Time to get INTENSE!! - Maximize Intense log!

StackedCop said:
I try to avoid heavy stims on off days!
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I sometimes use it if I'm feeling to cheap to buy a coffee. or if i need to focus on studying or an exam, talk about tunnel vision lol
 
well i had a cray leg workout today, definitely ALOT of hormones released, there jsut had to be lol.....
did some heavy reverse banded squats which was a real cool feel to it.
Then did 4 sets of high rep squats which had me at the bottom of the rack on the last set
-next was 3 sets of heavy hack squats where i was ablt to set soem prs, and then one drop set to ttal failure

i also did glute bridges, RDL, sumo deads (lighter weight really focusing on squeeing my glutes) from a step so i had to get down extra low, 1 leg squats and a superset of leg curls with leg ext. to finish off....one hell of a workout

funny thing is i was really tired before teh workout and was REALLY close to taking today off, but the workout turned out to be one of my best leg workouts in a really long tiem, i was soooo focused the entire time, i think part of the reason was the fact that i was sweatin my ass off lol it was hot today and the sweat jsut gets me goin i guess haha......not looking forward to teh net couple of days.....unfortunately not gonna eb getting alot of sleep again tonight so recoery may be an issue, i really think this is where i tend to fall short, i train hard as hell, eat like crazy but soemtimes i jsut dotn rest enough im always on the go, and dont sleep very well..........
 
mkretz said:
well i had a cray leg workout today, definitely ALOT of hormones released, there jsut had to be lol.....
did some heavy reverse banded squats which was a real cool feel to it.
Then did 4 sets of high rep squats which had me at the bottom of the rack on the last set
-next was 3 sets of heavy hack squats where i was ablt to set soem prs, and then one drop set to ttal failure

i also did glute bridges, RDL, sumo deads (lighter weight really focusing on squeeing my glutes) from a step so i had to get down extra low, 1 leg squats and a superset of leg curls with leg ext. to finish off....one hell of a workout

funny thing is i was really tired before teh workout and was REALLY close to taking today off, but the workout turned out to be one of my best leg workouts in a really long tiem, i was soooo focused the entire time, i think part of the reason was the fact that i was sweatin my ass off lol it was hot today and the sweat jsut gets me goin i guess haha......not looking forward to teh net couple of days.....unfortunately not gonna eb getting alot of sleep again tonight so recoery may be an issue, i really think this is where i tend to fall short, i train hard as hell, eat like crazy but soemtimes i jsut dotn rest enough im always on the go, and dont sleep very well..........
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For sleep, if you're not getting a lot in terms of hours, something like ZMA (i know a lot of people dont believe it does much, but I notice a difference in my recovery when I use it) could be useful. Help you sleep deeper, and help you recover a bit better as a result. That, or you can look into Intimidate :D I'm close to a show and pretty depleted, and my recovery is still awesome ever since I started using it, and sleep like a baby every night, even if I only get like 5 hours cuz of school, I feel great the next day.
 
allnatural923 said:
For sleep, if you're not getting a lot in terms of hours, something like ZMA (i know a lot of people dont believe it does much, but I notice a difference in my recovery when I use it) could be useful. Help you sleep deeper, and help you recover a bit better as a result. That, or you can look into Intimidate :D I'm close to a show and pretty depleted, and my recovery is still awesome ever since I started using it, and sleep like a baby every night, even if I only get like 5 hours cuz of school, I feel great the next day.
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hmm i my lok into that ...im running some DAA right now so mayeb in thefuture any thign to help my sleep, i do take ZMA
 
mkretz said:
hmm i my lok into that ...im running some DAA right now so mayeb in thefuture any thign to help my sleep, i do take ZMA
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DAA = good product. Intimidate = 100x better than DAA (srs) and crazy deep sleep :D . Like I said, just something to consider down the road lol
 
if bulk DAA is able to do something for my test issue i will def. try intimidate but i dunno if its gonna help ya know.....gotta get my levels checked
 
mkretz said:
if bulk DAA is able to do something for my test issue i will def. try intimidate but i dunno if its gonna help ya know.....gotta get my levels checked
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I'd be interested to see your before and after bloods after 2 bottles of intimidate
 
chest workout today...little shaky, wasnt relaly focused for sum reason, really no idea why since i took two days off.... did al ittel cardio both days, my guess is that i didnt get enough cals in, esp. sunday since i did cardio and tehn was on my feet ALL day literally dont think isat down till righ before bed, and still was only taking in around 2600 cals.....that mixed with almost no carsb both days, althoug my pre workout meal had about 125 g carbs in it so i dunno......got decently focused towards the end, ..........still feel like i got a good chest workout though, maybe iddnt get teh intesnte pumps but my reps were lower using bands alot on bench and hammer strength presses so hat could be why, we will see what soreness tomorrow brings haha
 
maybe I missed it but why are you dieting or did you just have an off day of bad food prep and timing?
 
mkretz said:
me 2!!! and im getting regular bloods done cuz of my issue
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Best of luck man, hope everything works out the best for you. Keep us updated, health is most important.

