Tuesday February 19, 2008 - Back

Well its time to get back at my Journal. Its been about 4 months since my comps and I feel like I'm really getting back into the groove of things. I have been mixing it up a lot the past 3 months and I am happy with my progress. My right knee has been really bothering me since early december so I actually had an MRI done 2 weeks ago. Good news is that everything is good: cartilege, ligaments, etc. It turns out I just have some tracking issues and my ART therapy has really been helping the past couple of weeks. Dispite my knee problems I have still been hitting quads hard except I have been staying away from squats. My last leg workout in Blackburg this past Friday was my best in a while and all my squating movements were DEEP. Things are looking up.

My weight is probably around 210 in the afternoon. I will check it tomorrow for a baseline.

My current supps are Core ABC (megdosing = ), Core PWO, Core MRP, Whey, Procomplex, Multi, Vit C, B-complex, fish oil, Glucosamine and chondroitin, celedrin, zinc, calcium, Supercharge, creatine, AP, Pslin, and Supercissus. I'm extremely excited to start this log because I just got in the mail USP Labs' new natural test booster. I can't release any details at this time but I will be running this for the next 4-8 weeks. We are all very excited about this product.

I guess today was as good of a day as any to start my log....Back day!

I hit Deadlifts (highlight was 515x8), barbell rows, closegrip pulldowns, one arm smith rows, reverse mts pulldown machine, rear delt pec deck. I was crushed after this workout! Felt great

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Wednesday February 20 - Arms

I had some trouble sleeping last night but when I finally fell asleep I was knocked out. Had a good arm workout today. My back is sooo tore up from yesterday so I had to focus more on form today than weight. Got a great pump today. Close grip smith press, seated supported dumbell curls, dumbell skullcrushers superset incline hammer curls, v-bar pushdowns superset ez-curl bar curls, reverse grip pulldown superset preacher curl machine, reverse curls superset top forearm curls, weight ab machine.

Weight 210.2.

Doug is back.

I have a cool surprise for my USPLabs peeps! Doug is really stands for it!

You have mail. Without saying to much, what do you think?

nice i was wondering if you would start posting again soon, your a great inspiration. ill be following

ummm lets just say my first night on it ummm my soldier was at full attention all night to the point it hurt...I don't know if this was just a fluke or something but things are looking up...no pun intended LOL

Originally Posted by dam225

ummm lets just say my first night on it ummm my soldier was at full attention all night to the point it hurt...I don't know if this was just a fluke or something but things are looking up...no pun intended LOL

Lay on your back and pitch a tent

Thursday February 21, 2008 - Hams/Calves

Nothing really new to report except my back is still tore up so I had to take it a little easy on my hams. I slept like a log last night....I steamrolled Steph in the middle of the night and didn't even know it....I rolled right over top of her LOL I was so knocked out....Poor woman ha.....

Seated leg curls, one leg standing leg curls, smith machine split lunges, glute ham hypers on the seated calve machine superset outter thigh machine, seated calves, toe press calves superset standing calves, and straight leg ups for lower abs.

As for my diet, I'm around 400 p, 400-450 c, and 55-65 f.

Originally Posted by dam225

Thursday February 21, 2008 - Hams/Calves

Nothing really new to report except my back is still tore up so I had to take it a little easy on my hams. I slept like a log last night....I steamrolled Steph in the middle of the night and didn't even know it....I rolled right over top of her LOL I was so knocked out....Poor woman ha.....

Seated leg curls, one leg standing leg curls, smith machine split lunges, glute ham hypers on the seated calve machine superset outter thigh machine, seated calves, toe press calves superset standing calves, and straight leg ups for lower abs.

As for my diet, I'm around 400 p, 400-450 c, and 55-65 f.

Yea Yea, The pretend roll over hopping to get some action. you are talking to the master Doug.

Originally Posted by USPLabs

Yea Yea, The pretend roll over hopping to get some action. you are talking to the master Doug.

LMAO

My sleep has been ridiculous lately...i could barely wake up this morning....I'm going for a 12 hour marathon tonight.

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Originally Posted by dam225

LMAO

My sleep has been ridiculous lately...i could barely wake up this morning....I'm going for a 12 hour marathon tonight.

Great Sign Doug on the sleep! Are you taking a dose close to bed time?

No except tonight I will. I had been taking it in the moring and preworkout (around 6:30 PM). Today I did moring and will do prebed.

Friday February 22, 2008 - Shoulders/Traps

I'm still pretty beat down from a long week of training but had a very good shoulder workout today. I was tired going in and my dumbell military presses were okay but then I got this aggression and drive and had an amazing pump. I set some PRs on barbell shrugs (traps are a priority of mine). I have been sleeping like a log lately and could barely wake up this morning.

Dumbell military press, barbell shrugs, rear delt pec dec superset "around the world" lat raises, dumbell front raises (got up to 90's ) superset lat raise machine superset MTS military press machine, hammer strength shrugs, and then some burn outs on rear delt fly machine and dumbell lateral raises, and then weighted rope crunches.

Weight 210.6

Saturday February 23, 2008 - Cardio

Nothing new to report. 45 mins incline treadmill. Had a nice sushi dinner and some TCBY

We then took our cat Southy "Hotshot" Miller grocery shopping with us around 10 pm on Saturday night....LOL exciting evening haha

D

Sunday February 24 - Quads/Hams

Steph and I started a new 14 day split today and trained at a new gym Xsport fitness. Awesome workout! I had a very deep drive today; it was kind of hard to explain. I was very fired up and the knee felt decent! When I was at failure...I just wanted to get two more reps. Leg extensions, ATG close stance hack squats, Leg press (squat press machine) superset barbell squats, laying leg curls, walking dumbell lunges, glute ham hypers, inner/outer thigh, and ab machine. An all around great day. Long workout :liftweight:

Holy cr@p my legs are already sore and it has been less than 24 hours!

Just to add...I have been also feeling pretty high on life this past week .....even during some stressful times....not sure if I can pin that on the test booster or not...I think chest day tonight will be a big test since I was at a little bit of a plateau.

Originally Posted by dam225

Holy cr@p my legs are already sore and it has been less than 24 hours!

Just to add...I have been also feeling pretty high on life this past week .....even during some stressful times....not sure if I can pin that on the test booster or not...I think chest day tonight will be a big test since I was at a little bit of a plateau.

The superman cape may show itself this week..

Maybe I'll wear my superman undies to the gym but a cape is unlikely.

Originally Posted by dam225

Maybe I'll wear my superman undies to the gym but a cape is unlikely.

The cape is invisible Doug..duh.

Originally Posted by dam225

Maybe I'll wear my superman undies to the gym but a cape is unlikely.

These work and give you that extra boost.... Especially tight ones.

Good to see you back.

Monday February 25, 2008 - Chest/Lat width/Shoulders

Even though my left shoulder was a little tight, I had another great workout. Strength on my dumbell presses is approaching what it was when I was 13 pounds heavier at the peak of last offseason. I hit 130s for 10 and then 140s for 5 easy reps today (no spot or bump) which is the best I have done since last offseason (my chest is my weakest bodypart). I was happy with that. I started with flat dumbell presses, hammer strength wide lat pulldown, smith machine slow upright rows, leverage incline plate loaded press, wide lat pulldowns, smith machine military, and low to high cable flys. I then hit some weighted serratus rope crunches. Again I had a little flame lit under me which helped me plow through this tough workout. I had a pretty ridiculous pump. I worked out at a new gym again today....I try not to make any eye contact with anyone so they just leave me alone...everyone wants to socialize ugh!

Weight 210.8

Originally Posted by dam225

Monday February 25, 2008 - Chest/Lat width/Shoulders

Even though my left shoulder was a little tight, I had another great workout. Strength on my dumbell presses is approaching what it was when I was 13 pounds heavier at the peak of last offseason. I hit 130s for 10 and then 140s for 5 easy reps today (no spot or bump) which is the best I have done since last offseason (my chest is my weakest bodypart). I was happy with that. I started with flat dumbell presses, hammer strength wide lat pulldown, smith machine slow upright rows, leverage incline plate loaded press, wide lat pulldowns, smith machine military, and low to high cable flys. I then hit some weighted serratus rope crunches. Again I had a little flame lit under me which helped me plow through this tough workout. I had a pretty ridiculous pump. I worked out at a new gym again today....I try not to make any eye contact with anyone so they just leave me alone...everyone wants to socialize ugh!

Weight 210.8

If you had your cape on, you could use your super power of anti social mind stare.

Tuesday February 26, 2007 - Arms/Calves

Awww Yeah. Now we are cookin! I'm not sure what it is but I have been fired up lately. Tonight it might have been the fact that I spent 30 minutes on the phone with our internet provider's customer service rep trying to fix our internet at home! We have been down for 2 days! We have had problems with them in the past and finally I just lost it and canceled our service lol. oops. Hope to be back online at home soon. By the time I got to the gym I was ready to tare something up.

I did v-bar pushdowns (PR), Barbell curl (PR 165x15 and 185x8), Dumbell skullcrushers (PR 85sx12, 100sx5 drop 65sx10), Dumbbell hammer curls (PR for doing this as my second bicep exercise 3 sets of 6 reps each arm with 110s), overhead cable extensions, high preacher curl machine superset reverse ez-curls, smith machine standing calves, free motion toe press calves, standing cable ab machine.

Other notes: After the end of my workout, I could not even bend my arm. I have NEVER had a pump like that. It was a great feeling. Weight is Approximately 211. I feel really tight too so I'm thinking the lean mass is increasing. My legs are still tore up from Sunday. Started a new preworkout drink instead of Supercharge.

D

Originally Posted by dam225

Tuesday February 26, 2007 - Arms/Calves

Awww Yeah. Now we are cookin! I'm not sure what it is but I have been fired up lately. Tonight it might have been the fact that I spent 30 minutes on the phone with our internet provider's customer service rep trying to fix our internet at home! We have been down for 2 days! We have had problems with them in the past and finally I just lost it and canceled our service lol. oops. Hope to be back online at home soon. By the time I got to the gym I was ready to tare something up.

I did v-bar pushdowns (PR), Barbell curl (PR 165x15 and 185x80), Dumbell skullcrushers (PR 85sx12, 100sx5 drop 65sx10), Dumbbell hammer curls (PR for doing this as my second bicep exercise 3 sets of 6 reps each arm with 110s), overhead cable extensions, high preacher curl machine superset reverse ez-curls, smith machine standing calves, free motion toe press calves, standing cable ab machine.

Other notes: After the end of my workout, I could not even bend my arm. I have NEVER had a pump like that. It was a great feeling. Weight is Approximately 211. I feel really tight too so I'm thinking the lean mass is increasing. My legs are still tore up from Sunday. Started a new preworkout drink instead of Supercharge.

D

Hitting PRs so early and never had a pump like this..hmmm coming from a man with thousands of workouts under his belt..pretty damn amazing or should I day dam amazing...hahahha

Originally Posted by USPLabs

Hitting PRs so early and never had a pump like this..hmmm coming from a man with thousands of workouts under his belt..pretty damn amazing or should I day dam amazing...hahahha

So far so good. I will know if this is the real deal next week.

I slept like a log last night!

You seem to be doing real good right now and nice pr's everything sounds great

Originally Posted by dam225

So far so good. I will know if this is the real deal next week.

I slept like a log last night!

Well Pr's and this quote "I have NEVER had a pump like that" is convincing but next week will be crazy and the ride will just get wilder

Wednesday February 27, 2008 - Cardio

45 minutes incline treadmill. Packing tonight for the Arnold.

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Thursday February 28, 2008 - Back Thickness/Traps

We trained at Metro Fitness in Columbus today. Good back workout. T-bar rows, low hammer rows, seated cable rows superset bent lat raises, barbell bent rows, dumbell shrugs, one arm dumbell rows, hyperextensions, rope ab crunches.

Notes: I have been feeling pretty tight and full lately. Good sign. My sleep has also been extremely deep!

Friday February 29, 2008 - Chest/Shoulders/Calves

Trained in Columbus again today at a different gym so its a little hard to gauge how things went but I did get a good pump. We trained after only one meal and first thing in the morning and my stength was relatively good for this early in the day. Incline barbell press, incline hammer press, flat press machine superset pec deck, shoulder press machine, lat raise around the world machine, barbell front raises superset lat raise machine, angled toe press calves, seated calves, ab machine.

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Saturday March 1, 2008 - Off day

My back, legs, and knees are really tired from walking around all day. Going to bed early tonight so we can hit legs in the moring. Flying home to DC at 9 pm tomorrow.