Bcazo goes to Extremes with Halo (IronMagLabs Sponsored)

[bcazo]

Day 28

So I'm 4 weeks in and wish I could stay on this cycle for a year!!! Just loving everything about it, still no sides except for aggression which my wife has commented on so I need to chill out! I'm really going to be upset at the end but let me tell you I'm having a full body transformation!! I do HIT cardio after my lifting days but 1 or 2 days a week I like to do a cardio only session when I can't get to the gym since I have a treadmill at home. Being a father or 2 little guys makes the gym hard to get to on the weekends..



Cardio Only:

Speed walk: 60 mins, 5.0 incline, speed 4.2, 800 calories

[bcazo]

Day 29

Decent workout did not feel my best off day I guess? This morning feeeling like I'm fighting off a cold but it won't stop me! The strange thing is that Chest and Bi's have always been my strong points, but has of lately not so? I think it's because I've been focused on getting my other lifts ( legs & back) up to where the rest of my body is? I quess at my #'s I shouldn't be complaining, just its the only muscles throughout this cycle I haven't really hit PR's. Maybe I'm maxed out?

Abs:
Decline bench sit-ups: 3 sets till fail
Weighted crunches: 40x 40x3
Leg raisers: 3 sets till fail
Standing cable crunches: 80x 25x 3

Chest:
Flat bench BB : 155x16, 185x14, 225x12, 265x8, 275x4, 295x2
Incline DB press: 90x 12, 95x 10, 100x 8
Precor seated flys: 175x16, 185x12, 195x10
Seated upright Precor press: 175x16, 175x16 185x14 (can you feel the burn LOL)

Biceps:
standing ez curls: 70x14, 80x14, 90x12
DB curls: 40x12, 45x10, 55x6 PR
Hammer strength preacher curls: 55x18, 65x14, 75x14
Standing alternating arm cable curl: 3 sets 65 till fail

[AaronJP1]

1 hour of cardio how many times a week?

[CATdiesel76]

Day 24

What a workout! I'm just loving this halo runn even more now that I upped it to 75!. I think the next 2.5 weeks are going to get very interesting. My strenght is going through the roof, I know the Halo is playing a big part but I've never pushed myself this hard ever before. I went a little crazy last night and took my normal Condense pre- workout but I received some MM samples and decided to mix the 2! Made me feel strong as a bull. I stepped on the scale this morning and I'm still at 215 so I've gain no weight, But let me tell u I look like a different person need some way to get good pics? Anyone know a good Apple Iphone camera app? I need one that I can set a delay so I can position the camera and pose?



Complex movement:
Squats: 185x14, 225x12, 245x8 PR!

Abs:Weighted crunch machine: 40x 35, 45x35, 45x35
Standing obligue crunch: 45 plate x 20 each side 2 sets
Roman chair straight leg raises: 25 x 3 sets
Standing cable crunch: 70x25, 80x25, 80x25
Decline situps: 3 sets till fail


Back
Bent over dumbell rows: 95'sx14, 100'sx12, 110'sx10 PR! (2 extra reps each)
Wide grip pull downs: 170x12, 180x10, 210x8 PR!
Precor reverse grip rows: 180x14, 220x12, 240x8 PR!
Precor Iso lateral front pull down reverse grip: 225x14, 245x10, 255x8 PR!
Hammer strenght low row: 225x12, 225x10, 275x8 PR!
DB shrugs: 90'sx16, 95'sx14,100'sx12
Hyper extensions: 3 sets till fail

10 mins HIT Cardio (I was shot!)

Damn man awesome workout. PRs across the board

[bcazo]

1 hour of cardio how many times a week?

1 or 2 days, usually on the weekends at home when I can't get to the gym.. My normal cardio is 15-18 Min HIT after lifting

[AaronJP1]

1 or 2 days, usually on the weekends at home when I can't get to the gym.. My normal cardio is 15-18 Min HIT after lifting

Yeah. I'm doing 20 minutes HIIT...

[bcazo]

Yeah. I'm doing 20 minutes HIIT...

I love HIIT short and to the point. I find that I burn more calories doing 15 mins of HIIT verses doing 30 mins on the elliptical..

[AZMIDLYF]

HITT is the only way to do cardi. LISS is just too damn boring and time consuming.

