BOMCHICKAWAHWAH with EE3 & IXL!

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[size=+1]Day 52, Monday, September 3, 2007​


Pre-Workout Supplementation
ONE. FIVE servings of Athletic Edge Nutrition Steel Edge (30 minutes before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (30 minutes before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (Post-Workout actually)
ONE serving of PrimalN20 Sample (1 hour before)


Workout
Leg CHALLANGEEEE and Chest!

Squats
95x15, 135x12, 185x31!!! *PR? lol*
Did this for the USPLABS challenge thing...
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Flat Barbell Bench Press
95x12, 135x10, 155x8, 175x4
My brachialis (sp?) was trembling oddly. It scared me but it went away with inclines.

Incline Barbell Bench Press
95x12, 115x10, 135x8, 155x6
Was still feeling tired from squats... The best of the chest workout happened at dips!

Parallel Bar Dips
BWx15, +10x12, +20x10, +25x10
Wow... Felt strong on these. Definitely the pick-me-up I needed for my chest workout!

Decline HammerStrength Press
90x12, 110x10, 130x10, 140x10
GREAT CONTRACTION. /decline hammerstrength press

Cable CrossOvers
24'sx15, 36'sx12, 48'sx10, 48'sx8
Wow, strong contraction. Did the last set shirtless lol. I was flexing in the mirror too. Noticed some good separation in my chest from upper to mid... Reminded me of Franco Columbo. He had awesome separation in his chest!

Post-Workout Supplementation
1.5 scoops of Dymatize Smooth Banana Whey
1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition ChocoMint

Previous Workout Soreness Evaluation
Legs were still sore from Thursday... I think that's why my squats sucked.

Thoughts
Massive contractions and massive focus. Loving SE fo shawty.​
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[size=+1]Day 54, Wednesday, September 5, 2007​


Pre-Workout Supplementation
ONE. FIVE servings of Athletic Edge Nutrition Steel Edge (2.5 hours before) <--- Trying something new since I feel something is keeping me awake at night...
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (2.5 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (30 minutes before)
ONE serving Satur8 mixed with ONE.FIVE servings of Stamin02 (30 minutes before)

Workout
Back and Shoulders

Pull-Ups
BWx10, BWx8, +10x6, +20x6, +25x6.75!!!
.25 better than last week lol. I'm increasing... but steadily! Almost there!

T-Bar Rows
45x15, 70x12, 90x12, 115x10, 135x10, 160x3 -drop-> 90x8 -drop-> 45x8
Good burn out. Strong contraction in mid-back.

Reverse-Grip Barbell Rows
95x15, 95x12, 115x12, 135x12, 155x6
Super tired after 135. But strong contraction in lats. Good mass and width builder IMO.

Dumbbell Shoulder Press
25'x12, 35'sx12, 40'sx10, 45'sx8, 50'sx8, 55'sx8
Struggled on the last rep for 55's. Overall, felt it real good in anterior delts.

Seated Side Laterals SUPERSET WITH Rear Laterals
15'sx12/12, 20'sx10/10, 25'sx8/8, 30'sx6/6
Felt these in my trapz too. Good stuff. Posterior delts were POPPIN'.

Reverse Cable Flies
12'sx15, 24'sx12, 24sx12
Love these. Always make my posterior delts feel gooddddd!

Post-Workout Supplementation
1.5 scoops of Dymatize Smooth Banana Whey
1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition ChocoMint

Previous Workout Soreness Evaluation
Slight chest soreness. Didn't really feel it in the workout. I think my chest looks wider and thicker too :) Thanks IXL and SE for giving my chest workouts a boost! Even if I'm not gaining in lifting weight?

Thoughts
Great workout. Tons of energy.

Tried something new with SE. It gives me TONS of mental focus, but I would take it at around 8 or 8:30... I want to sleep by 12-1, so I think it would keep me up at night. I'm testing it now. It's actually 12:25 now... And I feel a bit sleepy. So maybe it was the SE. We'll see :p​
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[size=+1]Day 55, Thursday, September 6, 2007​


Pre-Workout Supplementation
ONE. FIVE servings of Athletic Edge Nutrition Steel Edge (2 hours before) <--- Trying something new since I feel something is keeping me awake at night...
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (2 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (30 minutes before)
ONE serving Satur8 mixed with ONE.FIVE servings of Stamin02 (30 minutes before)

Workout
Legzzzzz

Squats
95x12, 135x12, 185x8, 225x8, 265x6, 295x6, 315x4
Definitely getting my form back. Sticking the tushie out a little more and keeping the knees behind the toes. Went slower on all reps as well. It was good. I am satisfied.

