My First Post - Go Easy ;-)

Tall

Just had my last meal of plain chicken with some black pepper - yum!

Think I'm back to fat burning again as apparently my 'breath was spelling of record cleaner... again...' (acetone...)

I had a really low cal day today to make up for eating spud and pudding at the weekend - just chicken and two shakes, with about 5 coffees in the morning and water all afternoon (Try Sainsburys Strawb and Kiwi flavour fizzy water, no cals and tastes great...)

Leg training in the morning along with biceps as I missed them on Monday.

Ahhh Legs and Biceps... What a classic combo

Tall

No buddy curls today - slept through my alarm and got to the gym 20mins late. training partner had eating something dodgy so he had to go home.

Bis (Arm/Preacher Curls)
Warmup - 10 @ 25kg
8 @ 47.5kg
8 @ 52.5kg
8 @ 45kg

Didn't want to go too crazy as elbow and shoulder still twinge.

Legs

Leg Extensions
Warm Up: 15 @ 50kgish
2 x Triple Drop Set (Started at 77kg - can't remember the exact drops) Reps - 12, 8, 6

Leg Curls
Warm Up: 15 @ 50kgish
2 x Triple Drop Set (Started at 77kg - can't remember the exact drops) Reps - 12, 8, 4

Leg Press
Warm Up: 15 @ 50kgish
2 x 15 @ 124kg

Calf Raises
Warm Up: 15 @ 50kgish
3x 15 @ 115kg

Triple Drop Sets are a killa!! Could (can!) barely walk - not in a pain way, just in a I have no energy left in my legs way...

Tall

Oh just hit 108.9kg this morning too, forgot to add that.

mrhulahoop

How come you are doing legs curls? Why the tripple drop sets?

Tall

Howdee.

Having to train 3 times per week at 6.30am at present, so just trying out Pikey's suggestion on page 24 (http://www.musclechat.co.uk/progress...tml#post213020)

Not sure how much of my log you've read, but squats were running ahead of deads and my glutes had been growing too much for my liking from squats, so I'd been thinking for some time about dropping them to allow deads to increase.

Many roads to rome and all that.

mrhulahoop

Ah. But wouldn't you be best with just sticking to leg extensions and and dropping the curls? They are really only shapeing exercises after all.

Tall

Not really - extensions are for quads, curls are for hams - I need something in for hams to stop my lower back getting too tense, and leg press / squats doesn't cut it for me in terms of good ham work...

I have tight hams...

Tall

Forgot to update my log this morning... Weight was down to the low 108s

I'm due to train tomorrow but I may postpone that until Saturday afternoon and do I test to see how my strength is faring up.

I expect a jump in water weight when I come off the diet on monday.

mrhulahoop

I was always taught that extensions and curls are not for building mass, and they they are used to bring lagging muscles up to scratch, although I could be wrong.

Tall

Interesting point - I'm no expert but the leg routine was suggested by someone who uses it and has used it to increase the size and definition in their quads.

I'm not vastly concerned with getting my thighs bigger at this point TBH - they are running at 28" as it is which causes me enough problems with suits and jeans etc.

If you beleive in 2a and 1a and even 2b type muscle fibres - some do some dont, doesn't really bother me either way - things like drop sets should stimulate all the fibres as you are going for strength and endurance.

I never used to consider dumbell flies a valid chest exercise, then I started doing them as a post exhaust exercise and my chest grew... My bench increased... I was quite shocked (I'm not attributing all the growth to flies by any means...)

Being honest I was narrow minded about ATG squats too... Now I actually like them and they are helping, not hindering my knees. Don't get me wrong I don't go heavy on them by any shape of the imagination, but I do think they are a fabulous warmup - especially 20 rep ATG squats.

The problem with Squats in general is that they do work your glutes, which means if you have a strong lower body your glutes will grow and give you an oversized derriere... I have a fixed idea in mind of how I want to look, and 'junk in the trunk' isn't really on my radar...

I've read a couple of bits on how to reduce load on glutes during squatting which I may put into practice at some point, but there are many roads to rome so I'm quite happy trying out a new routine.

I peaked at squatting 190kg for 2 - but I wasn't quite getting to 'Powerlifting Parallel' - Pikey when we trained how far off 3 green lights was I? 4-6 inches? Or was it a bit more? I think the top of my quads were at 90degrees with the front of my shins, but thats not parallel (even though it looks it...) - Parallel is a straight line between your knee joint and your hip joint (is that right Pikey?)

Right anyway following on front my ramble... Had a refeed/cheat meal today. I'm guessing this will affect my weight by between 1 and 2kgs by the morning, final weigh in will be monday morning.