TC's Training For Life Journey

This summer I had one of those household breakdowns. Lost my AC, pool pump, dryer, well, modems, and garage/yard radio. It sucked.
 
RegisterJr said:
This summer I had one of those household breakdowns. Lost my AC, pool pump, dryer, well, modems, and garage/yard radio. It sucked.
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Remember guys, it could always be worse! Glad you got everything fixed so quickly, that's deserving of a huge pat on the back and a high 5!
Thomas, you really had a good outlook and didn't let everything get to you, really had a great outlook too with everything that went on this past summer.

Really good role models for the kids you guys are raising!
 
turff49 said:
Remember guys, it could always be worse! Glad you got everything fixed so quickly, that's deserving of a huge pat on the back and a high 5!
Thomas, you really had a good outlook and didn't let everything get to you, really had a great outlook too with everything that went on this past summer.

Really good role models for the kids you guys are raising!
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Trying to be a good role model for both my boys. My oldest lives with me and my youngest lives with his mother 60 miles away in another town. Its difficult at times but as all us parents know ... its worth it in the long run.

So .... busy night last night so didn't post this. Here it is now ....

Wednesday - Back / Biceps / Abs

1. Pull-ups wide grip
3x8 body weight

2. BB Rows
2x8 (225)
3x12 (185)

3. Db Rows
3x10 (85)

4. Rear Delt Flys
3x15 (25)

5. Ez Bar Curls - slow eccentric 3-5 seconds
3x15 (75)
2 sets of 21's with (55)

6. BB Shrugs
3x20 (185) snatch grip
2x12 (225) standard grip

7. Ab Routine

Macro's kCal-2673 F-116g P-232g C-159g
 
FYI .... my youngest (12yrs) is doing the bodybuilding thing too .... on his own. He is the more athletic of the two boys so its more natural to him. He has a gym membership and goes 3-4 days a week. So proud of both my boys. Getting into the healthy lifestyle so early on. ;)
 
Wait until he starts bulking. You'll a need a mortgage loan to feed him.
 
I am worried about that. Its hard enough already to keep everybody fed around here. As we all know it is more expensive to eat healthy in this mixed up society we live in. My boy is looking for a part time job now that his grandma got a car for him. The kids gonna soon realize the cost of healthy food. He's gonna have to pitch in for our "bodybuilding" food. My lady and her girls still eat like crap so part of our food budget goes towards junk that my boy and I don't eat. So we are on our own for the good stuff. At least we've got a while before the kid considers bulking. He's gotta lose the fat first.
 
TKC432 said:
I am worried about that. Its hard enough already to keep everybody fed around here. As we all know it is more expensive to eat healthy in this mixed up society we live in. My boy is looking for a part time job now that his grandma got a car for him. The kids gonna soon realize the cost of healthy food. He's gonna have to pitch in for our "bodybuilding" food. My lady and her girls still eat like crap so part of our food budget goes towards junk that my boy and I don't eat. So we are on our own for the good stuff. At least we've got a while before the kid considers bulking. He's gotta lose the fat first.
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I agree 100% in the health cost. I read in men's Health or some mag like that one time there's now reason to eat unhealthy. All natural healthy organic food and grass fed beef avgs 15c per more per ounce food than eating junk. I'd like to know where they fuken shop
 
Ricochet247 said:
I agree 100% in the health cost. I read in men's Health or some mag like that one time there's now reason to eat unhealthy. All natural healthy organic food and grass fed beef avgs 15c per more per ounce food than eating junk. I'd like to know where they fuken shop
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15c my as* From out here in NorCal I can say its a hell of a lot more than that on average. Eating healthy is a serious investment .... but I can't do it any other way. I don't have cable TV and never go out to eat .... rarely drink .... so the money the average joe spends on those frivolous activities I spend on healthy food ;)
 
I have cable for the kiddo. Eat out some cause otherwise I wouldn't have time. But rarely drink. I'd rather spend the money on food and pinch elsewhere. I feel better all around when my diets clean
 
Ricochet247 said:
I have cable for the kiddo. Eat out some cause otherwise I wouldn't have time. But rarely drink. I'd rather spend the money on food and pinch elsewhere. I feel better all around when my diets clean
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Our kids seem to do fine watching whatever on youtube or netflix. and generally if there's a show or a movie they can't find it there my lady always manages to find somewhere to download it so they can watch. I watch TV on weekends only and my lady and I end up watching some show or movie she's downloaded .... so no need for cable at this point. Its been 3 years since we turned it off and really haven't missed it.
 
Just realized I didn't post Fridays session. Another crazy busy weekend got the better of me I guess. anyway here it is .....

Friday - Deadlifts + Full Body

1. Deadlifts
1x10 (225)
1x8 (315)
1x6 (335)
1x3 (365)
2x2 (385)

2. Incline BB Bench
1x20 (145)
1x15 (165)
1x10 (185)
1x8 (205)
1x15 (145)

3. Db Calve Ext alternating legs
3x20 (45)

4. Seated Db OHP 21's
4x (40)

5. Db Pullover
3x10 (85)

6. Db 1 1/4 squat
3x12 (50's)

7. Laying Lateral Raise
3x12 (25)

8. Decline Skullcrushers
x15,12,10 (75) 30 sec rests

9. Concentration Curls - Arnold Style
3x10 (50)

10. Ab Routine

Macro's kCal-3207 F-126g P-260g C-234g
 
Just for grins .... heres todays macro's I always try and keep Sunday a super low kCal day since its day 2 of off days. Just seems to work for me in this fat loss game. Back at the iron tomorrow evening.

Macro's kCal-1930 F-54g P-212g C-137g
 
A day behind yet again .... busy life!

Here's last nights sesh

Monday - Chest / Delts / Tri's / Abs

1. Dips - bodyweight
3x12

2. Incline BB Bench
2x10 (185)
1x6 (205)
2x12 (165)

3. Seated BB OHP
1x10 (145)
3x12 (125) Behind the neck

4. Db Flys
3x12 (50)

5. Decline Skullcrushers
2x15 (65)
2x10 (85)

6. Lateral Raise
3x12 (25)
1x10 (30) Leaning

7. Ab Routine

Macro's kCal-3193 F-101g P-288g C-254g

My boy did awesome tonight! Finally got that first month of neural adaptation out of the way and now he's finally pushing some weight and hitting the muscles correctly. Had him do significantly more weight on all his lifts and he felt it .... in all the right places
 
TKC432 said:
My boy did awesome tonight! Finally got that first month of neural adaptation out of the way and now he's finally pushing some weight and hitting the muscles correctly. Had him do significantly more weight on all his lifts and he felt it .... in all the right places
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This is awesome..
 
He will be in beast mode soon and then it will be on! Kids won't know what to think of him!
 
turff49 said:
He will be in beast mode soon and then it will be on! Kids won't know what to think of him!
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Another reason why I wish I discovered this lifestyle when I was his age......damn think of the possibilities ;)
 
Last nights sesh


Wednesday - Back / Biceps / Abs

1. Pull ups bodyweight
3x8 wide grip

2. BB Row
1x10 (185)
1x10 (205)
2x8 (205)
2x6 (225)

3. Db Row
3x10 (85) pause/ squeeze at the top of each rep

4. Rear Delt Flys
3x12 (25)
1x10 (30)

5. Seated Db Shrugs - alternating arms
4x12 (85)

6. Ez Bar Curls
2x15 (75)
1x12 (85)
1x10 (95)
2 sets of 21's w/65

7. Hammer curls
3x12 (30) slow concentric and eccentric

8.Ab Routine


Macro's kCal-2754 F-64g P-280g C-248g

Nice session tonight. The boy did great again. Put him under some real weight on the flat bench and told him to let that primal instinct to survive be what drives him .... get the heavy thing off your chest or die ;) It worked. A month ago the kid was struggling with just the bar .... tonight he put up 135 for 5 reps! Progress
 
21's suck!! Lol!!! Congrats for even doing them. They will definitely cause growth though!
 
Great Monday session after 4 days off. Got sick last week so took it as a good sign to take a deload week .... got 2 good sessions in last week on Mon and Wed and then rested until tonight. Felt great to get back at it .... only 4 days off but it was just what I needed to come back with a vengeance/

Monday - Chest / Delts / Tri's / Abs

1. Dips - bodyweight
3x12

2. Flat BB Bench
3x8 (225)
1x5 (235)

3. Incline BB Bench - 4 sec eccentric and explode on concentric
2x10 (165)
3x12 (155)

4. Seated BB OHP
3x10 (115) slow eccentric
2 sets of 21's w/40's

5. Db Flys
3x12 (50)

6. Db Lateral Raise
2x12 (30)

7. Laying Lateral Raise
2x10 (25)

8. Decline Skullcrushers
3x12 (75)

9. Ab Routine

Macro's - 2624 F-72g P-274g C-218g
 
How're you doing the OHP 21's?
 
I'm imagining 7 half bottom reps, 7 half top reps, and 7 full reps and that sounds awfully painful!
 
7 top range. 7 bottom range. 7 full range. And yes they're painful. But a great pump especially after hitting the delts with barbbell OHP first. And I ended up doing 2 of those bb sets behind the neck as well. After that and the lateral raises my delts were feelin it.
 
Late as usual (lately) with my posts ..... Crazy busy life again.
Here is Wednesdays sesh

Wed - Back/Biceps/Abs

1. Wide Grip Pull ups - bodyweight
3x8

2. BB Row
3x12 (165) 2 sec pause squeeze at top and 3 sec eccentric
2x8 (205)
1x8 (225)
3x12 (165) Yates Rows

3. Rear Delt Flys
3x12 (30)

4. Snatch High Pull
3x8 (135)
1x6 (165)

5. BB Shrugs
2x20 (185)
2x10 (225)

6. Ez Bar Curls
2x12 (85) narrow
2x12 (85) wide
2 sets of 21's (55) narrow grip

7. Hammer curls
2x12 (30)

8. Ab Routine

Macro's - kCal-2898 F-101g P-258g C-234g
 
Hey, life comes first man! Can't have gains without a job. And if in a family, family comes first!
 
And ..... last nights sesh

Friday - Legs / Full Body

1. Db 11/4 squats
3x10 (50's)

2. BB Front Squat
2x10 (145)
1x8 (165)
1x6 (185)

3. Deadlift went for reps rather than heavy doubles this time so a bit lighter on the weight
1x10 (225)
3x8 (315)

4. Incline BB Bench superset w/ Db Rows
3x12 (165) 4 sec ecc - ss- 3x12 (75)

5. Leg Curls (quads were already barkin by this point)
3x15 (145)

6. Db Calve Extension - alternating legs
3x20 (40)

7. Ab Routine

Macro's - kCal-3265 F-86g P-285g C-313g

Took in more kCals and carbs today ... was feeling a little depleted these last 2 sessions so felt a re-feed was in order.
 
Ok ... so I'm sitting here on a semi-rainy Sunday in NorCal and I am at that point where I think its time to switch up my training routine. I used to do 4 day a week A/B protocol and switched to a 3 day a week regime about 3 months ago. Still aiming to hit every muscle group at least 2x per week because that's just what works for me ..... and I am a volume beast so I tend to go between 25-30 sets per session, sometimes upwards of 40 sets. So far recovery has been fine even with my life getting much busier than it was when I was training 4 days a week (new job). So ... as I sit here drinking coffee and reflecting on the last 7 years of training I find myself actually considering switching to a full-body protocol .... first thought being that it will be difficult for me to limit my volume on each session even knowing that I am hitting each muscle group 3x a week so I need to focus more on weekly volume rather than volume per session. But I also remember way back when I started this iron game I used a modified full-body routine and it really fit well back then .... but that was before I was able to add so much volume to each session and the weights were a lot lighter .... So ... I guess I am just putting this out there to the AM crowd to see what you all think. Keeping in mind I am not in my 20's any more and I don't have the time these days to devote to more than 3 days per week training. M-W-F seems to fit into my busy schedule ..... perhaps in the future I can get back to a 4 day a week protocol but for the time being I have to work with what I've got. So ..... any thoughts?
 
