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Jim Stimul8s his muscles!

For my first, just whatever weight I come in at.

Ultimately, probably 198.

Or, just get super stacked and compete SHW.
 
Went in today and did some Speed Deadlift work. Took 3/4 scoop again, and the sweat was back in FULL FORCE.

I was flying today, all told I spend about an hour and a half in the gym. 40 Minutes of Warmup and mobility and knocked the actual workout out in a little under an hour.

D4W2 Speed DL

Pre: 3/4 Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: Foam Roll ITB/Add./Quad, LAX Ball Glute/Calf (tight from squats, took some extra time with all of this), Band Hip Extensions, Assisted Hip Opening, Deficit DL 45x10, 135x8

Deficit Deads (standing on 45# plate): 185 x 1 x 8 (30 second between sets)

Good Morning: 185x8x2, 205x8
Yates Row: 155x8, 185x8x2
Pull Ups: BWx10x2, BWx7
DB Shrugs: 80x15, 90x15x2
Band Pull Apart: MMx12x3
BB Curl: Bar x24

Was sweating again today. Not sure what was different about today and yesterday (might have been dehydrated yesterday :dunno: ). Regardless, great workout. Felt strong, got off work late but took the 3/4 scoop and had a ton of energy and focus by the time my warmup was done. :thumbsup:
 
Probably water intake during the day. Killing it jim. Good work bud
 
I read that as "deficient deads" when I was looking at ifirst, was like wth are those?? :think:

yup yup - good stuff man, solid session!
 
Had 24hr duty again last night. It wasn't CQ, so I was able to get a solid 5 hours sleep, which isn't awful. Hit the gym today for my Event Day, they were brutal....

D6W2 Event Day

Pre: 1/2 scoop Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: Foam Roll Glute/Quad/ITB/Medialis/Add., Hip Mobility drills, Arm Over Arm Sled Pull: 90x10yds, 180x10yds, 270x10yds, 360x10yds

Arm Over Arm Pull: 540# (+sled) x 30yds

Sled Pulls: 540# (+sled) x 30yds

Medley:
Front Carry: 140 (+Apparatus) x 30yds
Backward Sled Drags: 360# (+sled) x 30yds

Awful. Dead tired, soaked in sweat, out of breath (but not short of breath). Great session. This 540 x 30 was harder than my last pull of that, but this Arm Over Arm was much heavier than I had ever done before. Turned around at ~15yds for the pull, which made them harder because I lost all of my momentum and had to get it going from a dead stop again. I have video of it, will upload that later tonight.

For now, downing my OxyElite Protein, showering, and heading out to get my wife a new phone.

Knees are a little sore right now, but besides that I'm feeling good. :bigthumbup:
 
We just got my wife a new phone too. She had Virgin Mobile and it was very affordable but we decided to get her on with Verizon. Galaxy S4. It's pretty neat.
 
Montego1 said:
We just got my wife a new phone too. She had Virgin Mobile and it was very affordable but we decided to get her on with Verizon. Galaxy S4. It's pretty neat.
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Galaxy S4 vs Iphone 5? Why did you go with S4 monte? I only ask because I am due, and am very torn.
 
wasme said:
Galaxy S4 vs Iphone 5? Why did you go with S4 monte? I only ask because I am due, and am very torn.
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She is comfortable with android. Imo it didnt matter what she got cause it will be obsolete in 6 months time anyways :P
 
D1W3 ME Squats

Knees hurting today, left one is bugging. Had a sharp pain on the 315 right as I got to lockout, same with 345 but much less severe. No issue on 375 with that, it was just hard. Got to the gym a little late today because I had to pickup my truck from the shop after I got off work. Energy was good, hips were tight so I spent a little extra time loosening them up. Was sweating during the warmup, like a lot. I was dedicated to getting a PR today (or at least matching) even though the weights were feeling pretty darn heavy.

Pre: 3/4 scoop Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: Foam Rolling, LAX Ball, Bird Dogs, Work up to 315

LBBS: 315x1, 345x1 (+belt), 375xF, 375x1 (+wraps, matched PR), 380x1 (PR?, questionable)

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Notes: Probably spent about 45 minutes working to the end of this, from Bar to 380.

