Silva’s Bodybuilding Journey

So I deadlifted 400×2 today, officially putting me in the 1000lb club.  My tendinitis is, thus far, completely gone, knock on wood.  Chest/Abs/Cardio yesterday, Back/Calves today, rest tomorrow.  Feeling really good, but also still pretty lightheaded from deadlifting.

Oh, and the 400×2 was after 4 sets of widegrip pullups and 4 sets of closegrip pullups.  So I figure I did fairly well.

I ****ing love bodybuilding

Today was legs. We started in the squat rack with a grossly overestimated 265 to begin a 5×5. (i just wasnt really thinking).  So i did 5×265, 4×285, 5×305, 3×325 (first time ever over 315), then, to my surprise, i put up 345×1, which makes it my new max i suppose.

As far as my tendonitis goes, I haven’t trained arms in about a month now. I’m not so sure its actually showing, though, since I’ve kept with compound back/chest stuff, which works arms indirectly without affecting my tendons too badly. yesterday i finished back/chest with an impromptu 3 lighter sets of curls, and they felt alright, so I may be able to get back to arms either this week or next.

My lifts are going up in general (db bench press, db incline, etc.).  I’m still staying away from barbell presses, and will for the remainder of..well..my life.

I’ll try to stay more up to date with what’s going on

My back/chest lift on Friday was successful, with minimal soreness.  I rested this weekend, to start back strong this week.  I annihilated by back and chest yesterday, and it was one of the best lifts I’ve had in a while.  Today is legs, and hopefully I’ll have the same intensity as with esterday’s lift.

My shoulders and elbows were actually fine after yesterday.  I think, well, know, that it’s been a huge mistake to warm up as little as I have been.  Now that I do some high-rep warmups, my elbows and shoulder tendons/muscles haven’t been hurting.  Lesson learned…

I recently recieved in the mail a three-day trial of Universal Nutrition Storm and Shock Therapy (Pre/Post workout, respectively).  I’m going to start the trial today, a probably do a log in the forums.

I went to the chiropractor today for a pre-semester readjustment.  I was taken late because an emergency came in.  And who was the emergency, but an injured weightlifter who had squatted wrong.  Ironic. I’m going to start doing routine back stretches and making a conscious effort to have better posture to make sure my working out is sustainable long-term.

I did legs again today for the second time this week, but went with something a little different.  First, I did full squats for the first time, and really liked them.  After four supersets with them and lying leg extensions, I went to wide stance leg press supersetted with standing leg curls to isolate my sweep.  Finally, I finished with four supersets of toes-pointed-in leg press to isolate my teardrop, and straight-legged deadlifts.  I ended the lift with 4 supersets of calf press/seated calf raise.  I really liked the lift.

Tomorrow will be my first day back at upper body lifting since last Friday.  I feel like my tendonitis may be better and I’ll be able to lift, but my shoulder is still a little sore from stacking weights during my legs workout today, and I’ll be paying close attention tomorrow.

so it’s 12:35 a.m., and i’m officially 19 and ready for a new year of bb’ing/bday money for new supps.

 I’m still taking a break due to my bad elbow/shoulder tendons.  will get back on legs tuesday or wednesday, then get back to upper body hopefully by friday, maybe not til next week.

I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but my elbow and right shoulder tendons are done. im gonna take three or so days off of upperbody, probably train legs monday and wednesday, then get back to upper body thursday maybe.  This is all part of learning what works best for me, so i’m not too pissed about it. im definitely done with the program i’ve been doing though. i’m going to start writing my own programs.

 in other news, my legs are really coming along well, even my calves sort of. one more week of winter break, then back to school, and hopefully easier/more convenient eating and lifting

I’ve alway had a problem with my wlbow tendons, and the heavy curls/tricep extensions ive been doing lately are starting to take their toll. I’ve been pretty successful at eating well these last couple of days, and have added BSN True-Mass to my stack, and I think it’ll really help me pack on some mass.

I just finished legs day 1 of 2 for this week. I put up 295 for 6. My regular squat is slowly but surely increasing, as is my wide stance. I have one more week after this on my program, then i’m going to start on my own program, unless i decide to scratch the end of this program altogether for a each-bodypart-once-a-week split, which i think i’m really going to like.

I recently wrote up a workout program for someone who asked me to, and he seems to be liking (aka disliking-in-a-good-way) it.  after working out the person-specific kinks, it seems like itll work well for a few weeks. its based on the idea that he needs to build up basic strength/size with compound lifts before moving on to isolation moves and the like.

For the second time this week, incline bb bench has messed up my shoulders, and now my elbows, too.  I had hoped taking a break from bb pressing and using dumbbells might help me work out whatever problems I had, but its clear it’ll hurt no matter what I do.  From here on out, it’s dumbbell bench pressing…which I much prefer anyway.

Today was the sixth day of my "Growth Phase," and I’m liking the heavier weight with lower reps.  I have really come a long way with close/wide grip pullups.  During last semester at school, I would do sets of five weighted closegrips with 10 pounds, if that.  Today, I did 10 BW, 8×10lbs, 6×20lbs, 6×30lbs.  The same is true for widegrips.

I decided today that after I am finished with this program, I am going to work on building my lats and my arms, which I feel are two areas that I can definitely improve alot.  I am going to construct my own workout program instead of finding someone else’s for this.

So for today’s shoulder/arm workout, for the first 9 supersets, I was more tired/weaker than I has been previously, and was wondering what the hell was up.  I was doing the "prescribed" rest of what I thought was set 1, no rest, set 2, 90 seconds rest.  The "no rest," apprently, coming from my acclimation to the loading phase of my program.  However, before I started my last 3 sets, I realized that I was supposed to be doing set 1, 90 seconds rest, set 2, another 90 seconds rest.  So for my shoulders sets and all of my bicep/tricep sets, I ended up shorting myself a minute and a half of rest for every set…which explained my lack of strength.

Also, the tendons in my elbows are killing me..which has always been a problem for me, even in pitching a baseball (I can only make 3 or 4 pitches before my elbow is dead..don’t know what it is).  I should probably be icing them as I type this…