Beef, Beef and more Beef

[Beef]

:naughty: . although i have to admit Queensland played a lot better than NSW! the scoreline didn't really reflect their dominance. Bring on game 2 though!!

which NRL team do you support drizzt?

Yeah, NSW will need to shut down Thurston if they're to have any chance, he is on fire. Trouble is, you concentrate on him and then you have GI and Lockyer to watch out for... Other side of the coin though, if NSW can get Hayne running with confidence that can change a game! Next one should be interesting...

I'm a Warriors fan at heart, but have supported the Broncos since before the Warriors came onto the scene :nod: How about yourself?

yeah to be honest I can't see NSW winning a game. I don't really have strong ties to either side I just like watching a good game of footy

yeah, likewise, I'm a Warriors fan. Wish they'd be a bit more consistent but if the likes of Seymour and Vatuvei stay healthy they should make the top 8. Would be nice to get a few playoff games over here in NZ but I doubt very much that that's going to happen this year!

[Beef]

27/05/10 Heavy Back

another quick session tonight.. got talking to a few people. It's amazing how quickly a gym session can turn into a social session! lifts felt pretty good tonight

Deadlifts 5x5 120 kg

*deads felt good tonight, although still feel as if I'm not getting into enough of a squatting position at the bottom of the movement, which is meaning my back is not completely straight. will have to try and sort this out :doh:

Lat Pulldown 12x6 54 kg

*focused especially on technique, trying to isolate the lats as much as possible. for some reason I've noticed that my lats are lagging a bit compared to my upper back

Low Cable Row 12x5 36 kg

*again, focused particularly on technique. almost everyone at my gym seems to do this exercise wrong :-s

Reverse Pulldown 12x5 48 kg

Preacher Curl 12x5 47 kg

*finished off with a few sets of bi's. By this stage they were already fried so didn't lift heavy

Eats

Not bad today, although once again only managed to get two weetbix down for brekkie. had 6 eggs at 10 am though. just about to fetch myself a can of tuna \:D/

heavy shoulders & light legs tomorrow, should be a good sesh :grin:

[Beef]

found this pic.. was just wondering which part of the cow rump steak comes from? I have a feeling that rump and round steak might be the same thing

[dsmi163]

found this pic.. was just wondering which part of the cow rump steak comes from? I have a feeling that rump and round steak might be the same thing

..and you'd be correct! round stump is American i think

[Beef]

28/05/10 Heavy Shoulders & Calves

took me a good hour or so to get thru shoulders tonight, so only spent 10 mins on calves at the end

started off with a bit of rotator cuff rehab, then :

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press 8x3 32.5kg Dumbbells

*felt good tonight, although down from 35kg dumbbells last week. This is definitely one of my strongest lifts

Standing Overhead Press 5x5 55kg PB

*this is like the fourth PB I've reached in the last week so something must be going right going to be hard to match four PB's next week!

Smith Machine Military Press (Behind Head) 10x4 55kg

*definitely one of my favourite exercises, although I find that it puts a lot of stress on my rotator cuffs so I generally stick within a lightish weight range

Cable Front & Side Raise 12x5 15kg

*shoulders already friiiied by this point, so took it pretty easy

finished off with some calves:

Seated Calf Raises 20x6 whole stack

Eats

eats have been average. ran outa milk this morning so I;'ve only drunk one glass today which is pretty unusual for me! ate a whole pizza for dinner (meat lovers) =P~

no beef toady , but I can't exactly control what's on the menu when it's not me who's paying the grocery bill!

I'm stuck with a family who are semi-vegetarian and can't understand why I need so much meat.. drives me crazy!!!!!

