Jimothy's Back (and worse than ever)



About an hour and a half, all in. Probably could’ve cut fifteen minutes off, but spent a little time BSing.
 

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The wasabi there was legit AF! One of the strongest I have had. I do a touch of wasabi here and there, but I prefer ginger with my sushi, and wasabi overpowers the ginger. I only do a few bites with wasabi and the rest with ginger. He could have had some of mine. LOL
 


Legs from this morning. Was fasted and was fading fast at the end, but didn’t have time to get any food in before because of a funeral I had to attend today.
 

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MrKleen73 said:
The wasabi there was legit AF! One of the strongest I have had. I do a touch of wasabi here and there, but I prefer ginger with my sushi, and wasabi overpowers the ginger. I only do a few bites with wasabi and the rest with ginger. He could have had some of mine. LOL
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You’re doing it wrong - you need to mix the wasabi into your soy sauce, and throw the ginger in the trash!
 


Back home in my regular gym. Had to do some swaps because I woke up late and gym was busy, but decent session all told.

Bodyweight at one-hundred and eighty-one flat after the week in Houston and looking pretty lean, so don’t think the weirdness with travel set me very far back at all.
 

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Looks like a fun session.
 
Looks like a fun session.
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Definitely no complaints from me on the new upper days. Have a couple on the leg days, but that’s just because I don’t like being in the gym that long lol.

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Legs today. Took a little over an hour and a half, but could’ve been done a little quicker if I didn’t have to wait for the hack squat to open up.

Jump on the hip thrust was maybe a bit ambitious, but it’ll be fine to work with that weight now until I can get the 1RIR set of 8.

Might have to bump weight on leg extension and hacks for Saturday, but not by a lot, as the sets were plenty hard. Just think they might’ve been closer to 2RIR than a true 1RIR set.
 
Jimbabwe said:
Definitely no complaints from me on the new upper days. Have a couple on the leg days, but that’s just because I don’t like being in the gym that long lol.

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Legs today. Took a little over an hour and a half, but could’ve been done a little quicker if I didn’t have to wait for the hack squat to open up.

Jump on the hip thrust was maybe a bit ambitious, but it’ll be fine to work with that weight now until I can get the 1RIR set of 8.

Might have to bump weight on leg extension and hacks for Saturday, but not by a lot, as the sets were plenty hard. Just think they might’ve been closer to 2RIR than a true 1RIR set.
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Pro tip: move the calf work to before the hacks so you don’t have to try to catch the machine free twice - or reload the weights.
 
Hyde said:
Pro tip: move the calf work to before the hacks so you don’t have to try to catch the machine free twice - or reload the weights.
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Solid catch...
 
Pro tip: move the calf work to before the hacks so you don’t have to try to catch the machine free twice - or reload the weights.
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Not really my call lol. Exercise order came from the Coach and I try to keep to the way they want it done.

Calf press is a bit of a freebie for me to use whatever machine I want; I decided the hack would be best just because I’ve basically maxed out the Arsenal Donkey Calf Raise.
 
Jimbabwe said:
Not really my call lol. Exercise order came from the Coach and I try to keep to the way they want it done.

Calf press is a bit of a freebie for me to use whatever machine I want; I decided the hack would be best just because I’ve basically maxed out the Arsenal Donkey Calf Raise.
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In the scheme of things that could possibly matter at all over the long run, where you put calves in the lineup when squats are already the final pre-exhausted lift is somewhere between inconsequential & nil.

Full disclosure: after seeing Mr. Olympia Brandon Curry’s dogshit calves in person several years ago, I’m convinced people basically just get to polish whatever God gave you. If you don’t get fat or ruck lots of weight, there’s not very big changes happening even with local injection protocols.
 
In the scheme of things that could possibly matter at all over the long run, where you put calves in the lineup when squats are already the final pre-exhausted lift is somewhere between inconsequential & nil.

