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mattierocks' Unsponsored MEGA Get Diesel Log

Better pumps and an increase in Vascularity are the two big pluses for me, the pumps also seam to last much longer and you get a felling of Well Being / Euphoric !!
 
Another day off. Weight 226.5 (what?!?) Took the following this AM:

3 Sunami
2 Chiro Joints
1 Scoop Ether
.5 Scoop Dieselade (just for kicks)

2 Scoops Alphamine
2 Shift
 
Mattie, I think you asked about this:
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Weight today was 226, but my waist was down from 39" to 38.5" ish, possibly a minute amount less. So... I'll take it! Here's this weeks progress pics.


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Woah... Weird day today. I went in to do my leg workout and something odd happened. I must have been tired and let my form get sloppy. I did my warm-up, but when I moved into my work set at 255, on my first rep I had a stabbing pain in my right knee. Sadly, not something I'm unfamiliar with. So I dropped the weight to 225. Still a stabbing pain. Dropped to 135, less stabby, but still a stabbing pain.

Needless to say, I was pissed. It put me in a pretty bad place mentally. I was trying to figure out how to rescue this workout day. No leg exercises were likely to work.

Then I figured it out! I decided to flip my schedule. Today wound up being chest day, even though I wasn't mentally prepared for it. Even so, I had a pretty decent workout!

Chest & Triceps

Incline Bench

95x12, 95x10, 135x4, 155x1
185x6, 185x6, 185x4 (I think I may have quit on this one, I probably could have gotten 5)

Bench Press

215x4, 215x4, 215x4 (increased weight from last week)

Dips

35x6, 35x6, 35x3 (?)

Close-Grip Bench Press

175x6, 175x5, 175x5

Tricep Press

75x6, 75x6, 75x6

Leg Press Calf Raise

793x10 (6 Sets)

Anyone else feel like it's more work to load the weight than it is to do calf exercises? I feel kinda silly sometimes...
 
In addition, my stomach fared much better today. I took my DTP with Fish Oil and had my shake 10 minutes later. I took another preworkout, an hour after my lunch and that worked fine too.

Took my EF5, but didn't notice a big difference. I may be underestimating my tolerance for stims. I may drop to 1 scoop of JP8X Hardcore and go with 2 tabs of EF5 tomorrow. Good idea? Bad idea?

Also... NOS Ether pumps are crazy.
 
Thats ok Idea. If u can take 2 ef5 1 hour preworkout and 1.25 scoops jp8x hardcore 30min pre..and dnt feel like beating up 10 ppl at once..m.yeah ur stimm tol is a little too,high. U are do a low stim vacation period. I was like that...then went to Vegas b4 Christmas w no Ether or Jp8x for a week. Man to this day 1 ready4war/EF5 plus 3/4 jp8x hardcore hits me like a ton of bricks. Nov i could take that and go 2 sleep
 
I have taken (2) Ready4War before cardio but never with a scoop of JP8x ???
 
Rocket3015 said:
I have taken (2) Ready4War before cardio but never with a scoop of JP8x ???
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I woudnt pre. Cardio. Jp8x isnt a cardio product. Id take 1 2h precardio and 2 45min pre cardio. Jp8x is a resistance training performance preworkout.
 
So please forgive me for going on about this... But fat guys aren't always used to seeing veins popping out, even during a workout!

NOS Ether is giving me the sickest pumps of any product yet, and despite feeling fatigued lately, still helping me make incremental improvements in my lifts.
 
mattierocks said:
Also, it's only been a week on Ether so I don't expect to notice anything in the way of big changes at this point, but I absolutely am noticing better pumps and an increase in vascularity when I'm at the gym. I can't wait to see what longer term use brings!
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are you using the full scoop of ether? I started with 1/2 and dam. Love this stuff! Just went up to full scoop and will start taking full scoop next week. pumps from this are incredible
 
Lol. I've been following the dosing schedule on the container since I finished the reverse load. .5 scoop AM, 1.5 pre workout, 1.5 post workout. It's becoming evident, particularly as I taper my TRT dose. I think my fatigue is from that. Ether is helping quite a bit, particularly when I'm not feeling into my workout.
 