I do wonder how I'm going to survive financially when I leave home though, I must say. :doh:

heavy tris and light chest tomorrow \:D/

[Beef]

29/05/10 Heavy Triceps & Light Chest

gym was absolutely packed today for some reason :doh:

so kept my workout pretty short

Skullcrushers 12x5 40kg PB

*fifth PB in the last two weeks

Rope Pushdown 12x6 42kg

Weighted Dips 8x6 10kg (plus body weight)

finished off with some light chest:

Bench Press 20x5 60kg

*10 secs each rep, so each set was close to 4 mins

Heavy Biceps and Deadlifts tomorrow, should be good! preacher curl here I come

[Beef]

haven't had the chance to post for a while as I've been flat out with exam stuff, but workouts have been going really well. will start posting again in a couple of days and may even upload some pics (i regret not taking a "before" pic when i started a few years back!)

accomplished a new PB in deadlifts last night, managed to lift 150 [5 reps].

[Beef]

2/06/10 Heavy Shoulders & Light Legs

started off with some low rep shoulder stuff:

Standing Overhead Press 5x5 57.5kg PB

*felt really strong with this particular exercise tonight. improved by a whopping 7.5kg since last week's bash

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press 5x5 36kg dumbells

*not bad tonight, had to really put a bit of grunt into the last couple sets but was well worth it

Military Press Behind Head [smith Machine] 5x5 55kg

Front & Side Raise [superset] 12x5 15kg

then moved onto a couple sets of legs

Squats 12x5 70kg

*ass to grass

Seated Calf Raises

*i find seated calf raises to be so much more effective than standing ones.

weight was 103.8 tonight, which is also up on last week . I may look to cut down in the summer as I'm starting to get a bit of a pot!

went shopping today and bought a shitload of tuna :grin:

bit of heavy tris and a few light sets of chest tomorrow \:D/

[Beef]

05/06/10 5x5 Compound Lifts

I've been missing a lot of my training sessions lately so decided to do compound lifts today to target everything

I will be taking a well earned month off training, starting in a couple weeks as I'm going overseas. It's been over a year since I've taken more than a couple weeks off training at once so it'll be interesting to see how much progress I lose :shifty:

current stats as of today:

Weight: 104.8kg

BF: it's a guesstimate, but I'd say around 14-15%

PB's

Bench: 95kg (5 Reps)

Deads: 145kg (5 Reps)

Squat: 125kg (5 Reps)

Standing Overhead Press: 57.5kg (5 Reps)

All PB's have been reached in the last month which I;m pretty stoked about

started off with:

Deads

110kg x5

120kg x5

130kg x5

145kg x5

*still finding my grip strength is lagging. I'm still relatively new to deadlifts, and finding that adjusting my grip to one hand over and the other under is helping the grip a bit

Squats

90kg x5

105kg x5

105kg x5

115kg x5

*squats weren't 100% tonight, no idea why :doh:

Bench

70kg x10

80kg x5

90kg x5

90kg x5

90kg x5

*been stuck on 90 kilo bench for so long, probably 4 months now. it's not that my chest is lagging at all, it just seems to be a weakpoint. I;m not going to use the "long arms" excuse because I know I ought to find out the problem :doh:

Standing OHP

45kg x5

50kg x5

50kg x5

55kg x5

will probably take the day off tomorrow and then start into my normal training programme on Sunday.

Eats

not too bad today, pushing 3200 cals which is where I want to be.

will post on monday \:D/

[Beef]

07/06/10 The Quickest Workout Ever

got tied up with a few things earlier in the day then realised the gym closed at 4

got there with 30 mins left til close, so just did some calves today

Weight: 104.6kg

*not quite sure whether I want to keep gaining weight.. I've sort of been in a bulking phase ever since I started training, putting on 45kg in 3 years. have started putting on a bit of fat recently though so may consider cutting in the near future

much to my dismay the standing calf raise was broken, due to some idiot adding extra 20kg plates on top of the machine.

seated calf raises 8x20 whole stack

dumbbell standing calf rasies 5x20 30kg dumbbells

*end of workout

first time I've ever worked out without breaking into a sweat :shock:

Eats

had 7 whole eggs for brekkie this morning, plus 14 weetbix :twisted:

tomoro will be heavy chest \:D/

[Beef]

08/06/10 Heavy Chest

Weight: 103.9kg

*i find that i get progressively heavier as the day goes on. i can be as much as 2 kilos heavier in the evening

Workout Time: 1hr 15 mins

spend pretty much my whole chest workout on bench.

