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Sarge's Lifting Chronicles 2006-2007

Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
- As always, I really appreciate you guys that have helped me so much along the way... Not gettin' too sappy on you, but I know it's good to hear and you should be aware of how much of a huge positive impact you've had on my lifting since August/September :beer:
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:rose:

Heh, you anticipated my advice pretty well with the "your flat is progressing" comment. I haven't really paid much attention to your DB numbers (hence not noticing the size .0001 font request for advice) or regarded them as a good barometer of progress since they're always your third and fourth presses of the day. Since you're already doing barbell OHP and bench variations, just look at the DB lifts as a way to get some extra volume. As for the difference between your current and previous numbers, it shouldn't be surprising that you're less proficient at a movement you didn't do for a long period of time (i.e. your 5x5 run and whatever you were doing between last summer and beginning the 5x5).

As for the calculators, who cares? You put up 225, and I really doubt the variations in plates from gym to gym, if any, are significant enough to put that in doubt. Plus, 185x6 is on your light day (in other words, a couple days after your "heavy day"). So just stick to 3-8 reps for general training and don't worry about what some spreadsheet says or a discrepancy between your 1RM and your "light day" 6RM.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Congrats on the PR.....don't worry about max calculators, they're a good guage, but not 100% accurate. Some people are much better at limit lifts in the 1-3 range that their 10RM indicates, some people are much better with higher reps, but can't use much more intensity to fire off something in the 1-3 range. Most people are somewhere in the middle, and that is who the calculators favor, some lean to one side or the other while in the middle, and that is where most discrepancies occur.

In any event, a 275 bench is in the very near future for you.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
For emphasis :)

And note I felt the same irritation briefly in my right bicep last night... came and went fast though. My left feels fine again, stretched it out real good during and after pressing while in the gym.
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K I'm going to just assume here for a moment... I'm assuming that maybe either A) You are more dominant on the right side and the left side is trying hard to keep up, or B) you are stronger on the left trying to push, pull, etc more then the right causing overuse. I would say B because you then move on to say that the next time around your right one started acting up which may mean that you were babying your left a bit after it felt injured and then the right had to pick up some slack. Sorry haven't read up on the new exercises you are doing but maybe need to incorporate some single arm stuff to even the arms out, or insetad of BB use DB, if you haven't already.

The place you describe.. There is a groove in the humerus called the bicipital groove. Three muscles connect there Pec Major, Latissimus Dorsi, and biceps short head. So... Dropping lats off.. we are left with two. Pecs and bicep.
Pushing movement + strengthening pecs + shortening of the pecs + pulling on attachments = Pain

I'm not thinking this is an actual bicep issue, but a pec issue.. I'm just going off a hunch, not a doctor, not seeing it.

Chest stretches = decrease in pain

http://www.dynamicsports.net/cycling/stretches.htm

There's a link with some stretches for you if you don't know or haven't already included those....
 
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treilin said:
K I'm going to just assume here for a moment... I'm assuming that maybe either A) You are more dominant on the right side and the left side is trying hard to keep up, or B) you are stronger on the left trying to push, pull, etc more then the right causing overuse. I would say B because you then move on to say that the next time around your right one started acting up which may mean that you were babying your left a bit after it felt injured and then the right had to pick up some slack. Sorry haven't read up on the new exercises you are doing but maybe need to incorporate some single arm stuff to even the arms out, or insetad of BB use DB, if you haven't already.

The place you describe.. There is a groove in the humerus called the bicipital groove. Three muscles connect there Pec Major, Latissimus Dorsi, and biceps short head. So... Dropping lats off.. we are left with two. Pecs and bicep.
Pushing movement + strengthening pecs + shortening of the pecs + pulling on attachments = Pain

I'm not thinking this is an actual bicep issue, but a pec issue.. I'm just going off a hunch, not a doctor, not seeing it.

Chest stretches = decrease in pain

http://www.dynamicsports.net/cycling/stretches.htm

There's a link with some stretches for you if you don't know or haven't already included those....
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wow very informative!
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

CS: well put... thank you for the reassurance and big picture view man.

BiggT: Thanks bro... I've been waiting for that damn PR for a long time, lol. Ahhh, I like your explanation of the rep range... makes sense, I've always been able to muster up serious intensity for a couple reps... but too many and my body gives out, lol.

