A Young Buck's Training Journal

[djeclipse]

I love it sooooo much, I love that dizzy feeling I get after putting down my PRs because my body isn't used to that much stress, I love the bad ass feel you get after a PR, a huge smile takes up my entire face after a PR, I love how when I get home I feel like I've got the flu and I'm about to throw up because my body is in a state of shock.... seriously.... Its better than any drug... I love it!

ha, nice.

Now you are starting to see the rewards to actually sticking with the program and all your hard work to get to this point.

You are now over reaching, just make sure you get enough rest and recovery time and you should be able to progress like this for a while.

 

[OneBreath]

lol, i think we have a convert dj.

The feeling you describe simply cannot be achieved with those typical magazine workouts with tons of isolation work. The big movements cause this, as well as the hormone response that will trigger growth.

Once you experience this, its impossible to go back to having an "arm day". It's like choosing masturbation when you can have megan fox.

 

[djeclipse]

lol, i think we have a convert dj.

The feeling you describe simply cannot be achieved with those typical magazine workouts with tons of isolation work. The big movements cause this, as well as the hormone response that will trigger growth.

Once you experience this, its impossible to go back to having an "arm day". It's like choosing masturbation when you can have megan fox.

Ha, so true

 

[Hellawulf]

I'm about to go do my wensday workout, I'm pretty pumped, but I have allergy induced asthsma and it is giving me hell right now, along with some pretty bad neck stiffness... we will se how it goes, but I'm still planning on sticking those standing barbell press and deadlift PRs!

 

[Hellawulf]

May 20, 2009

You wouldn't believe this MF at the gym, wtf, I'm doing my deadlifts, the trainer who told me my rows where wrong last week comes up and suprisingly says I have what is probably the best form on deadlift he has ever seen from someone my height, hell yah I'm pumped, ok... then this douche comes over (not the trainer), fairly big I'd estimate about 5'9" 215-225 around 12% bf, and tells me (after I've done 255) that there is no reason for the 2.5 pound plates, that if I'm gonna jump I need to jump big time, (me being a logical person) tried to explain to him that I am jumping about 30 pounds each set but that its based on a percentage of my max and is a progression workout, therefore the 2.5 plates are essential, MF has the nerve to say "whatever" and walk off pissed, I blew it off but then as I go to leave I go to him and say "dude, I didn't offend you did I? I'm sorry", MF says "whatever"... I don't know what the hell is in the Amplify 02, but I about tore his head off, holy crap, I was about to explode when I remembered that I had just got done with my workout and fighting prob wouldn't be good for muscle growth. Kinda pissed me off!

Soooo for my workout, other than me not being able to breath, pretty good overall

Squat
5x115
5x145
5x175
5x175

Standing Barbell Press
5x75
5x100 (I was supposed to do 90 but didn't count the weight right, haha, I just made a perfect score on my Statistics exam too)
5x105
5x115 (I actually might have done 125... I lost my head this workout)

Deadlift
5x185
5x220
5x255
4x300 (I couldn't remember after the lift if I did four or five reps because I was in the zone so much I forgot to count, which is why I did the next set)
3x325 (yah, I did it, perfect form, I feel like crap now, but I love it, that guy pissed me off so much I couldn't help it, haha)

"you must punish yourself before you can punish others" -sweetness (the RB)

Pull ups
1x5
1x4
1x3
(I've decided that being able to do the same amount of reps each week in pull ups actually means I'm growing, with the tremendous amount of stress I get from deadlifts right before and the progression adding more stress each week, I think proportionately I'm coming into the lift weaker, therefore doing the same amount of reps means growth)

What should I do about my deadlift? Recalculate? I'm not supposed to do 325 till week 9...

 

[SaiBoT]

Stick to the program! You are able to do it cause you were pissed off, still if you follow the program the progress will be greater and more solid!

 

[Hellawulf]

Stick to the program! You are able to do it cause you were pissed off, still if you follow the program the progress will be greater and more solid!

You would think I would have learned my lesson from the hip adductor strain from over doing squats, but i'm really hard headed, if I was able to do them because I was pissed, that just means I reached peak intensity, also I feel like I could have repped out 5 if it weren't for my grip slipping, if I come prepared to my wensday workouts like that each week (which they are my favorite day) wouldn't hitting weights like that each week only increase the amount of results I see?

 

[SaiBoT]

You would think I would have learned my lesson from the hip adductor strain from over doing squats, but i'm really hard headed, if I was able to do them because I was pissed, that just means I reached peak intensity, also I feel like I could have repped out 5 if it weren't for my grip slipping, if I come prepared to my wensday workouts like that each week (which they are my favorite day) wouldn't hitting weights like that each week only increase the amount of results I see?

