Taman's accountqability/Comback log.

bdcc said:
T3, please allow me to say how nice it is that you are getting proper workouts in there.

I remember when I was in the depths of illness, I would have given everything to be able to train again. As soon as you start training I started to forget how bad I felt before and instead was wishing I was back in full recovery mode.

I try and stay humble and never forget the hard moments, it is these that make us stronger.

You are an inspiration to many but even more so to me because I know how hard you have had to battle for this.

Much love.
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So sweet.
 
taman6886 said:
It's a start bro, gonna start at maybe 95, focus on dropping my azz and exploding.



Thank you kind sir.



Yep, saw that on FB DW! Well done sir!
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Thanks remember I was 305 once so that's why I call attention to my success, have to let people know what can be done. Whatever we want...
 
Tonight was a glorious night indeed in the iron, we saw the return of a solid grove in Deads and some light but functional power cleans, nothing dramatic, but demonstrated that the coordination and stability is still there.

5/17/13 4:50-6:00 Rear chain/delts

Deads 135x6, 165x6, 195x6, 205x5 (Knew I was finding my groove again as each rep scraped my shins. Was still surprised to see the right one bleeding when I pulled my sweats of for the shower.)

D Bar Pull down 140x8/7+ partial/6

Romanian Deads 145x8/8

Power Cleans 95x5, 95x5 (Kept these in control, a little less explosion than I used to use, but I am happy with the result. The foundation is still there.

Standing OH BB Press (All reps to clavicle, no push from hips)
95x5, 115x5, 135x5, 155x4, 95x15

Seated DB Lateral raise 15x12/12 (No swing, all pull)

Front BB Shrug 225x10/8

Have to confess that my diet has been hit and miss this week, will offer no excuses. just need to make it happen.
 
DreamWeaver said:
Thanks remember I was 305 once so that's why I call attention to my success, have to let people know what can be done. Whatever we want...
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Holy.. I did not know this DreamWeaver. I came from 365 to 190.. but have some questions for you if you don't mind at some point. Fantastic pictures! congrats.
 
DreamWeaver said:
Thanks remember I was 305 once so that's why I call attention to my success, have to let people know what can be done. Whatever we want...
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Sorry bout the hijack taman but How long did it take you to drop the weight dw? 305 to on stage is pretty impressive.
 
Lukef2000 said:
Sorry bout the hijack taman but How long did it take you to drop the weight dw? 305 to on stage is pretty impressive.
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Wasn't all done at once I dropped 70 in 5 months on the Warrior diet, then stopped training for a bit and went back up to 280 almost 6 years ago. That is where my real comeback started, I got down to the high 190's for my first content and went back to 240 in the off season. I then started IF and got down to about 195 for my second contest better but still not there. This time I had Steve (snags) help me out and it could not have gone better don't know how lean I was but would say clese to around 4% and was by far the leanest there. Using IF the highest I got in the off season was 207 which was about 12 weeks out from contest. I never really had to go ultra low cals 2250 was my lowest.
 
5/21/13 Chest and Quads 5-6pm

Flat BB Bench (W/up w/ bar, 135) 185x5, 205x5, 225x5

Inc DB Press 65'sx12/12/10

Bench Squat 140x5, 160x5, 170x5 (small bit of progress there)

Leg Press 320x12/12 (Last two reps really mad my thighs burn, been a while since I have truly felt that, it was painfully good :) )
 
DreamWeaver said:
Wasn't all done at once I dropped 70 in 5 months on the Warrior diet, then stopped training for a bit and went back up to 280 almost 6 years ago. That is where my real comeback started, I got down to the high 190's for my first content and went back to 240 in the off season. I then started IF and got down to about 195 for my second contest better but still not there. This time I had Steve (snags) help me out and it could not have gone better don't know how lean I was but would say clese to around 4% and was by far the leanest there. Using IF the highest I got in the off season was 207 which was about 12 weeks out from contest. I never really had to go ultra low cals 2250 was my lowest.
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That's awesome DW. Im always interested on how other people utilize dieting strategies. Yeah I watched the vids you put up you were by far the most conditioned there.
 
5/23/13 4:55-5:55

Close Grip Bench 145x12, 160x12, 175x10, 185x8 (very happy with this)

EZ Crushers 90x10/10

Underhand Straight Bar Cable PD 100x16, 110x12

Drop Set of Alt DB Curls at 45>30>20 2x's through
1) 8 12 16
2) 4 4 12

Ez Curl @ 85 6/6 (They were fried)

Hammer Curl 25x12

Ab Crunch (Feet up on Bench) 30/25/20

Did a bit of cardio after tonight on stationary bike, need to start making this a habit again.
 
Friday Morning (5/24/13) rolled out early for some AM cardio, 20 minutes on the bike, Random hills, then work

Same day, in afternoon, hit rear chain and delts

Deads 145x6, 185x6, 205x6, 215x6

V Bar Cable PD 130x10. 140x10 150x6

RDL - 145x8/8

BO DB Row 90x10/6 (R/L), started with left hand first next set 8/8

Power Clean 105x 5/5 (Still working out form and balance, not so much explosion coming out of the bottom)

Standing BB OH Press 115x5, 135x5, 160x4(Hit the damn pull up bar inside the power rack again) 95x15

Upright Cable Row 90x12, 100x12
 
wasme said:
Looking good Taman...
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Thanks Was :)

Very happy with some good progress tonight

5/28/13, Quads and Chest

Inc BB Press 135x5, 165x5, 185x5, 205x3 (wanted 5, this is what I get for going lighter and higher reps two weeks ago on these)

Flat DB Press 75x12/10

Bench Squat 145x5, 160x5, 175x5, 185x5 (Did not hit the bench with every rep on the last 2 sets, but am pleased, will use the same scheme next week and go for better depth)

Hack Squat Sled (Extra deep) 140x8, 160x5
 
5/30/13 Delts and bis, 4:50-5:50

standing OH BB Press: 95x5, 135x5, 160x5, 135x8 burndown)

upright BB Row 65x12/12, 75x12

Face Pull 60x12, 70x12

Seated OH BB Press 55x10/6

wide grip straight bar curl 60x12, 70x12

hammer curl 30x12/12

seated alt db curl 35x6/6

straight bar cable curl 110x12

cable crunch 150x30, 180x20

did a bit of bike time after
 
I am finding that rear chain/hammy work is the most grueling yet the most rewarding of my lifting days.
6/1/13, 11:00-12:15

Deads 155x6, 195x6, 215x5, 225x5

Assisted Pull up -150x6, -180x8/6

RDL 155x8/8

Parallel Grip Cable Row 115x12, 145x12

Power Clean 115x5

Close Grip Bench 160x12, 190x10

2H OH DB Extension 65x8/8

St. Bar Cable Tri Extension 130x12
 
6/3/13 Chest/Quads

Bench 190x5, 210x5, 230x5

Inc DB Press 70's x12/12, 75x8 (very happy with how this went

Bench Squat 155x5, 175x5, 185x5, 135x8 (Deeper this week(

Leg Press 370x10/12 (forced 2 more reps out by pushing on my knees)
 
6/6/13 (have been a day behind on my workouts.)

Stnd OH BB PRess 105x5, 145x5, 165x3

Upright Row 75x10/10 (May have to stop these, my elbows hate them)

Face Pull 50x12, 60x10

DB Lateral Raise 20'sx10/9

Alt DB Curl 40'x10/9

Wd Grip Straight Bar Curl 70x10/8

Hammer Curl 30x10/10

Cable Crunch 150x25m 180x25

Today (6/7/13) was nation donut day. I chose not to participate, despite the presence of at least 3 dozen of them at work today.
 
taman6886 said:
6/6/13 (have been a day behind on my workouts.)

