:
10x60kg
10x80kg
10x90kg
10x100kg
10x110kg
10x60kg
BOR (flat, supinated):
10x50kg
10x60kg
8x70kg
10x50kg
Wide arm pull downs:
10x56kg
10x63kg
10x70kg
7x70kg (fail)
10x63kg
One arm DB rows:
10x28kg
10x32kg
10x36kg
10x38kg
10x32kg
Traps DB fly:
10x12kg
10x14kg
10x16kg
5x16kg (fail)
10x12kg
DB Shrugs:
10x28kg
10x32kg
10x34kg
10x28kg
Did that lot in about 1hr 10mins.
Really need to get some wrist straps now. Fingers were totally mullered after that.
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Caporegime
ahhh ****.
Trust me to try and do too much.
thinking to myself 'wrist is doing well, lets try something for my shoulders', i decided to do some standing BB presses.
how stupid of me. clearly while waiting for my wrist to get better, other parts of my body haven't been worked to hard, namely my rotator cuff.
so, 2 sets into some light pressing i feel a twinge. 1 rep later and i have to stop.
bugger :/
tried some light chest press this morning to see how much effect the injury is having... 70kg BB bench press, feel the shoulder pulling.
looks like a week or 2 off of anything that could cause any more damage
Trust me to try and do too much.
thinking to myself 'wrist is doing well, lets try something for my shoulders', i decided to do some standing BB presses.
how stupid of me. clearly while waiting for my wrist to get better, other parts of my body haven't been worked to hard, namely my rotator cuff.
so, 2 sets into some light pressing i feel a twinge. 1 rep later and i have to stop.
bugger :/
tried some light chest press this morning to see how much effect the injury is having... 70kg BB bench press, feel the shoulder pulling.
looks like a week or 2 off of anything that could cause any more damage
whenever I feel that my wrists shouldn't be murdered and have to do traps I just move my ass to the calf machine, lower it a bit so that I can reach it with feet on the floor, put the whole stack on and start shrugging.
totally trap killing and my fingers love it.
le: that's a shame.
I've taken Freefaller's advice and do my RC warm up exercises before each workout now, sure people look at me like a weird while I juggle with 2kg dumbbells but heck my shoulders sure love it. I'm eager to try flies again on chest day now to see the difference.
totally trap killing and my fingers love it.
le: that's a shame.
I've taken Freefaller's advice and do my RC warm up exercises before each workout now, sure people look at me like a weird while I juggle with 2kg dumbbells but heck my shoulders sure love it. I'm eager to try flies again on chest day now to see the difference.
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Caporegime
yeah, i do shrugs on standing calf machine, its rather good if you can make sure that you are putting equal pressure on both sides.
Soldato
I've been looking at my squat form recently and it seems like my knees are coming forward a bit too much when squatting which I know isn't good form - any tips on how to improve this?
Man of Honour
Can't wait to get back into the gym tomorrow, it's only been a week, but this week off has felt like a year off
Set up a new routine/split and going to absolutely hammer it. I've by no means been slacking these last few months, giving it my everything. But I'm going to give it that little bit more from tomorrow
If it hurt for me to walk up the stairs before, I want it to be near impossible from tomorrow, if my shoulders feel like they just can't do that last rep, they're going to do it, and one more for good measure
I'm so full of motivation right now
Set up a new routine/split and going to absolutely hammer it. I've by no means been slacking these last few months, giving it my everything. But I'm going to give it that little bit more from tomorrow
If it hurt for me to walk up the stairs before, I want it to be near impossible from tomorrow, if my shoulders feel like they just can't do that last rep, they're going to do it, and one more for good measure
I'm so full of motivation right now
Saturday:
Powercleans:
8x60
7x70
6x80
6x90
5x100
Shrugs:
10x100
8x140
8x170
7x200
5x220
10x140
T-bars:
10x40
10x40
8x55
8x70
8x90
6x110
Arnies (no backrest):
10x12
10x15
10x17.5
10x20
8x22.5
5x25
V-grip pull down:
10x100
8x100
8x100
7x100
7x100
Followed by 15mins of HIIT.
Powercleans:
8x60
7x70
6x80
6x90
5x100
Shrugs:
10x100
8x140
8x170
7x200
5x220
10x140
T-bars:
10x40
10x40
8x55
8x70
8x90
6x110
Arnies (no backrest):
10x12
10x15
10x17.5
10x20
8x22.5
5x25
V-grip pull down:
10x100
8x100
8x100
7x100
7x100
Followed by 15mins of HIIT.