Treilin: It's actually B. I'm very right side dominate. Visible in pics to me, but to the "average joe" no one has ever pointed at me and said "omg your right side is soo big" lol. Good call! I really need to be doing more upper body stretching... ever since I've focused on doing every leg and lower body stretch i've slacked up top... GREAT LINK :) I'll let you know how that helps over the next few weeks.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
Treilin: It's actually B. I'm very right side dominate. Visible in pics to me, but to the "average joe" no one has ever pointed at me and said "omg your right side is soo big" lol. Good call! I really need to be doing more upper body stretching... ever since I've focused on doing every leg and lower body stretch i've slacked up top... GREAT LINK :) I'll let you know how that helps over the next few weeks.
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:lmao: I look in the mirror at my right side and think... What the... I'm very right dominant as well. Talk to the left side.. "You see... don't you feel little?!?"
Actually the more I work-out the more I notice little things I do that really affect everything. Like putting weights on the bar. Every time I bend over to get the 45's to put on the bar I bend with the right side, Mid exercises when my arms start given out I think help rightie 'cuz leftie ain't doing it!
Just sunday I noticed on SBT on the lying french press when she goes to press back up she cranks her right hip ab section to press up. I asked her to watch me to see if I did it, and sure enough. One thing that helped was taking the feet of the bench and placing them on the floor (had them on bench to protect my jacked back). She also turns her head to the right when she's trying to get a hard rep. Paying close attention to what you are doing and having someone look for little things like that will help you adjust for it.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Treil, I know for a fact I used to do that far too often.

I only catch myself twisting over to my left side (to push more with the right) when I have to. AKA, no spotter and i'll die if I drop it, lol.

Loading and deloading plates, I might as well tie my left arm behind my back, LOL... I try to make sure I use my left hand when I realize my left is being used.

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*Logging*

My squat session is overdue, keep pushing it off for various reasons that are plenty valid. But tomorrow it's time to get a move on... pending leg amputation I'll be in the squat rack. Trash can handy and all.

Rotators were feeling abused today. Strict military blamed. I'll revert to push presses next time. Delts will get their due time at some point... bench, bench, bench... focus, focus, focus.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Yeah yeah yeah... I am in the same club with ya'll like T mentioned above :lmao:
Farrrrrrr more right side dominant :rolleyes:
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
Treil, I know for a fact I used to do that far too often.

I only catch myself twisting over to my left side (to push more with the right) when I have to. AKA, no spotter and i'll die if I drop it, lol.

Loading and deloading plates, I might as well tie my left arm behind my back, LOL... I try to make sure I use my left hand when I realize my left is being used.
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I always used to do that too. Loading 50Lb plates with one hand through a deads & squats workout. Strained my forearm. :rolleyes:
Whenever I get a strain, I can usually think back to how I did it.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

*Bunny* said:
HHD! :rose:
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Back at cha! :rose:

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*New hobby*

Tearing through old Business Week magazines the long way.. double them up, and tearing them again. Just did it twice.... to make sure the first time wasn't a fluke, lol.

Ridiculous finger and thumb pumps right now.... forearms only a lil' bit.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

lol.

Well I throw the old magazines out anyway... why not make them more compact for the trash?

Weird? Maybe. Fun? Hell yah!

I can rip a phonebook. The small one's though, haven't tried a big one in a while, couldn't do it last time.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Cynical Simian said:
What in the blue hell is a "finger and thumb pump"?
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I have jackkkked fingerzzzz bro.

Well, more of a cramp and strain from all the ripping of in total about 8-11 magazines.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Supplement Update: for link in signature

AIFM - 1 spray per day (a day off every couple weeks)
PureCEE - 1 smurf caplet post training
RED Blast - 8 red caplets pre training (may bump up)
SesaPure - 1, 3x day
Gluc_R - pre meals as needed (been out for awhile, finally new ordered and on the way)
Vit-C 1g per tab - up to 3 or 4 daily
B-100 ~ 6 a day
Multi vitamin Dual Tabs - 4 spread through the day
Flax oil caps - 9 per day (1.2 grams each) Fish oil after this bottle is done.
OxyCalm - 2 sprays 3x day or as needed
Yohimbine/Caffeine:- 2.5-10/200 (haven't experimented yet... "Y" was cheaper and easier to get than Ephedrine hcl so I'm giving it a whirl)
Thermorexin: as needed/rotated with other stimulants
AF Green Tea : 1-2 daily (occasionally for it's antioxidant properties) Almost out

Misc:
Potassium caps 99mg
Cayenne & Ginger

When needed:
Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride 25mg
Yogi - Bed time tea (Works very well, unless you pop xanax like candy or smoke the greenery)
Ibprophen 400-800mg
Asprin 325mg
 
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Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

W6D5
12.20.2006
HHD :)
5:34pm

Red Blast D1

ATF Squats: Barx15, 95x8, 165x5*, 195x2**
*Erectors felt it, took longer break.
**Should have stopped with previous set. I was hurtin. Much pain... long break accessing whether or not I should try lunges.

