Benjuito's 60 days of SIZEON + INCARNATE (sponsored by PAL only)

[benjamin0]

Benjuito's log of:
Palo Alto Labs' Incarnate
and
Gaspari Nutrition's SizeOn

Welcome to my newest log!

This one is gonna be a doozy with 60 days of Incarnate and 60 days of SizeOn waiting to be turned into muscle. I have used SizeOn in the past with results than were astonishing to say the least. However, this is my first jab at any sort of BA or cissus product, both being products I have wanted to have in my stack for EVER. So without further adue, here is my 60 day log of SizeOn and Incarnate:

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Now I am sure that everyone knows what SizeON is because it is no less than one of the BEST CREATINES AVAILABLE...at least in my opinion. (if you don't know about SizeOn by now, click HERE (http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/gn/size.html) or HERE (http://gasparinutrition.com/products/sizeon/index.php))

But Incarnate may not be so familiar to you, because it is a fairly new product on the market, so let me give so some BASIC help on the matter. I won't go on for ages, just give you the links so you can do the homework yourself:

http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/introincarnate.jpg
ABOUT (http://www.incarnatedirect.com/index)
The SCIENCE (http://www.incarnatedirect.com/science.htm)
F.A.Q.s (http://www.incarnatedirect.com/faqs.htm)


If you are to e-lazy to click on the links and read up for yourself, the basics of what it says it that it is suppose to help my joints (Hallelujah!!!!) and be a Massive Strength/Lean Muscle Catalyst through the use of Beta-Alanine etc. TO me this sounds nothing short of WICKED and I am looking forwrad to this stack more than any other i have ever done. The second month, i am sure, will be nothing short of amazing. Here are PAL's claims, taken straight from the site:

http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/CheckBox-small.jpgDramatic Increases in Explosiveness & Raw Strength
http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/CheckBox-small.jpgSignificant Lean Muscle Gains
http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/CheckBox-small.jpgIncreased Intensity & Capacity During Workouts
http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/CheckBox-small.jpgStronger, Healthier Joints & Ligaments
http://www.incarnatedirect.com/incarnate-images/CheckBox-small.jpgSubstantially Decreased Muscle Fatigue

[benjamin0]

ABOUT ME:

Height: 5ft 10in
Weight: 165lbs
Body type: Ecto
Routine: Follow along and find out!

Supplements regime:
Waking: Adam NOW multi, ON Gold Standard Protein shake in Soy milk, 3 Incarnate, Fish oil Capsule
Lunch: 3 Incarnate
Pre-WO: usually a banana, and WPI on leg days
Intra-WO: SizeOn, sometimes BCAA's and usually a dilute carb source
Post WO: One scoop Allmax Quickmass, one scoop Gold Standard in water.
Pre-Bed: Syntrax Matrix 5.0, 2 scoops in Soy milk

FOOD:
While I am on a bulk, I eat as much as I can. It is normally a ton of veggies, chicken, oats, protein shakes, sandwiches, fruit, and yogurt. It varies a bit, but that is about the main plan, unless you really wanna know every detail, that's all you need ot know. If I were cutting, then I would be watching micros.

[benjamin0]

If you wanna know anything else about me or my workouts, they are all very structured, Just ASK AWAY!

I will be starting the Incarnate while on a trip to California next week. it will be 10 days on the Incarnate before starting the SizeOn. This will help to get my Carnosine levels up a bit before I delv into the world of SizeOn. I will start keeping track of my workouts starting on May 7th, 2007. Until then, Assume I am taking the Incarnate and getting my carnosine levels up, as well as getting rid of some joint soreness!!!

[deserusan]

Good stuff...I'll be following. :)

[tmz123]

Nice work...It's about time!

[eddied27]

*subbed*

It's about time!! :D ;)

[Palo Alto Labs]

I would like to thank Canadian customs for taking the time to be sure that Incarnate was not illicit drug before delivering it to Benjuito. Thank you for keeping Benjuito's safety in mind.

Sorry I had to ...lol

Finally!!!! It has begun!

[benjamin0]

I would like to thank Canadian customs for taking the time to be sure that Incarnate was not illicit drug before delivering it to Benjuito. Thank you for keeping Benjuito's safety in mind.

Sorry I had to ...lol

Finally!!!! It has begun!

Yes, those Candian customs have had me in mind from day one...and BOY are they thurough.

Good to have you all on board. Before Pics will be taken When I get back from Cali, to mkae this a true log. At that time I will alos jot down my specific goals and measurements, so that you guys can see the EXACT effects my training and supps have had over that time. Last time I used SizeOn, it gave me 8lbs in a month, of which every last pound satyed with me. And that was even during exams and christmas travelling I figure the second month this time, once my Carnosine levels are up a bit, boy it's gonna be one of the best months to date for me in terms of weight and strength gains....EXCITED MUCH.

[redhawk76]

good luck man. SizeOn is my favorite creatine for sure, strength gains wer unheard of. Just ran out today, it was sad :(

[benjamin0]

Since I am bored, and trying for the life of me to avoid studying advanced biomechanincs, I am gonna jot down my workout routine and description...

I workout on a 5 day split, specifically tailored to my weaknesses (aka everything but my traps) and recovery times. I will explain more in a second....

DAY 1: Legs, Calves, Shoulders


Squats: 6, 6, 8, 8+ **These will change in the second month**
Leg Presses: 6, 6, 8, 8+ **These will change in the second month**
SLDLs: 12, 12, 12
1-Leg Extensions: 8, 8, 8

SuperSets-

Side Raises: 10+, 10+, 10+, 10+
Standing Calve Raises: -20, -20, -20, -20

Bent Over Cable Side Raises: 10, 10, 10
Seated calve Raises: 20, 20, 20

Seated Side Raises: 10, 10, 10


DAY 2: Chest + Triceps


Incline DB Press: 10, 10, 8
Flat DB Flies:12, 10, 8
Low Cable Crossovers: 12, 12, 12
High Cable Crossovers: 8, 8, 8 (*only if i am energetic by this point)

Skull Crushers!!!: 10, 8, 8
Bench Dips:12, 12, 12
Cable pushdown (pronated): 10, 10, 10


DAY 3: Back + Biceps


Hammer-grip Pulldowns: 10, 8, 6, 10
Hammer Strength Row Machine:12, 10, 10
Wide Cable Rows: 12, 10, 10
Shrugs: 12, 12, 12

Barbell Curls: 10, 8, 8
Front Raises:10, 8, 8
Overhead Cable Curl: 10, 10, 10

Reverse Curls: 8, 8, 8
Wrist Curls: 15, 15, 15




DAY 4: Triceps, Shoulders, Calves, Abs


DB hammmer grip Skull Crushers: 12, 10, 10, 10
Cable Pushdowns: 8, 8, 8
Overhead Cable Extenions: 12, 10, 10

Seated Side Raises: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
Bent Over Cable Side Raises:10, 10, 8

Seated Calve-Raises: 16, 16, 16
Standing Calve Raises: 16, 16, 16

Decline crunches w/ 25lbs on chin: 12, 12, 12
some other ab exercise dependant on the day!


Day 5 = OFF!!!

If you have any questions or comments whatsoever, please ask I honeslty have a motive behind every exercise and every rep that I do. Things are setup very specifically, so any thoughts at all, and i'll be more than happy to say what's up.

[Hola Bola]

Yay... your log is finally up and running!!! Subbed. :D



If you have any questions or comments whatsoever, please ask I honeslty have a motive behind every exercise and every rep that I do. Things are setup very specifically, so any thoughts at all, and i'll be more than happy to say what's up.

Ok here are my questions...

1) Why are you doing chest the day after your shoulder workout?
2) Why aren't you doing any overhead pressing movements?
3) Why do fly movements make up 75% of your chest routine?
4) Why do you have front raises on your back/bicep workout?

[deserusan]

Ok here are my questions...

1) Why are you doing chest the day after your shoulder workout?
2) Why aren't you doing any overhead pressing movements?
3) Why do fly movements make up 75% of your chest routine?
4) Why do you have front raises on your back/bicep workout?

Good questions.

[benjamin0]

Yay... your log is finally up and running!!! Subbed. :D



Ok here are my questions...

1) Why are you doing chest the day after your shoulder workout?
2) Why aren't you doing any overhead pressing movements?
3) Why do fly movements make up 75% of your chest routine?
4) Why do you have front raises on your back/bicep workout?



(1)/(2)/(3)- Ok, one word, SHOULDER INJURY. When I was 17, I was doing DB skull crushers and using too much weight (at 17! who knew!), I held on too long and had my left arm give out and fly past my left ear. I ripped my anterior deltoid and partially my rotator cuff. As i am sure you can understand, my shoulder hasn't been the same since (no surgery was required, thank heavens, but sometimes I wish they would have done one so it would be better off today).

SO, I cannot go with an even fractional ROM on overhead presses. I can't even bring them down to 90 degree arm angle. The strength is actually there on my overhead presses, but they are so painful and make me ache so much, that it ruins the rest of my workout. As for Chest exerccises, same sort of deal. i CANNOT bench Press, so do DBs only. My Bench is so lop sided due to my ROM in the left while laying flat, that it only puts me out of balance. Incline Chest press is by FAR the best thing I can do for chest. It seems to be the most stable position for my left shoulder. I am actually just as strong when lying flat, but my shoulder feels like it will dislodge once I hit 90 degrees. On incline, for some reason, I can go down slightly below parallel to the ground, which is why i stick with that, to hit all the fibres I can without extreme pain. This is basically the reason for the flies instead of presses. Doing incline press upon incline press would get useless after a while, but since flies don't hurt at more angles than presses, i choose to go with those. I MAY start throwing in some decline presses. You guys (Des, hola, anyone else) think that would be a good move? They don't really hurt to bad at all. I just never really saw them as a real solid exercise, but i may throw them in if you guys suggest it (being 100 lbs heavier tends to give you guys a little authority on the matter).

It SUCKS not being able to press, overhead, military, bench, NOTHING. It pisses me off because I know that they are the basic movements for mass and strength, so being incapable (even at %50 1RM for most of them) REALLY pisses me off.

This is also the reason for having 2 shoulder workouts. I honestly can't hit my shoulders as hard as i would be able to if I had pressing movements, using only raises and laterals and the likes. SO they need to be hit twice in order to grow at all.

(4) as for the front raises, that shouldn't be there, that was a copy + past mishap, lol. That should be Hammer Curls (alternating).

Oh, and the shoulder is also the reason for most my lat work being what it is, Overhand wide grip seizes me up in a matter of minutes.Oh, another thing, I don't have a real solid reason for doing chest the day after shoulders, but they don't affect each other a whole lot, due to the lack of presses.

Man I blab alot, sorry for the long read. I hope you understand a little better where I am coming from now. If you still don't get it, feel free to fire away with more questions. i like answering questions.

[Hola Bola]

Thanks for the answers, a shoulder injury would explain it all. I can definately relate to that. If Decline presses don't hurt I think you should add them in on your chest workout. Nice new avatar picture btw!!! :D

[Palo Alto Labs]

Nice and to the point.. when you leave for the good ol USA?

[benjamin0]

Thanks for the answers, a shoulder injury would explain it all. I can definately relate to that. If Decline presses don't hurt I think you should add them in on your chest workout. Nice new avatar picture btw!!! :D


Yeah, i think they will be thrown in, today is Chest and Triceps, SO will put them in today an see how it goes...thanks for the compliment as well



Nice and to the point.. when you leave for the good ol USA?

