Rigit23's Journey to Mass, Strength, and ultimate power!

[Rigit23]

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[KTHNXBYE]

Haha glad you are out of the red.

Now you have 955, no way in hell you'll go back.

Stay strong man.

I'm here to test that theory.

Negs for life:

Rigit23

[Rigit23]

I'm here to test that theory.

Negs for life:

Rigit23

DO IT ***GOT! I HAVE MORE THAN YOU!

[Rigit23]

Lower Power

Dead Lift
295x5
Stopped (read below)

Hack Squat
225x5
250x5
275x5 Pr?!
275x5
275x5

Leg Extension (Sporto Method)
140x10
140x10
140x10

Seated leg Curl
70x10
90x10
90x10

Lying Leg curl
140x10
140x10
140x10

Seated Calve Raise (Sporto Method)
110x8
110x8
110x8
110x8

Standing Calf Raise (Sporto Method)
275x10
295x8
295x9
295x8

Comments
There are days like yesterday when you have a GREAT workout, but then there are also days like today in the life of a bodybuilder.

First off, I woke up this morning, took a piss, chilled for 5 minutes and went to weigh myself. Yesterday I weighed in at 162 flat. I ate 3000 calories yesterday and was fairly active. I weighed in today at 161.5 lbs. WTF?! lol. I guess I need to eat more? Strange stuff. My metabolism is still speeding up from the diet I was on I guess. I'm going out to eat with my brother tonight so that should help get in some extra calories.

But anyways, the workout. Deadlifts sucked. Normally I don't have a grip problem since I use straps but today was different. I honestly think it was the bar at the gym, and I'm not saying that to make excuses. I did one set easily but had to stop because my grip was giving out. I tried maybe 3 more times and none did anything so I decided "**** this, I'm not going to waste my time and energy doing this" and stopped. I'm debating taking deadlifts out and replacing with SLDL for hams. I may.

Hack Squats are awesome though and I was pretty satisfied with these. I REALLY feel these in the quads, more so than regular squats. If there is a hack squat machine in your gym, I HIGHLY recommend giving it a go sometime, I can feel the fibers splitting with this exercise!

You may notice that my hamstring exercises are down in weight a little bit. The seated leg curl machine in the new gym is COMPLETELY different than from my old gym. it took me a while to understand how it worked and even then, I looked like a moron doing it. Time will hopefully change this!

Same sorta thing with lying leg curls. Not so much the machine, but rather the weight. I honestly think my old gym inflatted the weight on the machines so It looked like you were doing more weight than you were. That may sound ridiculous, but I actually read the weights on the cable machine there and it said something like "Note: all weights are 1/2 their actual size". So go figure lol.

I was really disappointed and angry in the gym, but I've cooled off now. Despite the deadlift fiasco, I feel that I still got a good workout in. I plan on eating, working, and resting today and hitting some HIIT tomorrow.

[Dracoy]

First I woke up and took a piss? LOL very detailed bro.

Sorry about the DLs.

Our leg curl machine has been broken for a month. WTF???

[Rigit23]

First I woke up and took a piss? LOL very detailed bro.

Sorry about the DLs.

Our leg curl machine has been broken for a month. WTF???

LOL. Same routine every morning. Wake up, piss, wait 5 minutes or so, weigh myself, get happy or pissed, go eat breakfast, wait 45 minutes, workout!

This leg curl machine is so strange. Like you would think it would be a simple machine to use but NOPE. You have to adjust the seat, leg thingy, and how far up the machine goes. It's like a puzzle how to make it fit your body type!

[The Solution]

hack squats were legit there rigit, you really took care of the workout after the deadlift fiasco, dont let that settle to your head man, overall the workout was killer, and to throw in some sport leg extensions topped the cake bud.

Enjoy the night out tonight with the fam, ill be working my ass off

the names mike right? *sorry im bad with names*

[KTHNXBYE]

I was really disappointed and angry in the gym, but I've cooled off now. Despite the deadlift fiasco, I feel that I still got a good workout in. I plan on eating, working, and resting today and hitting some HIIT tomorrow.

