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[HarryB]

Well what an uneventful weekend for training..

sat I did chest and some biceps..

Bench press

bar, 60k, 100k/8 reps each

140k/3 (just warming up still)

180k/4+1forced rep

180k/3 drop set 140k/5 drop set 100k/6 drop to 60k/8

felt good benching 180, nice control and good power, the drop set killed my chest, crazy pump.

Incline bb

60k,100k/10 reps each

140k/3 (that drop set on bench killed me, had nothing on inclines!!!)

120k/8

Cable crossovers

4 sets of 12 reps

Hammer seated chest press (plates per side)

1p, 2p, 3p/ 8 reps each

3 and a half p/6

Chest done and dusted!!! Pretty lame really, happy with benching but everything else just dropped off. Pushed til I couldn't push anymore but just unsatisfied!

EZ bar curls

20k, 30k, 40k, 50k/8 reps

60k/6 reps

70k/4 drop set 50k/6 drop set 30k/6

Finished for the day. Not bad but struggling with energy today.. was using 1MR pre workout but dropped it this week because I don't like to use those pre workout supps for more than a month at a time.

Sunday was supposed to do legs but had a client change times on me and only had that time to train myself so I trained her and just did some triceps and hammer curls.

I am not too fussed about missing legs this week because my hips been killing me all week so I figure a week off squatting will give it a rest.

[HarryB]

I can't even write anything as I watch the news. Unbelievable!!! Seems trite to talk about training but suffice it to say I trained. Hope the doc and all are ok!!

[HarryB]

Seems like all the members are ok.. at least in a physical sense!

I did shoulders yesterday but was a bit distracted...

I will just put down the top sets.

Seated military press

100k/12

120k/5

120k/4 drop set to 80k/8

Lateral raises

5 sets up to 30k/8

High rope pulls

5 sets of 15

hammer strength preacher curls one arm at a time..

5 sets up to a puny weight..

[steak]

Strong benching and overhead work :nod:

[HarryB]

Thanks Steak... I keep plodding along.

[Shutupandsquat]

Just gonna point out the obvious here; nice strong workouts. Consistent too. Are you powerbuilding or just bodybuilding?

[HarryB]

Bro can I tell you something... there's no difference... those old school guys all did the basics and concentrated on getting stronger just in a higher rep range than powerlifters.

I don't know if you know who Bill Kazmaier is but he was a freakshow in the strength world was a world champion powerlifter. His training was very simple and really a lot more like what you would see a bodybuilder doing now than a powerlifter.

[Shutupandsquat]

Bro can I tell you something... there's no difference... those old school guys all did the basics and concentrated on getting stronger just in a higher rep range than powerlifters.

I don't know if you know who Bill Kazmaier is but he was a freakshow in the strength world was a world champion powerlifter. His training was very simple and really a lot more like what you would see a bodybuilder doing now than a powerlifter.

Nahnahnah. I just mean, do you enter both powerlifting and bodybuilding comps or just bodybuilding comps?

[HarryB]

Just bodybuilding... I did some powerlifting stuff when I was much much younger but to be honest I didn't want to change my form on lifts. I mean for development you try and make the exercises harder not just shift as much as you can and shorten up ranges of motion and all that kind of thing. I do enjoy trying to get stronger and lift heavy weights etc etc etc I see the 2 pursuits as being complimentary up to a point. I actually have pretty small joints so as I got stronger I found I had some structural issues. But despite that I would still like to get my old numbers back. In a comp I might get dusted but in the gym I can hold my own!

[Shutupandsquat]

Fair enough man. It's all about what you feel good about! :nod:

[HarryB]

Yeah at this stage training for me is just about competing with myself. I am not really a fan of powerlifting competition but damn I love watching the strongman stuff. Now that's RAW POWER!!!

[tinytraps]

too true bro! all the old school lifters and strongmen guys started with hireps then built up to heavy lifts closer to comp. Bill kaz comes to mind, huge powerful physique, and then theres mr viking himself jon pall who competed in bodybuilding as well as powerlifting. I definetley think that bodybuilding training can help the strength athlete and some strength work can help the bodybuilder. I find im picking up strength in smaller muscle groups that typical powerlifting training wouldnt hit.

Just for you SAS 8)

BILL KAZ and JON PALL

[HarryB]

Lol my 2 favourite strongmen!!!

