Jims Creatively Titled PNI Log

Had a good workout tonight. Relieved a lot of stress from this week, going to get rewound tomorrow at work but oh well.

Wasn't able to do any speed work on Wednesday, got off work at like 2030 and had to go back in at 0530. It was dumb.

Got off kinda late today but it was early enough to hit the gym. Got there at like 2015 and left at around 2125 (give or take), hit some McDonalds on the way home, gonna eat, shower, sleep and prepare for another long day. Hoping to make it to the gym tomorrow but I am going into the field on Tue/Wed and we are supposed to be on lockdown in the company AO all weekend (for literally no reason :sigh: ), won't be back until March 10, gonna bring my TRX and continue the Paragon (just to maintain saturation and hopefully maintain some muscle with the limited food/rest/exercise).

Pre-Workout: 1.25 Scoop Prodigy

Intra: Water/Gatorade

Upper HT 2

OHP-4x10
75x10, 95x10x2, 105x9.5 (so close lol!)

Pull-Ups-4x10
BWx10, BWx5+5 (lost grip, jumped back up to finish lol), BWx10, BWx6+3+1(assist)

a1. Chinese Rows: 2x15 // 55x15, 65x15
a2. 1/2 Kneel OHP: 2x12 // 45x12, 55x12

Complex
Scapula Dips: 3x12 // +25x12, +35x12, +45x12
BB Curl: 3x12 // 60x12, 70x11, 70x6--60x2
DB External Rotation: 3x12 // 15x12 (too much), 10x12x2
Turkish Get-Up: 3x3 (per arm) // 30x3, N/A, N/A

The get-ups put too much torque on my knee, it's been sore recently and these were pretty painful. Better safe than sorry when it comes to knees lol.

Focus was good, was sweating up a storm, and strength was up (did way more than last week on most exercises). Overall I felt good, looking forward to front squatting tomorrow :happy:

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I get to jump into this year's JOAX. :ouch: And for those that followed my AN log you all know how my last jump went....
 
Nice update and nice work.I have a bunch of prodigy in my stash and cant wait to kick off the PNI contest!
 
Had a great workout today, made up for yesterday's missed workout.

Pre-Workout: 1.5 Scoop Prodigy

Intra: water

Front Squat: 4x10
155x10, 185x10, 195x10, 205x10 (Felt awesome, in a painful way)

SG RDL: 4x10
135x10, 155x10 (strap), 185x10 (strap), 225x10 (strap)

a1. Split Squat: 2x15 // 90x15, 120x15
a2. Swiss Ball Ham Curl: 2x12 // N/A (no swiss ball)

Complex
Pull-Throughs: 3x12 // 42.5x12, 57.5x12, 72.5x12
Side Bridge w/ Abduction: 3x12 // BWx12x3
Wall Psoas March: 3x12 // BWx12x3
Prone Bridge March: 3x12 // BWx12x3

My legs are smoked out, I was rocking this one. The pump on the split squats was CRAZY, it felt good but painful. Had some cool vascularity going on in the forearms, was wearing my new "Get to da choppa" T-Shirt. Decent focus this time around, but strength was definitely up from last week. Bout to eat and watch some of the Dark Knight Rises before bed.
 
Did Monday's workout today and will do Tuesday's tomorrow. Leaving on Tuesday for this JOAX, not supposed to be coming back until March 10 but it is rumored to be shorter because of the budget cuts.

Anyway, had a great workout. Have a little bit of pain in that rotator cuff (infraspinatus specifically), guess I pushed it a little too hard lol. It didn't affect my workout so I'm not too worried about it.

Pre-Workout: 1.5 Scoop Prodigy

Intra: Water

Incline Bench Press: 3x10
135x10, 145x10, 155x7 (1 more than last week)

Chest Supported RD Row: 3x10
25x10, 30x10, 35x10 (+5lbs, +2.5 Reps over last week)

a1. WG Cable Row: 4x12 // 90x12, 100x12, 110x12, 120x12
a2. DB Bench w/ Bridge: 4x10 // 65x10, 70x10, 75x9.5, 75x8.5

Complex
Face Pulls: 2x12 // 110x12, 120x12
Lying Tri Ext: 2x10 // 25x10, 30x8
Ext. Shoulder Rot: 2x12 // 10x12, 30x12
Cable Swiss Ball Crunches: 2x12 // 40x12, 60x12

A note for the Incline Bench: My shoulders were a little fatigued today, all of my sets felt heavier than usual. I'm guessing this is from the Prone Bridge Marches yesterday, holding oneself in the front leaning rest position can get tiring if done for long enough lol. Still was able to get it for 1 more than last week so I am convinced that I am making good progress.

