kingjameskjf
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lol, I certainly hope so! It's always the last to go for me.
My Contest Prep/Workout Log
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lol, I certainly hope so! It's always the last to go for me.
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kingjameskjf
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Quick update. My lifting routines are focused more on higher reps and lower weight, more of hypertrophy style. I need that as now it's taking me longer to recover as I continue dieting. I've started doing weekly posing routines with a new posing coach a few weeks ago. I like him so far. He's showing me a couple new things and helping me hit my poses a bit better. My last posing coach was great too but either changed his phone number or won't return my phone calls....jerk. 
I'm getting some good definition in my legs but still have plenty of work left to do and just over 5 weeks left in which to do it.
I'm getting some good definition in my legs but still have plenty of work left to do and just over 5 weeks left in which to do it.
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
Quick update. My lifting routines are focused more on higher reps and lower weight, more of hypertrophy style. I need that as now it's taking me longer to recover as I continue dieting. I've started doing weekly posing routines with a new posing coach a few weeks ago. I like him so far. He's showing me a couple new things and helping me hit my poses a bit better. My last posing coach was great too but either changed his phone number or won't return my phone calls....jerk.
As long as what you're doing works for you, do it
...Sucks about your last posing coach, but your new one sounds like he is better for you...Five weeks. You can do this!!!~Rosie~
kingjameskjf
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As long as what you're doing works for you, do it
~Rosie~
I'm certainly giving it my all! I'm basically taking all the good positive things I like about my previous posing coaches and this one, and using it to create the best poses I can. It'll all pay off next month on stage!
kingjameskjf
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Saturday I did an hour of LISS cardio with the wife. We then went to the golf driving range for a couple hours. That was my first time going to a driving range. I liked it and my wife got so excited so went out and bought me a set of used golf clubs, lol! I guess she misses playing. I told her that it was more of a gift for her then me.
Morning:
Today was a busy day. I started off with LISS cardio walking around our neighborhood with my wife. We walked for 47 minutes, 3.03 miles, at an average speed of 3.8 MPH, for 558 caloric expenditure.
Afternoon:
Today was mainly chest day but not exclusively.
Chest---Higher reps 8-10 with less rest, 30-120 seconds between sets
-Bench Press
7 sets
-Incline Smith Press
5 sets-regular
3 sets as drop sets
Cable Crossovers
4 sets with a high rep burnout set
My friend and I then practices our posing routines.
Afterwards I then did some olympic lifts with the snatches, focusing on form.
At this time I ate a meal, rested for 20 minutes. I then did my sand conditioning.
Sand conditioning, 3 rounds of the following (typical 70 seconds of the exercise with 20 seconds rest in between)
-BW Single Leg Squat
-Bar with resistance bands snatches
-Overhead carry with forward Lunges
-Battle ropes, alternating arms while in squat position
-Kettle Bell Romanian Deadlifts
-TRX Suspension Hamstring Curls
-BW Reverse Lunges
I wore my polar heart rate monitor through all of this for the afternoon session. It said I maintained an average heart rate of 111 BPM and burned 1,048 calories. I'm pretty drained now but I'm glad I got all that in.
I also started tanning in preparation for my show next month.
Morning:
Today was a busy day. I started off with LISS cardio walking around our neighborhood with my wife. We walked for 47 minutes, 3.03 miles, at an average speed of 3.8 MPH, for 558 caloric expenditure.
Afternoon:
Today was mainly chest day but not exclusively.
Chest---Higher reps 8-10 with less rest, 30-120 seconds between sets
-Bench Press
7 sets
-Incline Smith Press
5 sets-regular
3 sets as drop sets
Cable Crossovers
4 sets with a high rep burnout set
My friend and I then practices our posing routines.
Afterwards I then did some olympic lifts with the snatches, focusing on form.
At this time I ate a meal, rested for 20 minutes. I then did my sand conditioning.
Sand conditioning, 3 rounds of the following (typical 70 seconds of the exercise with 20 seconds rest in between)
-BW Single Leg Squat
-Bar with resistance bands snatches
-Overhead carry with forward Lunges
-Battle ropes, alternating arms while in squat position
-Kettle Bell Romanian Deadlifts
-TRX Suspension Hamstring Curls
-BW Reverse Lunges
I wore my polar heart rate monitor through all of this for the afternoon session. It said I maintained an average heart rate of 111 BPM and burned 1,048 calories. I'm pretty drained now but I'm glad I got all that in.
