Bassgod's Quest to be the BEST!!!!

[rochabp]

Morning weight is 197. Now THAT is weird! lol. I was expecting to gain, not lose. I did however, get rid of quite a bit of excess water yesterday, so maybe that has something to do with it.

what the???
maybe turkey has fat burning effects

[AK32408]

what the???
maybe turkey has fat burning effects

Turkey is going to be the hottest new thing to hit the supplement shelves !

Thermogenic and Sleep Aid in one

[rochabp]

Turkey is going to be the hottest new thing to hit the supplement shelves !

Thermogenic and Sleep Aid in one

Turkey-drol...

quick someone tell LMD to jump on this idea

[bassgod272]

Lol, i agree. i slept like a baby for a couple hours after i gorged on turkey w/ gravy, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, and dinner rolls lol. When i woke up, I had more of those same things as well as 5 slices of pumpkin pie lol. Mmmmhhhhmmmm good!!

[rochabp]

Lol, i agree. i slept like a baby for a couple hours after i gorged on turkey w/ gravy, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, and dinner rolls lol. When i woke up, I had more of those same things as well as 5 slices of pumpkin pie lol. Mmmmhhhhmmmm good!!

man i dont get sleepy from turkey
i just get super full, i ate like 2 meals (very big meals nonetheless) but 2 meals had me stuffed for the whole day

[thundergod]

Lol, i agree. i slept like a baby for a couple hours after i gorged on turkey w/ gravy, mashed potatoes w/ gravy, and dinner rolls lol. When i woke up, I had more of those same things as well as 5 slices of pumpkin pie lol. Mmmmhhhhmmmm good!!

I tell myself every Thanksgiving and Christmas that I'm gonna let go and eat whatever I want. But then sanity kicks in and tells me to not spoil all the hard effort I've put in to stay relatively lean (9% bf) and it changes my plans.

For the Thanksgiving feast I had a huge pile of grilled turkey, a mound of baked ham, a very small dab of stuffing, but a rather large helping of sweet potatoe casserole. NO DESSERT!!

Maybe I can relax a little for Christmas.........maybe

[bassgod272]

man i dont get sleepy from turkey
i just get super full, i ate like 2 meals (very big meals nonetheless) but 2 meals had me stuffed for the whole day

that is what i did too, but had a shake and brown rice cakes before bed. i think that also had something to do with the loss of weight; eating only 3 meals, as opposed to my usual 6-7.

[bassgod272]

I tell myself every Thanksgiving and Christmas that I'm gonna let go and eat whatever I want. But then sanity kicks in and tells me to not spoil all the hard effort I've put in to stay relatively lean (9% bf) and it changes my plans.

For the Thanksgiving feast I had a huge pile of grilled turkey, a mound of baked ham, a very small dab of stuffing, but a rather large helping of sweet potatoe casserole. NO DESSERT!!

Maybe I can relax a little for Christmas.........maybe

Lol, i hear ya man. Reese's Penaut Butter Xmas trees are my downfall for christmas lol. I don't doubt i'll eat any less than 10 of em lol.

[bassgod272]

Super-DMZ Day 7 - Chest, Delts, Tris(11/26/10)

Flat DB Press - 80x14, 70x7, 60x8
Incline BB Press - 155x13, 145x7, 135x6
Cable Flyes - 55x15, 45x11, 35x15
Smythe Mil Press - 140x9, 110x12, 90x10
Standing DB Laterals - 35x12, 30x10, 25x12
Bent Over Cable Laterals - 50x15, 40x15
Tricep Extension Machine - 160x15, 140x15, 120x15
Overhead DB Press - 60x12, 50x12, 40x12

Felt weak as hell and real spaced out all day long. I shouldn't have even went to the gym, but I hadn't trained in 2 days, so I had to go. As you can see, I was weak, but still did better than I expected.

