Sajid’s Blog-action

     I couldn’t do ‘em in high school and I still look all kinds o’ goofy doin ‘em! I’m really trying to push my power cleans, clean and jerks, snatches and deadlifts — I dig the really athletic lifts …. but I suck at snatchin. I did like twenty sets last night just trying to perfect my form and DANG! It was pissin me off!!! I think it’s the whole jumping underneath the bar part that I’m getting hung up on, I suppose doin legs the day before didn’t help either …

     If anyone has any tips as far perfecting those olympic type lifts I’d def appreciate it, I’m gonna hit it again on Saturday and hopefully I wont look like such a retard this time =)

     On the upside I think I’m really seeing some major core/ abdominal improvement by including cable crunches and these power lifts into my weekly get up.

     Tuesday = legs day, and I pretty well murdered it as I hoped. I decided that through this split I’m going to rep my regular squats and max my front squats.

     So last night I put up 185 after reppin 135 (4/8), and I was doin alright for not really ever doin front squats, let alone being almost 2 1/2 months since I’ve hit my legs hard. But then at about the fifth rep, I’m down and parrellel, feelin good and then I go to get it up and I’m all "Uh Oh!" So I fight it for a little bit but I can’t hack it. So in a gallant effort to not shatter my elbows to bits, I toss the bar forward and even with all the metal in my headphones I can hear the huge "CRASH!" echo through the room. I think I might grab a spot next week………..I’m gonna go for 3/5 with the 185.

     I’m not gonna lie i kinda felt big for a second cuz it’s whole "YEAH that’s right I’m doin heavy stuff!!!" but then  you remember you’ve only got a 45 and a 25 on each side, and that killz your buzz pretty quick! haha 

     So maybe not that impressive to anyone else, but I’m finally able to rep the 40lb-ers doin my standing d-bell curl! When I first started building I could only rep the 25’s and maybe crank five reps outta each arm, so I’m feelling like a superstar no doubt!!!

    I’ve changed a couple things too, got back on my protien — I really should never quit drinkin the shakes, no matter how much money I throw at ‘em — and I’m eating alot more often too. It’s basically two lunches, two hours apart — but both those things I think have made quite the difference!

    Lastly, Dumbell Shrugs are about the tightest thing ever! I should have been doing these all along! Seated bar-bell shrug I get 12reps with 315lbs and with the dumbells I got the same rep action with the 110lb-ers — I think I could’ve gone higher but them weights start lookin real mean, and I get scared! haha …. I’m going for 125’s next week. 

     But it’s legs today blah……

     Sept. 2nd people! That’s when tha Sajid-man gets back to heavy lifting. Recently I’m focusing on lots of slow/ explosive reps (8-12) and really trying to perfect my form. I’ve upgraded my creatine to BSN’s CELL-MASS, trying to down a meal every two hours, and my protein is still ~ 100-120grms after lift and before bed.

     My ever present and on going dilimema of lopsided-hellboy lookin’ arms is still a battle being heavily waged in my world. For whatever reason my left bi/tri just blow up, even on legs day!? While I definitely don’t need to worry about competing, symmetry is still something I’m a bit OCD about, so needless to say it drives me nuts!

     So this time around I plan to switch it up a bit and more importantly have ALOT of dumbell action going on along with my bar-bell sets.

     My split is going to be as follows — with three sets of abs at the begining and end of each day:

Monday~ Chest — bbell/dbell flat/incline press, dbell/cable fly

              Arms– standing dbell curl, concentration curl

              Back — dbell rows (run tha rack on these suckers)

Tuesday~ Quads — Squats (hoping to take my 5rm of 315 up to 365), Front Squats, one legged Leg-Press.

               Calves — Sooper-set raises (Standing via Smith machine, seated, one-legged Seated and Standing via machine) then hobble my way over to get some water, and hit it three more times!

                Hamstrings/Quads — Another sooper-set with Leg-curls and Extensions.

                After this I go home and try not to Barf!!! 

Wednesday~ Shoulders — Bbell/Dbell overhead press (free bar though, no Smith!), Arnold press, lat-raises and front raises.

                      
     Shrugs — lots of weight and lots of reps! Seated (10/ 15-30 reps) standing (4 in front/ 10-15 reps, 4 behind/ 10-15 reps) and dumbell shrugs mixed up in between sets.