Well, I am writing two exams on Wednesday, (Motor Control and Learning. Exercise Prescription for Health, Well-being and performance...man I love kinesiology), and then leaving Thursday for Cali.

BTW, while in California, i am going to see the PRICE IS RIGHT!!!! hahaha, I will definately win something, then spin around on my butt and scream at the top of my lungs, hahaha. Had to see Bob Barker befor he dies/retires (I am expecting them to be simultaneous).

[Palo Alto Labs]

BTW, while in California, i am going to see the PRICE IS RIGHT!!!! hahaha, I will definately win something, then spin around on my butt and scream at the top of my lungs, hahaha. Had to see Bob Barker befor he dies/retires (I am expecting them to be simultaneous).
Ohhh man im jealous... i used to watch that show everyday as a kid when school was out.
If you make it to the showcase showdown, always go for package #2, its got the jet ski and the RV... #1 always has the china cabinet.
Listen to comedian Daniel Tosh's 'True Stories I made up' He's got a great Price is Right routine in there.

[benjamin0]

NOTE TO ALL:

I will be starting my Incarnate supplementation 10 days before i wll be staring my SizeOn. I will be in California for 10 day, during whihc time I will be taking my incarnate regularly, and according to the label. This is for the purpose of raising carn levels in my sysem before staring the SizeOn, and sine I don't know how often i wlll be able to workout while there, I am going to leave the SizeOn until I come back. This is when I will start my official workout logs.

Also, in the near future, I will be reporting on[b]HOW[b] i will be evaluating the products and stack. I will also give you a run-down of my looooong injury history, so you know wha i am contending with and ifthe Cissus works well in the Incarnate.

[benjamin0]

INJURY HISTORY

Well, I am gonna try to give you the short version. The reason I am giving you an injury history is so you know what I am dealing with in terms of achy joints, amongst other things. All of these were completely preventable...whether by caution, education, or warning. Let?s begin, these are going to go in order of those most affecting my workouts to those least affecting them

(1) Left Shoulder

As previously stated in this log, I was doing DB skull crushers with too much weight, didn?t let go when my left arm gave out, quite a bit of pain and a whole lot of pissed-off-ness later, I had a torn anterior deltoid, and pretty well wrote off my rotator cuff. I am now extremely limited in shoulder motion, especially pronated + overhead movements. This one effects almost everything I work out above the waist besides abs. It gives me a bad joint ache some times, and a dull one after almost every workout. Sad, I know, but don?t let it keep you up at night...I am used to it 4 years later. The moral of the story is know your limits...and have a spotter when you are testing them.

(2) Left Wrist

This is one of those ?nagging? injuries that never got diagnosed initially, then turned into something worse. I rather severely sprained my left wrist, then did it again...and again...and so on. Being an aggressive rollerblader and newbie snowboarder when I was 17 didn?t help my left wrist out one bit. Nowadays, I can?t hold on to anything with that wrist and as of late, it aches like CRAZY. I have a rapidly growing ganglion cyst on it, which even freaked my university anatomy prof out. Most of the time it doesn?t effect me too much, unless I try to do anything with a reverse grip, such as reverse curls, or reverse grip triceps pushdowns and the likes. It also pretty well eliminates any possibility of working on my forearms, as my left one gives out the second it goes anywhere but parallel with my forearms. This one can?t really be aided by anything, and it isn?t the pain that holds me back, it is straight up the inability of the wrist to do what it is suppose to. This translates into me using straps for A LOT of back exercises, deadlifts, etc.

(3) Knees

This one lasts still from my pubescent years. Straight up bad knees. I had horribly worn down cartilage, which was almost exclusively attained through being an ice-hockey goaltender from the age of 10 on. These ones have sustained several soft-tissue injuries, but nothing lasting as much as the general achiness and extreme need for a warmup. Squats do not like my knees, no matter how I do them, but it oddly seems that ATG squats feel the best on them, as long as I don?t bounce at the bottom. Again, this is jut a bad ache, nothing literally ?injured? here.

(4)Abdominal Hernia

Scariest injury of my LIFE Good god Looking down and seeing a lump almost the size of my fist popping out of my gut was NOT something I intend to repeat. Weirdest thing is, it all happened from a PUMP in my abs. I was doing REALLY high reps on reverse crunches (I think I was about 18 at the time). I was on my 4th set, feeling GREAT then this pain that felt not unlike being stabbed (as far as I am guessing) put me in a ball for about 5 minutes. Once I caught my breath and calmed down, I pulled up my shirt, VOILA, to reveal that my left middle ab, more laterally than medially, decided that it didn?t like being inside anymore. Go figure. This one plagues me EVERY TIME I do abs. I only train abs in low rep ranges now and try not to do anything even close to failure. It doesn?t affect much else besides ab days, but it is the reason I have a suspicious tendency to leave abs out...


Other insignificant injuries

Well here are all the others I can think of which almost never affect me during my workouts, with short descriptions:
Ribs: Broke 3 of them along with 10 stitches
Right big toe: Destroyed it (comminuted fracture) and was immobile for months. Healed fine and only gives me a dull ache in the winter (arthritis)
Fingers: Broken almost all of them at one time or another, some with cooler stories than others, coolest of which called for emergency drilling through my fingernail
Right ankle: Broken once, severely sprained once, neither has any lasting effect.
EGO[b]: Had this man handled many times by people bigger, stronger, or generally better at life than me. This is a recurrent one which usually heels within seconds though.

[b]MY HOPES for this log:

I am honestly not expecting much, seeing as how most everything that has happened is permanent, but I am REALLY looking forward to seeing if the Incarnate helps my shoulder(s) at all. If it does, OH MAN, I will be sold instantly. I don?t expect any miraculous healing, but less achiness in the knees and shoulders would be amazing.

[benjamin0]

I'm BACK

Well the trip to California is over with. Safe to say, it was the most hectic trip of my life, staying at a different location/hotel every night and spending over 3 hours everyday in a car, and several times more like 6 hours. The Price is Right was amazing (George Hamilton was there trying out to replace Bob ), the weather kinda sucked, but I do believe I found the Chiropractic School I would like to attend.

For anyone interested, I met Jay Cutler, got a picture of him with my wife, and saw him do a guest posing routine at a show. I met Bob Chicerello at the show as well, and told him that I loved the Fitshow on bodybuilding.com. Also got to meet Jenny Lynn, Melvin Anthony, and good ol? Miss Fitness USA. Amazing day? Yes it was. I now officially feel like the skinniest dork alive (which probably isn?t that far from truth). I also got to visit ?The Mecca of Bodybuilding?...Gold?s Gym in Venice. There was a photo shoot going on with some guy I didn?t recognize at the time. Oh, and I got to see ?Muscle Beach?, hahaha, what a spot Venice is.

I got to workout ONLY ONCE due to the hectic schedule. It was an upper body: back, chest, triceps, traps, shoulders. I also got to attempt surfing in some harsh conditions once. I considered that a workout, cause I could barely stand up by the time I was done. My sleep SUCKED, and my nutrition was probably the worst it has ever been. Sometimes scarfing on fatty foods all day and other times not eating more than 1500 calories in 24hrs. I did manage to get almost all of my Incarnate in though, with the exception of 1 or 2 servings, which I made up for as soon as possible.

ONWARD


It is safe to say that I am at my most basic level of fitness right now. I KNOW I shrunk a lot during this trip, and haven?t weighed, but am assuming I went from 165lbs to about 162 or less. From here on out, starting on Monday, I will have an EASY schedule, working Mon-Fri, 7:30-4, and working out at night. I will be taking my Incarnate with breakfast as well as either supper or lunch, most likely supper. I will be following the workout plan outlined earlier in the log, with a few variations here and there.

I can almost guarantee I will be gaining about 5 lb in the first 3 weeks alone, due to my recent weight loss as well as the jump from starting SizeOn. Boy do I look forward to that.


Before Pictures up tomorrow some time...

[benjamin0]

STARTING OUT...

Having been away from the gym for the last 10ish days, and being the extreme hardgainer that I am, I managed to lose almost 5 lbs of muscle. A huge lack of sleep, food, and iron are to blame, but I didn?t have a choice really. That being said, I am definitely stoked to gain it all back and then double it. Here is what I am at starting out:

Starting Measurements:
(taken flexed, except for waist, hips, chest, shoulders)



Starting weight: 161.0 lbs
Left Arm: 14.5 in
Left Forearm: 11 in
Left Thigh: 21.75 in
Left Calve: 13.75 in
Chest: 36.0 in
Shoulders: 43.0 in
Waist: 31.0 in
Hips: 38.5 in

BEFORE PICTURES

Can all be found here (http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/Before%20Pictures/)

As you may note, I have extremely small calves, and my thighs aren?t exactly huge. Genetically, as you probably guessed, my body wants me to weigh about 130lbs. The fact that i have bodyfat above 12% is something I am darn proud of! HA! When cut time comes along, I love this fact about myself, but for now I fight my genetics until i win. Any comments or tips from the pictures are more than welcome, actually appreciated. The things I think I am gonna have the hardest time with are Calves and Shoulders. Calves due to my skinny-boy tendancies and shoulders due to not being able to pound them like eveything else. I think The following goals should be fairly attainable, some will need more work than other though:


GOALS by the end of this log:


Ending weight: 172.0 lbs (+11.0)
Left Arm: 15.0 in (+0.5)
Left Forearm: 12 in (+1.0)
Left Thigh: 23.0 in (+1.25)
Left Calve: 14.5 in (+0.75)
Chest: 37.0 in (+1.0)
Shoulders: 44.0 in (+1.0)
Waist: 31.0 in (+0.0)
Hips: 39.0 in (+0.5)

[benjamin0]

Workout #1

Legs and Shoulders:



Leg Presses
270x12
280x10
300x7

1-leg Quad Extensions
70x12
70x8
70x7

Hamstring Curls
120x12
120x10
120x10

Standing Lateral Raises
25sx13
25sx12
25sx12
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Superset
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Seated Calve Raises
120x26
120x21
120x22

Bent-Over Cable Laterals
20x10
20x10
20x10
/\
Superset
\/
Standing Calve Raises
BWx12
BWx12
BWx12

Seated Lateral Raises
15sx12
15sx12
15sx12
15sx12
15sx12


Thoughts/Feelings


Well I wasn't expecting this workout to be great, and all went as expected. Having not worked out for a long time, as well as having had to stand on my feet and lift crap all day at work (for the first time since last summer) gave me a little bit of a pre-fatigue. So i decided to take ti easy and not push it in the slightest, I figured I would just ease myself back into it for the first round of my 4 day split, then comes the balls-to-the-wall-ness. Starting work, the time change, the lack of sleep and so on seemed like an equationg for an injury, so i am keeping it low key for the forst few days.

That being said, pretty good workout. Legs were not hit hard because i didn't do anything strenuous, but my shoulders felt the 8 sets of side raises the next morning.

[benjamin0]

Workout #2

Chest and Triceps:



Incline DB Press
70sx10
70sx10
70s x7

Flat DB Flies
40sx12
40sx12
40sx10

Cable Crossovers
100x12
100x10
100x10

DB Skull Crushers
25sx12
25sx10
25sx17

Cable Pushdown
70x10
70x10
70x8


Thoughts/Feelings


SHORT ONE. The fact that i only made it to the gym my 9:30 didn't help, but it was an ok workout considering. Still warming back up to the iron, and loving every minute of it.

[Palo Alto Labs]

No worries man... 10 days off isnt going to kill ya.. youll bounce back in a week.

Im still damn jealous, i gotta make it out to the price is right before bob barker kicks the bucket.

Good job man!

[benjamin0]

No worries man... 10 days off isnt going to kill ya.. youll bounce back in a week.

Im still damn jealous, i gotta make it out to the price is right before bob barker kicks the bucket.

Good job man!

Man the wait for the Price is Right was HELL. The first 2 people in the linup at the gates were there since 8:00am the DAY BEFORE the show, in total, they waited in line 30.5 hours. And they only expect it to get worse the closer to retirement he gets. We showed up at 5am for the 2:30 taping and were behind 221 people. It was amazing, I have never seen such a devoted crowd.

[benjamin0]

Workout #3

Back and Biceps:



Chinups (Supinated)
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8
BW x 7

Cable Rows
100 x 12
100 x 12
100 x 10
100 x 10

Hammer-grip Cable pulldown
120 x 6
100 x 7
100 x 7

Bodyweight Rows
BW x 12
BW x 8
BW x 7

DB Shrugs
100s x 10
100s x 10
100s x 10

Barbell Curls
70 x 10
70 x 7
70 x 6

DB Preacher Curls
30s x 5
25s x 8
25s x 7


Thoughts/Feelings


Another fairly short one. I feel like I am taking a while to get back into the groove. The fact that I started a manual labor job at the same time as getting back to the gym is probably tiring me out. I feel like my supporting muslces, grip, and synergists are all giving out before my prime movers. I think it is basically due to the fact that i used a pitch fork, a rake and a shovel all day. I did however feel fairly good while working out today. I am finding it really hard to get a burn feeling, even with 12 reps. I think the carnosine levels must be up a bit, cause my muscles don't seem to fatigue during each set quite as quickly, which is awesome.

My strength is no wheres near back to normal yet, but I think it will take a week or 2 for my body to get used to work AND working out.

[Palo Alto Labs]

Man the wait for the Price is Right was HELL. The first 2 people in the linup at the gates were there since 8:00am the DAY BEFORE the show, in total, they waited in line 30.5 hours. And they only expect it to get worse the closer to retirement he gets. We showed up at 5am for the 2:30 taping and were behind 221 people. It was amazing, I have never seen such a devoted crowd.
:eek: WOW thats devotion!!!! 5am?! I guess Ill pass.

I did however feel fairly good while working out today. I am finding it really hard to get a burn feeling, even with 12 reps. I think the carnosine levels must be up a bit, cause my muscles don't seem to fatigue during each set quite as quickly, which is awesome.

GREAT MAN... guess it was a good idea to start taking the Incarnate while in Cali? ;)

[benjamin0]

GREAT MAN... guess it was a good idea to start taking the Incarnate while in Cali? ;)

Yes, yes it was ;)

[benjamin0]

Workout #4

Triceps, Shoulders, Calves, and Abs:



Skull Crushers
75 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10
75 x 10

Cable Pushdowns
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8

1-arm DB Overhead Extensions
25s x 9
25s x 10
25s x 10

Seated Side Raises
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10

20s x 12
20s x 12
20s x 12
20s x 12
20s x 12
20s x 12
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SUPERSET
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Seated Calve-Raises (1st half)
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Standing Smith Machine Calve Raises (2nd half)
160 x 16
160 x 16
160 x 16
160 x 16
160 x 16
160 x 16

1-arm Bent Over Cable Side Raises
20 x 10
20 x 12
20 x 10

Decline crunches w/ 25lbs on chin
8
8
6



Thoughts/Feelings


In all honesty, I was expecting this workout to be following the recent trend of quick fatigue and decreases strength/endurance/intensity. BOY, WAS I WRONG. this was an AMAZING workout!!! I can honestly say i didn't think the Incarnate was doing much endurance wise and the good ol' lactic acid would still burn the crap outta me. i also figured my shoulders only had a slim chance of getting any better. That is just me being a supplement skeptic, though. I only like to use something if it's effects are pronounced. So TODAY, I decided to put it to the test. What resulted was sheer amazement on my behalf. I did 12 SETS of side raises, supersetted with 12 sets of calve raises, all 10 rep and above. i figured if the Incarnate would show it's colors, this would be where. I took NO BREAKS bewteen the supersets (I must have been going for almost 1/2 hour on this) and just kept banging out the reps. By set number 6 on my side raises, i decided that 10 reps was maybe a little too low for me to get any sort of burn, so i bumped it up to 12 reps. Only by my 9th set did I feel a burn on the 12th rep. My calves always felt amazing after 16 reps, with a fair burn, but the AWESOME thing is, 45 seconds later, after a set of side raises, they were ALWAYS ready to bang out another set. It was amazing. it FEELS as though my lactic acid buffering abilities have shot up already. I have never done that much volume for calves OR shoulders. I can only imagine what is yet to come in terms of endurance and strength. Next time I will be trying some more high volume using 25s and see what happens...


As for the rest of my workout, also amazing. My triceps were looking Titanic (as much as possible, at least) and my abs were solid. I don;t feel the need to overkill my abs, because have naturally pleasing abs when I am cut, so I feel no need to increase the circumferance of my midsection... Overall, today's workout was nothing short of glorious. I am a tad biased though, I usually like this workout the best, because it is aimed specifically all my weak spots.

One of the claims of Palo Alto Labs is that Incarnate "Dramatically Decreases Muscle Fatigue". Well let me just say, they're not kidding!

[Palo Alto Labs]

One of the claims of Palo Alto Labs is that Incarnate "Dramatically Decreases Muscle Fatigue". Well let me just say, they're not kidding!
We dont play games.

[Hola Bola]

Killer workout!!! Nice job man. :)

[benjamin0]

We dont play games.

Apparently!


Killer workout!!! Nice job man. :)

Thanks, alot. Safe to say my shoulders had a bit of tightness today, as did my calves.

[benjamin0]

Day #5: OFF


Today is a well-needed rest from the gym. The manual labor on top of working out tends to tire me out quite a bit quicker. Fortunately it is weekend now and I will be well-rested for Legs tomorrow.

[benjamin0]

Day #6

Legs



Back Squats
135 x 10
185 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 3
185 x 4

Leg Press
270 x 6
270 x 6
270 x 8
270 x 12

Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
185 x 8
155 x 10
155 x 10

Quad Extensions
90 x 8
90 x 8
90 x 8



Thoughts/Feelings


MAN, I am not back into it at all yet, I don't know why, but I am having a bit of a rough time getting into the swing of things again. I worked pretty hard at the gym today, and i honestly felt like I was gonna fall over. i was light-headed and not able to concentrate at all. Oddly enough, my muscles felt pretty good, for having not done a REAL leg workout in a while, but again, I feel like I am just not there for stability and concentration. I have over-trained before, and it feels almost identical to this, but I just got back form a vacation!!! I dunno what it is. I think it is mostly psychological, to be honest. I am not really enjoying my job (as you may have been able to tell) and am a bit stresses about the insane amount of stuff going on as of late (nothing bad going on, just stuff that is very demanding of my resources). I am expecting my head to be back into it soon enough, but for now i am just gonna have to pound through the workouts, maybe i need a pre-workout supp or something.

I purposely skipped the calves/shoulders part of today because i was so friggin tired at the end of legs I felt like I was gonna fall asleep on my motorbike on the way home. That, and my shoulder is really achy from work yesterday (trying to start a mower over and over again isn't very good on the ol' injured shoulder). Oh well, until next time.

[benjamin0]

Day #7

WEIGHT: 163 lbs :)

Chest and Triceps



Incline DB Press
80s x 7
70s x 7
70s x 6

(slight) Incline DB Flies
40s x 10
40s x 9
40s x 8

Cable Crossovers
120 x 10
120 x 8
120 x 8

Skull Crushers
75 x 12
75 x 10
75 x 8

Cable Pushdowns
80 x 8
70 x 8
70 x 6



Thoughts/Feelings


MUCH better workout than lately. Infact, I was QUITE pleased with it. It was close to being right on par with the way things were before. This kind of clarified for me that it is in fcat my job that is taking my energy away. Cause after a rest day Friday, and legs yesterday(no work) and then Chest today (no work, i get weekends off), I feel TEN TIMES better. I get the feeling that sundays will be my bets workouts because i am most rested then. ANYway...

My shoulder was bothering me a bit on the Incline DB presses , but not as much as it use to! I was actually pushing it too! 80lb dumbbells is huge for me, especially without a spot. And then the Flies were awesome, controlled, and deep. It was sweet. Then the crossovers were nice and high intensity, deep reps.

Then my tricep workout was rushed (gym was closing), but was still pretty good. I did fairly short breaks (60-90s) for the rep range i was in, and the tris were bulging like crazy by the end. I really enjoy the cable pushdown machine at my gym, cause it REALLY isolates where i need it to. Things are definately looking up.

On another note, my weight is back at 163lbs!!! 2 lbs the first week! let's hope this keeps up, and I will be on my way to my goals in no time!!!

[Palo Alto Labs]

congrats on getting some weight back man... make sure your cals are high and you have some solid foods in you preworkout other than just a preworkout stimulant... this will definitely keep your strength up and fatigue delayed.

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Lookin real good....I love the SizeON + Incarnate combo.

[benjamin0]

congrats on getting some weight back man... make sure your cals are high and you have some solid foods in you preworkout other than just a preworkout stimulant... this will definitely keep your strength up and fatigue delayed.

I try to keep the cals as high as i can. i take Allmax Quickmass (500 cals worth) a couple times a day just to help out. I also TRY to eat a fairly large meal an hour or so before the gym. I could work on that though, cause my schedule right now is off the wall.

Also, I don't currently take any pre-workout supps. I have some Fubar to polish off, but i am waiting until I am done my SizeOn. I don't want any interferene between the creatine and caffeine (even though I am not completely sure there is a strong interaction there). it might be a little over-the-top, but I am trying to play it safe.



Lookin real good....I love the SizeON + Incarnate combo.

ME TOO

[benjamin0]

Day #8

Back



Chinups
BW x 12
BW x 10
BW x 8

BW Rows
10
10
10

Close Hammer-Grip Pulldowns
110 x 10
110 x 8
110 x 6

Cable Rows
90 x 12
90 x 10
90 x 10

Barbell Curls
95 x 5
70 x 8



Thoughts/Feelings


Another great workout!!! Usual situation with me, in a rush, managed to workout anyways. This one ended up being really good though. Since the start of this log, I started doing supinated chinups, instead of wide-grip pronated pullups. I find my shoulder can hack them much better. So they are coming along quite nicely, and I think my lats should show a marked improvement in thickness by the time this log is over.

All other exercises were fairly awesome as well. I was just in the zone and had the energy for once. Thank God I am getting used to working out again. I think summer should start becoming less hectic soon enough (allowing me to eat and rest more) which will have a great impact on my weight gaining and strength.

