Joined 18th August, starting September 1 ("project Des")

[desmond]

Chest day:
70lbx6 (PB - but I was tensing chest less than normal I think)
Shoulder PW (personal worst lol) - for some reason no strength in shoudlers today, still tried my best. They were shot SM and then evem more so after lateral raises. Perhaps its the cheat reps on the chest exercises which did it?

Anyway, Omega did the creatine load for the inner/upper chest, and crimped (BTW, should arms crossover when crimping).

God my chest looked pump today - got comments from bodybuilders at the gym. I'm starting to get some good lines on the chest. If I can develop the upper/middle, I will be really happy with my chest.

One final question Omega - going away from Friday to Sunday. Meant to do back weds; legs thursday, Chest sat, but can't till monday.

Should I do 2 sessions on thurs, or just do chest on monday and have 2 extra days of rest?

 

[desmond]

Well I'm thinking of just one session thurs, and taking an extra 2 days of rest. It will do me good I think - hopefully the eating isn't too bad while away!

 

[deezy1225]

hey des .. just reading through everyones posts ... catching up from the last week or so .. keep up the good work !!

 

[desmond]

Could't be fucked with cardio today - legs, chest, shoulders all too sore.

So I reduced my carb intake by 50g to compensate -sorry omega

 

[access]

Sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do Des and listen to your body. I was in a similar state couple of weeks back. A rest can do wonders every now and then.

 

[desmond]

Omega:

how is this possible? I've been taking 10-15g of supplemental leucine lately and have recovered FAR, FAR worse? WTF? I've been hitting 300P, 230C, 90-120F (depending on whether its training) perfectly except for cheating badly on Sunday, which of course should increase recovery.

I don't get this - normally my recovery is really, really good (esp on chest/back)

 

[desmond]

Back yesterday -
DB rows50lbx9; 55x4 (right hand) (PB)
Biscep Curls - 20kg + bar (my bisceps will forever be weak pisses of shit)
Tricep push down - forgot to record

Today Legs:
Wide Stance Squat - 85kg PB
Free weight Squat - 80 (same as last time).

My legs have been so sore since the workout. Excruciating really. The leg extension machine was busy, so as I didn't want to lose momentum, I did sissy squats (slowly and controlled) before the SM squats. THe pain (in a good way) is now horrendous.

Omega: what are ur thoughts on sissy squats? I think our leg extension machine is actually pretty bad - much worse than ones I've used at other gyms before. The sissy's seem to nail the front of my quads.

 

[OMEGA]

Sissy Squats are too complicated and cascade stress to unpredeicatbly

dont use them

You can skip leg extensions

if you ever COMPETE then use them pre comp

 

[desmond]

Sissy Squats are too complicated and cascade stress to unpredeicatbly

dont use them

You can skip leg extensions

if you ever COMPETE then use them pre comp

So the leg extension is just for definition?

I find the hamstring curls are really useful however to enable me to isolate hams/glutes on the wide stance squat as we have no good leg press machine.

 

[OMEGA]

would say Ham String curls are critical for part 2

but EXtentions NO ONLY for pre comp