Lunges: BWx a few, 25's x 5*
*quads were toast, zero strength left in them to push myself up. wow.

Decline Crunches: BWx8, BWx6 or 8

Farmer's Walks: 85's for 30 steps, 95's for 30, 105's for 24, 110's for 24

**Back Feeling much better at this point...**

Speed Cleans: 95x8, 95x8, 135x5, 135x6, 135x3, 155x3, 175x2*
*realized I was feeling good, smooth, and semi-strong...but too much volume in before bumping weight and not doing them consistantly for a while

DB Shrugs: 85's for 10, 90's for 10, 100's for 10, 110's for 10, 115's for 12, 100's for 12

6:49pm
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

It looks like you already realize this, but ease back into the squats. Your strength will return soon enough as you get used to the movement again.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Cynical Simian said:
It looks like you already realize this, but ease back into the squats. Your strength will return soon enough as you get used to the movement again.
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Yes.. Ease being the most operative and muy importante word.

Back = Pain... wow. I'll be hurtin' for a few days. Friggin' squats and trying to do too much. Damnit! :(

On a more positive note:

My grip strength has noticeably improved. Grabbing the larger DB's (for me that would be > 90's) isn't as much of a struggle and I barely use straps anymore. Used them yesterday out of laziness for the 115's shrugs though.
 
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al420 said:
Really glad to see your squatting again.
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I hate you, squats hate me, la da, da da de da de... lol

I'm not happy about them. But i'll get used to them over the next few months hopefully and make them more fun again.

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Barx10, 75x5, 95x5, 110x5, 120x5, 135x5, 155x5

is what I should try to do next time instead of big jumps.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

CS has had to remind me of big jumps recently as well. My back squat is stalled and I think the culprit is only using the 45's and 25's.

Just keep at it bro - you know the drill. I get to start flat benching today I think and I bet my top set is w/ 135.... I will cry for sure.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

WHOOOHOOOOO WE GOT A SQUATTER AGAIN!!!!!!

glad to see you back...

leave your ego at the door big man....you know how strong u were ull be there no time...

just hope "muscle memory" is a real thing for even faster results
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
W6D5
12.20.2006
HHD :)
5:34pm

Red Blast D1

ATF Squats: Barx15, 95x8, 165x5*, 195x2**
*Erectors felt it, took longer break.
**Should have stopped with previous set. I was hurtin. Much pain... long break accessing whether or not I should try lunges.

Lunges: BWx a few, 25's x 5*
*quads were toast, zero strength left in them to push myself up. wow.

Decline Crunches: BWx8, BWx6 or 8

Farmer's Walks: 85's for 30 steps, 95's for 30, 105's for 24, 110's for 24

**Back Feeling much better at this point...**

Speed Cleans: 95x8, 95x8, 135x5, 135x6, 135x3, 155x3, 175x2*
*realized I was feeling good, smooth, and semi-strong...but too much volume in before bumping weight and not doing them consistantly for a while

DB Shrugs: 85's for 10, 90's for 10, 100's for 10, 110's for 10, 115's for 12, 100's for 12

6:49pm
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Still watching posture through the day? Working on your planks?!? Transversus Abdominis is the only ab muscle that connects to the spine that will strengthen and support the anterior part of the spine. You hit it with planks.
Good job on progression :heart:
 
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sgtslaughter said:
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Barx10, 75x5, 95x5, 110x5, 120x5, 135x5, 155x5

is what I should try to do next time instead of big jumps.
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this seems more sensible to me.
 
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treilin said:
Still watching posture through the day? Working on your planks?!? Transversus Abdominis is the only ab muscle that connects to the spine that will strengthen and support the anterior part of the spine. You hit it with planks.
Good job on progression :heart:
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Plank it up Sarge! :)
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Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

treilin said:
Still watching posture through the day? Working on your planks?!? Transversus Abdominis is the only ab muscle that connects to the spine that will strengthen and support the anterior part of the spine. You hit it with planks.
Good job on progression :heart:
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now i have to look up what the hell planks are....
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Yeah, i'm getting back into the stretching routine again after being "off" schedule and out of town, tighter than usual i'm sure.

Planks. damnit. Yes, I gotta do them.

Posture, check.
 