Overall Notes: Vascularity is improved/improving (gets better everyday it seems) and the pump is actually growing on me. I generally have a hard time getting a pump in my pecs because they have historically been tougher to activate with bench presses. My pecs were visually pumped (incredibly noticeable) by the time this workout was over. Energy was good but I am noticing more of a focus increase most days and don't really get too much of a pick me up from this product (although I can't really say I get one from most products).

Strength is climbing still, and most of all I am having fun. This is a good change of pace from the usual training for me, I generally spend more time developing maximal strength and don't spend a lot of time getting a pump (which I always love to have lol). Can't wait to see what kind of progress I have been making over this run (even though the field training is going to set me back a little bit).
 
Brother the log has been Epic and I love the intensity you have brought! I hope that all goes well when you travel and that you have safe travel. Make sure to keep up posted and def on future logs!
 
packers6211 said:
Brother the log has been Epic and I love the intensity you have brought! I hope that all goes well when you travel and that you have safe travel. Make sure to keep up posted and def on future logs!
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I plan to keep this one going when I come back.

As much as I hate stopping for two weeks and then coming back. I hate field training, always throws off my schedule.
 
Yeah I imagine it be tough! But at least your doing a good thing brother! Def can't wait til you get back!
 
Always ton of respect for people doing good work for our country. Kill that field training Jim.

And as always, thank you for your service.
 
Did a little maxing on the big 3 today, wasn't really planned but my lifting partner wanted to see where we were at before going to the field.

DL: worked to a 1RM of 330 (PR)
BP: worked to a 1RM of 215
BS: worked to a 1RM of 345 (PR)

Then I went to my actual gym and did-

Trap Bar Deadlift:
275x7, 295x7, 315x10

Good morning:
135x10, 155x10, 185x10

Called it a day and am eating now.


Lost my mechanics when I went for 225, my elbows flared out at the bottom and I couldn't push it through. The 215 was easy but I guess I just haven't practiced the motion enough to keep my form at 95+% 1RM.

Also, I'm no longer jumping (thank God).
 
Nice work hitting those PRs. :thumbsup:
 
Sean1332 said:
You must be new here. Welcome to Anabolic Minds.

How was the field?
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We didn't do anything.

We saw no OpFor and just sat in the cold for 10 days. We did an assault on an objective with a C-Burn threat and all my PLT did was set up TCPs in the objective. We sat on that objective for 8 hours doing literally nothing....

It was ridiculous. Significantly less worthwhile than the last JOAX.
 
Too many abbreviations
 
Danb2285 said:
Too many abbreviations
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OpFor- Opposing Force
C-Burn- Chemical Burn
PLT- Platoon
TCP- traffic control point
JOAX - Joint Operational Access Exercise (or something like that, basically just a large scale field problem: this one was brigade)
 
Thank you
 
Sean1332 said:
OpFor just sounds more cool than opposing force.

At least you have training. Ours is being cut lol
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Our ammo was cut and fuel.

The rest of the brigade left after 4 days because we couldn't afford to keep them out there, our battalion stayed for a defense and the C-Burn mission.

It cost like 25MIL or something for us to go sit in a patrol base on a drop zone for 10 days.
 
Going shopping later today, need to get real food for my house again.

Back in the gym tomorrow.


Also, I have to write a 3000 word essay because our new guy doesn't know how to stay up for 30 minutes on guard.
 
jimbuick said:
Going shopping later today, need to get real food for my house again.

Back in the gym tomorrow.

Also, I have to write a 3000 word essay because our new guy doesn't know how to stay up for 30 minutes on guard.
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Ended up going to the gym tonight lol. Couldn't wait.

Pre: 1.5 Prodigy (hit me hard today)

I was dragging before going so I jumped straight into 1.5, it did the trick.


Front Squat: 4x10
135x10, 155x10, 185x10, 205x9

SG RDL: 4x10
95x10, 135x9, 165x10 (S), 205x10 (S)

Split squat: 2x15
100x15, 100x15

Took it a little easy today, rest was longer and the gym booted me before I could do the Complex.