[bassgod272]

11/28/10 Quads, Hams, Calves, Abs - Super DMZ #9

Squats - 275x15(+30lbs), 225x10, 185x10

Leg Press - 8pl+20lbs x18(+10lbs), 6pl+20lbs x15(+20lbs), 4pl+20lbs x18(+20lbs and 3rp)

Toe Press - 12pl x20(+90lbs), 10pl x15(+90lbs), 8pl x15(+90lbs)

Leg Extension - 190x20(+5lbs and 5rp), 160x15(+5lbs and 3rp), 135x15(+3rp)

^^The mind/muscle connection and "feel" of the quads working was AMAZING with these. As of late, i've been really concentrating on going nice and slow with reps and slow negatives as well as concentrating as hard as i can on muscle contractions. it's working very well for sure. It's hard to explain, but i've found that with these, they are treated like i used to treat DB concentration curls. I wasn't using my hands and forearms as "hooks," I was squeezing the bar real hard and wondering why i wasn't feeling my biceps work. Well I stopped doing that now, and just used my bicep muscle ONLY to bring the weight up. Well, your legs work the same way obviously, so i thought why not try it for leg extensions as well. Use just your quad contractions to lift the weight up, NOT your shins/feet. Don't push up with your feet and shins at the start of the movement, just concentrate on acting as if your feet and shins are dead and can't move at all. The only thing you can use to lift the weight up is your quads. This works SO well it's ridiculous.

Seated Leg Curls - 135x16(+5lbs and 1rp), 120x13(+5lbs), 100x17(+15lbs and 1rp)

Rope Crunches - 190x33, 170x30(+20lbs) - Didn't do a 3rd set because I was really tired and just wanted to get home to my family before I had to go to bed. Working 50hrs a week, doing 3/4 time college online, having a wife and son, and finding time to be a competitive bodybuilder is not easy sometimes. I used to be very selfish and just worry about lifting and me in general, well i have to think about my family as well. They wait at home while daddy drives 30min just to get to the gym and 30min back and the 45-60min it takes to train. Then i come home, say goodnight to my wife, tuck my son into bed, eat, and go to sleep. I'd much rather come home, eat, and have some family time before having to go to sleep. I'm going to switch up my current schedule at work to make that happen. The gym isn't going anywhere, but family and people in general could be gone tomorrow.

[thundergod]

Good stuff Bass!! Sounds like the DMZ is kicking some royal ass!!

And so are you!!

Never Surrender Mein Bruder!!

[bassgod272]

Good stuff Bass!! Sounds like the DMZ is kicking some royal ass!!

And so are you!!

Never Surrender Mein Bruder!!

Oh it definitely is, thanks man. Thinking about kicking it up to 50mg, but i'm starting to get some acne and i'm going to start taking my doxycyline which stresses the liver, so i'm not sure if i wanna do that anymore than i already am.

[bassgod272]

11/30/10 - back, bis, traps - DMZ#11

Deads - 335x8(+20lbs), 275x15(+5rp), 225x13(+1rp)

Wide Grip Lat Pulls - 225x13(+1rp), 190x13(+1rp), 170x11(+2rp)

Bent Over BB Rows - 185x15, 155x10, 135x12 - Had to stop on the last reps of each set of these due to the INSANE back pumps, not because my back was fatigued

Standing DB Curls - 45x13, 40x9, 35x8

Machine Preacher Curls - 115x11(+1rp), 90x9(+1rp), 70x12(+2rp)

DB Shrugs - 80x15(+5lbs), 70x12(+5lbs and 4rp), 60x12(+5lbs and 2rp) - Had to quit before my traps were fatigued due to the INSANE forearm pump. I'm getting REAL sick of this! I want to train and work my damn muscles, not get a painful pump in the muscle being trained and have to quit early. I'm taking 99mg elemental potassium and 6g/day taurine and nothing is helping.

[thundergod]

Jack the taurine on up to 10 grams per day. Like I said before, my protein powder has 5 grams of crystalized taurine per scoop. So my daily total is 15 to 20 grams of taurine. No agonizing pumps here!!

And concerning your forearms, you could do what I do and use Versa-Gripps. They are the best accessory I ever bought!! Your forearms will thank you.

