MuscleScience's Iron Lab

[Gallowmere]

I have intense and painful cramps every time I attempted to do abs in isolation, it has always been that way.

That sucks man. It would drive me nuts. I tend to do a few sets of HLRs and ab wheel to failure on my bench and overhead days, respectively.

[MuscleScience]

But on a serious note, I keep thinking I should start doing abs, particularly if I want to do a show next year. Throwing up at the thought of abs and maybe cardio..........having nightmares.

I hated cardio until I discovered all these podcast out there. Now I can do it for an hour without thinking about it.

[hammerheart]

That sucks man. It would drive me nuts. I tend to do a few sets of HLRs and ab wheel to failure on my bench and overhead days, respectively.

Exercising them indirectly does enough for me to keep them toned, I can do obliques also no prob but I abs need to avoid isolating the rectum abdominis or I'll be in a lot of pain lol.

[MuscleScience]

Off day today,

Had to fast for my blood work today. Didn't have much energy after. Probably do some cardio in the AM.

[NACH3]

What's up MS, how you been?

I'm gonna pm you have some things I want to talk about if you don't mind brother?!

Hope BW comes back well and that your training is going well too

[MuscleScience]

What's up MS, how you been?

I'm gonna pm you have some things I want to talk about if you don't mind brother?!

Hope BW comes back well and that your training is going well too

Sure man, PM away!

[NACH3]

Fugured I'd share my arm w/o here too

Felt strong

Arms today - went very well real intense heavy with some high reps on certain ex's and strong my best session yet intensity wise I'd say!

- Oly bar curls heavy
3w/u
1w 2 drops

- hammer preachers off back of incline bench
1w 3drops

- EZ Bar curls s/s rev curls
1w 2drops. -- 2w drop

- cable curls
2w 8-12

- CG smith Bench
Pyramided up and was strong today here after bis created that cushion
1w315 7 2 forced 275 6 + 1forced into neg 225 12 racked short

- incline skulls s/s into presses after
2w115 10+/8 DD

- straight bar pushdowns
Stacked
1w 3drops

- rope pushdowns bent over pulling past hips s/s one arm rope ext's(15-20reps)
3w & 3w 1arms no rest

Great w/o was happy about the 315 on CG first time in a while even b4 the lay off

[MuscleScience]

Fugured I'd share my arm w/o here too

Felt strong

Arms today - went very well real intense heavy with some high reps on certain ex's and strong my best session yet intensity wise I'd say!

- Oly bar curls heavy
3w/u
1w 2 drops

- hammer preachers off back of incline bench
1w 3drops

- EZ Bar curls s/s rev curls
1w 2drops. -- 2w drop

- cable curls
2w 8-12

- CG smith Bench
Pyramided up and was strong today here after bis created that cushion
1w315 7 2 forced 275 6 + 1forced into neg 225 12 racked short

- incline skulls s/s into presses after
2w115 10+/8 DD

- straight bar pushdowns
Stacked
1w 3drops

- rope pushdowns bent over pulling past hips s/s one arm rope ext's(15-20reps)
3w & 3w 1arms no rest

Great w/o was happy about the 315 on CG first time in a while even b4 the lay off

Dang man, you went flat beast mode!

[NACH3]

Dang man, you went flat beast mode!

Lol... I definitely tried that's for sure

[songdog]

Good morning MS have I great holiday

[MuscleScience]

Good morning MS have I great holiday

Thanks Bro, you too!

[tarmyg]

Just out: Nutritional ketone salts increase fat oxidation but impair high-intensity exercise performance in healthy adult males.

[NACH3]

Morning guys & gals what's going on? Hope you all had a great holiday... figured I'd share some stats since just starting back consistently again and where I'm at now as opposed to 12wks from now!

Had a nice little two days off and today I'm hitting delts & traps I'm thinking or chest bis not sure I can do either then hit the opposite tomorrow! Strength is coming back
Shoulder smith press hit 275 last wk for 6ish
Incline smith press hit 285 for 7
CG smith bench hit 315 for 7-8 I believe
BB Bent over rows hit 275 8-10 pyramiding up to that weight

So today we shall see what I can do on either shoulder press(which is pre-exhausted and last) or on chest may do DB work on chest today tho

[MuscleScience]

Just out: Nutritional ketone salts increase fat oxidation but impair high-intensity exercise performance in healthy adult males.

Interesting, seems it's worth while to ingest Ketone salts prior to cardio/exercise sessions. Unless you're a top end cyclist or something lol

[MuscleScience]

Morning guys & gals what's going on? Hope you all had a great holiday... figured I'd share some stats since just starting back consistently again and where I'm at now as opposed to 12wks from now!

