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Archive for March, 2007
Friday, March 30th, 2007
Week1/ Day 4
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Woke up this morning at about 3am really thirsty and kind of hungry. So drank a glass of milk and ate a few slices of ham wrapped with a few slices of cheese. Woke up with much more ease this morning compared to yesterday.
The DOMS in my legs started to easy up last night and my gluts/hams were ready to go this morning. As usual perfect timing for my next session. By the time I got on the floor of the gym I was ready to go and do some DE box squats and explode up with energy. I found that my foot was tapping a lot today also.
Took maybe an hour at most to regain my composure today from the workout. The pump in my tri’s yesterday went away sometime in the afternoon to be replaced by some DOMS and also by last night it was there in my Lats also and still here full force this morning.
Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep/passing out/puking and 10 wide awake and about to explode
3
Energy level once in the gym:
9
Energy level after workout:
3
Time to complete workout:
39m
The Workout
DE SQ/DL
Parallel Box Squats @50% 1RM
12×2@205
Started off slow for the first three sets or so as my muscles warmed up but after that I got some really good speed and explosion off the box. I love making the bar shake and the weights rattle.
Assistance Work
Hypers
4×10@90
Pull-Throughs
4×8@90
DB Side Bends
3×10@80
My lower back was so freaking stiff that I had to lay down and curl up on a bench half way through the pull throughs. I looked like a dead bug. I had to look like I had a broom stick up my ass as I walked back to lock room.
B/W:189.2
B/F:14.4%
Today’s Gorging of Food:
Cals Fat Carb Prot
OSCAR MAYER, Ham (chopped with natural juice) ( 3 serving ) 155 10 3 14
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type, nonfat or fat free ( 3 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 93 1 8 14
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Bagel, whole Grain Custom ( 1 extra large (4″ to 4-1/2″ dia) ) 340 2 66 12
Turkey Subway 6″ Honey Oat with Cheese ( 1 serving ) 380 9 54 24
Frankfurter or hot dog, with catsup and/or mustard, on bun ( 1 foot long frankfurter on bun ) 455 27 37 15
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
Popcorn, popped in oil, buttered ( 1 Act II pop and serve bag ) 453 29 45 7
Chicken or turkey teriyaki (chicken or turkey with soy-based sauce) ( 2 cup ) 685 14 25 105
Mixed nuts, NFS ( 0.5 cup ) 438 40 15 12
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4776 142 522 352
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Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Week1/ Day 3
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After taking the IntraXCell last night with dinner I really didn’t notice anything for a while. It was maybe 30 or 40 minutes after taking it did I notice make a little throb in my head, nothing painful.
I still have my DOMS in my gluts/hams and walk fairly stiffly after standing up.
I was just so tired this morning and didn’t want to get up. I hit the snooze once and waited for the alarm to go off again. I almost felt like giving myself a double scoop of the Steeledge this morning but didn’t and kept it at a single scoop.
I got to break out my 2boards for the first time today. Luckly the SteelEdge kicked in by the time I got to the floor and started my first set. I started to feel the rush again and was ready to pound out another intense ME day. By the second set I could feel my temperature rising. Still no tingling but something else has happened and I can still feel it. Nothing that I’ve been trying for or really need but I got a “PUMP.” I feel dirty now…  I was doing some Straight Bar Tricep Extensions and I could feel my triceps just exploding. My shirt is filled out in the arms area and it’s been at least two and a half hours later and I can still feel the pump and my shirt is still slightly streached.
By the time I was done with my training I was just ready to passout and couldn’t wait to get into the shower to cool off. Again it took almost two hours to gain my composure and skin color back from look all flushed and drained.
Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
1
Energy level once in the gym:
8
Energy level after workout:
1 - 2
Time to complete workout:
53m
The Workout
ME Bench
2 Board Press
1×3@bar, 95, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225
1×2,miss@255
1xmiss@275
1×1@255
First time doing these and these are perfect for where I am failing now on the bench and can really feel it at the bottom. Next week I hope to hit 265. 275 was probably to big of a jump.
