Growths Journal

[jono]

week off from the gym ?

[Growth]

week off from the gym ?

spot on mate :grin:

[Growth]

Todays Workout

Flat DB Press

55 x 6 =

55 x 4

55 x 4

55 x 3

Incline BB Press

80 x 6

100 x 3 =

100 x 3 =

100 x 3 =

Tricep DB Behind Head

41.5 x 8

41.5 x 8

45.5 x 5

47.0 x 5

Tricep Pushdowns Rope

86 x 8

91 x 6

100 x 5

Tricep Pushdowns Bar

90 x 8

102 x 5

114 x 3 =

48 x 12

Had a week off last week, no gym work at all, i didnt really miss it and even felt a bit lazy to go back, but once i was in the gym pushing weights again i was gutted i had taken a week of an my lifting inspiration was back at its best, so to celebrate i went to the local nutritioner and bought a kilo of protein powder lol :pfft: Eat like an absolute pig during the week off because i didnt want a shred of catabolism to occur while i was resting up.

Wasnt too sure what to work today but when i looked back through my journal i realised i havent worked chest / tris since the 23rd of may :shock: Almost two weeks ago :shock: Instead of conciously dropping the weights i had been lifting i decided just to you the last workout and still try to improve on it ... it worked :grin: And whats even better is that my tendons feel great, only a slight indication they they are still injured. Am going to keep away from the flat BB bench for a while.

So looking at the above i at least equal of bettered my workout from the previous one. Im off to celebrate with my protein :grin:

[deegee]

Good stuff for a week off, how is the weight gain going overall

[Growth]

Good stuff for a week off, how is the weight gain going overall

Weight was steady over the week off, didnt put any on didnt loose any. Still around 90-91. Looking just to maintain this for a while and slowely start putting more wight on, i have only been this wieght once before however last time i lost it all and fell to around 75, looking to keep it this time.

[jono]

nice work man .. looking very strong as always

[Simo]

good work man, 100 on incline, vrey respecful that is.

[Growth]

nice work man .. looking very strong as always

Thanks mate

[Growth]

good work man, 100 on incline, vrey respecful that is.

Thanks mate, i hope to blast that soon, havent been doing incline for ages so hopefully i can make some fast progress. Perhaps my new goal should be 140 on the incline...

[Growth]

Todays Workout

Lat Pulldowns

48 x 12

100 x 8

110 x 6

116 x 4

Pullups (not weighted :x )

10

10

10

Wide Grip Chins

8

6

6

BB Bicep Curl

50 x 7

55 x 5

60 x 3

Hammer Curls

25 x 6

25 x 6

Incline Curls

25 x 6

28 x 6

Was pretty pleased with todays workout except i forgot to take a rope with me to do wighted pullups. Havent really lost any back strenght or bicep strength, only the one PB but the other lifts arent far off. All in all a good w/o

[Simo]

Nice work on the lat pulldown, lucky ur machine goes that high...

excuse me for being ignorant but whats the difference between the wide grip chins and pull ups, eg over/under hand, i always get confused with all those ones.

[Growth]

The machine doesnt go that high :shifty: I have to add weight to it. Umm i think pullups refer to un underhand grip and chins to an overhand, thats what i have always though anyway, and obviously wide grip is just using a wide grip on the angle part of the bar.

[Simo]

Yip, thats what i figured. Do you find with the chins that ur body can be at a angle a bit, like so its feels ur using more arm and not back, does that make sense.

[jono]

another solid workout .. those pulldowns are crazy man i can only do 1/2 that weight

[Growth]

Yip, thats what i figured. Do you find with the chins that ur body can be at a angle a bit, like so its feels ur using more arm and not back, does that make sense.

I find that when doing wide grip chins that i feel it more in my bis, not sure if its supposed to be like that but thats where i feel it, it really gives them a good pump, almost more than direct bi mork.

I dont really find underhand and overhand to be too different, body seems to be in a simlar position, personally i find it harder to do overhand than under.

[Growth]

another solid workout .. those pulldowns are crazy man i can only do 1/2 that weight

Thanks mate. Im quite happy with the pulldowns at the moment, its a nice slow controlled movement to with no back swaying. Loving working out back, pulldowns, pullups, wide grip chins, all my favourite exercises.

Was so gutted to have forgot my rope :x

[deegee]

good heavy workout as usual. No rope in the gym?

[Growth]

good heavy workout as usual. No rope in the gym?

Nope it BYO rope. I guess noone really does weighted activites there otherwise they would have had a few requests for one. Seems a bit silly not to, its only a piece of rope

[Growth]

Todays Workout

Leg Press

6pps x 10

7pps x 10

8pps x 10

9pps x 8

10pps x 4

Deadlifts

140 x 8

160 x 5

180 x 3

Standing Calf Raises

60 x 10

60 x 10

100 x 10

120 x 10

140 x 10

Seated Calf Raises

70 x 10

70 x 10

70 x 10

Very pleased with the leg pressing, it did seem however that the machine had very shit bearings as there was alot of increased resistance from 8pps to 9pps, 10pps was extremely bad, the machine was very jittery and sluggish, could have done more if the machine was up to par i reckon. Deads were okay, still 20ks of my pb but i dont belive ive lost any strength here. Tried standing calf raises with a barbell for the first time, have to say it went pretty good, feels way better than the machine.

[jono]

nice work man. legpress looking heavy

[Growth]

nice work man. legpress looking heavy

Cheers mate.

[deegee]

yeah that leg press does look good, though the thing that annoys me about the leg press is all the time spent moving the plates onto the machine then back off afterwards, just getting lazy I guess!

[Growth]

yeah that leg press does look good, though the thing that annoys me about the leg press is all the time spent moving the plates onto the machine then back off afterwards, just getting lazy I guess!

mate, removing 20 plates after i finished was a workout in itself, there wasnt much need to do deadlifts after that!

[jono]

yeah that leg press does look good, though the thing that annoys me about the leg press is all the time spent moving the plates onto the machine then back off afterwards, just getting lazy I guess!

mate, removing 20 plates after i finished was a workout in itself, there wasnt much need to do deadlifts after that!

lol yeah i hate taking plates off the legpress too.. im already destroyed from training legs and i have 2 put all the plates back. talk about anoying :twisted: :twisted:

[Pseudonym]

You'd think they could design one with a weight stack... A bloody big weight stack for Growth! :pfft: