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nice bro. I think ur legs are gonna get crazy strong again
My Training Journal
- Thread starter ExtraMile
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Holy fuck, everytime I take time off from the gym the first few days back I get super sore. My quads, calves, hams, glutes and abs are sore as fuck today. Its such an effort to even move lol. Having a sore lowerbody makes me feel very lethergic too lol.
Going to hit chest, shoulders and tri's tomorrow with a friend. I have missed 3 weeks worth of benchpressing due to getting sick so I dont know how it will go. Repping two plates would be nice but whatever, Ill be super pissed if Im weak as fuck.
Going to hit chest, shoulders and tri's tomorrow with a friend. I have missed 3 weeks worth of benchpressing due to getting sick so I dont know how it will go. Repping two plates would be nice but whatever, Ill be super pissed if Im weak as fuck.
SPEKTOR-AAA
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I thought you were done with your log brah???
Well good start with them legs, keep it up. The first 2-3 days after a leg workout SUCKKKK lol. Whats your goals for legs/squats?
lol well people were asking questions so I was posting in here then I just decided to keep it going. I think I just needed a break, I got sick of logging on here and it was a pretty busy time with school and work. blah blah blah excuses etc
goal is just to get as big and strong as possible while keeping fat gain to a minimum
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Anyway today was chest, shoulders, tri's and it fucking sucked. Worked out with a friend which made it even worse when my strength was sapped.
dont even want to post it all because it was one of the shittiest workouts I've had in a while. Basically worked up to 209x2 on the bench. Then hit some shoulders on a machine, weighted dips w/ 45lb plate x 6, then 2x8 with bodyweight, few sets of flyes and then couple sets tri extensions.
need to get back into the swing of things. It seems like everytime Im abotu to start breaking into PR's something comes along. I've not been making consistent strength progress since last summer due to the dieting and then getting sick. My deadlift and squat havnt really moved in the last year due to injuries and the dieting period. Fucking sucks.
I seem to always be in the 187-215 range for bench. 198-225 for squats and 275-297 for deads. I need to break out and get these numbers up if I expect to get any bigger. Just something always seems to come up and disrupt everything. The 330x2 deadlift I pulled before getting sick was awesome and Im confident my form has improved a tonne, need to get back up there. Working on glute activation has really helped. Ill have to get a video soon.
Im just lacking motivation right now, seem to be going through a rough patch not just in my training.
And damn Im getting so sick of eggs and meat! I dont really know the solution. Im eating so much of it all the time its just getting gross...
Stick to it bro, especially with the eating. My wife gives me so much crap sometimes cuz all I eat is chicken, eggs and some veggies on the side. The lack of motivation to get to the gym is probably due to a combination of getting sick and not seeing the results that you wanted. On the other hand, think back to barely a month ago when you had just finished your diet and was hyped from looking awesome. Guess it comes down to finding what motivates you to get back to it. The old advice is the best I suppose, just stick to it, push/pull the iron and results will come.
oh for sure bro. Getting sick for so long fucked everything up. Only a month ago I was looking back and thinking wow everything is going awesome. Now Im bloated looking and weak lol. Cant shake the cravings on my diet either.
My benchpress seems to suffer the most whenever my training is off. If Im having a bad day I will probably still deadlift OK, maybe the reps will be harder or Ill be able to tell while Im warming up and cut it back a little. If Im squatting Ill just end up taking a few extra breaths between reps. But benching always goes in the shitter if everything isnt perfect. This is why I prefer dumbell benching so much more than Flat BB Pressing lol.
One part of me thinks maybe I should drop the max effort benchpressing for a while and work on dumbell pressing and military pressing since those are the two aspects of pressing I really suck at...
At the end of the day its the TIME principle of training that is getting to me. I know Ill get back up to benching heavy weights in time but all these little things just mean it will take longer.
That actually might be the way to go. My bench press has increased pretty consistently since I started rotating between BB and dumbbell. As you well know, dumbbell's allow for a greater range of motion. I started off with a max dumbbell press of 80 and within a couple months of using them bi-weekly I've progressed to 115 for 8 reps, which in turn has really helped my bench press. Sometimes it's just little changes that help and at this stage it wouldn't hurt you much to change to that for a while. As for time, well I can only sympathize with you there, yeah it'll take a while to get back to where you want to be but you might as well enjoy the pain it's going to take for you to get there 
ghettostudmuffin
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I think the best thing about dumbells is they work the stabilizers ALOT harder than a barbell. Not so much that it's a different movement by itself.
The problem with dumbell benching is there isn't enough weight.
most gyms have 100 lbs dumbells. I've seen gyms with 120 lbs dumbells and even some with 140 lbs dumbells, but that's still not enough if you're benching 365 lbs for reps.
