The Beast's Training Journal!

[WalkingBeast]

My camera tripod for phone is broken, thats why the angles have been fucked up and camera keeps collapsing. I have a new tripod in my mailbox. Gotta pick the shit up. I should have it whenever the next time I film is. This break could be anywhere from a few weeks to 6 months plus. I dont set any rules. I would like to make sure that Im properly healed so that I can make the most of my training. Im not a light trainer. Ill either train the way I see fit or not at all. Its primarily a vent for me. I often list my routines with "Light" or "Low volume", I really just mean relative to what Ive done and my capabilities. Not actually light. I refer back to my journals, so its more of a note for me. If I were to list something as heavy weight and high volume it would be a pretty extreme session by my standard. At most youll probably see me list routines as moderate weight. Volume is also more controlled these days.

This is the tripod I got

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CR74FM8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Id reccomend this version because its the cheapest and its more durable then the 18 dollar ones I got the last two times. So Im going back to this plastic one. These break too, but the more expensive ones break in a few days. This plastic one can last a year sometimes.

AVOID this tripod

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q5BKXR8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This version ranges in price. The first time I got this one I broke one of the legs off immediately trying to wrap it around something. Aside from the the legs completely break after being bent a few times and become completetely unbendable. Its basically a disposable product. Ive had two of these, with the same exact issues.

KILL THAT SHIT

 

[WalkingBeast]

Shoulders And Chest Rehab (overhead presses and trap focused laterals)

Break return.

First day back in about 5 1/2 weeks. This was a test day. Ill see about training atleast 3 days a week for now. Just upper body.

Ill increase eating overall. Eat very little when on breaks, most of the time.

I really only need 3 days of training minimum and 150 protein or less to get most of my previous size back.

Undecided for how long Ill be back training yet. I attempted the incline press machine with no weight. The upper chest still feels extremely tight.

I noticed that all my muscles basically cramp now when contracted hard. I had 3 pops with my chest during pressing in the last year or so. Two on right side and one on left. Its possible it was from some type of cramping during the presses. Not neccesarily a tear, but I have no way to determine that. I can only push my limits and test shit to see what happens.

I think Ill drop all incline work for a while. I noticed when I pressed on the horizontal chest press machine I had less issue and tightness. Flat bench press movements may be better for a while. Maybe after a few months that area will heal. 5 1/2 weeks should have been enough time to heal it. I noticed no difference in the tightness.

I trained for a month straight after the last pop in the left side. So my time to take a break was most likely passed.

Ill see how I can strengthen the area and just do some lighter , low rest type of training to rehab the area.

Hopefully the chest tightness wont interfere with rowing or shoulder pressing again. If it does I may take a longer break next time.


224 lbs after being up from the previous night


Nautilus Overhead Press (plate loaded) (Seat at line below 7)

no rest til line

90x100
180x20
270x10
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The individual sets used some rest pause but I didnt push to failure. Collarbone into trap and neck is very tight when first coming back. Its re-adjusts after a few weeks but its a strain risk initially.

Seat setting at line below the 9

(re-adjusted since the deeper reps can put more stress on collarbone area. This is the setting I usually use, which has my elbows a little below 90 degrees.)


360x15 (no failure today)

No rest til line

450x10
360x10
270x20
180x15
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(Neck was getting very tight. Just needs to re adjust to training)

No rest til line

450x9
360x12
270x10
180x20
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Mix of full reps and constant tension style today with all pressing movements

Chest Rehab

Incline Hammer Strength Press (feeling it out)

No weight x 80

Upper chest still very tight. I can make it cramp just by flexing it hard. Though right now all my muscles cramp with hard contractions. May be another issue causing it. Probably some tearing too.


Nautilus Horizontal Chest Press (plate loaded) (Barbell style grip)

50x60 (test sets)
140x30
190x15

Extremely light but my chest doesnt feel near as much tightness with this movement. Ill find the few movements I can hit and push the limits with them, gradually.

