superbeast668
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Idk your schedule but if you're still not well tomorrow I'll gladly pull wed or thurs and bench the other day...
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Idk your schedule but if you're still not well tomorrow I'll gladly pull wed or thurs and bench the other day...
Hyde
Legend
Day 11
Well, got some bad bad news - it's not routine diarrhea, the Emergency Care doc says I have Colitis. Lots of blood present & constant abdominal pain started as of yesterday; like Montego says, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Still off work & am supposed to be thru friday. My body isn't recovering from my workout saturday because it's not taking nutrition really. Down to 198.6 this morning, over 5lbs in 4 days.
Gonna try to go see my doc later this week for followup. Either this should clear up in a few more days or we'll have to run tests to see what's going on. So here's hoping it's not permanent!
superbeast668 I'm not sure if I'll really be able to lift either day now. This is honestly decimating my entire meet prep; everything is up in the air. But if you want I'd still be down to meet up. I wouldn't even mind showing you that gym & kicking it while you trained, like the less-important bodybuilder shouting at the featured guy in Muscular Development video lol. I know that's lame, but it wouldn't be that weird there - the owner hangs around w/ a case of beer just talking while people lift all the time.
It really is a good place to go heavy.
Well, got some bad bad news - it's not routine diarrhea, the Emergency Care doc says I have Colitis. Lots of blood present & constant abdominal pain started as of yesterday; like Montego says, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. Still off work & am supposed to be thru friday. My body isn't recovering from my workout saturday because it's not taking nutrition really. Down to 198.6 this morning, over 5lbs in 4 days.
Gonna try to go see my doc later this week for followup. Either this should clear up in a few more days or we'll have to run tests to see what's going on. So here's hoping it's not permanent!
superbeast668 I'm not sure if I'll really be able to lift either day now. This is honestly decimating my entire meet prep; everything is up in the air. But if you want I'd still be down to meet up. I wouldn't even mind showing you that gym & kicking it while you trained, like the less-important bodybuilder shouting at the featured guy in Muscular Development video lol. I know that's lame, but it wouldn't be that weird there - the owner hangs around w/ a case of beer just talking while people lift all the time.
It really is a good place to go heavy.
Hyde
Legend
Well apparently I do have it, but I guess there's different versions. Like Monty's is recurring, but hopefully this is a one & done thing.
superbeast668
Well-known member
Dude that's awful news. Hopefully the doc is right and it's done quick. On a bright note maybe you'll make a lighter weight class?
Hyde
Legend
I was already gonna deplete to 198...so now I'm pretty much there, without cutting water lol
tyga tyga
Legend
Just load like crazy after your weigh in and pray for the best
Hyde
Legend
That's what I'm thinking. If this shapes up in a few days I'll still have time to re-saturate creatine. Then cut a few lbs of water/glycogen, weigh, eat 2 dinners & bfast & do the best I can.
wasme
Legend
I hear ya... I have to hot sauce up well pretty much everything lol
superbeast668
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Dude you ate!!! I'm proud of you! Lmao
bcazo
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you guys still meeting up to lift???
superbeast668
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Idk if there will be a lift since his health isn't 100%. Might still get up to do something.
bcazo
Well-known member
That would be cool either way...
superbeast668
Well-known member
For sure.
Hyde
Legend
Probably just sword fight in a back alley somewhere....
Hyde
Legend
Day 12
Really good news: haven't deuced yet today, & had couple scoops of isolate w/ gatorade & tolerated it well. Abdominal cramping isn't as bad today. Even had a few pieces of the gf's popcorn w/ some sierra mist while watching a movie & was g2g.
Went to the grocery & picked up some white bread, bananas, chicken breast. Just at 2 pieces of toast & some plain chicken breast. It was so good to eat protein again!
I think I'm on the turn around, gents. Weight was down again this morning, to 196.8 (from 203-204 sat). Time to get hammering on some white rice & chicken!
Really good news: haven't deuced yet today, & had couple scoops of isolate w/ gatorade & tolerated it well. Abdominal cramping isn't as bad today. Even had a few pieces of the gf's popcorn w/ some sierra mist while watching a movie & was g2g.