Front Squat: 135x10, 185x10, 225x5 (Matched PR)
Good Morning: 185x5, 205x5, 225x5, 255x5 (PR)
Seated Cable Row: 110x10, 130x10x3

And, no calf raises today, it was 9 when I finished so I picked up some chinese on the way home, and here I am.
 
jimbuick said:
D1W3 ME Squats

Knees hurting today, left one is bugging. Had a sharp pain on the 315 right as I got to lockout, same with 345 but much less severe. No issue on 375 with that, it was just hard. Got to the gym a little late today because I had to pickup my truck from the shop after I got off work. Energy was good, hips were tight so I spent a little extra time loosening them up. Was sweating during the warmup, like a lot. I was dedicated to getting a PR today (or at least matching) even though the weights were feeling pretty darn heavy.

Pre: 3/4 scoop Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: Foam Rolling, LAX Ball, Bird Dogs, Work up to 315

LBBS: 315x1, 345x1 (+belt), 375xF, 375x1 (+wraps, matched PR), 380x1 (PR?, questionable)

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Notes: Probably spent about 45 minutes working to the end of this, from Bar to 380.

Front Squat: 135x10, 185x10, 225x5 (Matched PR)
Good Morning: 185x5, 205x5, 225x5, 255x5 (PR)
Seated Cable Row: 110x10, 130x10x3

And, no calf raises today, it was 9 when I finished so I picked up some chinese on the way home, and here I am.
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Just letting you know the vid isnt working..
 
So, I did hit the gym yesterday (and today) but I didn't get on the computer at all so I will update them both today. I had 24 hour duty on Wed, so my training got pushed and I will be sprinting tomorrow (no event day this week).

Suppdate: I have not yet mentioned it, but for the last few sessions I have been pouring the 3/4 scoop of Stimul8 straight into my mouth and swishing it down with water. I prefer taking preworkouts this way, because of convenience. It makes it where I don't have to bring a shaker to the gym and can just down it when I get there and then start my warmup. Also, I am fairly certain I got WAY more than 10 servings lol, I still have a ton left (I will try to take a picture tomorrow, if I remember). So, get cozy everyone. We will be here a while :bigthumbup:

With that said, here is yesterdays update.

D3W3 Speed OHP

Warmup: Got to the gym and it was closing in an hour for the 4th. Didn't warmup besides a few sets with lighter weight.

Strict OHP: 95x3x8 (utilizing the ballistic method, lower weight AFAP and reverse the motion a few inches above the clavicle)

Reverse Band Floor Press (used for Tri Overload): 275x1 (too heavy), 245x5x3, 255x3

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Pec Fly: 30x10, 30x7, 20x10
DB French Press: 70x8, 70x7, 70x5
Bradford Press: 85x8, 85x7, 85x5
Pec Deck: 40x12, 40x10

Notes: Had a great workout, the energy and focus didn't really start hitting me until I was towards the end of the OHP. Probably ~25 minutes after I took the Stimul8, sweating a lot as usual. Speed was good on the OHP, the floor presses were awful lol. Bradford presses were excruciating and I hate doing Pec isolation work. Maybe I just suck, but it seems that no matter how I try to do them I feel it way more in my shoulder and and RC than I do in my chest. I started off with the pec flies on an incline, but they didn't hit the chest at all. Even the 20# weight on the flat was all RC :dunno:, that's why I added the pec deck at the end, but it was the same issue.


And now, for today's update:

Rep DL

Pre: 3/4 Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: worked up to 300 on DL (started Foam Rolling but wasn't tight, and really wasn't motivated today).

