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[INSPECTOR64]

Androids a big boy,Im sure he'll deal with it just fine.

[1day]

:shock: wow , i thought u were just a ripped as small dude from ur avatar pic :roll: . but ur a bloody monster, well done dude :clap:

[Android]

:shock: wow , i thought u were just a ripped as small dude from ur avatar pic :roll: . but ur a bloody monster, well done dude :clap:

Cheers mate!

[Android]

Really, you seem to be an expert on them?

Seems to me your the expert on here......At being an asshole.Mr fcukn negative!

Gym rat talks alot about zimmer frames and the like so it is only natural that he would know some common brands etc. Now I'm only guessing here but I think Android would not appreciate your swearing and negative talk in his journal

Yeah was gonna lock this thread but then was like...no wait I can't lock it it's my journal!

[boostinggtir]

Looking mean dude.

[Android]

Cheers boostinggtir!

Yesterday was Shoulders day and I was feeling a bit low on carbs to be honest. By the end of the day I had eaten everything I took to work but could have eaten much more. Unfortunately I have to stop eating 1 hr before so 4pm was my last meal and it was meat.

I took Purple Wraath, forgot I had PlasmaJet in my bag dammit and went to the gym feeling half-arsed about working out. Even if I feel like this I know that as long as I go through the motions I'll be doing my muscles a favour.

I believe the mind and muscles aren't quite as connected as the mind and body is, in times of stress or sickness I still go to the gym but with less intensity. Every day the muscle cells are being replaced with either larger cells or smaller cells and I want the former ones thankyou very much....oh which reminds me of that cool study done on HIT training. They exercised mice until they were mentally and physically over-trained, then they kept doing it with stimulation and despite the mouse being mentally poked he still gained muscle mass.....pretty cool/cruel.

Anyway I did mostly lateral raises and flyes, only did one behind the neck barbell press which was with a light weight repping out 25+. No strange exercises here I've worked up to 12.5kg side dumbbell raises. Nothing like the 20kg swinging raises to the front and side I used to do but I much prefer the results of strict-as side raises.

Front raises with a 25kg plate, I really work hard to fell the front delts, the range of motion to feel them is minimal, over in about 1/2 second but as I get tired I can feel it work more. I like this exercise.

I then did the behind the neck press, followed by rear delts on the pec deck machine.

Lastly I hit my traps. I have been doing these on Back day and Shoulder day and they have really popped up. I squeezed every rep as I do with every exercise I do and walked out of the gym feeling really good about myself. I'd walked in with little motivation and walked out feeling like I had a great workout!

Before dinner which came a bit late I had a tin of baked beans and tuna together. Then dinner was 400gms beef and half a bowl of rice. Then just before bedtime I had 200gm of oats and the rest of the beef. This makes me wake up feeling tired and the head feels a bit blurry when I have alot of carbs before bedtime. I had them because I felt like I needed carbs, I did the old pressure test on the bicep for the carb load and it came back flat.

I don't want to be lacking anything for my bodies needs during bulking.

That was Shoulders, this afternoon is Hammies and Calves, and Sunday is ....dunno. Monday will be REST day. 3 days on 1 off, followed by 2 days on 1 off...ad infinitum :-)

[Android]

Hammies and Calves, ooooh yeah!

I'm starting to see the benefits of splitting the Legs up into 2 workouts. One is that I time to work calves twice a week and this has going to produce hellish nice calves from every angle! ... it better or else :-|

Pre-workout supps were a bit overboard for this one but definitely helped me do the stack on hammy curls. I downed PlasmaJet, Superpump250, and x2 Vinpocetine pills (it locks your mind into one thing for an hour).

I started Hammies with lying leg curls, warmed up on 30+ reps (33 to be exact...for some reason I remembered that). Then a bit heavier for 20 reps, then 3 sets of 8 reps 2 off the stack. Then I got cocky and did the stack, got 5 painful reps out, dropped it down and squeezed out 3 more, dropped it again a few more, then dropped it to light-as and repped out.

