LOG: Chasing painful pumps w/ Millennium's Nitroceps Elite

[g0hardorgohom]

^ Kudos! I get tired of multiplying 2.204 lol

Yeah

I've been on these boards for so long that it effects on my thinking... Some people in Finland are shooting for 150kg bench press, 200kg squat and 250kg deadlift, but my goals are in pounds... I'm shooting for 300lbs bench press, 450lbs squat and 600lbs deadlift

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Day 11

Training session:

- Squat
4x155lbs
4x185lbs
3x220lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 260lbs
3x295lbs
2 sets of 2 @ 315lbs
2x320lbs
2x330lbs (personal best!)

- Paused leg press
5x220lbs
5 sets of 5 @ 310lbs

- Good mornings
5 sets of 5, went up to 165lbs

Nice and easy once again. Back pump was painful after squats - I really gotta lower the dose if Nitroceps before squats and deadlifts, lol! I had to lay 10 minutes on the floor before going to the leg press because of back pump...

My arms are hurting again... I'll call the doctor tomorrow. It would be nice to find out whether something is broken or if they are just overstressed (or how ever you say it in English).

By the way, I gave one dose (4 caps) of Nitroceps to my friend yesterday. He is a competitive natural bodybuilder and he trained arms... He is currently cutting and he said that pump was great - I think he'll buy few bottles of it.

Rest tomorrow and heavy-ass-deadlifts on Wednesday! Stay tuned!

2x330lbs squat:

[video=youtube;C4d_dQzmgPQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4d_dQzmgPQ[/video]

 

[CTDeuce]

everything's looking awesome bud....glad to see you're be doing a power lift meet, the energy at those things is always so crazy!!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

everything's looking awesome bud....glad to see you're be doing a power lift meet, the energy at those things is always so crazy!!

Yep, I'm really enjoying this product!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Day 13

Morning weight: 178.6lbs

Training session:

- Deadlift without belt:
2x155lbs
2x200lbs
2x245lbs
2x290lbs
2x330lbs
2x375lbs
1x400lbs
1x440lbs
3x485lbs (personal best!)

- DB lunges
5 sets of 5 @ 25's, no rest between sets (only switching to other leg)

Decent workout. Didn't get as many reps at DL as I was hoping for but still good personal best. Pump was intense in my glutes and quads after DB lunges!

Vid of deadlifts:
[video=youtube;AzTlUisDEdA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzTlUisDEdA[/video]

 

[RegisterJr]

Nice lifts again, GBOGH!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Nice lifts again, GBOGH!

Thanks!

 

[MySTeek]

Man, lunges after deads?! You must have cried all the way home.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Man, lunges after deads?! You must have cried all the way home.

I don't think lunges as an exercise - for me they are a way to speed up recovery and get some blood flowing. I do only light sets of them. I don't have energy to actually train after one heavy set of deads

Squats tomorrow morning - I'll try my brand new knee wraps and belt! If I can wake up early enough, lol... I'm planning to hit the gym 9AM and I normally train at 2PM.

I still have those samples of MST's Agmatine, CRE-02, MVP (multivitamin) and Cordygen. I will probably take that Agmatine on top of my regular dose of Nitroceps when I can hit my arms again!

 

[RegisterJr]

Squats tomorrow morning - I'll try my brand new knee wraps and belt! If I can wake up early enough, lol... I'm planning to hit the gym 9AM and I normally train at 2PM.

9AM is early? lol

 

[g0hardorgohom]

9AM is early? lol

It is for me! My work (I work as artistic gymnastics coach for 4-19 years old kids) starts at 4PM and my school starts usually between 11AM and 2PM so it'll be rough to wake up at 8 - especially because we have only 3 nights together with my girlfriend until she goes to Turkey for four months so there won't be much time to sleep tonight, lol

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Extra rest day today. I didn't have time to hit the gym in the morning and right now I'm in train going to my see my parents-in-law.

I'll squat tomorrow and rest again on Sunday and maybe on Monday too if I feel like it. Following high carb diet will be close to impossible this weekend so I may just eat on Monday and train on Tuesday - I feel more confident in the gym when I know that I've nailed it in the kitchen!

Today I was so busy in the morning that I ate my breakfast 3 hours after waking up - two big macs, lol... Losing my gains right now!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Day 16

- Squat
5x155lbs
5x185lbs
3x220lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 260lbs
5 sets of 3 @ 295lbs
knee wraps
3x300lbs
3x310lbs
3x320lbs
3x330lbs
3x345lbs (personal best!)

- Seated good mornings
5 sets of 5 @ 110lbs


Squatting with knee wraps felt great!

 

[RegisterJr]

Dayum, that's a LOT of weight moved!

Very nice!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Dayum, that's a LOT of weight moved!

Very nice!

Not enough... I felt pretty weak due to ****ty diet in the last two days. On Tuesday I'll do much better!

 

[kenpoengineer]

Nice work G0H! I always do my squats in knee wraps. They make a big difference in reducing knee issues.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Nice work G0H! I always do my squats in knee wraps. They make a big difference in reducing knee issues.