Actually smith_69, your review was significant in me getting into Ether to begin with. After that I was going to go full dose unless my body (stomach) told me to stop! So full doses since I started last week.
 
And Chuck wants to change the Ether !!!

All in favor of leaving just the way it is....Say I !!!
 
Today's workout:

Deadlift

165x12, 165x10, 245x4, 295x1
325x4, 325x4, 325x5

Barbell Row

185x5, 185x5, 185x5

Pullups

3,2,3 (My pullups suck. I think I'm going to start doing them 2x a week.)

Barbell Curl

95x6, 95x6, 95x6

Alternating DB Curl

50x4, 50x4, 50x5

Abs

Cable Crunch - 75x12, 75x12, 75x12
Captains Chair - 25, 20, 20
Bicycles - 36, 33, 28
 
mattierocks said:
Actually smith_69, your review was significant in me getting into Ether to begin with. After that I was going to go full dose unless my body (stomach) told me to stop! So full doses since I started last week.
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nice, glad you like it.
 
Today's workout:

Shoulders & Upper Body

Incline Bench

85x12, 85x10, 115x4, 145x1
165x9, 165x9, 165x7

Military Press

60x12, 60x10, 85x4, 110x1
125x6, 125x6, 125x6

Shrugs

315x6, 315x6, 315x6

Lateral Raises

35x4, 35x4, 35x4

Rear Delt Raises

40x6, 40x6, 40x6

At times it seemed like every single rep was difficult, BUT I actually knocked out some extra ones over last week's workout. Must be the BCAAs and Ether kicking in. Adding a mental challenge to the physical challenge is a little bothersome at times, but nice when I can look back and see that I still made some small improvements.
 
Yesterday was a day off. Another thought on DTP and stomach issues. Yesterday I drank about 40oz of water around my DTP dose and had no stomach issues. Maybe that helps as well. Leg day re-attempt today... That calls for 2 EF5 tabs with the pre workout.
 
(2) EF5 is some serious stuff!!
 
mattierocks said:
Yesterday was a day off. Another thought on DTP and stomach issues. Yesterday I drank about 40oz of water around my DTP dose and had no stomach issues. Maybe that helps as well. Leg day re-attempt today... That calls for 2 EF5 tabs with the pre workout.
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You talking loco and I think I like it. But do this...Take ur EF5 30min b4 the JP8x Hardcore. EF5 takes up 2 one hour longer to hit you than a liquid fuel preworkout like JP8
 
Chuck Diesel said:
You talking loco and I think I like it. But do this...Take ur EF5 30min b4 the JP8x Hardcore. EF5 takes up 2 one hour longer to hit you than a liquid fuel preworkout like JP8
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Thanks for the advice! That's what I did. It worked quite well. I had some good energy for the workout, but nothing crazy. It really helped!
 
Today's weight: 222

Today I revisited the abandoned squat workout from Monday. I'll confess to being intimidated by this workout, since it was a disaster the first time I tried it. 255 may not be a big deal to some folks, but it's a pretty heavy squat for me. Not sure I've ever done that weight for any kind of rep scheme. I may have done singles slightly heavier a couple of years ago, but that's about it. So combine that with the knee issues from Monday and I was a bit psyched out before I started.

To combat this, I did two things. First, I upped my pre workout in order to get pumped and have some good energy. I took 2 EF5 tabs about an hour before the workout, and 1.25ish scoops of JP8X Hardcore at 30 minutes out. Second, I focused on form as much as possible to avoid the same issues. These two things were related, as being tired on Monday made me slack on my form and those bad mechanics caused me knee pain. Today I fixed it.