Did the standing leg curls next. I can't do a heavy weight on this and this time I concentrated on keeping bnoth Quads against the padding and standing upright. This was so hard on a light weight, totally unlike leaning over the machine like I see everyone else do it. Either their hammies are gonna grow bigger than mine or ... not. We'll see after a month or so of this strict-as style.

Next up was stiff-legged deadlifts. We did a warmup with 40kg and then 4 sets of 60kg doing about 15-20 reps each time. Plenty of rest between sets and laughing too which probably pisses people off in the gym. But...I farted on one of my reps and that is funny I don't care who you are, that's funny right there :pfft:

Ok, calves next I did seated calf raise this is by far my favourite calve torture machine. Then over to the standing calf raise for more sets, then a final 2 sets back on the seated.

Today the calves are starting to tweak a bit, my Hammies feel ok but will see what happens later in the day with them.

Today I'm off to the gym for upper back. I can't do hammies and lower back close together as the lower back invariably gets a thrashing for hammies and feels weak.

I'll concentrate on wide lats and building up the upper-inner portion of my back with rows, and machine rows where you hold your elbows up higher than normal.

[1day]

. Plenty of rest between sets and laughing too which probably pisses people off in the gym. But...I farted on one of my reps and that is funny I don't care who you are, that's funny right there :pfft:

:clap: :pfft: ahaha nice, my mate cracked a mean 1 while on legg press machine when he came right down, we laughed so hard he cudnt get the weight back up to rack it with out help :pfft:

[Gym rat]

Good stuff Android for farting in the gym also let one rip when I was doing one arm DB row and it was good for a laugh or :pfft: plus I heard other members saying hope that fart dose not stink out the gym :pfft: :pfft: .

[teamfatboy]

But...I farted on one of my reps and that is funny I don't care who you are, that's funny right there :pfft:

Yep, funny-as, unless, like my gym, you're doing the stiff-legs using a squat rack, and RIGHT BEHIND you are the Smiths... having someone let fly with a "Silent but deadly" while you're doing SM squats is, shall we say, unhelpful to the concentration...maybe vinpocetine would help :grin: :pfft:

[Android]

But...I farted on one of my reps and that is funny I don't care who you are, that's funny right there :pfft:

Yep, funny-as, unless, like my gym, you're doing the stiff-legs using a squat rack, and RIGHT BEHIND you are the Smiths... having someone let fly with a "Silent but deadly" while you're doing SM squats is, shall we say, unhelpful to the concentration...maybe vinpocetine would help :grin: :pfft:

LOL yeah gotta be careful where you do these things! :pfft:

[Android]

Today was Upper back and Lats.

I had a 2 hr nap right before my workout and although I woke up tired it helped I'm sure. I didn't want to nap as I wanted to eat, what a dilemna, so I downed a bowl of rice and slept right away, sumo-style.

Got to the gym with x3 Caffeine pills and x1 Vinpocetine, no NO drinnks didn't have time for it. I had Purple Wraath on the way to the gym and during the workout.

Jumped on the seated row machine and it's got 2 types of grip. I went for the close-grip this time for my Lats.

Don't know what you all think about this but I was led to believe from magazines years ago with all the great BBs in them that wide grip meant wide lats. Now the thought is opposite, wide-grip lets you get into the middle of your back and close grip is the lats working o/time. I've got good wide lats (could be lower) from the old-style belief but perhaps (and I'll never know) it was the seated cable rows that gave me good lats and not the wide-grip pulldowns. Glad I always did both, these 2 I always did every back workout for 5 years. Along with others but these were my staple exercises.

Okay back to close-grip seated row machine. I warmed up on 30 reps, then 15 then 11, then down to the stack and did 3 working sets of 8 good reps with the machine not bolted to the floor it rocked a bit sideways - yikes!

Over to the T-bar row and I was feeling strong now, not so tired from just waking up. With the close-grip again this time (again I always do wide-grip usually) I warmed up with 40kg, then 60, 80, 100 for 6 reps, and slapped another 10kg on for 4 reps. Was stoked with this, good form and I used my biceps of course.