Palms facing grip

190x19

Barbell style grip

no rest til line

240x8
190x10
140x8
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140x20 (unsure of grip)

No rest til line (alternated grips ever other set)

(estimating reps here. More or less reps)

140x16
140x5
140x5
140x5

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Dumbbell Laterals (trap focused version)


40x50 (brief rest pauses only)
40x50 (same)

No rest til line

50x20
40x10
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Didnt push shit hard today. More of a test day. Will see what I feel like doing.

KILL THAT SHIT

 

[WalkingBeast]

Here are my current size stats after the 5 1/2 week break


53 1/2 cold flexed chest circumference

18 1/4 cold flexed right arm (largest arm)

27 cold flexed legs

SHOULD COME BACK WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. PEAK SIZE IS 56 INCH CHEST, 19 1/2 ARMS, 29 INCH LEGS.

DEPENDS ON IF I CONTINUE WITH THE ROUTINE. I THINK THAT I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN ABOUT REBABBING MY CHEST. MORE TIME OFF DOESNT SEEM TO BE THE SOLUTION RIGHT NOW.

I THINK SWITCHING TO FLAT BENCH TYPE MACHINES WILL ALLOW ME TO TRAIN CHEST AGAIN. GRADUALLY.

MORE BODYBUILDING STYLE TRAINING FOR CHEST ESPECIALLY. PUMP, LOW REST, CONSTANT TENSION, ETC.

SOMETHING INTERESTING TO NOTE. WHEN I SNEEZE I OFTEN GET INTENSE RADIATING PAIN DOWN FROM THE BACK OF MY SHOULDER JOINTS INTO MY ELBOWS AND HANDS. ITS INTENSE FOR MAYBE 30 SECONDS OR LONGER.

THIS PAIN HAS NOW EXTENDED TO MY CHEST. THAT MAY BE BECAUSE I JUST TRAINED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 2 MONTHS, BUT THERE IS DEFINATELY SOMETHING UP WITH THE NERVES. I HAVE 6 DISC RUPTURES, BONE SPURS, CARPAL TUNNEL, ALL FROM TRAINING. SO ITS NOT SURPRISE. IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TIGHTNESS IN MY CHEST AND THE CRAMPING ON ALL MY MUSCLES LATELY. HARD TO SAY.

KILL THAT SHIT !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Arms


Break return. First arm session after 5 1/2 weeks off from training.

The first 1 or 2 weeks are mostly about sending a signal for the muscles to regain prior size and adapt to training again.

Once size is mostly back I may increase set volume and food intake. For now it will be very lax.

Very light and low volume.

This gym maxes at 160 lbs on the pressdown stacks. I didnt need heavy weight today, so no need to load 300 plus on the stacks like usual.


(Scale is broken at this location. Probably over 225 today after meal)

Strict Curved Bar Pressdowns

no rest til line

90x40
120x15
140x10
160x5
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Again

160x15
140x10
120x10
100x10
100x10 Straight Bar Pressdowns
120x8 same
140x8-10 same
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No rest til line again

Curved Bar pressdowns

160x12
140x10
120x10
100x10
100x10 Straight bar again
120x5-10
140x5-10
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Straight bar pressdowns

no rest

160x10
140x10
120x10
100x10
100x5-10 Curved bar
120x8-10 same
140x? (Maybe 1, illegible. Triceps have a tendancy to cramp when first coming back)
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Strict Alternating Dumbbell Curls

(No twisting. Palms face forward entire time. Mostly slow with some brief holds at the top)

35x16
40x10

No rest til line

50x5
40x5
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no rest

55x4
35x7
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Alternating DB curls with reverse curl negative

no rest til line

55x3
45x3
35x5
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Again

35x12
50x1
35x5
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KILL THAT SHIT

 

[WalkingBeast]

20 Minutes Cardio

224 lbs after meal and 60 oz milk

Decided to drown out the voices in my head and just fucking lean out. Ive always had excuses. I always told myself Ill get my muscle back then lean out. Once I get back to peak size I just want to get bigger and break new size records. Its been an endless cycle.

