Hi-Tech Laxogenin 100 Log

[AntM1564]

First, I would like to thank compan and the rest of the Hi-Tech team for allowing me to log Laxogenin 100. I have used this ingredient once in the past and found it to not be worthwhile. Lets see if Hi-Tech can change my mind.

I will start on Sunday, dosing one tablet twice per day.

Training

I follow a hybrid PPL/PHAT routine. Due to the effects of Laxogenin, I may incorporate more dropsets due to increased recovery.

Sunday - Push Hypertrophy
Monday - Pull Power
Tuesday - Lower Hypertrophy
Wednesday - Off
Thursday - Push Power
Friday - Pull Hypertrophy
Saturday - Lower Power

Diet

I carb cycle. I have two high days, two moderate days and three low days. I will post my daily diet so you can see macro breakdown and calorie breakdown. In addition, if I do not gain weight in a particular week, I increase each day by 25 cals, but adding 6 grams of carbs to each day.

Other Supplements

Orange Triad
NOW Vitamin D 5,000 IU
NOW Vitamin C 1,000
Neogenix Body Forge
VasoMax (I will throw a stim product in about a week or two)
PES Select
Gut Health
Alpha-GPC
Beta Alanine
Magnesium
Zinc
Xtend

My expectations

Here is what Laxogenin should do:

• 
  Athletes claim to have seen strength increases in 3-5 days, and muscle mass increases in 3-4 weeks.

• 
  Laxogenin helps increase protein synthesis by over 200% which allows the user to accelerate muscle growth and recovery .

• 
  Provides cortisol support, thus allowing your body to recover fast and reduces muscle breakdown (muscle wasting).

 

[ManimalPatB]

Excited to see what you think man!!!

Hopefully the log go's great and the product works for you

 

[JDybya]

Hope this one works out for you. Looking forward to your log and review!

 

[cobri66]

Sweet!..I'm in!

 

[LeanEngineer]

Sweet man! Definitely in on this!

 

[AntM1564]

August 12, 2017
Push Hypertrophy

Weight - 158

First day of laxo. Weight is back up a little. Good workout today. I replaced the hammerstrength shoulder press machine with a seated barbell press. My close grip bench has been progressing nicely. I have to swap my Tuesday leg day with my off day this week since I have my biopsy on Tuesday.

Training

Incline Dumbbell Bench

65x6,6,6,6,6,6,6

Seated Hammerstrength Shoulder Press

110x6,6
105x6,6

Close Grip Bench Press

130x11,10,10

Slight Decline DB Press

65x10,10,10

Cable Front Raises with Rope

24x11,10,10

Straight Bar Cable Tricep Pushdown

49x11,10,10

Nutrition

High Carb Day

Cals - 3,125
Carbs - 349g

• Fiber - 49g

Protein - 237g
Fat - 91g

• Sat. - 23g
• Poly. - 12g
• Mono. - 20g

 

[AntM1564]

August 14, 2017
Pull Power

Stim free again today. I am going to try and not to use anything both Thursday and Saturday. With that in mind, today was extremely taxing. Deadlifting was difficult today for whatever reason. Everything else was smooth. I still moved 25 more pounds than my previous 8x2. The only thing I can think of, besides not having any stims in me, is my leg recovery. After Saturday's session, my legs were sore right away. This has not happened in a long time. Yesterday they were a little more sore than normal. No DOMS today, but maybe they were not as recovered as they normally are. I don't think this had anything to do with my achy hamstring.

Tomorrow will be my off day since I have my biopsy. Hopefully I'm not too sedated so I can get to the gym and do my mobility routine.

Last 8x2 6/26/17

380x2
395x2
410x2
425x2
425x2
420x2
420x2
420x2

Training

Deadlift 7x3 @ 85%-95% of 1RM (385 - 428 lbs)

385x2
405x2
4x425x2
2x415x2

Weighted Pullups

6x27.5x2

Seated Overhand Cable Row

112.5x7,6,6 (next week I am going to use a wider grip and lighten the weight)

Wide Neutral Grip Seated Cable Row

125x8,7,7

Close Grip Neutral Grip Pulldowns

145x7,7,7

Reverse Pec Deck

125x7,6,6,6

Nutrition

Low Carb

Cals - 2,625
Carbs - 206g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 237g
Fat - 109g

• Sat. - 31g
• Poly. - 11g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[compan]

Off the a great start! Excited to see where this goes.

