Inside the Mind of Deserusan

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Some days when you enter the gym you know you are going to have a phenomenal workout. I don’t what put me into such a great mental set for the day’s training session. Perhaps it was the fact I had been living out of a suitcase for a few days and finally got to spend the night in my own bed. Maybe it was the fact I was actually able to cook my egg whites instead of drinking them straight out of the carton for breakfast. Who knows. What I do know is that I ready to really hit hard today and I sure as hell did.

Leg Extensions (warm up): 200lbs x 50 x 3

Leg Press (narrow stance): 1080 x 12 x 3

Hack Squats: 450lbs x 8 x 2

Hack Squats (6 second negative): 180lbs x 8 x 2

Barbell Lunges and Squats: 135lbs x 10 paces into 10 ATG pulse squats into 10 more paces, then finally 10 more ATG pulse squats x 3 sets.

Leg Extensions: 270lbs x failure into 45lb drop-sets x failure x 2

For any of you wonder what I was doing with the lunges and squats it’s pretty simple. You start out doing normal walking barbell lunges, but then half way through stop and do some squats with barbell already on your back. It’s fairly advanced technique and although the weight may seem light to those of you reading it, completing the set is a much difference story.

The goal is to really elicit as much hyperemia as possible at this point in the training session. I’ve completed my heavy sets and I just want to force as much blood into every possible area of the muscle. A lot of folks don’t realize the importance of this and just bang out heavy sets thinking that’s what it takes to grow. In reality, it’s being able to manipulate blood flow as well making your “pump” work for you.

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