ConcreteConny
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Lean bulking - nice! Really interested in how this plays out :thumbsup:
Watching closely
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As wide as I can get it. I sit up pretty high in the seat too, I see way too many people using the hammerstrength bench machines like complete morons and putting the seat way low as if to make it more of an incline. They are just turning it into a shoulder press.
Yea, the I gained so fast with the first blast, it was like I was on cycle almost. My entire chest and arms changed shape and size. My second blast though, was much different, I was used to the workout, and the gains didn't just explode like I had expected them to.
Trying to look for new exercises for the same muscle groups is a good way to keep each blast fresh and productive. I never do the same blast twice.
And I personally don't think it hurts to follow up that 1 heavy rest-pause set with an isolation exercise immediately. Don't rest after that rest-pause set. Jump straight onto a medium weight isolation movement and concentrate on using perfect form and really feeling the contractions.
I know the die-hard DC advocates will not agree, but I find that it's okay to tweak the program a bit.:yup:
G, I found this video of when you were a kid:
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Thanks for the vid Rob, and thanks for the 4AD... I'll get you back when I receive my package. It was good to kick it with ya homie.
Monday's workout
BB Curl - 105x8x6x5= 19 reps
Hammer Curl - 60x14
Leg press calves - 14 reps with 2 plates a side.
Lying leg curls - used hammerstrength machine... 35 lbs on each side - 14x8x6
Squat - 255x8Stoked that I was able to get 8 out. Gonna be going up gradually, no more bouncing around with my numbers, it's time to get myself comfortable under the weight and make steady progress, rather than feeling strong one week and weak another, I'd rather just keep progressing a little slower and steadier.
Weighed in at 199 yesterday. +6 lbs in 2.5 weeks. No BF gain. Best cycle EVER so far. No sides, my libido is like a 13 year old watching baywatch for the first time. I don't feel mdrol strong, but I feel strong, confident and I want to kill the iron. I have a feeling 8 weeks of this is going to be a breeze. Best part so far, NO BACK PUMPS. Thank god. Appetite is up huge too, which is the opposite from my appetite on most of the methyls I have ran.
You can snag a pretty decent laptop on newegg brand new for like 400 dude. Mostly lenovo and HP.
I have to agree with you Kleen, I have really come to realize that it is the quality of my workout that I am after, regardless of the numbers. Big #s don't mean Big Growth. I mean, eventually it will, but just because I can pick up 465x1 RDL, doesn't mean it is going to make me bigger than 315x12 will. The cycle is dedicated to the most growth I can achieve, with the destruction of my ego regarding my lifting numbers. I want my workouts to be the most efficient in the gym, screw moving the most weight, let the 300lbs fatties do their 1 rep maxes.
Growth is where it is at bro! Good to see the cycle is going good. How many have you ran by the way? Anyway, I go into the gym and see these average joe lookin dudes doing front shoulder front raises with 70lb dumbbells and swinging back and forth like there is a gale force wind in the gym and then I calmly go over to the rack and pick up the 40's and pump out 12 reps with perfect form and they wonder why they look the way they do and how we look the way we do
. Like you said man, slow and steady will end with growth every time. Keep it up bro!
haha, and then I walk by and grab those 25's...
G and I were talking a little about this last night, there are a lot of guys at my gym that try to lift big #'s but with 1/4 ROM...or, with the ****tiest form one can imagine.
So I might be popping in only once a day, or Once EOD for a little bit... I moved my office to a new location outside of my house, so I will not be able to use my work computer as my home computer. I was supposed to be sold a laptop from my roommate, but he decided to go behind my back and sell it on craigslist after he had agreed to sell it for me because he could get 180 bucks more. Well, needless to say I am fairly pissed off, and don't have a computer to use at my house for the time being.
He's got another thing coming though (He plays online poker for a living... Yea, I know f*cking irresponsible, but whatever it's his choice) since I don't have a computer to use my internet connection for (a business grade 20mb download 10mb upload expensive as f*ck line) I decided to cancel it until I acquire a laptop for my home use. I hope he has fun playing poker all day at the library. I might just end up giving him his 30 day notice... the money isn't the big deal to me, it's the incredible inconvenience he is putting me through since my decision to move my work computer from my home was based around our mutual agreement to sell me the laptop... I had left to go workout with DelSolRob last night at about 6pm, and I came back around 10pm, and he had already sold the laptop of craigslist. Less than 4 hours and he couldn't even wait to ask me if I would pay more for it (which I would have)... all for less than 200 bucks. F*cking Shady. Whatever greedy people aren't what I like to surround myself with, and the guy is addicted to opiates, so it may just be in my best interest to nip this one in the bud.
haha, and then I walk by and grab those 25's...
G and I were talking a little about this last night, there are a lot of guys at my gym that try to lift big #'s but with 1/4 ROM...or, with the ****tiest form one can imagine.