I also started tanning in preparation for my show next month.
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
kingjameskjf
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Today, I thought, was very productive. I tried something new today for my cardio session. I used Lyle McDonald's Stubborn Body Fat 2.0 protocol (SBF-2). This is how it looks: In the morning I took 17.5 mg of SNS Yohimbine and 200 mg of caffeine, per protocol. I also added in 25 mg of synephrine cause I love that stuff. About 30 minutes later I did fasted cardio exactly as he has laid out. It went like this on my home elliptical:
-5 minutes of warm-up
-5 minutes of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with 15 sec all out and then 45 sec slow
-5 minutes rest
-40 minutes Low Intensity Steady State (LISS)
-Immediately followed by 5 more minutes of HIIT, this time with 30/30 interval splits
-5 minute cool down
For a total of 60 minutes.
Later this evening I did another 15 minutes of LISS and then proceeded with my chest/back superset workout.
-T-Bar Rows
supersetted with:
-Incline DB Bench Press
-Lat Pull-Downs
ss w/:
-HS Wide Grip Chest Press
-Close Grip Seated Cable Rows
ss w/:
-HS Incline Press
ss w/:
-Straight Arm Pushdowns
All exercises were done with 3-4 sets at ~10 reps.
I finished with practicing my posing routine.
I feel pretty good and can already feel the soreness in my chest.
-5 minutes of warm-up
-5 minutes of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with 15 sec all out and then 45 sec slow
-5 minutes rest
-40 minutes Low Intensity Steady State (LISS)
-Immediately followed by 5 more minutes of HIIT, this time with 30/30 interval splits
-5 minute cool down
For a total of 60 minutes.
Later this evening I did another 15 minutes of LISS and then proceeded with my chest/back superset workout.
-T-Bar Rows
supersetted with:
-Incline DB Bench Press
-Lat Pull-Downs
ss w/:
-HS Wide Grip Chest Press
-Close Grip Seated Cable Rows
ss w/:
-HS Incline Press
ss w/:
-Straight Arm Pushdowns
All exercises were done with 3-4 sets at ~10 reps.
I finished with practicing my posing routine.
I feel pretty good and can already feel the soreness in my chest.
kingjameskjf
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kingjameskjf
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Alright, last night I did my basketball as planned. Only played about an hour cause WAY too many people came. I had a good carb up day too.
Today was a bit brutal. I started the morning with 60 minutes of LISS cardio on the elliptical. Later in the day I went to the gym and did Olympic Lifts, working on the snatch. While I was doing it, a girl came up to me and started talking to me about technique. I listened, and actually learned quite a bit from her! I guess her husband is on the olympic team.
After that I did another 30 minutes of cardio. I then sat in the steam room for about half an hour which gave me a lovely headache. I went and tanned afterwards and upped the time and ended up pretty red.
A couple hours later I returned to the gym to train my wife when she got off work.
So now it's about 10 pm, but I'm not done yet. I make myself a wonderful and filling salad consisting of lettuce, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, broccoli, 97% lean ham, and vinegar. I ate that in the car as I made my way over to my buddy's gym in a neighboring city (what a good friend!
). We then practiced our posing routines for over an hour. Got some good practice in today.
I felt like I accomplished a lot today but man am I exhausted! Getting ready to go to bed now.
I'm leaning up nicely but I just hope it'll be enough to really bring in that shredded look at the comp.
Today was a bit brutal. I started the morning with 60 minutes of LISS cardio on the elliptical. Later in the day I went to the gym and did Olympic Lifts, working on the snatch. While I was doing it, a girl came up to me and started talking to me about technique. I listened, and actually learned quite a bit from her! I guess her husband is on the olympic team.
After that I did another 30 minutes of cardio. I then sat in the steam room for about half an hour which gave me a lovely headache. I went and tanned afterwards and upped the time and ended up pretty red.
A couple hours later I returned to the gym to train my wife when she got off work.
So now it's about 10 pm, but I'm not done yet. I make myself a wonderful and filling salad consisting of lettuce, spinach, alfalfa sprouts, broccoli, 97% lean ham, and vinegar. I ate that in the car as I made my way over to my buddy's gym in a neighboring city (what a good friend!
