Acquiring bulk!

[jimmybro1]

Sunday

 

Front Squats 60x5x10

Deadlift 140x5x5 (each with 2 second pause at 1 inch off ground)

Leg press 4ppsx5x20 

SLDL 60x5x20

 

Was a light easy workout because of neck, although it didn't bother me to much during the workout this morning is has be quite painful. 

 

Front squats felt good, shoulders are feeling pretty bruised today. Not sure if thats normal or not...  

[jimmybro1]

Squats 180x4x4 all paused (easy)

Hack squats 2ppsx5x12

Over the past 4 weeks have added prone holds to my training and seeing massive improvements from them. I've underestimated core strength in the past

[jimmybro1]

Thursday

 

Bench 120x1x8, 110x3x10 (all reps paused)

Incline DB34x5x16
OHP 60x8x8, 70x1x4, 80x1x1, 90x1x1

[jimmybro1]

Friday 

 

Takin tha dizzle off ta give tha body some rest. Got some beverages ta drank tonight anyways, don't give a f*ck bout drankin afta hustlin up make joints n' shiznit feel sore fo' some reason. 

 

Had a run up in wit a homeless thug todizzle all up in tha petrol station up in Morrinsville, was askin fo' scrilla ta git some bread n' cheese or suttin' n' had some extravagant rap (drug crackas is pretty creative) fo' realz. Anywho when da thug was rappin' ta me on tha fore court keep blastin me wit saliva as we was rappin', didn't realize one of mah thugs could produce so much god dam saliva. I kept steppin back ta avoid tha spray n' he kept struttin towardz mah dirty ass. Ended up in a cold-ass lil confrontation on tha forecourt lol, phat start ta tha day. 

[Leeroid]

You got Ebola now mate. RIP

[jimmybro1]

Last night hit an all time pb of 3.5 bottles of red wine!

Making them gains!

[Realtalk]

Shoulda doused him with gas and set the c*nt alight.

[jimmybro1]

Shoulda doused him with gas and set the c*nt alight.

Would done been effectizzle ha

[Pseudonym]

Last night hit an all time pb of 3.5 bottles of red wine!

Making them gains!

It's all about the resveratrol.

[jimmybro1]

It's all about the resveratrol.

wyndham estate cabernet sauvignon!!

[jimmybro1]

Sunday 

Squats 60x1x10, 100x1x5, 140x1x3, 160x1x1, 180x1x4, 200x1x6 (wraps added)

Deadlifts Conventional 60x1x10, 100x1x10, 140x5x5 (paused inch above floor break) 

Deadlifts Sumo 140x4x5

Front Squats 60x3x10, 80x2x10, 100x1x5, 60x1x12

Leg extensions 4x12

Seated hamstring curls 4x12

Hip abductor (machine) 3x12

Glute (machine) 3x12

Hip flexor (machine) 3x12

 

[jimmybro1]

Planned program peakin of tha Mount 3 lift, goin ta be some hearty sessions but hopefully I can stay f*ck-up free! 

 

Feelin phat goin tha f*ck into prep fo' realz. A 250kg is suttin' I've wanted since startin lifting, will feel wicked ta finally nail dat number

MOUNT 3LIFT.xlsx

[jimmybro1]

Squats 60x1x10, 100x1x5, 140x1x3, 160x5x3 all beltless and paused

Front squats 60x1x10, 100x5x10, 140x1x3, 160x1x1 (pb)

[jimmybro1]

Wednesday

 

Squats 60x1x10, 100x1x5, 140x1x5, 160x1x1, 180x1x1, 185x4x4, 180x1x12 (wraps)

 

Hack Squats 3ppsx4x12

 

Leg extensions 4x16

 

Hips felt terrible warming up, similar pain to the previous hip flexor injury I had a few months ago. Also get a slight pain on the left hand side of my lower back when walking out the weight. 

 

I need to increase the frequency of my stretching.,.. getting lazy/not having the time to do it. 

[jimmybro1]

Squats
60x1x10, 100x1x5, 140x1x3, 160x6x3 (paused) 6th set vid below

 

Front squats 60x1x10, 80x5x12

 

Deadlifts 160x5x3 (will film this next time to get critique) 

[Realtalk]

Nice set bro. But you not use safety rails...

[jimmybro1]

Nice set bro. But you not use safety rails...

Living on the edge Bro!

Was a deload workout, got a reasonably challenging workout tonight in wraps.

Lately I've noticed a pitching pain in my heel when my calve on my right hand side is contracted going to see physio tomorrow about it. Think it could be a pitching nerve no idea. No real discomfort, but prefer to get it checked out.

[jimmybro1]

Squats 

 

60x1x10, 100x1x8, 140x1x3, 160x1x1, 180x1x1, 200x1x1, 215x1x1, 210x1x1

 

Warmup felt terrible, hips were really tight on one side and kept getting shooting pain in heel. The last set w/o wraps at 180 felt terrible that sh@t normally flies up and it was a UGLY grind on the day. 