Legs & Abs

Squat

125x12, 125x10, 185x4, 225x1
255x4, 255x4, 255x4

Front Squat

145x6, 145x6, 145x6

Romanian Deadlift

215x6, 215x6, 215x6

Pull Ups

3,4,3

Abs

Cable Crunch - 77.5x12, 77.5x12, 77.5x10
Captains Chair - 16, 14, 13
Roller - 8, 4, 5
 
It should go without saying that I take Ether as well. Lots and lots of Ether every day. Just realized that I didn't mention it above.
 
Killer Work Out !!
 
How did I miss this log?
 
So here are this weeks pictures. If something looks different and you can't quite place it, I decided to give Absolutely Abliterated by Evomuse a run. Since its topical, I decided to shave my upper body. It's definitely a different look...

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Weight is holding steady at 223.5 today. Ranging from a low of 222 to a high of 226.5 on my cheap bathroom scale. I'm not sure how accurate the weight actually is, but I mostly use it for tracking the changes.

I feel like the DTP is helping address the fatigue that I was feeling from my TRT taper. The bathroom issues are much less prevalent now. Ether/JP8X Hardcore/EF5 are a killer pre workout combo.
 
Decent workout today. I took my sweet time deciding which workout I would do today. I worked out at about 10:30 today, because I have a 12PM meeting on Mondays. Because of this, I have only my protein shake and no real food. Ether to the rescue! Decided on Shoulders. I felt weak on the incline bench, but did ok on military presses.

Shoulders & Upper Body

Incline Bench

85x12, 85x10, 115x4, 145x1
165x9, 165x9, 165x6

Military Press

65x12, 65x10, 90x4, 115x1
135x4, 135x4, 135x4

Shrugs

315x6, 315x6, 315x6

Lateral Raises

35x5, 35x4, 35x4

Rear Delt Raises

40x6, 40x6, 40x6
 
Today's weight: 223.5

Smashed my legs today. Made some small improvements over last week. Still at 255 on the squat, but I hit 5 reps on my first set, back to 4 on the second, but by the third set I actually felt pretty strong at that weight and got 5 reps again.

Front squats were funny. I did two sets of four, but on the third set my back did funny things and I had to drop the weight. Instead of quitting I got it re-racked and got under it again. My back was still funny so I put the bar back. On my third attempt I got 3 reps. Not fantastic, but at least I did a third set!

My pull ups are already improving after doing them twice last week. And I still dislike the Romanian Deadlift.

Legs & Abs

Squat

125x12, 125x10, 185x4, 235x1
255x5, 255x4, 255x5

Front Squat

155x4, 155x4, 155x3

Romanian Deadlift

185x6, 185x6, 185x6

Pull ups

5,4,4

Abs

Cable Crunch - 77.5x12, 77.5x12, 77.5x10
Captains Chair - 21, 14, 11
Bicycles - 36, 23, 14
 
Yesterday's weight: 222
Today's weight: 224

Ahhh. Crappy workout today. I wonder why that keep happening on chest day. I must have done something bad on my incline presses, because my bench regressed, then my left shoulder and elbow started to hurt to the point where I did 3 dips, then couldn't even do bodyweight dips anymore. I improved my close grip bench, but that's probably only because I didn't do any dips. I pressed through almost to the end, but both my elbows gave me issues on tricep presses, so I left. Sigh...

Chest & Triceps

Incline Bench

95x12, 95x10, 135x4, 165x1
185x6, 185x6, 185x5

Bench Press

215x4, 215x3, 215x2

Dips

35x3

Close Grip Bench Press

175x6, 175x6, 175x6

Tricep Press

75x3
 
A little rest and you will be back hard at it!!
 
Today's weight: 221

Back to a mostly more normal workout today! I did the same number of total reps on the deadlift as last week. My pull ups were down from earlier this week, but that's probably because I spent time wearing out the same muscles earlier. All in all, better than yesterday. Still a little trouble from my left elbow, but now it's the weekend!