Bench Press

60kg x20

*warm up

80kg x5

85kg x5

90kg x5

90kg x5

95kg x5

100kg x2 (fail)

*still can't crack the hundy, despite months of being stuck on 95kg :roll: . if anyone has some suggestions, that'd be great

70kg x10

70kg x10

Incline Press

75kg x5 PB

70kg x5

70kg x5

60kg x5x2

Floor Press

70kg x5

60kg x10x3

finished off with a couple sets of rope pushdown to hammer the tris :twisted:

Eats

7 whole eggs for brekkie this AM, 14 weetbix. aiming for round 3500 cals

heavy back sesh tomorrow \:D/

my motivational pic of the day is:

i hope to look like white guy some day

[Beef]

no training today, will get back tomorrow

[Growth]

*still can't crack the hundy, despite months of being stuck on 95kg :roll: . if anyone has some suggestions, that'd be great

I would give heavy eccentrics a go IMO. I overload with a couple of extra 20s. Just make sure the person helping you with them knows what they're all about.

[Beef]

*still can't crack the hundy, despite months of being stuck on 95kg :roll: . if anyone has some suggestions, that'd be great

I would give heavy eccentrics a go IMO. I overload with a couple of extra 20s. Just make sure the person helping you with them knows what they're all about.

yeah i've done eccentrics a few times before, they're pretty brutal!

[Beef]

pics now up

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9154&p=191841#p191841

[Beef]

09/06/10 Heavy Back & Light Bi's

wasn't going to go to the gym today, but got sick of studying for exams :roll:

deads felt real good today, hammys still a bit stiff from the weekend's 5x5 sesh but still managed to rack up some solid lifts :jive:

Deadlifts

100 x5

120 x5

140 x5

145 x5

150 x3 [Fail]

* strong deads tonight, although only got three reps through when shooting for a PB on 150

* how much rest is considered acceptable at the bottom of the movement?

* still need to get deeper at the bottom of the movement, not using my legs as much as I should be. Once I get that sorted I should be able to increase the weight

Lat Pulldown

48 x5

54 x5

60 x5

60 x5

30 x12 [Negatives- 7 secs on the eccentric phase]

Single Arm Row

25 x5

27.5 x5

30 x5

Assisted Chinups

*tried to do free weight chins but back was too fried by this point

30 x5

34 x5

40 x5

finished out with a couple sets of bi's

Preacher Curl

50 x10

50 x10

55 x6

Eats

10 whole eggs for breakfast :twisted: , steak for dinner. munching on a can of salmon at the mo

heavy shoulders tomorrow \:D/

[Beef]

11/06/10 Compound 5x5

another 5x5 workout tonight as I missed shoulders yesterday. bloody exams are killing my energy levels. was up til 4am studying :doh:

weight: 101.6 (!!)

*dropped 3 kilos in a week :shock: . to be fair on myself, my diet hasn't exactly been up to scratch lately. with exams et al. not quite sure where the 3kg went though :doh:

started off with:

Bench Press

90kg x5

90kg x5

95kg x5

97.5kg x5

100kg x1 (fail)

*argh!!!! still can't crack the hundy. the curse continues :x

Deadlift

140kg x5

145kg x5

150kg x5

150kg x5

160kg x3 (fail)

*aimed for the PB and failed. i still think my grip strength aint up to standard :nod:

. any suggestions for improving grip strength?