Assistance Work
Pull-ups
5×6@
Tricep Ext with Straight Bar
5×8@70
Not that I’m trying to get one because I don’t work to failure on assistance work but I got a freak’n PUMP!!!
Seated DB Clean and Press
4×8@40
Standing AB Pulldowns
4×15@60
B/W:188.4
B/F:13.9%
Today’s Gorging of Food:
Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe ( 2 brownie (2″ square) ) 224 14 24 3
Oatmeal Our Family ( 2 cup, cooked ) 300 6 54 10
Whole Wheat 100% Bread Dutch Country ( 2 regular slice ) 180 2 34 8
Finfish, salmon, pink, canned, without salt, solids with bone and liquid ( 1 can ) 631 27 0 90
Beans, baked, canned, with pork ( 1 cup ) 268 4 51 13
Egg, whole, raw ( 2 large ) 149 10 1 12
Peanuts, NFS ( 3 oz, shelled ) 494 42 16 22
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 2 cup ) 433 4 90 10
Egg, whole, cooked, fried ( 0.5 large egg ) 46 3 0 3
Celery, raw ( 0.25 cup, NFS ) 5 0 1 0
Carrots, raw ( 0.25 cup, NFS ) 12 0 3 0
Onions, young green, raw ( 0.15 cup, chopped ) 5 0 1 0
Shrimp, steamed or boiled ( 2 oz, without shell, cooked ) 77 1 1 15
Olive oil ( 1 tablespoon ) 119 14 0 0
Soy sauce ( 0.5 tablespoon ) 5 0 1 1
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4574 138 505 338
Posted in Training
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
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Week1/ Day 2
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A little about the experience taking the products. I wanted to mention a few things again about the taste. I said yesterday that it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be and it’s not. I wasn’t saying that is was like drinking koolaide because it wasn’t. I’ve just had much worse when it comes to supplement drinks. I might try it out tomorrow morning even though I don’t workout by itself with water and see how it really tastes. Also wanted to mention that the scooper in the SteelEdge has way to long of a handle. Pain in the butt to pull out at 5:30am when you’re still half asleep. I guess it’s like that so people don’t have to get their hands messy when it gets to the bottom but they still have to stick their hands in there to get it out. I said I was going to mention everything about these products in the log. The intraXCell caps are just the right size and I can pop all three in at the same time.
I was really tired this morning and didn’t feel the kick from the SteelEdge as strongly this morning but did start noticing the blood rushing a little more than normal by the second set into my first exercise. I had a really tough workout and felt extremely drained by the end. One of those days where you just sit down in the locker room and try and decide to either hit the bathroom to throw up or hit the showers to cool down. My body temp was pretty high and I felt like I had steam coming off me coming out of the showers and sitting back down. I noticed those my head was throbing a little on my way out of the gym. Not painful or a headache just feel like the stimulants were still trying to kick in.
Finally starting to gain back my composure after todays workout now about an hour and a half to almost two hours since leaving the gym. This is typical for a really good intense Max Effort day for me.
Energy level after waking up: 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
2 almost 1
Energy level once in the gym:
4 then 7 after my second set of first exercise
Energy level after workout:
1 (I’ll say 0 would be puking and/or passing out)
Time to complete workout:
43m
The Workout
ME SQ/DL
Arch Back GM (Going for 3 RM)
1×3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 165, 185, 205, 225, 255 PR, 275 PR, 295 PR, 315 PR
1×1,miss@345 PR
I haven’t done these in a long time. I figured I’m due to do them again. Watching the westside squat workout tapes I noticed how much explosive power they have in their hips when doing these and standing with a wider stance. Last time I did these I used a shoulder width or so stance. So, this time I brought my stance out like a squat and did them concentrating on exploding my hips into it. I can really feel them now.