 

Was skeptical about moving into the working sets but the last warmup set at 200 felt OK, still slow and nowhere as tight of a setup as normal.

 

I was meant to do 215x4x3 today but failed the second rep at 215 miserably so decided to drop the weight to 210 and got one grinder of a rep. Not happy with the workout at all especially consider got 215x2 w/o wraps only a few weeks ago.

 

Went to the physio last night and it seems my hamstrings/glutes and calve are really tight pulling on the sciatic nerve which runs from L5 down to the heel. I'm feeling the pain in my heel as the nerve isn't able to feeling glide through the muscle. 

 

So got a lot of rolling and stretching to do over the next few weeks to loosen things up. Hopefully this coupled with the fact I had a Tetanus shot before my workout is the reason it was such a dud session. 

[Pseudonym]

<- also had a shitty squat day today, so I can sympathise. And it was supposed to be a deload!

[jimmybro1]

Training has been a bit all over the place the last few days a little confused on how to adjust my training just been going off what I can be bothered doing on a particular day. Mobility issues are making things painful so haven't bothered logging trainings as they are pretty rubbish at the moment. 

 

I am still following the program for the bench though as upper body is feeling fine, looking forward to taking 5 weeks off and completely deloading, starting to lose interest and motivation.

 

Sunday did some deadlifts cause was bored and a little hungover so did them at home

 

Conventional Deadlifts 140x10x5

Sumo Deadlifts 100x5x10

 

First rep of ever set felt rubbish but the following reps of the sets felt a lot better position struggling to replicate on initial pull though.  

[jimmybro1]

Monday 

 

Bench 60x1x5, 100x1x8, 120x1x1, 130x1x1, 142.5x2x2 (paused), 120x1x12, 120x1x8, 100x3x6 (legs on bench paused) 

 

CGBP 80x4x8 (paused 1" off chest)

 

Dumbbell flies 20x5x16 

 

Tricep extensions 5x16

 

Making good progress on the bench think it due to all the OHP work. Doing 8+ workings sets of standing over head a week (goal to nail 100kg strict press for reps). 

 

Going to see a cardiac specialist next month as blood pressure has dropped a bit the last few weeks (something I regularly monitor). Probably nothing major but like to keep on top of things. 

 

Blood pressure is currently ranging 130-115/ 60-40. The systolic pressure is within a good range but the diastolic is rather low this being the pressure in the artery between heart beats (suction pressure). Maybe it isn't an issue because my systolic pressure is normal (the pressure that supplies blood to your organs). But from an engineering stand point could be a valve irregularity or some restriction increasing pressure drop on the suction side of the heart.

 

Whatever the case I am interested in knowing the outcome. No real side effects occasionally when I sit up fast sometimes and a usually heavy (not rapid 54bpm) heart beat.  

[jimmybro1]

Monday

Squats 60x1x10, 100x1x5, 140x1x3, 160x1x1, 180x1x1, 200x1x3, 200x2x2,180x1x3, 180x1x1 (vid below)

[Pseudonym]

That's quite the pause, Jimmybro!

[jimmybro1]

Saturday 

 

Bench 60x1x5, 100x1x5, 120x1x3, 130x1x1, 140x2x2(pb), 140x1x1 (all pause/press) 

Standing OHP 60x5x12

Hammer Strength Iso-press 1ppsx5x16

 

Was stoked with bench press wasn't feeling 100% and had taken 4 days off because had to wear a holter monitor to record my heart rhythm for 72 hours and couldn't shower for that period so wasn't keen on sweating haha.

[jimmybro1]

Sunday 

 

Squats 60x1x5, 100x1x5, 140x1x3, 160x1x1, 180x1x1, 200x1x1, 215x1x1, 140x1x18 

Front squats 60x1x12, 80x5x12 

Laying hamstring curls 5x16 

Seal rows 60x5x16 

 

Have decided to squat raw (knee sleeves only) at the mount 3 lift competition this weekend as can't be arsed with the hassle of wrapping. Keen to see if I can get a raw pb also. This meets goal is to get that 150 bench finally! 

 

Haven't deadlifted for a while will focus on this next year so this meet will be average like all my others in terms for the deadlift probably so go 180,200 then call it there. Don't want to grind through anything with my trip being the following week. Injury is the last thing I need right now!  

 

Planned openers are 200/140/180 

Planned third attempts 225(pb)/150(pb)/200 

 

Will have to chase the 260kg squat and 160kg bench next year! 

 

As for this week just going to take it off training and use that time to do some stretching body is feeling really tight especially in hips. 

 

Should hear back from the Cardiologist this week with weather or not I have an issue causing my low blood pressure. 

 

This mornings blood pressure averaged 125/47 at 61 BPM ideally want 130-120/80-60