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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Thursday 1st September 2005

    Back; Biceps; Triceps; Calves

    Back:

    Chins [to front]:

    bodyweight...

    Set 1: 8 reps
    Set 2: 8 reps
    Set 3: 6 reps
    Set 4: 6 reps
    Set 5: 5 reps

    Deadlifts:

    Set 1: 205 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 385 lbs: 4 reps
    Set 3: 405 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 4: 295 lbs: 4 reps

    Barbell Rows:

    Overhand Grip...

    Set 1: 115 lbs: 18 reps
    Set 2: 205 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 205 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 4: 255 lbs: 4 reps; 165 lbs: 6 reps

    T-bar Rows:

    Set 1: 90 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 2: 125 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 3: 160 lbs: 9 reps
    Set 4: 185 lbs: 5 reps; 135 lbs: 5 reps; 95 lbs: 5 reps

    Seated Low-Cable Rows:

    Set 1: 140 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 200 lbs: 7 reps; 85 lbs: 8 reps (training partner dropped the weight to light)
    Set 3: 200 lbs: 5 reps; 140 lbs: 5 reps; 105 lbs: 5 reps; 65 lbs: 5 reps

    BIs:

    Barbell 21s:

    Set 1: 75 lbs (failed to complete full number of reps...so dropped the weight on subsequent sets)
    Set 2: 45 lbs: 21 reps
    Set 3: 45 lbs: 21 reps
    Set 4: 45 lbs: 21 reps

    Dumbell Preacher 21s:

    Set 1: 15s: 21 reps
    Set 2: 15s: 21 reps
    Set 3: 15s: 21 reps

    Tris:

    Close-grip Bench press:

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 2: 135 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 3: 135 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 4: 135 lbs: 7 reps
    Set 5: 135 lbs: 7 reps

    Seated Calf Raise:

    4 sets: 100 lbs: 20 reps each set (couldn't go any heavier...my quads have been hella sore all week...so i couldn't take the pressure of more weight)

    Standing Calf raise:

    1 set: bodyweight as resistance: 100 reps

    PWO: 15 IUs Slin; 66 gr protein; 140 gr dex (plus a half litre of ice-cream...don't ask )
    My Back workout was very similar to yours, however, I have recently gotten back to basics. The first three exercises (chins, deads, bbell rows) make me want to rolf, when I'm done. I do weighted chins though. However, I don't know if this is your pre-contest log, so those extra exercises could be necessary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Slin: 10 IUs in the a.m. upon awaking and 10 IUs PWO.


    Monday 5th September 2005

    Chest; Calves; Bis

    Chest:


    Incline Dumbell Press:

    Set 1: 65s: 12 reps
    Set 2: 65s: 10 reps
    Set 3: 100s: 6 reps
    Set 4: 100s: 6 reps
    Set 5: 100s: 6 reps
    Set 6: 70s: 10 reps

    Flat Dumbell Press:

    Set 1: 80s: 6 reps
    Set 2: 80s: 6 reps
    Set 3: 80s: 6 reps
    Set 4: 80s: 4 reps

    Incline Fly:

    Set 1: 40s: 10 reps
    Set 2: 40s: 10 reps
    Set 3: 40s: 10 reps

    Calves:

    Standing Calf-raise:

    Set 1: 90lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 270 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 3: 360 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 4: 360 lbs: 6 reps; 270 lbs: 4 reps; 180 lbs: 4 reps; 90 lbs: 6 reps

    Seated Calf-Raise:

    Set 1: 100 lbs: 15 reps
    Set 2: 150 lbs: 8 reps; 100 lbs: 7 reps
    Set 3: 200 lbs: 4 reps; 150 lbs: 4 reps; 100 lbs: 6 reps; 50 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 4: 200 lbs: 4 reps; 150 lbs: 7 reps; 100 lbs: 6 reps; 50 lbs: 10 reps

    Biceps:

    21s:

    Set 1: 45 lbs
    Set 2: 45 lbs
    Set 3: 45 lbs
    Set 4: 45 lbs

    Seated Alternate Dumbell Curl:

    Set 1: 30s: 7 reps
    Set 2: 30s: 7 reps
    Set 3: 30s: 7 reps
    Set 4: 30s: 7 reps
    Set 6, in db incline presses is the only one that stands out Other than that, Kosher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Tuesday 6th September

    Quads; Abs; Cardio

    Perceived energy level low...very low

    Warm-up: 4 sets squats: bodyweight: 12 reps each set
    Stretching: between sets


    Barbell Squat:

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 15 reps
    Set 2: 225 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 3: 315 lbs: 3 reps; 225 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 4: 225 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 5: 225 lbs: 8 reps

    Leg-Press:

    Set 1: 480 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 2: 500 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 3: 500 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 4: 500 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 5: 500 lbs: 8 reps

    Abs:

    Leg-raises/pelvic crunch: 4 sets
    Oblique "side taps": 4 sets

    Cardio: 30 mins PWO... treadmill
    On Bbell squats, I'd do: 135, 185, 225, 275, 315, 315.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Thanks..appreciate you following

    Tuesday 13th September 2005

    Legs

    Squats:

    Warm-up:

    4 sets: Bare Bar: 10 reps each set
    4 sets: 135 lbs: 10 reps each set (wide stance...ass to ground...to warm groin/hip area)

    Work-Sets:

    Set 1: 225 lbs: 10 reps (no assistance...slow negatives)
    Set 2: 315 lbs: 4 reps (no assistance...slow negatives)
    Set 3: 315 lbs: 4 reps (no assistance...slow negatives)
    Set 4: 315 lbs: 5 reps (no assistance...explosive reps)
    Set 5: 405 lbs: 2 reps (1 rep unassisted...1 rep with spotter's assitance....attempted a 3rd rep...failed in the bottom position..dropped the weight down to 225 lbs and put in 4 unassisted reps)

    Seated Leg-curls:

    Warm-up:

    3 sets: 45 lbs: 10 reps each set

    Work-Sets:

    Set 1: 90 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 180 lbs: 3 reps; 135 lbs: 3 reps; 90 lbs: 6 reps

    Rep-out Set:

    Set 1: 90 lbs: 20 reps

    Walking Lounges:

    2 sets: 2 lengths of the gym on each set

    No slin PWO...Finished training around 11 pm...need to get up early in the a.m. for school
    Solid! Btw, I used to do rep out sets all the time....i have that no weight reduction (except for drop sets) theory temporarily glued in my head, and we bbers can be stubborn. However, it seems to be working well for you.
    Also, bear with me, as you have a detailed program and I am perusing carefully. If I don't answer to a certain post, it's b/c I like what I see and I don't want to keep repeating this theory crap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Thursday 15 th September 2005

    Back

    Deadlifts:

    Warm-up:

    2 sets: bar: 10 reps each set

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 2: 225 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 3: 315 lbs: 5 reps

    Work-Sets:

    Set 1: 495 lbs--failed attempt..stripped weight to: 405 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 2: 455 lbs: 1 rep-- stripped weight to: 405 lbs: 2 reps

    One arm Dumbell Row:

    Set 1: 100 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 2: 110 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 3: 120 lb dumbell: 6 reps

    Low-Cable Row:

    Set 1: 140 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 200 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 225 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 4: 200 lbs: 6 reps

    V-Bar Lat-pulldowns:

    Set 1: 140 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 2: 170 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 200 lbs: 6 reps

    Rep-out Set:

    set 1: 105 lbs: 15 reps

    PWO: slin: 10 IUs**
    PWO shake: 66 gr pro; 160 gr carbs


    **I'm concluding my slin-experiment...I perceive no increased benefits from increasing my dosage from 10 IUs to 20 IUs...thus i'm returning to 10 IUs for the duration of this cycle.
    I feel that your mid/low back should be fried from the deads and the db rows, and would cut out the low pulley rows. Perhaps you could add a couple more sets to the v bar pulldowns.
    Btw, when I've used slin, it's strictly 10 iu's pwo...So I concur with your experiment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Monday 19th September 2005

    Chest; tris; bis


    Chest:

    Incline Dumbell press:

    Warmup:

    Set 1: 45s: 10 reps
    Set 2: 60s: 6 reps
    Set 3: 80s: 6 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 100s: 4 reps (3 reps unassisted [personal best])
    Set 2: 110s: 4 reps
    Set 3: 100s: 4 reps (2 reps unassisted)

    Flat Dumbell Press:

    Set 1: 100s: 5 reps (3 reps unassisted)
    Set 2: 100s: 5 reps (3 rep unassisted)
    Set 3: 100s: 5 reps (2 reps unassisted)

    Decline Dumbell Press:

    Set 1: 100s: 4 reps
    Set 2: 80s: 6 reps (6 reps unassisted)
    Set 3: 90s: 5 reps ( 2 reps unassisted)
    Set 4: 90s: 5 reps ( 2 reps unassisted)

    Arms:

    Trying the technique tai mentioned about following a bicep exercise with a tricep exercise.

    Seated Dumbell Curl:

    Strict...using the bench with a backrest to prevent cheating.

    4 sets: 40s

    Close grip bench:

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 185 lbs: 2 reps; 135 lbs: 4 reps
    Set 3: 185 lbs: 4 reps (2 unassisted)
    Set 4: 185 lbs: 4 reps (2 unassisted)

    Barbell Preacher Curls:

    Slow negatives...explosive positive

    Set 1: 65 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 85 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 105 lbs: 4 reps (2 unassisted)
    Set 4: 105 lbs: 4 reps (2 unassisted)


    Parallel bar dips:

    Set 1: b.w.: 12 reps
    Set 2: b.w. + 20 lb dumbell: 7 reps
    Set 3: b.w. + 40 lb dumbell: 5 reps

    Standing Barbell Curl:

    Set 1: 125 lbs: 6 reps (unassisted)
    Set 2: 175 lbs (personal best): 1 rep; 125 lbs: 4 reps (unassisted...the rep at 175 utilised uber bodyenglish.)

    Tricep Press down:

    1 set: 105 lbs: 6 reps


    PWO: 10 IUs slin
    PWO shake: 44 gr pro; 80 gr carbs
    PWO 2: 1 pack myoplex; 2/3 cup baby rice cereal: 63 gr pro; 70 gr carb
    pre-bed meal: to be decided

    Workout summary...made two more personal bests this week.

    The pump wasn't great...but maybe the hypertrophy will be.

    ~Nark
    Nothing gives me a greater pump in my upper arm than s/setting tris and bis.
    Good Stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos

    Seated Alternating Dumbell curls:

    Set 1: 50s: 6 reps
    Set 2: 60s: 5 reps
    Set 3: 75s: 2 reps**
    Set 4: 60s: 4 reps

    **was too big of a jump. I've curled 80s in the past when i was at a heavier bodyweight. At this current sub-190 lb physique...these reps were positively ugly.
    LOL....And swingee to the left and swingee to the right. JK bro, I do cheat sets all the time.
    Honestly, i have to eat (it's been 3 hours since my last meal), but i enjoy this detail, and I will delay the ppwo, just for you, Nark .
    Also, Don't you think that hammer curls incorporate too much upper forearm? How did they work for you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    I was working alone as my spotter didn't come to the gym tonight...so i didn't attempt 405 lbs for 2 reps.
    Wait, do you have a training partner, or a person that comes to the gym just to spot you? What are you the prince of Barbados?
































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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos

    School; Bad eating; poor sleeping...these factors have caught up with me . I had to quit at the beginning...95 lbs under my max. Weight that i'd normally warm-up with gave me hell. My insides felt like they were gonna fall out... .For the first time in a while, i felt mortal...I never feel human in the gym
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    All of the above factors affect us all at times.
    So you felt mortal in the gym for the first time, huh? I'm sure you weren't wearing the purple spandex in your avatar then. <---you wearing the spandex.....
    Isn't it nice to have a critique w/ a sense of humor?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Monday 10th October 2005

    Legs

    Trained by myself again today...didn't go overboard with my poundages...but didn't let training alone limit me much either

    Leg-press:

    Warm-up:

    Set 1: 120 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 210 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 300 lbs: 20 reps

    Work-sets:

    Set 1: 480 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 660 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 800 lbs**: 3 reps; 660 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 4: 660 lbs: 6 reps

    ** my gym's leg-press has room for no more than 660 lbs in plates... so for future reference...any weight i state over that amount is acheived by having a dude sit down on top of the sled while i'm pressing.Last week i used a 160 lb dude...this week i trained at 10 pm...The only guy there was 140 lbs..so i used him...Had him hop off after 3 reps...There was no rest period... i.e. i didn't stop while he was hopping off

    Squats:

    Set 1: 225 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 315 lbs: 4 reps
    Set 3: 405 lbs: 1 reps; 225 lbs: 9 reps (i think 225 was too light...should've done my dropset @: 405 x 1-->315 x 3)

    Set 4: 315 lbs: 4 reps

    Standing Unilateral Leg-curl:

    4 sets: 25 lbs: 15 reps; 15 reps; 15 reps; 15 reps

    Execution: pause at peak contraction

    Calf-press:

    Done on the leg-press machine...

    Warm-up:

    Set 1: 120 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 210 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 300 lbs: 20 reps

    Work-sets:

    Set 1: 480 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 600 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 3: 600 lbs: 8 reps

    What i've been forgetting to add to my log is that i've been walking home from the gym after training...takes 25 minutes when i walk briskly. On average it takes 30 minutes.
    Helluva workout right here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    Wednesday 2nd November 2005

    Firstly, i should note, i haven't slept in three nights...compounding that, is the fact that i worked straight tru the night last nite (school work)...til this morning...then at 5 am i had to train a client and then at 6:15, myself.

    This workout is a reflection of the above-mentioned events.

    It was executed during the interim of my client's cardio. This session lasted 27 minutes.


    Chest

    Incline Dumbell:

    Warm-up:

    40 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    50 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    60 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    80 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    Worksets:

    100 lb dumbells: 4 reps
    100 lb dumbells: 3 reps

    Flat dumbell press:

    80 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    100 lb dumbells: 3 reps
    100 lb dumbells: 3 reps
    80 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    Dumbell pullovers:

    50 lb dumbells: 15 reps
    60 lb dumbells: 15 reps
    70 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Dunno how you could train after not sleeping for 3 days.
    Anyway, I like how you mix up your workouts, prioritizing, etc. The fact of the matter is getting things done, and you do.
    Your training log is quite detailed. With it, it would be very difficult to plateau, b/c everything is on point. Keep up the good work, Nark.
    I hope my comments helped in some way.

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    Keysey..thanks for taking the time to veiw and reply.

    I've been bunked down with school work mang...so i apologise for not replying earlier.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keysey Sozey
    My Back workout was very similar to yours, however, I have recently gotten back to basics. The first three exercises (chins, deads, bbell rows) make me want to rolf, when I'm done. I do weighted chins though. However, I don't know if this is your pre-contest log, so those extra exercises could be necessary.
    Keysey Sozey

    I'm mentally conditioned to higher volume training...so i don't usually restrict myself to just 3 heavy exercises per session...by the way ole man...my pre-contest log ended August 20th...i'm back into a maintenance phase (due to school's restraints)...after which i'll be back into my bulking phases

    Quote Originally Posted by Keysey Sozey
    Set 6, in db incline presses is the only one that stands out Other than that, Kosher.
    Why does it stand out ole boy? It was a 'rep-out' set

    Quote Originally Posted by Keysey Sozey
    On Bbell squats, I'd do: 135, 185, 225, 275, 315, 315.
    You'd note that i did 4 sets of bodyweight squats before...that's akin to warming up with the bar..but less restrictive. In addition, set 1 at 135 and set 2 at 225 were warm-up sets. My Max is 405

    Quote Originally Posted by Keysey Sozey
    Solid! Btw, I used to do rep out sets all the time....i have that no weight reduction (except for drop sets) theory temporarily glued in my head, and we bbers can be stubborn. However, it seems to be working well for you.
    Also, bear with me, as you have a detailed program and I am perusing carefully. If I don't answer to a certain post, it's b/c I like what I see and I don't want to keep repeating this theory crap.
    Yea..rep outs...I love 'em

    Quote Originally Posted by Keysey Sozey
    I feel that your mid/low back should be fried from the deads and the db rows, and would cut out the low pulley rows. Perhaps you could add a couple more sets to the v bar pulldowns.
    Btw, when I've used slin, it's strictly 10 iu's pwo...So I concur with your experiment.
    My lower back is only mildly pumped at this stage...If it were stiff-leg deads instead i'd've been in trouble. I prefer to row..than pulldown. Some workouts i may do all rows. I think rows are the best overall back exercises.
    Last edited by *Narkissos*; 11-03-2005 at 10:58 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    Nothing gives me a greater pump in my upper arm than s/setting tris and bis.

    Good Stuff


    Isn't a superset...i do 4 sets or so of a bi exercise...and then i go to tris and complete the required number of sets... etc.



    Was suggested by a bro on another site...feels great.



    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    LOL....And swingee to the left and swingee to the right. JK bro, I do cheat sets all the time.

    Honestly, i have to eat (it's been 3 hours since my last meal), but i enjoy this detail, and I will delay the ppwo, just for you, Nark .

    Also, Don't you think that hammer curls incorporate too much upper forearm? How did they work for you?


    Cheating's great...when i don't cheat my arms get small (strange huh?)... Hammer curls were suggested to me by a bro on another site...so i incorporated them for that reason you mentioned...to hit forearms/brachialis... to add some dimension to my bis



    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    Wait, do you have a training partner, or a person that comes to the gym just to spot you? What are you the prince of Barbados?


    I go tru training partners like there's no tomorrow. I was training with a bro..he's a member here (Big K.l.g.)... but he's been unwell... so i just train alone...taking spots from anyone there...And if noone's around i don't attempt one rep maxs..or i do with dumbell exercises..or rack exercises where i can get from under the bar easily if pinned.



    O...and i'm a prince



    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    All of the above factors affect us all at times.

    So you felt mortal in the gym for the first time, huh? I'm sure you weren't wearing the purple spandex in your avatar then. <---you wearing the spandex.....

    Isn't it nice to have a critique w/ a sense of humor?


    purple spandex is ****ing hot!







    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    Helluva workout right here.


    Thanks it was fun to perform



    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    Dunno how you could train after not sleeping for 3 days.

    Anyway, I like how you mix up your workouts, prioritizing, etc. The fact of the matter is getting things done, and you do.

    Your training log is quite detailed. With it, it would be very difficult to plateau, b/c everything is on point. Keep up the good work, Nark.

    I hope my comments helped in some way.


    Man...the gym is what i do...When i don't work out i can't function mentally.



    Thanks for reading and critiquing..holla anytime



    ~Corey

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    Hey Keysey...

    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    I would throw in a few sets of db flyes (decline) for chest. Also, on your last set of close grip bench, I would do 155, then drop to 135, like the previous set.
    I theorize that the last weight you do is what the muscle remembers, except for drop sets. JMO...Other than that, Tommy likee
    I'm more or less done with isolation movements now that i'm out of the pre-contest mode. For the first time in my life i'm trying low-volume (with a couple exceptions) training.

    On the CG-bench... that last set was a 'rep-out' set. For future reference...anytime you see me note a lighter set after my heavier sets..it's a rep-out set to full muscular failure. Sometimes i may do partials after that point...I may or may not list them here.



    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    I would throw in a few sets of leg extensions to failure. Again, on the Romanian Deadlift, I would do set 4 like set 3.
    Leg-extensions...i drop them when i left pre-contest mode. I don't see the practical value of 'em offseason.

    On the romanium deadlift...I go by feel. I can't remember what i was thinking at that exact moment... but that was the defining factor. Set 4 was relegated to a quasi-'rep-out'...


    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    On the db presses, I would go 50, 60 70, 80, 90, 90. Can you tell I don't like pyramiding down? Same with the upright rows.
    again here i was going by feel.. the set at 115 didn't generate the 'feel' i was seeking. The reps weren't smooth or clean by any stretch. At 95, the reps were relatively smooth so i went back to that.

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    I did some rep out sets yesterday Haven't done them in a while. Btw, why is my name on some of your quotes spelled Keysey? Did you change that yourself?
    I feel all giggly inside now (not in a gey way though)
    Last edited by Keyser Sozey; 11-04-2005 at 12:45 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    I did some rep out sets yesterday Haven't done them in a while. Btw, why is my name on some of your quotes spelled Keysey? Did you change that yourself?
    I feel all giggly inside now (not in a gey way though)


    Friday 4th November 2005

    Back; Biceps

    7:55 pm:
    5 mins warm-up on stationary bike. This was more for my peace of mind than anything else. Lack of sleep, compounded by a domestic 'event' @ 4 am this morning (after having gone to bed at 2:30 am), is taking a definate toll on me. I'm suffering from a tension/stress headache right now.

    Deadlifts:

    These were done standing on a 6" block. The emphasis was on getting a much deeper stretch; extending the range of motion; and consciously contracting my hams/glutes/erectors to get out of the bottom position. It was more similar to a stiff-leg deadlift than a regular deadlift

    Warm-up:

    2 sets: bare bar: 15 reps; 12 reps

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 225 lbs: 10 reps

    Workset:

    Set 3: 315 lbs: 4 reps

    My grip failed...

    Deadlifts:

    From Floor....

    Set 1: 315 lbs: 4 reps
    Set 2: 365 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 3: 365 lbs: 2 reps

    My grip was the limiting factor here...it failed too early. A definate sign that i was too tired to train.

    Pulldowns to front:

    Set 1: 105 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 125 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 145 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 4: 170 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 5: 170 lbs: 6 reps

    Barbell Rows:

    Overhand grip...ballistic reps

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 135 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 225 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 4: 225 lbs: 8 reps

    Alternating Dumbell Curls:

    Set 1: 30 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Set 2: 30 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Set 3: 30 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Set 4: 50 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    Set 5: 60 lb dumbells: 5 reps
    Set 6: 60 lb dumbells: 5 reps

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    Saturday 5th November... a.m.

    15 minutes

    Calves

    Standing calf-raise:

    Warm-up:

    Set 1: 180 lbs: 15 reps
    Set 2: 270 lbs: 10 reps

    Workset:

    This was a dropset...


    Set 3: 450 lbs: 5 reps--> 360 lbs: 4 reps--> 270 lbs: 4 reps--> 180 lbs: 5 reps--> 90 lbs: 6 reps

    Decided to hit em while my client was doing cardio...Great pump, the end lol.

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    4:45 a.m.: Alarm goes off and i stare at it in disbelief...can't believe morning could come so fast. Have to go train a client. Feeling shaky...this a reflection of the day to come.

    12:30 p.m.: University gym:

    Chest; Shoulders; Triceps

    The university gym was freezer cold..that, and lack of sleep more or less drained me. Took longer than usual to get warm...and even when warm i didn't feel warm. A lot of stretching was down between sets to increase bloodflow.

    Incline Dumbell Bench:

    Warm-up:

    40s: 8 reps
    50s: 8 reps
    60s: 8 reps
    80s: 8 reps

    Worksets:

    set 1: 100s: 3 reps
    set 2: 100s: 4 reps

    Flat dumbell Bench:

    warm-up:

    80s: 8 reps

    work:

    Set 1: 100s: 4 reps
    Set 2: 100s: 4 reps

    rep-out:

    80s: 6 reps

    Barbell Shoulder press to front:

    Warm-up:

    bare bar: 10 reps

    Work:

    3 sets: 135 lbs: 5 reps; 4 reps; 5 reps

    Lateral Raises:

    3 sets: 40 lb dumbells: 6 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps

    Cleans:

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 185 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 3: 185 lbs: 3 reps

    Overhead Dumbell Extension:

    Warm-up:

    40 lb dumbell: 15 reps
    60 lb dumbell: 10 reps

    Work-sets:

    Set 1: 80 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbell: 6 reps

    Tricep Pressdown:

    I'm not sure of the weights...the plates just had '1' '2' '3' etc. on them...couldn't tell if they were 10s 20s 30s

    Set 1: 6 plates: 10 reps
    Set 2: 8 plates: 4 reps; 6 plates: 4 reps; 4 plates: 4 reps
    Set 3: 7 plates: 5 reps; 5 plates: 5 reps; 3 plates: 5 reps

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    College Gym...take two.

    Wednesday 9th November 2005

    Legs; Abs


    Squats:

    Warm-up:

    Bare bar: 2 sets: 20 reps; 20 reps

    135 lbs: 20 reps
    225 lbs: 10 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 313 lbs: 7 reps (****ing gym has kilogram plates...Prime would've loved it)

    The gym was so cold...it hurt to breathe while i was repping..my lungs hurt from my upper middle back..to the front.

    Set 2: 363 lbs: 6 reps

    Hack-squat:

    Warm-up:

    50 lbs: 8 reps
    100 lbs: 8 reps

    Workset:

    Set 1: 170 lbs: 3 reps; 100 lbs: 5 reps

    Lying leg-curl:

    This isn't the cable-plate type...It's the free-weight type. The one that's plate loaded..and attached to the end of the home-gym type bench-press station.Needless to say...the resistance isn't constant...The contraction at top isn't spectacular...but the negative is awesome.

    Set 1: 75 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 2: 100 lbs: 6 reps; 75 lbs: 4 reps; 50 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 3: 100 lbs: 4 reps; 75 lbs: 4 reps; 50 lbs: 6 reps

    Calf raises on the leg-press station:

    I have no idea of the exact weight. Some guys were doing leg-presses...and where they ended is where i started. Didn't much feel like stripping the weight down...and didn't feel the need to 'warm-up' in the conventional sense. All these damned kilogram plates...arrrrrrg....The weight worked out to about 600 lbs tho.

    Set 1: 15 reps
    Set 2: 10 reps
    Set 3: 10 reps
    Set 4: 9 reps
    Set 5: 10 reps (this was a rep-out set with about 350 lbs)

    Abs:

    Lying Leg-raises:

    3 sets: 15 reps; 15 reps; 15 reps

    Cardio: PWO: 15 mins: bike

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    Chest; Shoulders; triceps; Abs


    Still haven't been sleeping. Went to bed at 3am this morning..Alarm went off at 4:30 am. Went to work at the gym at 5 am...and was at school for the rest of the day...til 9 pm. This workout reflects that.

    Incline dumbell:

    Warm-up:

    40 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    50 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    60 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    80 lb dumbells: 8 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 100 lb dumbells: 2 reps
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbells: 2 reps

    Flat dumbell:

    warmup:

    80 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    80 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    workset:

    Set 1: 100 lbs dumbells: 1 reps (failed mid-rep on the 2nd rep)

    'rep-out':

    80 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    Dumbell Pullover:

    Set 1: 80 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 2: 90 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 3: 100 lb dumbell: 4 reps

    Seated Lateral Raises:

    3 sets: 25 lb dumbells: 15 reps; 10 reps; 10 reps

    Bench clean to Behind-the-Neck Press:

    warmup:

    bare bar: 10 reps
    95 lbs: 12 reps

    Worksets:

    3 sets: 135 lbs: 4 reps; 3 reps; 4 reps

    Clean (From floor) and Press:

    2 sets: 135 lbs: 4 reps; 4 reps

    Overhead dumbell extension:

    Set 1: 50 lb dumbell: 15 reps
    Set 2: 60 lb dumbell: 12 reps
    Set 3: 70 lb dumbell: 10 reps
    Set 4: 80 lb dumbell: 8 reps

    Very Close-grip Bench Press:

    4 sets: 115 lbs: 10 reps; 10 reps; 8 reps; 7 reps

    Abs:

    Incline sit-up:

    3 sets: 20 reps; 15 reps; 12 reps

    Incline Crunches:

    2 sets: 10 reps; 10 reps

    Twisting Situps:

    2 sets: 8 reps; 8 reps

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    Does no one read this?

    Comments? Questions?

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    Wednesday 16th November 2005

    Back; Biceps


    Chins:

    4 sets: Bodyweight: 6 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps

    Deadlifts:

    Warm-up:

    3 sets: bare bar: 5 reps; 5 reps; 5 reps
    135 lbs: 5 reps
    225 lbs: 5 reps
    315 lbs: 5 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 413 lbs: 3 reps
    Set 2: 453 lbs: 2 reps

    Barbell Rows:

    Overhand grip...

    3 sets: 135 lbs: 8 reps; 8 reps; 8 reps

    The first two sets were done with a grip outside shoulder width...the other set was done with a grip that was less than shoulder width...approximately torso width. These sets were all about scapulae retraction.

    2 sets: 225 lbs: 6 reps; 6 reps

    These sets were about total overload...

    Corner Rows w/o handle:

    As the name suggests...i didn't use a V-bar handle hooked under then end of the bar. Instead i interlocked my fingers under the bar itself. This was not by choice of course: I'm still working out in the University gym...Had to make do with what was there.

    Set 1: 70 lbs: 15 reps
    Set 2: 125 lbs: 9 reps
    Set 3: 140 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 4: 140 lbs: 8 reps

    Dumbell Curls:

    Warm-up:

    30 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    40 lb dumbells: 8 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 60 lb dumbells: 4 reps--> 30 lb dumbells: 4 reps
    Set 2: 60 lb dumbells: 4 reps--> 30 lb dumbells: 5 reps

    Unilateral Dumbell Preacher Curl:

    Set 1: 35 lb dumbell: 12 reps
    Set 2: 30 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 3: 40 lb dumbell: 4 reps

    Standing Curls:

    This was done with the tricep bar: the bar where palms are opposing.This exercise is equivalent to a hammer curl... kinda like a barbell hammer curl when i think about it.

    4 sets: 65 lbs: 8 reps; 8 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps

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    nice routine. looks like its paying off for you.

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    Thanks mang

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    you ever try the hand over hand grip? I got a thread about it down the list a lil

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    Quote Originally Posted by chest6
    you ever try the hand over hand grip? I got a thread about it down the list a lil
    I read the thread when it first went up.

    I think i'm doing what you described as overhand grip.

    If not...could you please detail it for me?

    Thanks

    ~Corey

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narkissos
    I read the thread when it first went up.

    I think i'm doing what you described as overhand grip.

    If not...could you please detail it for me?

    Thanks

    ~Corey
    I've got a bad memory..you might have even been the first to reply...I guess I could have just looked

    I do it with either my right hand in front of my left on the bar or vis versa. I think what you are described would be more similiar to the V bar. I dont know how you do that..I tried that once and I couldn't do it.

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    Thursday November 17th 2005

    Calves


    Warm-up:

    Bodyweight: Standing Calf-raises: 2 sets: 15 reps; 15 reps

    (Incline Leg-press) Calf Raises:

    Set 1: 300 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 500 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 3: 660 lbs: 7 reps
    Set 4: 705 lbs: 5 reps

    I stretched each calf for a 20-count at the end of each set...on the calf-block

    Set 5: 660 lbs: 5 reps (held a 10-count stretch in the max-stretch position on the end of the last rep)

    Set 6: 500 lbs: 8 reps (held a 10-count stretch in the max-stretch position on the end of the last rep)

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    Bro, you must be some kind of machine. What's the average of hours slept per night? I'd say four, or so.
    I have been reading your w/o log and b/c of it, I have been implementing the drop set more, repping sets (which I had not done in a while), and I have been toying w/ the Mentzer strategies as well.....
    Keep it up, Nark.
    Get some sleep

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    Sleeping is for the dead...lmao

    Thanks for following man.

    i'm averaging 2-3 hours of 'sleep' per night.

    It'll be rectified when this semester is over.

    til then...

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    Bump.....Nark, update?

    Did you go into hybernation b/c of the lack of sleep?J/K

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keyser Sozey
    Bump.....Nark, update?