I to though, would be very curious if you do have depressed levels, at how much intimidate can raise them..

Mike
 
JN230 said:
maybe I missed it but why are you dieting or did you just have an off day of bad food prep and timing?
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im not dieting.....jsut my off days i bring cals down alittel but the one day i did some cardio and then work was pretty intense so im thinkin i didnt ahve enough cals that day........
 
today was a very intense back workout, iw as etremely focused agian, felt great, took in 400g carbs yest so that may have something to do with it......very stressful day after the workout though which is never good, i was also ble to get a good nigths sleep last night, i really wish i could jsut not go to school, cut hours and work and jsut lift and sleep, i think things woudl work out alot better lol....with that said im off to bed, another long day tomorrow, sorry i dont have time to write the whoel workout down
 
o yea, know how i said i didnt think the chest wrokout was the greatest, very sore today, feels great haha, teh bands mustve kicked my ass lol
 
today was an arm day....started offwith banded towel bench 4 sets of 6 then a couple heavy singles jsut to see what i could do, def. not a max but felt good to move some heavier weights.

then i did Rev. banded close grip smith bench presses, normally i dotn feel CG presse smuch in my tris but toay was an exception, great pumps the whoel workout, even working in the 8-10 rep range on these, i was really feelin it in my tris

next was decline skull crushers , 4 sets 8-10 last set was a drop with presses as well

then i did a different superset for me, 3 sets of vbar pushdown ss with bench dips, this relaly pumped up teh tris

lastly for tris i did DB overhead ext. but woulnt go nearly as heavy as normal, tris were def. shot, form was perfect thogh, all the way down fora good stretch

for bis i started off with sumthign ery different..... i did 4 sets of 5 negatives which was pretty tough, i have never really done negatives before i dont think, def. felt somedamage goin on haha

net was one of my new favorite exercises, banded hammer stength plate loaded curl.......the contraction at the top of the movement becasue of the band is un beatable, nothin like it! its liek a mix of a pump and a ripping feeling all at once, gota lvoe it! 4 sets of 10 for that!

next was lying cable str8 bar curl, 3 sets 10-12 then 3 sets incline curl 10-12 with a double drop on teh last set!

pumps were really good today, vascularity seemed more intense as well..... overall very good workout, my tris were shaking or a few hours after, which is not normal lol so i think i did good :-)
 
glad to see you're pushing through everything that you have going on right now OP, workouts look great and good use of negatives. I feel like focusing on negatives more has really helped me make improvements in certain weak areas
 
thanks, yea the negatives were a nice change up, it just sux cuz i dont have a training partner so unless im doing unilateral stuff im limited in what i can do for negative for the most part
 
off day today, basically sat on my butt all day lol, had a new employee orientation for 8 hours, although i did a little studying/cardio on my lunch break but still,......pretty lazy day, went to a buffet for dinner too, hopefully ill have lots of energy for leg day tomorrow!!, im sure intense will help me too :-)
 
very intense leg workout today, once i get going its sum good stuff lol....did rev. banded suats to start again but i think i set up the bands a little different so they didnt pull up as much so i was not able to do as much, however i made sure to get extra low and really felt it in my hams and glutes and of ccourse quads......

then i did sum jumps quats 4 sets of 6 with 135 jsut for some power....

then was high rep squats set 12-15 , went up in weight here form last week, last set was brutal, legs were shakin, ended up at the bottom of the rack

then did 3 heavy sets of hack squat where i was wable to increase weigh again and then a lighter set witha drop which once again had my legs feeling like they were o fire

then moved on to hams, did glute bridges, very controlled for a cahgne with the same weihts as last week so i was def. streonger here, then moved onto RDLs.....

next was wide stance sumo DLS with 25s on each side then jsut added weigh from tehre so i had to squat real low and really squeeed my glutes at teh top of each rep, these were brutal, but im trying to target my glutes when possible.......

last was 3 sets of leg curls and 3 sets o leg ext last set was a double drop, then flexing and stretching after those drop sets ........ tomorrow will def. be an off day cu ill eb extremely sore, gonna do sum light cardio to get teh blood flowin though and hopefully ill find time to do some foam rolling as well
 
im am also debating on taking a "deload" week with lighter weihts higher reps and shorter workouts, dunno though, id ont liek tod o it lol, maybe ill take a break from teh bands cu thsoe are pretty tough on the CNS​

how do u guys do deload weeks if at all?
 
mkretz said:
im am also debating on taking a "deload" week with lighter weihts higher reps and shorter workouts, dunno though, id ont liek tod o it lol, maybe ill take a break from teh bands cu thsoe are pretty tough on the CNS​

how do u guys do deload weeks if at all?
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IMO, I wouldn't. Either train as hard as you can, or don't train at all, take the week off completely. I do it from time to time. That is just my opinion though :) Logs awesome so far, glad you are enjoying. Keep it up bro! Appreciate what you are doing for us.