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al420 said:
I can roll a joint w/ one hand - no joke.
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thats a prerequisite around here, dont forget that you have to be driving at the same time... i couldnt find the stoner smily.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Week6 Day6 - usually off D6 & 7 but schedule is all funked up.
thurs
12.21.2006

Cardio: 20 minutes of non-stop treadmill fast walk @ 3.5-3.7

Decline Crunches: BWx8, BWx8, BWx6

Good Mornings: barx10, 75x8, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5

hyyyuge knot in my upper right back, feels rhomboydish...ARRRGG matey. it's annoying, going to try to roll that sucker out in a minute.

No planks... I'll do them tomorrow. Back is feeling great at this exact momment in time too.

Treated myself to 3 slices of 'roni pizza tonight... even though I've been feeling really good finally from eating clean and not like a scumbag for 2 weeks straight anymore, lol.

Possible heavy bench day tomorrow for 5 rep top set, see how i feel... may give it another day and start week7 saturday.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
Week6 Day6 - usually off D6 & 7 but schedule is all funked up.
thurs
12.21.2006

Cardio: 20 minutes of non-stop treadmill fast walk @ 3.5-3.7

Decline Crunches: BWx8, BWx8, BWx6

Good Mornings: barx10, 75x8, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5

hyyyuge knot in my upper right back, feels rhomboydish...ARRRGG matey. it's annoying, going to try to roll that sucker out in a minute.

No planks... I'll do them tomorrow. Back is feeling great at this exact momment in time too.

Treated myself to 3 slices of 'roni pizza tonight... even though I've been feeling really good finally from eating clean and not like a scumbag for 2 weeks straight anymore, lol.

Possible heavy bench day tomorrow for 5 rep top set, see how i feel... may give it another day and start week7 saturday.
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Roll and chest stretch...
:)

Good job on not feeling like a scumbag.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Sarge,

those comments you made a few days ago about the 5x5 advancing your lifts without your core keeping pace really resonate with me. I am definitely following along because I think I'm in the same boat and I need to start incorporating more core work outside of weighted situps/declines and hypers myself.

Keep up the progress your squat is gonna be your strength before you know it because of the care and attention you are showing it now.

Merry Christmas amigo.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Treil: I rolled the crap out of my upper right back region for a few seconds... hard... hurt like hell, but felt awesome after. Did the trick, it doesn't feel all tight and knotted today. I love my roller!
lol, thanks. It feels good to feel good an not like a fat fuck... gawdang, where's my cranberry juice!? ;)

CK: Thank you... I hope you and yours have a great holiday too!

Kabeetz: I didn't do ANY bodyweight decline ab crunches when i was getting strong at my squat... up to ~240lbs i think at my most ATF. That was the problem, my posterior chain was getting so friggin strong and tight and simply pulling my spine up and back cuz my ab muscles and whatnot were weak. So if you're doing decline crunches a few times a week that should be good, add weight to them when you can.

Thank you bro. Merry Christmas to you too :coffee:
 
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al420 said:
Sarge tell me about your decline crunches - are you doing a crunch or using a full ROM?
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I hold the pause for a moment or two and back up explosively. Not all the way down, can't do that my back doesn't appreciate it.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
I hold the pause for a moment or two and back up explosively. Not all the way down, can't do that my back doesn't appreciate it.
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Good b/c you do not have to go all the way down to benefit from the movement ... allows for injury & cheating if you are not conditioned to do so.

Merry Christmas back atcha! :heart:
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Kabeetz said:
those comments you made a few days ago about the 5x5 advancing your lifts without your core keeping pace really resonate with me. I am definitely following along because I think I'm in the same boat and I need to start incorporating more core work outside of weighted situps/declines and hypers myself.
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I agree with sarge - don't worry about trying to isolate your core (whatever the crap that means) with additional exercises. Just make sure you're progressing on the decline sit-ups and whatever other ab work you're doing and you should be fine. You're using your core a lot on all of the lifts as it is, so core-specific exercises are superfluous unless you're trying to correct an imbalance (which, since you've been keeping up with the sit-ups, probably isn't an issue).
 
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Kabeetz said:
Sarge,

those comments you made a few days ago about the 5x5 advancing your lifts without your core keeping pace really resonate with me. I am definitely following along because I think I'm in the same boat and I need to start incorporating more core work outside of weighted situps/declines and hypers myself.

Keep up the progress your squat is gonna be your strength before you know it because of the care and attention you are showing it now.

Merry Christmas amigo.
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Hey kab :wavey: I think this is a great idea for YOU seeing I know all about ya! Take some of Treil's advice she gave sarge.
 
