Okay I will start with the workout from yesterday. It went well, since we had done some shifting around I didn't expect a ton of weight to be moved but I was very happy with the workout nonetheless. I will get right into the workout.
Push Press - 105x8, 145x8, 170x8>145x6>95x5 - Well I'll be damn'd if I didn't go up 4 lbs on my heavy set and it felt like I could have hit another one without to much issue. I also got an extra rep at 145 and 2 on 95 in the drops.
VERY NICE!!!
Straight Arm Pull Downs - 75x15, 90x15, 95x15>75x5>50x5 - Went up 15 lbs for both warm up and first work set, up 5 on my heavy set, but lost 2 reps on 50 lbs portion of the drop.
Once again kick ass! As much overall volume as was added to the beginning 450 lbs I won't complain over losing 2 reps at the end considering that is only 100 lbs of the total volume so still up in volume by 350 lbs.
Life Fitness Chest Press - 190x12, 200x12>175x3>145x3 -
WOW this thing was harder than regular benching. Pretty awesome and was a bitch to lock out my chest was about to explode. I fought for that 12 reps on 200 so hard I was just toast before I even started dropping the weight.
Cybex Arm Curl (Preacher) - 110x12>70x10 - I knew I had deads coming up and wanted to save my grip so machine it was.
DB Overhead Triceps Ext. - 100x12>70x9 - My triceps were toast from everything before even the straight arm pull downs had them burning. I had a
MASSIVE Pump in them.
Dead Lift - 225x8, 315x8, 365x8, 375x5>315x5 -
Yeah I know I know a drop set on deads WTF? So I lost a rep here on 375 by not doing it first but I gained 2 on 365 from last workout by having it first. I also was not resting as long this time as I did the last time I did my deads. We were running out of time so instead of doing another full rest and hitting 315 for 8 I decided to do a drop set. So I was not unhappy with 315 at all. As a matter of fact with the shorter rest periods I am very happy with this dead lift portion of my lift.
Leg Ext - 170x10, 170x10>110x10>70x5 - I decided to start with lower weight here since knees have been a little tight. I also did an extra set here without about a 30 second rest period just to increase volume and intensity a bit since using a lower weight.
Okay after this beating I went to my ART guy, he worked on my hip some more. My Rectus Femorus tendon seems to be squared away up by the hip, but he found a knot lower in the muscle belly he had to work out. It almost made me come off the table. I told him
Whoah thats a new spot. He says okay let me find it again. When he did I wished I had kept my mouth shut. I am pretty tough, very high pain threshold, so I just laid there and took it.
Then to my surprise a tear rolled down my cheek. I thought to myself WTF? Am I really crying here? LMFAO! I don't know what happened but my tough guy in my mind who had all but blocked out the pain and my tear ducts apparently we not communicating.
Anyway he said he thinks he got the hip issue cleared up and felt the knot in my muscle belly release, I think it was a trigger point from what I saw in the trigger point book I downloaded. So I am free and clear to start increasing weights on squats again slowly as well as my log press too. I will go back in a month for him to check on things but I am sure it will all be good.
These will more than likely serve as my final progress pics considering this is a month long run, or until my bottle runs out I think I forgot a dose here and there and may have an extra day or so worth of EndoSurge left by the end of day 30. I don't foresee many changes in my physiquie between yesterday morning and day 30.
I woke up and weighed myself and was 198-198.5 really nice considering if my memory serves me I was 195 when I started this venture. I will let the pics speak for themselves.
ScottyDoc, You will notice I did the pose you requested in here as well.
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Oh yeah I put in some leg shots just to show I am not leg deficient and they are definitely my leanest feature. The pics are a little washed out on my legs because I just stuck my web cam under the computer desk and took the pics so there was low light under there and the iris was wide upon then with the light from the window coming in it just made the legs really washed out but you can see them plenty good.
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