Beef, Beef and more Beef

[Beef]

cheers mate, sometimes the PB's come out of nowhere and that was a classic example. i'm heading off to Canada to catch up with some family during the break between semesters. gonna soak up the sun, get on the piss and see what the nightlife is like :wink:

[tinytraps]

Nice benchin ay( slack attempt at canadian humour ) How come you wont be training in north north america? :pfft: :pfft:

[Beef]

Nice benchin ay( slack attempt at canadian humour ) How come you wont be training in north north america? :pfft: :pfft:

churr, mate.

not quite up to PLing standards but hopefully i'll get there someday!

haha they also say aboooot instead of about. makes me crack up every time i hear it

i'm goin over there for a holiday to catch up with some rellies and we're going to a bach up north so won't have access to a gym unfortunately

bout time i took a break from lifting iron though, it's been a while! will get back into it when i get back.

17/06/10 Heavy Back

another good training session this afternoon, nailed the deadlifts. it's ironic that i'll be taking time off the gym shortly as i'm having massive strength gains at the moment :doh:

Deads

120kg x5

130kg x5

140kg x5

155kg x5 PB

130kg x5

100kg x5

* felt real smooth tonight, was getting deeper as well. definitely using my legs for power more than i used to

Barbell Bent Over Row

50kg x5

55kg x5

60kg x5

60kg x5

65kg x5

Lat Pulldown

45kg x5

55kg x5

60kg x5

65kg x5

70kg x3

Eats

eats have been slack today as I woke up at 1.00pm for a 2.30 exam and then went to the gym straight after that. will have a couple massive feeds tonight to make up for the calorie deficit i have been sitting on today \:D/

just a short workout tonight as I have an exam first thing tomorrow morning. some heavy shoulders on the cards for tomorrow :grin:

[Beef]

19/06/10 Heavy Shoulders

last week of training before i'm off overseas, would be nice to hit a few more PB's before I leave.

It'll be interesting to see how quickly i regain my strength once i'm back into training :pray:

Standing OHP

50kg x5

50kg x5

55kg x5

60kg x5

62.5kg x3 (fail)

* damn, i'm finding standing OHP a whole lot harder than seated dumbbell press. I was getting up to 36kg dumbbells seated for 8 reps, but am struggling in OHP. thinking i might need to start training my core :shifty: , i've neglected my abs for too long

Seated Dumbbell Press

25kg DB's x5

30kg DB's x5

32.5kg DB's x5

32.5kg DB's x3 (fail)

27.5kg DB's x5

Rotator Cuff Internal & External

14kg Cable x12 each

Eats

bit of cottage cheese with frozen berries to go with my 14 weetbix for brekkie, 1 can of salmon for lunch :grin:

day off tomorrow, then i'll get stuck into some heavy legs :twisted: :twisted:

[Beef]

just weighed myself, bang on 106kg today :grin:

[Beef]

9.30pm - 30 min jog

*battled the wind & the rain plus a lack of motivation and went for a run this evening. 30 min swim comin up tomorrow morning :grin:

[Beef]

20/06/10 Heavy Legs

wasn't meant to go in today but decided i needed a break from the books :roll:

back was still a bit tender from the heavy back session so squats suffered as a result. still making good progress though

am looking to overload in the last week before i leave, as i'll be taking three weeks off. i'm planning on training every day this week, which is a bit ambitious

weight today was down to 104.2 (!), which is nearly a 2 kilo drop from yesterday :-s

started off with

Squats

80 x5

85 x5

95 x5

110 x5

115 x5

120 x5

125 x5

125 x5

120 x5

110 x5

100 x5

90 x5

* did 12 sets, which means i'm probably going to need a zimmer frame tomorrow- anyone got a spare one they could lend me? :pfft:

* squats felt pretty good considering my lower back was still sore from deads.

Leg Press

200kg x5

210kg x5

220kg x5

170kg x5

* legs already fried from squats so only needed to do four setss

Eats

2 shakes so far today along with 8 eggs ( :puke: ), 400g schnitzel and a can of tuna ( :puke: ) . oh, the joys of being a bodybuilder :pfft:

Vanity workout for me tomorrow (i.e arms), haven't had one in ages so should be good \:D/

[runveerun]

Just catching up on your journal and re grip strength, try Farmers walks and waiter walks with the heaviest DBs you can stand I found this has helped my DL grip.

[Beef]

Just catching up on your journal and re grip strength, try Farmers walks and waiter walks with the heaviest DBs you can stand I found this has helped my DL grip.

cheers Vee, will definitely try this. my grip strength is definitely limiting my ability to lift heavy :nod:

[Beef]

21/06/10 Vanity Session [aka Arms]

stayed up all night last night due to the all whites game and am still buzzing from it, which made for a good workout :jive:

first vanity workout in a while and enjoyed it thoroughly :grin:

Biceps

Preacher Curl

40kg x10

50kg x10

55kg x10

50kg x10

50kg x8 (fail)

40kg x10

40kg x10

*bi's have always been a strong point for me, was getting good depth at the bottom of the movement

Barbell Curl

30kg x10

35kg x10

40kg x10

30kg x10 [eccentric- 5 secs down]

30kg x10 [eccentric- 5 secs down]

25kg x10 [eccentric- 5 secs down]

Triceps

Close Grip Bench Press

40kg x10

50kg x10

50kg x10

65kg x10

65kg x6 (fail)

60kg x2 (epic fail )

Skullcrushers

27kg x10

32kg x10

37kg x10

42kg x6 (fail)

42kg x3 (fail)

Eats

the usual stuff today.. 8 whole eggs, can of salmon, 200g mince

will take the day off tomoro as I've got two exams :shifty: :shifty:

Wednesday will be heavy chest :twisted: :twisted:

[Jigga]

You did 10 reps to lockout with a 20 and a 2.5 on each side for preacher curl and you don't normally train arms? I'm impressed lol

[Beef]

You did 10 reps to lockout with a 20 and a 2.5 on each side for preacher curl and you don't normally train arms? I'm impressed lol

yeah :^o

nah to be honest depth wasn't perfect on the heavier sets but still was definitely going past 90 degrees.

up until recently I'd been training arms regularly but have rejigged my program so now I train them once every couple weeks. i'm finding that my arm strength doesn't decrease despite training them only once a fortnight, as they're being hit pretty hard on back & chest days

[Beef]

BW: 103 kilos today. may look to cut down to under 100

[Beef]

22/06/10

no gym today, went for a 30 min swim this morning. nothing gets rid of DOMS better than swimming :nod:

slowly getting my fitness up to where it should be. i've been pretty slack with cardio over the last couple years as i was trying to gain weight and therefore minimise for calorie loss.

heavy chest tomorrow- last cycle of training before i'm off to the big 'Merican continent

[Beef]

just went for another swim. 30 lengths.

BW: 104.3 kilos (still fluctuating quite a bit)

[Jigga]

Drop the weight bro and semi-lean bulk. You make gains just as effectively without looking chubby year-round. Hard to pull girls in town if you have a fat face and a big belly :pfft:

Oh yeah and swimming is tha bomb

funk mc

[Beef]

Drop the weight bro and semi-lean bulk. You make gains just as effectively without looking chubby year-round. Hard to pull girls in town if you have a fat face and a big belly :pfft:

Oh yeah and swimming is tha bomb

funk mc

yeah bro swimming is well fun :nod:

lol i'm not exactly chubby... got a wee bit of fat round my stomach at the mo (can barely see abs) but apart from my gut i don't have much fat on me at all. will have to sort out the gut come summer time though :wink:

i'd say i'm round 15% now but that's only an estimate

[Beef]

23/06/10 Heavy Chest

Bench Press

5x 90kg

5x 90kg

5x 100kg

5x 100kg

5x 105kg PB

*bench felt surprisingly shit tonight, but still managed to knock off another PB \:D/

*something didn't feel right today, think it might have been the fact that I've only eaten 2 meals today (BW was down to 102kg today)

Floor Press

5x 80kg

5x 85kg

5x 90kg

5x 90kg

5 x90kg

Incline Press

5x 70kg

5x 75kg

5x 70kg

5x 60kg

5x 55kg

Eats

absolutely pathetic today, but i've had two exams and no time for eating. but now i'm done exams so will get back to normal eating tomorrow :grin:

Heavy Back Tomorrow, gonna try knock off another PB in deads \:D/

[Beef]

also went for a 30 min jog this evening up mt albert :twisted: :twisted:

[Beef]

Training Routine Update June 2010

Stats

Age: 18

Height: 190cm

Weight: 105 kilos

BF: Still haven't had myself measured but I'm still relatively lean

Bench (5 Reps): 105 kilos

Deadlift (5 Reps): 155 kilos

Squat (5 Reps): 125 kilos

OHP (5 Reps): 60 kilos

Goals By End of 2010

*have had to rejig my goals a bit as I've already pretty much reached my goals that I set out a month ago

Note: All Goals Listed are 5 RM

Weight: 110 kilos (without a major increase in BF)

Bench: 115 kilos (don't know if this is achievable, but it's worth a shot :grin:)

Deadlift: 175 kilos

Squat: 135 kilos

OHP: 75 kilos

Current Training Routine

Was doing a 6 day split:

Day 1- Heavy Chest and Light Triceps

Day 2- Heavy Back and Light Biceps

Day 3- Heavy Shoulders and Light Legs

Day 4- Light Chest and Heavy Triceps

Day 5- Light Back and Heavy Biceps

Day 6- Light Shoulders and Heavy Legs

BUT- am thinking of scrapping the split and starting a fulltime 5x5 program, which is pretty much what I've been doing in the last couple weeks anyway

feel free to offer the odd piece of encouragement/critique

cheers

[Big john]

Weight: 110 kilos (without a major increase in BF)

Bench: 115 kilos (don't know if this is achievable, but it's worth a shot :grin:)

Deadlift: 175 kilos

Squat: 135 kilos

OHP: 75 kilos

there anit nothing to it...BUT to do it! :twisted:

[Beef]

last day of training yesterday, too busy packing etc to write up a journal entry

am off to the 'Merican continent tomorrow, will catch you fullas when i get back

hopefully i won't catch the obesity epidemic while I'm over there :pfft:

peace out

[Beef]

so it's been nearly 3 months since i've update my journal.. bout time i got myself back on track!

have had a real rough 3 months struggling with stress etc so looking to get back into a strict training schedule. my cortisol levels have no doubt been through the roof

i've lost quite a lot of weight due to the fact that my appetite has been almost non-existent. i've found myself throwing up just trying to get food down :roll:

as of today i weigh bang on 100kg. lifts are terrible at the mo but it's not surprising considering the amount of stress i've had

new program will be focused on size training. once i'm satisfied with size i'll move back to my normal strength-oriented stuff

i'm planning on training 6 times a week, doing 3-day split twice each week.

Day 1- Chest, Shoulders & Tri's

Day2- Back, Traps & Bi's

Day 3- Legs

Day 4- Rest

Day 5- Chest, Shoulders & Tri's

Day 6- Back, Traps & Tri's

Day 7- Legs

Goals

- looking to get the weight up back around 110kg

- put on some size, especially in my legs & lats

will look to post some more pics soon, but there isn't much change since my last set of progress pics which were taken 3 months ago.

[trainlikeadog]

haha liam is this you