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Week 7 Day 1
12.22.2006
TGIF
7:07pm

5 rep week
CGBP: Barx10, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5*, 185x3**, 200x5!!!
*Felt hard as hell... set pace too fast, took longer break before next set
**Felt easy, love 3 reps and below
!!! Holy crap! No spotter, 3 reps fine...4th rep was a struggle 5th rep... was a pause rep took a bunch of deep breaths lowered and pushed that b1znatch like my life depended on it so I didn't die. Glad I didn't blow out a pec or bicep, lol


Dips: BWx5*, BW+15x4 BWx1, BWx4...toast
*Haaard, pressing was shot... feet dropped 15lb DB and I repped out another. ..

Decline Abs: BWx8

French Press: 35x8, 55x8, 75x6

DB Hammers: 35'sx8, 40'sx8

8:03pm

and a lil' cardio: treadmill fast walk, 10 minutes @ 3.6-3.8 speed
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Two plates for a single last week and two bills for five this week. That's a nice pair of milestones in a short period of time. Congrats!
 
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Cynical Simian said:
Two plates for a single last week and two bills for five this week. That's a nice pair of milestones in a short period of time. Congrats!
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I said "fuck it" today and wasn't going to be conservative going with 195... man was that a fuggin' struggle though.

Thanks man :) ... looking toward that 275 bench... then 315 :evil:
 
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Humble beginings...

*Some Past stats for comparision and perspective*


Found the old scrape piece of paper with the stats from 2000.

2.1.2000 - 17 yrs old
147lbs @ 5'10.5 (damn I was light.. I got up to 170/180 my junior/senior year of High school after lifting like an idiot for awhile)
12" Bi/Tri
11" Forearms
14" Neck
19.5" Quad/Ham
37.5" Chest
28.25" Waist


1.18.2006 - 22 yrs old
189.5lbs 6'
15.5" Right Bi/Tri Flex
13" Right Forearm
23" Right Quad/Ham
16" R. Calve
44" Chest
34.25" Waist


12.22.2006 - 23 yrs old
haven't weighed in today ~220lbs.
17" R. Bi/Tri (L. is -.5")
13.5" R Forearm
17" Neck
47" Chest
26" R. Quad/Ham
17" R. Calve
36" Waist... I was hesitant is typing this. I wear 34 pants fine, 32's don't fit cuz of my glutes and thighs but I can button them without doing "the jig" and laying down. I'll ignore this number, lol.
 
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Sarge: That's what I'm talking about right there! I know that feeling must be amazing. Evident long term progress is what it is all about. Imagine 23 to 29. Sick.

Bunny: Definitely, I'm on it!


sgtslaughter said:
Humble beginings...

*Some Past stats for comparision and perspective*


Found the old scrape piece of paper with the stats from 2000.

2.1.2000 - 17 yrs old
147lbs @ 5'10.5 (damn I was light.. I got up to 170/180 my junior/senior year of High school after lifting like an idiot for awhile)
12" Bi/Tri
11" Forearms
14" Neck
19.5" Quad/Ham
37.5" Chest
28.25" Waist


1.18.2006 - 22 yrs old
189.5lbs 6'
15.5" Right Bi/Tri Flex
13" Right Forearm
23" Right Quad/Ham
16" R. Calve
44" Chest
34.25" Waist


12.22.2006 - 23 yrs old
haven't weighed in today ~220lbs.
17" R. Bi/Tri (L. is -.5")
13.5" R Forearm
17" Neck
47" Chest
26" R. Quad/Ham
17" R. Calve
36" Waist... I was hesitant is typing this. I wear 34 pants fine, 32's don't fit cuz of my glutes and thighs but I can button them without doing "the jig" and laying down. I'll ignore this number, lol.
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Thanks guys... long term progress is what it's all about.

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Log note:

Went out for the first time in a while last night... much needed socialization, good time... and now have NYE tentative plans.


Gearing up to train in about an hour or so, Day 2 pulling and some cardio if they don't close on me at 3.

BW: 224.5lbs a little water logged from last night, lol :evil:
 
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*Bunny* said:
You better get moving it's xmas eve, they close early :rose:
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under control :rose:

Going to change in a lil' bit...then waiting til 1 to get some more nutrients in me... then I can go.
 
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Week 7 Day 2
Sunday, Christmas Eve
12.24.2006

~1:30pm

T-bar: 65x8, 95x5, 120x5, 140x5, 160x5, 4 plates for 3 (PR)

Abs: BWx10, BWx10 with pauses/holds and all that painful fun stuff

DB Row: 65x8, 75x5, 90x5, 100x5 ... i think these 90+lbs are PR's, did the 100's last time too and just realized way back when i don't think I went that heavy with strict form at least. I used to air hump it up.

belted Sumo Deads: 135x5, 185x5 ... wow these hurt. Back has a ways to go.