Here is my final warmup set:

275x2: Invalid Link Removed

Work Set: 300x8 (no video of this, they felt good, glutes and hams were smoked afterwards)

Pull Through: 130x10, 150x10
45 deg. Hyper: MM(doubled)x10x2 (OUCH)

Seated Cable Row: 110x10, 130x10, 140x10

a1. Chin Ups: BWx8x3
a2. Rear Delt Rows: 25x15x3

BB Curl: Bar x 18

Notes: Got a good bicep pump today with the chinups followed by the curls. The DL's felt easy on 300, which is strange because the 275 felt heavy. The energy didn't really get to me until I was done warming up, but I was pretty darn focused today. Upper body is sore from yesterday, especially the tri's. I expect my PC to be hurting tomorrow. Overall, I had 2 good sessions in a row. On Monday, I'm going back to the Westside variation that I was doing before picking up the cube so I can prep for the PLing meet I plan to do on August 3rd. I'm planning on doing the APF TX Challenge down in Webster, so we'll see how I do :thumbsup:. Feeling good right now, ready to hit some sprints tomorrow and really start hammering my conditioning for these 4 weeks before I compete (I'm signing up this weekend).
 
Might have spoken too soon, my stimul8 is very gel like right now....

Will upload an image when I get off work before heading to the gym.
 
yup - have had a decent amount of feedback on this issue, when getting down to final scoop or so of product..
thanks for further reference here, and fyi we are working to rectify this issue prior to retail release of course
(which will be very soon!)
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
yup - have had a decent amount of feedback on this issue, when getting down to final scoop or so of product..
thanks for further reference here, and fyi we are working to rectify this issue prior to retail release of course
(which will be very soon!)
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I assumed you guys were on top of it. I'm going to continue using it (obviously), hopefully it still works well.

Any ideas why this happens? (Without releasing too much product information?)
 
ERMAHGERD!

Scraped out something in between 3/4 - 1 scoop of Stimul8, the taste is very strong when you try to chew it like a candy. Very overpowering.

On the plus side, it is still just as effective as a gel.

Had a small shake (14g Pro/40g Carbs) at around 4:30, headed to the gym around 5:15 and got there at 5:30 (when I took the Stimul8)

ME Upper

Went in and warmed up really well, took approx. 45 minutes total.

Warmup: Foam Roll Add/ITB/Quads, BB Mash Add./ITB/Quads
Con. DL: 65x8, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 275x1, 315x1

Work Sets: 345x1, 365x1 (Heaviest single I've done, but heaviest set was the 335x5 for a est. max of 374), 375xF (Barely broke the floor, form deteriorated quickly)

Goal was 375, didn't quite happen today but it will be doable (might even get more) by Aug. 3. Glutes were in pain after the 365 lol, overall I had a good day and am happy with 365. This will be my last heavy pull before the competition, the next time I pull will be for reps, and the lowest I will go will be for a 5 to ingrain the movement pattern as best as I can.

Walking Lunges: BWx20(per)x3

Good Morning: 185x5, 205x5, 225x5x3

Bent Over BB Row: 135x8, 155x8x3

Smoked. Back is a little tight (from the 375 attempt, felt great after 365) it isn't the lower back but is the mid back. Just muscular so I'm not worried about it right now. Overall, it was a killer session. I was sweating a good amount before finishing the warmup (hell, I was sweating from the foam rolling!) Don't particularly like failing during training, the 365 was a beach but I felt that 375 was attainable so I went for it. Have conditioning slotted for tomorrow, I won't be going to heavy but I plan to do some sled drags (or pushes) and hit my core. Bench Pressing on Wednesday, and I really need to ingrain this movement pattern before the meet. I have some ideas on openers, but that will depend on how my bench is on Wednesday.

For tonight, I have an XL pizza and 3 grilled chicken breast that are going to be eaten (no, I'm not eating the pizza by myself lol. Probably only half). Time to recover!
 
One strong workout after another this week. Didn't get in any conditioning yesterday, but went in today trying to get confident in my Bench Press and accomplished it.


Had a great workout today though! Took some extra time warming up, working my groove on the bench press today. It's been a while since I've benched (doing OHP) so I had to make sure I could do it right.

ME Upper

Pre: 3/4 - 1 Scoop Stimul8
Intra: Water

Warmup: Foam Roll Mid Back (arch around roller), LAX Ball Pec/Rear Delt/Bicep, Band Pull Aparts, 'Y' Pull Aparts,
Bench Press: 45x10 (alternating grips to find my strongest), 135x10 (alternating grips, and playing with leg position), 185x4 (felt off), 135x5 (work the groove a little more)

Work Sets: +wrist wrap 205x2, 215x2, 225x2 (PR, +1 rep) Note: First with 225 was good, elbows flared early on second rep but I still completed it.