Leg Press SUPERSET WITH Calf Press
90x15/15, 180x12/12, 270x10/10, 360x8/8
Full-ROM on all reps. Felt it in my calves really well for some reason, but that's not a bad thing.

Walking Dumbbell Lunges
30'sx12, 40'sx12, 50'sx12
Felt really strong on these. I should bump it up 5 pounds for each set.

Leg Extensions
110x20, 130x20
Stopped there. Something was wrong with both knees... they felt less flexible or something.

Standing Smith-Machine Calf Raises
90x15, 110x15, 130x12, 150x12
These blasted my calves. When I got home, I was still aching!

Post-Workout Supplementation
1.5 scoops of Dymatize Smooth Banana Whey
1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition ChocoMint

Previous Workout Soreness Evaluation
None oddly. No back soreness. Hope it's not DOMS :(

Thoughts
Great energy. Good energy all the way to the last rep. I gotta give props to SteelEdge for sure. The focus is immense. If the price were a little better (or if I get a job :p) I would make it a staple!​
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[size=+1]Day 59, Monday, September 10, 2007​


Pre-Workout Supplementation
ONE. FIVE servings of Athletic Edge Nutrition Steel Edge (2 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (2 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (30 minutes before)
ONE serving Satur8 mixed with ONE.FIVE servings of Stamin02 (30 minutes before)