BTN Lat Pull Down: 115x8, 150x10, 170x8 PR

DB Hammers
2:31pm

then cardio

12 minute fast walk treadmill
8 minute sweat fest on arch trainer
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

nice pull downs brutha!! i like doing them btn as well...i finished 160x6 today after bent over rows and that was fawking hard as hell! nice pr!! have a great holiday...and best wishes to you and the fam.
 
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jpt said:
nice pull downs brutha!! i like doing them btn as well...i finished 160x6 today after bent over rows and that was fawking hard as hell! nice pr!! have a great holiday...and best wishes to you and the fam.
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Thanks JP... same to you brother :)

Week7Day3
12.25.2006
Monday, Christmas day :santa:

Usually an off day or cardio only.

ATF Front Squats: BWx15, 45x10-12, 65x10-12, 75x10-12, 95x10

Didn't really count, lol... just did 'em. Worked up a sweat and legs were pumped.

Haven't eaten nearly enough all day... working on that right now :evil:
 
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Week7 Day4
12.26.2006
Tuesday

3:07pm

Full ROM to top of delts and up to lockout:
Seated DB Military: 50's for 8, 60's for 5, 70's for 5*, 65's for 7.5
*Will use 65's next time and then 70's for my top set
These will be used from here on out for a while. I've missed them so :heart:

Light day
CGBP: Barx10, 120x8, 145x8, 165x8*
*165lbs felt like 195 today... food intake has been like a 120lb girl, lol... i don't know how my body maintains its weight.

DB Decline: 65's for 5, 75's for 7, 85's for 4*
*I was toast- weak, need food

my misc fluff:
Cable side laterals.
rev. pec deck

4:05pm


Cardio: 10 minutes treadmill walk @ 3.7 average speed

Got right over to a sub shop and get a large grilled chicken to inhale... ate that about 30 minutes ago now.

BW: 225.5lbs

And I don't feel fat, i'm not real bloated. I felt small in my shirt today. Could be cuz i'm a little flat (muscle wise) from not eating enough. Homeostasis has set in around 220lbs that's for damn sure... time to add some weight soon :evil: 250 here I come :chomp:
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Congats on the two-plate...bodyweight? You and BiggT might have to exchange wardrobes when he's down to 225 and you're on your way to 250.

Settling on one OHP variation seems like a good way to go.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Thanks CS!

Yeah... that's one thing I'm not looking forward to :rolleyes: but I'm going to do my best to make it as much lean gains as possible and probably be up around then (240 at least) by next summer or sooner.

BiggT what size shirts you wear that fit loose/comfortable at ~250? 3X? When your not going out to the Roxbury and trying to impress the ladiezzzz with the disco polyester :)

I already have a few 2X shirts... I'd be swimming in a 3x if I tried one on I'm sure at this point.

Pants... fuggetabout it, I don't even want to think about that, LOL. I'll need a tailor on call.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
36" Waist... I was hesitant is typing this. I wear 34 pants fine, 32's don't fit cuz of my glutes and thighs but I can button them without doing "the jig" and laying down. I'll ignore this number, lol.
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LOL NICE A guy that jigs in his pants... I think you are the first man to admit this!! Good job :
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Congrats on your PR's Sarge and hope you enjoyed your holidays!!!
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

"the jig" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!

i got a few pair of diesel jeans for xmass...end up doing the jig and then the waist was too big. sarge, start shopping at rocawear....their smallest size is xl i think lol
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Instead of worrying about finding pants that fit, you could just claim a bogus Scottish ancestry and start wearing kilts.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

lol, thanks ladies, and JP yah, hopefully it won't matter by summertime, i'll just be semi-nude and topless every where with board shorts :evil:

CS:

Hahahaha, do they make them with Navy pleats as to blend in a bit more at work?

Seriously though, they make dress pants with elastic sides on them now I think my father mentioned something about them... I will have to look into that stylish haberdashery.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

George Foreman has a line of dress pants out with elastic bands.....they can be found at Big and Tall stores across the country.....NO, I don't wear them and no I've never had to shop at the Big and Tall store, lol.....Just thought I'd pass along the info.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

There will be none of that, lol.