Stnd OH BB PRess 105x5, 145x5, 165x3

Upright Row 75x10/10 (May have to stop these, my elbows hate them)

Face Pull 50x12, 60x10

DB Lateral Raise 20'sx10/9

Alt DB Curl 40'x10/9

Wd Grip Straight Bar Curl 70x10/8

Hammer Curl 30x10/10

Cable Crunch 150x25m 180x25

Today (6/7/13) was nation donut day. I chose not to participate, despite the presence of at least 3 dozen of them at work today.
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You are consistantly killing it... keep it up brother!
 
wasme said:
You are consistantly killing it... keep it up brother!
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Appreciated Sir:

6/7/13 4:25-5:45

Deads 165x6, 185x6, 235x5

V Bar P/D 150x8/7+Partial

RDL `65x8/8

BO DB Row 85x8/8, 8/8

Pwr Clean 135x1, 135x2 (bit off a bit too much here)

Close Grip Bench 175x10, 195x9

EZ Crushers 85x10, 90x10

Behind Head Rope Ext 100x12/10
 
Oldest talked me into hitting it today, very happy with how it turned out

Incline BB Bench 135x5, 165x5, 185x5 205x5

Flat DB Press 85'sx10/10

Squatting was a bit of testing the waters today, a bit lower than the bench with elevated box

Back Squat 155x5, 185x5, 205x5 Front Squat 135x3, Back Squat 225x3(Just had to see what would happen)

Leg Ext 140x12, 160x10 Left leg only 70x5 with slow neg and forced rep assistance from right.

Hit the bike for 18 minutes, 120 cals.

Very happy with how this went today.
 
Over came entropy today by telling myself just go in do a delt workout and change it up, hit the bike. Was a nice change of pace.

Standing OH BB Press (went lighter with higher reps today) 100x12, 120x12, 140x10

90 Degree Seated OH DB Press 65x4, 55x8/8

Standing DB Lateral Raise 20'sx11/10

Face Pull 70x12, 80x12

21 minutes on the bike, random hills. Cardio 2 days in a row, wth man! :)
 
6/13/13, 5:10-6:10 Tri's/Bi's

Close Grip Bench 160x12, 180x10, 200x8 (elbows nice and tight)

EZ Crusher 95x8/8

Seated 2H OH DB Ext 65x10/10 (took these deep, till the dumbell disappeared behind my head)

2H Behind head rope Ext 110x12

Alt DB Curl 40x10, 45x6

Concentration Curl 35x6/6, 25x12/12

Wide Grip Straight Bar Curl 70x10

Hammer Curl 30x7, 25x8

Ball Crunch 2x30
 
We miss you T3. Where are you?!
 
Sorry for the delay gents. Shut it down for a week, took a couple of vacatation days over my birthday, will be back up on it tomorrow, another vacation day, get to lift with my oldest, always love that because I trust him to spot me and we push each other. Anyways, here are the deets from my last workout:

6/14/13. Rear chain

dl: 185x6, 205x6 , 245x5

assisted pull up -125x6, -140x8

rdl 175x8/7

v bar 160x10/10

pwr clean 120x2/5 (poor form cost me on the 1st set, was letting the bar get away from my body, corrected that on last set)
 
As promised, was back up and on it today. The week off did not seem to hurt me a bit and in fact may have been beneficial.
6/24/13 Chest/Quads 12:00-1:00

Flat BB Bench (W/u bar, 135) 185x5, 205x5, 235x4 (Would have went for 5 but it was questionable and had no spotter as my oldest was getting his cardio in.) My last Flat BB Bench was 3 weeks ago (I alternate flat and incline every week) and that was 230x5.

Inc DB 75x12 (Not going to make progress if I keep doing the same **** so.....) 80'sx8

Squat 155x4 (foot hit the bench base, kind of tripped me up so I racked it and pulled the bench out)
185x5, 225x5, 275x2 (a bit shallow but not too cheap) 165x8 Loved this, it is proof in my mind that with continued determination and effort, 405+ will be doable again some day!

Nautilus Leg Press 190x10/10
 
6/27/13 Delts/Biceps

Standing OH BB Press 135x5, 155x5, 165x4

Cable Upright Row (the BB one's mess with my thumb like a nerve pain)100x12/12

Front DB Raise: 25x8/8

Face Pull 80x15

Alt BD Curl 45x9/9, 7/7

Wd Grip BB Curl 70x11/9

Seated Ham Curl 25x10

LL Baseball tourney continued today (Friday) so I will hit the DL's and tri's tomorrow,
 
wasme said:
Have a good tournie
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Kid's team lost in 2nd round but at least he got a hit and a RBI. Did get it done today, fought off the urge to sleep in too late, details pending.

6/29/13 11:35-12:45. Rear chain/ tris. The name of the game today was get in a moderate warm up then hit it hard.

Dl 205x6, 255x5

D bar pull down 145x10/10

RDL 175x8, 185x6

BO DB row 90x7/7, 6/6

Close grp bench (rev. Pyramid)
225x4, 205x6, 185x8

EZ bar skull crusher 95x10/10

St. Bar cable tri ext 145x10

Very happy with the progress I have seen this week. Baseball season is over so we will be going to a 4 day split, not quite sure what thatvis going to look like, but we will figure it out.
 
Lukef2000 said:
Very true muscle memory is an amazing thing.
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The upper body strength has been coming back quite nicely, struggling with weight that less than 12 months ago was not even warm up weight is tough to get one's head around. Grateful for any progress made however. Bad news is my Y shut down this week, do it every year, wish I would have remembered that when I shut it down for a week.
 
taman6886 said:
The upper body strength has been coming back quite nicely, struggling with weight that less than 12 months ago was not even warm up weight is tough to get one's head around. Grateful for any progress made however. Bad news is my Y shut down this week, do it every year, wish I would have remembered that when I shut it down for a week.
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At least you can leave your ego at the door unlike most people I see, throwing weights around that are far too heavy with terrible form, you'll get there big guy it's just going to take time :)
 
So glad to see you haven't stopped. I have been MIA for a couple months. Lots of change has been going on with me. Like the updates..
 
Lukef2000 said:
At least you can leave your ego at the door unlike most people I see, throwing weights around that are far too heavy with terrible form, you'll get there big guy it's just going to take time :)
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Yah heavy weight is overrated you lift as heavy as good form will allow for what you are doing for reps sets etc... that is heavy enough.
 
Lukef2000 said:
At least you can leave your ego at the door unlike most people I see, throwing weights around that are far too heavy with terrible form, you'll get there big guy it's just going to take time :)
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Yeah, have seen a lot of progress already.

Onlychevy6 said:
So glad to see you haven't stopped. I have been MIA for a couple months. Lots of change has been going on with me. Like the updates..
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Saw that bro, got a new lady, she better be good to you :) Happy for you OC!
 
mkayoub said:
Nice job (y)
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Thank you Sir.

Got back up on it today

7/9/13 4:50-5:40 Chest and quads

Incline BB Press 145x5, 175x5, 195x5, 205x5 (all reps to clavicle, no cheep stuff)

Flat DB Presses 90x9/7

Back Squat 135x5, 185x5, 225x5

Front Squat (tried Oly grip, figured if I was going to start from the bottom, I may as well take advantage and get used to this, made my wrist hurt at first but was not as bad the 2nd time around) 135x5/5/5

Got in, hit it hard, got out.
 
7/11/13 Delts

Just went in and hit them hard Tomorrow will be tri/bi day with a rear chain/DL day on Saturday.

Standing OH BB Press (Full ROM) 135x5, 150x5, 160x5

90Degree Seated OH DB Press 45x12/12

Seated DB Lateral raise 20'sx8, 15'sx12

Rear Delt CableFace Pull 80x15, 110x10

Upright Cable Row 110x10/0
 
7/12/13 Tris/Bi's 4:25-5:20

Close Grip Bench 165x10, 190x8, 205x5

EZ Crushers 100x10/6

IH OH DB Est 25x12/12

2H OH Db Ext (Made it disappear behind my head) 55x12/10

Alt DB Curl (Drop Set) 45x6, 30x8, 25x8, 15x15 (BURN!)

Ez Bar Curl 75x10/8

Seated Hammer Curl 25'sx10, 8

Tomorrow we hit deads and rear change.
 
7/13/13 Rear chain 11:45-12:30

Deads 135 at a deficit x5, 205x5, 255x5

Naut. Assisted Pull Up -180x8/8

RDL - 175x8/8 (Still hate these)

BO DB Row 90x8/8

V bar cable row 160x10/10
 
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