tiny's 3 MONTH HGHpro LOG OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!! (Sponsored)
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John Smeton
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are you doing any cardio yet?
thetinyguy
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Not yet, everything is still going smoothly. Once i hit that wall though it'll start being put in.
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Had an awesome upper-body workout, so far upper/lower body split is alright, i think i may go to chest/shoulders/tri's , Legs , Back/bi's. I did this before and it seemed to work pretty good. Although the best split i've used so far is definitely chest/back, legs, shoulders/arms. I think that my upper body/lower body works well it's just that for upper body day i'm there like 2 hours and leg day i'm there about an hour but hit them really hard. It's just tricky to get everything hit on upper body day cause i'm all over the place i use mainly compounds but i'd like a little bit more isolation as well..
mattrag
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Man I donno how you train with so much volume lol. I can barely get much lower body work in at all! I need to up it. Thinking of doing A LOT more squats. Seeing I don't do too many leg workouts I guess it would be a good idea to up the volume... but then again.. I'd have to drop the intensity in order to not burn up... lol... You are amazing man!
thetinyguy
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I worked up to it! My lower body volume isn't that great, i really do believe in that intensity factor plays a role. For legs i just hit the crap out of them quick and leave, since they are already my dominant part of my body (calves could be better) so i don't want them growing too far out of proportion! Dude squats are money, if you do them more frequently and not to failure you could build up some MASSIVE squat strength the key is to stop short of failure though. Working with heavy enough weights but not building up too much fatigue. If you want them to grow pump up the volume! It'll suck at first but it's worth it! Thanks i'm trying
mattrag
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I worked up to it! My lower body volume isn't that great, i really do believe in that intensity factor plays a role. For legs i just hit the crap out of them quick and leave, since they are already my dominant part of my body (calves could be better) so i don't want them growing too far out of proportion! Dude squats are money, if you do them more frequently and not to failure you could build up some MASSIVE squat strength the key is to stop short of failure though. Working with heavy enough weights but not building up too much fatigue. If you want them to grow pump up the volume! It'll suck at first but it's worth it! Thanks i'm trying
Hehe, yea i'm doing volume now. As I am doing HST I do 20,15,10s for squats. I took out the 5s cause I was squatting around 355 and it was getting really hard on my back... Now I just do it up to 10s. Volume for them legs.
thetinyguy
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Yeah buddy! That's what legs are all about, volume and lots of it i mean you walk on them all day long so the weights have to be repped out long enough to elicit that response. I feel ya on the lower back, every time i have a weight that i start to feel in my lower back i do weighted hyperextensions to fix it!
mattrag
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Maybe I should add back in the good mornings... (home gym lol)
thetinyguy
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Ah the glorious morning after a hard leg workout haha
That'd be a good idea
thetinyguy
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dat der 2nd/3rd day progressing worse soreness
thetinyguy
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Well got my 2nd bottle of HGHpro in today, almost done with the 1st have a few days left. Also got hooked up with more samples i love me some recoverpro!
So far from the first bottle i have noticed:
-Recovery is picking up slowly but surely definitely noticeable.
-Definitely some lean mass gain although not significant it is there!
-Awesome sleep patterns, I've had to adjust my sleep schedule relatively quick and i believe HghPro is making the transition to less hours but more quality a TON easier.
Think i may stack 3Z and HGHpro tonight...
i love me some recoverpro!So far from the first bottle i have noticed:
-Recovery is picking up slowly but surely definitely noticeable.
-Definitely some lean mass gain although not significant it is there!
-Awesome sleep patterns, I've had to adjust my sleep schedule relatively quick and i believe HghPro is making the transition to less hours but more quality a TON easier.
Think i may stack 3Z and HGHpro tonight...
John Smeton
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Well got my 2nd bottle of HGHpro in today, almost done with the 1st have a few days left. Also got hooked up with more samples
So far from the first bottle i have noticed:
-Recovery is picking up slowly but surely definitely noticeable.
-Definitely some lean mass gain although not significant it is there!
-Awesome sleep patterns, I've had to adjust my sleep schedule relatively quick and i believe HghPro is making the transition to less hours but more quality a TON easier.
Think i may stack 3Z and HGHpro tonight...
sweet. 3z and recoverpro makes for nice sleep. great sleep stack
Good to hear about the gains and I agree its very subtle and the main benefits are added up over time.
mattrag
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thetinyguy said:Well got my 2nd bottle of HGHpro in today, almost done with the 1st have a few days left. Also got hooked up with more samples
So far from the first bottle i have noticed:
-Recovery is picking up slowly but surely definitely noticeable.
