Rimma

[rimma]

Solid back day today

Deadlift: 60x5, 110x5 PB, 80x5

OHP: 30x5, 39x5, 42x5, 42x5, 33x5

Pull-ups: 9, 5, 5

Bent rows: 42x3x8

Upright row

Shrugs

Crunches

Pretty happy with deadlifts, my favourite lift, I don't know why they seem easier than squats and bench...

max bench (guesstimate): 75kg

max squat (guesstimate): 90kg

max deadlift: 120kg and could go higher

[rimma]

Yesterday:

Did hack squats for the first time, found them really great. Don't know why I've never really heard of them before except in the context of hack squat machines.

I'm finding myself more and more amazed at the ridiculous variation of exercises you can do with just one barbell, some plates, and a rack.

The hacks felt almost like a reverse deadlift; emphasis on the quads instead of the hamstrings. And I like deadlifts. So will be adding hack squats to one of my legs workouts.

Legs/chest

Squats: 62.5x3x10

Dynamic Bench: 40x3x10

Hack squats: 70x3x8

Push-ups: 15, 15, 15

Leg extension

Calf raises

[rimma]

Another sweet one today, making good progress lately despite being buried in schoolwork and other work.

-Pulled a 125kg dead, which is 5kg up, was being ambitious and got it easily. Bringing me closer to my goal of 150kg by end of 2010!

Deadlift: 80kgx5, 115kgx4 (couldnt quite manage a 5th rep), 125kgx1, 90kgx5

OH Press: 30x5, 42x5, 42x5, 42x5, 39x5 Finally got three sets of 42 after being stuck for weeks.

Chin ups: 10, 7, 5

Concentration Curls: 12.5x2 each hand

BB Curls: Tried and then couldnt be bothered

Crunches

Also bodyweight is at 71kg (!) which is sweet. 1000 calorie lunch today so pushing to keep getting fatter and fatter... calories at all cost baby.

[rimma]

Today:

Deadlift: 70x5, 112.5x4, 100x4

OH Press: 30x5, 39x5, 42x5, 43.5x5, 30x8

Pull-ups: 8 wide, 7 medium, 5 close

Bent row 3x8

Shrug 3x8

Upright row 3x8

Bit annoyed not to get 112.5, my grip was too patu.

Otherwise good in the hood. Put a little bit over 42kg on OHP for the first time today.

Got a weird tingly feeling in my traps/upper back while doing shrugs and bent row. It felt like nerves firing or something, quite disconcerting. Anylone know what thats about?

[rimma]

Squats: 3x10

Hack squats: 3x8

DE bench: 3x10

Calfs

Pushups

[rimma]

130kg deadlift yesterday. 20kg to go by the end of the year...only about a kg/week, I think thats very achievable.

[rimma]

Today

Bench: 30x5, 60x5, 60x5, 60x5, 50x5

Squat: 65x10, 65x10, 65x10

Dips: 7, 3, 5

CGBP: 31x8, 31x8, 31x8

Inverted row: 9, 8, 6

bench is goin nowhere :cry:

Looking back I was doing exactly the same (60x3x5) on the 28th March, 2 months ago.

Whereas my squat and deadlift have improved heaps since then.

A mystery :?

[rimma]

100 squats today in the form of 10x10x50kg. I calculate that to be squatting a total of 5 tonnes It wasn't as bad as I thought, but the sets were quite spread out. mean back pump!

Also did some chest work

[rimma]

End of semester on Friday, so needless to say cheated on the gym with a date at the student bar.

Went alright today though, considering bodyweight is back down to 70kg after drinking, work and eating shit

Deadlifts: 80x5, 117.5x3 ( :evil: ), 100x5

OH Press: 30x5, 42x5, 43.5x5, 46x3, 32.5x8

Chin-ups: 10, 7, 5

Curls

Crunches

OHP is doing ok, bit ambitious for the 46, will try 45 next.

[rimma]

Did a lot of time on bench variations today to try and bring that patu bench up :x

Not much luck..

Flat: 30x8, 70x1, 75x1 Fail, 60x5, 62.5x4, 62.5x4, 50x5

Incline: 30x5, 40x5, 50x5

Close grip: 30x8, 35x8, 40x8

And some squats- 3x10x67.5

[Draft]

How were your legs after 10x10 squats? Fun walking the next day?

[rimma]

Yeah it was pretty crippling. Reminded me of the day after running the school roadrace in my slimmer days :grin:

Failed a 135kg dead today...got it a few inches past my knees. Felt a little faint after and had to have a sit down. so I think i will be more patient

[drizzt]

Congrats on the 10x10 squats mate, they very nearly broke me :oops: Haha

[rimma]

Deadlifts today

90x5, 95x5, 100x8, 70x10

Leg Raises

Chins

Up to a steady 72kg bodyweight. 3kg to go by december thats only 1/2 kg per month.

[rimma]

Bench: 5x45kg, 5x50kg, 11x55kg

DB Rows: 3x20x20kg lots of reps

Pushups: 5x10

CG BP: 5x10

[rimma]

Had a mean breakthrough of a squat session today, on a real good PB buzz now. First time squatting from the top position, after doing up my squat rack-previously had always done bottom squats. Boy did it make it easier...have never squatted over 80kg before.