No big and tall stores, thanks for the info though :)

Hey bro, check out my previous question.... I know we have similar "frames" so I was wondering what size t-shirts fit loose/comfortably on you around 250lbs?
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

when im 210-215 (heaviest i have been) anything under 2x looks pretty stupid. id venture to say @250 you would fill out a 3x.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

enigma4dub said:
when im 210-215 (heaviest i have been) anything under 2x looks pretty stupid. id venture to say @250 you would fill out a 3x.
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I bet your genetically gifted arms do look pretty ridonculous in anything but a 2X. My arms are snug in XL's... i'm not sure what yours measure at but they bust out of XL's i'm sure, lol.

I've been at 220-225 for a few months, XL's is what I usually put on and fit comfortably without being overly baggy for my taste. I have a couple 2X's but they're reserved for sleep wear.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Sarge, for me it depends on the brand. Most cotton T's I need a 2 XL at 250+ and they fit 'normal' and some even are a little fitting around the shoulder girdle after a couple washes. Most of my golf shirts are a 2 XL.....in dress shirts I wear a 2 XL or a 19 neck/36 length in the sleeve.

If it is a very expensive expensive shirt, I can wear an XL, but for the most part they are too tight for my liking. Old XL's will do at the gym or something. I'm just not into douche baggery like walking around with clothes that are too tight.....I've considered it, but then thought "Nah, if I saw me out, I'd make fun of me" lol.

Suits, I get a 52 or 54 (if the arms are tight) jacket and then it is all just custom alterations from there on.

I've tried on 3 XL t shirts, but honestly even though "3 X" sounds cool, at 6' tall I look like a tool in them, lol, as they're just too long for my tastes.....If I were a little thuggish they'd be cool though.....A 3 x is for a thug, lol.....a guy over 300lbs......or a guy over about 6'6" with some meat on his bones.

When I am 220-225 I look best is an XL straight across the board.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Word.

That's what i wanted to know, lol...thanks man.

LOL @ the douche baggery. I've reprimanded myself for trying to squeeze into an old "T" size medium before :rolleyes:

So probably just be a few more 2XL's purchases in my future... sounds good to me.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

some of the guys below 200 like myself 'cough cough' need dbag clothes when they hit up the roxbury or some hot place like that lol. i prefer the term fitted...not tight. i think if you can find somewhere in the middle that's a good look.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
Word.

That's what i wanted to know, lol...thanks man.

LOL @ the douche baggery. I've reprimanded myself for trying to squeeze into an old "T" size medium before :rolleyes:

So probably just be a few more 2XL's purchases in my future... sounds good to me.
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good goal bro if 2xl is fittin you niely aroud the arms, delts, back etc.....however, don't get picked up at the mall cause security thought you were concealing a bowling bowl udner your tee.....anywho, nice lifts....

BTW - you weight is holding cause, like you said, you aren't eating enough or often enough.....makes the body thinks its starving so it holds onto everything and converts it to fat....u know this.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Sarge, we've all tried D-Baggery, lol.....Over the Summer I was buying some shirts, and for shits and giggles I squeezed 255 or so pounds into a size "L" Polo golf shirt......I looked in the mirror and while there was no doubt about my gigantic traps and bulging biceps, the term ASSHOLE (written in capital letters just like that) came to mind, lol.....Basically, to keep myself in check I ask the question "If I saw myself out dressed like this, would I make fun of myself"....if the answer is Yes, it goes back on the rack.
 
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BiggT said:
Basically, to keep myself in check I ask the question "If I saw myself out dressed like this, would I make fun of myself"....if the answer is Yes, it goes back on the rack.
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lol, this is my system too.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

if your that big though either

A) people will think your huge and think nothing else fits loose

or

B) that you are huge and can do whatever the fawk you want

either way it's a win win scenario for you
 
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jpt said:
if your that big though either

A) people will think your huge and think nothing else fits loose

or

B) that you are huge and can do whatever the fawk you want

either way it's a win win scenario for you
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I LIKE CHOICE "B"

lol especially when im holding my girls back for her and shes in the car and im walking to it...its a pink nike bag....and the only thing i think of is, wow if i wasnt in decent shape i would get made fun of so damn bad holding a pink bag....

but i got lucky for xmas, wifey bought all sizes a little bigger, since ive been telling her im "bulking" my ass off =]
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

choice B) is def preferred!!

pink nike bags are sexy times....lol
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

jpt said:
if your that big though either

A) people will think your huge and think nothing else fits loose

or

B) that you are huge and can do whatever the fawk you want

either way it's a win win scenario for you
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haha...(B) makes me think of somebody, lol....there used to be a local guy around here back in the 90s, AAS dealer and general pillar of the community, lol, and he'd go out and about in some sexy and skimpy get-ups.....and despite the fact that he was over 280lbs with abs, I still thought he was a flaming homo, and I was just a teenager, so if I wasn't impressed he must have been a giant douche bag filled with several smaller douche bags, lol

Sorry for the thread jackage, Sarge, lol
 
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Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

This is friggin' hilarious, it's koo.

