A Young Buck's Training Journal

[OneBreath]

June 18, 2009 Cardio
I'm back for good this time, I start working this afternoon, which sucks, back to the real world, but I digress, my workout is changing drastically starting Monday as I begin cutting, I didn't reach my size goals but that was expected due to the interuptions. I did HIIT for the first time today, felt good. Tomorrow I'll do my last day of 5x5 (with light weights) and begin my new schedule, courtesy of OneBreath, on Monday. Thanks for the support now its time to see what I'm up for. The big thing now is getting my diet straight.
2 min. Warmup bike
7 min. of 20 sec. high intensity, 10 sec. low intensity repeat
8 min. of 2 min. high intesnity, 1 min. low intensity repeat
30 min. of low-medium intensity on treadmill - 4 mph 4.0 inlcine

Were you pretty wiped after the HIIT? It might take a few rounds to get to that point where you are really pushing your body to its limit.

After these types of session i usually have a feeling almost like a drug induced high.

 

[Hellawulf]

Nah, I felt pretty good, but I didn't get wiped, the bike I was on kinda sucked, I had to go find straps for it and when I did they were different sizes so my feet were positioned fairly differently on the pedals. I'll try a different bike next time, should I do the bike that I'm sitting back in, or the old fashion speed bikes where you are on top of the pedals. I can go intense on both, but what do you think works best?

 

[OneBreath]

Nah, I felt pretty good, but I didn't get wiped, the bike I was on kinda sucked, I had to go find straps for it and when I did they were different sizes so my feet were positioned fairly differently on the pedals. I'll try a different bike next time, should I do the bike that I'm sitting back in, or the old fashion speed bikes where you are on top of the pedals. I can go intense on both, but what do you think works best?

Oh yeah, definitely need the straps. I forgot about that. And go with the old fashioned one.

Does your gym have an Olympic platform setup with large plates that you can drop (usually colored).

 

[Hellawulf]

Oh yeah, definitely need the straps. I forgot about that. And go with the old fashioned one.

Does your gym have an Olympic platform setup with large plates that you can drop (usually colored).

I don't think so, but I don't give a f..., the gym kinda pisses me off.
June 19, 2009 Workout
Squat
135x10
155x8
175x6
135x12

Bench
135x10
155x10
175x5
135x8

Row
95x10
115x8

Drag curls
65x10
75x10
85x8

Dips
1x5
(my arms were shaking like crazy and I started to feel sick, so I had to call it a day)
I decided to change up my routine right before I go into a new routine just to throw my body for a loop and it worked, I haven't gone over 5 reps in a set in months and I went up to 10 today on many sets and it hit my body hard. I was so drained that I couldn't flirt with the girl at the counter, damn squats.

 

[djeclipse]

June 18, 2009 Cardio
I'm back for good this time, I start working this afternoon, which sucks, back to the real world, but I digress, my workout is changing drastically starting Monday as I begin cutting, I didn't reach my size goals but that was expected due to the interuptions. I did HIIT for the first time today, felt good. Tomorrow I'll do my last day of 5x5 (with light weights) and begin my new schedule, courtesy of OneBreath, on Monday. Thanks for the support now its time to see what I'm up for. The big thing now is getting my diet straight.
2 min. Warmup bike
7 min. of 20 sec. high intensity, 10 sec. low intensity repeat
8 min. of 2 min. high intesnity, 1 min. low intensity repeat
30 min. of low-medium intensity on treadmill - 4 mph 4.0 inlcine

What does the new workout look like?

 

[OneBreath]

What does the new workout look like?

It's basically a DC 2 way split but without rest pauses and static holds. It still has the 20 rep squats thought

 

[djeclipse]

It's basically a DC 2 way split but without rest pauses and static holds. It still has the 20 rep squats thought

DC 2 way split? What is that?

 

[OneBreath]

I don't think so, but I don't give a f..., the gym kinda pisses me off.
June 19, 2009 Workout
Squat
135x10
155x8
175x6
135x12

Bench
135x10
155x10
175x5
135x8

Row
95x10
115x8

Drag curls
65x10
75x10
85x8

Dips
1x5
(my arms were shaking like crazy and I started to feel sick, so I had to call it a day)
I decided to change up my routine right before I go into a new routine just to throw my body for a loop and it worked, I haven't gone over 5 reps in a set in months and I went up to 10 today on many sets and it hit my body hard. I was so drained that I couldn't flirt with the girl at the counter, damn squats.

lol. That's when you know your ass is kicked.

The reason i was asking about the weights is because tabatas are great with LIGHT WEIGHT olympic lifts. I did hang power snatches this morning and came close to fainting. Same thing, 20 seconds of as many reps as possible, 10 seconds of rest for a total of 8 rounds. If it turns out that the bike isn't challenging enough, we can move to these. Power cleans would be another good one (which i think you've said you have experience with)

 

[OneBreath]

DC 2 way split? What is that?

Doggcrapp Training.

 

[Hellawulf]

lol. That's when you know your ass is kicked.

The reason i was asking about the weights is because tabatas are great with LIGHT WEIGHT olympic lifts. I did hang power snatches this morning and came close to fainting. Same thing, 20 seconds of as many reps as possible, 10 seconds of rest for a total of 8 rounds. If it turns out that the bike isn't challenging enough, we can move to these. Power cleans would be another good one (which i think you've said you have experience with)

I hit HIIT yesterday (didn't have time to post), and it worked pretty well, I did it on a traditional bike and I could feel it more. Leaving, it wasn't as bad as that day, I actually flirted with the girl at the counter and told a few jokes to one of the trainers, but I could actually feel it this time, it took a toll.