So by the time I went over to do lat pulldowns my biceps were up. I usually despise bicep pumps during back, isolation and all that but they actually helped me do good wide-grip lat pulldowns, under control. They pumped up but I could feel my Lats getting a workout more than I had previously jsut using elbows to pull back the weight. Oh and the weight wasn't alot, 165 on the stack which is half of what it has.

Last exercise I went on was another pulldown machine but has arms on it that operate independently. This allowed me to do single arm pulldowns and I twisted my body just slightly away from the Lat I was working so that at the top I got a great stretch in the lower insertion, the part I want to build up most.

I left the gym stoked, my Lats were totally worked over, not sure about the upper center part of the back which I also wanted to work but....whatever.

Tomorrow is REST day, and eating loads of meat and carbs. Got to drop off someone at the airport late that night so last meal will be midnight I'm guessing come Tuesday I'm gonna be a few kg heavier :-)

Oh, and my Hammies are pulling up on me tonight, calve have stayed as they were this morning I can feel them but not hellish, hammies I think are going to be sore tomorrow morning - stoked x2. I'm in the groove at the moment, no sickness to slow me down, and taking my REST days as planned.

[Android]

Today I didn't have a lot of carbs during the day. I didn't prepare anything, only the beef so I brought 2 large packs of sushi at lunch time.

I had 200gms of oats for breakfast so not the end of the world and enough meat to see me through until dinner time.

It was Shoulders today, totally changed up the program from start to finish we didn't do much liek we usually do.

First up was lying on an incline and doing a side raise with light dumbbells, holding them out sweep around to the front, and down...repeat often :-)

I didn't think much of this exercise but did 4 sets and it was hard to get out 12 reps so it warmed up my Shoulders...I suppose.

Reason I didn't like it was...with a side raise I feel the rear delt and can squeeze it, same with just side or front delt exercises I can feel it and squeeze the muscle. But when you're holding your arms out and sweeping around from the side to the front, you only feel like your shoulders are tiring. Is that good? I think the tiring is different to pushing a muscle to failure I can't explain why cause it does sound ridiculous, tiring a muscle is tiring a muscle.

There's other shoulder exercises with dumbbells like this that really make your shoulders tired holding them up and moving the weight from the front to the side, I always see fit, tight, athletic guys do them so I think that sways my opinion of them away from bodybuilding.

Next up we did behind the neck press with 35kg, then 45kg barbells. Just repped out 4 good working sets, squeezed the delts, felt them, 12-15 reps each.

Then onto a machine, seated, with independent arms and a cam on it that makes the last part of the press movement the most difficult, whereas with dumbbells the last few inches of the movement at the top are the easiest. This one was hard to do but I got down to the stack over several sets and dropped-setted the last one.

Next up was the side-lat machine you use your elbows to lift, lots of reps then stack for 2 heavy sets.

Finally rear delts by sitting on the end of a bench and bending over. Kept getting told to bend over further as it is common to come up to make the raise, we did 7kg dumbbells for this. Lots of sets, 12-15 reps.

Shoulders feel good, wasn't a massive workout by my standards but we worked them over.

Hammies are still pulling me up, they tweak and go stiff on me - awesome!

Tomorrow is a light chest workout then Thursday is REST, Friday will be Quads and calves.

I'm trying to stick to 3 days ON, 1 day OFF, 2 days ON, 1 day OFF, repeat...it's becoming 3 days ON, 1 day OFF, 3 days ON, 1 day OFF instead though since I split the Legs up. I'll do it if it means my Legs get bigger.

I'll post a pic when I get some good Leg shots I'm still conscious of them I used to have pins until only a couple of years ago.

I'll eat like a demon the rest of the week I'm tired of sitting on 106kg, I think I can make 107kg before the Aussie Pro Show, then I'll probably come back 5kg lighter that's what time away from home and not constantly eating does to a hard-gainer - yayy!