). We then practiced our posing routines for over an hour. Got some good practice in today.I felt like I accomplished a lot today but man am I exhausted! Getting ready to go to bed now.
I'm leaning up nicely but I just hope it'll be enough to really bring in that shredded look at the comp.
kingjameskjf
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I only have 16 days until my competition and I'm really working hard on brining in the best conditioning I can, which is why I've kicked up the cardio. LISS done at ~60% of VO2 max mainly uses fat oxidation for the source of energy expenditure, which is why I do a lot of it. Plus it doesn't wear me out near as much. I just dropped my calories to my final low of 2,000 per day with 50% of my macronutrients being from protein sources to help stave off as much catabolism as possible in such a deficit. I'm also taking BCAA's throughout the day as well, which I feel really shines in cutting.
My LISS workouts vary. I like doing them on the elliptical and treadmill. I have a Polar heart rate monitor that I wear and use to help me know where I'm at as well as my own feelings of perceived exertion. On a treadmill, I'll often have it at 3-3.5 MPH at a 1% incline. I do it semi-fasted, so only taking in about 5g of BCAA's right before I start. The BCAA intake I follow is based off of the research that Layne Norton did. Doing it like this, blunts any possible increase from insulin through the rise in exercise induced catecholamines, which then keeps me in a fasted state. This allows me to predominately burn fat for energy while helping to negate potential muscle wasting.
I feel pretty drained today. Due in part to all my exercise yesterday but also because of my diet. Yesterday was my low carb day and I'm also following the Lean Gains diet, so I don't even eat for another hour. Regardless, I know I need to push forward to get the results I want. I don't think I could have done another elliptical session this morning without hating every minute of it and wishing it was over, so instead I did LISS with my wife by taking a walk around our neighborhood. I ended up walking for 52 minutes and 57 seconds. I went 2.32 miles at an average pace of 2.6 MPH and burned off 320 calories. Can't wait to eat, even though it's just a big salad and chicken.
My LISS workouts vary. I like doing them on the elliptical and treadmill. I have a Polar heart rate monitor that I wear and use to help me know where I'm at as well as my own feelings of perceived exertion. On a treadmill, I'll often have it at 3-3.5 MPH at a 1% incline. I do it semi-fasted, so only taking in about 5g of BCAA's right before I start. The BCAA intake I follow is based off of the research that Layne Norton did. Doing it like this, blunts any possible increase from insulin through the rise in exercise induced catecholamines, which then keeps me in a fasted state. This allows me to predominately burn fat for energy while helping to negate potential muscle wasting.
I feel pretty drained today. Due in part to all my exercise yesterday but also because of my diet. Yesterday was my low carb day and I'm also following the Lean Gains diet, so I don't even eat for another hour. Regardless, I know I need to push forward to get the results I want. I don't think I could have done another elliptical session this morning without hating every minute of it and wishing it was over, so instead I did LISS with my wife by taking a walk around our neighborhood. I ended up walking for 52 minutes and 57 seconds. I went 2.32 miles at an average pace of 2.6 MPH and burned off 320 calories. Can't wait to eat, even though it's just a big salad and chicken.
kingjameskjf
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Yesterday was a much needed day of recovery. Diet still stayed perfect while enjoying the rest.
Today after work I had a good workout. I supersetted chest and back again. Here's how the magic unfolded.
-Incline Barbell Bench Press
supersetted with:
-Single Arm DB rows
-HS Chest Press
supersetted with:
-Lat Pull-downs
-Close Grip Seated Cable Rows
supersetted with:
-HS Incline Press
supersetted with:
-Straight Arm Pushdowns
-Super Decline Sit-ups with 45 pound Plate (raised one side of adjustable bench all the way and the put that end on top of a box)
did these 21's style
-Leg Raises
-Knee Raises
-Russian Twists with weights
-Back Extensions
Then after this, we practiced our posing. I'm getting better but still need some work. I'm going to try and work on my posing just about every day this week. That's my goal.
Only 11 days left (at least in a few minutes) until the big day!
Today after work I had a good workout. I supersetted chest and back again. Here's how the magic unfolded.