Went to the grocery & picked up some white bread, bananas, chicken breast. Just at 2 pieces of toast & some plain chicken breast. It was so good to eat protein again!
I think I'm on the turn around, gents. Weight was down again this morning, to 196.8 (from 203-204 sat). Time to get hammering on some white rice & chicken!
superbeast668
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GET IT HOMIE. Eat that breast!
Hyde
Legend
Day 13
I'm back on the stack!!!
I kept tolerating every meal I ate yesterday, & decided to push the envelope - last night at 5/8 of a pepperoni pizza. No issues. Woke at 199.8 feeling great today, & body no longer sore. Not having any issues. Movements are still liquid, but I'm going 1-2x/day like a normal person again. Didn't take a preworkout today, just my MST stack & trained on gatorade/bcaas after a solid breakfast (couple eggs, 6 oz chicken, 2 pc toast, banana) earlier today.
Picked up superbeast668 near the airport in STL & we headed on over to this dirty, old-school, no-f#@ks-given gym in Overland called Eagle Gym. Threw the owner $10 for the both of us & he told us to have fun. Awesome time.
We did some max-effort benchpress & just felt it out as we went for everything thereafter. Spent 5-10 min warming up shoulders & then it was time to get crackin'. Haven't trained with a partner or without my ipod in a while, but the gym doors were open & the radio was going & nobody was in our way so it was about as good as it could possibly get!
My work
Benchpress 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 245x1, 275x1*assisted*, 265x1*paused off 2-board*, 245x3*assisted*, 225x3*pause/hold til commanded*
SB's work
95, 135, 185, 225x5 each I believe, 275x1, 315x1, 335x1, 365x1, 385xbomb think that's where he stopped
CGBP 135x3 sets
V-bar Tri Pressdowns 5 sets each I think
Logpress 3 sets each probably, logweight +50 for the middle set & just log for other 2
Bit of shoulder pump-work
All my work was done off my chest except the single 2-board press. I needed help on the 275 single & 245 triple (was only good for 245x2). Superbeast did a slow 4010 tempo on a lot of his bench work, especially the cgbp. He also was using the whole stack on pressdowns lol. This wasn't a super hardcore session; we were just lifting weights & shooting sh!t as we traded off between sets. More or less when one finished, the other started. Maybe 90 min or so if I had to guess. It was the kind of day that makes you realize why this can be such an enjoyable hobby - even if you didn't get anything out of it, you'd still do it because you're enjoying what you're doing, where you're at, & who you're doing it with.
Afterwards, we cruised over to Delmar & smashed some diner food at Fitz's bottling company - no joke, I ate a 1/4lb coney dog w/ a huge stack of onion rings. SB put this patty melt away like it was his job. Weather was great so we walked our dinner off for a bit before heading back home.
I'm back on the stack!!!
I kept tolerating every meal I ate yesterday, & decided to push the envelope - last night at 5/8 of a pepperoni pizza. No issues. Woke at 199.8 feeling great today, & body no longer sore. Not having any issues. Movements are still liquid, but I'm going 1-2x/day like a normal person again. Didn't take a preworkout today, just my MST stack & trained on gatorade/bcaas after a solid breakfast (couple eggs, 6 oz chicken, 2 pc toast, banana) earlier today.
Picked up superbeast668 near the airport in STL & we headed on over to this dirty, old-school, no-f#@ks-given gym in Overland called Eagle Gym. Threw the owner $10 for the both of us & he told us to have fun. Awesome time.
We did some max-effort benchpress & just felt it out as we went for everything thereafter. Spent 5-10 min warming up shoulders & then it was time to get crackin'. Haven't trained with a partner or without my ipod in a while, but the gym doors were open & the radio was going & nobody was in our way so it was about as good as it could possibly get!