I would squat without them but our powerlifting federation allows using them in raw meets so I though why not. Felt much better than without them - not because of knees but they helped me to not squat too deep and to keep my core more stable somehow!

3x330lbs set was easier with wraps than 3x295lbs without straps, lol...

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Day 18

- Cable pullover
8x25lbs
8x40lbs
8x50lbs
8x60lbs
8x70lbs
8x80lbs -> drop to 50lbs

- DB rear lateral raises
2 sets, drop and rest-pauses in the last set

- Seated DB side lateral raises
2 sets to failure

- Seated calves
3 sets, drops in the last one

Pretty boring workout as I didn't do anything that involves my biceps in any ways. Pump was still excellent and those pull-overs really burned my lats! It seems that no matter what I do, I can still make my lats hurt!

Skwats tomorrow, longer sets this time. Can't wait... uke:

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Day 19

- Squat
5x155lbs
5x185lbs
2 sets of 5 @ 220lbs
5 sets of 5 @ 260lbs
Knee wraps
5x290lbs
5x310lbs
5x330lbs
5x355lbs (personal best!)

- Good morning
5 sets of 5, went up to 180lbs

Friggin' awesome. I can tell you that my legs are growing! No vids, the gym was way too crowded... Next week I'll do heavy sets of 2!

Pump and endurance were great, didn't need to rest much between sets!

I'm happy! It took 3 hours for me because my coach and my few good friends of mine came to the gym right after I had finished my workout so I kept them company

 

[g0hardorgohom]

No training today... Donated a pint of blood and got my hemoglobin measured. It was something between 160-170 before donating so pretty high but easily within the normal range.

 

[RegisterJr]

No training today... Donated a pint of blood and got my hemoglobin measured. It was something between 160-170 before donating so pretty high but easily within the normal range.

You're supposed to dead lift within an hour after donating.

Good on you bro. I have been slacking an haven't donated in over a year.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

You're supposed to dead lift within an hour after donating.

Good on you bro. I have been slacking an haven't donated in over a year.

I'd probably be dead if I had deadlifted... Felt light headed few hours after donation... It was my first time.

 

[RegisterJr]

I'd probably be dead if I had deadlifted... Felt light headed few hours after donation... It was my first time.

I was kidding. I'd definitely not workout the day you give blood, and maybe not the day after.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

I was kidding. I'd definitely not workout the day you give blood, and maybe not the day after.

Yeah, I understood I'll do only light-ish speed deadlift session tomorrow and hit it hard again on Saturday!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

I won't count days anymore as this will be pretty long log - I'm taking Nitroceps only on training days.

Did some speed pulls today:

- Deadlift
3x155lbs
3x200lbs
3x245lbs
2 sets of 2 @ 295lbs
4 sets of 2 @ 345lbs

- DB lunges
5 sets of 5

I was tired! Slept only 3 hours last night and ate very small breakfast before hitting the gym. It was not fun and lower back was way too pumped again! It was actually painful.

Weekend will be busy, I expect ****ty workouts. Days will be long due to me trying to get my licence so that I can work as a security guy...

 

[MySTeek]

Living up to your name! Go hard or go home. Bet you are feeling so wrecked!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Living up to your name! Go hard or go home. Bet you are feeling so wrecked!

Not because of today's workout as it was only speed work but Tuesday's squats made me sore!

Next week I'm gonna try how 495lbs feels on deads!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

I did a major change of plan now!

I signed up for a national level deadlift contest. It's March 22th.

After talking to my friend I realized that there's no point to do all three lifts on 5th April because of my injured arms... So now I'm trying to peak on March 22th and soon after that meet I'll try squat max.

I'll have to talk to my coach about deadlift meet that is March 8th. I haven't signed up to that meet yet but my original plan was to do it first.. But I'll listen to my coach - if he says that pulling heavy that close to my main contest is a bad idea, then I'll leave it.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

- Squat
5x135lbs
5x185lbs
5x220lbs
2 sets of 5 @ 260lbs
5 sets of 4 @ 275lbs

- Bench press, last rep of every set was paused
6x45lbs
6x70lbs
6x90lbs
2 sets of 6 @ 110lbs.. Lol

- Seated good morning
5 sets of 5, 125lbs at heaviest


Light workout. Modified my squat form and belt usage a bit with my coach. Heavy doubles on Tuesday - gonna break my old records.

Didn't dare to use more weight on bench... But it felt good to do at least nothing. If my arms let me do it, I'll add 10-15lbs every week and do 2 sets of 6 (last reps paused)... Shouldn't take many months to work my way back to old weights if my arms doesn't hurt.

Today has been a long day... I was in security training today and slept only two hours last night. I have some stress in my personal life (job, studies, relationship) and that always affects my sleep. Night sweats don't help either.

 

[MySTeek]

Deadlift contest sounds awesome! Make sure you get that on video, man. We need to see you beast it out MST style!

 

[RegisterJr]

The way you put work in you'll probably do great in the dead lift meet. Hopefully your arms can heal up for you too.

Screw night sweats or any interrupted sleep. I hate when that happens.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Deadlift contest sounds awesome! Make sure you get that on video, man. We need to see you beast it out MST style!