Sometimes I too have anger/adrenaline/epinephrine/excitment issues and use it for my lifting goals, still that'a a double-edge knife and what brings results can also bring you injury. I'm a martir @ the gym and outside too cuz everytime I'm chalenged I'm up to it so there's virtually no bodypart of me that has not sustained an injury. There's virtually no day that I don't feel pain, in fact if there's a day I don't feel pain, I think something it's wrong so that "sometimes" at the beginning of my post you can change it to "I always".

Stick to the program, it will pay you greatly.

 

[OneBreath]

May 20, 2009

You wouldn't believe this MF at the gym, wtf, I'm doing my deadlifts, the trainer who told me my rows where wrong last week comes up and suprisingly says I have what is probably the best form on deadlift he has ever seen from someone my height, hell yah I'm pumped, ok... then this douche comes over (not the trainer), fairly big I'd estimate about 5'9" 215-225 around 12% bf, and tells me (after I've done 255) that there is no reason for the 2.5 pound plates, that if I'm gonna jump I need to jump big time, (me being a logical person) tried to explain to him that I am jumping about 30 pounds each set but that its based on a percentage of my max and is a progression workout, therefore the 2.5 plates are essential, MF has the nerve to say "whatever" and walk off pissed, I blew it off but then as I go to leave I go to him and say "dude, I didn't offend you did I? I'm sorry", MF says "whatever"... I don't know what the hell is in the Amplify 02, but I about tore his head off, holy crap, I was about to explode when I remembered that I had just got done with my workout and fighting prob wouldn't be good for muscle growth. Kinda pissed me off!

Soooo for my workout, other than me not being able to breath, pretty good overall

Squat
5x115
5x145
5x175
5x175

Standing Barbell Press
5x75
5x100 (I was supposed to do 90 but didn't count the weight right, haha, I just made a perfect score on my Statistics exam too)
5x105
5x115 (I actually might have done 125... I lost my head this workout)

Deadlift
5x185
5x220
5x255
4x300 (I couldn't remember after the lift if I did four or five reps because I was in the zone so much I forgot to count, which is why I did the next set)
3x325 (yah, I did it, perfect form, I feel like crap now, but I love it, that guy pissed me off so much I couldn't help it, haha)

"you must punish yourself before you can punish others" -sweetness (the RB)

Pull ups
1x5
1x4
1x3
(I've decided that being able to do the same amount of reps each week in pull ups actually means I'm growing, with the tremendous amount of stress I get from deadlifts right before and the progression adding more stress each week, I think proportionately I'm coming into the lift weaker, therefore doing the same amount of reps means growth)

What should I do about my deadlift? Recalculate? I'm not supposed to do 325 till week 9...

+1 on korin's comment. 325 is a big deal. You are way ahead of schedule so i wouldn't push it. If you feel really strong next week do 315. That's a decent adjustment, not too cocky.

Good job on sticking to your principles with the 2.5 lb plates. Those are essential. You obviously have a scientific mind and can appreciate the mathematics of the load and the theory behind it. MANY in the gym are not blessed with this trait. They simply do not understand. It's best to feel compassion for them. They will probably not progress to hit their goals while you will. They will be frustrated that their hard work is not creating progress while you continue to hit PRs and start seeing the changes in the mirror.

Overall, that's solid progress on the overhead press and dead. Chalk this session up to a win.

 

[Hellawulf]

+1 on korin's comment. 325 is a big deal. You are way ahead of schedule so i wouldn't push it. If you feel really strong next week do 315. That's a decent adjustment, not too cocky.

Good job on sticking to your principles with the 2.5 lb plates. Those are essential. You obviously have a scientific mind and can appreciate the mathematics of the load and the theory behind it. MANY in the gym are not blessed with this trait. They simply do not understand. It's best to feel compassion for them. They will probably not progress to hit their goals while you will. They will be frustrated that their hard work is not creating progress while you continue to hit PRs and start seeing the changes in the mirror.

Overall, that's solid progress on the overhead press and dead. Chalk this session up to a win.

Thanks, I'll hit 315 on deads next week. Yah I forgot to mark that the DL and the Standing BB Press were PRs. Now I'm getting pumped for Friday, I'm excited about the 205 on bench, the most I ever pressed was 185 x 11 when I was doing football, which I think that max is more than 205x3, but I've never actually hit weight over 200 before.

As for today, I skipped my cardio session this morning, I'll be going to the Chiropractor this afternoon, also I might be getting Broncitis, but whatever, after the Chiropractor I'm going to go for a few laps in the pool, I figure it will do the body some good to switch it up a little.