Ive been consistantly adding new muscle every year and getting much stronger but Ive also never cleaned up all the excess fat from various injury breaks over the years.

Im basically drowning in acid lately. Its gotten pretty severe. The last thing to try will be cleaner eating and losing gut mass. Ive tried just about everything else.

Its become too much of an issue to even train and eat enough for size.

I may not list everything but my plan now is 20 minutes of cardio daily. Plus 3 or 4 weight training days.

It was tough to complete the 20 minutes today since I havent trained in 5 1/2 weeks and havent done cario in a much longer time.

Im also gonna change my diet to basically protein from fish, meats and milk. Vegetables, which I almost never eat. I will likely replace my carbs with vegetables. Carbs Im going to try and keep to a minimum.

Ill also try switching to diet soda. I usually drink some regular soda to wash down my meals only.

Ill try to consume more overall liquids too. I think Ill take 1 scoop of my amino acids during cardio training days. 2 scoops as usual on weight training days. 1/2 scoop of the mr hyde stimulant on cardio days. Speeds up metabolism as well.

Also the protein only eating has made me hungrier and is speeding up my metabolism as well. I had 200 grams protein so far today and am still hungry. Ill likely get in another large fish meal and maybe another 30 oz of chocolate milk. Ive been drinking fairlife chocolate milk. I had 60 ounces today. Ill try to hit 60-90 ounces of that and eat the rest in fish and protein sources. No shakes. Too much acid. It has 50 percent more protein than normal milk, lactose free as well.


This was my first day doing this, but I plan to try it out for a while and see what happens. Tweak as needed.

I can easily lose 8 inches around my navel measurement. I figure all that pressure on my stomach is pushing the acid up into my throat bad. Since I have a hiatal hernia. Cleaner foods also dont cause alot of acid for me.

I wont be cutting out caffiene yet, I may even be increasing it to speed metabolism. Once Im leaner I can experiment with other tweaks.

My first goal is to get lean so I can start building muscle from a clean base again. Then see how my acid issues change.

I should fill out more anyway, since I just got off a six week break and will be running higher protein daily. So the training and protien should atleast fill out most of my muscle memory mass.

Even when I had less muscle in 2009, my arms were 18 1/2 at a much leaner 202 lbs. My chest was 49. It gets up to 56 now, so I should atleast be somewhere inbetween. Arms get up to 19 1/2 cold.

My other motivation is that I preffered training when I could see what the fuck I was building. I like to train in tank tops and see the muscle and pump. I havent done that in years.

Id like to see what I built in the last 7 years. Ive gained alot of new muscle so it would be more motivational to see where Im at. Once Ive done that Ill try to build muscle on a cleaner diet possibly. I dont think it would be beneficial to get sloppy again with diet. So I want to experiment with these things and see what I can do.

If I hit any record lifts itll be at a deficit in calories and overall mass. It may or may not happen but for now Ill be focused on this goal. A few months should give some large changes. It may not take super long but Ill see what happens.

Lastly Ill add some ancillary work on some of my cardio days. Rear delts and maybe some of my trap focused dumbbell laterals or even standard laterals. Burns more calories and reminds the muscle to stay full.

KILL THAT SHIT

 

[WalkingBeast]

20 mins cardio


Still massive acid lately. The basic idea will be to keep my diet low carb and lower calorie. Cardio may not be every day but ill see how shit feels. Leg was giving me some pain after the first session of cardio but feels decent enough today.

KILL THAT SHIT

 

[tony nico]

20 mins cardio


Still massive acid lately. The basic idea will be to keep my diet low carb and lower calorie. Cardio may not be every day but ill see how shit feels. Leg was giving me some pain after the first session of cardio but feels decent enough today.

KILL THAT SHIT

Sick journal sir

 

[WalkingBeast]

Sick journal sir

Appreciate that shit brother

Feel free to post your thoughts anytime. Feeds the fire to see like minded individuals

KILLIN THAT SHIT !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Size up a little already. Cold flexed arms 18 1/2 inches, chest 54, and legs still at 27. Legs probably wont get trained until i get leaner, but will see. A few reasons for that. One is that my legs have alot of pain already. I want to make sure i can complete the cardio to accelerate the leaning process. I really dont want to do it longer than needed, but i will until its done. Its just undesirable. I like to build muscle and power. Not the other way around.

