Timmay's Drive+RPM=Crack Log

[timmay8989]

November 25, 2007
FINAL DAY
Today is the last day of the log, as I am now out of DRIVE. today was a good workout however, the shoulder pain is mostly gone. I was able to geta lil bit more on the arnold press and a few more reps on my lateral raise

Im gonna look over my log, get some numbers together, and geta final weight tomorrow morning. Ill post up my final review tomorrow. Ive been very impressed with this product. Ill be picking this up again in the near future.

As for diet, when i started this log 2000 cals was working great, good strength gains with only a little fat increase. Now that ive finished this log, im beginning to realize that my gains have slowed down alot, its probally time to increase the calories a bit. I guess I wasnt prepared for how well this stack worked.


Shoulders Traps
Arnold Press- 50x10, 55x8, 55x8 60x6
BB Shrugs- 195x10, 205x8, 215x5
DB Shrugs- 90x12, 95x10, 100x7
Front Delt Raise- 130x12, 135x10, 140x8, 145x5
Lateral Raises- 25x10, 30x7, 35x5


Strength- up a little
Pumps- Great, good vascularity
Focus-Very Good Today
Libido-High
Energy- High
Endurance- Great

 

[timmay8989]

Final Review:

Very impressed with this stack. For those who didnt know, I ran 14 days a of drive prior to beginning this log. This final review will encompass this entire experience.

Final Weight: 152
Weight October 1st(1st day of 14 day drive log) 144
Weight October 22-(1st day of RPM/DRIVE) 148

TOTAL GAINS IN PAST 56 days: 8 lbs

Flat Bench:
Week of October 1st: 155x8
Week of October 22: 155x10
Final: 160x8

Squats:
Week of October 1: IN SMITH MACHINE- 255x10
Week of October 22: IN SMITH MACHINE-305x9
Final: NO SMITH MACHINE- 275x8

Romanian Deadlifts
Week of October 1st 135x12
Week of October 22 185x10
Final 225x6


Overall i was impressed with this stack. I kinda wish I had changed my diet slightly as I kept the same 2000 calories the entire 56days. However 8 lbs in that time period is good in my book. Id recommend giving this stack a try. I found 5Drive/day and 3 rpm/workout to work great for me.

 

[sreed11]

hey man good job. ya i think you could've made way more gains if your diet was maybe 3500 cals. at that low of weight with that much of a bump in the cal intake i think you could've doubled your gains. but that's just IMO. Did you keep in mind on the squats that on a smith machine the bar is only 15 pounds?


Also i used to do squats to where my butt and legs would be about at a 90 degree angle. idk if you do that now but if you do try to drop the weight a lot and go down as far as possible. i find i've made much more gains by this.

 

[timmay8989]

i didnt take that into consideration about the smith machine
so my adjusted weights would be

220x10 in smith
270x9 in smith
275x8out of smith

also i feel like when I go much deeper than parallel i start to lose my balance.

 

[sreed11]

MOST DEFINITELY! i think many feel like they'll lose their balance. i'm guessing you fall forward? that could possibly be due to core strength or trying to lift to much weight or just so much other crap. try to focus on form on the smith machine squats. or another way is drop the weight drastically on your squats! i have knee problems so what i do is drop the weight a lot to get down low so it doesn't hurt as bad and then either superset with leg press or just go real heavy on leg press. try some stuff out to get your balance good and i think you'll feel a lot better after legs!