Squats
40kg x3x5
70kg x3x5
102.5kg x5x5
110kg x1x5 PB
Bench
40kg x3x5
50kg x3x5
62.5kg x5x5
70kg 1x5 PB
Rows
1x9
1x8
1x6
push ups
1x30
1x20
1x15
crunches
1x20
1x15
1x8
Done, Nearing my goal 1.5 body weight on squats well happy today. Having to eat a bit more though but sod it.
40kg x3x5
70kg x3x5
102.5kg x5x5
110kg x1x5 PB
Bench
40kg x3x5
50kg x3x5
62.5kg x5x5
70kg 1x5 PB
Rows
1x9
1x8
1x6
push ups
1x30
1x20
1x15
crunches
1x20
1x15
1x8
Done, Nearing my goal 1.5 body weight on squats well happy today. Having to eat a bit more though but sod it.
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chest session today.
bench press:
10x50
10x60
8x70
6x80
Incline DB press:
10x22
10x26
8x30
7x34
And did flies again, but this time didn't go lower than parallel and did my RC exercises before warmup.
no pain at all on the shoulders although I was able to go higher with the weight.
Freefaller I owe you big time.
bench press:
10x50
10x60
8x70
6x80
Incline DB press:
10x22
10x26
8x30
7x34
And did flies again, but this time didn't go lower than parallel and did my RC exercises before warmup.
no pain at all on the shoulders although I was able to go higher with the weight.
Freefaller I owe you big time.
You're welcome. Glad to share my knowledge - it's what this place is for.
Todays max effort upper body session will be interesting.
Finally moved into my house this weekend but the past week has been hell. Managed two very tired weight sessions, no cardio and a terrible diet for the whole week. Four days at 7.30am to 10.30pm +
I put on fat some damn fast
I swear I must have put half an inch round my waist this week, but then I have been eating KFC, McDonalds, Pizza, doughnuts etc as I just haven't had time to prepare anything! But, now I'm in the fun begins again.
FF, still cleaning I see Whats your 1rm target by the end of the year?
Finally moved into my house this weekend but the past week has been hell. Managed two very tired weight sessions, no cardio and a terrible diet for the whole week. Four days at 7.30am to 10.30pm +
I put on fat some damn fast
I swear I must have put half an inch round my waist this week, but then I have been eating KFC, McDonalds, Pizza, doughnuts etc as I just haven't had time to prepare anything! But, now I'm in the fun begins again.FF, still cleaning I see
Whats your 1rm target by the end of the year?
I love to clean!
Managed to gouge part of my shin out doing them though Ah well, no pain no gain - didn't quite need 1st aid but I had nice red socks afterwards
I'm happy on 110kg at the moment, ideally I'd love to break 120 - but I'll have to see how that goes. I'm tempted to push my DLs up to 230, and break 200 squats. My chest is lagging behind, but the ratio is about right you should always be able to do 30% more on dls/squats than on chest press IMO.
Ideal world? Clean 130-140, DL 260, squat 220 by the end of the year. Doesn't sound like a big increase, but it's enough to push myself very very hard. Even with my chest lagging I should be back up to 150kg chest soon enough (damned shoulder) which will leave me sitting at 630kg which is pretty awesome. Actually I'd like to break 600kg by the end of the year that's my true goal.
Managed to gouge part of my shin out doing them though
Ah well, no pain no gain - didn't quite need 1st aid but I had nice red socks afterwards I'm happy on 110kg at the moment, ideally I'd love to break 120 - but I'll have to see how that goes. I'm tempted to push my DLs up to 230, and break 200 squats. My chest is lagging behind, but the ratio is about right you should always be able to do 30% more on dls/squats than on chest press IMO.
Ideal world? Clean 130-140, DL 260, squat 220 by the end of the year. Doesn't sound like a big increase, but it's enough to push myself very very hard. Even with my chest lagging I should be back up to 150kg chest soon enough (damned shoulder
) which will leave me sitting at 630kg which is pretty awesome. Actually I'd like to break 600kg by the end of the year that's my true goal.
Soldato
Chaps, why is alcohol bad for you when training? Because I'm going to be drinking a lot soon when I'm in Prague 
Man of Honour
Chaps, why is alcohol bad for you when training? Because I'm going to be drinking a lot soon when I'm in Prague
Full of empty cals, reduces test, increases oestrogen basically turns you into a woman
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