Tall's New Log

Tall

Weak day today. Not enough food (cutting too drastically...)

AM: 300kcals on the Treadclimber (20mins)

PM:
[Hip Dominant] Box Squats: 5*5 @ 100kg
[Horizontal Push] Close Grip Bench Press: 5*5 @ 60kg
[Vertical Push] OHP: 4*5 @ 20kg DBs
[Vertical Push] Seated Calf Raises: 2*10 @ 50kg

4*4 DB Preacher Curls @ 20kg - slow negs

CMinOZ

Tall, don't worry about winning, you will find with the spotlight on you at a comp that you will smash your PB's and let's be honest, there will always be someone out there at the same weight as you that will lift more (they will be about as tall as Pikey)

Good luck with the lifts

CM

Tall

Cheers Mr C.

Tall

Diet's been junk of late - moved office buildings, no microwave access, mega busy. At best I'm controlling portion sizes.

Been away at the weekends a fair bit so not managed to do my volume workout as yet sadly.

Managing to train about twice a week.

Ok so onto today's session:

Deadlifts
10 @ 70kg
10 @ 120kg
3,2,2 @ 170kg
1,1 @ 180kg
1 @ 190kg

Fairly easy, more in the tank. Had a not been distracted by the footy I would have probably just gone for 170kg @ 3*3

Hands were still ripped to shreds from last weeks Rack Deads / Bench Dead Shrugs so hand to use straps on 170 | 180 | 190.

I've just scrubbed them to dry them out, and I'll be slapping a load of hand cream on them later doors.

Chest Supported Row
2 x 5 @ 50kg
8 @ 75kg

Easy, but hands were hurting something chronic.

Preacher Curl Machine
4 @ 45kg
2 x 4 @ 50kg
4 @ 55kg - That was tough
Failure (15) @ 30kg

Working Bi's directly is quite hard for me as I
a) struggle to get a mind-muscle connection
b) have sore tendons/locked muscles in the forearm/elbow area

Pleased with the 55kg though. Bi's felt alot more pumped on the machine than when I used the DBs on Monday.

Overhead Rope Tricep Extension
10 @ 25kg
4 * 4 @ 30kg
Failure (18) @ 20kg

Tabatas on Concept 2 Rower
968m

Not a bad session overall. In and out quite quick.

Tall

Was away for the weekend so first session back this morning (6.30am) wasn't very awake so kept it faily light.

GCBP
Warmup x Bar
Warmup x 40kg
3 * 3 @ 80kg - last rep was a fail at lockout. Tris nicely smashed though.

DB Shoulder Press
10 @ 20kg Dbs - Very slow rep cadence

Single Arm DB Clean And Press
10 @ 20kg Dbs - more in the tank, going slowly on shoulders to try and stay injury free.

DB Preacher Curl
2 x 10 @ 15kg DBs

Wrist was aching again after GCBP and DBPC - tendon was tight so I 'clicked' it the other day, perhaps a we bit too much me thinks.

Few more training sessions and I should break 100kgs for 3*3 on GCBP me thinks

Ali M

stop wanking and give it a chance to heal

Tall

Yesterday was Volume Day. I would have normally done more exercises, as I'd normally have about 2 hours to play with, but we were in a rush so only had an hour, which isn't along time when doing Volume.

Flat Bench
100 Reps @ 50kg

Shoulder Press
50 Reps @ 15kg

Preacher Curl Machine
50 Reps @ 30kg

Tabatas Squats @ 50kg
-- This was absolutely evil. Flat Bench was hard (left shoulder kept fatiguing) but this was just evil.

Tall

Question ... I tried carb loading (as the Keto diet I'm on has me carb depleated) at 800g carbs (from oats and white spuds) for three days and a shed load of water.

Upper body blew up massively, even more so after training, but I lost all definition, you couldn't even see the horseshoe on my tri's.

What did I do wrong?

FAT BOY

you just spilled over m8 thats all prob just overdid it a bit how was you looking after the first two days

Tall

First few days were okay, but I hadn't trained / monitored enough me thinks.

I'll try it again at somepoint.