 

[AntM1564]

I had to stay in the hospital following my biopsy, I will be here tomorrow and Friday as well, hopefully leaving Friday afternoon. To make a long story short, my pressures looked fine, the echo was great, and everything else looked very good. But when they looked at the pathology of the tissue, they saw a decent amount of rejection. The doctors are shocked because everything else looks perfect and I feel great. I have to stay because they need to blast me with one gram of steroids for three days. It is too much of an amount for me to take at home, plus, it is through an IV.

We have to discuss a new route for medication and I need to have another biopsy next week.

If I get out Friday, I will try to make it to the gym. Next week is supposed to be a 9x1 on heavy days and a 5x12 on hypertrophy days. I am going to run the same percentages, reps, and sets from this week, next week.

I was able to go home so I brought some food with me. I am somewhat tracking calories. I will post some hospital food porn if interested.

The log is on hold, but I will get back to it once I am home and training.

 

[cobri66]

Get better

 

[compan]

Hospital food porn, is there such thing? lol


Good luck man

 

[AntM1564]

I am going to hold off on the log until Sunday since I am not 100 percent in terms of strength and cognition.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words.

Here was it happened. I had my biopsy, they tried to go through the artery in the wrist, which they have done for the past 3 years, but there were too many spasms, so they went through the groin. About 30 minutes after, I used the bathroom and started bleeding from the artery. They had to apply more pressure and out a device around my hips to create a bunch of pressure on the site for four hours. I have a huge bruise in the right hip area and is very tender. It honestly looks like a bruise from a torn muscle. It is huge and dark. Before I left, I had to talk to one of the transplant doctors. He informed me that the heart function is perfect, but the tissue shows third degree rejection, which is the most severe state. He informed me I would need to be hospitalized to go through three rounds of IV steroids, dosing one gram each. To put this in perspective, I have to take 5 mg of prednisone daily, so this was a huge increase.

While in the hospital, I was getting pain medicine for the groin since I was in a lot of pain. My last dose of pain medicine was around 11 PM on Wednesday. I feel like it is still in my system. I am somewhat lethargic and out of it.

I had my last dose of the steroids yesterday at 3:30 PM and was released. By the time I got home, It was about 5:30, I had a small pre worout meal and went to the gym. It was a heavy push day and I had to drop the weight on EVERYTHING by 10-15 pounds and I was only able to still hit the reps I normally would. Now, I obviously didn't get that much weaker in two days. I didn't have the explosion that I normally would. I don't know if it was the long nights, the steroids, the pain in the groin, the pain medication, whatever. Overall, I was disappointed with the session, but at least I got there. I am going to hit my back workout today and heavy leg day tomorrow. Even though I will only miss one day this week, I am still going to do this training week next week since there were so many variables this week.

I have the same medication going forward, but I have to take 10 mg of prednisone versus 5 mg. I go for blood work on Monday, a followup on Tuesday and then I have another biopsy on Friday. Since they got the pressures already, they will just go through a vein in the neck this time to grab the tissue. I know it seems odd that the rejection is in the third degree range and they released me, but we talked about it. The doctors say it could be a lot worse, especially if the numbers and echo looked bad, but since those look perfect and I feel fine, they are fine with treating me as an out patient.

 

[BEAST73]

SUB!

 

[compan]

Health comes first man, so take care of what you need to first.

 

[AntM1564]

I am going to wait until next week to pick this back up. My only concern is Friday will show I need to be in the hospital for more medication and if that is the case, I would need to stop running the product again. I do not want to picl it up and stop.

 

[cobri66]

I am going to wait until next week to pick this back up. My only concern is Friday will show I need to be in the hospital for more medication and if that is the case, I would need to stop running the product again. I do not want to picl it up and stop.

That will suck but life happens

 

[compan]

I am going to wait until next week to pick this back up. My only concern is Friday will show I need to be in the hospital for more medication and if that is the case, I would need to stop running the product again. I do not want to picl it up and stop.

Best to just run it as long as you can without a break when that moment arises.

 

[criticalbench]

Awesome man, im excited for this!!

 

[MARK_]

Just read your log. Sorry to hear about the hospital stay. I hope you are well soon

 

[AntM1564]

Alright, I'm back. I had my follow up biopsy on Friday morning. I am going to talk in depth with the nurse practitioner tomorrow, but she called me Friday afternoon to let me know it looked much better. I started dosing again today. Instead of 30 days, this will be 28 days since I had to stop 2 doses in.

 

[AntM1564]

August 27, 2017
Push Hypertrophy

Weight - 156.6

Weight is down 3.2 pounds this week. Maybe that is attributing to the loss in strength. I switched up training today. Instead of incline dumbbell presses, I did incline bench. On my heavy push day, I am going to swap the incline barbell with incline dumbbell. I am also going to do something new in this log so you, the reader, can see progress easily. I am going to put in parenthesis weight increase or rep increase, if any for that exercise from one week to the next.

Tomorrow is my heavy pull day, 9x1 without touching my max. Since my training weight on my big three went down last week, I am going to go off an estimated one rep max based off my highest weight used for two reps last week. For example, 405 was the heaviest weight I deadlifted for two reps last week, that is an estimated one rep max of 425. I am going to try and use 415 or 420 for all sets.

Also, back to work tomorrow.

Training

Incline Bench Press

125x10,10,10,10, 8 (+2 reps rest pause) (n/a)

Seated Hammerstrength Shoulder Press

80x10,10,10,10 (n/a)

Close Grip Bench Press

135x10, 8 (+2 reps rest pause), 10 (No Change)

Slight Decline DB Press

60x12,10,10 (+2 reps from last week)

Seated Side Delt Machine

75x10,10,10

Straight Bar Cable Tricep Pushdown

52.5x11,10,10 (+2 pounds from last week)

Nutrition

High Carb Day

Cals - 3,150
Carbs - 355g

• Fiber - 49g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 95g

• Sat. - 25g
• Poly. - 16g
• Mono. - 20g

 

[cobri66]

Nice to have you back at it

 

[LeanEngineer]

Sweet man. Nice push day.

 

[MARK_]

Glad to see back at it.

 

[AntM1564]

August 28, 2017
Pull Power

I am very happy with today's session given the transgressions the past few weeks on my big three lifts. I went in wanting to hit 415-420 for all my sets. The first 415 was difficult, but it got easier with each set. For the last set, I wanted to hit 425, so I put the ten pound plates on each side and got it. My legs were shaking, but it didn't seem as hard as I thought it would. I am debating whether or not going for 455 (new PR) in two weeks when I attempt the new one rep maxes or if I should go off the numbers from the previous weeks. For example, based off these past few weeks, I 426 is my max. So should I only go for 430? I have no idea. I will revisit this as I come closer to the max out week and ask for opinions.

Last 9x1 7/3/17

9x430x1

Training

Deadlift 9x1 @ 90%-99% of 1RM (405 - 449 lbs)

8x415x1
425x1

Weighted Pullups

3x12.5x5 (+2.5 pounds)

Seated Overhand Cable Row

105x7,7,7 (no change)

Wide Neutral Grip Seated Cable Row

130x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Close Grip Neutral Grip Pulldowns

147.5x6,6,6 (+2.5 pounds for an extra set; used this weight only 2 sets last week)

Reverse Pec Deck

110x8,7,7,7 (+3 reps from last week)

Nutrition

Low Carb

Cals - 2,650
Carbs - 212g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 105g

• Sat. - 21g
• Poly. - 26g
• Mono. - 14g

 

[AntM1564]

August 29, 2017
Legs Hypertrophy

I am surprised my hamstrings and lower back were not sore at all this morning. Usually after heavy singles they feel tired/sore, but not today. Maybe it is the laxo, but I would think it is too soon to tell. Who knows.

The session was very good today. I felt tired going into the gym, but after the leg press, I was good to go. Surprisingly, the RDL felt very easy. I got a crazy pump today, my glutes were even pumped after the leg press.

Training.

Cybex Squat Press

440x10,10,10,10,10,10 (+5 from last 6x10)

RDL

165x10,10,10,11

Leg Extensions

115x12,12,11,11,11 (+4 reps)

Seated Hamstring Curl

115x10,10,10,10 (+1 rep)

Seated Calf

105x11,11,10,10,10 (+2 reps)

Standing Calf Raises

200x12,11,10,10,10 (+1 rep)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 49g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 101g

• Sat. - 25g
• Poly. - 22g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[AntM1564]

August 31, 2017
Push Power

Today's session went so much better than anticipated. I was aiming for 215 for all nine sets. It was moving very well and with minimal rest. For the last two sets, I decided to bump it up to 220. Both sets moved well, I decided to go for a 10th set at 220 and it moved pretty well. I stopped there though because it was a little slower. Yes, this is not as heavy as my previous 9x1, but like I said, my big three have gone down for some reason, but deadlifts on Monday and bench today felt better than the previous two weeks. I am really starting to think this decrease in weight on the big three is more or less due to the stress I was going through with my biopsy and I think I need a deload, which comes next week.

Also, all lifts went up this week, either in weight or reps. This is huge on this push day since I weighed in 3.6 pounds lighter from Sunday and pushing movements are always affected by my weight loss/gain. And just to throw it out there, that last 9x1 I was 3 pounds heavier than today which could also be a contributing factor. Regardless, I was pleased.

I am surprised how good my legs feel. Almost zero DOMS which is a surprise for a Thursday! Laxo maybe?!

Last 9x1 7/6/17

9x225x1

Training

Flat Bench Press 9x1 @90%-99% of 1RM (207 - 229 lbs.)

7x215x1
3x220x1

Military Press

3x125x5 (same weight as the last time I did a 3x5, but I paused each rep on my collar bone)

Pause Close Grip Board Press

160x7,7,6 (+2 reps)

Incline DB Press

65x8,6,6

Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

105x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Weighted Dips

60x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 234g
Fat - 103g

• Sat. - 24g
• Poly. - 24g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[cobri66]

August 31, 2017
Push Power

Today's session went so much better than anticipated. I was aiming for 215 for all nine sets. It was moving very well and with minimal rest. For the last two sets, I decided to bump it up to 220. Both sets moved well, I decided to go for a 10th set at 220 and it moved pretty well. I stopped there though because it was a little slower. Yes, this is not as heavy as my previous 9x1, but like I said, my big three have gone down for some reason, but deadlifts on Monday and bench today felt better than the previous two weeks. I am really starting to think this decrease in weight on the big three is more or less due to the stress I was going through with my biopsy and I think I need a deload, which comes next week.

Also, all lifts went up this week, either in weight or reps. This is huge on this push day since I weighed in 3.6 pounds lighter from Sunday and pushing movements are always affected by my weight loss/gain. And just to throw it out there, that last 9x1 I was 3 pounds heavier than today which could also be a contributing factor. Regardless, I was pleased.

I am surprised how good my legs feel. Almost zero DOMS which is a surprise for a Thursday! Laxo maybe?!

Last 9x1 7/6/17



Training

Flat Bench Press 9x1 @90%-99% of 1RM (207 - 229 lbs.)

7x215x1
3x220x1

Military Press

3x125x5 (same weight as the last time I did a 3x5, but I paused each rep on my collar bone)

Pause Close Grip Board Press

160x7,7,6 (+2 reps)

Incline DB Press

65x8,6,6

Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

105x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Weighted Dips

60x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 234g
Fat - 103g

• Sat. - 24g
• Poly. - 24g
• Mono. - 24g

No DOMS is good!

 

[Big_Spaz]

Very good log so far! And I agree, no DOMS is GREAT news. It sounds like the recovery on this is one of the main perks of the product.





-Spaz

 

[AntM1564]

September 1, 2017
Pull Hypertrophy

Today felt very easy. I hate having these good workouts leading up to my deload week. It makes me not want to take one even though I know it will be beneficial, especially this one.

Training

Lat Pulldowns

100x10,10,10,10,10,10 (+2.5 lb from last 6x10)

Close Grip Seated Cable Row

117.5x10,10,10 (+2.5 pounds from last 3x10)

Close Grip Pulldown (neutral grip)

122.5x11,11,10 (+2 reps)

Hammerstrength T Bar Row

55x12,11,11 (+3 reps)

Yates Row

95x11,10,10 (+1 rep)

Reverse Pec Deck

95x12,11,11,10 (+2 reps)

Nutrition

High Carb

Cals - 3,150
Carbs - 355g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 96g

• Sat. - 22g
• Poly. - 17g
• Mono. - 21g

 

[AntM1564]

I know one should drop the volume during a deload. I have seen anywhere from 20-40%. Would just dropping the "extra volume", for example, res pause/dropsets be considered part of that 20-40% of the normal volume or would you suggest 20-40% of the normal volume.

Lets say on push days I have 20 regular sets on a push day, 20% would be 4 sets. Could I just drop 4 drop sets or would it be more beneficial to just go with 16 sets AND zero drop sets?

 

[Robert5891]

I know one should drop the volume during a deload. I have seen anywhere from 20-40%. Would just dropping the "extra volume", for example, res pause/dropsets be considered part of that 20-40% of the normal volume or would you suggest 20-40% of the normal volume.

Lets say on push days I have 20 regular sets on a push day, 20% would be 4 sets. Could I just drop 4 drop sets or would it be more beneficial to just go with 16 sets AND zero drop sets?

Go with 16 sets and drop the intensification techniques like drop sets, rest-pause, etc.

I'd rather be safe than sorry. Take the extra time and you'll come out stronger when you ramp back up the following week.

 

[AntM1564]

September 2, 2017
Lower Power

First off, everyone have a good, but safe Labor Day weekend.

Last week, I wrote in my notebook I was going to hit 315 for my nine singles today. Warming up felt good, I decided to go with 320. It moved pretty well and with not much rest between sets. On the 7th set, I bumped the weight up to 325. I did three sets, was thinking about a fourth, but the last set was a touch slower. Plus, I did 10 sets versus nine. I was very pleased with this.

Everything else increased in weight or reps. I am going to post some thoughts in a post after this.

Lat 9x1 7/8/17

9x330x1

Training

Back Squat 8x2 @90%-99% of 1RM (315 - 349 lbs)

7x320x1
3x325x1

Pause Squats

5x195x5 (n/a)

Hip Thrust

285x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Lying Hamstring Curl

115x7,7,6 (+1 rep)

Leg Extensions

180x7,7,6 (+1 rep)

Standing Calf Raise

240x6.6.6.6.6 (+5 lbs)

Seated Calf Raise

140x8,7,7,7,6 (+2 reps)

Nutrition

Low Carb

Cals - 2,650
Carbs - 212g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 108g

• Sat. - 21g
• Poly. - 25g
• Mono. - 14g

 

[AntM1564]

Week in Review and Preview

This is something new I am going to add.

Looking back on the week, my heavy days went better than expected. I hit numbers I was not thinking I would hit given the past two weeks. On my pull and push day, I did a 3x5 following my heavy singles. Today, I did a 5x5. Next week calls for a 5x5, but since it is a deload, I should have done the 3x5 for this upcoming week. My recovery was very good this week. It seemed quicker than normal. I felt lethargic in the gym, I am thinking I need this upcoming deload.

I am curious to see what my weight is tomorrow. I feel and look leaner. I think my calories are way too low for whatever reason right now. My hunger is high, even after a meal. On my heavy days this coming week, I am going to do a 3x5 on my first two exercises, instead of a 5x5, that will cut some of the volume. I will then take additional sets off, depending on what 20% is. I am going to do this the real way too. If 20% of my sets comes out to be 3.8 (for example) I will eliminate four sets instead of three. I think if I take this deload serious, I will hit new PRs, even though the past few weeks have been sub par. On my hypertrophy days, I think I am going to take the sets off the first exercise since that has the most sets and this week calls for 8 reps for the first two exercises.​

 

[AntM1564]

Go with 16 sets and drop the intensification techniques like drop sets, rest-pause, etc.

I'd rather be safe than sorry. Take the extra time and you'll come out stronger when you ramp back up the following week.

I thought about it and was going to go this route. I subscribe to John Meadows on YouTube and he has been putting out videos daily for about two weeks now. One common theme he brings up is two steps forward and one back. I need to keep that in mind because if I go to the extreme 100% of the time, I will take more steps back than forward.

 

[Robert5891]

I thought about it and was going to go this route. I subscribe to John Meadows on YouTube and he has been putting out videos daily for about two weeks now. One common theme he brings up is two steps forward and one back. I need to keep that in mind because if I go to the extreme 100% of the time, I will take more steps back than forward.

Bingo my man....and if anyone knows about going all out and the need for dialing it back, it's the Mountain Dog

 

[AntM1564]

September 3, 2017
Push Hypertrophy

Weight - 156.6

Weight is unchanged from last week. I am going to keep the cals the same and see what happens. I am surprised I did not weigh less though. My pants are definitely looser in the waist. I feel leaner and body comp is definitely better. Last Sunday without football!!

Today's workout was very easy. I could have done more, but this was a deload. When I compare the numbers to last week, I am going to compare the reps in the number of sets. For example, last week I did three sets of close grip bench, but only two this week, so I will compare the first two sets last week to the two sets this week.

Tomorrow, I am taking two sets off deadlifts, and going lighter, as well as two sets off the weighted pullups. I may do another one or two sets as well. One thing I failed to mention in yesterday's post was I have a biopsy on Tuesday. The one I had about 10 days ago showed improvement, but they need to have back to back improvements before not needing another one.

Training

Incline Bench Press

130x8,8,8,9 (n/a)

Seated Hammerstrength Shoulder Press

85x8,8,10 (n/a)

Close Grip Bench Press

135x10, 10 (+2 reps, last week I hit 10 total reps, but had to stop after 8 and did 2 more after a small rest)

Slight Decline DB Press

65x10,10 (+5 lbs)

Seated Side Delt Machine

75x11,10,10 (+1 rep)

Straight Bar Cable Tricep Pushdown

52.5x11,10,10 (n/a)

Nutrition

High Carb Day

Cals - 3,150
Carbs - 355g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 234g
Fat - 98g

• Sat. - 24g
• Poly. - 21g
• Mono. - 21g

 

[AntM1564]

September 4, 2017
Pull Power

Easy deload today. The gym was packed because they were only open from 7-2. I'm glad I repeated that 8x2 week, otherwise my max attempt would have been this week, and today for deads, which would have been a pain with everyone in the gym at once. Everything felt good. I left at least one rep in the tank for everything. I was planning on hitting deads a 70% for a 3x5, but decided to do one set at 60%, 65%, and 70%. The last set felt heavy, but I think it was just my mind not being in the right place since I know 315 is light.

Training

Deadlift Deload 3x5 @ 60%-70% of 1RM (270 - 315 lbs)

275x5
295x5
315x5

Weighted Pullups

3x15x5 (+2.5 pounds)

Seated Overhand Cable Row

105x8,7 (+1 rep)

Wide Neutral Grip Seated Cable Row

130x7,6 (no change)

Close Grip Neutral Grip Pulldowns

147.5x7,6 (+1 rep)

Reverse Pec Deck

115x8,7,7,7 (+5 lbs)

Nutrition

Low Carb

Cals - 2,650
Carbs - 212g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 109g

• Sat. - 21g
• Poly. - 17g
• Mono. - 37g

 

[AntM1564]

September 5, 2017
Legs Hypertrophy

Nothing exciting to report. By accident I did four sets on RDL, I was only supposed to do three with the deload. Since I did that extra set, I took one set away from both calf exercises. On Saturday, I may skip lying leg curls completely. I noticed that area at my hamstring/glute tie in acting up again.

Training.

Cybex Squat Press

450x8,8,8,8,8 (+10 lbs. from last 7x8)

RDL

185x8,8,8,9

Leg Extensions

120x11,11,11 (+5 lbs.)

Seated Hamstring Curl

115x12,10,10 (+2 reps)

Seated Calf

105x12,12,12,12 (+6 reps)

Standing Calf Raises

200x12,12,11,11 (+3 reps)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 101g

• Sat. - 27g
• Poly. - 16g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[AntM1564]

September 7, 2017
Push Power

Football is back folks!

A few personal notes before I get into training. I got a call from the nurse practitioner today. They had a pathologist look at the slides of the biopsy and according to him, there is slightly more rejection than the previous biopsy, but not as much as the first. She is going to look at it with one of the transplant doctors who knows my case better to accurately asses it, so I should know more tomorrow. Next, one of the other social studies teachers at my school was offered a job at another school. I am a three quarters teacher, meaning, I only teach three quarters of what a full time teacher would teach. I was asked to pick up one of her classes making me full time. I am so excited for that. I do not have lesson plans for the class I am picking up, so it will be challenging going day to day not knowing exactly what I am going to do. It will create quite a bit of stress and keep me busy,
but I will keep up with the log. The jump in pay is mind blowing. Also, I will have my own classroom now instead of using classrooms that are vacant during the periods I teach.

Lifting went well today. The only negative thing was my right shoulder felt a little achy. I feel fatigued, I'm surprised I feel this way with the deload, but it could be more or less due to getting back into the swing of working and waking up earlier.


Training

Flat Bench Press 3x5 @60%-70% of 1RM (138 - 161 lbs.)

140x5
150x5
160x5

Military Press

130x5 (+5 lbs. for one set)
2x125x5

Pause Close Grip Board Press

160x7,7,7 (+1 rep)

Incline DB Press

70x6,6 (+5 lbs.)

Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

105x8,7 (+2 reps)

Weighted Dips

60x8,6 (+1 rep)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 100g

• Sat. - 27g
• Poly. - 16g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[AntM1564]

September 8, 2017
Pull Hypertrophy

Good session today. The only lift I did not see progression in was the close grip pulldowns. I think it was due to avoiding to strain to get the same numbers. It is a deload, so I did not want to strain, obviously.

One thing I have noticed this week, I am not motivated in the gym. I know deloads can be used to increase motivation. Maybe my lack of it because this is the deload week and next week I will be motivated? We'll see. It could also be stress due to becoming a full time teacher. I am taking on a class I have never taught before and thus do not have plans for. I need to map out where I am going and how I am going to do this class and I have a busy weekend, working my second job, which I put my two weeks in for. I cannot call out and need to work the two weeks, otherwise I lose my accumulated vacation time, which is 170-175 hours. I can't lose that, it is a decent amount of pay. Not to mention I am stressing out about going shopping for my classroom and decorating it lol.

Training

Lat Pulldowns

102.5x8,8,8,8,8 (+2.5 lb from last 7x8)

Close Grip Seated Cable Row

122.5x8,8,8 (+2.5 pounds from last 3x8)

Close Grip Pulldown (neutral grip)

122.5x11,10 (-1 rep)

Hammerstrength T Bar Row

60x12,11(+5 lbs and same number of reps)

Yates Row

105x10,10 (+10 lbs)

Reverse Pec Deck

100x12,11,11,10 (+5 lbs. and same number of reps)

Nutrition

High Carb

Cals - 3,150
Carbs - 355g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 96g

• Sat. - 23g
• Poly. - 14g
• Mono. - 20g

 

[AntM1564]

I'm not going to type out today's session. I didn't keep track. I decided to change things a little today. Instead of just lowering the weight for squats, I lowered the weight to 60% of my one rep max, and lowered the weight for all other exercises by 30%. I worked with 60-70% of the weight I normally would for everything today. Next time I deload, I am definitely doing this. I felt really fresh post workout, but still got a nice pump.

 

[AntM1564]

September 10, 2017
Push Hypertrophy

Weight - 156.6

Weight is unchanged from last week. Calories will stay the same because I did some extra cardio last week because my workouts were so quick with the deload.

Today was great. I hit everything I wanted to and then some. I was surprised I hit 12 reps on the first set of close grip bench since just last week 10 was where I was starting to gas out. Also, my rest for all of my sets on incline, minus the last set was roughly 60-70 seconds. The last set was 90 seconds and I hit 10 reps. I used a machine for my flat pressing movement. Yes, the weight is not impressive, but I used a band making the top portion of the movement very difficult. I liked the contraction I got from that.

So far, I would say that this product is helping with strength, slightly. Pushing movements are always correlated with my weight. If I lose weight, pushing goes down, gain weight, it goes up, and unchanged weight, no change with weight used. However, pushing exercises have gone up a little with the same body weight. I can also say recovery is better.

Training

Incline Bench Press

135x6,6,6,6,6,6,10

Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

105x6,6,6,7 (+1 rep and slightly less rest from the last 4x6)

Close Grip Bench Press

135x12,10,10 (+2 reps)

Flat Lying Hammerstrength Chest Press with band

70x10,10,10

Seated Side Delt Machine

75x12,10,10 (+1 rep)

Cable Rope Pushdown

19x11,10,10 (pause at the bottom)

Nutrition

High Carb Day

Cals - 3,150
Carbs - 355g

• Fiber - 49g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 93g

• Sat. - 26g
• Poly. - 11g
• Mono. - 26g

 

[MARK_]

It's great to see the recovery is better.