                      
     Cable/ dumbell flys - still workin on my form so I’m still a little light on these suckers.

                    Shou
lders/Back — Lat-pull down (front and back), Straight arm pull-down, seated cable row.

Thursday~ Arms — every curl and extension, and variation thereof, known to man, I might even make some up, why not?

Friday~ Chest — decline press, partial rom w/ez-curl bar, french curls, dbell flys, cable flys — all angles — push-ups.

            Arms — more curls and tricep extensions.

Saturday~ This is another day for me to blast my arms, curls, push-ups, pull-ups and keep me lookin’ all veiny through the weekend!

      Both Thrusday and Saturday will be short days cuz my arms burn-out so fast. Last time through this split I only hit my arms once a week so hopefully this time I will increase some mass and endurance.

      And for my abs I’ll do half of my six sets with weight via cable, huggin’ a plate or medicine ball and the other half no weigth but lots of slow controlled reps untill I feel like my stomach is on fire!

     I’ve been building for about nine months. I regularly maintain a 6 day/ week workout, if I’m heavy lifting it’s one bodypart/ day. But to switch it up sometimes, I’ll take two months to do lots of high-rep and burn-out sets. During these times I’ll do about every body part throught the week, mixing it up a bit — i.e. one day is traps/chest/biceps and the next will be triceps/calves/flys (as a follow-up to my previous chest workout). I try to do alot of isolation routines in addition to my compound lifts, and I always do the dumbell version of any lift that I can.

     Cardio for me; summer/ springtime I’ll run 1.5- 2miles 2-4days a week. The 2-4 depends on my right knee. Winter I’ll work a heavy bag for about twenty minutes — kicks, knees, elbows and punches — I intend to hit the Stairmaster and Eliptical this upcoming winter too. I try to do my cardio in moderation because I obviously am striving for some gains in my mass.

     I don’t know my exact calorie intake, but I know it’s A LOT! I’ve got the metabolism of a freakin’ hummingbird on Meth, and I would prabably die if I had to skip a meal! On a daily I prabably consume 100+ grms of protein via shakes — not ghetto protein either — 20 grms via bars and another 60grms in what I eat.

     I’ve always been the lanky kid, and my range of motion is quite a bit longer than some, so gains in mass/ maxes might be harder coming. But nevertheless any advice or experience would be cool…..

     I’ve been building for about nine months. I regularly maintain a 6 day/ week workout, if I’m heavy lifting it’s one bodypart/ day. But to switch it up sometimes, I’ll take two months to do lots of high-rep and burn-out sets. During these times I’ll do about every body part throught the week, mixing it up a bit — i.e. one day is traps/chest/biceps and the next will be triceps/calves/flys (as a follow-up to my previous chest workout). I try to do alot of isolation routines in addition to my compound lifts, and I always do the dumbell version of any lift that I can.

     Cardio for me; summer/ springtime I’ll run 1.5- 2miles 2-4days a week. The 2-4 depends on my right knee. Winter I’ll work a heavy bag for about twenty minutes — kicks, knees, elbows and punches — I intend to hit the Stairmaster and Eliptical this upcoming winter too. I try to do my cardio in moderation because I obviously am striving for some gains in my mass.

     I don’t know my exact calorie intake, but I know it’s A LOT! I’ve got the metabolism of a freakin’ hummingbird on Meth, and I would prabably die if I had to skip a meal! On a daily I prabably consume 100+ grms of protein via shakes — not ghetto protein either — 20 grms via bars and another 60grms in what I eat.

     I’ve always been the lanky kid, and my range of motion is quite a bit longer than some, so gains in mass/ maxes might be harder coming. But nevertheless any advice or experience would be cool…..

     Alright so maybe this is a loaded question, and has probably been asked a thousand times before but here goes it - - Why is it that some dudes can stack muscle like it ain’t nuthin’, while others can work just as hard and switch up their stuff regularly but can’t seem to get stuff to grow to save their lives???

      Does anyone else out there get as pissed as I do about this?

     Any advice on how to capitalize on my body-type, or how to naturally see some serious muscle growth would be all kinds of appreciated….