Tom's 8 week and 16 week transformation.

[tomsammce]

90 mate.

[thatwaslight]

when you were at you peak can you recall your measurements bro?

Do u regularly take them to track progress or just watch the scales/mirror?

[tomsammce]

i dont take measurements bro never have. i will just be dissapointed lol so no point

[thatwaslight]

Lol im thinking of cutting a few inches outa my tape so it reads 20inch arms

[tomsammce]

lol the tighter your clothes the bigger you look? THATS WHAT I HEARD! lol

[tomsammce]

Quote of the night:

"Perfect practice makes perfect"

[startinfromscratch]

hope your well.

[tomsammce]

yes im WOW!

back to training tomorrow as my flu has gone, gonna be doing back tommrow then arms sunday then legs monday at body bussiness in botany downs those 3 days, if anyone out east keen for a sesh then holla at my inbox!

[tomsammce]

ok, so this morning i attempted back workout. after being sick the last however many days i felt good this morning and was ready to give 100% to my training as usual. started off with deadlifts but after 7 sets (was aiming for 8 ) my lower back was sticking out further than my arse fucken pumped to the max and i could hardly even walk. went to the lat pull down and was so painful, next time i will save the deadlifts till last in my back workout even tho i wont be to go 100% at them at least if i pump the lower back hard on them then i can just crawl out of gym and not have missed out on any sets.

deadlifts:

60kg x 12 x1 set

100kg x 12 x2 set

140kg x 10 x3 set

180kg x 6 x1 set (couldnt take it anymore lol)

lat pulldown:

just fucked around on this as couldnt really do any, was raging with fustration to tell the truth that i couldnt carry on, wanted to turn the enitre gym over.

so has anyone else exp this with deads and i expect i will get it with squats on monday too.

so do u guys finish off with these instead of start with them? or would a weight belt, cranked tight as fix this?

i know some ppl will say harden up, but its abit more than that unfortunatly i.e when you go on the lat pulldown and it feels like its working your lower back not yr lats there is an issue lol

[Mrbig]

hay bro I had the same thing but mind ended being a nerve injury I was fucked couldnt touch my toes for a week and now I cant squat or dead over 100kg without a belt

best to get a belt bro safety first you wanna be able to go 100% every time you train so do whatever to stay injury free who cares what people say belts make you look hardcore haha

[Luigi]

so has anyone else exp this with deads and i expect i will get it with squats on monday too.

so do u guys finish off with these instead of start with them? or would a weight belt, cranked tight as fix this?

i know some ppl will say harden up, but its abit more than that unfortunatly i.e when you go on the lat pulldown and it feels like its working your lower back not yr lats there is an issue lol

yea iv had that. tend to only get it when on pinks. deads and squats. iv found that if you stick to low reps and just go heavier its no where near as bad or just do as you said and leave them till last.

i use a weight belt for heavier sets anyway but still dosnt stop the pump . a bit of deep heat on lower back prior to starting helps a bit though.

[thatwaslight]

High rep deads belt or no belt and i cant walk afterwards, i always go higher weight less volume other wise it fucks the rest of your workout

[tomsammce]

mr big this isnt a potential injury i think just massive pump lol

luigi - pinks!!??... THATS WHAT I HEARD! lol, but yeah i think i will leave them till last from now

thatwaslight - cheers

arms tommorow morn... lets see if my pump stops be lifting my drink bottle to my mouth lol

[AgentOrange]

mr big this isnt a potential injury i think just massive pump lol

luigi - pinks!!??... THATS WHAT I HEARD! lol, but yeah i think i will leave them till last from now

thatwaslight - cheers

arms tommorow morn... lets see if my pump stops be lifting my drink bottle to my mouth lol

Im keen to train arms tomorrow KING.

Page me

[tomsammce]

mr big this isnt a potential injury i think just massive pump lol

luigi - pinks!!??... THATS WHAT I HEARD! lol, but yeah i think i will leave them till last from now

thatwaslight - cheers

arms tommorow morn... lets see if my pump stops be lifting my drink bottle to my mouth lol

Im keen to train arms tomorrow KING.

Page me

bodybussiness botany downs, 8.30am. be there or be small lol

[tomsammce]

AO - that was a test, you just failed.

Jumped on scales this morning and am 98kg already, really really happy with progress. Will log my arm training later when have more time.

I'm Oscar Mike.

[PeterDolan]

Your BF% creeping slowly or getting a bit ahead?

[TonganTerror]

AO epic fail no show Im presuming tut tut and here I was thinking we may see something other than his eats in the journal today :pfft: :pfft:

98kg tom yeeyaa

[AgentOrange]

AO - that was a test, you just failed.

4 words: Turn your phone on!

AO epic fail no show Im presuming tut tut and here I was thinking we may see something other than his eats in the journal today :pfft: :pfft:

Trained arms on my lonesome today... will out up what i did then, just for you TT

Thanking you

[tomsammce]

I turn phone off when I sleep so I don't get woken up. No excuses.

Pete - yeah bodyfat has gone up a little bit not much though. Getting alot stronger which for me is indication I'm getting bigger and shits working

[PeterDolan]

I turn phone off when I sleep so I don't get woken up. No excuses.

Pete - yeah bodyfat has gone up a little bit not much though. Getting alot stronger which for me is indication I'm getting bigger and shits working

BF comes with the territory though as you know and shows your eating enough, keep it going

[tomsammce]

ok, so today was arms. had to train first thing in morning as had to go to church etc today lol... church = showies..

anyway, i used to prefer not to train in the mornings as feel i dont have the same energy as later in the day having eaten 5 meals. however this time i am trying a diff way so am doing as many of my sessions in the morning as i can and that way training then eating all day i am replenishing the muscle and feeding it all day rather than training then having a shake then a meal then fasting for 7 or 8 hours. so am trying this way to see if any diff as far as growth goes.

close grip bench:

60kg x 20 x 1 set

100kg x 12 x 2 set

100kg x 10 x 1 set

str8 olympic bar curl (bar counts as 20kg):

20kg x 20 x 1 set

40kg x 10 x 3 set

skull crushes with EZ bar (bar counts as 10kg):

30kg x 20 x 1 set

40kg x 15 x 2 set

50kg x 10 x 1 set

alternate standing db curls:

15kg x 15 x 2 sets

17.5kg x 12 x 2 set

tricep push down

think about 70kg x 15 reps x 3 sets

needed something to eat so went home.

[tomsammce]

ok thanks for your guiys replyies re. the lower back pumps.

just after some more opinions, from u guys who train arms in the fashion above like i just did.

ok, do u guys find you arms get too pumped from alternating bis and tris, resulting in not being able to get the good contraction on the exercise compared to if yopu were just doing tris or just doing bis.

i may flag the arm workout day and add the tri and bi in with two other parts maybe delts and chest or back. i just like to do an arms day as it gives the rest of my body a day off without having a day off from the gym

peace

[PeterDolan]

I love the pump I get but usually superset and have to be selective about the exercise I pair together. I can't do any free weight bi exercise after a free weight tri exercise or else my forearms get too pumped and my biceps brachii don't get enough work

[Jigga]

ok, so today was arms. had to train first thing in morning as had to go to church etc today lol... church = showies

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