[AK32408]

Super-DMZ Day 7 - Chest, Delts, Tris(11/26/10)

Flat DB Press - 80x14, 70x7, 60x8
Incline BB Press - 155x13, 145x7, 135x6
Cable Flyes - 55x15, 45x11, 35x15
Smythe Mil Press - 140x9, 110x12, 90x10
Standing DB Laterals - 35x12, 30x10, 25x12
Bent Over Cable Laterals - 50x15, 40x15
Tricep Extension Machine - 160x15, 140x15, 120x15
Overhead DB Press - 60x12, 50x12, 40x12

Felt weak as hell and real spaced out all day long. I shouldn't have even went to the gym, but I hadn't trained in 2 days, so I had to go. As you can see, I was weak, but still did better than I expected.

Man I feel you pain...

My last chest workout was a waste of time, I didn't stay long after I finished with triceps.

As of now, what do you feel you've upped the weight and reps most on since the start of the cycle ?

[bassgod272]

Man I feel you pain...

My last chest workout was a waste of time, I didn't stay long after I finished with triceps.

As of now, what do you feel you've upped the weight and reps most on since the start of the cycle ?

Definitely squats. At the beginning I did 225x15 and exactly 14 days later I did 275x15, so that's a 50lb increase in 2 weeks lol. Now I was crazy depleted from dieting and training for my show for 4 months prior, so just eating the crazy amount of food and replenishing my glycogen stores and body in general helped a lot, but the boladrol and super dmz helped a hell of a lot too!

[bassgod272]

Jack the taurine on up to 10 grams per day. Like I said before, my protein powder has 5 grams of crystalized taurine per scoop. So my daily total is 15 to 20 grams of taurine. No agonizing pumps here!!

And concerning your forearms, you could do what I do and use Versa-Gripps. They are the best accessory I ever bought!! Your forearms will thank you.

Already tried it for a few days and it didn't do anything, so i dropped it back down to 6g. I don't wanna get grips, i want my forearm and hand strength to be just as strong as the rest of me. It's not my grip that causes the problem, it's the pump in my forearms that causes pain and makes me drop the weight. Let's put it this way, the damn pump is so bad, i can literally barely turn my wrist or move my fingers. I am not exaggerating in any way. My arm is debilitated for bout a half hour after my sets. Leaving the gym and driving my truck is very difficult.

[thundergod]

Already tried it for a few days and it didn't do anything, so i dropped it back down to 6g. I don't wanna get grips, i want my forearm and hand strength to be just as strong as the rest of me. It's not my grip that causes the problem, it's the pump in my forearms that causes pain and makes me drop the weight. Let's put it this way, the damn pump is so bad, i can literally barely turn my wrist or move my fingers. I am not exaggerating in any way. My arm is debilitated for bout a half hour after my sets. Leaving the gym and driving my truck is very difficult.

Gotcha. I understand completely.

Well since extra taurine didn't help and you're already supplementing potassium as well, the only thing I can think of that might help you is using some emu oil pre-workout. I use it on my elbows and knees after years of heavy lifting and it helps tremendously. It's also good for sore muscles. It could very well help with pumps/cramps as well. You never know until you go.

Wal-Mart has a cream called Blue Goo that I use and highly recommend. It has MSM included with the emu oil. Good stuff!!

[bassgod272]

Gotcha. I understand completely.

Well since extra taurine didn't help and you're already supplementing potassium as well, the only thing I can think of that might help you is using some emu oil pre-workout. I use it on my elbows and knees after years of heavy lifting and it helps tremendously. It's also good for sore muscles. It could very well help with pumps/cramps as well. You never know until you go.

Wal-Mart has a cream called Blue Goo that I use and highly recommend. It has MSM included with the emu oil. Good stuff!!

I will get some today and try it. I'm going to up the potassium to 300mg/day in 3 divided doses as well. That is what worked for cramping during the day of the show due to the very VERY low water intake(sips ONLY if absolutely needed). The uper-DMZ dose is also going up to 50mg/day until the bottles are gone!! WOOHOO!!!! Gotta get my chest presses back up to par. I'd like for at LEAST a flat BB bench of 225x8, but that's like a 40lb increase from now, lol, so we will see. My chest is my most lagging part atm.

[rochabp]

50mg of DMZ?!?!?!?!

GO HARD OR GO HOME!!!