Had a nice little two days off and today I'm hitting delts & traps I'm thinking or chest bis not sure I can do either then hit the opposite tomorrow! Strength is coming back
Shoulder smith press hit 275 last wk for 6ish
Incline smith press hit 285 for 7
CG smith bench hit 315 for 7-8 I believe
BB Bent over rows hit 275 8-10 pyramiding up to that weight

So today we shall see what I can do on either shoulder press(which is pre-exhausted and last) or on chest may do DB work on chest today tho

Flat getting after it Nach!

I've had a bad chest cold the last three days. Going to try and get a light workout and cardio session to day to get the lungs to clear out a little.

[MuscleScience]

Got an OK workout in today.

Chest and Tris with a bit of shoulder since I missed shoulders on Sunday.
First day back in the gym, have had a bad chest cold for several days. Hung out in the sauna to move things along. Felt weak so went lighter on bench and decided to do some isolating triscep exercises to work through some of the weak feeling from the cold. I did do about 20 minutes of HIIT which made my lungs feel great while doing it. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back to 100%

[tarmyg]

MS,

I got through the full study (Link here) and was wondering if you have the same conclusion as me which is that if you want to quickly switch over to fat burning mode and do not care about impacting performance this compound is actually useful.

Thanks
~t

[MuscleScience]

MS,

I got through the full study (Link here) and was wondering if you have the same conclusion as me which is that if you want to quickly switch over to fat burning mode and do not care about impacting performance this compound is actually useful.

Thanks
~t

That's what I got out of it too. The performance numbers are only impactful if you are an athlete per say. If your goal is to get into fat loss then I think it's safe to say trading a bit of performance is ok.

Interestingly I have heard and read adding a ketone salt helps "prime," the system for fat loss. I have been searching for a review study to see what the body of literature says.

[NACH3]

Flat getting after it Nach!

I've had a bad chest cold the last three days. Going to try and get a light workout and cardio session to day to get the lungs to clear out a little.

Thx MS... just trying to see where I'll end up after this lil blast so wanted to record things - hit 285 today on smith MP... up 20lbs already but my reps dropped to 4 plus I went fasted :/ lol

Got an OK workout in today.

Chest and Tris with a bit of shoulder since I missed shoulders on Sunday.
First day back in the gym, have had a bad chest cold for several days. Hung out in the sauna to move things along. Felt weak so went lighter on bench and decided to do some isolating triscep exercises to work through some of the weak feeling from the cold. I did do about 20 minutes of HIIT which made my lungs feel great while doing it. Hopefully tomorrow I will be back to 100%

Love sitting in the sauna and just sweating things out I've seem to have a sorta rebound from my head cold not long ago but it's been rainy and nasty here on the east coast lately... at least cooler though

[MuscleScience]

Thx MS... just trying to see where I'll end up after this lil blast so wanted to record things - hit 285 today on smith MP... up 20lbs already but my reps dropped to 4 plus I went fasted :/ lol



Love sitting in the sauna and just sweating things out I've seem to have a sorta rebound from my head cold not long ago but it's been rainy and nasty here on the east coast lately... at least cooler though

My back and Bi's workout was terrible today so I aborted it and just did 30min of cardio. I had no energy and was sore all over. I'll try again tomorrow.

[NACH3]

My back and Bi's workout was terrible today so I aborted it and just did 30min of cardio. I had no energy and was sore all over. I'll try again tomorrow.

You know I'd rather do that than a half ass w/o like you did do! Makes no sense if your not up to it mentally or obviously physically - tomorrow is a new day brotha!

[MuscleScience]

You know I'd rather do that than a half ass w/o like you did do! Makes no sense if your not up to it mentally or obviously physically - tomorrow is a new day brotha!

I agree, I'll feel better tomorrow anyway.

[MuscleScience]

Finally got my gas block today at a local gun store. They had to order it in. Put it all together and it's ready for its first run at the range tomorrow.

[MuscleScience]

Rest day today, went to the shooting range to practice with my CCW weapon and test out my new AR build. Which didn't go so well with the AR. Got to do some minor adjustment to the bolt and such.

[Bio-Active]

Rest day today, went to the shooting range to practice with my CCW weapon and test out my new AR build. Which didn't go so well with the AR. Got to do some minor adjustment to the bolt and such.

Nothing like getting that rest even though it makes me want to get back into the gym that much more

[RaginCajun]

Rest day today, went to the shooting range to practice with my CCW weapon and test out my new AR build. Which didn't go so well with the AR. Got to do some minor adjustment to the bolt and such.

Damn what issues? Like the way that build turned out, looks sleek!

I plan on shooting some this weekend, or at least hoping to. Still need to sight in my night vision and shoot my new 9mm shield.

[MuscleScience]

Nothing like getting that rest even though it makes me want to get back into the gym that much more

I was still feeling ache from my chest cold. No point in having both a shitty workout and delaying my recovery. But I am itching to get in and back at it!