Rained here in NorCal last night and most of today .... but the rain gods and the gods of iron reached an agreement and it cleared up 10 minutes before my session started this evening. If we are gonna get a real winter this year I may have to re-evaluate my outdoor gym.

Monday - Chest / Delts / Tri's / Abs

1. Dips
1x12 bodyweight
2x10 bodyweight + 20lbs (thats all I could get on my makeshift belt setup without my shorts coming off ;)

2. BB Flat Bench
1x10 (185)
1x8 (215)
2x5 (225)

3. BB Incline Bench - slow 4 sec eccentric
3x12 (165)

4. Seated Db OHP
3x12 (50)

5. Seated BB Behind neck OHP
3x12 (105)

6. Close Grip Bench
1x25 (105)
1x15 (125)
1x10 (165)

7. Db Flys
3x12 (50)

8. Lateral Raises
3x12 (30)

9. Decline Skullcrushers
1x12 (85)
2x15 (75)

10. Ab Routine

Macro's - kCal-3466 F-107g P-317g C-299g
 
I'm back :veryhappy:
Been without the laptop for a little over a week .... got it fixed and now I am ready to get back to this log. Still cutting .... down a few more pounds .... sitting at 254 now that's a total of 20lbs down since I stopped my permabulk about 15 weeks ago .... been hitting it hard in the gym but not gonna post the last 5 sessions that I couldn't post while laptop was down. I will start back up with tomorrows session. Shooting for another 14lbs gone before I crack into my goodies stash for another cycle .... ;)
 
Welcome back! Glad things are still going well for you!
 
Sounds like a quest to me that won't take long for you to reach. Awesome progress. How's the boy doing on his journey?
 
turff49 said:
Sounds like a quest to me that won't take long for you to reach. Awesome progress. How's the boy doing on his journey?
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It is a quest. This whole bodybuilding lifestyle is born out of that quest that is inside all of us here on AM. I have to admit I am getting tired of being on this cut ... as is the usual case when the end is near. Keep peaking at my goodies in the cupboard and getting antsy to move on to the next phase.

The kids been doing great. I envy that youthful recovery ability of his.

Gonna be doing Back / Biceps / Abs tonight. And I will finally get back to posting on this log as promised. Work / Life has been much more hectic than usual .... but that always seems to be the case this time of year.
 
Happy thanksgiving west-coast Tom.
 
Ok .... gotta get back to posting on this log. Busy life plus the Holiday this week and I didn't get anything posted .... but got my training in.

so for starters heres Fridays session. I will post tomorrows session for sure ;)

Friday - Deadlifts + Full Body

1. Deadlift
1x10 (225)
1x6 (315)
1x6 (335)
1x5 (345)
1x3 (365)
1x2 (385)

2. Db 11/4 squats
3x12 (50's)

3. Low Incline BB Bench super-set with Db Row
3x10 (185) ss 3x10 (85)

4. Leg extension super-set with seated Db curls
3x15 (145) ss 3x12 (30)

5. BB Calve Extension
3x15 (225)

6. Db Pullover
3x12 (85)

7. Db Concentration Curls - Arnold Style
2x8 (65)
1 drop set x8 (65) x6 (45) x6 (30) ouch!

8. Decline skullcrushers
1x10 (95)
2x12 (85)

9. Ab Routine


Helluva pump .... especially after the super carb-up meal for Thanksgiving!
 
Had to clean and rearrange a few things today including my supplement cupboard .... caught myself standing there staring at my 'goodies' and dreaming of the cycle to come. Got enough for 2 good cycles .... just trying to plan it out for the best results .... should be ready to hit the ground running in about 3 weeks. ;)
 
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