Yeah I don't care if I'm ever 300lbs with abs... doesn't give me or anyone else the right to wear a Fushia mesh belly shirt.


:lmao:

In all honesty, I despise the "B" mentality and people that think they can do whatever the fuck they want cuz they're big, I hope never get "big."

One of my friends said that to me one time, and I literally said what I just typed there "I hope you never get big then."

No licenses for douche baggery.

I was with family shopping before Christmas and was walking toward someone coming in the opposite direction, so being the nice guy that I am I side stepped a bit to make room to pass... ended up clearing off a shelf of toys off from in the center of the isle... opps :rolleyes: I blamed my jacket.

my family was laughing their asses off at my "huge shoulders"... I wasn't nice enough to pick it all up though. I was on a time table, sorry store Manager.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
This is friggin' hilarious, it's koo.

Yeah I don't care if I'm ever 300lbs with abs... doesn't give me or anyone else the right to wear a Fushia mesh belly shirt.


:lmao:

In all honesty, I despise the "B" mentality and people that think they can do whatever the fuck they want cuz they're big, I hope never get "big."

One of my friends said that to me one time, and I literally said what I just typed there "I hope you never get big then."

No licenses for douche baggery.

I was with family shopping before Christmas and was walking toward someone coming in the opposite direction, so being the nice guy that I am I side stepped a bit to make room to pass... ended up clearing off a shelf of toys off from in the center of the isle... opps :rolleyes: I blamed my jacket.

my family was laughing their asses off at my "huge shoulders"... I wasn't nice enough to pick it all up though. I was on a time table, sorry store Manager.
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hahaha...that character wedge from class act comes to mind (it's a kid and play movie)
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

...........although 300 w/ abs would be pretty cool - and the amount of gear needed to maintain should discount any wardrobe mistakes..... well, minus anything mesh.
 
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al420 said:
...........although 300 w/ abs would be pretty cool - and the amount of gear needed to maintain should discount any wardrobe mistakes..... well, minus anything mesh.
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minus anything mesh ANNNNND acid wash jeans.

FFQuads said:
Just stoppin' by to say hi. So hi...
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:heart:
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

Planks

30 "mississippi" second holds, slow... twitching, tourturous

Did them: last night and tonight

Been stretching well... and rollering out my body nicely, I love rollers. Painfully soothing.
 
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sgtslaughter said:
Planks

30 "mississippi" second holds, slow... twitching, tourturous

Did them: last night and tonight

Been stretching well... and rollering out my body nicely, I love rollers. Painfully soothing.
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just like anal sex......painfully soothing.....:rainbow:
 
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JKurz1 said:
whatcha training today big boy?
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If i squat at all... VERY light. Back is bothering me past few days.

lots of decline ab crunches, planks.

If I get in the groove and the stars align in the right way, going heavy with shrugs.

farmer's walks

maybe speed cleans, depends on back.
 
Re: Sarge hits the 5x5 for Ginormous Soleus Muscles!! - Log

sgtslaughter said:
Planks

30 "mississippi" second holds, slow... twitching, tourturous

Did them: last night and tonight

Been stretching well... and rollering out my body nicely, I love rollers. Painfully soothing.
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dont let that back dip :velvett: rollering lol :D
 
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*Bunny* said:
dont let that back dip :velvett: rollering lol :D
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Nope, no dippage :)

Hey... u weren't available for the deep tissue appointment! :qt:

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Week 7 Day 5
12.28.2006
Thursday

forgot my training journal :rolleyes: .. was kinda nice, and a perfect day to forget it being my semi "lazy" day ... i call it.

ATF Front Squats: Barx15, 65x?, 75x?, 95x?, 115x8, 135x8
my back was very aggitated all through these, i took my time... loooong breaks, lots of streching, every set felt stronger and better, just needed to take my time.

Farmer's walks: 85's, 95's, 105's, 115's .... i need to start doing 110's for a few sets for more workload cuz my gym tops out at the 115's.

DB shrugs: i think i just grabbed the 90's for 12 reps and headed over to the rack...

BB Shrugs: 135x?, 225x?, 315x?, 405x5

didn't strap up for 315... that's a first i think... over/under grip held up... my grip is MUCH improved from way before.


Pretty quick and painful session, lol.

OH, I did abs too...

Decline Crunches: BWx10, BWx8
 
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