Damn what issues? Like the way that build turned out, looks sleek!

I plan on shooting some this weekend, or at least hoping to. Still need to sight in my night vision and shoot my new 9mm shield.

I honestly think nothing more than dry parts. I tried to use as little oil as possible so that it doesnt collect lots of gunk. But after all that I tore it all down bolt and all and soaked EVERYTHING in gun oil. It ran a lot smoother after that. Unfortunately I had to leave the range to extract the live round because I didn't have enough tools to pull it out. That was a first for me, found out that I wouldn't have been a good gun smith

[RaginCajun]

I was still feeling ache from my chest cold. No point in having both a shitty workout and delaying my recovery. But I am itching to get in and back at it!




I honestly think nothing more than dry parts. I tried to use as little oil as possible so that it doesnt collect lots of gunk. But after all that I tore it all down bolt and all and soaked EVERYTHING in gun oil. It ran a lot smoother after that. Unfortunately I had to leave the range to extract the live round because I didn't have enough tools to pull it out. That was a first for me, found out that I wouldn't have been a good gun smith

hahahahaha!!! i bet your ass was puckering!

yeah, lube is great in all aspects of life!

what optic are you going to put on it?

[MuscleScience]

hahahahaha!!! i bet your ass was puckering!

yeah, lube is great in all aspects of life!

what optic are you going to put on it?

Eotech 512 with 3x magnifier

[RaginCajun]

Eotech 512 with 3x magnifier

nice!

whenever i build a SBR, i will prob go with an Eotech. my builds will be put on hold with me moving in two weeks, have to wait until i stock pile some money or if a great deal comes along! ha!

just ordered a Mini DVR that hooks up to my night vision scope, so should be getting some videos of shooting soon!

[MuscleScience]

nice!

whenever i build a SBR, i will prob go with an Eotech. my builds will be put on hold with me moving in two weeks, have to wait until i stock pile some money or if a great deal comes along! ha!

just ordered a Mini DVR that hooks up to my night vision scope, so should be getting some videos of shooting soon!

That would be awesome, seen some cool vids of pig hunts at night.

[kelkel]

That would be awesome, seen some cool vids of pig hunts at night.

[MuscleScience]

Poor Ned Baty

[MuscleScience]

Back and bis today.

Very light workout, being sick this week has really zapped my
Energy. I'm feeling better but I had no stamina. So I turned that into a positive thing and worked on light and controlled movement to try and hit neglected parts and give it enough of a stimulus to change but not shock it. I did only one
Exercise for biceps because my elbows are hurting so bad from overtraining them probably. I did some tabata workouts between working sets to get my heart rate up high. I'm still feeling the chest cold some but not like it was.

I'm going to hit legs tomorrow and take what my body will give me.

[songdog]

Good morning MS been a lil busy boiling traps getting ready for coyote season

[MuscleScience]

Good morning MS been a lil busy boiling traps getting ready for coyote season

What do you do with them?

[MuscleScience]

Legs today,

Got the best workout I've had in two weeks tonight. Absolutely shredded up the legs.

Did about a 20-25 minute warm up to get the legs back and groin warmed up. My knee hasn't hurt in awhile it's just been this damn left groin/hip flexor that's been killing me. It didn't hurt at all today until I tried to do romainian deads, so I stopped and did a different exercise. I am now up to 3 plates each side on hack squats, when I first started 3-4 weeks ago doing them, I had trouble with just the sled.

Did some plyo work in as well. Kept the heart rate up the whole workout. Felt good to have some energy and intensity in the workout.

[NACH3]

Legs today,

Got the best workout I've had in two weeks tonight. Absolutely shredded up the legs.

Did about a 20-25 minute warm up to get the legs back and groin warmed up. My knee hasn't hurt in awhile it's just been this damn left groin/hip flexor that's been killing me. It didn't hurt at all today until I tried to do romainian deads, so I stopped and did a different exercise. I am now up to 3 plates each side on hack squats, when I first started 3-4 weeks ago doing them, I had trouble with just the sled.

Did some plyo work in as well. Kept the heart rate up the whole workout. Felt good to have some energy and intensity in the workout.

That's some damn good progress my friend! Looking forward to you getting back to where you were!!!

Stay focused and all is in reach brother!

[MuscleScience]

That's some damn good progress my friend! Looking forward to you getting back to where you were!!!

Stay focused and all is in reach brother!

I start my bulk tomorrow, now that my knee is healthy. It's time to put on some mass. No more of these skinny ass legs and pudgie gut. Going back to being fit, athletic and big....ish...

[NACH3]

I start my bulk tomorrow, now that my knee is healthy. It's time to put on some mass. No more of these skinny ass legs and pudgie gut. Going back to being fit, athletic and big....ish...

There we are brother - it's all in the mind and you've got it my friend!!