My Training Journal

[Andalite]

Dude....be goal specific man. Fucking doing GVT with less than 135 lbs squats is so silly. Doing GVT is silly enough but compound that with the light weights and you got a sign saying you need to check your priorities. I'm being harsh for a reason: I ain't gonna jump on the "Ooooooooooohhh GVT is so awesome you're the man, EM!" bandwagon coz it's not awesome and what you're doing at your strength level is silly.

But I recognize that @ 15 you aren't gonna make smart decisions all the time. So go roll with it. But remember this: the longer you put off addressing your injuries, the longer the recovery will be.

You can get a 500 Deadlift in less than 5 years. You keep delaying training right and then when you do decide to train right, guess what? You'll need to prepare even more to overcome these injuries.

 

[Tblock1]

Dude....be goal specific man. Fucking doing GVT with less than 135 lbs squats is so silly. Doing GVT is silly enough but compound that with the light weights and you got a sign saying you need to check your priorities. I'm being harsh for a reason: I ain't gonna jump on the "Ooooooooooohhh GVT is so awesome you're the man, EM!" bandwagon coz it's not awesome and what you're doing at your strength level is silly.

But I recognize that @ 15 you aren't gonna make smart decisions all the time. So go roll with it. But remember this: the longer you put off addressing your injuries, the longer the recovery will be.

You can get a 500 Deadlift in less than 5 years. You keep delaying training right and then when you do decide to train right, guess what? You'll need to prepare even more to overcome these injuries.

Andalite: Why do you always get his age wrong lol? First you said he was 14, then 15. He turned 16 a little while ago I want some of that 500 deadlift action myself! I just looked back and my last real pr on deadlifts was 5/30/10 with 405x5. If I had of kept that 5 pounds a week which is ususally easy for me to keep I would have easily had a 500 deadlift by now I know you are about patient lifting andalite. But damn I missed the next 2 weeks of deadlifting after that and since then I have been missing time on and off with backpacking and camping and all If I had of kept to it consistenly once a week I could have pulled 500 and probably with good form too.

EM: Sorry to take up your log man I've been wondering how is your injury doing?

 

[Andalite]

Andalite: Why do you always get his age wrong lol? First you said he was 14, then 15. He turned 16 a little while ago I want some of that 500 deadlift action myself! I just looked back and my last real pr on deadlifts was 5/30/10 with 405x5. If I had of kept that 5 pounds a week which is ususally easy for me to keep I would have easily had a 500 deadlift by now I know you are about patient lifting andalite. But damn I missed the next 2 weeks of deadlifting after that and since then I have been missing time on and off with backpacking and camping and all If I had of kept to it consistenly once a week I could have pulled 500 and probably with good form too.

EM: Sorry to take up your log man I've been wondering how is your injury doing?

Dude I'm sorry.....14,15,16 are so close. He might be all 3

Your training is erratic and poorly planned. You're trying to conquer many mountains at one time. And that 5 lbs per week thing is BS once you hit the 400s. LOL...what you think this growth is gonna be exponential?

You need to work within a range. Take 385-415. You absolutely must do doubles and triples in this range. Do that for 4-6 weeks. Every week. You work on those doubles and triples. You've read the SDT Protocol, right? So you progress accordingly for those 4-6 weeks. By that time you've built up enough strength to take the 415-445 range. You work on that for 5-7 weeks. Get real good at it.

Then, work in the 445-475 range. Get good at that.

Etc etc

See how simple it is?!?

You just got to be consistent.

 

[Tblock1]

Dude I'm sorry.....14,15,16 are so close. He might be all 3

Your training is erratic and poorly planned. You're trying to conquer many mountains at one time. And that 5 lbs per week thing is BS once you hit the 400s. LOL...what you think this growth is gonna be exponential?

You need to work within a range. Take 385-415. You absolutely must do doubles and triples in this range. Do that for 4-6 weeks. Every week. You work on those doubles and triples. You've read the SDT Protocol, right? So you progress accordingly for those 4-6 weeks. By that time you've built up enough strength to take the 415-445 range. You work on that for 5-7 weeks. Get real good at it.

Then, work in the 445-475 range. Get good at that.

Etc etc

See how simple it is?!?

You just got to be consistent.

That makes since you just gotta understand how damn effective that 5 reps a week adding 5 pounds was. I mean seriously I took it from 315x5 to 405x5. Not bad progress. I honestly think I could have kept going to 455x5 if it wasnt for all the shit that has been going on this summer.

Your right though I honestly believe the key to deadlifting is consistency, once a week.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

I know theres good training techniques but you realize if you give yourself an extra 500 calories a day you will continue to get stronger as long as you train heavy and consistently. So make sure your diet is on par before you mess with your training.

I agree once you get to a point where you arent making jumps every week you should wok within a range and get good at it.

 

[ExtraMile]

I'm not doing GVT. I never said I was. I wouldn't want to. My goal right now is to get lean enough to have visible upper abs when relaxed. And obviously I want to hold onto as much size and strength as I can.

tblock: My injury is pretty much cleared now. And yes I'm 16 now lol.

Jdid: yes the chins were wide overhand grip. I didn't really cheat on them. But I don't get the bar right under my chin though it was more like mouth to the bar. My lats and traps were sore as fuck the next day!

Weight is 199 in the morning before eating right now.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

fuck 199 bro cut cut cut your a big boy for 16 y/o cant wait to see pics of the final result

 

[ExtraMile]

fuck 199 bro cut cut cut your a big boy for 16 y/o cant wait to see pics of the final result

hell yeah cant wait to see what I look like at 185 or 180.

Going to try and keep this clean eating even when Im bulking now, I dont want to be 18-20% bodyfat ever again.

Just trying to force myself to go and do some cardio now, I decided to throw in an extremely low carb day today, had a small amount of oats in the morning then cut the carbs out for the rest of the day.

Oh yeah and my gym is closing on the 22nd

 

[ExtraMile]

Just did 45mins of cardio. I had around 40g of carbs at breakfast today and pretty much zero carbs throughout the day, only carbs I may have had came from some green beans and some green peas. Maximum around 15g total from those two meals. I just had a shake and a very small amount of carbs after my cardio, totals were 60g of protein and 15g of carbs. No more carbs until tomorrow now.

Oh yeah and I have a job interview tomorrow working in a 4 star hotel

 

[Tblock1]

Just did 45mins of cardio. I had around 50g of carbs today at breakfast today and pretty much zero carbs throughout the day, only carbs I may have had came from some green beans and some green peas. Maximum around 15g total from those two meals. I just had a shake and a very small amount of carbs after my cardio, totals were 60g of protein and 15g of carbs. No more carbs until tomorrow now.

Oh yeah and I have a job interview tomorrow working in a 4 star hotel

You bastard lol!