Drivn2perfection’s BodyBlog

Just wanted to inform everyone that I will be taking update pictures in probably 9 days or so… Want to get another week of lifting in from my break before I take them.. Have a good day!

Today I was skeptical about doing arms, because my bi’s were a bit tender from back day still… But it had been 3 days since I did back, so I figured I’d try warming them up a lot to get some blood flowing… maybe that’d help.  And surprisingly, it did   woo!!   ** I also started Xpand Energized today, and I was pretty impressed with the results **  Heres today’s numbers…

EZ-Bi Curl: 125lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/8/6 reps

CloseGrip Bench(on ez bar): 215lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/7/4 reps (My tris gave out on last set outta no where! D*MMIT!)

DB Curls: 50’s  ||  3 sets  ||  10/8/6 reps

EZ-Bar Skullcrushers: 115lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  12/10/7 reps

Standing Calf Raise: 215lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  11/10/9 reps

Sled Calf Raises: 320lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  12/11/10 reps

Freemotion Calf Raise: 400/300/200lbs  ||  1 compound set (one leg at a time)  ||  20/30/40 reps per leg.

Overall… Very good workout… minus the drops in endurance on the 3rd set of some exercises… My body requires a bit longer breaks … so I took 2 minute breaks between sets… the workout says 90 seconds… but w/e.. I can’t lift any weight doing that!  Next 2 days are break… Then sunday I hit up chest/shoulders again.

KEEP TRAINING HARD!

Today is my off day, thank GOD!  Heading to a theme park with a few close friends from work

Everyone have a GREAT day…. and keep up the good training!

Brian

I’m not going to lie, today’s workout sucked balls… Today was supposed to be my break day, but I’m not lifting tomorrow because of other plans so I decided to do the workout today instead of taking 2 days off… I took too many days off on vaca anyway… ANYWAY, here’s today’s workout…

Barbell Squats: 315lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  9/8/8 reps     (I usually do 365lbs when my back doesnt give out under the weight)

Strt. Leg Deadlifts: 315lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  9/9/9 reps

Leg Extensions: 320lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  9/9/8 reps

Leg Curls: 250lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  8/7/6 reps

Lunges: 65lb DB’s  ||  3 sets  ||  9/8/7 reps 

Closing comments…. today F*cking sucked… But I pushed through every set when I thought about just giving up and waiting two more days to do this workout… So overall it’ll be best in the end.. and my legs will be ready for next week’s workout…

Tomorrow: Bi’s/Tri’s/Calves

So I definitely can tell I need to load my muscles with creatine more… Since my endurance is in the drains still.. I give it a few more days.. lol.  I can’t wait til next week..  Anyway… here’s the workout for the day… I didn’t have great numbers because I was trying to find the right weights to use and ended up wasting energy.

Pullups: Bodyweight  ||  3 sets  ||  14/8/8 reps   (Wide-Grip controlled slow pullups)

Bent-Over Rows: 250lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/9/6 reps

Rack Deadlifts: 405lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/9/8 reps

BB Front Shrugs: 315lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/9/9 reps

BB Rear Shrugs: 225lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/9/9 reps   **Grip got loose and failed on those reps…No straps on those**

Tomorrow: Hamstrings/Quads/Calves

So I wasn’t too impressed by today’s workout but with 10 days off of lifting and not being able to eat a proper diet due to the fact that I was on vaca, it didn’t help much at all.  So I guess I shouldn’t expect too much.  But this is a new routine and I was messing around with weights and numbers to find the right weight I should be at…

My first 3 weeks of lifting from here are as follows:   This week: 3sets of each exercise… with each being AT LEAST 6 repse and NO MORE than 10 reps.  ** FYI… I took 2 minute breaks in between each set **

 Today:

Flat Bench Press: 255lbs ||  3 sets  ||  10/7/5 reps  (first set felt amazing, but after that my endurance dropped big time)

Dumbbell Incline Bench: 80’s  ||  3 sets  ||  10/8/6.5 reps

Weighted Dips:  Body + 50lbs ||  3 sets  ||  10/10/9 reps

Military Shoulder Press:  185lbs  ||  3 sets  ||  10/7/7 reps

Lateral Shoulder Raises:  35 DB’s  ||  3 sets  ||  10/10/8 reps

I gotta start somewhere, so now I have a base for the next few weeks for that body part…

TOMORROW= Back / Traps

I just got back from vacation and I think 9 days off of lifting (Which is A VERY long time for me!)  I am starting a new routine tomorrow and will be trying to post daily updates on what I do..