Lower back pumps can suck! Great sign of anabolic effects though
I don't mind doing this. I don't actually have any big lifts in this routine so strength gains will be minimal as the TUT on each set lasts between 32 and 48 seconds with each giant set taking between 158 and 222 seconds.Photos will only show aesthetic changes. Re strength, if you want, you can make a week-by-week comparison table for the important lifts to show this progress.
~Rosie~
I have never heard this from something that wasn't in the anabolics category. Please tell me more.Lower back pumps can suck! Great sign of anabolic effects though
Try this, its a puke maker. The only break you get is to catch your breath. Once you have it back you start again. I nearly vomit each time and have a number of times.Dude...workouts till you puke...I know puking sucks, but I have to applaud your intensity
Thank you very much. I am an unknown entity on this site so won't have as many followers as the longer running members. I have a meticulous approach with my training so hopefully that will bring some interest in here.Try this, its a puke maker. The only break you get is to catch your breath. Once you have it back you start again. I nearly vomit each time and have a number of times.
Superset: heavy squats x8 + jump squats x 12 4 sets.
Then
Superset: deadlift x8 + bent row x8 4sets
To OP. Nice log man. Im following along. Im interested in this product. Im thinking of using it for my bulk if it will clear aussie customs.
I hope I can provide a little more than blatant masochism but welcome aboard anyway.In for the puking.
Which is something I have also said a few days ago;I am feeling very full and strong, but my workout today didn't carry over. My sleep has been a little out of whack the last couple of days, so I think that played a role. I stepped on the scale at just over 310 this morning. Pump again was ridiculous, having a hard time finishing my reps on dips.
This shows that both of us have had the same experience and that my initial thoughts on this were not influenced by what I have read in anyone elses log. Consistent performing product.Today was the second session of chest and back. It was hard as I was very sore in both brachialis muscles to the point that chin ups were quite painful just to perform.
Strength improvements were in all chest exercises and in all back exercises however there was a sharper drop off curve on both bodyweight exercises (chest dips and narrow parallel grip pull ups).
Great updates bdcc.. Sounds like a great supp as well!
Thank you both.Great observation bdcc
Well my doc didn't do Xrays. Just said it was a "pull" or "strain" of the low back. Since I had no sharp pain going through my legs. So of course they just doped me up on a ****ton of Vicodin.Did you have the injury diagnosed? I would be curious to know what you had to be off for two months.
My most common injuries are always to the hips and lower back. When I wake up it is very painful and within an hour of getting up it has almost completely subsided. Today it just niggled on a little bit too long for me to warrant a legs session that creates such painful back pumps I invariably have to lie down at some point to try and relax it lol.
I need me a massage chair.. Ya my gym will be closed on easter so I'll just have that as my off day.Yes, foam rolling is excellent as a self myofascial release tool but it's large surface area makes it hard to get into deep muscles. It works well for the larger areas like the thoracolumbar fascia though, as long as you are careful!
I have been on my massage chair which has provided some relief. Hopefully I will get to the gym tomorrow. If it is still painful I will either go back to chest and back or do an alternative leg session.
It is easter over here so hours in the gym are different. Going to find out what they are and plan around them.
Day off today, chilling in the sun, getting a tan and eating lol.
Damn that's pretty cold man.. lol. You're out tanning in that weather?I hate having unscheduled days off. If I can't plan my training around it I try my best to go elsewhere. There was a gym around here which was open on Christmas day!
The weather over here is lovely thanks mate, as far as it goes for England anyway. It barely hits 30 on a consistent basis so anything above 20 degrees in April is very uncharacteristic. You know the sun is sparse here because as soon as it comes out everyone walks around half naked. 22 degree today warranted swimwear for me and my girlfriend lol.
Awesome re the gains, bud! :thumbsup: Nice to see that progress on the scale when it's wanted.Day 19. I am not due a weekly weigh in for 2 days but hopped on the scale first thing in the morning after going to the toilet.
Weight 85kg.+2kg from starting weight. This is way beyond a normal weight fluctuation for me as 83kg at the time of weighing was on the high side of average. On most days I usually weighed 82kg.
I am very happy with this. I haven't seen this weight on the scale for years and it would have been with higher levels of body fat.
An important note. While I say I am 'lower carb' than a lot of people. I was still getting in between 100g and 200g per day prior to starting this. I have increased my carb intake but there was no sudden jump due to glycogen replenishment from carb rebound, as you can see from my 7th day weigh in.
beer can chicken:yup:Looks like a damn good W/O bud. I've had to do similar cause of my low back..
Come on Ben, not even 1 cold one???
Man a BBQ sounds good about now, what ya do for chicken? Just plain breasts or some marinades and spices?
Awesome Ben!! Sounds like you know your way with the grill.Barbell- no alcohol at all, promise. I haven't had any alcohol in over a year minus supplement drops with an alcohol base. In the last two years I have had about 5 glasses of wine, that's about it.
On the day of the barbecue I marinated 1.6kg of chicken thighs and drumsticks. Half were in a pre-made tandoori rub with olive oil and the other half in ground coriander, cayenne, paprika and lemon juice with grated lemon on top.
For the record, the tandoori pieces were much nicer because it turned into a crispy layer on top. In the end I was the only one who ate the chicken so I had it all. Lovely weather, lots of meat and good company. Great day!
I am a relatively primitive cook in my abilities but an expert Googler lol.Awesome Ben!! Sounds like you know your way with the grill.
I also quit the boozing quite a bit. I'll occasionally have a few dark beers from time to time, but no more getting shwasssted.
