[JN230]

back getting pumped can be a pain in the arse! but hemavol does definitely help me, and straight arm pulldowns

[cousineerie]

Hemavol is a great product. I tried some samples and was incredibly impressed (with the results AND the flavor... Lemon Drop ftw).

It looks like things are coming along nicely with your log, YG. Hope your feeling better soon!

[Young Gotti]

Saturday: Shoulders/Traps

Shoulders: BB Shoulder Press 3 sets
BB behind head shoulder press 3 sets
DB Real Delt fly: 3 sets, last set was a drop set
Side Raise machine 3 sets
Cable High Row 3 sets

Traps: Behind the back BB shrug 3 sets
BB shrug 2 sets

Good: Pumps were solid in my shoulders. At one point I thought to myself it was like someone inserts a softball under my shoulders. They looked pumped in the mirror which I was happy to see. Also felt major trap squeeze during my shrug season. Really felt like the form was good and it felt good to get that squeeze on each and every rep. I also felt a strong forearm pump during the behind the back shrugs, real veiny looking (sorry didn't have a camera). Weights were also moving, strength was good after being sick all day.

Bad: Pumps went away fairly quickly after I left the gym. Traps felt good but didn't notice them flair up with a huge pump in the mirror though.

Notes: PCT is going well I feel pretty restored and hopefully can continue with the progress. Calories have stayed high but being sick this week I didn't exactly eat the best mainly because I just wanted to quick food when I was home and didn't feel like cooking food each day. Week 2 review...coming soon

[StackedCop]

I know what you mean about losing the pumps post workout. What I found that helps kinda keep the pumps around is a lot of carbs with na rala and slinsane. Seems to work for me!

[Young Gotti]

I know what you mean about losing the pumps post workout. What I found that helps kinda keep the pumps around is a lot of carbs with na rala and slinsane. Seems to work for me!

i use need2slin postworkout usually

[Young Gotti]

Week 2 Review

We all know this stuff tastes and mixes amazingly so no need to beat that into the ground again

It's tough to review this after the horrible week I had, but as a logger it is my duty.

I missed a workout in week 2 because of sickness and thanksgiving, but i felt like it was better for my body to get some extra rest

Pumps: Pumps have gotten better as I've gone a long....drinking more water...but the best part is the pumps are noticeable but not overbearing to hinder the workout. I will continue to monitor the pumps and see if they get better and better. Drinking more water before and during workout will be my goal.

Muscle Contraction: The muscle contraction is the best part....for me I feel like I can feel exactly what muscle is working and what part of the muscle is being targeted most. I like this because I feel it could end up helping with form for many ppl. I feel if I'm using muscles I dont' want to be using during a movement and such....very good for beginners imo.

[Young Gotti]

Monday: Chest/Tris

Chest: Incline DB bench 4 sets, last set was a drop set
Flat bench 3 sets
Peck Deck Fly 5 sets
Cable Cross (low setting) 2 sets

Tris: Weighted Dips 3 sets
Backhead DB extension 3 sets
Straight overhand Bar pushdown 3 sets
Straight underhand bar pushdown 3 sets

Good: The pumps were very good today, chest felt tight. Not that sick anymore, alittle conjested in the chest still but energy is back and I dont' feel worn down. Triceps felt pumped really well too, still this morning, they feel alittle pumped or sore but not the normal sore. Endurance was good yesterday...comparing that to last week I expected this.

Bad: The really bad wasn't even about the product. During cardio when I started breaking a sweat, with the chest cold it felt like I was running in the cold, my lungs were killing....and I wasn't even running!

[Young Gotti]

Tuesday: Back/Bis

Back: Weighted wide grip pull ups: 4 sets
Weighted close grip pull up: 3 sets
HS Iso Lat row: 4 sets
Close grip cable row: 3 sets
Deadlift: 4 sets

Bis: BB curl 4 sets
DB Incline hammer curl: 3 sets
HS Preacher curl: 3 sets last set was drop set
Cable curl as a burnout 1 set

Good: Pumps were awesome, my upper back quickly blew up while doing pull ups. Felt good, until deadlifts, those lower back pumps kinda suck and hurt. Biceps also quickly blew up after BB curls, but the incline hammer curls were where this product really shined. But forarms looked like roadmaps, it reminded me of the pictures in the contest thread. Next week I'll have to remember to bring in my camera during the bicep workout and see if I could get a good picture.

Bad: Nothing really bad to report here

Notes: I've been drinking more water around the time of training and during training. Really not any more water than usual, just changed the timeing of the water intake, it seems to be really helping with the pumps.