-Incline Barbell Bench Press
supersetted with:
-Single Arm DB rows
-HS Chest Press
supersetted with:
-Lat Pull-downs
-Close Grip Seated Cable Rows
supersetted with:
-HS Incline Press
supersetted with:
-Straight Arm Pushdowns
-Super Decline Sit-ups with 45 pound Plate (raised one side of adjustable bench all the way and the put that end on top of a box)
did these 21's style
-Leg Raises
-Knee Raises
-Russian Twists with weights
-Back Extensions
Then after this, we practiced our posing. I'm getting better but still need some work. I'm going to try and work on my posing just about every day this week. That's my goal.
Only 11 days left (at least in a few minutes) until the big day!
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
You put me to shame. I need to make sure my diet stays on track and NOT making "excuses" or "justifications" to why I eat like I do (sigh). Always a "work in progress" and this is one area that can NO longer be thus!
Going strong! :thumbsup:
~Rosie~
kingjameskjf
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I think diet is the hardest part. These last few weeks I've really been able to draw in my focus though and keep my motivation high so that has helped tremendously with the dieting.
Today I did an hour of LISS cardio and practiced posing.
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
Definitely - I don't care to "diet", which is why I don't and was not that great at sticking to Lyle's one earlier, but I can kill myself in training all day every day. Kudos to all those that do "diet", but why starve yourself when you can continue eating and enjoying life AND get and stay lean...Only this time, to get into the level of leanness that I now want, I AM going to have to manipulate things a little more...
Yeppers. However, just because I CAN doesn't mean that it's HEALTHY, which is more what I was making reference to. Plus, my body is changing, and while I can still "get away" with eating whatever I want whenever I want at or not too much above Maintenance, the last 2-3 weeks being back at ~10,000 calories a day like in my cycling days, not so much.
~Rosie~
kingjameskjf
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That's the reason I like Lean Gains, it gives nice flexibility to the diet, as you already know. It works pretty good for me, however for me to get down to contest levels of leanness, I have to take more drastic/anal retentive measures. I hate it but that's what works for me. What Lyle diet version did you try, the UD 2.0? I found that diet to be extremely regimented and complicated. Never tried it but read his book.
kingjameskjf
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Today has been a rough one for me. Just felt lethargic and overall crappy. I know it's just from the diet and low calories and refuse to give in. Only 10 days left!
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
The 16-hour fast/8-hour feeding window is all I use re Lean Gains and it works the best for my body. Yes, that version, but as I do with everything, I made my own modification of it - you can see what I did (or tried to do) and what happened in my current log: The Female Terminator Chronicles: The Ultimate Muscle and Physique Stack (2012)
~Rosie~
kingjameskjf
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Makes sense. I tailor diet schemes to meet my preferences too. Didn't know you had another log up, going to have to check it out.
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
EVERYone should INDIVIDUALIZE EVERYthing when it comes to ANYthing re nutrition and/or training! That's how you get the BEST results!
Yeah, started it when I started back training after injury om January.
~Rosie~
kingjameskjf
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Completely agree.
I'm feeling better today. Still a bit lethargic from the caloric deficit but not as bad as the last few days. Finally got a good night's sleep which helped alot.
kingjameskjf
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Today didn't quite go as planned. I had a scheduled time for posing with my posing coach, except he never showed up. Not happy about that. So, I decided to get some cardio in and am so tired of the treadmill and ellipticals so I went to another gym that had a basketball court. I ended up playing for about an hour and a half. I then spent some time in both the steam room and sauna. The temp in the sauna said it was 200 degrees. While I was there I ran into a guy that was in the academy with me 7 years ago. It was cool to catch up and stuff.
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Today I was able to meet up with my posing coach and had a very productive session. I then hit the weights afterwards. I did a few supersets for chest and back and then just pooped out. I was too exhausted to do any more.
Rosie Chee
The Female Terminator
At least you got to practice your posing. Glad you had a productive session
~Rosie~
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Down to the wire, buddy! Glad to see your posing coach showed up, this time.
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You can do it
kingjameskjf
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At least you got to practice your posing. Glad you had a productive session
~Rosie~
It ended up being pretty good just getting the guided practice that I needed.
No kidding, me too! Apparently he had some work stuff that kept him late and I ended up missing him by a couple minutes. I waited over half an hour though and that was long enough. We have another session for this afternoon and we're going to work on my individual routine as well.