Mike
 
thansk man, no prob.....after taking yest off i feel much better and have decided not to do teh deload week.....i love ur idea of train hard or not at all, thats relaly how i am, i cant wtake a "deload" week cuz i get in there and end up doin way tooo much lol.........i gotta say also as a little side note, comparing intense to V2.......if anyoen noticed, V2 was very strong in smell and the poweder "poofed" alot if you know what i mean, intenste does not do that......... also the peach mango taste is exactly what it soudns like lol, taste like peachy mangoes lol..... I did really liek teh raspberry lemonade V2, probably little more than this jsut because i liekt hat flavor better, however the taste of the intense is much smoother and if i had one of the other flavors no doubt would it be btter than V2.........not sayin the taste is bad AT ALL just want to get that out there, I do liek the taste alot, i jsut relal yiked the raspberry lemondade as a flavor.............side note ended ;-)
 
today was back and i was stronger on all lifts.....next week i will change up what lifts im doing for 2 weeks then come back to these and see how strenght is coming along..... Ive been doing alot more width exercises, for the next 2 weeks gonna go for more thickness exercises, liek heavy t bars and closegrip pulldowns.


also at teh end of the workout i was sooo focuse don on my seated calf raises for sum reason...... it was the only calf exercises i got to but i was able to get 4 sets with 2 drop sets but with amaign contractions and drop to stanidng bw raises with stretches at the end.......i feet were like twitching for at leaast a half an hour after, felt great....with calfs u really gonna squeee the top of the motion and im starting to learn to do athat better, and man does it kill lol but fels amazing! also, pumps wre very good today....tomorow will be an off day.....btw, runnig pretty lwo on my intense, sarting to get sad.....like this :-(
 
mkretz said:
thansk man, no prob.....after taking yest off i feel much better and have decided not to do teh deload week.....i love ur idea of train hard or not at all, thats relaly how i am, i cant wtake a "deload" week cuz i get in there and end up doin way tooo much lol.........i gotta say also as a little side note, comparing intense to V2.......if anyoen noticed, V2 was very strong in smell and the poweder "poofed" alot if you know what i mean, intenste does not do that......... also the peach mango taste is exactly what it soudns like lol, taste like peachy mangoes lol..... I did really liek teh raspberry lemonade V2, probably little more than this jsut because i liekt hat flavor better, however the taste of the intense is much smoother and if i had one of the other flavors no doubt would it be btter than V2.........not sayin the taste is bad AT ALL just want to get that out there, I do liek the taste alot, i jsut relal yiked the raspberry lemondade as a flavor.............side note ended ;-)
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100% AGREE with you for the powder. My little sister hates fruity smelling and tasting drinks and use to hate when i mixed it.. just because of the smell haha.

Mike
 
haha yea, i used to leve it in my back pack and u coudl smell it through teh backpack in a baggy lol................off day today, shoulders/traps/calves tomorrow!
 
mkretz said:
also tomorrow will bea high carb day...
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high carb days = total win. pumps from high carbs + hemavol and intense are just flat out nuts
 
i hear nothing but good things about hemavol...really gotta give it a ry once i get some cash
 
dont know why but th intense took a while to kick in toay but once it did i was golden! i was in teh gym wy too long today lol, did back/hams whhich is different for me, to compensate for the extra long workout i took in more cals today, around 3700, also lots of carbs so hopefully tomorrows chest/arm workout will be swole! haha.....also im lookin to breka up my legs this week to see ehow i liek it, iw as thinkin bout hittin quads/shoulders on wed after my chest arm workout tomorrow.....that sound ok? also what do you do to make sru ur quads are wokred without much hamstring involvement since i did those today? box squats? pre exhaust? also only a few servings left, then iwill post my final review
 
today i did quads/shoulders...not exactly sue how longi spent in tehe but it was a while.....workout was al ittle shaky towads the end, i jsut felt drained.....dunno if its low glycogen or what....also appetite was huge today, again, not sure why, didntsleep much yest, maybe thats teh reasons for all this.......
 
mkretz said:
today i did quads/shoulders...not exactly sue how longi spent in tehe but it was a while.....workout was al ittle shaky towads the end, i jsut felt drained.....dunno if its low glycogen or what....also appetite was huge today, again, not sure why, didntsleep much yest, maybe thats teh reasons for all this.......
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Inconsistent sleep screws everything up!
 
yea im gonna attribute it to that.....today is an off day, usually on off days i still do cardio but i feel like being lazy today and probably wont do anythign but go for a walk while i study......cals will sitll be a normal off days worth of 2600.... i have been doing 3600 on workout days....wieght has gona up about 203 pounds since the start of the log but very steady lately so that is another reason im trying to keep myself form really doign anythign today, also in the hope ill have lots of energy for tomrorow, although with the way my schedule is i dont see me getting a good nights sleep agian tonigth but we will see
 
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