[Young Gotti]

Wednesday: Cardio

Didn't use the Hemavol during the cardio session, just wanted to update my daily workout routine

[AaronJP1]

I'm show so support in here

[Young Gotti]

Thursday: Legs

Legs: BB Squats 5 sets
Donkey calve raise 4 sets
Stiff Leg Cable Dead lift 3 sets
Leg extension 3 sets
Plate Loaded Hack Squat 3 sets

Good: NO pump in my legs (is that a good thing), I didn't mind because usally after squatting I start walking funny. On this day I didn't feel pumps and didn't feel tired in the legs. Usually on leg days, my legs wear out before my body is tired, not today, my legs felt fresh throughout the whole workout and I still breathing heavy ready to go home. Calves however did blow up, it was a great feeling.

Bad: NO pump in legs (is that a bad thing)? Some may consider it a bad thing...thats the only reason I have it listed. Other than that no bad things.

[JN230]

gotta love a serious calf pump,
i dont take hemavol on my quad day as my pumps are pretty solid that day anyway... and then I get my 2-3days off a week from hemavol

[StackedCop]

Quad pumps can destroy my leg day! So I would day it's not really a bad thing. I'm glad you've been noticing a better pump on upper body days.. I was worried earlier on in the log when you weren't, lol.

[Young Gotti]

Saturday: Shoulders/Traps

Shoulders: BB shoulder press 4 sets
BB behind the head shoulder press 3 sets
DB rear delt fly 3 sets
DB Side fly 3 sets
Cable high row 3 sets

Traps: Reverse grip BB shrug 4 sets
BB shrug 1 set to failure

Good: Pumps were really good, my shoulders felt numb almost, energy and endurance was really good as well. Thats why I did more sets than I usually do. Weight was also flying around for me anyway, felt really light. Traps stayed pumped well after I stopped shrugging, the reverse shrugs someone showed me and suggested felt really good and I may start using them more.

Bad: Nothing really bad, bad part was I had to leave the gym

[AaronJP1]

Saturday: Shoulders/Traps

Shoulders: BB shoulder press 4 sets
BB behind the head shoulder press 3 sets
DB rear delt fly 3 sets
DB Side fly 3 sets
Cable high row 3 sets

Traps: Reverse grip BB shrug 4 sets
BB shrug 1 set to failure

Good: Pumps were really good, my shoulders felt numb almost, energy and endurance was really good as well. Thats why I did more sets than I usually do. Weight was also flying around for me anyway, felt really light. Traps stayed pumped well after I stopped shrugging, the reverse shrugs someone showed me and suggested felt really good and I may start using them more.

Bad: Nothing really bad, bad part was I had to leave the gym

bb shrug to failure had to burn huh?

[Young Gotti]

Week 3

Pumps: Pumps seem to be getting better and better, I have yet to up my dosing which is good, only using the product on lifting day a bottle will last a good while.

Endurance: I feel endurance is staying high on Hemavol, usually I end up breathing heavy and I can tell when it's time to stop the lifting for the day. This allows me to push further.

PCT: PCT is almost done and should be wrapping up this week. I feel good and feel like I'm recovered, my scale is broke so I have no clue what my weight is but the mirror tells me that I haven't lost much if anything at all. Hemavol seems to help shape my muscles a little better during pct since I really feel I can target the exact part of the muscle that I wanted.

[Young Gotti]

bb shrug to failure had to burn huh?

yeah, gotta love the burn, forearms and traps were burned

[Young Gotti]

Monday: Chest/Tris

Chest: BB Incline Press 5 sets
BB Flat Bench 3 sets
Peck Deck Fly 6 sets

Tris: EZ bar skull crusher into EZ bar close grip press 3 sets
Rope extensions 3 sets
underhand extension 3 sets

Good: Chest pumps were good, especially felt it in my inner/upper chest area. Tricep pump was pretty good, but odd. My triceps would be pumped for about 5 minutes, then I would note that I had no pump...then the pump would come back strong again.

Bad: My energy was alittle low because I didn't sleep well the night before. Therefore the weight wasn't where I would liked to have it been. Shouldn't be an excuse but I felt out out of it. The workout flew by as well, I don't know if I was taking longer rest periods or what but everytime I looked at the clock I was shocked that it was getting late and I wasn't completed with my workouts.

Note: I went to bed an hour earlier last night to catch up. Got a good nights rest, but I still feel in a cloud this morning, hopefully I can snap out of it at some point today.

