Irish Cannon Gets on AXIS...with AXIS (Hemodraulix + Kitchen Sink)

I swear, when I do deads my back feels great that whole day. Does yours feel better or worse? Maybe I'm just weird :)
 
Irish Cannon said:
I'm a Weekend Warrior

Workout was pretty sick today. I had a great time in there just doing whatever the heck I wanted. I didn't write anything down, but I remember most lifts, so I'll go by memory.

Plate Pushes - 35lbx3 sets, 45lbx1 set
BW Jumping Squats w/ pause at bottom - 1 set
BB Hack Squats - 135x5 sets
DB Curl - 4 sets
Deadlift - 135lbx5 225x3 315x1 335x1 355x1 - Strapless. Busted back and all. Woot.
CG Bench - 135x15, 145x12, 185x8, 195x4,3
HS Incline Press- 225x15,12, 245x10, 275x4,4
Plate Raises- 25x15,12,12, 35x6,4 (something like that?)
CG Pulldown Machine
Prone Leg Curl
Donkey Calf Raises

Sorry about the lack of detail, but those were my exercises and some weights. I only supersetted BB Hack/DB Curl and CG Pulldown/Leg Curl. Everything else was by itself.

I was stoked about the Deadlifts.
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Nice with the deads! Though my paranoid self might suggest more of a warm up to nicely pad your erectors with loads 'O blood and muscle tightness.

When I "FIRST" restarted doing dead lifts, I would warm up on a low back machine or do reverse crunches on the roman chair, just for the extra padding.

You know you're on a positive road to recovery when you can dead lift. I was struggling with 185lbs when I first restarted, so sweet job with the 355!
 
VolcomX311 said:
Nice with the deads! Though my paranoid self might suggest more of a warm up to nicely pad your erectors with loads 'O blood and muscle tightness.

When I "FIRST" restarted doing dead lifts, I would warm up on a low back machine or do reverse crunches on the roman chair, just for the extra padding.

You know you're on a positive road to recovery when you can dead lift. I was struggling with 185lbs when I first restarted, so sweet job with the 355!
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Thanks, Volcom! I'm still weary to try RDLs and SLDLs. I'll have to wait and see how I do with the Reg Deads.
 
Nice. I went back to the gym yesterday for the first time since I went to the doctors, and I did deads as well - I was so friggin' happy and psyched. More than anything else my grip is what seems to have weakened the most - even more than my core, which really surprised me.
 
Resolve said:
Nice. I went back to the gym yesterday for the first time since I went to the doctors, and I did deads as well - I was so friggin' happy and psyched. More than anything else my grip is what seems to have weakened the most - even more than my core, which really surprised me.
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Hows your hip treating you?
 
TimberLakers said:
Romanian = Regular Dead, no?
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Romanian Deadlifts are also known as Stiff-Legged Deadlifts; and are, as Scott said, a HAMSTRING exercise.

~Rosie
Team APPNUT
 
TimberLakers said:
Romanian and Stiff Leg are completely different exercises.
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Not to me, LOL. Everyone has their different takes on exercise, though.

~Rosie
Team APPNUT
 
SLDL are basically touching your toes with a barbell in your hands. RDL involves your Hams by pushing your hips out. - Very similar movement, but I feel RDL is really the powerhouse Hamstring exercise.
 
Cheat Meals

Meal 3: Two Whataburger Grilled chicken sandwiches (whole wheat buns)

Meal 4: 1 large trout fillet, a couple shrimp, small house salad, 10oz Hefeweizen (met up with my bro at a German restaurant)

Meal 5 (currently cooking): Normal meal - 2 turkey burgers w/ broccoli, + (cheat) Large bowl of Life cereal. :)

Sat/Sun will be carb-free.
 
Irish Cannon said:
Cheat Meals

Meal 3: Two Whataburger Grilled chicken sandwiches (whole wheat buns)

Meal 4: 1 large trout fillet, a couple shrimp, small house salad, 10oz Hefeweizen (met up with my bro at a German restaurant)

Meal 5 (currently cooking): Normal meal - 2 turkey burgers w/ broccoli, + (cheat) Large bowl of Life cereal. :)

Sat/Sun will be carb-free.
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OMG! life cereal... That is sooo good. IT is one of my favorite. Never been to Whataburger, although there is one right around the corner.
 
babywifey said:
OMG! life cereal... That is sooo good. IT is one of my favorite. Never been to Whataburger, although there is one right around the corner.
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It was deeeeelish :) - I ate quite a bit straight from the box...and then I had a big bowl of blueberries/raspberries. I'm not looking forward to the carb-free weekend, and least of all, my fasted workout Monday morning. Eek!

Have you guys ever seen Basketball Diaries? That movie is pretty intense. I just watched it on Netflix...Oh and if you guys get a chance, check out Cocaine Cowboys if you are interested in watching a documentary on the Miami cocaine trade in the 70s/80s.
 