Only lost 1 rep on front squat so I'm glad to see I didn't take too big of a hit from the field. Probably could've hit that last rep but oh well.
 
I need to work on my big time with ball coming up. I lost all the way down to 218 last nov then for some reason in Dec and through now I have gone back to 232 :( Idk what the hell I did.
 
Didn't end up going shopping today, had to go into work because of some idiots getting a DUI last night.

Hit the gym for the workout that is generally scheduled for Thursday, didn't do the complex again. I'm doing shortened workouts for these two days so that I can work myself back into the routine, which will begin again at week 2 (again) on Monday.

Pre: 1 Cap Paragon, 1.5 Prodigy

Upper HT 2 09MAR13

OHP- 4x10
75x10, 85x10, 95x10, 115x8--105x2

Pull-ups- 4x10
BWx10, x9, x9.5, x8.5

a1. Chinese Rows: 2x15 // 55x15x2
a2. 1/2 kneel OHP: 2x12 // 45x12x2

Felt like I was about to vomit at the end, my conditioning is so poor right now. My strength is actually holding strong from where I was before this JOAX, which is awesome. Had a really good pump today and my vascularity was good, looking a little thicker in the chest but still not thick enough. I have a bird chest, very disproportionate in comparison to my shoulders (noticeable when in a shirt, less noticeable shirtless, or so it would seem).

Might do some sprinting tomorrow along with a little SMR.
 
Also, may or may not be going home for a few days.

Got some family stuff going on that some people will be very unhappy they got me involved in, if it happens that way.
 
That's pretty ominous
 
jimbuick said:
Also, may or may not be going home for a few days.

Got some family stuff going on that some people will be very unhappy they got me involved in, if it happens that way.
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good lord dude...who touched your wife? lol
 
On a more log related note:

Fasted weight yesterday morning was 162.8 pounds. Lost a little bit in the field but maintained significantly more than I expected.
 
anyway jimbo I hope all get sorted out. just try as hard as you can to not kill any family members...the outcome is never as good as it feels in the moment.

anyway bro keep up the good work! and at 163, are you up or down?
 
MANotaur said:
anyway jimbo I hope all get sorted out. just try as hard as you can to not kill any family members...the outcome is never as good as it feels in the moment.

anyway bro keep up the good work! and at 163, are you up or down?
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From the start I am down 1 pound. From the beginning of the ITC I am down around 4 lbs.

My weight takes massive hits during field training, the amount of food my body requires to gain is stupid and I am incapable of consuming that amount in the field.
 
Well that's good! How's everything been brother? It's been crazy 90 to 0 with me and the family work and ball. I have one on baseball, one starting soccer soon, and me about to start softball. Help me!!!
 
packers6211 said:
Well that's good! How's everything been brother? It's been crazy 90 to 0 with me and the family work and ball. I have one on baseball, one starting soccer soon, and me about to start softball. Help me!!!
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Going good, for the most part.

That's a lot of stuff for one family!
 
This is yesterday's update:

11MAR13 Upper HT 1

Pre: 1 Scoop Prodigy


Incline Bench: 4x10
125x10, 135x10, 145x10, 155x10 (+3 from last week)

CS Rear Delt Row: 4x10
25x10, 30x10, 35x10, 40x10 (+5lbs)

a1. WG Cable Rows: 2x15 // 100x15, 110x15
a2. DB Bench w/ Bridge: 2x12 // 70x12, 75x9.5

Complex
Face Pulls- 3x12 // 110x12, 120x12, 130x12
Lying Tri Ext- 3x12 // 25x12x3
Ext. Shoulder Rot. - 3x12 // 10x12, 20x12x2
Standing Cable Crunch- 3x12 // 120x12, 130x12 (started with the SB crunch and I couldn't figure them out)

Had a good workout, but for the first major time in this log I did not react well to something. I don't know if this is because my breakfast was slightly smaller or because my workout was more intense (it didn't feel like it honestly). When I was done working out I felt really weak, I was shakey, and had a bit of a chill. This started maybe five minutes afterwards and went on for just shy of an hour. I was having a hard time putting down food but that is all that was able to help. Strange because this is less caffeine than I have used for most workouts during this log, not sure what it was about really. Felt like my dad described insulin reactions, which is strange.

Did not work out today. Will make it up tomorrow if possible. I'm jumping tomorrow and I don't like to workout before a jump (bad juju), lets hope I don't fall to my death tomorrow :biglaugh: :yikes:
 
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