Feeling thick!
Yeah I was thinking the day before that since I hit 550 easy on the giant camber bar, I knew my SSB had to be over 500. But I also wasn’t sure which would be harder for me now, and 3 more weeks had passed, which meant there was also real potential to be way over 550 on the SSB - and that was a really crazy thing to wrap my head around. The idea of never having done 450 on this bar, but still taking on 600 potentially.
It honestly felt really good walked out; definitely couldn’t feel the 10 missing.
Dog I’m saying I’m good for 600 on a squat bar today; my gym best is 600 & meet PR is 617, so I definitely want to eclipse that.
I thought as soon as I posted that, that you had already broken the 600 barrier, but couldn't remember if I was right. That is just so much weight on your back. Just impressive!
What weight is she shooting for in the meet? And when is the meet? My wife and I would like to watch it if it’s televised.8/12/23
Circuit:
Band Pullaparts Monstermini 4x25
Push-ups 3x25
Startrac Machine NG Press 40 3x25
Dynamic Bench
45x10
+2 minibands run under commercial bench
45,95,145x3
185 2x3, 4x5
Incline Bench
45,45,135,185,225,245,255x6
265x5
Startrac Machine NG Press
100 3x15
Helped the wife train her final session on the circus db; she warmed up to 120lbs & everything was perfect. Got some good work in, raising volume slightly over last week. I was able to jam my elbow into a pretty low pressing position on that Startrac machine there, so I really took advantage to get some extra front delt volume in the bottom position I can’t normally achieve.
My lats were painfully sore from the pump they were getting on the bench work
Next Saturday, Aug 19th at 9am Eastern is when they go for it.
I showed my wife a YouTube video of women doing the circus dumbbell press and she was like damn that’s awesome! Then I told her your wife was going for the record and she was even more impressed!
She’s got this….tell her she’s got her on little fan club on the forum, wives too.
That would be really cool, and impressive, if you hit that 620 range.
Are you trying to get over 265 again, or just whatever you can add to get better leverage?
Just whatever I can honestly. I know I’m strong enough at this point that taking a PR total will be on the table, but if I want to bench 408 specifically I’m going to need to get a bit bigger.
Any thoughts of bumping in MK toward the end for extra bloat or is the increase in BP not worth it there?
Where else can you currently add calories? Maybe sugary drinks or butter in your coffee? are you trying to gain extra calories from a particular macro? Congrats on the PR man, that's dope!! I could totally imagine the 4 wheels on the barbell.
No joke, I got to thinking about that coincidentally today before you posted that.
Over 4,500, probably over 5 most days. 4 feedings. Macros aren’t important to me at this level of intake; it’s just a total fuel equation largely. I have been doing a lot of Whole Fairlife, probably 24-32oz daily. But to your point, yes I also believe I need to turn up the liquid calories. The saturated fat in whole milk is actually cardio-protective, and adding in more soda & juice isn’t going to probably be any more cardiotoxic that if I otherwise leaned more on fast food. Which I’m not scared of in this temporary goal context per se, but it can break the bank as a staple & it’s very inconvenient ironically when you eat so much.
Steadily hitting PRs on bench, that 408 is within sight now.
oh man for sure. It is ironic but eating that much is expensive and if you try to do it at all clean then it's SUPER expensive. even me eating around half your target intake but generally clean, the cost of breakfast and lunch prep really has skyrocketed with 8oz+ meals of ground turkey and chicken.
I like the idea of adding the Trest in over the Deca. Trest is one of my favorite compounds for putting on muscle, performance, and the way I feel on it, and it doesn’t take a lot to get something out of it. As far as calories you could make the old faithful peanut butter and jelly or honey sandwiches and some good ice cream, if you’re not already. And one of my favorite high calorie meals is to throw a good old fatty roast with some potatoes, carrots, onions and McCormick pot roast seasoning in the crockpot, and cook you up some cornbread, that’s some southern high calorie hospitality there, oh and don’t forget your fried chicken. Man here I go making myself hungry now. I think I just gained 5 lbs writing that.
Honestly things have gotten so expensive that going out for lunch is ridiculous. Forget a meal at home, that's a $15 minimum, and you will be lucky to get anywhere near your protein needs for that much. However if just trying to add some weight and calories...