Close Grip Bench: 155x15, 155x12, 155x10

a1. T-Bar Row: 140x10, 230x10x2
a2. High Pulley Face Pull: 100x10, 120x10x3

b1. Chest Supported HG Shrugs: 70x15, 90x15, 115x15 (on the Chest Supported TBar setup)
b2. BB Drag Curls: 60x8x3

Notes: Sweating a lot. The biceps were pumped during the first superset, which made the contraction on the face pulls ridiculous. The first superset was about 30 seconds between each exercise going from on to the other and back. The second superset was with about 1 minute between supersets and 15 seconds between the exercises in the superset. Had a lot of energy today and focus was on point. Finally starting to get it together with the bench press, all reps were done with a complete stop and as explosive of a turn around as possible, 225 was smooth. Went for 230 but lost it on the way down (turned into a bounce, so I scrubbed it and had the spotter take it). Leg drive felt good (for the first time ever) and it came up quick off of my chest. This is good, because I needed this day to work well so I could have some ideas on what to open with on the 3rd. As with the DL, this is my last heavy bench, the rest will be for 4-5 at the lowest.
 
good to see you falling into a rhythm here JB
nice sweat..bi's pumped for facepulls (ouch!)..short rest periods..success on the bench form..
very cool :thumbsup:

how much product is left now?
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
good to see you falling into a rhythm here JB
nice sweat..bi's pumped for facepulls (ouch!)..short rest periods..success on the bench form..
very cool :thumbsup:
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Yes indeed. Its definitely a good time for me to start figuring it out lol.

Also, I've noticed over the past few days that I am sweating more during the regular day as well. Like dripping off my brow at work, which isn't a regular thing for me.

So, I think its safe to say that the rise in body temp is not necessarily dose dependent after using it regularly. :thumbsup:
 
I lied to your collective faces.

Just got home, feeling awful, gonna go to bed update and review can be expected sometime tomorrow.
 
Montego1 said:
You sir just stepped over THE LINE!
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on stallion, or the sausage?
nah man, nothing at all against sly (he is a stud)..sausage tho, yuk man..wrong fat for me, and I am not a fan of pork
so many other alternatives, that are soo much better (nutritionally, and taste-wise)

no worries brah - you can have all of my mine, more for you!


edit #1: oh wait that dint sound good..i meant all of my sausage



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snagencyV2.0 said:
on stallion, or the sausage?
nah man, nothing at all against sly (he is a stud)..sausage tho, yuk man..wrong fat for me, and I am not a fan of pork
so many other alternatives, that are soo much much

no worries brah - you can have all of my mine, more for you!

edit #1: oh wait that dint sound good..i meant all of my sausage

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I'm not a fan either, it gives me the bubble guts usually. But I'm also not a fan of wasting food I bought; even if it was frozen for 8 months.
 
jimbuick said:
I'm not a fan either, it gives me the bubble guts usually. But I'm also not a fan of wasting food I bought; even if it was frozen for 8 months.
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8mo frozen eh? yeah that could contribute to the issue surely
understood on waste; too much wastefulness in our society, on a grand scale..
but, some lines have to be drawn when it comes to potentially toxic stuff being put in my body, imo
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
8mo frozen eh? yeah that could contribute to the issue surely
understood on waste; too much wastefulness in our society, on a grand scale..
but, some lines have to be drawn when it comes to potentially toxic stuff being put in my body, imo
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I thought freezing was permanent preservation. Not so, apparently.
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
on stallion, or the sausage?
nah man, nothing at all against sly (he is a stud)..sausage tho, yuk man..wrong fat for me, and I am not a fan of pork
so many other alternatives, that are soo much better (nutritionally, and taste-wise)

no worries brah - you can have all of my mine, more for you!


edit #1: oh wait that dint sound good..i meant all of my sausage



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Hahaha
 
Yeah.....buy chicken and cook it immediately and taste it. Then buy chicken freeze it for a few days and cook....toatly differant texture and taste. Only time I freeze is if I find a good deal and stock up. Actually waste less not freezing and buying every two days because I make sure to eat what I buy before it goes bad.
 
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