back to basics

[Ash]

damn back problems suck. hope it heals up soon man

Thanks - it's been bugging me forever mate - I just work round it but when it flares up, I have to be really careful.

[Ash]

Ash bad news on the test. is that free test or total. look forward to your thread on this

Total test. Hopefully the next lot of bloodwork will clarify a few things.

[jono]

damn back problems suck. hope it heals up soon man

Thanks - it's been bugging me forever mate - I just work round it but when it flares up, I have to be really careful.

thats real bad man, have you seen a doc of some sort ?

[jono]

Ash bad news on the test. is that free test or total. look forward to your thread on this

Total test. Hopefully the next lot of bloodwork will clarify a few things.

goodluck with that man

[deegee]

damn back problems suck. hope it heals up soon man

Thanks - it's been bugging me forever mate - I just work round it but when it flares up, I have to be really careful.

thats real bad man, have you seen a doc of some sort ?

get that back looked at by a doc if you havent back problems can get serious.

Nice new avatar there jono personalised even. You design it yourself

[jono]

Thanks - it's been bugging me forever mate - I just work round it but when it flares up, I have to be really careful.

thats real bad man, have you seen a doc of some sort ?

get that back looked at by a doc if you havent back problems can get serious.

Nice new avatar there jono personalised even. You design it yourself

thanks man. actually i just found it on the net and changed it a bit :grin:

still i think it looks good.

[Ash]

thats real bad man, have you seen a doc of some sort ?

Yeah I've seen a few people over the years. It's an old injury that involves some vertebra which lock up in a twisted position and then everything goes into a mad spasm. It just takes a while to settle.

Doesn't seem to be much that can be done for it, maybe I'll try a chiro soon if this doesn't improve.

[Ash]

goodluck with that man

Thanks - I really appreciate that.

It's not the end of the world. I've got my health and I am still putting on muscle at a reasonable rate, so it's a glitch more than a major problem.

I just don't fancy the idea of a slow decline as I head towards 40, so I want to get on top of this now if I can.

[jono]

thats real bad man, have you seen a doc of some sort ?

Yeah I've seen a few people over the years. It's an old injury that involves some vertebra which lock up in a twisted position and then everything goes into a mad spasm. It just takes a while to settle.

Doesn't seem to be much that can be done for it, maybe I'll try a chiro soon if this doesn't improve.

wow that sounds really nasty man. take care of that back

[jono]

goodluck with that man

Thanks - I really appreciate that.

It's not the end of the world. I've got my health and I am still putting on muscle at a reasonable rate, so it's a glitch more than a major problem.

I just don't fancy the idea of a slow decline as I head towards 40, so I want to get on top of this now if I can.

well so long as you have you health (the most important thing, you cant do anything if your dead lol), i dont know what my life will be like when i get close to 40 eh. 19 yrs away for me.

[jono]

thurs

BACK

dl

60*8

80*8

100*6

120*4

140*2 :grin:

dl is feel a LOT better with the better stance. very solid smooth dls today.

chins

5

5

5

4

those chins are one of the hardest ex i have in my routine right now. but they felt better than last week.

lat pulldown

42*10

70*6

70*6

70*5, 56*7

bb row

30*8

60*8

85*6

90*4 :grin:

90*4 :grin:

bb rows very solid today. nice weight there.

db row

30*8

40*6

51*6

good squeeze on the lats here.

well, im also starting to focus on stretching between sets. really try to get loose and flexible.

[Ash]

140kg deads - well done! :nod: 308 lbs sounds even better to me.

[Simo]

Nice work on the dl man

[deegee]

good to see a few smiley faces in the workout and that you have bounced back from the other day. Good one.

[jono]

140kg deads - well done! :nod: 308 lbs sounds even better to me.

thanks man. 140 for 2, i was real happy with that. ive only been able to single 140 before apart from 1 time when i had real bad form.

[jono]

Nice work on the dl man

thanks man

[jono]

good to see a few smiley faces in the workout and that you have bounced back from the other day. Good one.

yeah my shoulder feels basically fine today, of course i train shoulders tomorrow so well see how it holds up but things are lookin good.

[Growth]

Yeah well done mate, nice bb rows also :nod:

[jono]

Yeah well done mate, nice bb rows also :nod:

thanks man

[bleat]

Good effort mate, nice to see new PBs

[jono]

Good effort mate, nice to see new PBs

thanks..

[jono]

fri

DELTS

seated db press

10*10

15*10

20*6

30*5

30*4

30*3

not bad, 1 rep down on last week on 1st set.

seated db laterals

6*10

10*10

15*6

15*6

15*6

15*6

15*6

bunch of solid sets here.

rear delts machine

35*10

35*10

49*6

49*6

42*6

just rying to get my form down on this

bent over db laterals

15*6

20*6

20*6

TRIS

smith cg bench

(weight added, duno bar weight)

20*10

40*8

60*6

60*6

60*5

tried out smith cg today, well i feel it works my tris more than regular, i can focus more on a close grip and keeping the elbows in cos i dont have 2 worry about keep the bar stable.

1 arm rop ext

15*10

20*8

25*4

20*6

pushdowns

20*10

30*8

30*8

35*6

1 arm pulldown

10*8

15*8

20*6

all the rest of the tri work was 'ok' im gonna drop skullcrushers. and really try to find a descent tri routine. inparticular im looking for an ex that works the outer head hard.

that is all. :grin:

[Ash]

all the rest of the tri work was 'ok' im gonna drop skullcrushers. and really try to find a descent tri routine. inparticular im looking for an ex that works the outer head hard.

I am also looking for an alternative tri exercise. I was trying reverse grip bench press, both with a BB and on the smith machine but it was hammering my shoulders, so I've given it up.

I think I'll try a thing called a JM press next. Looks like a cross between close grip bench press and skullcrushers. I am not convinced that my wrists will like it much but it's easy enough to try for a while.

http://www.midwestbarbell.com/videos/jmpress.wmv

[deegee]

looks good there jono

hi sets on those seated laterals. I like to change my tri work outs around regularly, I seem to go stale on them fast.

[jono]

all the rest of the tri work was 'ok' im gonna drop skullcrushers. and really try to find a descent tri routine. inparticular im looking for an ex that works the outer head hard.

I am also looking for an alternative tri exercise. I was trying reverse grip bench press, both with a BB and on the smith machine but it was hammering my shoulders, so I've given it up.

I think I'll try a thing called a JM press next. Looks like a cross between close grip bench press and skullcrushers. I am not convinced that my wrists will like it much but it's easy enough to try for a while.

http://www.midwestbarbell.com/videos/jmpress.wmv

i agree it looks hard on the wrists there.

i huge advantage i found of using smith for cg is i can use suicide grip aka thumbless grip (which i was never crazy enough to try on regular bench), and i can really focus on the tris more