[benjamin0]

Workout #9

Triceps, Shoulders, Calves



Skull Crushers
85 x 12
85 x 10
85 x 8
85 x 8
75 x 8
75 x 6

Cable Pushdowns
80 x 8
70 x 8
70 x 7
70 x 6

Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
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Seated Calve-Raises (1st half)
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16

Standing DB Front Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Standing Smith Machine Calve Raises (2nd half)
120 x 20
120 x 20
120 x 20
120 x 20
120 x 20



Thoughts/Feelings


This is honestly becoming my favorite workout. It is purposely aimed at things that are huge weaknesses(except abs, those I just throw in here and there because i need to do so here and there). And it has developed into my favorite. I will amdit my joints were fairly achey after this one, but nothing too extreme, as to stop me form workoing out. The sets of skull crushers just destroyed my elbows for some reason. and my shoulders weren't wuite feeling right. I didn't warm up my upper bady as much as usual thoguh, so perhaps that had a tad to do with it.

The intensity is still up though, which leads me to believe that it will keep getting better and better. In case you didn't notice, i stepped up the weight form last woorkout by 10 lbs on the skull crushers and side raises, just to see what's up, and all still went according to plan. And by the way, my calve workout was AMAZING to say the least. I don't remember the last time I had a calve workout that good! It burned in the EXACT spot I needed it to, and only after some good hard quality reps. Lookout calves, you might be growing after all!!!

[Hola Bola]

Looking good in here man. Nice workouts! :D

[benjamin0]

Day #10/11

OFF

Thoughts/Feelings


This was fairly needed. Yesterday was intentionally a day off, today not so much. I got the hint that i should take another day off when I came home form work today, and fell asleep...for FOUR HOURS.So I woke up at 8:30, having not eaten supper yet, and figured "hmm, maybe, if i just unintentionally became unconscious for 4 hours, I should just take that to mean I need another day of rest". So here I am sitting at home, at 10:12, ready to go back to bed.

the next few days are gonna be a little hectic, but I will try my best to get to the gym as much as possible, as well as eat right. I will be out of town as a groomsman at a friends wedding, leaving tomorrow at lunch, but will do my best to keep at it while I am away.

[benjamin0]

Day # 12

Legs



Squats
135 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 5

Leg Presses
280 x 6
330 x 6
330 x 6
330 x 8
330 x 9

Quad Extensions
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
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SUPERSET WITH
\/
Seated Calve Raises
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20

Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
Smith Machine Calve Raises
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20

1-Arm Bent Over Cable Side Raises
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10
20 x 10
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SUPERSET WITH
\/
Smith Machine Calve Raises
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20

Thoughts and Comments

AWESOME workout!!! I felt like I was gonna faint about 10 times during this workout. That and the fact that I could barely walk by the end of it led me to believe that perhaps I had a wicked-awesome workout. I am not overly impressed with my performance on Squats as of late, but it is because I am performing them in quite the difficult manner: 3 second negatives, pause at the bottom, ATG, narrow stance, 4 sets. May not seem like ?twould be that hard, but all the small stuff adds up. I CAN squat 250ish, but feel like I stress many more fibres and have better form this way (I am using the 2-for-2 principle, for any of you familiar with it). Anyway, sqauts were still better than last week.

As for leg presses, they were also awesome. Last week?s weight seemed too easy, so I threw on an extra 50 lbs, which also seemed easy. I think next leg workout will have to be 360lbs for these.

Then the quad extensions were awesome as well, with strength going up on these as well. I was just getting in a real good squeeze on them. The Seated Calve Raises felt a little awkward today, but were overall pretty good.

As for my shoulders and calves, both AWESOME as well. I love smith machine calve raises. The gastrocs feel like they are gonna explode by the end of each set, and then are perfectly ready for the next set. I think my calves are gonna grow considerably if I keep this up. My shoulders are also doing wicked, and I can see a difference in them already from the front.

[benjamin0]

Day # 13

Chest and Triceps



Incline DB Press
75s x 8
65s x 8
60s x 8
60s x 8

Flat DB Flies
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 10
40s x 8

Cable Crossovers
80 x 12
90 x 10
120 x 8
120 x 8

Skull Crushers
85 x 10
85 x 8
85 x 8
85 x 8

Cable Pushdown
110 x 12
125 x 10
125 x 10
125 x 10
125 x 10


Thoughts and Comments

I was out of town for this one, so I was forced to workout at a dinky little gym. It was an ok workout considering, but for some reason I was VERY stiff, especially in the shoulders and upper body. My shoulders just couldn?t hack the wobbly bench, the lack of sleep and the different equipment very well. The numbers in this workout session may be a bit off, because I was going by their markings, which did not align with those in my own gym.

I am really beginning to like the one-exercise/crapload-of-sets approach to some exercises. Inspired by the infamous Hola Bola and his current Incarnate log, I have been doing more than 3 sets on a lot of exercises, just to see what it was like. My DOMS have gone slightly up every time I do more than 4 sets, which leads me to believe that I will respond well to it. I think I am going to continue using this technique on triceps, shoulders, and calves, since it seems to be giving me great workouts.

[benjamin0]

Day # 14

OFF


Well, today was a travel day. I slept horribly last night, and had to take most of the day coming home from a weekend away. I came home and took a nap and now am about to eat some more. Tomorrow will be good good good.

[benjamin0]

Workout #14

Back and Biceps:



Chinups (Supinated)
BW x 10
BW x 8
BW x 8

Cable Rows
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Hammer-grip Cable pulldown
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Alt. DB Curls
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 6

Rope Cable Curls
120 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 10

Barbell Shrugs
235 x 10
235 x 10
235 x 10
235 x 10
235 x 10
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Superset with
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Standing Rope Cable Rows
80 x 12
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Thoughts and Comments


Wasn't feeling overly great this morning for this one, but it ended up being an ok workout. I found that I was very quick to fatigue this morning, in a scary kind of way. I felt faint and light-headed quite easily. I am beginning to think that maybe I should make a docotrs appointment to get this checked out. Blaming it on recovery from my trip is out of the question, and other things don't seem to have a strong enough impact. Will keep you updated on the matter.

On the other hand, I finally worked out my biceps today. it was kind of odd feeling, almost foreign, but felt good once i got into it. My back was feeling pretty good today, but the intensity wasn't where it neeed to be, due to being a bit faint today. I am considering making a doctor appointment to see if things are normal hormone-wise, cause i have never been so low-energy for so long...Will keep you posted

[benjamin0]

Workout #15

Triceps, Shoulders, Calves, Forearms




Cable Pushdowns
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10


Hammer-Grip Cable Front Raises
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Weighted Bench Dips
+35 x 10
+35 x 10
+35 x 10
+35 x 10
+35 x 10


Seated Calve-Raises
70 x 16
70 x 16
70 x 16
70 x 16
70 x 16
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Barbell Wrist Extensions
30 x 16
30 x 16
30 x 16
30 x 16
30 x 16



Thoughts and Comments


Definately my favorite workout. Leats amount of joint stiffness, and it always seems to workout perfectly how i want it to feel. I love the cable pushdowns superset with Seated Side Raises, They go together almost as well as SizeOn and Incarnate. My Shoulder workout was amazing, my triceps swole to Titanic proportions, and my Calves felt like they would explode. Long story short, Today's workout was VERY good. I felt a lot better today than recently, but am still feeling a tad weathered. I am noticing alot of numbers going up in my lifts, despite not feeling tip-top. I am also gaining the weight back, which is one of the key goals i am getting at with this log.

[benjamin0]

Day #16

OFF

Thoughts and Comments


Well, this day off wsn't exactly a day off. I always seem to have a hectic day on my day off. My nutrition SUCKED, but I feel pretty darn good for the most part. I have been working fairly hard and running around on errands for most of the day, so i managed not to eat very much good food today. And I got up early as well.

On the other hand, my shoulders are kinda sore today!:) That amazes me because it takes ALOT for them to be sore the next day (in the muscle, not the joint). So The incarnate has prevailed again!!! I am loving the endurance I am getting outta this stuff. It allows for such a rock solid workout with those muscles that are hard to "feel" each fibre working. So far, my shoulders and Calves have definately been the mian benefactors of this cycle.

[benjamin0]

UPDATE
(short commentary)


Overall, my Strength is going up slowly on some things, and quickly on others. I am purposely trying for strength on legs, but not so much on other things.

My Intensity is also rising. I think this is partially due to getting used to work all day, as well as just eating more now than before this log.

My Endurance has shot through the roof...ALREADY. My calve and shoulder training has been aided A LOT by the Incarnate! I cannot wait for the second month, where I start moving to a little bit higher reps. I can only imagine what my leg days will be like then...:)

My Soreness has not been affected too much oddly. It seems to come and go. Some days I feel like a well lubricated engine, and others I feel like an arthritic old man. My DOMS has remained about the same, but I think will decrease in the near future. My nutrition has been lacking a bit, just eventful time in my life, but I think once it is back on track, my DOMS will decrease.

On the other hand, I feel like a few things are starting to lag a little bit, which is understandable. My biceps/forearms are not growing much, but I keep putting them off due to time restraints...my own fault. Also my chest is not coming along as well as I want, but I haven?t been pushing it in that area a whole lot either. I am thinking my chest/triceps day should start to focus more on chest (maybe one more exercise) and go a little more high-sets, fewer exercises for triceps, specifically cutting out exercises that strain my joints, cause chest strains them enough.

I really like my leg day as of late. I have never had an easy time with squats, no matter what the weight or form, but am sticking with them cause I would be crucified by the bodybuilding community if I didn?t. I am looking forward to doing higher reps the second month though. I am sensing that my legs are gonna grow quite nicely in the next month and some, cause it seems like I am starting to develop a really good mind-muscle connection with my quads, giving them a good squeeze on every rep. My hammies could be hard to bring any size out of though...they are a bad weak spot for me. I am starting to see separation in the heads of my calves. I think if I decide to compete some day my calves will look really good once they are built up and cut a bit.

I could comment on all parts of my progression, but will leave you all with that for now...

[benjamin0]

Day #17

OFF...again

Thoughts and Comments


Having had a particularly strenuous day of work, and then having volunteered at the YMCA for 3 hours immediately following, I decided LEG DAY would not be such a great idea. It is especially warm here today as well. Fortunately, I ate plenty so far today, and plan on eating MORE!!! I feel pretty good so far today, just fairly wiped from all the work.

I am beginning to see a bit of a pattern developing, now that I am working manual labour 8 hours a day. It seems as though i need 2 days off for every 4 on. I don't see this as a huge problem, as it is harder on my brain to stay home than it is on my progress. I will still aim for the 4 on, 1 off regimen, but 2 days seems to always give me such better vitality and strength for my leg day, which is a huge day for me.

[benjamin0]

Day # 18

Legs + Shoulders (+ Forearms)



Squats
135 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 6
185 x 8
185 x 9
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SUPERSET WITH
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Standing Barbell Wrist Curls
65 x 12
65 x 12
65 x 12
65 x 12

Leg Presses
330 x 6
330 x 6
330 x 8
330 x 12
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
DB Wrist Curls
30s x 12
30s x 12
30s x 12
30s x 12

Quad Extensions
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
Cable Reverse Curls
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8

Seated Calve Raises
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 12
25s x 12
25s x 12

Smith Machine Calve Raises
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
1-Arm Bent Over Cable Side Raises
25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 10


Thoughts and Comments

AWESOME workout AGAIN!!! I am loving Leg Day lately. Maybe it's due to the rest I just had, but Legs is definately one of my favorite workouts. My quads are getting so much visibly fuller (at least to me anyways) it's not even funny. And my calves even make an appearance here and there. My shoulders are definately starting to get a nice cap on the sides and becoming fuller in the back. I need to start incorporating more anterior delt work to round them out nicely.

I wanted to keep working out today, but they kicked me out at closing time (10:30, who closes that early anyways!? j/k). For some reason, being the only one in the gym and still grunting like a mad man, I got extremely motivated to keep going. I dunno, maybe I felt like I was in a movie or something.

Overall awesome workout, especially considering the sweltering heat and humidity around here today.

[benjamin0]

Day # 19

Chest and Triceps



Flat DB Press
70s x 10
70s x 10
70s x 8

Incline Smith Machine Press
115 x 10
115 x 8
115 x 9
115 x 10
115 x 10

Flat DB Flies
40s x 10
40s x 8
40s x 10
40s x 10
40s x 10

Pronated Cable Pushdown
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10

Cable Crossovers
120 x 12
100 x 13
100 x 12
100 x 12
100 x 12

CUT SHORT


Thoughts and Comments

This was a decent workout. I am impressed with myself for putting up 70s on the lfat bench, cause Incline is where I usually do my DB presses. i am very unstable on a flat bench, as it is pretty uncomfortable on my shoulders, but figured I would try it for the day anyways. So all worked out well there. I also tried somehting with a barbell for once (sorta...smith machine) and it was a tad painful, but I managed to twaek my technique enough so that I could bare it easily. That was good, I wanted to add another pressing movement, so this was more than welcome. The rest of the chest day was also very good, and i came home swole as could be in the pecs.

My triceps on the other hand, had to be cut short. i had company coming to my house for 6, and was still working out at 5:30, so i kind of had to leave.

Besides a little bit of shoulder soreness, Today was a great workout.

ON ANOTHER NOTE, my quads are UBER sore form yesterdays workout, as are my glutes, and a bit of my hammies. HAPPY TIMES! :)

[benjamin0]

Day #20

Back + Biceps



Chinups
BW x 12
BW x 10
BW x 10

BW Rows
10
10
12
12
12

Wide-grip Pulldowns
90 x 12
100 x 10
100 x 10
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SUPERSET
\/
Barbell Shrugs (no straps)
185 x 10
185 x 10
185 x 10

EZ Preacher Curls
75 x 10
75 x 8
75 x 6

Overhead Cable Curls
100 x 8
100 x 8
100 x 8



Thoughts/Feelings


This was a fairly mediocre workout. For some reason, I was really sleepy by the end of it. i took a sample of 17-HD by Vyotech before hand (suuposedly shoulda helped out), but felt no effect whatsoever.
My joints felt good today, and I started off strong, and the pump was spectacular! But i faded fsirly wuickf for osme reason. Ity was like my muscles ahd all the endurance in the world left in them, but I just plain got sleepy. It was weird, I could easily see the effects of the incarnate on my muscles because they felt like they could go on for hours, even though the rest of my body was SUPER sleepy. Odd one for me really. i am still not used to doing bicep workouts, and they are usually when my neergy starts to drop.

Overall, fairly normal workout, nothing spectacular, but will most likely be felt tomorrow.

[Skorpius]

I'm going to add Size-On to my staples once my Omega Thunder runs out (since its temporarily unavailable), and I'm really intrigued by the Incarnate. I'll be following your progress with this.

[benjamin0]

I'm going to add Size-On to my staples once my Omega Thunder runs out (since its temporarily unavailable), and I'm really intrigued by the Incarnate. I'll be following your progress with this.

Sounds good to me!!! Welcome aboard!

[benjamin0]

Workout #21

Triceps, Shoulders, Calves




Skull Crushers
95 x 8
105 x 6 PR!!!
110 x 5 PR again!!!
100 x 5
95 x 6

Rope Cable Pushdowns
120 x 12
130 x 9
130 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 9

Pronated Cable Pushdowns
(different machine)
50 x 13
50 x 13
50 x 13

Seated Side Raises
25s x 12
25s x 12
25s x 12
25s x 12
25s x 12
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SUPERSET
\/
Seated Calve Raises
70 x 20
70 x 20
80 x 20 PR!!!
80 x 20
80 x 20



Thoughts and Comments


I decided to use this day to devote to tricep destruction, and BOY did it work for me. I was trying to basically cover most rep ranges, with around 5 reps for skull crushers, around 10 for rope pushdowns, and 12+ for the other pushdowns. My triceps were SO SWOLLEN by the time I was done, i could barely flex my arm. It was nuts!!!They will no doubt be rediculously sore tomorrow.

as for the rest, well, I was more just doing those so that I will not have gone too long without a calve or shoulder workout. That being said, my 5 sets of side raises felt REALLY good. I feel like i can contract specific areas really hard and it gives the delts an awesome workout.

until tomorrow...

[Palo Alto Labs]

I decided to use this day to devote to tricep destruction, and BOY did it work for me. I was trying to basically cover most rep ranges, with around 5 reps for skull crushers, around 10 for rope pushdowns, and 12+ for the other pushdowns. My triceps were SO SWOLLEN by the time I was done, i could barely flex my arm. It was nuts!!!They will no doubt be rediculously sore tomorrow.

i looove destruction days... great once in a while to push it beyond exhaustion.. always helped me to push further

[benjamin0]

Day #22 and #23

OFF

Thoughts and Comments


Today was a good off day. I ate lots, slept well last night, and will get to bed at a decent time tonight. If you are wondering, my triceps feel like they got put through a blender last night. Sorest they have been in a loooooong time.

I will also be off tomorrow due to work. 13 hour shift wouldn't make for a very good leg day, so i am planning on coming home, eating, then going to bed afterwards.

Looking forward to Leg day

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Great log so far!! Awesome job!!!

[Palo Alto Labs]

I will also be off tomorrow due to work. 13 hour shift wouldn't make for a very good leg day, so i am planning on coming home, eating, then going to bed afterwards.


ONLY a 13 hour shift?? dammit man up and get to the gym!

hahah ... enjoy your off day

[benjamin0]

ONLY a 13 hour shift?? dammit man up and get to the gym!

hahah ... enjoy your off day

actually, it ended up being 13.5...7:30am to 9:00 pm. BARF!!

Today I am actually working 11 hours (another BARF!!!) but will probably just go do legs anyways, and maybe take some sort of pre-workout stim/supp beforehand to help out (have a bunch of samples, such as superpump, fast-twich, and nitrobolic extreme).

I seriously am gonna have to find a less labor-intensive job. I feel like my gains are being HALFED because of it. It's also way to hard to stop and take a bite to eat when you are working with your hands all day.

[Palo Alto Labs]

man thats insane...watch out for overtraining symptoms and keep your calories high enough to combat the physical labor

get that quality sleep in too

[benjamin0]

man thats insane...watch out for overtraining symptoms and keep your calories high enough to combat the physical labor

get that quality sleep in too

I tell ya man, if anyone is putting this stuff to the test, IT IS ME. Endurance is the all emcompassing word of the times for me, and BA is my savior.

I have seriously been eating like a horse as well. I keep eating until i feel like puking. I don't currently count cals, but I am guessing on well over 3500 calories.

as for sleep, 8.5 hours last night, 7.5 hours night before. THose are pretty normal numbers for me, so I think I am good to go there.

I love the input, KEEP IT COMING!!!

[benjamin0]

Day # 12

WEIGHT: 165 lbs :)


Legs and Shoulders



Squats
135 x 6
195 x 6
195 x 6
195 x 8
185 x 7
:)
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Close-grip Reverse Curls
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10

Leg Presses
350 x 6
350 x 6
350 x 8
350 x 11
:)
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Wide-grip Reverse Curls
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Seated hammer curls
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10

Quad Extensions
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
Cable Wrist Curls
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20


Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Smith Machine Calve Raises
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
:)


External Cable Shoulder Rotations
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Supinated Cable Front Raises
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10


Thoughts and Comments

I had this awesome big write-up for this workout, but then i accidentaly erased it. SO the blunt of it is this...

AMAZING WORKOUT!!!


That about sums it up! i was destroyed and thought my heart would expolde by then end. AMAZING

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Wow! Glad you had such a great workout!!

[benjamin0]

Wow! Glad you had such a great workout!!

Well it WAS possibly the best leg workout I have had in a loooong time. And boy, are the DOMS in full-throttle for me right now!

[Hola Bola]

I tell ya man, if anyone is putting this stuff to the test, IT IS ME. Endurance is the all emcompassing word of the times for me, and BA is my savior.

I have seriously been eating like a horse as well. I keep eating until i feel like puking. I don't currently count cals, but I am guessing on well over 3500 calories.

as for sleep, 8.5 hours last night, 7.5 hours night before. THose are pretty normal numbers for me, so I think I am good to go there.

I love the input, KEEP IT COMING!!!

Awesome stuff man. Your workouts have been looking good lately... keep eating!!! :p

[benjamin0]

Day # 12
= Day # 24

What the heck was I on at the time?

[benjamin0]

Day #25

OFF

Thoughts and Comments


Time restraints necessitated a day off here. I wasn't impresses, but it had to be done. I actually had tons of energy to workout with, but couldn't. Oh well, Chest and triceps on Saturday!
ooking forward to Leg day

[benjamin0]

Day #26

Chest and Triceps



Incline DB Press
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6

Cable Crossovers
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10

Rope Cable Pushdowns
110 x 12
110 x 12
110 x 12
110 x 12
110 x 12

1-arm overhead extensions
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10



Thoughts/Feelings


This was more of a maintanance workout than anything. Or at least i was planning on it being one while on the way there. I had just woke up form a 2.5 hour nap (drooling all over the place, it was amazing) and could not have had less motivation to go to the gym. BUT, I went anyways (the accountability of running a log is a VERY GOOD THING, haha). This ended up being a fairly good workout. My chest was VERY sore and shot by the time i was done, and my triceps loved the high-rep scheme, as well as five sets per exercise. I was flexing up a storm in the mirror at the end of it because my triceps swole so nicely. Glad the place was empty, hahahahaha. I love high-rep routines, cause theu burn so nicely, and now that my l.a. is buffered so much better, I can actually keep it up for a while.

[benjamin0]

Workout #27

Back, Biceps, and Forearms:



Chinups (Supinated)
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8

Bodyweight Rows
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10

Wide Hammer-grip Cable pulldown
120 x 8
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Hammer Strength Rows
180 x 12
180 x 12
180 x 12

Alt. Seated DB Curls
35s x 8
35s x 8
35s x 8
35s x 8
35s x 8

Full ROM Lat pullbacks(?name?)
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
140 x 10
/\
Superset with
\/
DB shrugs
75s x 12
75s x 12
75s x 12
75s x 12

Cable Reverse Curls
100 x 8
90 x 8
90 x 8

Barbell Shrugs
205 x 12
205 x 12
205 x 12
205 x 12
205 x 12
/\
Superset with
\/
Seated V-bar Cable Rows
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16
50 x 16

Reverse Barbell Wrist Curls
35 x 12
35 x 12
35 x 12
/\
Superset with
\/
Barbell 21s
7, 7, 7
7, 7, 7
7, 7, 7





Thoughts and Comments


Another amazing workout. I was getting some pretty crazy back pumps, and my biceps were swelling like crazy. This was a very high-volume workout, which is usually what works best for me, if I can hack it. My back is almost garunteed to be sore tomorrow. It was GREAT: no joint soreness, awesome pumps, strength was wicked, endurance lasted the whole workout, and I just felt on top of the world. I love having the time to really nail a workout, especially ones that have been suffering like my back/bicep day. If every workout was like today's I can honestly say my lofty goals would not be far off.

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Glad to see you're having such amazing workouts :cool:
Keep up the good work bro!

[benjamin0]

Workout #28

Triceps, Shoulders, Calves




Skull Crushers
100 x 5
100 x 5
100 x 5
100 x 5

1-arm overhead extensions
25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 10
25 x 8
25 x 9

Rope Cable Pushdowns
100 x 13
90 x 14
90 x 13
90 x 13

Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Smith Machine Calve Raises
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20

Seated Calve Raises
75 x 16
75 x 16
75 x 16
75 x 16
/\
SUPERSET
\/
1-arm Supinated Cable Front Raises
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10

1-Arm Bent Over Cable Side Raises
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10


Thoughts and Comments


Inspired by last days tricep destruction, i decided to go with a similar setup for my tricpe part. I don't think it worked quite vas well this time, but close! My tris felt amazing by the end, just not QUITE as destroyed as before. So that went well

My Shoulder and Calve supersets went AMAZINGLY...as always. I love being able to keep up a good pace with short breaks, and not feel like the by-products building up in my muscles is keeping me form performaing. I really love my shoulders now. use to hate them, now i love them. this is mostly due to the mind-muscle connection i so strongly feel with them now. AS for my calves...I almost have some! WOOHOO!!!

Awesome workout overall. Energy was especially superb due to a sample packet of SP250.

[benjamin0]

Day #29

OFF

Thoughts and Comments


Well deserved day Off. Nutrition could have been better (out of almost all forms of protein!) but fairly restful none the less.

[benjamin0]

Day # 12

WEIGHT: 167 lbs :)

Legs and Forearms



SQUATS!!!
135 x 6
245 x 2
255 x 1
260 x 1
265 x 1
270 x 1

Leg Presses
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 8
370 x 12
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Seated Wrist Curls
45 x 15
45 x 15
45 x 15
45 x 15
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Stanidng Wrist Curls
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12

Quad Extensions
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
110 x 10
115 x 10
/\
SUPERSET WITH
\/
Cable Reverse Curls
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 10


Thoughts and Comments

Who's a PR-MACHINE!? I AM ! ! ! I have a new PR on leg presses, quad extensions, and most impressively SQUATS!!! And when I say a new PR, I don't mean "hey, my squats went up by 5 lbs!" I mean "Holy Crap! My squats went up by 25 lbs!!! My previous PR was 245 (check my CEL log from a few months ago). I was interested to see if my whole 2-for-2 principle training was working very well (because i honestly thought that my strength was going nowheres) and I was blown away by how easy my old PR was!!! if this keeps up, I will HONESTLY pee my pants in glee. Seriously. Personally, i think that being 5'10 and as scrawny as I am, 270 is far beyond what i thought i would ever do, none the less with PERFECT form and super deep. I will test my max again at the end of the entire log. I am trying to not to get my hopes up, but it's hard to keep em back after this show!

and more exciting news, I gained more wieght! I weighed 167 yesterday, but was in denial, because i tend to fluctuate, but then today, I was 167.5 on the same scale!!! BAM!!! if this keeps up, I MAY just make my goals. i am now the equivalent of my heaviest weight ever!!!

Oh, and my weights went up on pretty well everything else today, but i honestly didn't even care as much as i should due to my new squatting record. Boy I am happy...can you tell???

Before today, i was thinking Incarnate's claims on strength were "iffy" to say the least. the endurance had impressed me, and the l.a. buffering seemed to be un full bloom, but strength was not necessarily working so muhc for me. GUESS I WAS WRONG. man, I feel like a poster-boy or something

on another note, i skipped calves ans shoulders, cause they are still sore form last time i worked them out...:)

[Hola Bola]

Awesome squats man. :D

[deserusan]

Awesome squats man. :D

Excellent strength to weight ratio is developing too. Keep up the good work. :)

[Palo Alto Labs]

Youre a BEAST!

[benjamin0]

Youre a BEAST!

Not yet...but I WILL BE...moowahahahah

[benjamin0]

WARNING

My computer has some insano virus. SO, I won't be updating for a while until it gets fixed. I am taking in to a shop in a few hours to get it looked after, but my next few workouts may not be reported.

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Ahh that sucks about the virus man, I hate when that happens. Great looking log so far!

[benjamin0]

Mini update

Computer is STILL being fixed. This update being deon form another computer.

I have stuck to the schedule for the most part. except Friday was an off day (i accidentally fell asleep at 6pm and only woke up at 6am on saturday...go figure)

i am out of every protein except for muscle milk...which i am SICK of already. So my protein intake is suffering quite a bit and my DOMS have gone up ALOT as a result, but my protein should be here in the near future...

Today ia gonna be tris, shoulders, and maybe abs and calves. Schedule has been crazy, but the weather has been amazing. I might start playing in a Roller-Hockey league this week some time, so things will be altered a bit if that is the case... i will keep y'all posted.

[benjamin0]

Day # 35(ish)

Legs and Shoulders



Squats
195 x 6
195 x 6
195 x 8
185 x 7

Leg Presses
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 7
350 x 6
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Seated Wrist Curls
45 x 14
45 x 15
45 x 15
45 x 15

Quad Extensions
115 x 10
110 x 10
110 x 10
110 x 10

Seated Side Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Seated Calve Raises
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20


Thoughts and Comments

This was a oretty good workout, especially fot my legs. but i was having a HUGE beef with people. It seemed like everytime someone walked in the gym, they automatically started using my weights or machine while i was resting, most often removing my weights in the process. It was amazing. I have never had such a looooong workout with such a small amount of work, it took almost 1.5 hours!!!

Safe to say I was disgusted, but had a pretty good workout none the less. i have no idea what day # this is suppose to be. I have one serving of SizeOn left in the first container, btu have almost NEVER taken it on my days off, so it hink i am about half way, if nto more. I am already on my second bottle of Incarnate, but a few of the capsules were broken in that container as well

On another note, I think i may rearrange my workout schedule if i start playing rollerhockey. It will be 2 nights a week, so i will probably workout 4 nights and take one off every week. I will probably also start to prioritize a little differently, but will explain later if i actually follow through...

[benjamin0]

Day #36

Chest and Triceps



Flat DB Press
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 7

Incline DB Flies
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 8

Cable Crossovers
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8

Bench Dips
(BW+45)x 10
(BW+45)x 10
(BW+45)x 10
(BW+45)x 10
(BW+45)x 10

Pronated Cable Pushdowns
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8

1-arm overhead extensions
25s x 8
25s x 8
25s x 8
25s x 8
25s x 8


Thoughts/Feelings


I was due for a good chest and tricep workout. THis filled that void quite nicely. I wa planning on trying a version of bench press, but didn't have the equipment free for it. Either way, it was an awesome workout. Can't think of much else to say. I had greta energy, good focus, fair strength, and everything went great :)

[benjamin0]

Routine Change


Well, I believe that, as of Sunday, I will be playing Roller Hockey two nights a week. I am not even gonna pretend that I will work all day, workout almost every night, AND play hockey 2 times a week. SO, I am going to change my routine up QUITE A BIT.

In my current state, I can honestly say I have already surpassed my leg expectations for this log. I think they have grown enough that only wokroing them out once a week will maintain them nicely, along with Roller Hockey twice a week. However, I feel as though my chest, arms, forearms, shoulder, and calves all still need work, and are thus going to be prioritized above legs, back, traps (and obviously abs).

SO since I am only going to be workoing out 4x a week I think the rundown will be something like this:

Monday:
Day 1: Legs + Calves + Shoulders
Tuesday:
Day 2: Arms + Forearms
Wednesday:
ROLLER HOCKEY
Thursday:
OFF
Friday:
Day 3: Arms + Forearms + Shoulders
Saturday:
Day 4: Chest + Back
Sunday:
ROLLER HOCKEY

I am going to test this out next week and see how it turns out. I am thinking I will be fairly exhausted, to be honest, seeing as how my only day off, I am volunteering after work for 3 hours. Oh well, gonna have to keep the rest high and nutrition hypercaloric.

Half of te reason i decided to start the roller hockey is so that when my cut starts (after this log is over), I won't be starting from nothing. I want to have a little bit of resilience in my lungs, and I think it will help to up my VO2max and help my recovery btween sets.

I will post more info if i think of more!

[benjamin0]

Workout #37

Back an Biceps



Chinups (Supinated)
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8

Bodyweight Rows
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10

Wide-grip Cable pulldown
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Cable Rows
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

Alt. Seated DB Curls
35s x 10
35s x 10
35s x 10
35s x 10
35s x 10
/\
Superset with
\/
Barbell Shrugs
225 x 10
225 x 10
225 x 10
225 x 10
225 x 10

Overhead Cable Curls
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10





Thoughts and Comments


Amazing workout I love having swollen biceps, it makes me look huge!!! My strength is not going up a whole lot on this day, but i generally feel alot better while doing it and my synergists are working much better. I fell alot more stable now than i use to, which is amazing in itself, seeing as how i mowed for 2 hours today and wipper-snipped for 6. Good times!

[benjamin0]

MINI UPDATE

SO, these last few days have been insano, and i haven't got to go to the gym since thursday. It is now Sunday, meaning I missed Friday and Saturday. I have been all over te map, but safe to say my nutrition was lacking and i am losing weight, just from 2 days of chaos.

On the bright side, i was at the beach with a fellow bb'er for a few hours and we had a random photoshoot. I will update you with those pictures shortly...my avatar is one of them (so artisistic it's scary)

i may also go to te gym later today, if Father's Day festivities, among oter things, allow it to be so.

[Hola Bola]

MINI UPDATE

SO, these last few days have been insano, and i haven't got to go to the gym since thursday. It is now Sunday, meaning I missed Friday and Saturday. I have been all over te map, but safe to say my nutrition was lacking and i am losing weight, just from 2 days of chaos.

On the bright side, i was at the beach with a fellow bb'er for a few hours and we had a random photoshoot. I will update you with those pictures shortly...my avatar is one of them (so artisistic it's scary)

i may also go to te gym later today, if Father's Day festivities, among oter things, allow it to be so.

Thanks for the update... and your av looks cool! Definately artistic. :D

[benjamin0]

Day # 41

Chest and Back



Flat DB Press
70s x 8
70s x 8
70s x 8
70s x 8
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Weighted Chinups
+25 x 6
+25 x 6
+25 x 5
+25 x 5

Flat DB Flies
40s x 10
40s x 10
40s x 10
40s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
HS Row Machine
180 x 8
180 x 8
180 x 8
180 x 8

Cable Crossovers
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
20s x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Cable Rows
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10
100 x 10

DB Shrugs
85s x 12
85s x 12
85s x 12
85s x 12


Thoughts and Comments

Well, after one of the SUCKIEST and yet BEST weekends in a long time, during which I didn't manage to workout even once, I finally managed a workout. It was mediocre to say the most, but I have had worse. For some reason the skin on my hands took the weekend off as an excuse to become completely pansy. All of my back workouts were demolished by me not being able to hold on. it was WEIRD. I felt like a tool, but oh well, i got the job done.

Today was also my first attempt at weighted chins. I liked them and I didn't. I think they will be a great tool in the future for increasing my chinup strength, which has not increased in quite some time.

Now, for a bit of a scary update...

[benjamin0]

SCARY UPDATE OF DOOM!!!

SO! People! Here is the reason things have been a tad hectic lately:

I was expecting to just change things up to accomodate for Roller Hockey. This was in a previous post. It was gonna be 4 day split and all was set to be hunky-dory. Then I went to work on Friday thus was the beginning of a fairly odd weekend for me. i will give you the short version, even though the details would have been much more fun:

- Friday at work, I get stabbed with a syringe in a bush. Peachy. Scare th crap out of the fellow employees, Rush to the hospital, many hours later I have had many more needles stuck in me and am sent home, awaiting the results of blood tests for: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and potentially HIV (very low risk). Peachy.

- Friday night, I take off to a freinds cottage at a nearby lake. That was a good time. Problem being, all I ate from Friday Noon until saturday night is 6 hot dogs, a bunch of bacon, and a few eggs. Peachy again, I am feeling better all the time.

- Friday night i can't sleep and have the sweats all night long. Not to mention an annoyin musquito in my ear for ours on end.

- Saturday is good. I spend hours in the sun and get sunburned, have fun building a rock walkway, and chill with family and friends. Good times. By Saturday night though, my stomach is feeling iffy and my chest feels really heavy. oh great. I go to a Bachelor party where the food was just as quality as the previous few days. I leave early due to feeling rather fatigued for no reason.

-Sunday morning can't get out of bed very easy, manage to go to church and almost fall asleep while eating lunch. Fun Stuff, hope I didn't insult the parents.

- Sunday afternoon, i plan on going go the gym, but am awaiting word on if Roller Hockey is a go. I find out I am on a team and take off to play Roller Hockey in the muggiest weather known to man. Hugets mistake in months.

- Roller hockey:

1st period - Not so hot. Getting queezy, can't stand up, and feel drunk on the rink (and the new team hates my guts!).

2nd Period - Even worse. I am running into the boards, missing the puck for no reason and sweating like a pig. Oh and my arms were shaking like crazy. With five minutes left in the 2nd, i almost black out while skating hard for a breakaway pass, fall on my butt, officially to the laughing of everyone in the building. There goes my ego, not to mention my left knee. I hobble over to the becnh, yelling for a change up, but am so nauseated, no on hears my feeble squeel. They all get pissed when i arrive at the bench looking like a red and green idiot. I immediately strip down and try to keep from puking. wile staying on the bench.

3rd Period - I sit it out, cause i feel like i am gonna die...literally.

- Come Sunday night i am bed ridden and thinking "apparently the vaccine isn't agreeing with me...dang"

- Monday morning I call in Sick, but can't sleep. I run errands on my motorbike (bad idea) then go to work at lunch. which brings me to this aftrenoon.

- I am SUPPOSED to be working out my legs and shoulders, when i got a needle the size of a straw in both of them and they don't fell like moving. So that explains why my workout wasn't as planned, as well why it was so short.

THE ONE GOOD THING that came of the weekend was my mini-photoshoot. Here are the results, please feel free to laugh ardently:


http://photos-576.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/5/33/601675713/n601675713_629576_1067.jpg

http://photos-570.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/5/33/601675713/n601675713_629570_9585.jpg

http://photos-571.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/5/33/601675713/n601675713_629571_9844.jpg

http://photos-575.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v76/5/33/601675713/n601675713_629575_829.jpg


SO now you are up to date with my life and the hecticness of it for the weekend. Have a good night!

[benjamin0]

Day # 42

ARMS



Skull Crushers
95 x 7
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6
/\
SUPERSET
\/
EZ-Barbell Curls
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6

Cable pushdowns
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 7
80 x 8
/\
SUPERSET
\/
DB Preacher Curls
35s x 6
35s x 6
35s x 6
35s x 6

Rope Cable Curls
130 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 10
130 x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
1-arm Overhead extensions
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10



Thoughts and Comments

This attempt at a new workout format worked rather nicely for me. I could have kept going, but had many things to do at home. I was surprised at how resiliant my arms were being, considering I haven't worked them out in a while. Good ol' Incarnate/SizeOn, still kickin it.

I may or may not stick with this workout. I will probably try it again next time around and see if i still like it. if so, it stays.

Today my endurance was really good, my strength surprised me, especially on biceps, and my joints felt really good.

[benjamin0]

Day # 43 = OFF
Day # 44 = Shoulders, Calves, Abs
Day # 45 = OFF


Day # 46

Chest



(slight) Incline Bench Press
115 x 8
135 x 8
155 x 7

Incline DB Press
70s x 6
70s x 6
70s x 6

Flat Db Flies
40s x 10
40s x 10
40s x 10

Cable Crossover
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8


Thoughts and Comments

Well, things are really outta whack right now. After some bad reactions to my immunizations and days off due to some iffy feelings in the gut, things are still not so normal. i took a day off friday, to drive super far for a wedding, only to drive super far after that to go visit my inlaws, only to drive super far after that to return home saturday afternoon. Safe to say that didn't help, so i took a 3 hour nap this aftrenoon, which DID help.

ANYWHOM, my chest workout was alright. I was trying to incorporate a bench into the routine again, but it didn't work at all. The weights kinda sucked, and it was entirely due the ol' nagging shoulder. SO after trying that first, i was extremely achey for evey other excercise. So it's safe to say i didn't have the best workout. THings have been hectic with work and family and travel lately, so i have been slacking, but i will be getting back on track and explaining a few things early in the week.

[benjamin0]

Day # 47

ARMS



Skull Crushers
95 x 6 (+1 neg)
95 x 6 (+1 neg)
95 x 6 (+1 neg)
95 x 6 (+1 neg)
95 x 6 (+1 neg)
/\
SUPERSET
\/
EZ-Barbell Curls
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 5
95 x 5

Rope Cable pushdowns
120 x 8
130 x 6
130 x 7
130 x 6
130 x 7
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Alternating DB Curls
45s x 6
40s x 6
40s x 6
40s x 6
40s x 6

Pronated Cable Pushdowns
70 x 6
50 x 12
50 x 12
50 x 12
50 x 12
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Reverse Curls
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
55 x 8
55 x 8

Overhead Cable Curls
100 x 10
120 x 8
140 x 6
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Wrist Curls
65 x 10
65 x 10
65 x 10


Thoughts and Comments

I will have to admit, this may just be one of te best workouts i have had in a week or more. I had no energy when i got there, but that changed quickly. i was having the most AMAZING pumps in my arms, to the point where it almost hurt. My arms were HUGE upon leaving the gym, it made me feel like an actual bodybuilder for once.

Oh, and i noticed that no one is actually foloowing this log anymore, since most of the other incarnate logs are already done. So i am keeping the descriptions short and maybe not updating everyday as i used to.

[benjamin0]

Day # 48

Abs and Back



Robe Cable Ab Crunch pulldown thingies
80 x 12
100 x 12
120 x 12
120 x 12
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Weighted Chinups
+25 x 6
+25 x 6
+25 x 6
+25 x 5
+25 x 5

BW Rows
10
10
10
10
10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Decline Oblique Situps
12
12
12
12
12

Oblique Side bends
60 x 12
60 x 12
60 x 12
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Cable Rows
as per "Getting
Cut with Glass"
instructions
70 x 8
70 x 8
70 x 8


Smith Machine Shrugs
180 x 12
180 x 12
180 x 12
180 x 12
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Wide Grip lat pulldowns
as per "Getting
Cut with Glass"
instructions
35kg x 12
35kg x 12
35kg x 12
35kg x 12




Thoughts and Comments

This was an amazing workout considering i crammed it into about 40 minutes. This really made me enjoy doing abs again, and i think i will throw these two muscle groups together again to keep it as i like it.

My endurance was really good today. I went straight from work to the gym and still had a ton of stamina, and my strength was going well on my chins as well. Good ol' SizeOn/Incarnate

[BuckeyeMuscle]

Nice workouts man, I like them! I might have to steal a page or two out of your book :p :D

[benjamin0]

Day # 49

OFF


Thoughts and Comments

Well, i needed it, plain and simple, so i took it. 'Twas a good one too

[benjamin0]

Day # 50


LEGS...the workout from hell



Squats
185 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 6
185 x 5

Leg Presses
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 6

Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
135 x 10
135 x 10
135 x 10
135 x 10
135 x 10

Quad Extensions
40kg x 6
40kg x 6
40kg x 6
40kg x 6
40kg x 6

Smith Machine Calve Raises
140 x 20
140 x 20
140 x 20

Seated Calve Raises
70 x 20
70 x 20
70 x 20

H.I.I.T.
on upright bike
20 s sprints
5:1 rest to work ratio
10 minutes


Thoughts and Comments

WELL, after having not worked out my legs in about 10 days (as far as i remember...due to a contused Quad) This was a "get my behind back into the groove" workout. And boy did it ever work. I KNOW i will be sore tomorrow, and my endurance/strength was great, even after such a long time.

WICKED

[SEARIDER]

Have you Noticed that it takes a little more sets & reps to get a really tight pump going? Ive been supplementing w/beta-alanine a couple months now & noticed that I can push harder ( workload wise ) but it takes that to get a good pump for me.

[BuckeyeMuscle]

wow I can't believe you did al that cardio after a leg workout!! :eek:

[benjamin0]

wow I can't believe you did al that cardio after a leg workout!! :eek:

yeah, it sure didn't feel good, that's for sure. But the ol' body won't adapt unless it's told to, hahah

[benjamin0]

Have you Noticed that it takes a little more sets & reps to get a really tight pump going? Ive been supplementing w/beta-alanine a couple months now & noticed that I can push harder ( workload wise ) but it takes that to get a good pump for me.

I DEFINATELY noticed that actually. I pretty well ONLY get a pump with quick reps where the tension in on full throttle and I am doing 10 reps plus. i have never really written it down, but it's true. One of the only things i tend tend to get a pump in is my triceps, biceps, and lats on high rep schemes.

[benjamin0]

Day # 51

Shoulders and Biceps



DB Overhead Press
50s x 8
50s x 8
50s x 8

DB Side Raises
30s x 10
30s x 10
30s x 10

DB Front Raises
25s x 10
25s x 10
25s x 10

Barbell Curls
70 x 8
70 x 10
70 x 10

DB Preacher Curls
30s x 8
30s x 8
30s x 8



Thoughts and Comments

Well, I sucked it up and performed this workout the "pride-checked-at-the-door" manner. I decided to take up Overhead Presses again, only i knocked down the weights significantly and REALLY cleaned up my form. No arch in the back, arms slightly in front of the plane of my body, and perfectly straight up and down. It felt AMAZING on the delts, no pressure anywheres else, just delts.

Also, I HAD to move up the weights on Side Raises, which felt REALLY good as well. Hard to believe I started this log only being able to do 20s for 10, and now i am at 30s!!! :)

As well, it felt really good to do fornt raises with DBs for once. I was REALLY feeling it specifically in my delts today, it was GREAT.

As for biceps, I did the same as shoulders. I sucked it up and lowered the weight to work on some form. Preacher curls all the way out to 180 degrees, and barbell curls the same with no rest at the top. Felt great, but i must admit, i think i am better off just going heavy on biceps, since i always feel like i had a great workout after i throw some heavier weights around, especially at the start of a workout.

Endurance and strength were both great today, but especially enurance.

DOMS...My legs feel PERFECT today. they hurt, but not so much that i limp. They are tight, but not so bad i can't move freely

[benjamin0]

Day # 52

Chest (mini workout)



DB Incline Press
75s x 6
75s x 7
75s x 6

Incline Bench Cable Flies
100 x 7
100 x 7
100 x 7
100 x 7
100 x 7

Flat DB Flies
40s x 8
40s x 8
40s x 8

Cable Crossovers
DROPSET
140 x 8
\/
80 x 7


Thoughts and Comments

i was considering just not working out today, since my legs are sill not healed veyr well, and I have been working at 6am for the last three days. Not to mention, i was falling asleep. BUT i decided a mini-workout wouldn't be a bad idea, SO i did chest only. I went surprisingly well. My Incline presses with 75s felt REALLY good and very controlled. and everything else felt somewhat amazing. Will definately be sore tomorrow.

[benjamin0]

Day # 53

OFF(sorta)

Thoughts and Comments

I wasn't intending to take this day off, but ended up doing so...kinda. I went to my in-laws' cottage for moat of the day. I ended up Loggin for a couple of hours, basically deadlifting trees into different positions so they could be accessed easier for chopping. And then I built a Rock Walkway with my 13 year-old bro-in-law, meaning i did all the work. Tons of heavy lifting there as well, seeing as how i had to go looking for large-flat rocks, then dig em out, then carry them by hand, one-by-one back to the pathway. We are talking like 120lbs in some cases. It was a good time, it felt nice to do some useful work for once instead of throwing around DBs and BW.

[benjamin0]

Day # 54

OFF(sorta)

Thoughts and Comments

Another accidental day off. However, I am gonna be working from 4 to midnight, lifting garbage bags for hours on end. SOO, This is another unintended day off. I am ALMOST OUT of Incarnate, and then this journey will be OVER!!!

I iwll probably do one more hard leg workout, and then test out my max squat again on the next time out. Interested to see if it has gone up again.

Be Prepared, because the final review will be AWESOME
There will be after pics, after measurements, comments gallore, claims exploration, and much much more!

[benjamin0]

Day # 55

LEGS



Squats
195 x 5
195 x 5
195 x 5
195 x 5
195 x 5
:)

Leg Presses
370 x 6
370 x 6
370 x 6

Quad Extensions
45kg x 10
50kg x 10
52.5kg x 10
52.5kg x 10
120lbs x 10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Smith Machine Calve Raises
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20
160 x 20



Thoughts and Comments

A Fairly short one, but it was great none-the-less. My rest periods were long today, because i moved the weight up a tad, so it actually took almost an hour. My strength is definatey still there on my legs, even after alot of time off and an insanely screwed up schedule lately, which makes me VERY happy. I will test my leg 1RM again on Friday, right before I do the Final Review. It should be interesting. I am aiming for 280, and hoping i don't get crushed (for a skinny kid like me, that is out of this world kinda weight.)

All of my numbers were up today, which made me quite happy, cause it was all with perfect form and even amounts of rest in between. Good ol' stack, still kickin it hard

[benjamin0]

Day # 56

Chest



DB Incline Press
80s x 8
85s x 0
55s x 10
30seconds
\/
55s x 8
30seconds
\/
55s x 6


Flat DB Flies
30s x 10
30seconds
\/
30s x 8
30seconds
\/
30s x 8

Low Cable Crossovers
80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10

Decline DB Flies
35s x 10
35s x 10
35s x 10

Decline Crunches
10
10
10
10
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Cable Crossovers
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
\/
DROP SET
\/
80 x 7




Thoughts and Comments

This was intended to be a chest AND tris workout, but i had a time restraint, so i decided to go AWOL on my chets for a workout and see what happens. Let me just say, i don't the Incarnate has ever shown it's colors as bright as today I joke you not, i took 30s breaks the ENTIRE workout (minus the first break on incline DB presses) and could i get those pecs to burnout? NOT A CHANCE. I was just going and going and going beating on them and strethching them WAY out to the sides on all the flies, and all i got was a dull soreness. It was kinda weird. I am use to the feedback form my muscles in that capacity, but today, i jutst did reps until it just wouldn't go up anymore. It was wierd. I LOVED IT!

My chest was majorly pumped up afterwards, but less than i expected, considerng the short break, highish reps a,d higher volume. Either way, wicked workout

[benjamin0]

Day # 57

Back



Weighted Chinups
+25 x 6
+25 x 6
+25 x 6

BW Rows
10
10
10

Wide Grip lat pulldowns
70 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 10

V-Bar Cable Rows
60 x 10
60 x 10
60 x 8

Barbell Shrugs
225 x 8
225 x 8
225 x 8
/\
SUPERSET
\/
Wide Grip lat pulldowns
70 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10




Thoughts and Comments

Man, I f want to see some more REAL results, i gotta stop doing such friggin short workouts. This was a good one, but i keep cutting them short for this reason or that.

Anywhom, allright workout, really worked on the contraction on all my movements and it felt wicked. The weighted chins are definately getting easier, which is nice.

[benjamin0]

Day # 58

ARMS



Incline Cable Skull Crushers
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8

Cable Curls
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 10
120 x 8
120 x 7

Rope Cable pushdowns
120 x 10
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 8
120 x 6

Alternating DB Hammer Curls
40s x 8
40s x 7
40s x 7
40s x 7
40s x 6

Pronated Cable Pushdowns
70 x 6
50 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10

DB Preacher Curls
30s x 8
30s x 8
30s x 8



Thoughts and Comments

This was ONE WICKED ARM WORKOUT!!! I used Charles Glasses theory for arms: one full exercise for bis, one full exercise for tris, then repeat (or vice versa). You get SO MUCH MORE outta your arms whden you give each muscle the break to work the antagonist. It worked amazingly well. The pump was still amazing, even with the breaks in between. I got SUCH a good workout in, I am DEFINATELY gonna do this again for my arms workouts.

[Palo Alto Labs]

Oh, and i noticed that no one is actually foloowing this log anymore, since most of the other incarnate logs are already done. So i am keeping the descriptions short and maybe not updating everyday as i used to.[/indent]


Sorry about falling off man... ive been lurking on most of the logs here and there.. but busy times.... Everythigns looking great thou man... keep up the dedication

[benjamin0]

Sorry about falling off man... ive been lurking on most of the logs here and there.. but busy times.... Everythigns looking great thou man... keep up the dedication

Hey, no problemo mah man. The Final Review is pretty well done. I just have to figure out how to resize all the pictures and do everything right in that fashion. Safe to say, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED.

[benjamin0]

Benjuito's FINAL REVIEW of:
Palo Alto Labs' Incarnate
and
Gaspari Nutrition's SizeOn

THE END IS HERE

After a LOOOONG and interesting log, the end is final here. My bulk has come to an end, and it it is now time to cut. The last 2 months have been INSANE to say the least. My life has never been such a rollercoaster, but the log always went on, with only 2 or 3 workouts not reported. SO without any further a due, Here are my...

RESULTS

STARTING Measurements:

Starting weight: 161.0 lbs
Left Arm: 14.5 in
Left Forearm: 11 in
Left Thigh: 21.75 in
Left Calve: 13.75 in
Chest: 36.0 in
Shoulders: 43.0 in
Waist: 31.0 in
Hips: 38.5 in

ENDING Measurements:

Starting weight: 170.0 lbs (9.0lbs!!!)
Left Arm: 15.0 in (+0.5)
Left Forearm: 11.25 in (+0.25)
Left Thigh: 23.00 in (+1.25)
Left Calve: 14.00 in (+0.25)
Chest: 38.5 in (+2.5!!!)
Shoulders: 44.75 in (+1.75)
Waist: 31.5 in (+0.5)
Hips: 38.0 in (-0.5)

Well people, I am just plain gonna shut up and let the results speak for themselves...and now for the most schocking result of all... MY SQUATS. After testing again last night, my 1RM on squats is up to a whopping 280lbs!!! Remember here people, I am barely 170lbs and quite gangley, so this is probably the accomplishment I am most proud of over the run of this log.

For those of you who weren?t following, that means my max squats went up 35 lbs !!!

Now for something I am hoping will convince some people to go out and buy either of these products...

THE PICTURES

Left: Before / Right: After

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/BackLatspread.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/AbThigh.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/BackDblBi.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/s.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/untitled.jpg

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w56/benjuito/Calve.jpg



NOW, I figured that I would identify and comment-upon/examine the CLAIMS of these products. KEEP IN MIND, that these claims examinations are based on MY RESULTS, meaning they came baout because of my training and nutrition and rest and so on. The supps did not do the work, I did, but the supps catalyzed the transformation. Anywhom, there are so many claims of these two products, that I figured it more efficient to only comment upon the ones that I thought stood out and ARE ACTUALLY ON THE PRODUCT LABELS:

SizeOn

DRAMATIC RESULTS FAST!

Well, in all honesty, I can?t even begin to argue with this claim. The first time I used SizeOn over a year ago, I gained 8 lbs in the first month. This time around it was 6 lbs in the first month. No protest here TRUE

Maximizes Muscle Cell Volume

Well, take a look at the measurements and size increase, can?t argue there either.TRUE

...Use to Induce Maximal Muscle Recovery and Size Gain

Notice a theme here? It is called SizeOn for a reason. TRUE

Optimizes [...] Unimaginable Pumps

This one was somewhat of a flop for me. HOWEVER, I honeslty think the Incarnate pulled a little opposition on this one, by making it much harder to get a burn. Therefore it COULD BE TRUE, but I will never know...

Incarnate

Massive Strength/Lean Muscle Catalyst

I love how they used the word ?catalyst? instead of making Incarnate sound like the ultimate cause. Cause you and I both know, training, resting, and nutrition make the bodybuilder. Supplements are only catalysts. With that being said, This one is obviously TRUE

Promotes Extreme Strength and Lean Muscle Gains

This is one of those generic thinsg that I would normally pass off as a bogus claim, but 35lbs added to my squat? That means this is TRUE

Joint, Ligament, and Muscle Recovery

In all honesty, this is one of the reasons I really wanted Incarnate, instead of other BA products. However, I didn?t feel like it lived up to this one. They say some react to Cissus. Others don?t, apparently I am a don?t, because I felt just as sore, if not more sore due to the heavy squats and work every day. I hate to do it, but I am gonna have to give this one a NOT- SO-TRUE

Substantially Decreased Muscle Fatigue (Not on the label)

I had to throw this claim into the mix because this is one of the BIGGEST reasons Incarnate will be successful. My exercises that had high amounts of reps, and especially high amounts of SETS were AMAZINGLY improved. There were a few times I thought I would just keep doing Side Raises or Calve Raises until the gym closed, because my muscles just didn?t want to fatigue in the normal amount of time. Therefore, this one in my books is VERY TRUE

_______________________________________________

OVERALL RATING

I don't really believe in the whole 1/10 or 9/10 scale, cause there is really no reason behind it all. So this is my final set of Comments:

Would I buy the stack again?
[indent] In all honesty, I have no idea. In my mind, i responde so well to SizeOn that it is a shoo-in for me. When i gte serious about bulking, I turn to SizeOn. Incarnate on the other hadn is a little harder to say. The effects were obviously there (check out some of my shoulder workouts) but were very hard to pick out and away form the SizeOn. One of the disadvantages of a BA product is that it takes weeks to work and has no sudden onset (unlike first time creatine users) However, i cannot deny that my muscular strength and endurance jumped up more than ever before this past while. The Joint Support part didn't do much for me, but who knows, maybe it did and i would be achy and crying every morning were it not for the Incarnate. So to finalize this whole thing... Yes, I would buy both products again SizeOn first, then Incarnate, but they are both quality products.