Legend has it that Joe Weider offered Kaz a lot of money to compete in bodybuilding but he turned it down and Jon Pall (RIP) was a bodybuilding champion before he was the worlds strongest man.

[HarryB]

Had a bit of a flu but initially thought I'd be alright to go at 100%, typical stubborn retard!

Did back on fri.

Rack deadlifts

60k, 100k, 140k, 180k/ 12 reps each

220k/8

260k/3 (flew up so stopped at 3, wanted to go heavier)

300k for about 2 mm lol strapped on, pulled with all my might, took up the slack in the bar, weights came up about 2mm and I stood like a spastic pulling a weight that just wouldn't move!! Dropped it in disgust.. Stupid gravity!!

260k/3 bloody hard reps after my lame attempt at 300k

220k/6

Revergrip pulldowns

4 sets of 10-12 up to 117k

Parallel grip chins

Bw only 8,7,7 (still about 112k so was pretty happy that I could do chins at all)

Cross bench db pullover

20kdb for 3 sets of 12-15 nice stretch

Bb rows

60k,100k/12

120k/8

Was gassed so just stopped right here.

Next day chest and I was sick as a dog so took it easy on pressing. Back killed from deads but good pain and whole back from traps on down sore. Joints also killing in that flu sore way.

Inc fly

Up to 50k/9

Inc bb

60k, 80k,100k, 120k/8 reps each

140k/6

Flat bench

60k, 100k/12 reps each

140k/8

100k/15

Cable crossovers

4 sets of 12-15 reps

EZ bar curls

4 sets up to 40k for 12

Felt shit today but tried to make the best

Legs today. Feel better though so maybe it will go ok!!

[Rookie]

Good training bro! Bad news about the flu, and lol at "took it easy"

Inc bb

60k, 80k,100k, 120k/8 reps each

140k/6

Flat bench

60k, 100k/12 reps each

140k/8

100k/15

[HarryB]

Good training bro! Bad news about the flu, and lol at "took it easy"

Inc bb

60k, 80k,100k, 120k/8 reps each

140k/6

Flat bench

60k, 100k/12 reps each

140k/8

100k/15

Oh yeah I guess I should have said I didn't push myself too hard lol

Legs was ok. Getting sick of recurring injury issues so just going to take it slow and not do anything to aggravate things.

calves on the hack squat

6 sets of 12-30 reps

Leg extn

One leg at a time 4 sets of 12

Both legs 3 sets 12

Squats

60k, 100k, 140k/10 each

180k/8

140k/8 kept feet close and knees in line, actually pretty easy work at 180 but was starting to drift with my bad knee so backed off.

Leg extn

4 sets 12-15

Leg curls

4 sets 10

That's it for legs. Going to rehab the bloody things properly.

Did some triceps.

[HarryB]

Busy week this week so missed tuesdays workout, cant train thurs or fri so just did shoulders and back on wed. Faster pace, higher reps.

Seated db press

10k, 20k, 30k, 40k/ 15 reps each

Hammer shoulder press machine (weight per side)

40k, 60k/ 12 reps each set

80k/9 drop set to 40k/9 rest pause 4

Dumbell laterals standing

15k, 22.5k, 27.5k/ 12 reps each

Pulldowns

5 sets of 12 up to one heavyish set of 8 with 110k

Parallel grip chins

3 sets of 8

Db pullovers

20k, 30k, 35k/ 12 reps each set

Straight arm pulldowns

3 sets of 15 with some puny ass weight

Double db rows standing

20k, 40k/12

50k/10

50k/9

Low pulley rows

3 sets of 15 light

Single arm db rows

50k/11

50k/10

Tricep pushdowns 3 sets of 20

Close grip bench

60k, 100k/12

140k/7

Lying db extns

2 sets of 15 with 15k

cable kickbacks

2 sets of 15

Hammer strength preacher curls one arm at a time for 4 sets of 12

Done!

Quick workout, good pump... wasn't thinking about weight just trying to squeeze the muscles and get a good pump. It's thursday morning and everything is sore so I must have done something good!!

Will try do deads on sat after chest.

[HarryB]

Chest and biceps today.

Bw is back up to 115, has been coming up a kilo here and there, got to be my cycle because I'm still getting leaner. Pretty happy, but going to start doing 20 mins of cardio from monday 3 days a week.