    Did you go into hybernation b/c of the lack of sleep?J/K
    lmao...nah.

    My ISP cancelled my internet account...so i've no E-access. Til this is rectified i'll be online less: posting from school when time allows.

    Sunday 20th November 2005

    Legs; lower lats

    Stationary bike: 5 mins: General Warm-up
    Stretching: 5 mins

    Squats:

    Warm-up:

    2 sets: bare bar: 20 reps; 20 reps
    135 lbs: 20 reps
    225 lbs: 10 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 315 lbs: 8 reps

    Set 2: 405 lbs: 2 reps (I was training without a spotter... and failed on the start of the 3rd rep...in the bottom position) Personal Best

    Set 3: 315 lbs: 10 reps Personal Best

    Hack-squats:

    'warm-up': 3 sets: 120 lbs: 10 reps; 10 reps; 10 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 210 lbs: 6 reps Personal Best
    Set 2: 300 lbs: 6 reps Personal Best

    Seated Leg-curl:

    Set 1: 70 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 105 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 3: 105 lbs: 9 reps
    Set 4: 105 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 5: 70 lbs: 16 reps

    V-bar Chins:

    These were done by just wrapping the V-bar handle over the chinning bar...

    Set 1: bodyweight: 8 reps

    Set 2 (dropset):
    bodyweight + 100 lb dumbell: 2 reps; stripped to: bodyweight: 6 reps

    Set 3: bodyweight: 6 reps

    Very Close grip Chin:

    These were done like the v-bar chins. Palms facing each other...fingers interlocked around chinning bar.

    1 set: bodyweight: 5 reps

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    Tuesday 22nd November 2005

    Chest; Bis; Abs

    Incline dumbell bench:

    Warm-up:

    40 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    50 lb dumbells: 8 reps
    70 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 100 lb dumbells: 4 reps (no spotter)
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbells: 2 reps (no spotter)
    Set 3: 100 lb dumbells: 4 reps (w/ spotter)
    Set 4: 100 lb dumbells: 6 reps (w/ spotter)

    Flat dumbell Bench:

    Set 1: 80 lb dumbells: 7 reps
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbells: 4 reps (w/ spotter)
    Set 3: 100 lb dumbells: 4 reps (w/ spotter)

    May drop a couple sets next session...and add an incline fly to the mix for 1 or 2 sets.

    Seated Dumbell Curl:

    warm-up:

    2 sets: 40 lb dumbells: 8 reps; 8 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 60 lb dumbells: 3 reps; 30 lb dumbells: 6 reps
    Set 2: 60 lb dumbells: 3 reps; 30 lb dumbells: 6 reps

    Unilateral Dumbell Preacher Curl:

    warm-up:
    Set 1: 25 lb dumbell: 10 reps

    work-sets:
    Set 1: 40 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 2: 40 lb dumbell: 6 reps

    'Partner' Curls:

    These are curls done between two people. First i loaded the bar with a moderate amount of weight... then curled to failure...At failure i handed the bar to my partner who, like me, curled to failure. When he failed..he handed it back to me and i repeated. We went back and forth til our arms were fully engorged with blood.

    4 sets: 60 lbs: rep til failure

    Abs:

    Incline Sit-ups:

    On these i held an 80 lb dumbell accross my chest...

    Set 1: bodyweight + 80 lb dumbell: 10 reps

    Incline leg-raises:

    2 sets: 10 reps; 10 reps

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    You really keep hitting your body from different angles and with different exercise and reps. If you slept like a normal person, you would get truely HUGE. (lol).

    Do you have your workout planned before you hit the gym? I see in your notes where you indicate that you may add something and that you go by "feel".

    What do you do? Go in with a basic plan and then tweak it as you go on? Especially on set and reps. You go from gonzo reps to super heavy low reps. Do you have a plan on how you do this?

    Awsome, post bro. I am ste****g some of your workouts even as we speak.

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    Quote Originally Posted by znak
    You really keep hitting your body from different angles and with different exercise and reps. If you slept like a normal person, you would get truely HUGE. (lol).
    lol...thanks for following

    Quote Originally Posted by znak
    Do you have your workout planned before you hit the gym? I see in your notes where you indicate that you may add something and that you go by "feel".

    What do you do? Go in with a basic plan and then tweak it as you go on? Especially on set and reps. You go from gonzo reps to super heavy low reps. Do you have a plan on how you do this?
    I go in with a basic idea of what i want...what i need to achieve...and then i tweak the route to getting there as u go tru the session...by listening to my body.

    Exercise-wise... i know for the specific days that they're exercises that i MUST do.

    e.g.
    Legs: free-squats
    Chest: Incline db and flat db press
    Back: Deadlifts and Overhand-grip Barbell rows

    Weight-wise... i set specific goals per session..and change the rep scheme to accomodate reaching those goals. The change in rep scheme may reflect me being more tired than usual..or conversely more rested. The set scheme may change according to how my body feels.. i.e. how long it takes for me to feel 'warm'.

    There's a certain weight range that i MUST work, or attempt to work, in every session... for the sake of consistency. For me that's:

    e.g.
    Back: deadlifts: 400-500 range
    Legs: Squats: 365-405 range
    Chest: 100 lb dumbells.

    Every other detail not covered by what i stated above, is a variable... and as a variable, is changed to accommodate/facilitate reaching my preset goals.

    Such variables would be, for example, anxiallary exercises.