Assistance Work
BB Lounges
1×10@bar
1×7@95 (was going for 8 but my glut really started to cramp so a stretched for a little bit)
1×9@95
GHR
3×8
Hanging Leg Raises
4×15
Standing Calf Raises
4×8@175
B/W:186.6
B/F:14.1%
Today’s Gorging of Food:
Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Oatmeal Our Family ( 2 cup, cooked ) 300 6 54 10
Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted ( 4 oz ) 179 4 0 34
Coney (Chilli) Cheese Dog - A&W Restaurant ( 2 serving ) 700 42 54 26
A&W Root Beer Small - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 150 0 40 0
French Fries - A&W Restaurant ( 1 serving ) 310 12 45 3
Egg, whole, raw ( 2 large ) 149 10 1 12
Hamburger, 1/4 lb meat, with tomato and/or catsup, on bun ( 2 (1/4 lb) hamburger ) 890 41 76 52
Cheese, processed, American or Cheddar type ( 2 slice, NFS (.75 oz) ) 141 11 3 8
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Total 4445 136 502 295
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Posted in Training
Monday, March 26th, 2007
[SIZE=5][b]Week1/ Day 1 [/b][/SIZE]
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First day of taking SteelEdge and IntraXCell. Didn’t know what to expect but was waiting and preparing myself for the "tingling" feeling that people talk about. I did notice more a rush feeling probably from the stimulants in SteelEdge which I’m not used to taking early in the morning or at all really. It felt like a drank two cups of coffee which I might do on occassion. My foot tapped quite a bit between sets and my body temp felt slightly elevated earlier in the workout. Normally I feel really warm after my workouts. Never got any tingling sensation but I took everything together this morning with my normal 3 scoops of Real Gains and 2 cups of milk. The taste wasn’t as bad as I was expecting as I mixed a citrus flavor with chocolate flavoring. I did feel the buzz of stimulants well after my workout was over but I do a pretty quick and intense workout.
[b]Energy level after waking up:[/b] 1 still asleep and 10 wide awake and about to explode
4
[b]Energy level once in the gym:[/b]
9
[b]Energy level after workout:[/b]
7
[b]Time to complete workout: [/b]
40m
[SIZE=5][b]The Workout[/b][/SIZE]
[b]DE BENCH[/b]
Flat Bench
6×3@160
3×3@175
1×3@185
[b]Assistance Work[/b]
Standing DB Military Press w/ Palms facing in
1×10@35, 50
1×6@45
2×8@35
DB Rear Laterals
4×10@25
Decline Bench Sit-ups
1×50@10lbs ball
[b]B/W:[/b]186.2
[b]B/F:[/b]14.5%
[SIZE=5][b]Today’s Gorging of Food: [/b][/SIZE]
Cals Fat Carb Prot
Real Gains from Universal ( 133 gram ) 523 5 75 45
SteelEdge from Athletic Edge Nutrition ( 1 serving ) 82 0 15 0
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 2 cup ) 180 0 26 18
Real Gains from Universal ( 88.6 gram ) 349 3 50 30
Dextrose by NOW ( 5 tablespoon ) 180 0 48 0
Elite Whey, Banana from Dymatize ( 1 serving ) 112 2 3 23
Oatmeal Our Family ( 3 cup, cooked ) 450 9 81 15
Muffin, fruit and/or nuts ( 1 extra large muffin (3-1/2″ dia) ) 393 9 68 8
Monster Thick Burger Hardee’s 2/3lbs beef ( 1 serving ) 1410 107 47 60
Chicken, breast, with or without bone, roasted, skin not eaten ( 8 oz, boneless, cooked, skinless ) 367 8 0 69
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked ( 1 cup ) 216 2 45 5
Cheese, natural, Cheddar or American type ( 1 slice (1 oz) ) 114 9 0 7
Beans, string, green, raw ( 1 cup ) 34 0 8 2
Micellar Casein, Pure - *********** ( 1 serving ) 110 1 0 25
Milk, calcium fortified, cow’s, fluid, skim or nonfat ( 1 cup ) 90 0 13 9
Total 4611 155 478 315
Posted in Training
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Did some GPP landscaping style yesterday. I spent the day digging, pulling out and dragging around 3 big, 4ft tall, bushes. The did some random raking and cleaning up of the yard.