Squat

110kg x5

120kg x5

120kg x5

125kg x5

125kg x5

OHP

40kg x5

50kg x5

55kg x5

60kg x5 PB

*finaly cracked the 60 OHP. Jigga and Luigi, you better watch out! :pfft:

Notes

squats and OHP felt real good tonight. Deads were ok, still feel like my grip strength is lagging a bit. not sure if i'm going deep enough in my deads, i've had a few people comment and say that i'm not using my legs as much as i could be. may post a vid at some point and see if i can get any help

Eats

as mentioned before, not great. but i have an excuse..... exams. it's hell having to sit through a two 3 hour exams in one day, especially when they're back-to-back. No eating time!

heavy tris and light chest tomorrow :jive:

[Jigga]

*finaly cracked the 60 OHP. Jigga and Luigi, you better watch out! :pfft:

That's after maxing out on Bench. You got more in ya mate :wink:

[Beef]

*finaly cracked the 60 OHP. Jigga and Luigi, you better watch out! :pfft:

That's after maxing out on Bench. You got more in ya mate :wink:

haha i don't think i've got 80kilos in me at the mo, but i'll give it a go :wink:

will post a vid in due course. is the comp first to 80 or first to 100?

hope ur well :pfft:

[Jigga]

*finaly cracked the 60 OHP. Jigga and Luigi, you better watch out! :pfft:

That's after maxing out on Bench. You got more in ya mate :wink:

haha i don't think i've got 80kilos in me at the mo, but i'll give it a go :wink:

will post a vid in due course. is the comp first to 80 or first to 100?

hope ur well :pfft:

First to a 90kg(200lb) 5RM which is about a 100kg 1RM I think. Get a vid of yourself next time you do OHP and I'll take one too then I can post them in a competition thread, I'm sure we can sort out an appropriate prize for the winner :nod: Will prob take 4-5months I'm estimating.

[Beef]

That's after maxing out on Bench. You got more in ya mate :wink:

haha i don't think i've got 80kilos in me at the mo, but i'll give it a go :wink:

will post a vid in due course. is the comp first to 80 or first to 100?

hope ur well :pfft:

First to a 90kg(200lb) 5RM which is about a 100kg 1RM I think. Get a vid of yourself next time you do OHP and I'll take one too then I can post them in a competition thread, I'm sure we can sort out an appropriate prize for the winner :nod: Will prob take 4-5months I'm estimating.

hmmm i'm still not sure if i'm gona do it at this stage bro.

i'm about to take a month off training as i'm going overseas

i'll post a vid up next time i do OHP anyway

[Jigga]

No worries bro

[Beef]

didn't train today as I woke up after the gym closed :pfft:

weight was up at 105.2kg today which is a new high

chest & tris tomorrow

Eats

7 whole eggs

150g mince

wheyx2

half a pavlova :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

-had breakfast at 5.00pm, just munching on dinner now at 12.40am :doh:

[Beef]

16/06/10 Heavy Chest

been real slack with the journal lately :doh:

got an excuse though- exams. bloody hard tryin to combine study and training so i've been skipping the odd workout in favour of the books

once exams are finished i'm off overseas for three weeks but will get back into a solid cycle of training upon return. will miss the weights while i'm away, thats for sure. i'm really hoping i don't lose a lot of the progress i;ve been making by taking three weeks off :?

funnily enough, had a real good session tonight, maybe a couple days off is what i've been needing! or maybe the study's had a positive effect on my training :shifty:

accomplished a PB in bench press, which is a HUGE success since i'd been stuck on the same weight for months!

started off with

Bench Press

90kg x5

95kg x5

100kg x5 PB

100kg x5

*couldn't believe my luck tonight, been trying crack the hundy for months. nearly failed on the fifth rep but managed to get that last rep up!

Incline Press

70kg x5

75kg x5

75kg x5

80kg x5

80kg x5

Floor Press

80kg x5

85kg x5

90kg x5

90kg x5

Eats

steak, 8 whole eggs, can of salmon, 1L milk. that'll do me for the day

still gaining weight, am up to 105.8

measured my arms today, bang on 18" cold which is up 3" from this time last year :grin:

Heavy Back sesh tomoro, will aim for a PB in deadlifts \:D/

[Jigga]

Big improvement on your last Bench session bro, must feel good to finally be repping 2 plates :nod: . Where are you heading overseas?