TPower81’s BodyBlog

I don’t know what the heck is going on with my body.  I’m not taking any supplements as I’m heading into a 2 week vacation and I didn’t want to buy new supps and have them sitting in the cabinet. 

I’ve been eating well, however, and been able to increase weights at the gym quite a bit.  For instance, today doing dips, after incline DB press.  I started with bw+35, then BW+70.  I’m used to doing around that weight.  Well I felt pretty good so I threw on more weight, BW+105.  No problem, got 8 reps still.  Decided to throw more on.  BW+130lbs and I managed 7 reps.  The weight was hanging between my legs like I had huge balls or something.  I had to really grit the reps out but got 7.  Feelin big and badass once again…and I’m still losing weight, starting to see cuts, etc.

I was up late so had to hit the gym on lunch today.  About 10:30 I had my second meal of the day, some eggs and almonds.  Around 11:30 I started feeling light headed…which is the feeling I get when I’m not eating enough carbs or calories in general.  I got concerned that I wasn’t going to be able to get a good workout in, since legs is so taxing.  I decided to keep it simple, and only do 12 sets total instead of a higher volume. 

After a warmup on the elliptical and 3 sets each on leg extensions and leg curls, supersetted for a warmup I hit the leg press.  On my third set I got a new PR!  16×45 + my fiance.  Not counting sled weight thats 843lbs!  I shot for 6 reps but I think I could have gotten one or two more!  I felt huge after that set…the lady across from me was just caught staring with her mouth open.

 After leg press I did some squats, full range of motion.  I managed 225×10, 275×10, 315×8 and 365×4.  I really started dropping off with the 365 set (and can do more if you’ve read my other posts) but decided to not push more reps out and just racked it. 

Finished up the workout with 15 minutes on the elliptical, lvl 14.  Top it all off with a good weigh in, minus 2 lbs from the beginning of the week.  1lb is probably clothing and water weight as I’ve shed carbs through the week.  Time to carb-up a bit tonight.

Legs,

Leg extension, 155×10, 155×10, 170×10

Leg Curls, 115×10, 115×10, 130×10

Full BB Squat, 275×10, 315×10, 365×6, 405×5, 315×10.

Hack Squats, 360×10, 540×10, 590×10

BB Lunges 185×12 (6 per leg), 205×12, 225×12

Seated Calf Raises, 135×10x3

Today - Chest/Back

Bent BB Rows - 155×10, 185×10,225×8,155×10

Seated Cable Rows - 160×10, 175×10, 190×9

Iso Rows High Grip - 180×10, 230×10, 280×8, 180×10

Incline DB Press - 75×10, 85×10, 95×10, 105×8

Decline Machine Bench - 180×10, 230×10, 270×9, 180×10

Machine Flys - 150×10,170×10, 190×10

I think all those weights are correct.  When I do machine exercises its hard to remember what I do since I don’t write things down at the time.  I should bring a pad of paper.  Anyhow, been trying the new thing where you build up your sets to a max effort set and then in some cases perform a drop set doing slow reps.  I’ve also been focusing on slowing down the negetive and going from explosive on the positive portion of the rep.

Happy with my incline db presses today.  I really felt like I was losing my edge, but the progression I used there was good for me considering my last PR during low volume phase was 115×6.