Full disclosure: after seeing Mr. Olympia Brandon Curry’s dogshit calves in person several years ago, I’m convinced people basically just get to polish whatever God gave you. If you don’t get fat or ruck lots of weight, there’s not very big changes happening even with local injection protocols.
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Also true. Technically SLDL was supposed to be the last lift of the day (which is maybe worse than hacks), but I didn’t have time to wait around to do everything in the right order since I was running late for work. Just figure if I’m paying somebody to tell me what to do, I might as well try to comply with their plan as much as possible lol.

Personally, I like the calves being done first since I hate doing them, so I’d rather just get them out of the way at the beginning (and very little fatigue to accumulate even from the hardest set of calf raises).

There is pretty good evidence you can get them to grow, but seems like most of the stimulus happens in the deep loaded stretch, and nobody does their calf raises that way (except me, I guess). I hold for around a 5-count between each rep and then try to hold the stretch as long as I can muster after the last rep.
 
Jimbabwe said:
Also true. Technically SLDL was supposed to be the last lift of the day (which is maybe worse than hacks), but I didn’t have time to wait around to do everything in the right order since I was running late for work. Just figure if I’m paying somebody to tell me what to do, I might as well try to comply with their plan as much as possible lol.

Personally, I like the calves being done first since I hate doing them, so I’d rather just get them out of the way at the beginning (and very little fatigue to accumulate even from the hardest set of calf raises).

There is pretty good evidence you can get them to grow, but seems like most of the stimulus happens in the deep loaded stretch, and nobody does their calf raises that way (except me, I guess). I hold for around a 5-count between each rep and then try to hold the stretch as long as I can muster after the last rep.
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My calves only grew when I started doing a 30 sec deep stretch after the set, or when I do Dante-style 10 sec stretches each rep otherwise.
 
My calves only grew when I started doing a 30 sec deep stretch after the set, or when I do Dante-style 10 sec stretches each rep otherwise.
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Yeah, Paul was big on holding the loaded stretch in all of his training groups, and I feel like I actually saw some solid calf growth.

So I keep those principles when I do them.

Also, considering another BodPod evaluation in the next couple of weeks to see how things have been going versus when I went last year.
 
Half hour of incline walking this morning. Fasted with caffeine and yohimbe.

Scheduled a DEXA for April 8. At the same place I did my last one, so should be a pretty good indicator of how things have changed in the last six months.
 
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Half hour of incline walking this morning. Fasted with caffeine and yohimbe.

Scheduled a DEXA for April 8. At the same place I did my last one, so should be a pretty good indicator of how things have changed in the last six months.
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What do they hit you for a DEXA? New place just opened where I get labs pulled and the scan is $250. Not sure if that’s a competitive price
 
I’m in NYC, so that’s definitely at least competitive here. Two seventy-five for just the lean mass/body fat scan; four seventy-five for bone density included.
 
I was wondering how that felt reading it; sounds sweet. Good-looking push day here!
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I don’t much care for the path on it when trying to use the horizontal handles, but the neutral grip has a great path for staying in the (almost exaggerated) elbow tucked position that coach wants for upper pec focus.
 
PolishHamm3r77 said:
What do they hit you for a DEXA? New place just opened where I get labs pulled and the scan is $250. Not sure if that’s a competitive price
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Jimbabwe said:
I’m in NYC, so that’s definitely at least competitive here. Two seventy-five for just the lean mass/body fat scan; four seventy-five for bone density included.
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damn my dudes. when I owned my gym it was $99. We'd schedule a big DEXA day and people would get appts all day long then usually have it back in 6-8 weeks for a challenge of some sort. (usually aligned with losing fat rather than gaining it)
 
damn my dudes. when I owned my gym it was $99. We'd schedule a big DEXA day and people would get appts all day long then usually have it back in 6-8 weeks for a challenge of some sort. (usually aligned with losing fat rather than gaining it)
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Inflation is a bitch.
 
