Ryansm's PES AnaBeta-01 Log

[Rosie Chee]

Its a chronic issue, I'll be good to go for chest on Monday!

Oh. I know all about chronic back issues :aargh4: you just keep going :dot:

 

[ryansm]

Feeling better today, got some ART therapy and electrical acupuncture stimulation. Should be good to go Monday!

 

[anabolicRyan1]

Glad to hear your feeling better. Take it easy.

You'll be back in action soon enough... Throwing cars, bending I-beams, and wreaking havoc on the defenseless weights once again asap.

 

[AndrewNico]

looking forward to seeing this chest day tomorrow . . . I have mine today

things are going well in here I see.

:bigok:

 

[ryansm]

I deload this week but I expect some great things when I readjust my weights

 

[AndrewNico]

I deload this week but I expect some great things when I readjust my weights

your deload is still more than my max, haha. entertaining none the less.

 

[ryansm]

Very long day for me, and glad it is over. Anyway I'll post up tomorrow my workout for today, nothing special as I am deloading. Update on my weight though I am up a pound and I had to tighten the belt another notch!

 

[Mrodz]

Very long day for me, and glad it is over. Anyway I'll post up tomorrow my workout for today, nothing special as I am deloading. Update on my weight though I am up a pound and I had to tighten the belt another notch!

:1244:

 

[ryansm]

:1244:

:djparty::dance:

 

[Mrodz]

LOL!! Much better!

 

[ConcreteConny]

your deload is still more than my max, haha. entertaining none the less.

Same here and agreed :laugh:

 

[ryansm]

So I have decided to turn this deload into a rehab week with a lot of cardio. Figured I needed a complete break from weights all together. Rehab will be a lot of rolling stretching and some band movements. Will be icing and heating and using the TENS unit extensively. Will be doing some mobility work as well, full ROM movements and deep stretching.

Feeling great looking great and vascular. Hit the cardio today and again noticed a nice increase in endurance.

 

[Rosie Chee]

So I have decided to turn this deload into a rehab week with a lot of cardio. Figured I needed a complete break from weights all together...

You're doing what I did last week with just doing cardio. Sometimes they're definitely needed, and when you start back with resistance training next week, you'll be able to come in better than ever

~Rosie~

 

[ryansm]

You're doing what I did last week with just doing cardio. Sometimes they're definitely needed, and when you start back with resistance training next week, you'll be able to come in better than ever

~Rosie~

Ya, the older I get the more important taking complete time off from weights becomes.

 

[nattydisaster]

Ryan, In your opinion is there truly an equally effective or at least close to effective way to train back without doing deadlifts?

Deadlifts make my back blow up so quick...fasting growing part of my body. But my back has started giving me some problems. Hard just to sleep lately.

I would hate to drop deads but...

So im stealing some of your log space since I know there is no better person to ask

 

[ryansm]

Ryan, In your opinion is there truly an equally effective or at least close to effective way to train back without doing deadlifts?

Deadlifts make my back blow up so quick...fasting growing part of my body. But my back has started giving me some problems. Hard just to sleep lately.

I would hate to drop deads but...

So im stealing some of your log space since I know there is no better person to ask

Nothing will equal it unfortunately But there are some ways to still get some good training in. If you are to the point of having to phase out any heavy pulls the best I have found is to piecemeal the exercise itself. So a combination of heavy rows (would advise db row) along with weighted pull-ups and Hyperextensions will closely replicate the lift but allow you more control over reps/weight/intensity and you can adjust to sensitive areas as far as pain. Reverse hypers and GHR's are a good addition as well and you can use them to diversify your routine. If you don't have any serious chronic injuries and are looking to keep pulls in your training a great way to change things up and keep you fresher is to alternate deads and power cleans or power snatch. On the olympic lifts you would want to keep it light 50% of your max or so and work on explosiveness and speed. (you will be able to keep intensity here and really tax the CNS which is ideal for strength overall imo) That said best thing you can do is plenty of prehab work and rehab work if you need it. Foam rolling, plenty of stretching, and even massage if you can afford it. I roll daily these days and make sure to keep my hamstrings loose as this is asking for a day spent in bed if I don't lol. Hope that helps some bud

 

[ryansm]

The pump on this stuff is never short of amazing, just doing cardio and my legs are engorged with blood.

 

[anabolicRyan1]

"TENS unit"? Probably something obvious... But I have no idea what your talking about.

Also I've always trained in a very controlled way, focusing on form and muscle control. Since it has been asked, I'm pretty new to dead lifts in general and I've been doing them somewhat consistently on legs days for the last 2 months, but I still have almost zero feeling in my back from them. My grip is giving out way before anything else... I'm going to also throw in there I have an incredibly strong lower back from years of rollerblading.

I find I always get the best results when I can really focus on the muscle(s) being worked. Example: I cringe at the gym when I see people throwing themselves up the pull up bar like a fish. Wouldn't it almost always be more effective to have controlled motions.

I've looked up a bunch of video's and info about dead lift form. And I thought of this because of natty's question! Lol. When it comes to this lift in particular, most people are just trying to go heavier and heavier which I do understand but wouldn't it be as effective if done with high reps low weights? Eliminating most/some back pain in the process?

Hope your legs are recovering nicely. Looking forward to how your body reacts to the weights next week when you are reintroduced.

 

[AndrewNico]

"TENS unit"? Probably something obvious... But I have no idea what your talking about.

Also I've always trained in a very controlled way, focusing on form and muscle control. Since it has been asked, I'm pretty new to dead lifts in general and I've been doing them somewhat consistently on legs days for the last 2 months, but I still have almost zero feeling in my back from them. My grip is giving out way before anything else... I'm going to also throw in there I have an incredibly strong lower back from years of rollerblading.

I find I always get the best results when I can really focus on the muscle(s) being worked. Example: I cringe at the gym when I see people throwing themselves up the pull up bar like a fish. Wouldn't it almost always be more effective to have controlled motions.

I've looked up a bunch of video's and info about dead lift form. And I thought of this because of natty's question! Lol. When it comes to this lift in particular, most people are just trying to go heavier and heavier which I do understand but wouldn't it be as effective if done with high reps low weights? Eliminating most/some back pain in the process?

Hope your legs are recovering nicely. Looking forward to how your body reacts to the weights next week when you are reintroduced.

my back always hurts more from low weight high reps than high weight low reps.

and sacrificing form always has its place. when I physically can't do any more reps (not on heavy lifts of course), I loosen my form and get the weight up however I can and focus on the eccentric part of the movement.

 

[bdcc]

"TENS unit"? Probably something obvious... But I have no idea what your talking about.

Also I've always trained in a very controlled way, focusing on form and muscle control. Since it has been asked, I'm pretty new to dead lifts in general and I've been doing them somewhat consistently on legs days for the last 2 months, but I still have almost zero feeling in my back from them. My grip is giving out way before anything else... I'm going to also throw in there I have an incredibly strong lower back from years of rollerblading.

I find I always get the best results when I can really focus on the muscle(s) being worked. Example: I cringe at the gym when I see people throwing themselves up the pull up bar like a fish. Wouldn't it almost always be more effective to have controlled motions.

I've looked up a bunch of video's and info about dead lift form. And I thought of this because of natty's question! Lol. When it comes to this lift in particular, most people are just trying to go heavier and heavier which I do understand but wouldn't it be as effective if done with high reps low weights? Eliminating most/some back pain in the process?

Hope your legs are recovering nicely. Looking forward to how your body reacts to the weights next week when you are reintroduced.

Your weakest link is always going to give out first. It is part of the reason the WSB guys are so successful, they have a system of working out which part of their lift is weak and then concentrating their effort on it. High rep work on the deadlift is likely to suffer from fatigue in the forearms prior to fatigue in the posterior chain.

You actually have a good point regarding high reps. On paper you could say that the three hamstring muscles have a higher proportion of slow twitch muscle fibres so in terms of hypertrophy would benefit more from higher rep work than the short head of the biceps femoris which is more fast twitch and therefore in theory would benefit more from lower rep work.

In practice a lot of powerlifters rarely go above the 8 rep mark on deadlifts and are very well developed so arguments can be made both ways.

 

[ryansm]

Bottom line really is where you are in training as well as where you want to be. I am a firm believer in your body adapting to the training you do. I choose to be as athletic as possible, so my base is represented in power and strength as opposed to aesthetics and light movements (bb'ing). I have become very adept over the years (to include much more fast twitch muscle) from my training, however I have had to make some changes from getting older and incurring injuries which are common when training in this fashion.

 

[ryansm]

Again more cardio, weight is surprisingly staying the same, which is interesting. Feeling great still which is a continuing theme with AnaBeta Another note, while not weight training this week I have not noticed the typical drop-off in muscle tightness(which is a mental issue really). I actually feel as if I have been lifting all week in that I am tight and my muscle bellies are full.

 

[anabolicRyan1]

Again more cardio, weight is surprisingly staying the same, which is interesting. Feeling great still which is a continuing theme with AnaBeta Another note, while not weight training this week I have not noticed the typical drop-off in muscle tightness(which is a mental issue really). I actually feel as if I have been lifting all week in that I am tight and my muscle bellies are full.

This anabeta stuff seems to be rocking. When I'm not lifting weights for a week, I usually feel way deflated. Having that not be the case has to feel great.

And thanks for the feedback guys. I looked up WSB training and I came across http://www.defrancostraining.com seems pretty well known and successful, I may be incorporating some of his ideas into my training. I can't picture only strength training 3 times a week. Great research material.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Again more cardio, weight is surprisingly staying the same, which is interesting. Feeling great still which is a continuing theme with AnaBeta Another note, while not weight training this week I have not noticed the typical drop-off in muscle tightness(which is a mental issue really). I actually feel as if I have been lifting all week in that I am tight and my muscle bellies are full.

Having that muscle hardness and "pump" when not lifting is a nice effect of Anabeta-01, because you definitely do notice the difference in this area when you take time off resistance training. It feels good to have that feeling and look back after my week off

~Rosie~

 

[ryansm]

This anabeta stuff seems to be rocking. When I'm not lifting weights for a week, I usually feel way deflated. Having that not be the case has to feel great.

And thanks for the feedback guys. I looked up WSB training and I came across http://www.defrancostraining.com seems pretty well known and successful, I may be incorporating some of his ideas into my training. I can't picture only strength training 3 times a week. Great research material.

Defranco is an intelligent guy with good principles, certainly can learn plenty from him

 

[ryansm]

Having that muscle hardness and "pump" when not lifting is a nice effect of Anabeta-01, because you definitely do notice the difference in this area when you take time off resistance training. It feels good to have that feeling and look back after my week off

~Rosie~

Pretty cool isn't it Rosie, really enjoy being on AnaBeta.:wiggle:

 

[Rosie Chee]

Pretty cool isn't it Rosie, really enjoy being on AnaBeta.:wiggle:

Yeppers (you can stop rubbing it in now) :saevilw:

 

[ryansm]

Yeppers (you can stop rubbing it in now) :saevilw:

lol, sorry:sad2: You will be back on it soon:rasp:

 

[ryansm]

This week I have been trying different dosing schemes. One that stands out impressively is taking a dose pre and post meal. I literally feel as if I haven't eaten even on my cheat meal it's quite amazing frankly.:think:

 

[Rosie Chee]

This week I have been trying different dosing schemes. One that stands out impressively is taking a dose pre and post meal. I literally feel as if I haven't eaten even on my cheat meal it's quite amazing frankly.:think:

Amazingly WONDERFUL

 

[anabolicRyan1]

When this stuff rolls out I'm going to have to triple my food budget... Awesome.
I'm gunna buy a chicken farm.

Other then when and how you've been dosing, have you kept the same number of pills per day?

 

[ryansm]

Yup 4 a day, seems to be perfect

Can't wait to see how I do on Monday coming off this break!

 

[mich29]

this stuff sounds pretty promising.great log here ryansm

 

[ryansm]

Thanks Mich

It begins again tomorrow folks, going up on my max so lets see how I do!

 

[Rosie Chee]

It begins again tomorrow folks, going up on my max so lets see how I do!

GO FOR IT, RYAN!

 

[mich29]

Thanks Mich

It begins again tomorrow folks, going up on my max so lets see how I do!

can't wait.I've seen outstanding and others talk about this one so I'm interested in how this works out for ya.

 

[ryansm]

Ok coming out of the break I decided to switch up chest and shoulder day. So today I hit shoulders, and it went great! Was starting to feel a little lazy for taking off the week, but once I got in the gym things were outstanding. My weight is holding steady now at 311, however I look much leaner, and I see veins that I haven't seen in years! My shirts in the chest and arms area are tighter yet looser around the midsection. And the mirror is confirming all of this, looking real full and big!

Shoulders
Standing overhead press
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 5
325 x 15 < Ya 15 reps. was very surprised with this, I did cheat some on the last few, but still not a push press. I think I can easily overhead press 405 right now, which is good.
50 reps 5 sets of 10 standing overhead press at 135
heavy power shrugs
405 x 5
495 x 5
585 x 5
675 x 5 < two sets

Some rotator work at the end

Killer workout strength is definitely up!

 

[anabolicRyan1]

Damn...
I'm glad I don't train at your gym! haha

Awesome job. Glad your weight is holding strong as well.

 

[AndrewNico]

I cant even comprehend those overhead press numbers man, haha.

awesome work.

 

[AZMIDLYF]

Standing and throwing those numbers over my head is just frightening! (Bowing now)

 

[ryansm]

Thanks guys, pretty happy with my performance, and it's all on AnaBeta. The longer I'm on the better it gets

 

[Rahl]

That's some pretty great numbers man! Yow!


Log after log this Anabeta(wish they would name it) is looking like some great stuff!

 

[Mrodz]

Dude thats crazy awesome numbers!! :thumbsup:

 

[ConcreteConny]

Couldn't agree more with the previous posters

//CC

 

[mich29]

Thanks guys, pretty happy with my performance, and it's all on AnaBeta. The longer I'm on the better it gets

this is what I like to hear

 

[Rosie Chee]

Thanks guys, pretty happy with my performance, and it's all on AnaBeta. The longer I'm on the better it gets

:yup:

 

[AndrewNico]

Thanks guys, pretty happy with my performance, and it's all on AnaBeta. The longer I'm on the better it gets

I can definitely agree with that statement

 

[ryansm]

Went to train today, picked up a 100 DB to move out of the way since someone was to lazy to put it back where it belonged, and injured my back again

Just got out of traction, apparently it's time for me to seriously consider surgery, I have been putting it off but it is what it is...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Went to train today, picked up a 100 DB to move out of the way since someone was to lazy to put it back where it belonged, and injured my back again

Just got out of traction, apparently it's time for me to seriously consider surgery, I have been putting it off but it is what it is...

I feel your pain Whatever you do, Ryan, I hope it deals with the issue and helps you get back on track.

~Rosie~

 

[ryansm]

I feel your pain Whatever you do, Ryan, I hope it deals with the issue and helps you get back on track.

~Rosie~

Thanks Rosie