I will
kingjameskjf
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Today was pretty good. I helped out at our church with our easter breakfast activity. I ended up helping cook pancakes, bacon, hashbrowns, sausage, eggs, and juice. I was prepared though. I ate a chicken breast and spinach before I got there and so it was too bad. I stuck with my diet. No room for cheating for me.
I did an hour of cardio today and some legs. Didn't do a whole lot as I didn't have the energy or strength for it. I did get to meet up with my posing coach and did another full session. That was helpful.
I did an hour of cardio today and some legs. Didn't do a whole lot as I didn't have the energy or strength for it. I did get to meet up with my posing coach and did another full session. That was helpful.
kingjameskjf
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Been really busy lately with school and prepping for this comp. I've been practicing my posing with my posing coach quite a bit these last two weeks. I think I got a really good routine down. I think I'm looking pretty dang lean and think I'm going to have a good showing this Saturday!
Bit of a week recap:
Mon: LISS cardio in the morning, posing session in the afternoon for an hour, then later did a full body depletion workout. That was very draining and rough to get through.
Tues: Cardio in the form of full court basketball. I didn't think I would be able to play much with how depleted (both energy and carbs) that I am but did ok. I did another hour posing practice session.
Wed (Today): I had to work after school and that was draining enough. I also did another hour of posing with my coach. My neck has been sore and kinked this whole week so after not getting any better I went to my chiropractor today. That helped but it's still sore. I then...went to the store and bought all the delicious snacks, sweets, and cereals that I've been wanting for the last few months. I'm way too close to my competition to even consider cheating but now I have all the delectable and succulent foods at my post competition free-for-all. Oh yeah!
Bit of a week recap:
Mon: LISS cardio in the morning, posing session in the afternoon for an hour, then later did a full body depletion workout. That was very draining and rough to get through.
Tues: Cardio in the form of full court basketball. I didn't think I would be able to play much with how depleted (both energy and carbs) that I am but did ok. I did another hour posing practice session.
Wed (Today): I had to work after school and that was draining enough. I also did another hour of posing with my coach. My neck has been sore and kinked this whole week so after not getting any better I went to my chiropractor today. That helped but it's still sore. I then...went to the store and bought all the delicious snacks, sweets, and cereals that I've been wanting for the last few months. I'm way too close to my competition to even consider cheating but now I have all the delectable and succulent foods at my post competition free-for-all. Oh yeah!
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Cheat! Do it!!!
kingjameskjf
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The competition was good. I thought I did excellent, however the judges didn't agree. I brought in the best conditioning in my class. I sacrificed some size to get there but felt that it would improve my chances since these same judges last year told me that conditioning was more important then size and with my taller height, I needed the better conditioning to take the class. Well I did it and guess what? I lost to the guys who were bigger.......and fatter. Regardless, I sent out on a specific goal and I achieved it and thought that I performed well. I can only be happy with that. I also trained a friend of mine for his first show last month and he took 2nd place.
After the show I went to the Cheesecake Factory and pigged out. Or at least I tried. I didn't get far past the appetizer, lol! I went to wash up in the bathroom and found Mr. Olympia Phil Heath there! We talked a little bit and he advised me to eat slow. He was a pretty cool guy and attended the show as just a observer.
As for my lack of presence on the boards lately, I've been swamped with school, finals, with preparing for my GRE, and then putting together and sending out applications for graduate school, which I finally finished yesterday. Last semester was hectic with 19 credits but I'm happy that I got 3 A's and 3 A-'s with my 6 classes.
Here's some pictures from my show, I have to apologize for the crappy quality as our camera died right after we got to the show, even though I charged it the night before.
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I'm in the middle here.
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I'm the guy second from the right.
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In this one I'm the one on the far left, check and compare the leg shot in comparison to the other fatties
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Second from the left again, still blue posing suit and longer hair then the rest.
After the show I went to the Cheesecake Factory and pigged out. Or at least I tried. I didn't get far past the appetizer, lol! I went to wash up in the bathroom and found Mr. Olympia Phil Heath there! We talked a little bit and he advised me to eat slow. He was a pretty cool guy and attended the show as just a observer.