Im doing it mainly to see if i can alleviate this fucking acid which has been a nightmare lately. Even by my standard. There are other benefits too of course. Seeing the muscle i worked for is always a plus. I was just willing to sacrifice looking "pretty" to reach my goals of becoming as massive and powerful as possible. So it was not something i needed to concern myself with. Had i really wanted to lean out i wouldve done it much sooner, but now im backed into a corner with my health. Building the muscle is the real work. This is just eating less basically. Eating is what i hate to do anyway. This is only harder mentally in the sense that i dont enjoy training when im smaller or weaker. Eating is more like a vacation when leaning. Not something i ever really did.

I started with a super fast metabolism and as a skeleton. So it wasnt something i ever concerned myself with. I had way too much fucking work to do with doubling my starting bodyweight and beyond, and still a long fucking way to go after that.

The size increases should stop when i get back to my peak size or a little under. Since my calories and carbs are way reduced. If i gain new muscle it will be unexpected during this phase. Strength records are a larger possibility. It is possible with my slow metabolism and alot of protein that i will grow some muscle slowly as i get leaner. I am not concerned with that however right now. I just want to get this over with and lean out for now. Muscle memory brings back my old muscle quickly when the diet is in place. It doesnt really matter what i lose for now. Its never truly lost.

Improvements in this fucking acid will then open up more opportunities to gain new muscle. As it is now its a very painful process to be drowning and choking in acid while trying to force feed and train. Acid in the throat severely constricts breathing and theres only so much i can do under those circumstances.

Kill that shit !!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Back and delts (trap focused laterals) (10 mins cardio)

Break return. Leaning phase.

Time constraints today. Didnt matter since I was just looking to send the signal to the muscles and keep my heart rate up to lean out. First week back from 5 1/2 week break.


The combination of the stims on a pretty empty stomach and the faster moving between sets, the carb depletion the last few days, kept my heart rate up. Also was very light headed, especially during cardio. 10 minutes was enough though for today. Main thing is the diet mods Ive made.

Since Ill only be training 3 days a week, maybe 4 max, I may add in some carbs in my pre workout meal. Ive been substituting carbs for veggies. Can of spinach last 2 days. Easy to get down, cheap. May add some clean carbs like oatmeal pre workout. Depends how energy holds up.

Main focus is just to lean out for now. The muscle is filling out more as well since this is my first week back. Arms at 18 1/2 cold, chest 54 inches cold. Slight increases but should continue to fill out as I get leaner.

Protein has been 240-275 last few days since I started training again. Keeping the protein higher to make up for the lower carb and calorie intake for now.

Might even be able to grow muscle slowly as I get leaner, but for now I just want to get leaner first, before I focus on a real growth phase.

224 lbs after meal


Hammer Strength Iso Low Row

(plate loaded. Didnt keep detailed records of this movement. limited time and just focusing on keeping up heart rate and sending signal to the muscle to fill them back out, after the break.)


No rest til line

90x50
180x20
270x10
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(Lots of holds, not to failure)

No rest til line

270 x ?? (alternating sides. One arm rows for 5-10 reps, other side goes, etc, for several sets, didnt count)
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270x?? (same alternating sides technique)
180x20
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Lat Pulldowns (close grip. palms facing)

160x10 (long holds)

No rest til line

220x5
175x5 (long holds on these)
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175x7 (long holds. Extremely lightheaded today)

Low Cable Rows (palms facing , close grip handle)

no rest til line

160x15 (long holds mostly)
210x5 (same)
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Dumbbell Laterals (trap focused version)

no rest til line

45x25
60x5
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45x30 (brief rest pauses on these)

no rest til line

60x12
45x10
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10 mins cardio. Light headed as fuck

KILL THAT SHIT