I will and I'll take vids before that too... I think my gym buddy took one today so maybe I'll get it to YouTube later!

The way you put work in you'll probably do great in the dead lift meet. Hopefully your arms can heal up for you too.

Screw night sweats or any interrupted sleep. I hate when that happens.

I don't think my arm will heal soon, it ached today too... I'll see physical therapist soon.

However, I trained legs today and it was a blast!

- Squat
5x155lbs
5x185lbs
4x220lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 260lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 295lbs
3 sets of 2 @ 315lbs
knee wraps
2x345lbs
2x365lbs
2x375lbs
2x385lbs
2x400lbs (huge personal best!)

- Paused leg press
5 sets of 5 @ 320lbs

- Good morning
5 sets of 5, went up to 190lbs

The best squat workout ever. No back pump but quads and glutes were pumped even though I did such a short sets. It's crazy how fast I'm gaining strength now. Heavy singles next week!

 

[kenpoengineer]

Nice job on the PRs! Those knee wraps do a good job in stabilizing that area. Huge numbers.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Nice job on the PRs! Those knee wraps do a good job in stabilizing that area. Huge numbers.

Thanks! Knee wraps indeed help to keep good form, not only with knees but core is more stabile also. I love them and my powerlifting organization allows them in raw meets.

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Vid:

[video=youtube;Sp6xE3k2T5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6xE3k2T5E&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

[MySTeek]

Very nice! Congrats!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Very nice! Congrats!

Thanks! Next few weeks will be intense... Here's the game plan:

This week (week 1):
Wednesday: bodybuilding
Friday: deadlifts at 495lbs
Sunday: heavy triples on squats (385lbs?)

Next week (week 2):
Tuesday: light squats
Thursday: heavy singles on squats (420lbs?)
Friday: bodybuilding
Saturday: heavy doubles on squats

Week 3:
Monday: heavy doubles on squats (410lbs?)
Wednesday: deadlifts at 510lbs
Friday: light squats
Saturday: bodybuilding

Week 4:
Monday: light squats
Wednesday: deadlift speed work
Friday: light squats
Saturday: bodybuilding

Week 5 (contest week):
Monday: deadlift speed work
Wednesday: light squats
Saturday: meet

 

[g0hardorgohom]

- Cable pullover
8x50lbs
8x60lbs
8x70lbs
8x80lbs
8x95lbs
8x105lbs -> drop to 60lbs (personal best)

- DB side lateral raises
4 sets of 8-20 + drop in the last set

- DB rear lateral raises

- Seated calves
3 sets of 8-15 + assisted reps and two drops in the last set

That was fun, good pump. Heavy ass deadlifts on Friday!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

- Deadlift
2x155lbs
2x220lbs
2x265lbs
2x330lbs
2x375lbs
1x420lbs
1x455lbs
2x495lbs (personal best)

- DB lunges
5 sets of 5

Massage after workout. We went through future training plans with my coach too... After the meet I'll train 1 week however I want (I'll try max sets with 440lbs just for fun). After that we'll start 13 week program focusing on my weak points... Rehabbing my arms and getting better at the first half of deadlifts. Partial pulls will hopefully help with it.

I'll post the vid as soon as I can!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Vid:

[video=youtube;QT5PUKm7_d4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT5PUKm7_d4[/video]

My back was trashed after that failure! I was pretty sure that I could pull it up but no... Not yet.

 

[RegisterJr]

Nice PR bro. Those two looked like they went up fairly easy.

 

[CTDeuce]

awesome vids man, keep up the good work....it's PR city in this joint

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Thanks guys!

Squat speed work:

3x135lbs
3x185lbs
3x220lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 260lbs
3 sets of 2 @ 275lbs

That was all. Felt amazing, carbs have been high so legs were pumped even after those sets, lol... I'll be strong on Wednesday! I'll take some stims pwo on top of Nitroceps for the first time in months and lift some heavy ass weights!

 

[MySTeek]

Loving the vids, man. Excellent pre gym fuel!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

^^Thanks!

I got flu two days ago... Weight dropped from 188.5lbs to 182lbs. Feels bad.

Today I did some squats anyway... Felt weak!

- Squat
2x155lbs
2x220lbs
2x265lbs
2x310lbs
2x330lbs
1x355lbs
knee wraps
1x375lbs
1x410lbs (personal best)

- Deadlift speed work
3x155lbs
3x200lbs
3x250lbs
2 sets of 3 @ 300lbs
4 sets of 2 @ 350lbs

 

[RegisterJr]

Hope you rcover quickly bro!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

Hope you rcover quickly bro!

Hopefully and thanks for kind words! I'll travel 160 miles to see my family today so next few days will be just relaxing with family and oldest friends... Good food and good company will help me to kick the shiet out of this flu!

 

[CTDeuce]

I was real sick last week....out of commission literally like 5 days straight. I can't stand getting sick!

 

[g0hardorgohom]

I was real sick last week....out of commission literally like 5 days straight. I can't stand getting sick!

Yeah, that sucks... Worst part is the loss of appetite... Haven't weighted myself in two days but I swear that I've dropped 10lbs since Monday!

 

[MySTeek]

It doesn't look like strength is hurting though