No doubt. It never ceases to amuse. Head to the gym if you are having a bad day and you can always get a good laugh from somewhere!It's always like a "Who can swing the weight the highest" competition and nearly everyone is a pro! And then you always get those dudes who say "D***, are you on steroids or something? I'm using all this weight and can't seem to grow? And look at you with your weights." Then I just cooly walk over to the rack and smile as I listen to my music and pump out another perfect 10 or 11. Ha ok enough making fun of those dudes. But on a serious note. Hypertrophy training is the isht man and I personally love it (cut or bulk) especially on a bulk though because you will GROW :cheers:. Keep it up brotha!
Man, that is my peeve, a lot of times I can't help myself and I go ask them what they are trying to work. Or Instead of telling them they are doing it wrong I just say. Hey you know you will get a lot more out of that if you do it this way. Then tell them but you will have to drop the weight because you wont be able to lift that much this "special way" (IE good form.) LOL I placatew them telling them I hasd to drop weight when I learned it to. Sometimes I just tell a guy next to them how silly peoplelook doing 3 inch leg presses or 1/4 motion benches just to put weight on the bar. Hoping they hear me. I mean they are sheep without someone to herd them in they will wander aimlessly. I remember when GYM employees used to do that you know help the people who needed it. Not charge them 30-50 an hour to regurgitate the same 3 workouts programs over and over like it is special.
Man, I honestly lived in a really small town (until I moved here to Vanderbilt) and I could help people out and they would just stare at me in the gym (used to piss me off but then I got to where I didn't care and just used it as a tool to learn to focus) to learn how to do correct form. They were grateful for it and I was happy to help. But now, since I'm in a bigger place, if I try to help someone they are like "ok." and then they get pissed at me for telling them that they were doing it wrong :wtf1: (and I always wait until they ask me for help I never butt in). So I have just learned to go with the flow and everytime I go into the gym it brings a since of security in knowing that hardly anyone knows how to truly be a bodybuilder. Kinda like a breath of fresh air when you walk into your gym and it has that familiar smell and you know that it's where you want to be and exactly what your goal is. And yeah, personal training is over-rated in most situations but heck why not make money off of people that are to lazy to do their own research. My clients trust in me to help them out and that is exactly what I do and they thank me AND pay me for it (unlike those average-joe know-it-all weight slingers that creep around the gym). So in those respects I don't mind a bit. But I applaud you for trying to "cheat" the system in hopes of people actually trying to do things the right way :cheers:. There is a big difference in weight-slingers and weight lifters.
I feel you on all counts. I choose who I approach, if they look brand new, or what they are doing is dangerous to them. It has to be pretty radical for me to even notice when I am working out cuz I am in the zone.
As far as personal training, I think they are a vital and important part of fitness for many people. I was one and will become one again on a part time basis. My statement was geared toward the club employed trainers at most gyms. They have club certifications but not any real recognized certs. Give out the same 3 workout programs to everyone. Same dietary advice. The not so good trainers. We have 2 trainers at our gym out of 8 that have any real knowledge as far as I can tell. The others are all giving out the cookie cutter advice. I somehow imagine you are not like that.
Thanks for the vid Rob, and thanks for the 4AD... I'll get you back when I receive my package. It was good to kick it with ya homie.
Monday's workout
BB Curl - 105x8x6x5= 19 reps
Hammer Curl - 60x14
Leg press calves - 14 reps with 2 plates a side.
Lying leg curls - used hammerstrength machine... 35 lbs on each side - 14x8x6
Squat - 255x8Stoked that I was able to get 8 out. Gonna be going up gradually, no more bouncing around with my numbers, it's time to get myself comfortable under the weight and make steady progress, rather than feeling strong one week and weak another, I'd rather just keep progressing a little slower and steadier.
Weighed in at 199 yesterday. +6 lbs in 2.5 weeks. No BF gain. Best cycle EVER so far. No sides, my libido is like a 13 year old watching baywatch for the first time. I don't feel mdrol strong, but I feel strong, confident and I want to kill the iron. I have a feeling 8 weeks of this is going to be a breeze. Best part so far, NO BACK PUMPS. Thank god. Appetite is up huge too, which is the opposite from my appetite on most of the methyls I have ran.
Weighed in at 199 yesterday. +6 lbs in 2.5 weeks. No BF gain. Best cycle EVER so far. No sides, my libido is like a 13 year old watching baywatch for the first time. I don't feel mdrol strong, but I feel strong, confident and I want to kill the iron. I have a feeling 8 weeks of this is going to be a breeze. Best part so far, NO BACK PUMPS. Thank god. Appetite is up huge too, which is the opposite from my appetite on most of the methyls I have ran.
Awesome shizz here G!!! That says a lot when you say this is the best cycle EVER!! And it's still early into it too. Just wait..........it's coming. BOOM!!!:hammer:
Hey G what are you running the 4ad and 1ad at? I'm interested to see and those results you have alread are awesome! Keep it up!
Everything has been at the recomended dose. I am now dosing the 4AD at 4ml a day, and the 1AD at 2. I am going to be adding in tonight a 4 pump dose of PP's 1T. so that should be the equivalent to 4ml of 1AD if the conversions are what they are quoted at... perhaps give or take 10mg. DHEA will be added in transdermally tonight though with the PP 1T, so we'll see what that adds as well.