50x10 warmup

61x5

65x5

74x10 MISLOAD

I was scheduled to do 69x5 and go all-out for reps. Got ten and thought it was a little heavy, then realised I misloaded an extra 9kg

Using the formula "weight x reps x 0.333 +weight=1rm" i worked that out to be equivalent to 98kg 1rm!

Then of course I had to try for 1RM which I have never done for squats, my previous max being 80x5.

95kgx1 went down (and up) with no problem

100kg just failed at the bottom but my legs were already broken from heavy set.

I know that I can potentially squat 100kg or more now which is great because that was my goal for the end of the year. Next squat session I'll do it fresh just so I can tick that goal off early! Pretty stoked because I suck at squats and have super chicken legs.

Finished off with 5x10 hack squats@ 60kg for a pump

[weajo196]

hey mate wat uni you at?

[teamfatboy]

Had a mean breakthrough of a squat session today, on a real good PB buzz now.

50x10 warmup

61x5

65x5

74x10 MISLOAD

I was scheduled to do 69x5 and go all-out for reps. Got ten and thought it was a little heavy, then realised I misloaded an extra 9kg

Using the formula "weight x reps x 0.333 +weight=1rm" i worked that out to be equivalent to 98kg 1rm!

Then of course I had to try for 1RM which I have never done for squats, my previous max being 80x5.

95kgx1 went down (and up) with no problem

100kg just failed at the bottom but my legs were already broken from heavy set.

Nice work, very nice work... that lift will come, the only way is practice (oh, and diet, and practice :grin: )

[drizzt]

Awesome mate :grin:

At least you mis-loaded on both ends, it's worse when you just do one and you don't click as to why the bar is wonky :?

(not that I'm speaking from experience or anything :shifty:)

[rimma]

hey mate wat uni you at?

Hey man at AUT on Wellesley

Nice work, very nice work... that lift will come, the only way is practice (oh, and diet, and practice :grin: )

Yup haha planning to spend some quality time in the squat rack over the next month.

Awesome mate :grin:

At least you mis-loaded on both ends, it's worse when you just do one and you don't click as to why the bar is wonky :?

(not that I'm speaking from experience or anything :shifty:)

Thanks drizzt, haha a one-sided misload would be a disaster...I don't have very good balance at the best of times! I will make sure to doublecheck the plates from now on. One problem is I have a terrible mix of crappy cement plates, good weider iron plates which are only in pounds, and other iron plates in kgs-and each of three barbells weighs a different amount. My maths skills get a workout too!

[rimma]

Went to the doctor yesterday and he started me on accutane (powerful and nasty acne drug). This drug has to be processed by your liver/kidneys which means you can't drink too much, etc.

He told me "take it easy in the gym. Do more reps and less weight"

Due to possible joint and muscle pain.

and "Don't take any protein powder to avoid stressing your liver"

So I'm not sure to what extent I should ignore him. From what I've read the only effect of working out on accutane is increased soreness, not actual damage per se. However I think I should play it safe and not lift heavy. The weights I lift aren't really heavy anyway...so I don't know.

Anyone been in this situation before? I'm on the drug for five or six months so I have to accomodate workouts somehow.

OH Press yesterday:

30x8

37x3

39x3

41x8

Dips

Pull-ups/Chins

[runveerun]

Yup haha planning to spend some quality time in the squat rack over the next month.

8) FTW

He told me "take it easy in the gym. Do more reps and less weight"

Due to possible joint and muscle pain.

Might be a bit of trial and error on your behalf to see what suits you, is it just pain or is it damage of some sort that might occur? What the hell is in that stuff?!

[rimma]

He told me "take it easy in the gym. Do more reps and less weight"

Due to possible joint and muscle pain.

Might be a bit of trial and error on your behalf to see what suits you, is it just pain or is it damage of some sort that might occur? What the hell is in that stuff?!

Hard to tell from the doc, he didn't really seem to know a lot about it. If it was just pain I would just work to my limits and not worry-I just really don't want to cause long-term damage through youthly impatience.

The drug itself is a vitamin-a derivative, and basically causes vitamin A toxicity as a side-effect of reducing oil production. Vitamin A toxicity has a whole range of possible sides, which I had weighed up as being not too bad. It was only when the doctor talked about strenuous exercise that I found out about this joint/muscle issue.

Having said that, most accounts I've read online say they worked out through the course as normal with some extra muscle and joint pain. I'm gonna take lots of fish oil and drink plenty of water, and just play things by ear I think. Still kinda gutted though.

[rimma]

Deadlifts today:

60kg x 8

95kg x 3

100kg x 3

105kg x 7

70kg x 10

65kg x 10

60kg x 10

50kg x 10

Not much else

[rimma]

Good session today. Haven't felt any joint pain yet but I'm only five days in. Five months and three weeks to go

Bench:

30kg x 10

50kg x 3

53.5kg x 3

57kg x 10

Pushups: 5 x 10

DB Rows:

20kg x 3 x 20

CGBP:

30kg x 10

30kg x 7

30kg x 10