    Quote Originally Posted by znak
    Awsome, post bro. I am ste****g some of your workouts even as we speak.
    Steal away man...

    And thanks again for following

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    Thursday 24th November 2005

    Back

    Wide-grip Chins to front:

    3 sets: 6 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps

    Very Close grip Chins to front:

    These were done with palms facing each other...and fingers interlocked

    3 sets: 6 reps; 4 reps; 5 reps

    Deadlifts:

    Warm-up:

    3 sets: bare bar: 8 reps; 5 reps; 5 reps
    135 lbs: 5 reps
    225 lbs: 5 reps
    315 lbs: 5 reps

    Workset:

    This was a dropset: 453 lbs: 2 reps; 313 lbs: 4 reps

    Barbell Rows:

    Overhand grip...

    Warm-up: 135 lbs: 15 reps

    Worksets:

    Set 1: 225 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 275 lbs: 3 reps; 185 lbs: 4 reps

    One arm Dumbell Row:

    Set 1: 100 lb dumbell: 12 reps
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbell: 10 reps

    My erectors were fried at this point... but i still had hang cleans to be done..

    Hang cleans:

    The limiting factor here was my forearms. My forearms were hella pumped.

    3 sets: 135 lbs: 6 reps; 6 reps; 6 reps

    Dumbell Pullover:

    Set 1: 100 lb dumbell: 6 reps
    Set 2: 100 lb dumbell: 7 reps

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    Saturday 26th November 2005

    Shoulders; Triceps

    High Rep Day!


    Seated Lateral Raises:

    Set 1: 10 lb dumbells: 30 reps
    Set 2: 20 lb dumbells: 20 reps
    Set 3: 30 lb dumbells: 10 reps; 20 lb dumbells: 5 reps; 10 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Set 4: 40 lb dumbells: 5 reps; 20 lb dumbellS: 10 reps; 10 lb dumbells: 10 reps

    Bent Lateral Raises:

    Set 1: 25 lb dumbells: 15 reps
    Set 2: 40 lb dumbells: 12 reps; 20 lb dumbells: 5 reps
    Set 3: 50 lb dumbells: 5 reps; 40 lb dumbells: 5 reps; 30 lb dumbells: 5 reps; 25 lb dumbells: 5 reps

    Barbell Shoulder Press (to front):

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 2: 135 lbs: 6 reps
    Set 3: 185 lbs: 4 reps; 95 lbs: 4 reps

    Arnold Presses:

    Set 1: 40 lb dumbells: 10 reps
    Set 2: 60 lb dumbells: 4 reps; 40 lb dumbells: 4 reps
    Set 3: 70 lb dumbells: 3 reps; 40 lb dumbells: 5 reps

    Barbell Upright Rows...to Chin:

    warm-up: bare bar: 10 reps

    Set 1: 45 lbs: 15 reps
    Set 2: 65 lbs: 7 reps; 45 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 3: 85 lbs: 5 reps; 65 lbs: 5 reps; 45 lbs: 5 reps
    Set 4: 125 lbs: 5 reps; 105 lbs: 4 reps; 85 lbs: 3 reps; 65 lbs: 4 reps; 45 lbs: 5 reps

    Triceps:

    Pressdowns:

    Set 1: 45 lbs: 25 reps
    Set 2: 55 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 65 lbs: 20 reps

    Lying Unilateral Dumbell Extension:

    3 sets: 15 lb dumbell: 10 reps; 8 reps; 8 reps

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    Monday 28th November 2005

    Legs

    General Warmup: Bodyweight Squats:
    4 sets: 10 reps each set
    4 sets: 5 reps each set

    Barbell Squats:

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 2: 225 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 3: 315 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 4: 405 lbs: 4 reps (Personal Best)

    Front Squats:

    These hurt my wrist like a mofo... I held the Bar like an Olympic lifter would: fingers under bar as opposed to hands accross chest

    Set 1: 135 lbs: 8 reps
    Set 2: 185 lbs: 4 reps; 135 lbs: 4 reps

    Leg-press:

    No need for a warm-up...Hopped straight in...

    Set 1: 660 lbs: 12 reps
    Set 2: 750 lbs: 8 reps (Personal Best)

    Seated Leg-Curl:

    I was gonna do all my sets at the lighter weight for 20 reps.. but some chick nearby was using double the weight i was using...and giving me the 'owned' expression...so i slapped on some weight for the last set. Can't be outdone man...just can't lol.

    Set 1: 45 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 45 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 3: 45 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 4: 115 lbs: 10 reps

    Calf-Raise:

    This was done in the leg-press station...The first set was preceded by a 'warm-up' set of 15 reps in the smith Machine

    Set 1: 390 lbs: 20 reps
    Set 2: 660 lbs: 10 reps
    Set 3: 705 lbs: 7 reps (Personal Best)
    Set 4: 705 lbs: 7 reps (Repeat Personal Best)
    Set 5: 660 lbs: 7 reps
    Set 6: 480 lbs: 12 reps

    On the first set the reps were explosive... On subsequent sets, the reps were slow and controlled.

    Static Calf-Stretches:

    This was basically me holding a weight in one hand...standing on the calf blockin the max-stretch position for as long as i could hold it.

    Set 1: 45 lb plate: 20-count on each leg
    Set 2: 120 lb dumbell: 10-count on each leg

    I didn't expect to be this strong this session. My strength seems to be increasing exponentially.

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