August Most Improved Competition [ENTRY OPEN until start]

[Capebuffalo]

Shave leg day?

No silly that was yesterday.

[Capebuffalo]

Shave leg day?

No silly that was yesterday.

[charger69]

No silly that was yesterday.

Looking rock solid Cape!


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[Capebuffalo]

Looking rock solid Cape!


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Thanks Charger. Not bad for a week. . Can’t imagine what I can do in 11 more.

[charger69]

No silly that was yesterday.

Looking rock solid Cape!


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[Charlie67]

Ethyl oleate went great 2ml in quad no PIP. I see why it helps dissolve. Just drops of it came in contact with the outside of the syringe and it melted away the markers. I'm guessing max 1 year in the vial before the rubber stopper melts lol. Will try to keep the vials upright the whole time if it makes a difference.

One day i want to have a science talk with you Cousin

Damn Cape, looking big this morning!


Have a great day everyone,
C-

[cousinmuscles]

Guess what day it is.

Looking great fucking cheater you look different from the starting pics lol

Shave leg day?

LOL

One day i want to have a science talk with you Cousin



Damn Cape, looking big this morning!


Have a great day everyone,
C-

Not that I know of that kind of science but sure

[Capebuffalo]

Looking great fucking cheater you look different from the starting pics lol

LOL


Not that I know of that kind of science but sure

Muscle memory I assume. Those were my best starting pic no bs.

[hammerheart]

Quads and calves are sore. Chest is 2x than it was yday. Shoulders + traps tonight.

[Charlie67]

Just finished chest:

Incline bench 4 x 10
DB Pullover 4 x 10
Incline fly 3 x 12
Cable crossover 3 x 12
Flat bench 7 x 10

I had the whole gym to myself for an hour, it was equal parts creepy and relaxing. Then i sat in the sauna for 20 minutes, I'm seriously considering building one in my back yard some day.

[Capebuffalo]

Just finished chest:

Incline bench 4 x 10
DB Pullover 4 x 10
Incline fly 3 x 12
Cable crossover 3 x 12
Flat bench 7 x 10

I had the whole gym to myself for an hour, it was equal parts creepy and relaxing. Then i sat in the sauna for 20 minutes, I'm seriously considering building one in my back yard some day.

Nice

[hammerheart]

Shoulders -

DB press 2 wu 2 wo
Smith press 2 wo

Smith upright rows 2 wo
Cable laterals negatives 1 wo each side

Rears machine 1 wu, 55kgx6, rp+3, rp+2

Smith shrugs 5-6 sets changing grip.


Front and side delts feel a tad overtrained, day off next week. Arms tomorrow.


As a side note internet connection today got sloppy and almost useless, need to call provider tomorrow.

[KittyO1]

Thanks Charger. Not bad for a week. . Can’t imagine what I can do in 11 more.

[emoji848] Not sure whether to be happy for you or just really jealous! Lol... frt looking great!!

Just finished chest:

Incline bench 4 x 10
DB Pullover 4 x 10
Incline fly 3 x 12
Cable crossover 3 x 12
Flat bench 7 x 10

I had the whole gym to myself for an hour, it was equal parts creepy and relaxing. Then i sat in the sauna for 20 minutes, I'm seriously considering building one in my back yard some day.

Great workout! I love days like that!

Shoulders -

DB press 2 wu 2 wo
Smith press 2 wo

Smith upright rows 2 wo
Cable laterals negatives 1 wo each side

Rears machine 1 wu, 55kgx6, rp+3, rp+2

Smith shrugs 5-6 sets changing grip.


Front and side delts feel a tad overtrained, day off next week. Arms tomorrow.


As a side note internet connection today got sloppy and almost useless, need to call provider tomorrow.

Bet that was a rough one with your chest being so sore!

[guitarzan]

Had to miss gym today, out of town all day with business bs, but still kicking but with diet. Will hit it extra hard tomorrow. Think a break from gym gonna do me some good

[KittyO1]

It was shoulder day for me today too ...

30 mins incline walking

Db press 2wu 4 working 35x8
Banded pull-a-parts 10 sets of 25
(SS with both 1st 2 exercises)
ISO lat shoulder press machine 4 sets 50x10

Machine reverse flyes 4 sets 75x15
Machine lateral raises 4 sets of 30x15

Cable Front lateral raises 4 sets 20x12
Facepulls 4 sets 60x15

[hammerheart]

Quads are even more sore today, butt feel like it's been badly beaten... changing arm routine a bit tonight, skipping pushdowns not been doing well with them, considering weighted dips in place of close grip bench. Experimenting with reverse grip curls.

