breezy's training, supplementation, and food log

Awesome news man! That will be huge for you. Can't wait to see you up on stage BB style.
 
kbayne said:
Awesome news man! That will be huge for you. Can't wait to see you up on stage BB style.
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Yeah, there's a lot of success and experience between them. Looking forward to it.




Montego1 said:
Heavy weight cutoff is 225
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Thanks Monte. I thought it was right around there.




Here's a new variation from today's session. Using the dual ropes worked out well. I had the ends in my palms and gripped with my fingertips. These felt great, had my rear delts pumped, and will remain in the rotation.


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[video=youtube_share;eH18Ha4-zDc]http://youtu.be/eH18Ha4-zDc[/video]
 
Here's a brutal combination from yesterday's back session. I've been using a different approach with Meadows Rows lately and love it.


One Arm BB Row/Meadows Row supersets
[video=youtube_share;PhqpyWSZrA0]http://youtu.be/PhqpyWSZrA0[/video]



Easy way to band up and add some intensity to kneeling leg curls:
[video=youtube_share;9u2tQ9Xn7iA]http://youtu.be/9u2tQ9Xn7iA[/video]
 
This is the 1st pic taken since the day after my competition. I don't plan on adding much more fat this off season and will probably focus on tightening up a bit (recomping) before making another calorie push.


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I like that superset. Do you find one of the variations tougher than the other?
 
bolt10 said:
I like that superset. Do you find one of the variations tougher than the other?
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Yeah, it's awesome and had me ready to collapse by the 4th round (plus 3 warm-up sets). I actually started a new program and that's how the session kicked off. I don't notice a big difference, but the one arm bb row might be a little tougher to move the same weight with strict form. I was still able to complete all the Meadows rows following the one arms without getting sloppy.
 
breezy11 said:
the one arm bb row might be a little tougher to move the same weight with strict form. .
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I have seen Meadows do this superset.. never thought of that aspect that you mentioned. What program are you currently running?

Edit: You are looking thick in that pic Breezy.. without a doubt growing!
 
wasme said:
I have seen Meadows do this superset.. never thought of that aspect that you mentioned. What program are you currently running?

Edit: You are looking thick in that pic Breezy.. without a doubt growing!
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Yeah, slight changes in your approach can change the difficulty quite a bit. I try to keep my chest down and somewhat over the weight, while focusing on driving my elbow up. Leaning way back makes it significantly easier to load weight on the bar and just fire away. Your lats probably won't take the same beating that way though...biceps might.

I'm doing program 7 (Creeping Death). It starts intense, doesn't slow down, and is set up a little different than most programs. There's decent emphasis on chest as well, which is one thing I want to work on this off season. I just talked to John this morning about my move to bb and certain areas I want to bring up this off season and he gave me some ideas and sent a bunch of optional work. I'm overwhelmed with options (especially legs), but couldn't be happier about it.

Thanks man.


gokix811 said:
You lift weights, don't you?

Looking leaner and meaner! :)
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No, just calisthenics...:)
 
breezy11 said:
Yeah, slight changes in your approach can change the difficulty quite a bit. I try to keep my chest down and somewhat over the weight, while focusing on driving my elbow up. Leaning way back makes it significantly easier to load weight on the bar and just fire away. Your lats probably won't take the same beating that way though...biceps might.

I'm doing program 7 (Creeping Death). It starts intense, doesn't slow down, and is set up a little different than most programs. There's decent emphasis on chest as well, which is one thing I want to work on this off season. I just talked to John this morning about my move to bb and certain areas I want to bring up this off season and he gave me some ideas and sent a bunch of optional work. I'm overwhelmed with options (especially legs), but couldn't be happier about it.
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This is my setup for them as well.

As for the bolded, that is just cool as hell lol
 
wasme said:
This is my setup for them as well.

As for the bolded, that is just cool as hell lol
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Yeah, I can't thank him enough. Now I can customize the program (with additional training days and/or extra work) to really put extra focus on everything that I wanted to address this off season. I'm pretty excited about it.
 
What body parts specifically are you focusing on to bring up?
 
kbayne said:
What body parts specifically are you focusing on to bring up?
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Chest and I was looking to add secondary leg days and/or extra work on other training days. I have a lot of options for each muscle now (except arms) and can really set it up to fit in extra work or days for anything. I still need to sit down and figure out exactly how I'll set things up for now. It'll change based on my schedule, progress, and how I feel as well.


I threw in 4 sets of back to end tonight's chest/shoulder pump session. This is a pretty cool way to do HS High rows. You alternate arms and hold the contracted position on one side while working the other.

[video=youtube_share;3NJh8yH1IP0]http://youtu.be/3NJh8yH1IP0[/video]




This was a DB front raise variation from tonight as well. You sit towards the front of the seat and lean back, which "pre-stretches" the delts and keeps tension on them at the bottom of the movement.

[video=youtube_share;ruD3sIiDy9s]http://youtu.be/ruD3sIiDy9s[/video]
 
Love this log.

From this:

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To this:
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In just over a year.

I'm looking at getting on meadows programs after this year. Should be good.
 
Interested to see how you're gonna incorporate the extra bb work. What's your current split now or if you could direct to the page its on I'll head there and read up
 
Jiigzz said:
Love this log.

From this:

To this:

In just over a year.

I'm looking at getting on meadows programs after this year. Should be good.
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wasme said:
....Damn..that says it all.
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kbayne said:
Nutty before and afters.
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Thanks guys. That's a difference of about 1 year 5 months, 8-10lbs, and a solid pump.


Swolbraham said:
Interested to see how you're gonna incorporate the extra bb work. What's your current split now or if you could direct to the page its on I'll head there and read up
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I'm still figuring out exactly how I'll set things up, but the base of my program has the following training days: legs, chest/shoulders twice (once with a few sets of additional muscles and one "pump" session), back, and arms (5 training days). I'll definitely be adding additional leg days based on recovery and schedule, but they aren't as intense as my primary leg day. That said, I won't be able to post much of my training for now (no full sessions, just some random exercises), out of respect for Meadows.


Swolbraham said:
Those before and after make me wanna get on the meadows band wagon too

Good work breezy. truly motivating
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Thanks bud. I've been strictly doing Mountain Dog for 2 years or so and it has been a huge help in rounding out my physique. I actually never really focused on "bodybuilding" until I tried it and had trained more like a powerlifter.


kbayne said:
Update on supplementation?
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Not a whole lot has changed. I finished Compound 20 a few weeks ago and am sticking with mainly staples for now. Peptopro, HBCD, SuperCissus, bulk EAAs, Modern BCAA+, Amino Lift, Power Shock, AP/Meadow's GDA (no overlapping ingredients), OxyELITE Protein, WPI, Gut Health. I haven't been using any pre-workouts for a few weeks (the only stims are when I use Amino Lift intra or occasionally right when I wake up). I went through a tub of High Volume and Conqu3r, which were both great. Amino Lift and/or Power Shock in my intra mix have been solid as well. Great pumps and vascularity with Power Shock (was drinking it in the last pic). I have a bottle of EP1C, but haven't decided when I'll start that. I might start a PowerFULL run tonight as well.
 
Awesome combo from today's leg session:


Smith Lunge/Smith Squat supersets
[video=youtube_share;CfVtXjtN0sw]http://youtu.be/CfVtXjtN0sw[/video]
 
Wow, didn't even realize the transformation, just that you always looked huge.

Love your log even if I rarely comment; hate to see that the updates will be less detailed, but I understand.

Where does one find Program 7?
 
Considering his plans cost a lot of money, it makes sense that updates can't be as detailed haha
 
RegisterJr said:
Wow, didn't even realize the transformation, just that you always looked huge.

Love your log even if I rarely comment; hate to see that the updates will be less detailed, but I understand.

Where does one find Program 7?
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Thanks man. It's great to hear you're getting something out of it, and I appreciate the feedback.


Program 7 is one of the programs for John's training clients, so it's only available through him. I'll continue this program for the next 10 weeks and probably get a new one when I start contest prep.
 
Creeping Death program sounds intense. I would love to try it myself.
 
Its good to see though that his programs do work, and that he knows what he is doing.

I definitely cannot afford $500, but once I finish my degree it should be more feasible.
 
kbayne said:
Creeping Death program sounds intense. I would love to try it myself.
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So far so good. I loved Devourer, but this definitely has the potential to be my favorite.


Jiigzz said:
Its good to see though that his programs do work, and that he knows what he is doing.

I definitely cannot afford $500, but once I finish my degree it should be more feasible.
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Yeah, they're effective and there are plenty of people who will back that up. However, I could also see them being somewhat of a waste for someone without enough training experience. If someone hasn't built a decent strength and muscle base, learned to properly execute basic and compound movements, or effectively target specific muscles, they'd probably be better off keeping it simple. A good amount of the variations and intensity techniques would be unnecessary and only complicate things. Most people don't like this advice though lol.


I'd definitely consider it when you can.


Distilled Water said:
Imagine what your gains if you only used 10gr BCAA intra.

:rofl:
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Lol. I usually don't like doing anything unless Layne Norton tells me it's ok :D. Paralysis by analysis.
 
Training has been going well the last few days. Other than that there's not much to report on for now.



Here's a warm-up set from yesterday's session. This was the 4th "big" chest exercise in a row, but strength/endurance held up pretty well. I worked up to 5x5 at 295, which was decent after the previous exercises and without a ton of band assistance due to how I set them up.

[video=youtube_share;YkMCpOrYKYM]http://youtu.be/YkMCpOrYKYM[/video]
 
This morning's secondary leg session had my legs ready to pop. It was mainly giant sets with an additional exercise at the end.


Here's my 1st working set. I started with 3 warm-up rounds, before 6 working rounds:

[video=youtube_share;wGTHCk6SiU8]http://youtu.be/wGTHCk6SiU8[/video]



I bumped the front squat weight up to 275 for the last 4 rounds, which made everything that followed pretty tough.

[video=youtube_share;0vEpvr9VZsI]http://youtu.be/0vEpvr9VZsI[/video]
 
Is there much of a difference between that leg press and the only where the pad is flat on the ground but the sled placement is identical?

I notice a lot of people use that setup as opposed to the one I use, but I feel I get a deeper ROM with the one I use...
 
gokix811 said:
The leg press side view looks like your butt tilts up entirely off the seat. Does that not hurt your lower back?
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There wasn't any strain on my lower back at all and the stretch actually felt pretty good. I took them a little deeper than I usually do on that machine, but I was using about half the weight I would if doing the exercise alone (not part of a giant set). As with most exercises, if you experience discomfort or strain where you shouldn't be, lowering the weight and really focusing on working the targeted muscle can usually alleviate any issues.


RegisterJr said:
Is there much of a difference between that leg press and the only where the pad is flat on the ground but the sled placement is identical?

I notice a lot of people use that setup as opposed to the one I use, but I feel I get a deeper ROM with the one I use...
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There could be a slight difference, but foot placement will be a bigger factor in determining exactly what part of your legs are being targeted most. One difference I've noticed is that the leg presses at my gym that have you flat on your back are easier to load up with weight. I'll only use them if I'm going very high rep (30+), as I run out of room for plates and can still push out a good amount of reps.




wasme said:
That giant set looks brutal... and that is a FINE LOOKING TSHIRT! Go B's
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It was a good one. Thanks wasme, GO B's!
 
This doesn't look too exciting, but was painful, especially immediately following a destroyer set.


[video=youtube_share;gjSlQAx8X40]http://youtu.be/gjSlQAx8X40[/video]
 
breezy11 said:
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What is it suppose to do?
 
Do it.

Works best once they are already fatigued to some degree; I usually do:

Rear Delt Flyes or Cable or band pull aparts
Rear delt Swings
Spider Crawls
 
Jiigzz said:
Do it. Works best once they are already fatigued to some degree; I usually do: Rear Delt Flyes or Cable or band pull aparts Rear delt Swings Spider Crawls
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I'll do that tonight. Thank you!
 
Spider crawls are in my routine for the first time tomorrow. :D
 
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NP, Breezy got me on to Meadows stuff. I cant afford his programs, but both Breezys and Meadows videos help with different exercise variations.
 
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