Well you had a good workout today, but that must suck with the deads. Try using straps, you wouldn't have a problem at all. Or use gloves...just a suggestion. I honestly wouldn't remove them from your program all together, but you know your body best so do what you think you have to. I'm not sure why you started your first lift of the session so high. 5x295 is too high to start with, unless you warmed up and didn't write it in.

Eat big with your bro today. Good luck.

[Rigit23]

hack squats were legit there rigit, you really took care of the workout after the deadlift fiasco, dont let that settle to your head man, overall the workout was killer, and to throw in some sport leg extensions topped the cake bud.

Enjoy the night out tonight with the fam, ill be working my ass off

the names mike right? *sorry im bad with names*

Yep, my name is mike lol. It's all good dude.

Thanks for your words Lazy! Always appreciated and enjoyed!

Well you had a good workout today, but that must suck with the deads. Try using straps, you wouldn't have a problem at all. Or use gloves...just a suggestion. I honestly wouldn't remove them from your program all together, but you know your body best so do what you think you have to. I'm not sure why you started your first lift of the session so high. 5x295 is too high to start with, unless you warmed up and didn't write it in.

Eat big with your bro today. Good luck.

I do have straps and used them. I don't know why they were sucking so bad though.

I warm up, I just don't list them haha. That was my first "working" set.

[Rigit23]

I felt like doing something new today. So today you guys get Mike's HIIT workout.....LAZYBONES STYLE!


HIIT

Highlight

Riding teh bike with the girlies, rocking out to Bad Religion.

[b] HIIT
Warmup 5 Minute Bike
15 Minute Session (15 on/45 Off) Level 13 on Bike
Cooldown for 20 minutes on treadmill (Inc 12 ,3.6 mph)

Overall
- Solid HIIT session, legs are killing me
- I sweated like a beast. Some girl asked me if I was ok
- Work today guarding lives for lotsa money!
- Looking forward to blasting some chest and back tomorrow!

Supps
100% ON Whey Protein - Rocky Road
Fish oil
Creaform
Beta-alanine

Diet
Carbohydrates 370g
Protein 225g
Fat 70g

[The Solution]

I felt like doing something new today. So today you guys get Mike's HIIT workout.....LAZYBONES STYLE!


HIIT

Highlight

Riding teh bike with the girlies, rocking out to Bad Religion.

[b] HIIT
Warmup 5 Minute Bike
15 Minute Session (15 on/45 Off) Level 13 on Bike
Cooldown for 20 minutes on treadmill (Inc 12 ,3.6 mph)

Overall
- Solid HIIT session, legs are killing me
- I sweated like a beast. Some girl asked me if I was ok
- Work today guarding lives for lotsa money!
- Looking forward to blasting some chest and back tomorrow!

Supps
100% ON Whey Protein - Rocky Road
Fish oil
Creaform
Beta-alanine

Diet
Carbohydrates 370g
Protein 225g
Fat 70g

Layziebone FTW?

Rocky road is banging man, i got a 5lb jar sitting right behind me right now, and i love that stuff,

Solid HIIT session like always, LOL at the girl asking if you were ok, i get that sometims as well, the older people come up to me and are like, make sure you dont break those bikes pedaling that fast, we like to enjoy them as well!

Hope u get to relax while u lifeguard today mike, enjoy the day.

[KTHNXBYE]

Diet
Carbohydrates 370g
Protein 225g
Fat 70g

Nice session and way to go Bay Watch style at work today.

How is it that I eat more than you...And you're such a haus compared to me!

[Rigit23]

Nice session and way to go Bay Watch style at work today.

How is it that I eat more than you...And you're such a haus compared to me!

Easy. You = ectomorph
Me= Meso-Endo

yes mad

[Dracoy]

I felt like doing something new today. So today you guys get Mike's HIIT workout.....LAZYBONES STYLE!


HIIT

Highlight

Riding teh bike with the girlies, rocking out to Bad Religion.

[b] HIIT
Warmup 5 Minute Bike
15 Minute Session (15 on/45 Off) Level 13 on Bike
Cooldown for 20 minutes on treadmill (Inc 12 ,3.6 mph)

Overall
- Solid HIIT session, legs are killing me
- I sweated like a beast. Some girl asked me if I was ok
- Work today guarding lives for lotsa money!
- Looking forward to blasting some chest and back tomorrow!

