Drivn2perfection’s BodyBlog

Did back/biceps/calves today… Back numbers were up and high , considering I haven’t worked them in 3 weeks due to illness.. Biceps, however, lost a bit of strength.. But I expected a little strength loss.  I did calves just because I didn’t have a chance to do them yesterday… Here’s some numbers I put out.

Chest Supported Rows= 180×10, 270×10, 310×10

T-Bar Rows= (just counting the weight I put on the end of the bar)… 100×10, 150×10, 210×10(last set I had to cheat a bit after 6 reps)

Deadlifts= 225×10, 315×10, 410×8 (hammies were a bit sore from legs yesterday)

Shrugs= 185×10, 275×10, 325×10, 325×10

Standing Hammer DB Curls= **per arm** 40×10, 50×10, 60×10, 60×10

DB Curls on Inc Bench= **per arm** 30×10, 40×10, 55×8, 50×8 (strength went down a bit on these)

After that did some calf stuff for 20-30 minutes and did a cooldown with wide pulldowns.  Wasnt too bad of a workout.. Just can’t wait to see results and numbers and get my weight up to above 230lbs

Day 2 back after being sick for 3 weeks.. It went decently well until I started gagging again.. lol… I was unable to finish my workout and do lunges and calves… but I’ll do calves tomorrow or something when I workout back /biceps   Anyway… here’s what I did do today.

Wide Stance Squats= 185×10, 275×10, 340×10   Didn’t fail on last rep

1-Leg Leg Press= *per leg*  170×10, 260×10, 325×10

1-Leg Curl Machine= *per leg* 100×10, 130×10, 150×8 (tried not to cheat and use back so only got

Hyperextensions= 75lb db on chest for 2 sets of 12 (wasnt too hard) 

**Despite the not going to absolute failure on anything really; I still got a weak stomach from all the blood flow to the lower body… So I decided to call it quits there.  It was a good first leg workout from an over 3 week break!

As the title says… It is my first day back of lifting from a 3-week downtime of sickness and subpar health… I didn’t want to go all out on my first day and do legs(which is usually my hardest workout.)  So instead, I decided to start with chest/tris/abdominals and see how things went.  I just started where I left off last time I did this workout.

Chest

Flat BB Bench= 135×10, 225×10, 270×9

Inc BB Bench= 115×10, 155×10, 195×10 (didnt go down to touching chest on reps due to fact that my right shoulder was popping.)

Dec. BB Bench= 115×10, 195×10, 235×10 (not too hard)

Machine Flies= 230×10, 230×10, 230×7.5

Cable Flies= 80’s on each hand… 80×10, 80×10, 80×8

Tri’s

French Curl(or skullcrushers behind the head)= 75×10, 95×10, 105×10, 105×10

1-Arm Reverse Pushdown= *per arm 40*x10, 50*x10, 60*x10, 60*x10

Abdominals

For abs; I just did 3 sets of 15 hanging leg raises with a 10lb ball between the knees  |  3 sets of decline bench crunches with 8lb ball going side to side as I did each crunch  |  1 set of medicine ball balancing for 20 reps  |  and 2 sets of weighted crunches on machine with 90lbs for 12 reps per set.

**Overall it was a good workout for being my first day back… I’m hoping all of my other body parts stay to par with what they were doing 3 weeks ago… We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses… I’ll post up everyday  

Well.. It started out with finally being healthy, going to enjoy my week off of school and work at the lake.  About 3 days into the vacation, I came down with a nasty cold/flu (after just getting off of antibiotics and medicine for a bad flu a week earlier).  This cold/flu lasted most of vacation and I’m just now getting over it yesterday and today… 

I’ve decided to make some changes in my day to day activities and throw out some old gear from lifting and buy new gloves, straps, and what not.  My old gloves were sweaty and smelly and getting worn out.  I have also come up with some minor things I never noticed that could be getting me sick.  Hopefully all these little changes will keep me healthy for the months to come… And allow me to push onward to my 240lb of mass goal…  I lost 6 pounds over break due to lack of eating.  It happens when you’re used to eating 4k calories a day and then go down to eating 3 smaller meals a day for 2 weeks.  Lets hope everything is good from here on out!  Wish me luck my first day back in the gym tomorrow!

I finally get a break from everyday life as of saturday!  Going for my spring break… won’t be able to do my heavy workout like always… but when I come back, it’ll be at full force!  Just wanted to wish everyone a happy break if you do get one!!

-Brian

So I spent most of this winter having a cold, and finally the killing blow came to me last week in the form of the flu virus and stomach problems…

I’m finally over the flu after taking a week off of any physical activity and I’m starting off light this week to get back into the swing of things… Then spring break next week… After that; it’s full force again.  Hopefully the plague is over and I can get some serious mass gains before summer starts.

Since I don’t have enough time in the day to eat enough calories to gain serious weight, I bought ON’s Serious Mass Gainer… 2 scoops is 1260 cals or so in water… I put mine in milk so that’d make it over 1500 calories.  I’m only going to do 3/4 of the serving so I get more servings out of the container.  I don’t need THAT many calories to stay in a positive nitrogen balance throughout the day.  Hopefully this additional calorie boost will give me what it takes to obtain my 240lb goal by the time mid summer comes around.  ( at 228lbs right now or so.)