Day 9 - HUGE SHOULDERS and TRAPS!!
I felt a lot better this morning in terms of energy and soreness... I did feel a bit heavy this morning for some reason but other than that I was feeling good...
I weighed at 196.5 today, thats up 5.5 pounds so far...
I started off with cardio today... I did a 3 mile run at 8.5 mph for 20 min... I imediately then started my sprint circuit... 20 sprints at 12.0 mph, 30 seconds each with a 30 second rest in between each one... The 21st sprint is for 1 minute at 12.0 mph... I felt really strong today on my sprints... I felt like my stamina on the sprints is definitely going up... Then I moved on to a 35 minute elliptical, 4.5 miles, 35 minutes... This was a very strong cardio day and when I went into the locker room to change shirts, I was very happy with what I was seeing!
So today was shoulders and traps and I just felt like this was going to be a good one and I was right... I started off with a superset of dumbbell shoulder presses and seated dumbbell bent arm lateral raises... I started at 80 x 10 the first 2 sets of dumbbell shoulder presses... The best I have ever done is 85 x 10 but only one set... I've never tried to do 2 of my 4 sets with this weight but I did it today... I felt stronger on the last set than the 3rd... I did all four sets of my seated dumbbell bent arm lateral raises at 45 x 10... i had so many veins popping out on this one... it was incredible... i did these more slowed and controlled and my traps were just popping like crazy on this one... Then I moved on to seated single arm dumbbell full overhead shoulder lateral raises... I grabbed a 40lb. weight because I THOUGHT that in my log book that was what it said I did last time... It was pretty heavy and I was kind of upset about it... I went back and checked and realized that my PR on this exercise was only 35 x 10 so I was doing a PR my first set... That made me go extra hard... I did all four sets at 40 x 10... My shoulders were on fire but they were looking extremely big and defined... Then I moved on to straight arm forward alternate arm dumbbell lateral raises... I did all four sets at 65 x 10... This is big weight for this exercise and it really had my traps looking good! The next superset was interesting... I started with dumbbell arnold presses... I did all four sets at 60 x 10, which was very strong, especially considering what I had just put my shoulders through on the previous sets... I tried something new with shrugs on the next set... I did them while on an incline... I wasn't real sure on the weight... I finally figured it out... These are VERY TOUGH... I did 85 x 10 all four sets... These are definitely something nice to incorporate as it really works the traps hard... I like to try to do different kinds of ways to hit shrugs and this is definitely a winner for this exercise... Next set was a cybex machine lateral raise... I like to do controlled lateral raises and really burn my traps... I did my first set at 110 x 10 and finished the next three sets at 115 x 10... My traps have never looked as big as they did today... I finished out with a rotary shoulder machine, alternate arm press... My first three sets were 175 x 10 and my shoulders were really tired but I still wanted to get a PR on it so I went for 190 x 10 and nailed it... I finished the workout with a strong PR and was very happy with my workout! I felt great when I finished and feel like I am making a lot of good progress...
I decided to add s4 today for the rest of the cycle... I am going to dose it 75 mg for the next 3 weeks and I will probably kick it to 100 mg the last 2 weeks... I want that extra muscle hardening... I am so happy with the vascularity and muscle size that I am getting from the cycle... I also took some progress pics as well... All feedback appreciated!!