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Studhorse said:
Hell I use cobra grips when I do pull ups. my left forearm has been bothering me for about 6 months now. hell I never take them off unless i'm doing legs or abs.
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Sucks getting old, doesn't it. For the last three or four weeks, right elbow kills me any time I do curls.
 
SFreed said:
Sucks getting old, doesn't it. For the last three or four weeks, right elbow kills me any time I do curls.
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Compression wrap works great for the elbow I bought one online, use to have 2 but my buddy needed one so I hooked him up
 
Just to clear the confusion....or some of it....this is my version of fatty pull ups.
No assistance. Pull up as far as you can go. Hang there then go some more. Repeat till you get to the top. Takes about 2 breaks on average for me to complete a pull up. From ded hang. No kipping or cheating. About 10 of these before I wanna pass out. These are the pull ups from the darkside....no fun at all.

Funny thing is I can rep out on bodyweight for pulldowns for easy sets if 15.

I do have those fat grips but I only use them for DB work
 
Tank999 said:
Tank can barely do a singel clean pull up from ded hang....I can fake a bunch, but nothing that'll do me any good. And my days of ego lifting are long gone....
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There is a little trick to it.
Don't just pull with your arms, arch the back a bit and try to bring your chest up. Its more in your mind really.
Inverted rows help tremendously too, here a vid.

[video=youtube;TWsZp6fbCHA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsZp6fbCHA[/video]
 
There is one more trick I can't explain easily -When you hang dead, pull only a few inches while arching the back, basically without bending your arms, its more a movement of the shoulders and upper body. Do 5-6 of them, then pause, then perform a pull up. Has to do with body-mind connection and worked on every one I showed it to.
 
hairygrandpa Thanks for ♤♤♤♤♤. I watch all the youtube stuff and I have enough strength to lift guys twice my size....I was doing inverted rows with a pile of 45s on my abs...it was redonculous! I think I just still have fat guy mentality which I have to get out of my head!
 
Day 12
Did my 20 min cardio...actually more like 30 again...
Definitely noticing a difference with this - stuff that drove me plumb batty before now only annoys me slightly or not at all. As swmbo says, I'm annoying the !@#$% outa her being so chilled out!;)
Again; I don't care if it's a placebo effect or not...Im enjoying feeling mellow like!

Heading out to the gym in a few...gonna try something slightly different this week...should be interesting to see what happens....


Cheers
 
HIT wore me out so well last week, I decided to stick with it for another week....HOWEVER, instead of just one body part per day, gonna go for full upper body 5 days straight.
Today I averaged about 45 reps per work set; that includes 2 rest pauses and 1 weight drop.

Did:
BB delt press - frontsies
Hammer rows
Hammer shrugs
Hammer decline press
Hammer precherz
Tri oh ext

Solid work. Gotta hope to recover by tomorrow......same split but different exercises.

If this works, might stick with this for a while....just not go all out...moderate the weights a little....

Cheers
 
As usual and much expected, this is going to be a truly epic log. Cannot wait to see how you do in weeks 9-12.
The anticipation. :)
 
justhere4comm said:
As usual and much expected, this is going to be a truly epic log. Cannot wait to see how you do in weeks 9-12.
The anticipation. :)
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Lol
All kidding aside, a dailed in diet with a solid wo program with a slight edge from a good supp will work wonders....even for an older guy;)
 
Day13
Got my cardio in...30 min again ....really wierd :)
No appetite issues thankfully even though I dailed back the cals a tad. Just trying to give this supp a real chance to do it's thing...

Heading out to the gym in a few for another full upper session. I'll see how long I can keep them going daily....

Cheers
 
Tank999 said:
Day13
Got my cardio in...30 min again ....really wierd :)
No appetite issues thankfully even though I dailed back the cals a tad. Just trying to give this supp a real chance to do it's thing...

Heading out to the gym in a few for another full upper session. I'll see how long I can keep them going daily....

Cheers
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Dam brother you are flat out getting after it. Its jus about time for some noodz or at least an undies vid!
 
Surprisingly I recovered enough to do another HIT full upper body today....evidently I didn't work hard enough yesterday...;) Did about 35-45 total reps per work set ( 2 rest pauses and 1 weight drop )
I'm really enjoying this, in spite of or because of it ain't easy! And to top it off ....big joy...I got some light dedz in also.

Did:
Hammer delt press
Hammer hi rows
DB shrugs (great range and stretch on these)
Machine chest press
1 handed precherz
V bar press down

My appetite is really down....but gotta eat, right? Don't wanna go back to so many protein shakes....but I might have to...

Cheers
 
Tank999 said:
Surprisingly I recovered enough to do another HIT full upper body today....evidently I didn't work hard enough yesterday...;) Did about 35-45 total reps per work set ( 2 rest pauses and 1 weight drop )
I'm really enjoying this, in spite of or because of it ain't easy! And to top it off ....big joy...I got some light dedz in also.

Did:
Hammer delt press
Hammer hi rows
DB shrugs (great range and stretch on these)
Machine chest press
1 handed precherz
V bar press down

My appetite is really down....but gotta eat, right? Don't wanna go back to so many protein shakes....but I might have to...

Cheers
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Your appetite is down? What could be causing that?
 
Day 14
2 weeks in, eh? First off, no sides or other negs; which is more than I can say for most "diet pills". The appetite suppression is real. The chilled out mellows is real. I'm very wary of cutting cals so as not to lose very hard earned muscle....nevertheless the scale is slowly edging downward. Keeing in mind that this NOT the surge of weight loss experienced at the beginning of a cut - I'm more than 3 years in - this is really very positive.
Ok, back to work...
Did 30min cardio this morning. Still not a lot of solid food going in here - I prepared a whole chicken and a big salad, and it seems it's gonna last me 3 days...at least! Hilarious!

Heading out to the gym in a few. Gonna try for another full upper....

Cheers
 
Tank999 said:
Day 14
2 weeks in, eh? First off, no sides or other negs; which is more than I can say for most "diet pills". The appetite suppression is real. The chilled out mellows is real. I'm very wary of cutting cals so as not to lose very hard earned muscle....nevertheless the scale is slowly edging downward. Keeing in mind that this NOT the surge of weight loss experienced at the beginning of a cut - I'm more than 3 years in - this is really very positive.
Ok, back to work...
Did 30min cardio this morning. Still not a lot of solid food going in here - I prepared a whole chicken and a big salad, and it seems it's gonna last me 3 days...at least! Hilarious!

Heading out to the gym in a few. Gonna try for another full upper....

Cheers
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Well done!
Don't want to lose that muscle. Slow goes it. I don't like to lose more than 3 pounds a Month.
of course this is the guy that is at 196 and still fat. Kind of freaks me out being under 200lb. haven't been that light since college.
 
Studhorse said:
Well done!
Don't want to lose that muscle. Slow goes it. I don't like to lose more than 3 pounds a Month.
of course this is the guy that is at 196 and still fat. Kind of freaks me out being under 200lb. haven't been that light since college.
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Thanks! Btw, u aint fat...you're studly!
 
Had another great HIT full upper body workout. Forced out 40 total reps per workset.....
Went a little too heavy on cable pull downs so I felt it in my elbow. Thankfully as soon as I finished, it stopped twinging.

Did:
Heavy cable pull downs
Cable shrugs
BB delt press - backsies
Hammer incline
DB curlz
Rope tri oh ext

And done!

Gotta get some cals in. Gonna make grilled jalapeno/cayenne burgers...and I'm gonna eat them..:)

Cheers
 
Tank999 said:
Had another great HIT full upper body workout. Forced out 40 total reps per workset.....
Went a little too heavy on cable pull downs so I felt it in my elbow. Thankfully as soon as I finished, it stopped twinging.

Did:
Heavy cable pull downs
Cable shrugs
BB delt press - backsies
Hammer incline
DB curlz
Rope tri oh ext

And done!

Gotta get some cals in. Gonna make grilled jalapeno/cayenne burgers...and I'm gonna eat them..:)

Cheers
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Awesome work, and the burgers sound great. I'm on my way. Lol
 
I know it will never happen, but since I live in the midwest and pretty much the middle of everything, I'd be totally down to host a giant AM cookout/workout.
 
SFreed said:
I know it will never happen, but since I live in the midwest and pretty much the middle of everything, I'd be totally down to host a giant AM cookout/workout.
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Brilliant idea! We used to ride bikes to chicago on a whim, grab a meal and head back. 15 years ago, I woulda almost been there already!
 
Day 15
Got called in early to work but still got my cardio in....about 25min.
Did a solid HIT all upper body workout again...40-60 reps per work set...yeah I said 60....nutso!
I'll say one thing - I'm definitely gonna be ready for the weekend gym break!

I just realized today that thankfully most of my usually annoying pct symptoms are gone...for a while already. For that alone it's worth taking this supp! No weepies or irritability, etc.....very thankful for that.....

Did:
Delt machine press

Hammer LoRo

Seated Hammer Shrugs.....very humbling.....standing I rep out on 6pps....seated I barely get 4pps

PecDec

Straight bar cable curlz

Hammer close grip declines

And done!

Have a ton of leftover great food from the last few nights so I'm gonna try vaccum it in tonight.....

Cheers
 
Day 16 - 250.4lbs
1.4 lbs down this week.......that's gooood.....
Can just imagine what would happen for a normal guy who tracked his macros and cals...;)

Dun did my cardio...30min....
Heading out to the gym for one more heavy/hi rep HIT. Got the whole weekend to figure out what to do next week. I love this way of working out but it's definitely not sustainable for a full 5 day workout week for more than a week or two. For me at least. Without overtraining.
Maybe some hi rep work....

Cheers
 
Tank999, Awesome Job! Have you ever tried doing cardio without weight training, and Weight training without cardio?
 
BEAST73 said:
Tank999, Awesome Job! Have you ever tried doing cardio without weight training, and Weight training without cardio?
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I used to have seperate cardio and weight days. Back then my cardio was insane - some days I'd hit a bag, do stairmaster, run treadmill...for 20 each, all out. These days my cardio is just for health not sweating off the cals....that's all i can handle right now. But there's a 4-5 hour window between my cardio and lifting.
 
Really feeling like I gave it my all today- but in a good way. I got 2.5 days till my next workout. I hope to eat well, rest up, and just do a little cardio over the weekend.

Did:
Seated cable delt press
Pull ups/fatty pull ups amrap
DB shrugs
Cable seated flyes
Hammer single arm precherz
Reverse tri curlz
Tri pd
Tri cable oh ext

Everything HIT
Yeah, I really pushed the tris today....I was thinking they gotta catch up to my bis;) and I enjoy pushing them sometimes....

Got me some crispy chicken lined up (almond flour coating with cayenne, garlic, etc -lo carb of course!)....and I plan on enjoying it hungry or not!

Have a great weekend all y'all and watch out for the crazies!

Cheers
 
Day 19
25 min cardio in.
Kept food on track over weekend. Gonna try to keep cals just a little tighter this week to see if it ramps things up a little.
Heading out to the gym in a few. Gonna go for some higher reps/lower weights this week. Maybe delts today...hmmmm....
Cheers
 
It's a total eclipse today! I hope you enjoyed it!
Waiting for it to show up here in FLA=la-la=la land.
 
Tank999 said:
Day 19
25 min cardio in.
Kept food on track over weekend. Gonna try to keep cals just a little tighter this week to see if it ramps things up a little.
Heading out to the gym in a few. Gonna go for some higher reps/lower weights this week. Maybe delts today...hmmmm....
Cheers
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At least someone kept there food on track over the weekend!
Good job brother!
 
So I decided to go for sets of 15s this week; 5-6 per exercise. Decent weights, but light enough to get a good solid full rom 15, even on the last set. Dunno, feels like I really worked out.

Did delts:
Seated BB Press - 3 backsies, 3 frontsies
Hammer delt press
Freemotion seated cable press
Cable side raises
DB rear delt raises
And I was well done!

A fan of mine who lives in my house is making me a big juicy spicy steak for dinner. I better finish it...no excuses! ;)

Cheers
 
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