[Android]

The last few days I've had a breakthrough with my food intake.

I was cooking more rice and putting it into a bigger container, but still ate all the rice by the end of the day as usual.

Today I had my usual sized container of kumara, and its all gone before 12 o'clock. This is a huge advancement for me. (it's amazing the little things us BBer's get off on ... ok I dont get off on it but u know what I mean - right?)

I do need to eat more and I think I've broken through a minor plateau I was having with eating more food.

Next week I'll add a mid-day shake to my intake.

On training days I'll have to take 2 shakers (I'm over scooping powder out of containers at work, jsut want to add water and drink).

Also means I'll be carrying 3 shakers around as I have 1 shaker filled with oats which are emergency carbs in case (like today) I eat all my food early and need something.

Quads today, going to be a huge workout!

[biggurl27]

3 shakers, you must carry a big ass bag around? I take my protein to work in glad zip lock snack bags, nice small and compact. So will you do bulking phase till about 12 weeks out from comp?

[teamfatboy]

I use supp bottles (normally the ones from glucosamine/chondroitin, hold about 250ml) for single-serve protein and etc...fill, put cap on, shake n go...easier than a shaker.

[Android]

3 shakers, you must carry a big ass bag around? I take my protein to work in glad zip lock snack bags, nice small and compact. So will you do bulking phase till about 12 weeks out from comp?

Yeah biggurl I'll bulk the whole year, skip the Auckland champs which I'd personally love to try but I don't believe I can afford to lose 12 weeks of bulking time if I want a chance at the Nationals. 12 weeks could be an extra 2kg in the right place :-)

[Android]

I use supp bottles (normally the ones from glucosamine/chondroitin, hold about 250ml) for single-serve protein and etc...fill, put cap on, shake n go...easier than a shaker.

That's a good convenient idea :-)

My post-workout shake is different to one I might have at mid-day. I wouldn't have creatine or glucose in it for starters so it seems easier to carry 2 or start mixing concoctions at work. The 3rd one if just oats it could just as easily be a container but 300gms dry oats fills a shaker just nicely,..

When I do an NO drink pre-workout my midday shaker bottle is empty so can use that, bonus :-)

[Android]

Quads were last night and I am sure some people might have thought I was wasted in the gym. I felt like the life of me had been drained, after just my first exercise. Drank XTend throughout the workout, had PlasmaJet 1 hour prior and a Superpump250. I had eaten kumara all day, then ran out of that so had oats as well, plus all my beef, plus tuna.

First up was Hack Squats, set after set adding 20kg each side. First set at 40kg I did 30+ reps....all reps even the heaviest weight is down as far as I can go which is pretty damn low. Stance is wide, toes slightly outwards, and feet forward on the plate so that at the lowest point I am NOT on my toes at all. I can't afford to be on my toes with the final weight it's to much. Feet flat for all squats, always.

When I got to 5 plates aside I put on the weight belt and got out 8 good reps. Then we slapped 10kg on each side, a P.B :-) 220kg on the Hack Squat machine - wow. I had 2 spotters, both were too busy to help they were perving at some chick but I got out 8 solid reps to the floor and back up again!

This screwed me over for the remainder of the workout I felt like being sick but didn't, my face was a bit pale too.

Without much of a pause I did Leg Press for reps, just 3 plates each side was all I could handle. After a few sets of 20 reps my training partner started loading plates on during my set. I could feel my legs were tired but actually as a plate was loaded on I was able to dig deeper and keep going. Then a final set was a drop set, as I am repping out he just walks around and strips a plate off now and then. It's good I can close my eyes and feel when a plate is lifted and just keep on repping must have done well over 100 reps in total for the Leg Press.

Final exercise was a superset between standing leg curls and leg extensions. I was poked and stoked so just stumbled my way through these feeling a bit ill but not enough to stop me continuing. I was sweating and it was salt in my eye that was more painful :-|

3 sets of each and we were done and didn't do calves will do that Sunday with Biceps. Today is just Triceps and looking forward to it too!