I was going to say a really easy way to get some calories would be to smoke a brisket or pork shoulder / butt and do a lot of pulled pork or brisket sandwiches. So much fat in there and easy to get down with some good BBQ sauce. Plus you can prep a huge amount at once to make life easy on you regarding prep.
ahhh yeah man that was my favorite part of attempting a bulk a couple years ago lol. PB and J on that great tasting white bread (none of this Dave's Killer Fill You Up stuff) every morning before I even left the house, before breakfast
protein when eating out is just silly. My wife and I always just request extra chicken even on salads or whatever cause we know the portion size will be ridiculously small on that $25 salad lol
Yeah, I haven’t really done a true bulk in awhile, but back in the day we would hit all the buffets, like Golden Corral and some Chinese buffets, and load up on the calories. I actually think they hated it when a group of us from the gym showed up.ahhh yeah man that was my favorite part of attempting a bulk a couple years ago lol. PB and J on that great tasting white bread (none of this Dave's Killer Fill You Up stuff) every morning before I even left the house, before breakfast
protein when eating out is just silly. My wife and I always just request extra chicken even on salads or whatever cause we know the portion size will be ridiculously small on that $25 salad lol
man I see stuff like this and I'm reminded of what a horrible san francisco jr shithole the seattle area has become. $16-17 is what the guys are paying for a lunch time teriyaki in styrofoam boxes now days. an all you can eat would be double that. I love sticky rice (sushi style), I think it's like 2-3x more calorie dense than my regular jasmine rice but now you're really talking bucks $$ here.
Income is typically substantially higher on the coasts compared to the midwest. Make more, pay more. But that would definitely cost $12-13 here. You always have to pay for animal protein.
it is generally, we just insure COL and taxes offset the net change so that everyone goes home with the same zero balance at the end of the day
Nothing like a fried bologna sandwich on white bread, mayo and a slice of cheese. Just make sure the bologna is the thick sliced kind!
Yeah no shitt! He looks good! No homo!
Looking thick, but definitely putting the weight on where it counts. Dude your traps are always impressive, you can tell you pull a lot just from those traps.
You know it - I like my bologna like I like my woman!
Yep, I got down to 223-224 true weight & weighed in at 218. Clothes are fitting much better this go around, belly definitely smaller. Arms are getting snug in my 2XL shirts and what really shows a lot more size is all of my back thickness & my thighs. Glutes, traps, tris, pecs all filling up nicely too of course, but when I changed my shirt at the gym tonight I just look a LOT thicker viewed from the side now. My back has a valley that runs from top to bottom.
It's all in the delivery. sometimes the smallest little quips from you crack me up way too hard. I'm gonna go wash the coffee off my screen now.
THATS killer progress when the waist stays put but everything else explodes!insane... that's awesome man. How do you normally mitigate the elbow pain on lowbar? That's one that I will likely be dealing with again when I throw squats back in more. is it on that inside (golfers elbow I think is common term) or outside (tennis?)?
Well, the main problem is my bone on bone elbow just doesn’t really like to get jammed into that tight of a position. It’s pretty hard to mask any pain because it comes from inside the joint. So it’s really inflamed now. My other arm hurt last night but it’s already better so not sure if it’s inside or outside.
That makes sense, I had a feeling that's where you were going with that post. I recall back in the day switching to a thumb over top of bar grip that allowed a tight position without elbow pain, and my own elbow didn't flare up again until around april/may of this year IIRC when I switched back to thumb wrapped / full grip on bar to get even tighter and lower. It was also in conjunction with epiandro though so I couldn't tell if it was just the joint drying out or the change in grip. elbow has been feeling good though since incorporating joint xt and focusing more on deads. almost never acts up benching but a supinated grip on rows can irritate it.
Dude good luck to your wife this is awesome!!
Let the carb up begin!!!Wife was 144.8 after some hot tub. We slept for 6 hours, got up at 4:00am and she was 143.8lbs. Did some hot epsom baths for an hour and made it down to 141.0 flat (64kg). Slept with legs elevated to help induce perceived hypotension.
She woke up at 8am & after bathroom was 140.4, good to go. Weighed in at 9am successfully
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