Trained quick today, short rests higher reps.

Incline bb press

40k, 60k, 80k, 100k/15 reps each

120k/10

140k/8 drop set 100k/7 drop set 60k/8

Flat bench

60k, 80k, 100k/10 reps each

140k/5 drop set 100/3 lol I was wiped!!

Flat bench to neck with 80k for 2 sets of 10, pausing in stretch position, pecs were wrecked by now!

Incline fly super set with incline db press, just used the same weight for both exercises and same reps also.

10k/15

20k/12

30k/8 last set killed. Was laughing at struggling so much to db press 30k

Cable crossovers, 3 sets of 15

Ez bar curls 5 sets of 10 starting at 20k and going up 60k

Superset reverse cable curls and wrist curls on bench 3 sets of 12-15

Everything was pumped, nice workout. Different kind of intensity and definitely not my normal thing. I think I'd forgotten how to count past 6 lol

Sticking with this for this week, nice to have a mad pump and my joints feeling ok after a workout!

[PeterDolan]

Guillotine presses stretch the living f*ck outta your pecs! How did your shoulders find it or were they okay with the light weight? I've never gone past 60 with them cause I find the stretch and pause to be more than enough

[startinfromscratch]

strong motherfunkster!!! :nod:

[HarryB]

Hey PD.. I like to do the guillotine presses every now and then and I keep it very light so there's not too much pressure on the shoulders. That's why I did it after incline and regular bench press. It was just a spur of the moment thing really. Very sore today (2 days later).

That's Startingfromscratch.. I am shifting my focus from pushing my numbers up in the lower rep ranges and doing a few more reps for a couple of weeks. Not sure how long it will last because I enjoy lower reps.. we'll see I guess.

Ok so sunday I was training one of my clients, she's 50 this year and weighs a monumental 48 kilos... oh she was also the aus champion in PL in the 48kilo class and is now looking to keep that ranking in the new 47 kilos class. She has a meet in 3 weeks in this class so we went for some numbers this weekend and used her bench shirt and squat suit.

She squatted 120 for 2 with wraps, belt and suit.

benched 60 for 3 sets of 3 with a new bench shirt. trying to get used to line needed in this new shirt.

We did a bunch of assistance stuff for her pressing but nothing more for her squat, she does that stuff on her deadlift day.

Just thought I would put that in for some motivation cos it sure motivates me watching such a petite person lift some good weights. Makes me feel lazy lol

[HarryB]

OK today I am suffering cos everything from the waist down hurts... stupid leg training!

6 sets of calves on the hack squat 15-30 reps

Leg extns one leg at a time 4 sets 12-15

Both legs 3 sets 12-15

Squats

60k, 100k, 140k, 180k/8 reps each

180k/6

140k/8

100k/10 Decent today, nice control, good depth and knee and hip feeling very stable. Feel like I am coming back!

Straight leg deads

bar, 60k, 100k, 140k, 140k/ 8 reps each

Leg press (plates per side)

4pl, 7pl, 10pl, 10pl/ 12 reps each

Done and dusted.

Knee felt good and felt nice and strong under the weight today. Definitely on the comeback!!!!

I have made some changes to my diet and supplements. Introduced 1 more meal per day and more carbs in general.

For supplements I mean into my stack.. so using 2iu HGH 5 days a week and put 1ml of tren twice a week on top of my 1 ml sus and 1 ml deca, still only once a week with those 2 products. I put this in last week and put on 2 kilos and still getting leaner. Hopefully helping my knee and definitely increased my appetite!

[drizzt]

All sounds good bro, another meal + more carbs, gaining weight and you're leaning up!

Sweet squat work too :clap:

[HarryB]

Thanks man.. long way off with my squats at the moment but just really nice to be moving in a positive direction!

And yeah getting leaner and growing.. loving it at the moment. How's your back? I read you tweaked it in training?

[drizzt]

Good to hear bro

Back is a bit worrying - I first did it squatting at the beginning of last year. Rehabbed a few months and it went away, but has come up as a niggle once or twice since it's been "better". This is the worst it's been since I first did it, so a bit of a bad time for it to happen! Will see The Magician (aka the House Doc) today to see what magic he can weave on it.

Anyway I'll keep my woes out of your thread, nice to read your training is going well :nod: