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Congrats Ian. Dam, 485 for a triple.
 
capo180 said:
Congrats on graduating man! Going light gets boring man, can't blame you for tossing some weight on the bar.
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Thanks, capo! And yeah I was feeling it and I know I'm not back squatting again until next week so YOLO. I was really just curious where my top end strength is at.
 
Upped my calories to 3500/day this week (+300 from where I was cutting). And I wake up 199.0 this morning. Da fuq? Down 2 more pounds.

Anyways, going to bench my face off now.
 
Did you increase your base when you started the new job? Your daily activity level increased from what it use to be.
 
12/11

Hypertrophy Block #2

Week 1, Day 5

Pause Bench
240x7
240x7
240x7
240x7

3 Count Pause Bench
225x6 superset machine row x12
225x6 superset machine row x12

Weighted Dips
+90x8 superset machine row x12
+90x8 superset machine row x12
+50x15 superset machine row x12

Machine Flys
1x20

Lateral Raises
5x15
superset
Face Pulls
5x15

Tricep Pushdown
5x15
superset
Dumbbell Curl

Bench was easy. Rest was alright too.

Apparently I was looking swole today. Gym owner asked me if he could take picture of me to put on the gym's Facebook page. Lol.

Time to refuel.

Stay strong AM.
 
liftandswim said:
12/11

Hypertrophy Block #2

Week 1, Day 5

Pause Bench
240x7
240x7
240x7
240x7

3 Count Pause Bench
225x6 superset machine row x12
225x6 superset machine row x12

Weighted Dips
+90x8 superset machine row x12
+90x8 superset machine row x12
+50x15 superset machine row x12

Lateral Raises
5x15
superset
Face Pulls
5x15

Tricep Pushdown
5x15
superset
Dumbbell Curl

Bench was easy. Rest was alright too.

Apparently I was looking swole today. Gym owner asked me if he could take picture of me to put on the gym's Facebook page. Lol.

Time to refuel.

Stay strong AM.
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Its working
 
liftandswim said:
I was a fairly competitive division 1 athlete so you've got a point there. You have no idea how much wasted talent there is out there in the sports world. I'm talking potential freaks
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100%. The best pitcher on my college baseball team literally gave 0 ****s. Didnt workout at all. Like nothing. Ate mcdonalds at least once a day. Ended up quitting our JR year because he was lazy and didn't feel like practicing or playing. If he actually gave a **** he would've been d1 without a doubt. low to mid 90s with good sink on his fast ball, a good slider, and a change up with + movement and good change of speed. Àśśhole. I probably would've won more games if he woulda stayed. Lol.
 
jswain34 said:
100%. The best pitcher on my college baseball team literally gave 0 ****s. Didnt workout at all. Like nothing. Ate mcdonalds at least once a day. Ended up quitting our JR year because he was lazy and didn't feel like practicing or playing. If he actually gave a **** he would've been d1 without a doubt. low to mid 90s with good sink on his fast ball, a good slider, and a change up with + movement and good change of speed. Àśśhole. I probably would've won more games if he woulda stayed. Lol.
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Yep, I've met a few could be Olympians (swimming) that just didn't give a fuk and were lazy as hell
 
liftandswim said:
Wish that was the case, but it isn't a lot of the time. Certain people are just on a different level.
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Yeah it's pretty crazy. It's insane to see in person. Went to school with people that went on to play D1 football / basketball. These guys were just different. So much natural ability.
 
liftandswim said:
He actually kind of looks like you. No joke. Look him up on YouTube
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Lol maybe. And damn yeah i just watched a few vids...strong af. Explosive. He's pretty damn lanky in his early days.
 
12/13

Hypertrophy Block #2

Week 2, Day 1

High Bar Pause Squat
work up, work up
425x1 PR (RPE 8.5-9)
335x6
335x6
335x6

Snatch Grip RDL
275x10
275x10

Pause OHP
145x6 superset Cable Row x12
145x6 superset Cable Row x12
145x6 superset Cable Row x12
145x6 superset Cable Row x12
145x6 superset Cable Row x12

Lat Pulldown
3x15
superset
Weighted Back Extensions
3x15

Tricep Pushdown
3x15
superset
Incline Curl
3x15

Hungover, but I pushed through. Commencement ceremony in a few hours. I just want to nap.

Stay strong AM.
 
Lol at writing a quote you didn't say
 
Glad you don't have to wait on the "machines". We know how much you like those over free weights... Squat machine, deadlift machine, bench machine, and OHP machine - lol!
 
Well check that out. I'm surprised you aren't in a banana hammock.
 
That quote is great. I actually lold. You should've given em a double rear biceps pose swim!
 
turff49 said:
Glad you don't have to wait on the "machines". We know how much you like those over free weights... Squat machine, deadlift machine, bench machine, and OHP machine - lol!
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Machines > Free Weights! Lol.

That's what most people do at my gym though. Large old population
 
liftandswim said:
Haha! I was actually thinking about flexing, but I didn't want to see douchey
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Good call. Much more approachable this way for when you start developing a fan base.
 
12/14

Hypertrophy Block #2

Week 2, Day 2

Incline Pause Bench
205x10
205x10
205x10

Weighted Dips
+100x8 superset Dumbbell Curl x10
+135x5 (PR) superset Dumbbell Curl x10
+100x8 superset Dumbbell Curl x10

Cable Flys
2x15

Lateral Raises
5x15
superset
Prone Rear Fly
5x15

Incline Skulllcrusher
5x12
superset
Incline Curl
5x12

Tri-Set: 3 Rounds
Face Pulls x15
Shrugs x15
Lateral Raise Partials x15

Tricep Pushdown
3x20

Incline bench went well. Solid pauses on each rep.

3 plate dips went alright too. Was heavy though. 5 was all I could muster. Fresh I think +135x8 is a possibility. Girlfriend got a video, I'll post it when it uploads.

Rest was some fluff and buff. Trying to add some more mass.

Stay strong AM.
 
Strong dips. You've got me wanting to push them today too. Maybe ill shoot for a 5rm too. Fck it.
 
jswain34 said:
Strong dips. You've got me wanting to push them today too. Maybe ill shoot for a 5rm too. Fck it.
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Do it. Lol I went in thinking I could do 8, but I hopped up with it and thought "wow this feels heavy".

Hoping I see some carryover as I slowly transition to more specific work down the road. If anything, they'll slap some mass on me. That always helps.
 
liftandswim said:
Do it. Lol I went in thinking I could do 8, but I hopped up with it and thought "wow this feels heavy".

Hoping I see some carryover as I slowly transition to more specific work down the road. If anything, they'll slap some mass on me. That always helps.
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Dips get heavy real quick. I haven't really pushed dips since running that rts program, but I've never seen anyone super strong on dips (using a full ROM...not the quarter reps i see most of the time) be a bad bencher.
 
jswain34 said:
Dips get heavy real quick. I haven't really pushed dips since running that rts program, but I've never seen anyone super strong on dips (using a full ROM...not the quarter reps i see most of the time) be a bad bencher.
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Yeah, I've never really pushed dips ever. Same with CG and incline. Think it's a good mix for me at the moment
 
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