My work
Benchpress 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 245x1, 275x1*assisted*, 265x1*paused off 2-board*, 245x3*assisted*, 225x3*pause/hold til commanded*
SB's work
95, 135, 185, 225x5 each I believe, 275x1, 315x1, 335x1, 365x1, 385xbomb think that's where he stopped
CGBP 135x3 sets
V-bar Tri Pressdowns 5 sets each I think
Logpress 3 sets each probably, logweight +50 for the middle set & just log for other 2
Bit of shoulder pump-work
All my work was done off my chest except the single 2-board press. I needed help on the 275 single & 245 triple (was only good for 245x2). Superbeast did a slow 4010 tempo on a lot of his bench work, especially the cgbp. He also was using the whole stack on pressdowns lol. This wasn't a super hardcore session; we were just lifting weights & shooting sh!t as we traded off between sets. More or less when one finished, the other started. Maybe 90 min or so if I had to guess. It was the kind of day that makes you realize why this can be such an enjoyable hobby - even if you didn't get anything out of it, you'd still do it because you're enjoying what you're doing, where you're at, & who you're doing it with.
Afterwards, we cruised over to Delmar & smashed some diner food at Fitz's bottling company - no joke, I ate a 1/4lb coney dog w/ a huge stack of onion rings. SB put this patty melt away like it was his job. Weather was great so we walked our dinner off for a bit before heading back home.
superbeast668
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I'll give it to hyde on 275.. If it was 274 he had it like no sh !t legit. He tracked off a little bit and hit that dead stop so I knew I had to put a little pressure on it. Wouldn't be shocked if he said he nailed 275+ in the meet.
His press command was 2-5 seconds on the paused benches. Pretty explosive for those kinda pauses.
Impressive lifts for fasted and sick though. Gotta give that credit. Didn't want to push my normal volume with his meet close and the illness.
Never seen a dude mow a hot dog like him especially covered in chili and fumunda cheese.. Not talking about dinner either. Ooh whammy. But no really he finished his dinner before me.. I still eat every cheat meal like it's my last...
His press command was 2-5 seconds on the paused benches. Pretty explosive for those kinda pauses.
Impressive lifts for fasted and sick though. Gotta give that credit. Didn't want to push my normal volume with his meet close and the illness.
Never seen a dude mow a hot dog like him especially covered in chili and fumunda cheese.. Not talking about dinner either. Ooh whammy. But no really he finished his dinner before me.. I still eat every cheat meal like it's my last...
superbeast668
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For sure man. I wouldn't mind coming back down and doing that again. Pretty cool little area we ate in last night. The gym was like legit old school prototype equipment stacked deep. Pretty cool though.
Hyde
Legend
Day 14
Always welcome man, no joke. Shame you didn't have a bit more time here; I'd have taken you around Paris & shown you the paris-sights.
Anyway, today was kinda tough. Left outter quad started hurting on 2nd to last set of squat. No flippin' idea. Pissed about it but whatever. Hope I shake it off fine. Things usually pan out eventually.
Tonight
Squat 135x10, 225x3, 275x2, 315x2, 345x2, 375x2
Deadlift w/ Light bands 135x10, 225x3, 315x2, 365x1, 385x1, 405x1 barweight (plus 80-85lbs tension at the top)
Went home. Everything was a bad idea with my quad acting up. Anyone who sucks on locking out, get a pair or mini or light bands. Screw rackpulls, this felt way more productive. If you don't move fast, it gets a LOT harder to lockout. Just like in real life - if you spend your sweet time grinding it up to your knees, how do you expect to have momentum to drive thru the top?
Always welcome man, no joke. Shame you didn't have a bit more time here; I'd have taken you around Paris & shown you the paris-sights.
Anyway, today was kinda tough. Left outter quad started hurting on 2nd to last set of squat. No flippin' idea. Pissed about it but whatever. Hope I shake it off fine. Things usually pan out eventually.
Tonight
Squat 135x10, 225x3, 275x2, 315x2, 345x2, 375x2
Deadlift w/ Light bands 135x10, 225x3, 315x2, 365x1, 385x1, 405x1 barweight (plus 80-85lbs tension at the top)
Went home. Everything was a bad idea with my quad acting up. Anyone who sucks on locking out, get a pair or mini or light bands. Screw rackpulls, this felt way more productive. If you don't move fast, it gets a LOT harder to lockout. Just like in real life - if you spend your sweet time grinding it up to your knees, how do you expect to have momentum to drive thru the top?