As for my lack of presence on the boards lately, I've been swamped with school, finals, with preparing for my GRE, and then putting together and sending out applications for graduate school, which I finally finished yesterday. Last semester was hectic with 19 credits but I'm happy that I got 3 A's and 3 A-'s with my 6 classes.
Here's some pictures from my show, I have to apologize for the crappy quality as our camera died right after we got to the show, even though I charged it the night before.
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In this one I'm the one on the far left, check and compare the leg shot in comparison to the other fatties
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Second from the left again, still blue posing suit and longer hair then the rest.
kingjameskjf
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Two days after the show and after I scrubbed as much of the nasty tan off as I could, I decided to take some after shots to at least show a little more clarity since the show pics we got sucked. I'm not as tight but still pretty good I think.
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You can see how loose my shorts have become in this pic, they used to fit pretty snuggly
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You can see how loose my shorts have become in this pic, they used to fit pretty snuggly
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FL3X MAGNUM
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Good job you! <3
kingjameskjf
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Thanks sweetie!
After the show I made myself some delicious fried chicken:
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Yesterday I hit back and chest like this:
Back, standard rest in between sets, at least 4 sets each excluding warm-up
-Rack Pulls
-Pendlay Rows
-Pull-ups and Lat Pull-downs
Keeping it direct, effective, and simple, now on to chest
Chest, did same volume of sets but did them all rest-pause style
-Incline Chest Press
-Bench Press
-Cable Flyes
-Bench press burnout at end
Back, standard rest in between sets, at least 4 sets each excluding warm-up
-Rack Pulls
-Pendlay Rows
-Pull-ups and Lat Pull-downs
Keeping it direct, effective, and simple, now on to chest
Chest, did same volume of sets but did them all rest-pause style
-Incline Chest Press
-Bench Press
-Cable Flyes
-Bench press burnout at end
kingjameskjf
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thanks aaron, it was past time for me to get back on
kingjameskjf
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Updates. Saturday I did legs at home. I focused on front and back squats and then SLDL. Monday I was going to workout but ended up playing football with my kids.
Yesterday I did chest and back. I kind of did a 5x5 with rest-pause incorporated set style.
-Incline Bench Press
-Flat Bench Press
-Cable flyes
-Pull-ups and chin-us
-Pendlay Rows
-Conventional deadlifts
Then later that night I went and played full court basketball for a couple hours.
Yesterday I did chest and back. I kind of did a 5x5 with rest-pause incorporated set style.
-Incline Bench Press
-Flat Bench Press
-Cable flyes
-Pull-ups and chin-us
-Pendlay Rows
-Conventional deadlifts
Then later that night I went and played full court basketball for a couple hours.
kingjameskjf
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Just an update on what our city is dealing with right now. We have a wildfire that has been going on since Saturday. It is now over 15,300 acres and only 5% contained. It has now entered our city and has began burning homes and businesses. Over 32,000 people have been evacuated with other voluntary and pre-evacuation orders in place. The fire is right next to my children's school but at least my house seems to be far enough south to be ok. The smoke from the fire is filling the city and the streets though and I can see some ash coming down. We have nearly 1,000 firefighters on scene now with multiple aircraft and even 3 C-130 tankers to help fight it. We're not sure how it started but our neighboring county has already had 20+ arson attempts. Here's some news on it for those interested: Invalid Link Removed
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This is what alot of the streets look like from just the smoke.
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This is what alot of the streets look like from just the smoke.
kingjameskjf
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Brief update. Fire is about 75% contained. Approximately 18,000 acres burned, at least two deaths, one tanker crashed, and about 350 homes destroyed.
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That is haunting! Glad you're OK big guy.
kingjameskjf
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It's odd cause the neighborhoods that burned down was right where I used to live before I moved to my current place. Guess I made the right call on that one! The fire's moved far enough north of us now that it doesn't seem as bad here but it'll still be a while before they get it completely under control. They have over 1,500 firefighters on scene now.
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kingjameskjf said:
I hope you brought your LMG with you when you evacuated!!!
Half joking.
Do you known anyone who lost their home?
LiveToLift
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Awesome pics bro, I was in Colorado when they had the last big fires. I think it was in 02. I have pics from pikes peak where you can see flames and smoke just like the ones you have. It was strangely beautiful from up there but scared the sh1t out of you. I'll try to dig the pics up and post em.