Workout
~~~Chest~~~

Flat Dumbbell Bench Press
45'sx15, 55'sx8, 65'sx8, 75'sx6, 80'sx4
Blah... Guess I gotta get used to 80's again. Getting them up was real hard. I'm just gonna get a spotter to help me up so I can rep it outttt!

Incline Dumbbell Bench Press
45'sx8, 55'sx8, 60'sx8, 65'sx6
Wow. I don't like Incline DB's lol. I don't feel it as much and I have this weird strain feeling in my bi's and tri's in my left arm when I do it. Gonna stick with incline barbell for a while.

Parallel Bar Dips
BWx12, BWx12, +10x10, +20x10, +25x8
These felt pretty good. No complaints.

Decline HammerStrength Press
90x15, 130x12, 160x10
Phew. Gradually going up in these. Good lower pec move.

Cable CrossOvers
24'sx21, 36'sx15, 48'sx12, 48'sx10, 36'sx12
Feeling a bit of a pull in my left lower mid pec. Blah.

Close-Grip Bench Press
65x12, 85x10, 95x8, 115x4
haha I was so tired. Dunno why I did CGBP. Shoulda done kick-backs. Oh well.

Treadmill Running
1.0 Incline, 1 mile in 9:45
I suck at running lol Terrible cardiovascular system. Definitely gotta work on that. It was 2 sprints @ 9 mph for a minute each and the rest was like 6 mph or something like that :p

Post-Workout Supplementation
1.5 scoops of Dymatize Smooth Banana Whey
1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition ChocoMint

Previous Workout Soreness Evaluation
None.

Thoughts
Dang I'm tired. Went to the suana for like 10 minutes too. Freaking burning now. Gonna take a nice cold shower... :)​
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[size=+1]Day 60, Tuesday, September 11, 2007​


Pre-Workout Supplementation
ONE servings of Athletic Edge Nutrition Steel Edge (2 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (2 hours before)
THREE capsules of Athletic Edge Nutrition IntraXcell (30 minutes before)
ONE serving Satur8 mixed with ONE.FIVE servings of Stamin02 (30 minutes before)

Workout
Back

Reverse-Grip Pull-Downs
4 sets of some lighter weights that I forgot, 168x8, 180x5
Decided to change it up a bit. I always do pull-ups and they didn't seem to be going up, so I decided to pull a Jay Cutler and do some of these :p It works fo shawty.

T-Bar Rows
50x20, 75x12, 100x12, 125x8, 150x7
Heard some clicking sound in my back at the 6th rep for the last set and then another for the 7th and decided to stop. It was fun. I'm in love with T-bar Rows :D Again, I gotta set up the T-bar row thing. Put a 100 against the wall, put the barbell under the 100, grab a V-bar, and pack on the weights son!

Reverse-Grip Barbell Rows
95x15, 95x12, 115x12, 135x12, 155x12
Form got sucky on the last few reps of 155, but that's cool. Cheating once in a while never hurt anyone!

One-Arm Dumbbell Rows
50x15/15, 65x12/12, 80x10/10, 95x8/8, 100x8/8
Whew, these felt goood. Haven't done these in a while. Gonna start doing them again!

V-bar Pull-Downs
84x12, 84x12, 120x8
Eh, got tired so I stopped.

Post-Workout Supplementation
1.5 scoops of Dymatize Smooth Banana Whey
1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition ChocoMint

Previous Workout Soreness Evaluation
Chest is EXTREMELY SORE. Signs of an awesome workout and awesome stretching?

Thoughts
Whoo~ GREAT workout. Tried to treadmill after a little but BOTH my calves almost cramped up. Oh well. No more IXL Still got some SteelEdge though! :) So yeah... FINAL REVIEW TOMORROW (probably...)​
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[size=+2]FINAL REVIEW Part One[/size]​

  • [size=+1]Boosts Explosive Muscular Strength & Power Output.[/size]
    It definitely worked for squats. There's definitely a part of me that wants to say it didn't work for my bench and deadlift... But I must honestly say that I don't really like to bench and deadlift that much. The combination of liking an exercise and performing it will increase the poundage on that lift. I really like squats so it went up. Did IXL help with it? I believe it did. But because I did not like to perform bench and deads, they did not go up. I didn't expect deads to go up at all or much because I performed them maybe once every 3 weeks :p I just listed it because lots of people wonder about the big 3. I continued to bench every week though, but it never really went up. I will talk more about my bench in the other topics though.

  • [size=+1]Increase Muscle Mass. [/size]
    I put on a good 3-4 pounds and look a bit leaner. I'll have pics and other stats up tomorrow probably. I'm a recomper fo' lyfe. And though my bench press did not increase, it also did not decrease. And my chest is looking better than before! I don't really understand this phenomenom, but I ain't complaining :p

  • [size=+1]Increase Anaerobic Muscular Endurance.[/size]
    Hm... not quite sure about this... I'll have to say N/A for now.

  • [size=+1]Increase Aerobic Endurance. [/size]
    I have pretty long sessions... (1.5-2 hours) and y'know what, I do feel like I was able to work out longer and do more sets. You'd find me doing 4-7 sets on many exercises... Even heavy squatting!

  • [size=+1]Delay Muscular Fatigue - Train Harder & Longer [/size]
    Yes. It does do that. For sure. No doubt about it. Could train chest longer. Could train back longer. Could train legs longer. Could train shoulders and arms longer.

  • [size=+1]Increase Muscle Fullness and Vascularity [/size]
    I was taking citrulline malate and arginine as well (CM separate and arginine was in my creatine), and vascularity and muscle fullness have never been a problem for me. So I can't say if it did or did not do it's job here. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt cuz there were just some days I felt especially hyuuuuge lol

  • [size=+1]No Bloating or Water-Retention [/size]
    Definitely. None whatsoever.
 
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[size=+2]FINAL REVIEW Part Two[/size]​

[size=+3]Final Stats[/size]
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Name: Timothy --- IXL + SE does not make your name change!
Age: Twenty --- IXL + SE does not make you older :p
Height: 5'8" --- IXL + SE does not make you grow taller :D
Weight: ~157 lbs --- ~160 lbs[/size]

[size=+3]Lifts:[/size]
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Flat Dumbbell Bench Press: 80 lb'ers x 7 reps --- Did not increase
Squats: 315 lbs x 10 reps --- 315 lbs x 15 reps/ 335 lbs x 10 reps
Deadlifts: 275 x 8 reps --- Did not increase
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[size=+3]Measurements:[/size]
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Chest: 39.5 in. --- 40 in.
Shoulders: 46 in. --- 46.25 in.
Waist: 29.5 in. --- 29.75 in.
Neck: 14.5 in. --- 14.5 in.
Thighs: Both 22 in. --- L - 22.125 in., R - 22.25 in.
Arms: Both 12.75 in. --- Both 13 in. FO Shawty!
Forearms: Both 11 in. --- Both 11.375 in.
Calves: L/R - 14/15 in. --- Same
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[size=+2]FINAL REVIEW Part Three (STEELEDGE)​


SteelEdge is scientifically formulated to target, support and optimize:[/size]

  • [size=+1]Exercise Intensity, Energy & Endurance.[/size]
    It suuuuure did! Worked out harder and longer.

  • [size=+1]Strength, Lean Muscle & Protein Synthesis.[/size]
    Definitely put on some solid poundage. Looking a lot bigger without getting fatter :p ~3 pounds heavier!

  • [size=+1]Focus, Concentration and Drive. [/size]
    You have no idea. The mind-muscle connection was TOTALLY on. I would like to try this stuff for studying too!

  • [size=+1]Recovery, Electrolyte Balance and Anti-Oxidant Levels. [/size]
    Not sure about this stuff. Recovery during sets was pretty good, but boy howdy was I sore the next couple days! And if electrolyte balance means I have energy, then I certainly did. And dunno about anti-oxident levels.

  • [size=+1]Better RESULTS. [/size]
    Results were definitely good. I'll probably stack SE + IXL in the near future :D
 
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