Hyde
Legend
Depends on goals. Bands are only really nifty if you're training explosive power in a movement, or you're looking for an advanced training stimulus for certain muscles. Like using them on bodybuilder squats so you can overload the quads w/ more weight. Legpress is actually very ideal for using bands. A lot of John Meadows training programs involve them for hypertrophy purposes too. You can put them on preacher curls, tri extensions, a lot actually - if you have the right length/resistance for your needs. Micro minis, minis, & light bands are usually all you want. Even an average band is pretty serious, & above that it's purely for plyed gear powerlifting.
Straight weight can go a long way though too.
Hyde
Legend
Day 15
Buddy came home from the army, for good finally. Met up with another buddy. We were gonna go do some strongman training at the gym I took SB to but it's outside and it rained so we stayed here at the healthclub & did upper back w/ a splash of tris. Walked over to the sandwich shop afterwards for the postworkout goodness. Also, been eating chicken breast & jasmine rice like it's my job today
Today
Widegrip Pulldowns 100x15, 140x12, 160x10, 180x8, 7
Closegrip D-Handle Low Cable Rows 120x15, 160x12, 180x10, 200x10 (last set performed as Catback Rows)
Widegrip Mid HS Rows 2pps x10, 3pps x10, 9, 10 ds 2pps x10+6 pause
Underhand Narrowgrip Pulldowns 140x14, 180x8, 160x10
Straightbar Tri Cable Pressdowns 50x15, 65x15, 75x12, 12, 11, 10, 10, 10
Rests very short today, we just kept rotating between the 3 of us. Good pump by the 2nd exercise, it was efficient and fairly brutal - had to bust out some Lamb of God for motivation by the time I hit the HS rows.
Buddy came home from the army, for good finally. Met up with another buddy. We were gonna go do some strongman training at the gym I took SB to but it's outside and it rained so we stayed here at the healthclub & did upper back w/ a splash of tris. Walked over to the sandwich shop afterwards for the postworkout goodness. Also, been eating chicken breast & jasmine rice like it's my job today
Today
Widegrip Pulldowns 100x15, 140x12, 160x10, 180x8, 7
Closegrip D-Handle Low Cable Rows 120x15, 160x12, 180x10, 200x10 (last set performed as Catback Rows)
Widegrip Mid HS Rows 2pps x10, 3pps x10, 9, 10 ds 2pps x10+6 pause
Underhand Narrowgrip Pulldowns 140x14, 180x8, 160x10
Straightbar Tri Cable Pressdowns 50x15, 65x15, 75x12, 12, 11, 10, 10, 10
Rests very short today, we just kept rotating between the 3 of us. Good pump by the 2nd exercise, it was efficient and fairly brutal - had to bust out some Lamb of God for motivation by the time I hit the HS rows.
Hyde
Legend
Might grab these 20lb dbells at home & hook a band under my feet/over palms to take advantage of this agmatine before we hit the pool....
superbeast668
Well-known member
Beef tenderloin and asparagus
enhanced
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Might grab these 20lb dbells at home & hook a band under my feet/over palms to take advantage of this agmatine before we hit the pool....
Lol, I'm going to the beach in a few weeks. You can bet I'll be packing mine!
Hyde
Legend
We ended up with the staples - burgers, brats & dogs. Lotta *young* mouths to feed at this gathering. Brats were off the chain. I had more sausage today than a truckstop lot-lizard. I'm 207 right now before I go to bed; calories on calories. Chinese coleslaw, veggies, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, fruit salad, lava cake, cookies, ice cream, sweet tea. But I swam a while, so I needed the fuel
This is probably it til after weigh-ins; it'll be all clean with moderate carbs next 2 days & depending on how much weight I'm dropping I might be able to keep carbs in weds or even thru thursday with any luck as I deplete down some.
