endymion88's BodyBlog

me upper

endymion88 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:29:26 +0000

maxed out bench hit 255 easily 260 had a bit of stall until i tightened grip, took a hit of ammonia nailed 270 easily then got 275. am confident i would have gotten 280 if i didn’t have some rotator cuff pain.

8 sets of jm presses 135 x 6 ntf

4 sets bent over rows 185×6 worked up and ntf

rear delt raises 25×15x15×15

green band standing abs 3 sets of 20

me lower

endymion88 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:59:17 +0000

starting off with below parallel arch back goodmornings worked up 225×3 235×3 245×3 255xsingle 265×2 singles, 275×1

9 inch box squat 220×5 225×5 again ntf

glute ham raises on floor (still only able to do partials but 7 reps at partial x 3 sets i love how these make me want to pass out more than heavy deadlifts.

bodyweight reverse hyperextensions off inclined bench 3 sets 10 reps

standing abs with green band, 22-20-20

oblique side bends 65 lbl bell 10×10x10

training now is dedicated to raising my sumo deadlift for the most part.

de bench

endymion88 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:39:39 +0000

155 at 3 reps at 7 sets with 30 lbls chain

then did a single at 225 235 and 2 singles at 245 all with pauses on chest (also i finally figured out leg drive a little better so my ass stays on bench)

incline press medium grip 135×6 155×6 190×6

jm press bar x10 65×10 75×10 85×10 95×10 105×10

wide grip bent over barbell row 95×8 125 x 8 145×8 155×8

green band shrugs x 20 x 20 x 20

learning the leg drive today really was an accomplishment for me. the volume was lower on assistance work due to next weeks test out in bench for some online weightlifting comp.

de squat/deadlift

endymion88 — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:26:58 +0000

well i started off in a slump with my box squats feeling a bit slow but things shape up. well here it is.

box squat 2inches below parallel 270 x 2×9 +chains

speed pulls sumo(first time pulling solo) started at 370 for singles added chains did about 3 more singles then felt the urge to go heavy and ended up with 535 for a single (i know i could have psyched up for another 5-10 lbls)

did three or four sets of glute ham raises

3 sets side bends

3 sets leg raises

i was super pumped about my pr in an exercise i’ve never done before since it smoked my old conventional deadlift.

ME upper body february 11

endymion88 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:09:21 +0000

2 board press -315 singles

flat dumbell press 2 sets of 20 at 55 lbl bells (near failure)

rear delt raises 25 lbls x 20 x 3 sets (ntf)

green band pulldowns 3 sets of 8 with band doubled up (ntf)

laying tricep extensions 35lbls x 30×25x20

ez curl bar standing curls 90×8 105×8 115×8 125×11

was a decent lift not the best not the worst. am looking forward to some extra grip,ab, and hamstring work tonight. until then word to your mother.

deadlifts today some interesting stuff

endymion88 — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:42:12 +0000

so todayy was the deadlift day and some light speed box squats so i did about 5 sets of box squats at 60% maximum for 2 reps each and yeah easy.. then i faced 4 plates and 2 35’s for deadlifts -475- i was supposed to do three sets at 2 reps. so i did my first set..2 reps at 475..did my second and only got 1 rep..tried my third and hahahaha iunno if it was bad form cause she wasn’t going anywhere.. i’m wondering about this really because how do people find out if they are one of the people that grow from one single heavy ass set.. i mean either my muscle fibers are really efficient and kick in to maximum and completely exhaust themselves quickly..or i have some low amount of workload i can handle..not really sure which one it is but i’d like to figure it out… on a side note i got a nice fake scamming sponsorship message in my inbox today and yeah that kinda bummed me out because you know you lift weights you work hard and when you get offered financial assistance for your sport you would really like to jump on it but then people make false hopes for you and it’s just sick >.<..oh well i still nailed some mean deadlifts today so yeah!

haven’t posted in a while..

endymion88 — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:31:15 +0000

well yesterday was a decent lift i had heavy squats and the rest was speed bench work and bench assistance so here we go.

squats: 405lbls 3 reps 3 sets

speed bench 70% 170lbls 3 reps 8 sets

assistance work

military press 125×5 125×5 120×5

skull crushers 65×12 65×10 65×12 (injury pain)

bent over rows 120×10, 120×9, 120×7 (realized later i did wrong form because i haven’t really ever done these :\ so it may have taken some figures away)

well recently i finally broke my bench’s plataeu and also realized that heyyy i’m a powerbuilder and on a strength cycle why am i benching like a BB and not arching..well i started arching and was extremely happy by the difference..i’ll post what my bench has become on my next heavy day. which just happens to be next friday..and that’s my next workout..i don’t know if i can go 6 days of rest between lifts…i’ll be doing tons of gripper work and abs on these breaks i’m thinking..i’ll have to do something to keep myself happy, the intensity i’m moving onto on my peaking cycle is getting fairly extreme and it is becoming hard to pump out all my sets at the near maximum weights they are at but you know you gotta keep your goal in mind and mine is to beat records especially the squat record at school which is 480 by a 280lbl guy..i don’t believe he should be up there so i decided to make it my mission to take that weak squat down i have til around june to set it so hmm i’ll beat it..the beggining of may..that’s the time i’m allowing myself hopefully i can do it so wish me luck guys! well that’s it for this entry..i’ll get back to you my readers .

p.s. took new progress pictures and re-measured my body.

bad math skills?

endymion88 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:07:53 +0000

so today is a light day of deadlifts so i decided heyyyy look it’s a light day how bout not wearing a belt because 80% day at 5 reps doesn’t really qualify you a belt..soooooo i load up ‘365′ on my bar and started my deadlits..and tell myself how this feels heavier than it should but i’m like w/e and i rep it. then i start my next set and give up on my fourth rep and wonder what the hell is going on..so i go over to my computer to change the music and i look over at my bar…let’s see here..6×50 lbl plates, 2×25 plates, 2×10 plates, and 2×2.5 and a 20 lbl bar..i add it and realize it’s 395..30 more than i’m supposed to be doing on a light day..i fixed it and god did i throw those deads up ! also ordered new grippers today DDD

leg day and how it went and what i coulda did differently

endymion88 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:13:00 +0000

well today was my leg day and i haven’t pushed it very hard for a while but well i did 310 for 6 which i guess is alright ..so i was exhausted after all my numerous sets and toook a 10 minute breather..then i got creative and tell myself let’s do deadlifts! so on a 0 energy store i decided to do them and well i got 325 up for 6 which really depressed me because i wanted to one rep max at 400 on the next time i did deadlifts but i guess it’s difficult after a leg day, eh? ..next time..

NO Xplode with right dosage blew me away

endymion88 — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:53:40 +0000

so today i doubled my dosage with my NO Xplode and i was flabbergasted i could not move my arms and i looked like i had body builder pec’s they were gigantic .. i felt an amazing bodybuilder orgasm pump and i must admit..i liked it .