Supps
100% ON Whey Protein - Rocky Road
Fish oil
Creaform
Beta-alanine

Diet
Carbohydrates 370g
Protein 225g
Fat 70g

Solid workout. I have a strong hate for HIIT. Girl that asked you wants to bang you hard.

[Rigit23]

Solid workout. I have a strong hate for HIIT. Girl that asked you wants to bang you hard.

Basically. She was like "you are sweating pretty profusely" and I was like "I'm italian, don't be hatin" and she was like "OMG ME TOO" and went on about it. I wanted to eat my oats though so I left her hanging

[The Solution]

I wanted to eat my oats though so I left her hanging

True bodybuilding passion

[Dracoy]

Basically. She was like "you are sweating pretty profusely" and I was like "I'm italian, don't be hatin" and she was like "OMG ME TOO" and went on about it. I wanted to eat my oats though so I left her hanging

Was she hot

[Rigit23]

Was she hot

She was alright. 7/10 maybe on a good day. She was ripped though!

[Dracoy]

Hot hot hot hot hot !!!!!!!

[The Solution]

She was alright. 7/10 maybe on a good day. She was ripped though!

7/10 doesnt fit the bill, a good workout partner, but not a good date (unless she pays)

[Rigit23]

Chest/Back Hypertrophy

BB Bench Press
185x10
185x10
185x8

Incline Dumbbell press
75x10
75x10
75x8

Biangular Incline press Machine
150x10
150x10
150x10 -----> 100x10

Cable Crossover
60x10
70x10
70x10 -----> 40x10

Bent-Over Barbell Rows
185x10
185x10
185x10

One Arm Dumbbell Rows
80x10
85x10
90x8

Lat Pulldown
170x10
170x8
170x8 ------> 100x8

Cable Rows
170x10
170x10
170x10

Comments
Pretty good workout today. Definitely got a great pump and I am really fatigued lol.

Chest exercises went pretty well. My chest is probably my weakest part of my body, both physically and aesthetically. Because of this, my bench sucks and I have to do a lot to bring it up lol. I try not to let my ego take it's toll in the gym, but I'd be lying to you if I said that I wish my bench was higher. None theless it still felt great!

I got kinda angry at inclines because normally I do them first and I'm a lot stronger then. When I did my first set, I got 10 but it took me about 4-5 solid seconds to get the last rep. I did the rest after getting a feel for it. The new gym has a different incline than my old one, even at it's lowest it is probably just about 45 degrees so it felt a little different.

Now you may be thinking "Mike, What the **** is biangluar incline press machine?". Well thats exactly what i was thinking when I saw it. I figured "What the hell! Lets give it a go!" and I'm glad I did. The handles are set up vertically instead of horizontally. When I did this I REALLY felt it in the upper, outer region of my chest, a place that is somewhat hard to hit. I got a great pump from these as well.

Unlike my chest, My back is probably my best bodypart in both aspects. It's very rare for me to have a "bad" back workout. Todays workout was great and I really felt the contraction of the back. By the end of rows, I was friggin dead. I'm definitely taking a nap today lol.

Tomorrow is shoulders/arm hypertrophy, 4th of july, AND I'M WORKING UNTIL 8! **** MY LIFE!

[The Solution]

dont feel bad, i work at night as well, 5 p.m. till about 2 a.m. in the morning, and up the next morning at 4:30 (yes 2 horus and 30 minutes of sleep) to get a workout aroudn 5:30-6 a.m. and then work from 8;30 a.m. until 2 a.m. all SATURDAY, yeah thats right ALL damn day, and then i work sunday noon till 9 p.m. at night

Life sucks rub it in

Killer workout bud, hypertrophy is there and the weight ur pressing for the amnt of reps is very strong. Stay strong and keep doing it big mike.

[Rigit23]

EPIC WINS FOR RIGIT23!

I was chose by a MHP rep to be a logger for Probolic-SR! I got the package in the mail and I'm going to start with the first packet tonight before I go to bed! I'm totally pumped, especially since I'm trying to break into supplement logging and eventually being a supplement rep!

I'll link you guys the log when it's up and running. I might make a video too!

[The Solution]

EPIC WINS FOR RIGIT23!