[guitarzan]

Quads are even more sore today, butt feel like it's been badly beaten... changing arm routine a bit tonight, skipping pushdowns not been doing well with them, considering weighted dips in place of close grip bench. Experimenting with reverse grip curls.

Have you tried reversed grip bench for tri's and upper chest? It will kick your triceps aas! Reverse grip curls are good, but start light, they can hurt you

[guitarzan]

Quads are even more sore today, butt feel like it's been badly beaten... changing arm routine a bit tonight, skipping pushdowns not been doing well with them, considering weighted dips in place of close grip bench. Experimenting with reverse grip curls.

Dos post

[Capebuffalo]

B.B. curls 1 warm 2 working last drop

Db alt curls 2 working

Preacher curls 2 working

High cable concentration curls

V bar push downs 1 warm 2 working

French Press 2 working

Nose breakers2 working

Last pic for a while.

[guitarzan]

B.B. curls 1 warm 2 working last drop

Db alt curls 2 working

Preacher curls 2 working

High cable concentration curls

V bar push downs 1 warm 2 working

French Press 2 working

Nose breakers2 working

Last pic for a while.

No hammer curls?

[Capebuffalo]

No hammer curls?

Last week

[Charlie67]

French Press 2 working

My favorite kind of coffee.

[cousinmuscles]

My favorite kind of coffee.

Yep that guy pretends he's doing things in the gym. Occasionally he might go pump up his quads on the leg extension machine, that's all.

[Capebuffalo]

Yep that guy pretends he's doing things in the gym. Occasionally he might go pump up his quads on the leg extension machine, that's all.

We will find out soon enough Jerry’s little cousin. Soon enough.

[Capebuffalo]

I see AG found our thread. Hell yeah.

[almostgone]

I see AG found our thread. Hell yeah.

Yes sir! Damn good one, too. Lots of support w/o too much smack talk. Doesn't get any better.

[guitarzan]

Good back and bi workout, diet still on track. Vascularity getting better

[hammerheart]

Arms -

Super 21s 1 wu

Incline DB curls 2 wu 2 wo
Cable rope curls 2 wo

Reverse grip chin ups 2 wo 5-6 reps
Reverse grip BB curls 2 wo dry oly bar

Overhead tris ext 1 wu 2 wo
Dips (bw) 2 wo

Wrist curls 1 wu 2 wo
Farmer's walk 2 wo


Reverse grip curls felt good, didn't realized how much fuel in the tank I was leaving with brachialis and brachioradialis, could hardly raise the water bottle when finished. Tris workout has been rather weak they need time off.


Week at gym is over, time to rest, feeling like crumbling to pieces. Hoping the heatwave will be over soon, I'm getting closer to nervous exhaustion the more it lasts, always the same thing every year in the month of August.

[KittyO1]

Great work guys!

Leg day for me!

Bike warmup

Leg extensions 2 wu sets

Kneeling squats 2 wu 4 working 160-230x 10-12
Single leg glute bridge 6 sets of 12 each leg

Walking lunges 4 sets 40-60x12-8
Lateral hip circle walks 4 sets of 20

Split squat front foot elevated 4 sets 95x8

Standing Single leg curls 4 sets 60x10
Single leg extensions 4 sets 50-60x15-12

Cable glute kickbacks 4 sets 40x12

[Charlie67]

Arms -

Farmer's walk 2 wo

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I like doing Farmers Walks, but there's no room in my gym. I should just ask if I can drag a bunch wait outside, LOL.

Good back and bi workout, diet still on track. Vascularity getting better

Looking thick Tarzan, good work!

Great work guys!

Leg day for me!

Damn Kitty, that's a hella've a workout, good job!



I was in for a pretty good back workout today. Taco salad night with the kids tonight, then they want to go to the mall... Please, someone shoot me.... F'ing Forever 21 is killing me. School starts next week, so naturally everyone is going crazy.

Have a terrific weekend everyone!
C-

[almostgone]

At work, but have some parts in the furnace. Trying to catch up on this thread. Looks like it is going to be a really fun and supportive contest!