Interesting. Do you think perhaps it could be because of the increase in body mass, since these exercises are so dependent re weight "used"?Everything is getting stronger except the bodyweight exercises. My chin ups have not improved for two sessions and my dips have only improved by one rep. This is very out of character for me. Seems to be correlated with the AnaBeta-01 as Ryan has noticed the same thing.
This is a good point and something I meant to bring up. Ryan's weight has increased more substantially to mine so I can understand his making a difference.Interesting. Do you think perhaps it could be because of the increase in body mass, since these exercises are so dependent re weight "used"?
~Rosie~
Could be, especially if you ADD EXTRA weight when doing those exercises (i.e. dumbbell or plate, etc.)This is a good point and something I meant to bring up. Ryan's weight has increased more substantially to mine so I can understand his making a difference.
When I calculate the weight used I used to take total weight i.e. bodyweight on the day (in training clothes) plus the external load. I found that when my weight increased it did so gradually enough that I could increased the external load as I would usually without taking into account any increase or decrease in bodyweight.
When I have increased weight before I have never had a drop off in bodyweight exercises so I would look for an alternative hypothesis. Admittedly at the moment I don't have one. It seems odd that the pump makes bodyweight exercises very hard but every other exercise is increasing like it would normally.
Answers on a post card, reps to the most plausible explanation?!
I take the total weight in instances where my weight changes dramatically. For example, when cutting I add extra weight to make up the bodyweight deficit rather than keeping the external weight the same and actually lowering the absolute load from session to session.Could be, especially if you ADD EXTRA weight when doing those exercises (i.e. dumbbell or plate, etc.)
Do note though, that even if you are only doing the same number of reps as you were at the start of all this and it appears that you are not improving, if your body mass is heavier than on starting and continues to increase each week, with you able to complete the same number of reps for these exercises as the week before, you ARE in fact making progress re strength, additional external weight or not.
~Rosie~
I have a post where I mentioned a possibility of this on my back. Since then I have had nothing new to make me think it. My torso is quite hard to judge as I epilate all the hair out of it so tend to get spots when the hair grows back. I have had nothing on my face at all.Any increases in oily skin or acne?
Thank you very much, it is kind of you to say so.Hey, amazing log buddy. I just read through the whole thing.
I was wondering how you set up your workouts?
Those are all "supersetted" together right? A set, and B set? That's GRUELING.
What is the set up for that? Like 1RM%/Rep etc.
Keep up the amazing work.
This is interesting. In my case chest dips are the third pec exercise with little rest so will suffer from fatigue build up but all other exercises have been getting stronger in all other programmes with the exception of pull ups.My opinion on the BW exercises like dips and pull-ups is I typically do them after or as a super-set with compound exercises, thus I believe the "pump" from AnaBeta-01 is hindering my performance. I'm very in tune with my CNS and it's not this, I'm still able to fire explosively. I didn't get a chance to train today, so tomorrow I will test this by placing weighted dips after my first flat bench routine as opposed to after my second compound chest movement.
"Overall, very positive so far. I am happy with the way things are going..." :bigok:Day 22:
Weight- 85kg. Very happy that my weight is stabilising at this as it is definitely heavier than I am used to at this body fat percentage. This is 2kg up from my starting weight in 3 weeks (the first time I weighed 85kg was within three weeks of starting, not today's measurement), it also shows that when I weighed myself at this before it wasn't just a fluke from a large fluctuation after a carb up.
Legs today. Kept the new legs programme which is more lower back friendly. It forces me to do an easier session but would prefer to let my back recover and hit it hard again than constantly be forced to perform a tougher session half heartedly, it isn't in my nature.
Notes so far:
- Appetite is easily the most noticeable difference. It is non stop and very fierce at times.
- I am confident that I am looking fuller. A close friend of mine came over on Saturday and said my shoulders were bigger than when he last saw me which was about a week and a half ago.
- Vascularity in the gym is improved. I confess to being more obsessed with looking in the mirror because my arms look the best they have ever looked.
Overall, very positive so far. I am happy with the way things are going and if they continue this way will definitely be getting a few bottles off my own back. 5lb naturally in less than three weeks without any form of carb rebound or dirty bulk is something that I am happy with as it is much faster than I progress normally.
Definitely. Here is a timely example.Would you say the weight gain is definitely lean mass gain?
Im sure at your BF% you would notice an increase in BF very easily...and since you havent...sounding good!
Hormonal/chemical assistance does not make gains any easier or faster than doing things the right way naturally - as you are seeing. AnaBeta-01 is definitely a product that is delivering results like you wouldn't believe. Awesome progress and results so far, bud, and I, like you, can't wait to get another bottle!Definitely. Here is a timely example.
I have just got back from the gym from doing an arms session. Two of the regulars (guys I talk to everytime I see them in there) made comments on my physique. One guy said I had put a lot of muscle on and the other one made a comment that my arms "look like an action man's".
It seemed coincidental that I received two compliments on the same day from unexpected sources so when I got home I took a flexed arm measurement. This would be approximately 30 minutes after my last set so was measuring them pumped.
I have done this before, taken flexed measurements cold and after training to see how much pump I really get. I have never quite topped 17" on my right arm (for consistency).
Measured it just now and it came in at 17.25". For a flexed arm measurement this is undeniable a huge improvement.
At the moment my upper body is definitely the biggest it has ever been. I have been receiving more regular compliments than ever. I have had a more sudden weight increase (without weight rebound from carbs or illness) than I have ever had before and am more vascular in the gym than I ever have been.
I am already keen to get some bottles on board out of my own money when it is released. If my weight managed to get up to 86kg or even 87kg by the end of the bottle it would be absolutely outstanding and rival gains that many of my friends get from chemical assistance.
Results wise, in terms of mass gained and body composition changes I couldn't really be happier at this point as it has surpassed my expectations.
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