I was chose by a MHP rep to be a logger for Probolic-SR! I got the package in the mail and I'm going to start with the first packet tonight before I go to bed! I'm totally pumped, especially since I'm trying to break into supplement logging and eventually being a supplement rep!

I'll link you guys the log when it's up and running. I might make a video too!

Supplement Rep in the future? i would highly reccomend you as one, because you know what it takes to live the bodybuilding career, 2. you are very honest and are very experienced in what you do. 3. i dont know ho wmuch you know about supps, but if you linger around the promo / supp section you can gather a whole lot of info.

Ill be joining you as well, after doing the Dark Matter Promo, stan e-mailed me to do this one as well! Cant believe you got yours so fast! mine must be coming in 2marow

let me know how it goes, im interested to try mine out when they come in.

[KTHNXBYE]

EPIC WINS FOR RIGIT23!

I was chose by a MHP rep to be a logger for Probolic-SR! I got the package in the mail and I'm going to start with the first packet tonight before I go to bed! I'm totally pumped, especially since I'm trying to break into supplement logging and eventually being a supplement rep!

I'll link you guys the log when it's up and running. I might make a video too!

Congrats dude. I'm uber jealous [serious].

[Rigit23]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=108961351

log can be seen here. There shall be a video tonight!

[jman14]

volume, holms. good workout and g'luck with the supp log

[lorinelise]

Youz a beast

[KTHNXBYE]

Youz a beast

Ummm... Sorry, but if you think he's a beast...

Wait till' you see my...

[Rigit23]

Shoulders/Arms Hypertrophy

Dumbbell Military Press
55x10
55x9
55x7
60x7

Side Lateral Raise
30x10
30x10
30x8
30x8-----> 20x7 ------15xfailure

Reverse Pec Deck
85x10
85x10
70x10 (Slow, crisp reps)

Rear Dumbbell Raise
25x10
25x10
30x8

CGBP (warm up for triceps)
155x10
165x8
135x10

Overhead Dumbbell Extension
70x10
70x10

Triceps destruction for America!
V-bar Pressdown
150x55 (repped for 10 reps, 9 reps, 8 reps, etc all the way to 1)
100x55

Single Arm Overhead Extensions
20xfailure

Cordova BB Curls
60x10
60x10
60x8

Incline Curl
35x8
35x8
35x8 PR lulz

Cross-body hammer curl
25x10
25x10
30x8

Comments
Pretty good workout today. Definitely felt it all around and feel like I did some fiber splitting!

Shoulders went well as usual. They are one of my strongest and largest parts of my body and they never give me trouble. Next week I plan on using the 55's for the first two sets and the 60's for the last 2. I'm still feeling strong. I do these very slow and controlled, going below parallel and holding for a second at the bottom. They burn!

One of my objectives for this offseason is to bring up my triceps, especially the long head. I figured I would do some shock training to accomplish this. I did 2 exercises just to warm up the triceps and to assure that no injury would result of this. Then I went into the training. The 55 rep sets are absolutely killer. What is done is that your objective is to get 55 reps with good form as efficient as possible. Basically, when you are fatigued so you can no longer do another clean rep, rack the weight and rest for a few seconds and then continue, however you MUST hit failure to do that. It's tiring but it worked last offseason with my legs! You can do this with any bodypart or exercise, try it out sometime.

Biceps went well too. You may be asking what are "jim cordova barbell curls". Well Jim Cordova is a pro natural bodybuilder who has ridiculous mass. He is definitely the biggest pro natty out there. Anyways, he is known for his ridiculous biceps mass and peaks. I was looking at his website and he does his curls in a different way then most people. Sort of like the sporto method, you lock your elbows to your side, raise the weight with a count of three, pause, and lower for a count of three. I decided to give these a go and DAMN. I couldn't use the same amount of weight I normally do but I felt a MUCH greater burn. I'll link the site/exercise here.

http://www.jimcordova.com/videos/videos.php?id=14

Overall, a good workout. I upped my calories because I actually lost half a pound yesteday with my calories in the 3000-3050 range. They are up to 3200 now with the breakdown being

75g fat
405g carbs
225g protein

PS. If you want to see my awesomeness, go to my log and watch the video. It's sexy <3