Here's a funny picture I found of my dog. He loved to pull the toilet paper off the roller so we always had to keep it on the counter instead. I framed it and put it in my bathroom. This was before we learned he had a TP fetish...
 
Irish Cannon said:
SLDL are basically touching your toes with a barbell in your hands. RDL involves your Hams by pushing your hips out. - Very similar movement, but I feel RDL is really the powerhouse Hamstring exercise.
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Hmmm, I do them standing on a >6 inch box, going down until the plate touches the ground, with the slightest flexion in my knees.

~Rosie
Team APPNUT
 
Irish Cannon said:
So now all the IBE guys are saying l-dopa is uber freaking dangerous. Is this true? I don't want to turn into Michael J. Fox.
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Yea I just read that too. WTF!!! I've got about 100gr of 1-carboxy and 100gr MP.

I wanted to use Powerfull too, atleast once but idk now.....poopy
 
link Irish?
 
Hopefully you can see my leanness coming through a little more. Abdomen is definitely making progress. My weight-belt cinches up a lot easier now.
 
I'm pretty sure I'm eating chicken that I cooked about a month ago, but I'm not sure. It smells fine. It tastes fine...but is it fine? I guess we'll see. I'm hoping that at worst it will heat my core temp up, thus shedding some BF. :)
 
Irish Cannon said:
I'm pretty sure I'm eating chicken that I cooked about a month ago, but I'm not sure. It smells fine. It tastes fine...but is it fine? I guess we'll see. I'm hoping that at worst it will heat my core temp up, thus shedding some BF. :)
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Lol. I've done that before. Meh, as long as it's in the far back of the fridge where it's the coldest, it should be fine.
 
Oh, and I know the lighting is bad in that second picture. My right quad is actually more defined than I've seen it in a long time. I'm pretty happy with where I'm currently at both performance wise and physique. I've made quite a bit of progress with my diet and training in the last couple of weeks, and I have faith that my ability to do Squats, Cleans, and other big lifts will come in time.

Another quick note, I went for about a 1mile jog last night just to do it. I'll probably start doing this about ~2hrs after my last meal on M/W/F (training days), just prior to bed. Hman recommended doing cardio this way a while back, and I always wanted to try it, but got lazy.
 
Irish Cannon said:
Oh, and I know the lighting is bad in that second picture. My right quad is actually more defined than I've seen it in a long time. I'm pretty happy with where I'm currently at both performance wise and physique. I've made quite a bit of progress with my diet and training in the last couple of weeks, and I have faith that my ability to do Squats, Cleans, and other big lifts will come in time.

Another quick note, I went for about a 1mile jog last night just to do it. I'll probably start doing this about ~2hrs after my last meal on M/W/F (training days), just prior to bed. Hman recommended doing cardio this way a while back, and I always wanted to try it, but got lazy.
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Sounds good. Jogging can be fun once you get accustomed to it.

You're arms and legs are definitely looking bigger and your stomach and chest is looking a bit leaner. Great progress, especially considering that you've had such a badly injured back the past month or so.
 
Irish Cannon said:
Oh, and I know the lighting is bad in that second picture. My right quad is actually more defined than I've seen it in a long time. I'm pretty happy with where I'm currently at both performance wise and physique. I've made quite a bit of progress with my diet and training in the last couple of weeks, and I have faith that my ability to do Squats, Cleans, and other big lifts will come in time.

Another quick note, I went for about a 1mile jog last night just to do it. I'll probably start doing this about ~2hrs after my last meal on M/W/F (training days), just prior to bed. Hman recommended doing cardio this way a while back, and I always wanted to try it, but got lazy.
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As long as you don't eat afterwards or just protein, it helps boost your gh alot. That should help with the leaness.Is it just me or the way your standing but you left arm and shoulders look larger? Any one else?
 
hman85 said:
See they look the same size in the first picture but they look diff in the second picture....hmmmm
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Ya, I don't think I'm asymmetrical to the degree it looks in the second picture, but I know for a fact that I am a little bit.

How much cardio are you doing right now, H?
 
Irish Cannon said:
Ya, I don't think I'm asymmetrical to the degree it looks in the second picture, but I know for a fact that I am a little bit.

How much cardio are you doing right now, H?
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Not enough. lol I am so damn tired all the time lately. I will be pushing it to the limit from here on out. I will get some cardio in today.
 
hman85 said:
Not enough. lol I am so damn tired all the time lately. I will be pushing it to the limit from here on out. I will get some cardio in today.
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I think I'm going to start doing those runs 7x/wk until I build up some better endurance for longer runs, then I'll back it down to 3-4x/wk.
 
TimberLakers said:
Those will get better with time. Just make sure you stretch your shins and calves real well before and after the run (rest of the leg too obviously).
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Ya, you just have to ease into things. Stretch a lot. Ice them if you have to. Drive through it. Whenever I take breaks from running and then get back into it I always get them too (like right now), but if you keep up with the runs, they go away.
 
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