-Definitely some lean mass gain although not significant it is there!
-Awesome sleep patterns, I've had to adjust my sleep schedule relatively quick and i believe HghPro is making the transition to less hours but more quality a TON easier.
Think i may stack 3Z and HGHpro tonight...
Wow. Hghpro is damn good for sleep. You are lucky indeed to log it for this long
Can't wait till I go home and get my bottle
thetinyguy
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Dude that stack is crazy, i was so deep in sleep i did not want to wake up this morning. I think i woke up right at the beginning of a sleep cycle cause i was SUPER tired. I passed right out though stuff works so well together.
Wow. Hghpro is damn good for sleep. You are lucky indeed to log it for this long
Can't wait till I go home and get my bottle
Dude it is some good shiet! I'm very great full to be logging it this long and i hope i'm giving a good log for you all! AI is the shiz :box:
thetinyguy
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So had a great leg session today, did a bunch of hamstring sets starting with stiff legged deadlifts and found the best foot placement/width which seriously enabled me to increase the weight significantly with better control talk about a win.win! Got 8 sets in for SLDL's then moved onto leg extensions went pretty heavy, it's a plate loaded machine and i got up to 6-7 45lb plates and 5 25lb plates for a good 10 reps. I really think leg extensions are what built my quads to how they are, i have the perfect feel for the exercise and i am REALLY strong on them without any knee/joint pain what so ever. Then moved to standing calve raises followed by lying leg curls high reps. FRIED is an understatement my hams are dead!
Then moved to standing calve raises followed by lying leg curls high reps. FRIED is an understatement my hams are dead!
mattrag
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So had a great leg session today, did a bunch of hamstring sets starting with stiff legged deadlifts and found the best foot placement/width which seriously enabled me to increase the weight significantly with better control talk about a win.win! Got 8 sets in for SLDL's then moved onto leg extensions went pretty heavy, it's a plate loaded machine and i got up to 6-7 45lb plates and 5 25lb plates for a good 10 reps. I really think leg extensions are what built my quads to how they are, i have the perfect feel for the exercise and i am REALLY strong on them without any knee/joint pain what so ever.
You definitely know how to hit it hard!!! Good work man!
thetinyguy
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I do my best
Thanks! Got some more compliments, guy saw my legs and was like O.O once my hams catch up i'll be satisfied
thetinyguy
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Well some pretty dam shi**ty news, think i caught something at work literally got cold symptoms in like 2 hours, i swear to god im going to sanitize my hands every 5 minutes from now on it's bull shyt. =.=
mattrag
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thetinyguy
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So the combo i'm currently dealing with right now is some pretty hardcore DOMS (Did weakpoint training and trashed my upper chest/middle back and as a result arms are fried too. That combined with being sick and this body ache is a huge PITA right now. i really hope i feel better tomorrow i may need some more days off.
John Smeton
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I think i am going to do the hghpro +3z stack tonight.
sometimes those little things that get in the way are frustrating and it takes patience and calmness to wait for them to be gone. hope you feel better Nick
sometimes those little things that get in the way are frustrating and it takes patience and calmness to wait for them to be gone. hope you feel better Nick
thetinyguy
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That stack is no joke made me sleep like a baby, woke up feeling really good too.
Yeah man it sucks sometimes training is my favorite thing to do so when im stripped of it i get cranky :saroll:
Thanks man!
As of HGHpro it's working great i see differences slowly adding up, takes time and now i see why 2-3 months would be optimal because at the end of the first month you begin to see the differences creep up on you. Patience is key with everything!
John Smeton
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do you have a training partner you train with at the gym you work out?
mattrag
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Nice to hear! I have some 3z waiting at home actually so I will try to take that with my HGHPro to see if I can get my sleeping patterns adjusted to the timezone there.
Keep killing it in the gym buddy!
thetinyguy
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Nope, i am a drifter....an outlaw....all alone....just me and the iron....like a war waging inside me i conquer....like the one man army i posses inside myself.
In other words, no partner
Nice to hear! I have some 3z waiting at home actually so I will try to take that with my HGHPro to see if I can get my sleeping patterns adjusted to the timezone there.
Keep killing it in the gym buddy!
Dude it works really well just make sure you have some time to devote to sleepin!