[AaronJP1]

HITT is the only way to do cardi. LISS is just too damn boring and time consuming.

Right.

I love HIIT short and to the point. I find that I burn more calories doing 15 mins of HIIT verses doing 30 mins on the elliptical..

I do HIIT on elliptical but I will switching to different forms.

[bcazo]

HITT is the only way to do cardi. LISS is just too damn boring and time consuming.

tell me about it ! Wish I didn't have to do cardio.. Is there a pill for that yet??? LOL

[bcazo]

Right.



I do HIIT on elliptical but I will switching to different forms.

Ever try it on a bike? Good change of pace. I've also tried it on a stairmaster but that machine kills my knees..

[heavyiron]

Elliptical for me.

[AaronJP1]

Been doing cardio all of week... I do prefer HIIT, but I'm wonder if stairmaster of 30-44 minutes would trump 20 minutes HIIT elliptical? Think the answer would be the HIIT.

[superbeast668]

Day 29

Decent workout did not feel my best off day I guess? This morning feeeling like I'm fighting off a cold but it won't stop me! The strange thing is that Chest and Bi's have always been my strong points, but has of lately not so? I think it's because I've been focused on getting my other lifts ( legs & back) up to where the rest of my body is? I quess at my #'s I shouldn't be complaining, just its the only muscles throughout this cycle I haven't really hit PR's. Maybe I'm maxed out?

Abs:
Decline bench sit-ups: 3 sets till fail
Weighted crunches: 40x 40x3
Leg raisers: 3 sets till fail
Standing cable crunches: 80x 25x 3

Chest:
Flat bench BB : 155x16, 185x14, 225x12, 265x8, 275x4, 295x2
Incline DB press: 90x 12, 95x 10, 100x 8
Precor seated flys: 175x16, 185x12, 195x10
Seated upright Precor press: 175x16, 175x16 185x14 (can you feel the burn LOL)

Biceps:
standing ez curls: 70x14, 80x14, 90x12
DB curls: 40x12, 45x10, 55x6 PR
Hammer strength preacher curls: 55x18, 65x14, 75x14
Standing alternating arm cable curl: 3 sets 65 till fail

i find it difficult to make gains in my chest. everything else has been moving smoothly. over the summer i hit 385 for reps, in the past month i think my best has been 335. i know the feeling when you say you think your maxed out. just gotta keep pushing. i will say though, i have been happy with my progress elsewhere. i was all chest and front delts for a while. now i have a little bit of a tricep bicep and back to match.

[AZMIDLYF]

HITT on a stairmaster is insane. I've fallen off that f*cker many times! Lol

[CATdiesel76]

As far as maxed out on bench, maybe switch it up a bit and see if it helps. Things like close grip, board presses, bands+chains, weighted dips, incline close grip, etc. as your main movement. Also, try reducing volume and the number of excersises for a few weeks and see if it helps. Sometimes chest just gets overtrained and burned out so that may help. Its a stubborn muscle but maybe switching it up will help out

[bcazo]

Day 30

OFF Felt like crap all day def. fighting off a cold. Went to bed at 9:30 and slept like a baby, I feel much better so back to the gym tonight!

[bcazo]

i find it difficult to make gains in my chest. everything else has been moving smoothly. over the summer i hit 385 for reps, in the past month i think my best has been 335. i know the feeling when you say you think your maxed out. just gotta keep pushing. i will say though, i have been happy with my progress elsewhere. i was all chest and front delts for a while. now i have a little bit of a tricep bicep and back to match.

Yeah I'm the same way! Someday I'll have the whole package!!

[bcazo]

As far as maxed out on bench, maybe switch it up a bit and see if it helps. Things like close grip, board presses, bands+chains, weighted dips, incline close grip, etc. as your main movement. Also, try reducing volume and the number of excersises for a few weeks and see if it helps. Sometimes chest just gets overtrained and burned out so that may help. Its a stubborn muscle but maybe switching it up will help out

The funny part to me is that once I switched up my chest exercises thats when the PR's stopped!! My body is a creature of habit it dose not respond well to change I know most see results for mixing it up but I'm the opposite?? I'll never figure it out LOL

[bcazo]

HITT on a stairmaster is insane. I've fallen off that f*cker many times! Lol

Same here! Won't be doing that again live and learn right!!