Jimbabwe said:
Inflation is a bitch.
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No kidding; gas just went up 20% due to the war, so food is going to go up accordingly. Then everything else will follow again. So anybody not getting a big raise this year in America is likely taking a pay cut. Which, in this job market, is better than nothing.
 
No kidding; gas just went up 20% due to the war, so food is going to go up accordingly. Then everything else will follow again. So anybody not getting a big raise this year in America is likely taking a pay cut. Which, in this job market, is better than nothing.
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Could always be worse. At least none of us live in Iran.
 
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Had an unplanned refeed day yesterday. Went to a MLS game and ended up eating a couple of hot dogs and a small cheese pizza (lol).

Made sure I hit my protein with food outside of that, but rough math would have me probably around 3k cals.

Woke up at just under one-eighty, so still lost about a pound.
 
Jimbabwe said:
I don’t much care for the path on it when trying to use the horizontal handles, but the neutral grip has a great path for staying in the (almost exaggerated) elbow tucked position that coach wants for upper pec focus.
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Agreed, you have to use the neutral grip or the path sucks, but you can really squeeze the pecs with the neutral grip to. You can also make it more triceps dominant easily by raising the seat a little higher and letting the arms fold more like a JM press.
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Had an unplanned refeed day yesterday. Went to a MLS game and ended up eating a couple of hot dogs and a small cheese pizza (lol).

Made sure I hit my protein with food outside of that, but rough math would have me probably around 3k cals.

Woke up at just under one-eighty, so still lost about a pound.
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Haha, the hotdogs got you again eh? Quality hotdogs are like kryptonite on a diet. So good but no good for your nutritional goals at the same time.
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I can almost feel the sweats
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Right...
 
MrKleen73 said:
Haha, the hotdogs got you again eh? Quality hotdogs are like kryptonite on a diet. So good but no good for your nutritional goals at the same time.
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man what a miserable reality lol. I can't think of anything that sounds better than dogs or some really great brats cooked upon the grill, served on a stadium bun with some grilled onions lol. But those burgers have such a preferred profile when making them at home 😂

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Dragging ass today. Haven’t slept much the back half of this week. Decent workout, but not much in the way of progressive overload achieved here.
 

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well at least it's almost the weekend so you can focus on unpaid over time and cramming some extra gym sessions in but it will be better cause its weekend 😂
 
well at least it's almost the weekend so you can focus on unpaid over time and cramming some extra gym sessions in but it will be better cause its weekend
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Definitely gonna have to work this weekend, which is unfortunate. Hopefully nothing too crazy, but still have some stuff on my plate that I just don’t think I’m going to have the energy to do today.
 
Jimbabwe said:
Definitely gonna have to work this weekend, which is unfortunate. Hopefully nothing too crazy, but still have some stuff on my plate that I just don’t think I’m going to have the energy to do today.
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you know ironically I actually prefer to go in on the weekend with all the lights turned off and nobody to annoy me, I get like 3 days worth of work done in 3hrs lol
 
Lower today:

Prime Leg Extension: 305 x 8, 280 x 7
Prime Lying Leg Curl: 120 x 8, 100 x 8 (don't think I quite got full contraction on last rep, so will repeat on Sat)
Adduction: 120 x 8, 110 x 8
Hack Calf Raise: 500 x 8, 450 x 6 (might've gotten too close to failure on the first set lol)
Arsenal Hip Thrust: 540 x 7, 500 x 8
Hack Squat: 360 x 6, 320 x 6 (probably closer to 0RIR on set 1, will repeat)
SLDL: 315 x 4 (back didn't feel right with these today. Going to go back to smith so I can be more consistent in bar path and see how that treats me. Don't want to risk reinjury and throw off all my progress).


Worked late last night. Only 3-4 hours of sleep going into this, so was a bit surprised it was such a successful session for PO. Dragging ass in the office now. Hoping to log off early.
 
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