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The Beast's Training Journal!

Ill see about implementing curls with 15 lb dumbbells before bed.Thinking 300 reps, divided into 50 rep sets. Dumbbell hammer curl, alt db curl with reverse negative, alternating db curls, 50 reps each, repeated twice. "Feeder" workouts look interesting and may be something worth trying. Ive tried massive volume/intensity with arms and they havent broken 19 1/2 cold since 2012. I did get to the same measurement with a leaner gut but thats about it. Very minimal progress if any.

This is one thing I havent tried. Im thinking 100 reps for alternaitng db curls with reverse curl negatives, regular style and hammer curl. I havent decided yet on the rep number but I think just hitting the shit daily with such a light weight may have some benefit over time. It seems Ill need to make some changes or just gain so much new body mass that it forces growth. Its something to try.

I should be able to re awaken my traps as well. I have not trained them direct for years, so they are downsized massively. Ill try very light seated hammer strength machine shrugs for high reps a few times a week, to pump blood into em, for now. I avoided direct work due to neck and shoulder issues with shrugging.

Itll be interesting to see if these things have any effect. I also recently added rear delt and side delt specific work. I will likely start fucking with the dumbbells tommorrow. I hit arms today so I dont think it will be needed tonight. Maybe for 6 days a week. I may also pick up some lighter weights since the goal is not to put too much strain on the joints and muscle but get some blood in the area without damaging it. Possibly to bring more nutrients into the muscle before sleep. It sounds interesting at the very least, and I need to try something different for them

My chest/back measurement seems to be creeping up again. Im not ready to make the increase official as the tape is not straight enough to my liking, but initial measurements (before adjusting the tape) are ranging from 56 1/2 to 57 which is higher than usual. Should be a measurable change soon. Its one area where ive been making large progress yearly.

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Feeder routine at home (test)






alternating dumbbell curl


15x75 (rest pauses)




db hammer curl


15x50 (same)




alt db curl w/ rev negative


15x50




alternating dumbbell curl


15x50 (rest pauses)




db hammer curl


15x50 (same)




alt db curl w/ rev negative


15x50


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Maybe next month Ill pick up some extra Pro BCAAs for the feeder sessions. Can do another 2 scoops with those sessions before bed. I take 2 scoops during training currently. Need to pick up more. May have to wait til next month. Id like to run the feeder routine for atleast 2 months. If it really causes recovery issues and impedes my other training then I may back off of it, but it may not be an issue. I did 325 reps earlier with the 15's and may hit some back and delts in a moment.

Id also try this for other shit as well. 15s are nice for standard side laterals as well. A feeder routine could be done with those in the future. Alot of shit sounds great on paper. So I just like to try shit and see for myself. It may do something just because my body is not used to it. With triceps I avoid freeweight shit, so thats why I didnt fit that in. Any type of skull crusher is tough on my elbows.

May try for some PRs on one of the shoulder machines tonight. Not sure yet. Ill know after a set or two into the overheads.

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Delts and Traps


Medium weight and low volume


Hit some records today since I started shoulders first in the session. Shoulder work is still twice a week so the recovery is not optimal but its enough to easily break my previous records. My strength and size has come up alot in the last year or two, so records were easy.

Strength increases seem to be coming weekly for many months in a row now. Still see now end in sight so I will continue to progress those areas while growing. I only aim for PRs on pressing movements mainly these days. Everything else is very dangerous for tendons.

I could start moving toward 8 plates a side (720 lbs) but had some restraint on the nautilus overhead press. 630 was dangerous as I have pulled out my neck many times after completing sets with that weight. However I kept my neck in a fixed position and did not get crazy with grinding out reps that were overly taxing. I could have rest paused more reps on everything , so Im not really hitting a wall yet. Im just gradually adding them in, and feeling shit out.

I was going to hit back and delts but did not feel I had the energy today or that my joints were recovered enough for rowing. This will atleast take alot of the load off my next back session , and allow me to focus more on back work.

Rear delts I didnt hit today because its tough on the joints, but probably will hit it twice this week. Once with back and again with chest.

Ill hit the feeder routines as well for biceps. 300 reps with 3 movements, nightly using the 15 lb dumbbells. Alternating db curl with reverse curl negative, alt db curl, db hammer curl. Need to switch shit up for my arms. Everything growing but them.

My shoulders have been appearing wider and thicker to me, and back, through this massive shirt I wear, so they are likely coming up. Shoulders and traps I do not measure individually.

Super light machine shrugs again. Just re introducing shrugs. These can be real bad on my joints and neck, so Im testing shit out for now.

The main focus is really growth. Strength is just a side effect of my progressive mentality and training to failure (or very close to it).



238 lbs after meal and some inbetween food and milk


Nautilus Overhead Press (Seat set at Line below 9)


90x50 warm
180x20 warm
270x10 warm
360x10 warm
450x8 warm
540x22 (PR. See video. Brief rest pauses)
540x11 (PR. See video. Brief rest pauses)
630x5 (PR. See video. Brief rest pauses.)

No rest til line (see video)

540x14 (camera collapsed for this set)
450x10
360x10
270x10
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Seat set at Line below 6 (deeper dead stop reps)

270x25 (brief rest pauses)

Hammer Strength Iso Lateral Shoulder Presses (seat set at line below 10)

180x20
270x38 (see video. Weak, heavily pre exhausted)
360x9 (see video. Same issue)

Dumbbell Laterals (trap focused version)

No rest til line

40x30
60x10
35x10
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No rest til line

70x20-30
60x10
40x10
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Hammer Strength Seated Shrug

90x50
90x50
90x50

Just reintroducing direct trap work.

No rest til line (db laterals trap focused)

80x10
70x10
60x10
40x10
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Standard Dumbbell Laterals with long holds at the top

no rest til line

15x15
25x10
15x10
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Same

20x15
15x10
25x5
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videos below
 
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