dropshot001’s BodyBlog

really felt the chest working with the modified pec flies that i was doing.  pushed out some good weight on the shoulder press and got 18 rp’d on 155 on the smith and then got a solid 13 rp on cg smith bench.  rack chins went well and i beat last week’s rep numbers.  didn’t expect a lot of things out of my dead since i was switching from an alternate grip to a double overhand grip, but i was able to beat my former numbers of 365 x 5 when i pulled a 370 x 5.  the higher rep set of deads was also good and i pulled a 325 x 9.  tomorrow will be leg day with bb hack squats and a leg press widow on tap.

got a pr yesterday on front squats with a 250 x 5.  cable curled a 161 for 15 rest paused and then worked on some hammer curls with 50s.  overall a good day.  ate egg whites and yams for my post workout meal and later had some lettuce, turkey and more yams.

no real training happened yesterday.  was pretty lazy, woke up, ate breakfast, went back to sleep, woke up, ate lunch, ran some errands.  thats pretty much the day in a nutshell.  school starts today, might be a long day, don’t know.  gonna try to get some cardio in after class.  will figure out my cardio schedule as soon as i find how all my classes are going to go and how i’m doing after all of them.

got a pr with my rack deads as i pulled from knee level and got 395 for 9 and then a 365 for 12.  gonna have a drop in weight now since there have been several people and websites who are saying that the alternate grip for deadlifting makes it so that its just a matter of time before the bicep tear happens.  gonna go with the double over hand grip whihc is my weakest grip.  i’ve always deaded using the alternate grip so this is going to take a  little getting used to.  also dropped my weight on the squats so that i could work with a little better range of motion and depth.  the other lifts were good, weighed in at my heaviest, 230 lb today for the workout.  not trying to gain, but i hope the weight that i’m putting on is muscle.  that’s all for now, cardio tomorrow and the day after.  school is starting soon, should be fun.

biceps, forearms, legs were on tap today.  put up good numbers.  incorporated a static hold into the biceps.  overall got really good numbers for biceps, was happy with that.  the static hold really got the pump going.  did a slight variation of my bicep stretch, it made it hurt a lot more.  legs were good.  the calf presses on the leg press was pretty difficult, but i felt that they got the calves going really well.  did single lying leg curls for hams and did bb hack squats.  finished off with a narrow leg press widowmaker to hit the outer quad sweep.  fasted cardio tomorrow morning.

got back into the gym today, was basically aiming to get some weight going, wanted to beat the logbook and did pretty well with those.  did upper body today, the chest and shoulder lifts were lighter, but pretty hard.  still got up some good numbers on the smith presses for chest, tris and shoulders.  finished off with some rack chins with a 25 lb plate to get the lats going and then did some deads.  was planning to do only 350, but felt good and went with 365, got 5 reps.  did a higher rep set of deadlifts and got 315 for 9.  pretty happy with this.  pretty pumped from the workout.  that’s all for now, gonna do some fasted cardio tomorrow to burn off some fat.

tomorrow is my first day back to the gym after taking 2 weeks off.  feeling refreshed, energized, muscles feel good and loose.  time to destroy them again and grow.

good leg workout today, got a 245 x 6 on front squats and a 630 x 23 on my leg press widowmaker.  all the other numbers today were solid, but those were the highlights.  that’s all for now, taking at least 10 days off from lifting to give my body a rest and time to recover

two more workouts before the cruise.  pushed myself hard on squat today and am venturing into the high 300 territory.  never thought that i would be approaching 400, at least not this fast.  put down a 385 x 6 for squat and a 275 x 21 widowmaker.  legs are pretty shot right now as to be expected and i am tired.  was well worth the effort.  good thing i have a break until wednesday when i train upper body.

pretty intense, quick workout today.  hit all the numbers on db bicep curls.  got a rp set of 45 x 17, 8, 5.  did some cross body hammer curls as well with 50s and managed to hit 16 reps straight setted on those.  did some calves on the leg press at 440 and then did sldls with 225 x 9.  finished off on leg press with 850 x 9 and did a widowmaker of 620 x 21.  pretty solid workout.  knees are a little stiff now from it though.  next one is on friday.  only 4 more workouts till i go on a cruise.  pretty excited.  have progressed well on this last blast and all the numbers have gone up.  i’m going into territory that i never thought i would hit, or at least not as fast as i did.