Hyde
Legend
Ended up doing a mini pump-up for a 5-10min circuit before we left. Curls, tri extensions & kickbacks, arnolds & raises, the simple light dbell staples if you had only 5 min to make the biggest difference. Holy cow felt like I carried the pump all afternoon, couldn't believe it. I said it once, I'll say it again - this is some pretty quality agmatine. For some reason, the agmatine smells really bad. But it's good stuff!
pete8407
Well-known member
Damn, that's a lot of food! It all sounds amazing. I love get togethers and grilling out. What kind of agmatine do you have?We ended up with the staples - burgers, brats & dogs. Lotta *young* mouths to feed at this gathering. Brats were off the chain. I had more sausage today than a truckstop lot-lizard. I'm 207 right now before I go to bed; calories on calories. Chinese coleslaw, veggies, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, fruit salad, lava cake, cookies, ice cream, sweet tea. But I swam a while, so I needed the fuel
MySTeek
Active member
We ended up with the staples - burgers, brats & dogs. Lotta *young* mouths to feed at this gathering. Brats were off the chain. I had more sausage today than a truckstop lot-lizard. I'm 207 right now before I go to bed; calories on calories. Chinese coleslaw, veggies, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, fruit salad, lava cake, cookies, ice cream, sweet tea. But I swam a while, so I needed the fuel
This is probably it til after weigh-ins; it'll be all clean with moderate carbs next 2 days & depending on how much weight I'm dropping I might be able to keep carbs in weds or even thru thursday with any luck as I deplete down some.
Annnnnd I'm having a cheat day.
Hyde
Legend
It's MST's Agmatine Elite. They're delayed release caps, which is awesome - that way I can take it before I leave for the gym. By time I'm warming up, I'm already catching a pump.
Hyde
Legend
Tear it up! Already down to 203.6, after 4 meals thus far today.
Hyde
Legend
Agreed. And yessir. Need to go practice tonight. 3x8 for each lift at like 35% of 1RM lol
Hyde
Legend
Day 18
Off-day
Weight 199.7 this morn, so actually upped carbs/total intake slightly today so I don't drop anymore just yet. Took my agmatine (& first dose of Carnage) w/ bfast, & my forearms were BLOWING UP at work this morning with all the arm work I was doing (busting over-torqued, rusted, over-painted screws loose by hand). Sick veinage. Taking Nitroceps pre-bed on empty stomach to keep it loaded.
Tomorrow is bench practice up to 70%ish for a few singles. Whoopie. Might do some cardio too. 3 more days!
Off-day
Weight 199.7 this morn, so actually upped carbs/total intake slightly today so I don't drop anymore just yet. Took my agmatine (& first dose of Carnage) w/ bfast, & my forearms were BLOWING UP at work this morning with all the arm work I was doing (busting over-torqued, rusted, over-painted screws loose by hand). Sick veinage. Taking Nitroceps pre-bed on empty stomach to keep it loaded.
Tomorrow is bench practice up to 70%ish for a few singles. Whoopie. Might do some cardio too. 3 more days!
Hyde
Legend
Btw did said 3x8 on big 3 practice last night. This kid couldn't wrap his head around why I'd bother to use 95lbs for 3x8 on benchpress. Tried to explain that I'm just practicing my form, but it was lost on him. One of the reasons he's yet to break 200 on flatbench, amongst others, I'm sure *smhs*
Hyde
Legend
Day 19
199.0 this morning - 1.1lbs to go to make weight. It's a done deal lol, which means I still get to have carbs tomorrow
Bench 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x3, 225x2, 1, 1
Rowing Machine cardio 10 min
Some flyes
Tonight was just practicing a few singles around 70% on bench, & getting some blood flowing afterward. Quick & just broke an easy sweat (remember, this week is just barely active rest). Getting really excited for the meet saturday. Tomorrow is a repeat practice of Monday, & then I'm packing for Kansas City so we can head out in the morning friday!
PS I love this stuff so far - I can do all my warmups now without huffing & puffing since I giant-set my whole body with light cables thru a bunch of movements.
199.0 this morning - 1.1lbs to go to make weight. It's a done deal lol, which means I still get to have carbs tomorrow
Bench 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x3, 225x2, 1, 1
Rowing Machine cardio 10 min
Some flyes
Tonight was just practicing a few singles around 70% on bench, & getting some blood flowing afterward. Quick & just broke an easy sweat (remember, this week is just barely active rest). Getting really excited for the meet saturday. Tomorrow is a repeat practice of Monday, & then I'm packing for Kansas City so we can head out in the morning friday!
PS I love this stuff so far - I can do all my warmups now without huffing & puffing since I giant-set my whole body with light cables thru a bunch of movements.