Today the Legs feel like they will seize up on me later tonight. Definitely worked some muscle fibers like they hadn't been worked before so really happy if this equates to growth or not.

Last week was a Squat P.B, this week a Hack Squat P.B (I want to do 6 plate Hack Squat next time LOL), so next time will have to do something different like hundreds of Lunges or something. My P.B is 400 lunges so maybe 500 is on the cards down at the park next week.

[Android]

Ahhh Triceps, just Triceps.

It's not often I do just these in a workout so was prepared for war on them, fresh as and keen.

Pre-workout was Mitotropin (yeah I know it's a supreme pre-contest stripper but I get asked things like "will it make me jittery etc" so I tried it out). Also took 20mg Vinpocetine and Purple Wraath.

First exercise was the overhead tricep press with ez-curl bar, frenchy-style where you hold the bar out behind your head all the time rather than skull crushers.

I put 5kg on each side and pumped out 25, then another 5 each side for 15, then 4 sets with 15kg each side squeeze and pause each time and concentrating on triceps completely. I consciously try to notice when my shoulders are too tense as it detracts from the effort I want to place in the tricep.

Next up were seated tricep pushdowns, I didn't do the stack like I normally do. Once again I squeezed and paused each time really feeling the triceps. I felt like stopping at 15 reps the pain was enough. I kept repping until 20 with lactic acid pain and was stoked I worked through it. 3 more sets of that and then onto the seated overhead press machine. Again I didn't do the stack this time I backed off to 3/4 stack and squeezed at the top.

Triceps felt great all swollen up and resting on my lats nicely.

Did a cable tricep kickback, but it's vertically down instead out the back. I did a light weight to squeeze the outer head, still think dumbbell kickbacks are better than this but good to do something different.

Mission accomplished with 4 exercises. As it was just triceps I could have continued more exercises, had energy left in me but considered 16 working sets enough.

[Android]

Ahhh Biceps, just Biceps....and calves.

Did a few different exercises today, preacher curl for the lower bicep and belly, lying cable curls for the peak, reverse curls for outer forearms and overall bicep, and wrist curls for the inner forearm.

Then calves was 3 exercises, 6 sets on a leg-press type machine, 5 sets on seated calf raises, and 3 sets on the standing calf raise.

In and out in an hour.

4 hours later and I did a few measurements (cold):

Previous measurements were on Nov 16 in my blog.

Arms were 17 and 1/2 ", now they are 18 and 1/2"

Thighs were 25", now they are 26"

Calves were 16 and 3/4", now they are 17"

Waist was 35", now it's 38"

Forearms were 14 and 1/4", now 14 and 1/2"

Chest was 46" (flexed without lats out), now it's 48 and 1/2"

Shoulders were 24", now they're 29" (from side to side)

Tells me that I have alot more leg work to do. I've a feeling that alot of the growth I have seen in my legs is filling in the gaps and not adding to the sweep etc which would give me a greater circumference. No excuses though as the measured size or perceived size is what counts on stage not body weight and how much I can lift/press or push.

This tells me I've got alot more Leg work to do and more on arms, and bring the calves up in line with arms too. Overall it has been 3 months work and if I can add an inch each time everywhere I'll be a very happy bodybuilder.

[GreekAdonis]

Whats the vinpotecine like Android and where can you get it? :?

[Android]

Whats the vinpotecine like Android and where can you get it? :?

Mate, Vinpocetine is the ingredient they put in NO-Xplode that made you mentally focused during the workout.

Syntrax sell Cerebro (BB.com) and 90 caps will last you 3 months. On days when you have 'shit going on in your head' and you are about to train pop 2 and you'll be in gear, focusing on every muscle contraction and ignoring all distractions. I've been getting in for workmates in the corporate field, accountants, sales people, architects etc and they use it for work LOL.

[Android]

Here's my Legs ... LOL this is the right forum for this isn't it?

[GreekAdonis]

Check out those legs! :shock:

So you find it really helps you stay focused on what you are doing?