Sunday GPP work:
Bush Dig
3×324323223@shovel
Bush dead lift from roots
3×1@big bush
40 yard Bush Drag
3×1@ big bush
Posted in Training
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Warmup
1×1@bar, 135, 135, 225, 315
Ready for the MAX attempts
1xmiss@385
1×1@385 PR!!!
1xmiss@405
EDIT: Forgot to mention I did this sumo. I have harder time getting it off the floor sumo but once I crack it off the floor I seem to be able to pull it the rest of the way up. Using the 25lbs plates I think helped a lot in training for this.
On the first attempt I got the bar to just over my knees, I know this because they were pretty raw after that attempt. I just didn’t lean back enough to lock it out. I was to far foward and had to let it back down. I didn’t even think of lowering the weight as I knew all I had to do was correct my form. I didn’t let myself second guess myself afterwards if I could have actually done more so I went for a third attempt at 405. It didn’t move an inch.
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Time for some stats updates.
November 2006:
B/W: 167
B/F: 11%
LBM: 148.63lbs
Jan 2007:
B/W: 177.74 lb (avg 1week)
B/F: 13.3% (avg 1week)
LBM: 154.1
March 2007:
B/W: 186.47 (1 week average)
B/F: 14.2% (1 week average)
LBM: 159.99
From November 2006 to March 2007:
B/W: up 10.51lbs
B/F: up 2.2%
LBM: up 5.45lbs
FROM Jan 2007 to March 2007:
B/W: up 8.73lbs
B/F: up 1%
LBM: up 5.89lbs
From November 2006 to March 2007:
B/W: up 19.47lbs
B/W: up 3.2%
LBM: up 11.36lbs
MAX Stats:
November 2007:
Never did a Max attempt in my life before this.
Jan 2007
Squat: 355
Bench: 255
DL: 325
Total: 935
March 2007
Squat: 405
Bench: 270
DL: 385
Total: 1060
Max From Jan 2007 to March 2007
Squat: up 50
Bench: up 15
DL: up 60
Total: up 125
Posted in Training
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
MAX’n out on the Bench
Warmup
1×3@bar, 135, 185, 225
Ready for the max
275 PR!!!
So far I’ve hit or surpased my goals on both lifts. All I have left is the DL and I will do that on Thursday. I think I go down to slow on this. I didn’t have any problems locking out at all so the three and and four board presses seemed to help but now I had problems down on the bottom around the 1 and two board range.
Posted in Training
Monday, March 19th, 2007
MAX it out on the Squat
1×3@bar, 135, 225, 315
All warmed up and ready for the big one
405 PR!!!
Now I’ll have to revise my goal for the squat!!! I can handle that. Trouble spot on on this was actually getting down into the hole. Didn’t really have any problems getting out and up.
Posted in Training
Thursday, March 15th, 2007
I can really feel the effects of not being on creatine after these ME days. Not because of lack of strength but lack of recovery. I’m sore much faster and for a longer period of time.
Week 8/Day 3
ME Bench
Close Grip Bench (going to 3 rep max)
1×3@bar, 95, 115, 135, 185, 205, 225, 245
1,miss@245 PR (DAMN IT, I let out my air on the second rep and the bar started coming back down as soon as I did that!!)
Supplemental
4 board Press (close Grip)
1×2@245
1×1@265 PR, 275 PR PR!!
I still hate close grip. The weights just seem so much heavier and the range of motion is so much greater. On that last one @ 275 I almost let out my breath and lost it but kept it in and pushed through it.
Assistance Work
Pull-ups
5×6
Tri. Ext. w/ Straight Bar
4×12@60
Seated DB Clean & Jerk
4×12@30
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