I realized that I've been on my current program for 10 weeks without missing a workout. That's pretty good for me! What's not quite as good is that I took 3 EF5 tabs with 1.5 scoops of JP8X Hardcore and it didn't really get to me that much. Am I a stim junkie? Possibly. That was in the afternoon about an hour after lunch and an hour or so before the workout. I had 2 scoops of Alphamine and a cup of coffee earlier in the day as well!

Back & Biceps

Deadlift

165x12, 165x10, 245x4, 295x1
325x5, 325x4, 325x4

Barbell Rows

185x6, 185x6, 185x6

Pull Ups

3, 4, 2

Barbell Curl

100x4, 100x4, 100x4

Alternating Dumbbell Curl

50x5, 50x5, 50x5

Abs

Cable Crunch - 77.5x12, 77.5x12, 77.5x12
Captains Chair - 25, 17, 14
Roller - 6, 3, X (This is where my elbow was the worst!)
 
Today's weight was 224.5. Here are this weeks pics:

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Monday's workout:

Weight: 224.5

First day of the deload. I think it went well. I was able to challenge myself with the lighter weight while still focusing on form. My legs were still shaky after this, despite the big weight drops. If my form started to deteriorate, I stopped.

Legs & Abs

Squats

95x12, 95x12, 135x4, 165x1
185x8, 185x8, 185x7

Front Squats

95x10, 115x8, 115x8

Romanian Deadlift

135x8, 135x8, 135x8

Pull Ups

4, 4, 4

Abs

Cable Crunch - 70x12, 70x12, 70x12
Captains Chair - 15, 12, 11
Bicycles - 25, 22, 30*
 
Today's workout:

Weight: 223

Second deload day. This is interesting. The weights are more challenging than I was expecting, which really requires me to set my ego aside. On the other hand, the pumps from slow, steady reps are ridiculous.

Chest & Triceps

Incline Bench

75x12, 75x10, 105x4, 125x1
135x10, 135x10, 145x8

Bench Press

165x8, 165x10, 165x8

Dips

BWx8, BWx7, BWx6

Close Grip Bench

135x9, 135x7, 135x8

Tricep Press

55x8, 55x5, 55x5
 
So after the pain in both my shoulder and elbow during last week's chest workout I suspect that I am increasing my weight too fast and combining that with sloppy form. I also realized that I had been following my current program for 10 weeks without missing a workout (very good for me!) So I'm doing a deload of sorts. What that means for me is that I reduced my top weight by roughly 25% on most exercises and, instead of 4-6 reps, my target is 8-10 but I'm also focusing on more strict form. Slow, non-cheating reps. After two days, it's an eye opener. An ego-crushing eye-opener! When I get back to 4-6 reps, it will definitely be at lower weights so I can keep my form.

Thoughts on this kind of thing?
 
mattierocks said:
So after the pain in both my shoulder and elbow during last week's chest workout I suspect that I am increasing my weight too fast and combining that with sloppy form. I also realized that I had been following my current program for 10 weeks without missing a workout (very good for me!) So I'm doing a deload of sorts. What that means for me is that I reduced my top weight by roughly 25% on most exercises and, instead of 4-6 reps, my target is 8-10 but I'm also focusing on more strict form. Slow, non-cheating reps. After two days, it's an eye opener. An ego-crushing eye-opener! When I get back to 4-6 reps, it will definitely be at lower weights so I can keep my form.



Thoughts on this kind of thing?
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I think it is a great idea, to stick to good form, the more your practice your form the more normal it will be for you and less chance of injury in the future!!
 
Rocket3015 said:
I think it is a great idea, to stick to good form, the more your practice your form the more normal it will be for you and less chance of injury in the future!!
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Yep I do that all the time. My squats some time go up too high so I drop it 100lbs increase reps and reduce rest between sets. To kinda reset.
 
Holy cow... I found the bottom of a tub of Ether. Next up: Strawbamelon!

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I dnt think ive ever seen an Ether tub that empty
 
I will have to show you mine, when it gets real low I get in there with a straw and snort it !
 
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