[Young Gotti]

Tuesday: Back/Bis

Back: Wide grip weighted pull ups 4 sets
Chest pad t bar row: 4 sets
close grip pull downs: 3 sets
close grip cable row: 3 sets
deadlift: 4 sets

Bi: BB curl 3 sets, last set was a drop set
incline db hammer curl 3 sets
double bi high cable curl 3 sets

Good: Bicep pump was really good and kicked in almost instantly. On the other hand, the back pump was solid but didn't really kick in until right before deadlifts then within what felt like seconds my upper back felt like it ballooned out. Deadlift pumps were pretty painful and still hurt pretty bad this morning, but whatever, it's all in the game.

Bad: I really wanted to get a picture of my forearm veins but I didn't get veiny like the week before even though the pump was solid. Back pumps were solid but the pain is bad haha.

[Young Gotti]

Wednesday: Cardio

Cardio was 35 minutes and threw in some abs

No Hemavol on this day, just wanted to keep everyone updated

Today is the last day of PCT, I will keep up with my Hemavol and my log until the jug runs out or until Christmas, whatever comes first.....i need some time off from the gym, it's been longer than I thought since my last break

[StackedCop]

Safe to say the pumps build over time.

[Young Gotti]

Thursday: Legs

Legs: Squats 5 sets
Donkey Calve Raises: 5 sets
Standing single leg leg curls: 4 sets
Leg extension: 4 sets
Stiff leg cable deadlift: 3 sets


Good: The way I felt was awesome, the pumps were awesome. Overall the workout was really good, my quads blew up with blood, My calves also blew up during the raises, they were also fuller all night long and even this morning when I was walking down the steps my calves felt slightly pumped. The weight seemed light so I went higher weight on the squats and less reps since I felt so good. Usually when I walk out of the gym my legs feel and knees buckle and feel like jello, yesterday my upper legs felt rock solid and even though I couldn't walk straight my legs felt solid.

Bad: As I was breezing through my workout I felt like I could get a lot done. But then I got held up by a few goof balls asking for spots and crap....really delayed my training.

[Young Gotti]

Saturday: Shoulders/Traps

Shoulders: BB shoulder press: 4 sets
BB behind the neck press: 3 sets
Rear Delt Fly: 3 sets
Plate Loaded Side Raise: 3 sets
Cable High Row: 3 sets

Traps: BB Shrugs 3 sets
Behind the back BB Shrug 2 sets

Good: The workout was solid, my traps felt blown up almost instantly. The weight was on par with where it's been which was good.

Bad: The weight was where it should have been but the pumps in the shoulders lacked. They weren't bad but they weren't near where they were the last 2 shoulder sessions. I also felt tired at the beginning of the workout which sucked but that went away as I started working.

[Young Gotti]

Monday: Chest/Tris

Monday: Incline BB Press 5 sets
Flat BB Press 3 sets
Peck Deck Fly 5 sets
Cable cross high setting 2 sets to exhaustion

Tris: Weighted dips 3 sets
DB behind head press 3 sets
Rope extensions 3 sets
Straight underhand pulldown 2 sets

Good: Pumps in the chest were almost instant, maybe 2 sets and it was on full blast. I must have shrunk my t-shirt in the wash or something because it felt tight and then when I got the pump, I felt like I was going lose circulation. I was really able to feel exactly what part of my chest was being worked during each excercise. Tricep pump was also excellent and very fast.

Bad: Tricep weight was alittle disapointing for me. Nothing to do with the product as I still got a pump. It just felt almost impossible to get as low as I wanted on my dips, I dunno what it was but I wasn't happy during my tricep work.

[Young Gotti]

Tuesday: Back/Bis

Back: Weighted wide grip pull ups 4 sets
weighted close grip pull ups 3 sets
Iso lat row 4 sets
Close grip cable row 3 sets
Deadlift 4 sets

Bis: DB alt curl 3 sets
Incline DB hammer curl 3 sets, last set was a drop set
Double bi high cable curl 3 sets

Good: Lower back got pumped and still feels pumped as a type this, can't sit or stand for too long at a time. Biceps pumped really good, felt like rocks and numb I guess would be the best way to describe them. The weights during training were good, not great but I think I've gone up on all my lifts yesterday from the previous week.

Bad: Upper back didn't get all that pumped, usually have the pull ups I could almost feel my lats get tigher against my clothes. That didn't seem to happen during this workout.

Notes: I say I think my weight went up because I stopped marking down my weights and rep numbers.