[hammerheart]

Washing teeth can be challenging after training arms, them cramps lol

[almostgone]

Washing teeth can be challenging after training arms, them cramps lol

Mount an electric toothbrush to the wall and work around it?


Actually, no don't...that just sounds all wrong.

[cousinmuscles]

Mount an electric toothbrush to the wall and work around it?


Actually, no don't...that just sounds all wrong.

You must mean an electric dildo.

[almostgone]

You must mean an electric dildo.

No.....not at all.

[cousinmuscles]

No.....not at all.

Lol that's the image I got from attaching something to the wall and... lol good suggestion try it HH :P

[cousinmuscles]

Squats 200 x 3
Bulgarian split squat 60 x 8,8
Seated good morning 140 x 8,8
Standing cable crunch 50 x 30,30

Felt a performance drop. It got to my head and I started thinking I burned muscle from too low calories. Well most likely not, but I am very low on carbs and I notice it in my performance. Last squat session I got 3 sets of 3 with 200kg so I was aiming for 5 reps for one set all out this time, turned out to be one set for three reps lol. The pump sucked (no carbs) got winded, gasping between sets.

I don't like the protein bars I make for a cut since I need dates and I don't like a cutting diet with carbs like that. So I'll just have quark shakes morning and night. The other change of plans is carb up the day before leg day. I have lost quite some weight, about 2kg or 4.4lbs, hopefully no muscle, but definitely water and carbs, so this mistake of going too hard on the diet part wasn't noticed too late and on a positive side it kickstarted the carb depletion. But I have to be careful since I am not doing a cut cycle, I am at normal test levels until week 5 when I start the cycle.

Plan is ~150g net carbs, ~60g fat, ~300g protein on low carb days which will be 3 consecutive days, then a high carb day with ~350g net carbs, other macro same. I'll add 100g bulgur or sticky rice for the three solid meals. This should be approx 2400 calories on average which is still a quite the cutting diet. I have a maintenance guesstimate at just around 3k cals from the past year.

Diet so far:
#1,5 500g quark with berries in mixer
#2,3,4 ~150g chicken breast, 100g lentils/kidney beans/chickpeas, tbsp flaxseed oil, lettuce/spinach
on high carb days add 100g grain like bulgur or rice for 2,3 and 4.

[almostgone]

Whew...really good competition, ladies and gents. Just caught up. Time to pull some parts from the furnace and tinker around for a bit.

[cousinmuscles]

Been thinking of the cycle plan and evaluated the last cycle I did which was test only 700mg per week. It wasn't as good as my first cycle of test only but still about 75% as good, but IMO a bit too slow. I'd rather not spend months taking a chance on the magic of npp and just doing 700mg total gear. I'm upping it to 700 test prop 350 npp, so I essentially get last cycles results plus whatever npp gives, 1g gear total. 25mg aromasin per day should have me covered.. If the results are good I'll repeat that for a couple cycles until change is needed.

[Charlie67]

Been thinking of the cycle plan and evaluated the last cycle I did which was test only 700mg per week. It wasn't as good as my first cycle of test only but still about 75% as good, but IMO a bit too slow. I'd rather not spend months taking a chance on the magic of npp and just doing 700mg total gear. I'm upping it to 700 test prop 350 npp, so I essentially get last cycles results plus whatever npp gives, 1g gear total. 25mg aromasin per day should have me covered.. If the results are good I'll repeat that for a couple cycles until change is needed.

Don't the board rules dictate that the first response to your post be "age, weight, stats, cycle history..." [emoji39][emoji23]

Just kidding, sounds like a plan. 1 gram of gear a week is maybe more than I'm willing to run but I'm nowhere near as advanced as you are. One thing I always hate when trying a new compounds is trying to figure out how much AI I need to use. I feel like I'm totally guessing. Sure, it's an informed guess based on my past cycles, but until i get bloodwork, every little weird thing makes me wonder if I'm getting it wrong and I'm always like "wtf....?"

I still have a few more weeks before I start, I think I'm going to hit a basic Test / Mast run. I've only run Mast one time, and this might be unrelated, but I felt like I had to pee all night long. I've read about its effect on prostate and assumed that was my situation. It went away shortly after I got off. I think I'm going to run a low dose of Cialis to see if that helps. Still unsure, so I'm open to ideas.