A Young Buck's Training Journal

[djeclipse]

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!

This is why you should ignore any advice from anyone you talk to at the gym. In fact it's probably best you don't talk to anyone at the gym about actual training. 99.9% of the time they don't know shit, which you found out first hand with this tool. Don't even bother apologizing to that jack ass, if he gets his panties in a bunch because you didn't listen to him, he has other issues.

Wait till you get to the point where you need to micro load with chains form home depot so you can add 2.5 increases to the bar instead of 5. People always look at you funny when you pull out the little chains, but who cares, your weight's are moving up, theirs most likely are stagnant.

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...

Congrats on the PR's, what made you go for the 325 x 3 instead of following the program?

As for the pull up's, they are secondary to the major lifts, their progression is not as important as the squats, dead lift and Over Head Press. Keep in mind that you are adding weight to your body, how many pounds heavier are you now than when you started? 5-10? That is 5-10lbs you are lifting when doing the chins, pretty much 5-10lb PR.

Keep at them, eventually they will start to go up.

On your first set are you going to failure, or could you do a few more but stop at 5? Try doing 3 sets of 4 instead of 5,4,3. The volume is the same, try 4,4,4 =12 next week and 5,4,4 =13 the week after.

 

[Hellawulf]

Congrats on the PR's, what made you go for the 325 x 3 instead of following the program?

As for the pull up's, they are secondary to the major lifts, their progression is not as important as the squats, dead lift and Over Head Press. Keep in mind that you are adding weight to your body, how many pounds heavier are you now than when you started? 5-10? That is 5-10lbs you are lifting when doing the chins, pretty much 5-10lb PR.

Keep at them, eventually they will start to go up.

On your first set are you going to failure, or could you do a few more but stop at 5? Try doing 3 sets of 4 instead of 5,4,3. The volume is the same, try 4,4,4 =12 next week and 5,4,4 =13 the week after.

300 didn't feel hard enough for a PR.

My body weight has been weird, I'm not sure if I gained weight or not, it jumps from 194-200 and has been consistant at that for the last two weeks, I think I gained 5-10 pounds right off the back but I've been losing body fat. Its a good problem I guess.

Yah on my pull ups I've been going to failure.

 

[Hellawulf]

May 21, 2009 Cardio
Swimming - 25 minutes
Did different strokes (back stroke, breast stroke, free style)
I def like the way I look after getting out of the pool, I weighed in today at 194.4 pounds, when about two weeks ago I was weighing in around 200, even though I have increased my calories on average about 800-1000 calories a day, the only thing I can think of is that this must be an effect of the Creatine. Any ideas?

 

[OneBreath]

May 21, 2009 Cardio
Swimming - 25 minutes
Did different strokes (back stroke, breast stroke, free style)
I def like the way I look after getting out of the pool, I weighed in today at 194.4 pounds, when about two weeks ago I was weighing in around 200, even though I have increased my calories on average about 800-1000 calories a day, the only thing I can think of is that this must be an effect of the Creatine. Any ideas?

creatine will cause some intramuscular water retention. This could be the reason for the weight fluctuation. When you change in weight more than 2 lbs at once, it's always water.

It seems like everything is working out well. If you can increase calories like you have (1000 over maintenance on some days) and not put on fat, then your metabolism is probably screaming. Enjoy it while you're young!

And of course if your lifts are going up, you are putting on muscle. This is great body recomposition.

Well done.

 

[Hellawulf]

creatine will cause some intramuscular water retention. This could be the reason for the weight fluctuation. When you change in weight more than 2 lbs at once, it's always water.

It seems like everything is working out well. If you can increase calories like you have (1000 over maintenance on some days) and not put on fat, then your metabolism is probably screaming. Enjoy it while you're young!

And of course if your lifts are going up, you are putting on muscle. This is great body recomposition.

Well done.

My friend and I were just talking about this on the way to a buffet, I told him pretty much exactly what you just said, so for you to reiterate that means I'm actually right. Yah, if I'm putting on muscle (which is obvious by the progression) and losing weight, them I'm pretty much restructuring my body, which is what I have always wanted.

 

[Hellawulf]

Pissed going into the gym today, just focused on the workout and applied my anger to the bar.

Squats
5x115
5x145
5x175
5x205
3x240
8x175

Bench
5x100
5x125
5x150
5x175
3x205
8x150

Pendlay Row
5x85
5x105
5x125
5x145
3x170
8x125

Dips
3 sets 5 reps

Drag Curls
8x75
8x80
8x85

Overall Good Workout.

 

[Hellawulf]

I keep forgetting to mark my PRs, + 10 Squat, +5 Bench (PR), +5 Row (PR), +5 Drag Curls (PR)
May 22, 2009 Diet
Breakfast: Protein Shake
Snack: Better Protein Shake
Snack: Fiber Bar
Lunch: 2 PB&Js, yogurt, apple
Post workout: Protein Shake
snack: tuna
Dinner: tyeraki chicken, broccoli, rice
snack: wheat thins
snack: Milk and Cookies
Pre-Bed: Protein Shake

 

[Hellawulf]

May 23, 2009 Cardio
Laps in the pool again, was gonna do the treadmill, but I woke up late and I wouldn't have had time.

 

[Hellawulf]

May 24, 2009
Didn't get to eat a whole lot due to work
Rest Day

 

[Hellawulf]

May 25, 2009 Workout

Squat
5x120
5x150
5x180
5x210
5x240 (I didn't see, but I felt like my form got a little sloppy)

Bench
5x100
5x130
5x155
5x180
5x205 (PR... hard as hell, but I got it up, no spotter)

Row
5x85
5x105
5x130
5x150
5x170 (PR)

Hypers
10x25
10x25

Weighted Situps
8x25
8x25
8x25
8x25

Good Workout.