I haven't been in the gym for the past 8 days BUT i'm just about feeling all better so i am all rested recovered and ready to rock! or lift...iron haha
thetinyguy
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Back in the gym today was INSANE, went back to Chest/Back , Legs, Shoulders/Arms split. Rack pulled 405 x 5 belt-less EASY after rushing a few warmup sets of 225 x 10 and 315 x 10. I'm not even 100% better and i'm a ton stronger, it really looks like i needed that week off cause now i am on FIRE. Inclined 90lb db's for 2 sets cleaned them myself for the first time. I want to go for 100's next week, found my sweet spot for growth which is 3-4 sets and 4-5 exercises per body part. Back is Destroyed! Did 140lb 1 arm db rows like they were paper weights, i really wish we had heavier dumbbells!! 3-4 sets of those followed by a super set of lat pull-overs and cable behind the back flys for the teres. Overall had an incredible session and i seriously can't wait to see how strong i am when i'm over this flu completely!!! 2011 will be my year to get huge :sgrin: sitting at 243lbs and leaner, it's very very evident around my waist. I'm starting to look WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE i'm very happy with how things are going!
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mattrag
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nice work!! Im back in hawaii now so I am not able to get to my AM account as fast. I will send you a msg soon
thetinyguy
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nice work!! Im back in hawaii now so I am not able to get to my AM account as fast. I will send you a msg soon
That's fine man, Hawaii sounds like it's a really peaceful place.
John Smeton
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Take a week off or even a few days sometimes is one of the best things you can do when you feel burnt out, like going to the gym is a chore, and just tired of it.
Good to hear your back and motivated the keep on with your goals which what are your short term goal right now and how about your longterm goal for bodybuilding? lets focus on the short term first like say by late spring-early summertime?
Good to hear your back and motivated the keep on with your goals which what are your short term goal right now and how about your longterm goal for bodybuilding? lets focus on the short term first like say by late spring-early summertime?
thetinyguy
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Oh yeah definitely!
Short term right now is to lean up/maintain or even improve my strength but look good without a shirt off not ripped or anything just around 10% or so, improve my posing farther and possibly try a PH like Halodrol around May or so....hehehehe
thetinyguy
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holy shiieeeeeet, my stiff legged deadlifts are up to 365 x 7 and 365 x 4, not only that but i went to true ATG squats today and got about 6/7 sets of balls to the wall teeth gritting squats. I literally fold into a god damn lawn chair now, no knee pain what so ever. I control the entire squat go down very slow and blast up after a slight pause at the bottom. I'm getting lower than guys who are a good 6-7 inches shorter than me. Each rep feels incredible, i can feel my glutes hams fire from the bottom and feel my quads start contracting half way up. I had a small crowd and people were making comments like these two black ladies were like DAMNNN DAT BOY SQUATTIN SO LOW HIS A$$ IS TOUCHIN THE FLOOR! Last set i did half reps from the very bottom to half way with 135 for 20 reps to burn it out. Today i took my intensity to that next level, my squat form is border-line perfect, my back was arched all the way down and even after super heavy stiff legged deadlifts i barely felt any of the squat reps in my back. I can only see things getting better and better from this point on!!
thetinyguy
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Well tomorrow is Shoulders/Arms, i'm going to begin with Standing military press with constant tension not locking out or relaxing at the bottom, I plan to do only 2 sets for front delts considering i will being doing incline db press in 2 days. Then i will move to Seated DB laterals with a squeeze at the top and slow negative without going all the way down to keep the tension on my medial delts. I want to do a lot more strict movements for body parts with the most weight possible while avoiding cheating at all cost UNTIL that 3rd working set where i will go to failure, pause, do some more reps, pause, do a few more reps. Then do half reps from the bottom (some call them x reps) That will be it. Considering i'll need my strength for back and chest 2 sets for everything should be perfect since i usually do 3-4 and a few more exercises. For arms i want to try incline curls and spider curls followed by cable rope hammer curls. Tri's i will do rope push downs with tear aparts at bottom followed by Push downs on the assisted pull-up/dip machine, I use the supporting pad and push it down i get a really sick long head tricep contraction and can use a fair amount of weight. 2 Working sets each exercise, i don't need to murder them anymore since i have strength plus i train chest/back in 2 days and if i want to start rowing 150-200lb dumbbells i better save my energy :evil: I'm planning on bringing in an olympic dumbbell handle to make db's heavy enough for my 1 arm rows. The 140's are seriously getting so light i can get 10+ slow controlled reps for 3-4 sets easy. Also i row the db towards my hip, i am seeing my back thicken up even more from this, i'll have vids up soon of me with the 160lb db.