 

[AntM1564]

September 11, 2017
Pull Power

Going into this maxout week, I was not thinking I would hit any new PRs. I did my workup sets and they were moving fast. After 405, I said let me try a new PR. It was 455 and it went up quickly! I rested and went for 460, and got it. Now I am just over 300 pounds for my bodyweight. So I jumped up 10 pounds despite the poor heavy days over the past month or so. I usually do a lot of back down sets, but talked to a powerlifting buddy of mine. He said he''ll usually do 2 back down sets at 80% of that new 1 rep max, 2 sets of 5, but since I did 2 PRs, he said just for 1. 5 reps was the perfect amount. I was so pumped. This was done with a headache and after my first day as a full time teacher.

Training

Deadlit Max Attempt

135x5
225x2
315x1
365x1
405x1
455x1
460x1
365x5

Weighted Pullups

17.5x3,3,3,3,5

Seated Overhand Cable Row

107.5x8,7,7 (+2.5 lbs)

Wide Neutral Grip Seated Cable Row

130x7,7,6 (+1 rep)

Close Grip Neutral Grip Pulldowns

150x6,6,6 (+2.5 lbs)

Reverse Pec Deck

120x8,7,7,6 (+5 lbs)

Nutrition

Low Carb

Cals - 2,650
Carbs - 212g

• Fiber - 51g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 108g

• Sat. - 20g
• Poly. - 39g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[MARK_]

2 new PR's! Awesome

 

[AntM1564]

September 12, 2017
Legs Hypertrophy

My body feels good today after going for two PRs yesterday. That was until I got on the foam roller post workout, that is when I felt the DOMS in my back.

Still working on decorating and setting up my classroom. Maybe I'll post some pictures if anyone is interested.

Training.

Cybex Squat Press

480x6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7

RDL

205x6,6,6,8

Leg Extensions

120x12,11,11 (+1 rep)

Lying Hamstring Curl

70x11,10,10

Seated Calf

110x11,10,10,10,10 (+5 lbs)

Standing Calf Raises

210x11,10,10,10,10 (+10 lbs)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 102g

• Sat. - 25g
• Poly. - 19g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[AntM1564]

September 14, 2017
Push Power

I did not hit a new bench PR today. This is the second or third time I tried 235. I think it is more of a form issue than anything. I would say I am not driving with my legs.

Everything else increased in weight or reps. The one thing that didn't was my military press, I used the same weight as my last 5x3, but I did pause the weight, unlike last time, and it felt quicker. Talking with the powerlifter that spotted me, he suggested I do Spoto Presses since my sticking point is right above the chest. I did these instead of board presses.

Also, my right shoulder is achy. Prior to me being in the hospital about a month ago, it was my left shoulder and forearm where I had pain. Once I was out of the hospital, that pain was not longer there, but I noticed it in my right delt now. It is somewhere in the middle of the front and side delt,
only issue I have is on pressing days.

Training

Flat Bench Press Max Attempt

45x10
95x3
125x1
155x1
185x1
215x1
235x0
3x180x5

Military Press

5x135x3

Close Grip Spoto Press

145x6,6,6

Incline DB Press

70x7,6,6 (+1 rep)

Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

110x6,6,6 (+5 lbs)

Weighted Dips

65x6,6,5 (+1 rest pause) (+5 lbs.)

Nutrition

Moderate Carb

Cals - 2,900
Carbs - 282g

• Fiber - 50g

Protein - 235g
Fat - 100g

• Sat. - 27g
• Poly. - 17g
• Mono. - 24g

 

[compan]

Bench has always been a spotty one for me. If I remember to flex my abs, I'll forget to drive through my legs or my elbow position haha.

Thanks for keeping this log as detailed as you have, it's a great reference.

 

[ManimalPatB]

Bench has always been a spotty one for me. If I remember to flex my abs, I'll forget to drive through my legs or my elbow position haha.

Thanks for keeping this log as detailed as you have, it's a great reference.

So true!!! This is a great log that he has been keeping!!! Showing that Laxogenin is LEGIT