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234!

i weighted int at 234 today….

234!

i weighted int at 234 today….

today i train abdomainals, midback, delts, biceps, and forearms. it should take less than 60 minutes  - about 45 - using HIT - using techniques to intesify the movements and the training.

i am still doing for abs 15-25 rep range.. and for otherexercises, i am doing  10-15 rep range - sometimes hitting 20 - but then increasing the resistnace amount.

i am stillin a leaning out phase…i am proud that i have leaned out to 236! yeah! and b/c of the slowness of the proocess, i have not lost muscle (so i believe). i want to drop 6 lb more. i think that at 230, i shall be very, very formitable.i will be lean and large.  i want the last remaining fatty deposits along my midsection to rid themselves of me.  i want tremendous vasuclarity - even veins on my stomach and ab muscles. I CAN DO IT!

as always, Live w. Passion!

the stimulation stage is accomplished by puttin a training stress on teh body. then begins the recovery phase. once the recover phase is complete, muscle growth occurs.only after muscle growth has occurred, is it time to train those particular muscles again. if one does not allow time for full recuperation between workouts, one will cease to buld muscle, which is hte complete opposite of the philosophy of bodybuilding!

like fellow athelets from other sports, many bodybuilders feel tahtas they develop, so sholuld the length of their workouts sessions. volume work is not the key to bodybuilding success!

as you grow gigger and stronger, it is possible to put increasing levels of stress on your musculature.  however, the body’s ability to to recuperate from increased inputs of sstress doesn’t grow at the smae rate as strength and muscle improvements.

your route to muscular progresss is to increase your intensity of your training, but as that intensity increases, it follows that the stress upon your recuperative powers is that much greater. the conundrum - for purpose of recuperation - is that as teh intensity of effort increases, the frequency of effort should decrease…

(hence we are trying to avoid the dread state of overtraining)

i have dropped m y weight to 236 lbs… and silly as it might seem - i might have gotten around my plateau by "upping" my caloric intake slightly (all w/ protein shakes). i may have been restricting my calories too much..i have taken in some salads every couple of days too - a new thing for me..

 236!  shooting for 230!

well, i had a really good workout. i did eliminate abdominal work (for today only), but my legs were shaking from the intensive workout that i had going today!  they were shaking, quivering!

 did x reps, DXOs… and i increased my resistance on each exercise too!  Dante (of DC TRaining would approve - lol)….

live w/ passion!

i am training abdominals (priority principle), quads (leg ext), hamstring (leg  curels),  and to tie in glutes and hams, and misc. bodyregions - i doing stiff dead lifts. great for the glutes  — and many eople check out the glutes first, when appra\ising teh sexual suitablitly of another -  true. isn’t it?  do you? i ioften do - or at least one of the top elements of sexual suitablity and attractiveness… i shall admit it…

ok, i train very hard today - the workout should last about 30-40 minutes or so….

i am still doing many Xreps (burns/partial) as tht end of a set.. .i am doing DXOs on specific sets of leg curls and leg ext.  i also do DXOs on the stiff dead lifts too - at the end of my workout for an exercise - i do an entire set of leg ext, leg curls, or stiff dead lifts and include throughout the "hitch rep" in a DXO strategy.

live w/ passion…

VEGAS in a a few months too!!!

i am doing my best to do a 2 count upstroke/ 3 count downstroke - it is hard.hard…but i am focusing on the "feel" - and growth…

live w/ passion!

today i am training abdominals, lats, pecs, and triceps. i choose my lats before my pecs because i am working on my Vtaper, and further, i do not want my chest to overpower my physique.

triceps get his w/ french press, tri pushdowns, rev tri pushdowns, and kickbacks…

overall i am still using a higher rep scheme 10-20 reps per set — many w/ super sets and giant sets.

w/ my lat work, i primarily use Yates’ Rows — underhand grip on rows—and i use a narrow grip, a medium grip, and a wide grip — i do this all to hit/stimulate fibers in a wide range. i am unable to do lat pull downs on the Bowflex b/c i need too much resistance, and due to the physical set up ( and limitations ) of the bowflex (which is a really great machine - but it does have limitiations - & this is one of them)….

anyway, i stimulate my lats w/ Yates Row w/ different spanse of grips….and it seemingly works well. my lats are wide and thick…

my tri are coming up to par too.. so many peaople think that to get big arms, you need tofocus on biceps, but 2/3 of the arm is tricep. so i focus on both -  but alot of my work on triceps. and arms are a difficult and lagging body part for myself. so i FOCUS on my work there!

i am really trying to get a strong, good "feel" and FOCUS and CONCENTRATE on the contraction(s)…

my abdominals continue to come along - but i am NOT nearly satisified.. another lagging/weak body part is my abs…

so for the record, i have weak arms and abs - but they are not neglected, nor sub-standard, just weak compared to my other bodyparts (stongest being chest, lats, back, forearms, delts, traps)…. i am unable to train my legs at all due to a serious auto accident back in ‘99. i am still attempting to recover fully - but it is unlikely..i am pleased that i can walk "fairly normal". but i will  never run again. and i can only do leg ext, leg curls, and stiff dead lifts. impossible to do squats or lunges…

live w/ passion!

*general feeling of tiredness

*ittitability

*trouble sleeping

*Loss of appetite

*joint aches

*thick head and nausea

*not being in a positive frame of mind

{these insights are straight from Dorian Yates & i KNOW that i did suffer from overtraining recently. no longer. i cut back the volume of training and took a few days off}