thetinyguy
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Another day for the record books for me, I attempted to incline the 100's but didn't place the DB's on my knees correctly to clean them, as a result i was extremely hyped up and missed cleaning them i got extremely light headed and decided to just do the 90's again, got 2 extremely solid sets felt every single rep. Then after i moved to flat db bench and went up to the 80's for the first time getting an insane contraction and doing 5-6 second negatives every rep with a final rep 10-15 second negative. I brought in an olympic DB handle and made a 185Lb Dumbbell that i used for 1 arm dumbbell rows and got 2 sets for 6-8 reps with no cheating and extremely good lat contractions!! HUGE PR i literally added 45Lbs to that lift, i was at the 140's so long that my strength was extremely good. I had some people just shocked i was doing those so clean, i will always do them till the day i die, hands down my FAVORITE lat exercise!! After those i did some super slow cable crossovers followed by close grip pull ups to failure, then did assisted wide grip pull ups to failure. FINALLY i did 1 heavy set of rack pulls for an awesome PR of 425 x 6 reps Belt-less. I'm developing stretch marks everywhere again, just from that shoulder day i can SEE a difference, I gotta get some new pics up! HGHpro FTMFW!!
thetinyguy
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You're good man, I've restructured my training around improving my weaknesses with super strict exercises and going as heavy as possible without breaking form. Now that i look at it it looks like HIT but with 3 sets instead of just 1. Lowering arm training volume to just 2 exercises 2 working sets each. Well tomorrow i get paid and gotta fill in for someone AGAIN so off to take hghpro and bed.
John Smeton
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hehehe Nick, I could have fun with this one
John Smeton
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185 lb dumbbell rows ..your lats will be huge !
and 425 rack pulls...
dude that week off helped a lot! I recommend not trying to set prs every workout, sometimes maintaining because that mass isnt going anywhere. When you have enough calories and food in you is more the time to set Prs
and 425 rack pulls...
dude that week off helped a lot! I recommend not trying to set prs every workout, sometimes maintaining because that mass isnt going anywhere. When you have enough calories and food in you is more the time to set Prs
mkretz
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yea maybe this time off goes to show u if you maintain for a week still goin hard bu then go for ur prs teh next week and then repeat you will benefit like u did with the actual time of without having to take actualy time off..........confusing wordign but i hope u get what i mean lol
thetinyguy
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Uh oh, shoot at me the jokes now D:
Dude i completely agree, it's actually very dangerous to try pr's every workout. I think the best idea for me is to make very small increments at this point to slowly progress and have minimum risk of injury. I don't push if it doesn't feel right too, I gotta take things slow! Just that week off i felt like amonster coming back hehe.
You know i believe Mike Mentzers theory of more time off would be a perfect set up for this PR style training. Every single workout now i feel like i'm progressing by leaps and bounds, I feel awesome all the time. I know it won't be like this forever so i want to pace myself progression wise and not go for crazy pr's if i'm feeling odd or a warmup set doesn't feel the same, I will scrutinize every detail so i can prevent myself from getting injured. I'm gonna get pics up this week!!
thetinyguy
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Oh and i also noticed arms/shoulders/calves respond the BEST for me when doing strict reps with the heaviest weight that won't mess up my form. Man this has got to be one of the biggest progressions in my training, people think i'm on all kinds of crap at work. Today i literally showed a few people what the mind can do, i did 2 sets of 225 x 5 ATG squats slow and controlled i struggled the 2nd set, then the last set i went to 275 and HYPED MYSELF UP and did 275 x 6 perfect form, no back strain what so ever and the guys were Shocked, I also did stiff legged deadlifts again but only went up to 315 x 10, 5 and the final set i did 315 x 5 then dropped the bar to the floor and did full range deadlifts for 5 reps. The hell version of 21's for deadlifts haha! and that was BEFORE the squats. Once again this is MY YEAR!!
John Smeton
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Ive always went by this rule, if you are wondering if you are low enough on your squat....go lower. atg squats create a look like no other, even if its only 225 or so id rather squat this way then parallel. That said, there is a way to squat with ass out where it limits from going totally atg. There are different kinds of ways to squat. I have personally done and liked ass to floor the most
John Smeton
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you have got what it takes to be a bodybuilder, your mental fortitude.
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thetinyguy
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I didn't understand that until just recently, the key is to just make sure you do the reps slow and your knees are good to go. It's so cool how the first session of them i did i felt my hams glutes fire right out of the bottom and feel my quads take over. Now it's becoming a natural movement for me. I'm really getting into that Quality not quantity mind-set as well, Lee Haney said "Quality over quantity, when the mind and muscle become one, 1 rep equals 2 reps" ABSOLUTELY true.
I take that as a huge compliment man, thanks man.
That video interview with Arnold he is so right, people will tell me "No this or that" All that matters is i believe i can do it and no matter what other people think about it, My mind is capable of what i want to achieve!