Nick's bulk to a healthier me

[Saint_James]

Good squats and deads man, form looks perfect besides that little imperfection the deads.

Just keep on eating man, you are damm lean right now so you could get away with gaining 2 pounds a week for a couple of months. And don't think about cutting until you are 175+ at your height brah.

You playing any sports this spring?

[baco_bacon]

Sounds like a plan, stan (Nick)! Haha. Smolov sounds sick. What do you mean by eating heavily exactly? (I know you mean more... but how much a week, etc)

[craig//nicol]

actually lol'd at you having a hack squat machine. You train at home and your 14 . . . and you have a hack squat. Thats just so awesome my man, you should be proud of that.

[S.O.u.L.m.A.N]

i guess most would think i'm doing barbell hack squats, but i have a leg press / hack squat, so i do them like this beast layne norton:

That is how I do it too. I didn't realize you had a leg press machine at your house. Nice.

[nmsk80066]

Good squats and deads man, form looks perfect besides that little imperfection the deads.

Just keep on eating man, you are damm lean right now so you could get away with gaining 2 pounds a week for a couple of months. And don't think about cutting until you are 175+ at your height brah.

You playing any sports this spring?

thanks a TON man! and you are right, probably won't cut. was just thinking about it

Sounds like a plan, stan (Nick)! Haha. Smolov sounds sick. What do you mean by eating heavily exactly? (I know you mean more... but how much a week, etc)

well, since smolov is basically overtraining but controlled i will probably be looking for 0.8 pounds per week AT LEAST to provide as much nutrients to my poor legs as possible lol

actually lol'd at you having a hack squat machine. You train at home and your 14 . . . and you have a hack squat. Thats just so awesome my man, you should be proud of that.

i agree. i'll take a picture of it later or something. funny thing is i didn't know until this winter that my school has a gym with the same exact machine lol, sadly it's all beat up because people don't respect equipment.

That is how I do it too. I didn't realize you had a leg press machine at your house. Nice.

it's awesome

forgot, that sub had feta cheese on it and mmmmm i forgot how much i like that stuff. think i'll buy some

going to hit upper body now, then cardio as usual and going out to eat at the Azorean again tonight i'll get a pretty healthy option. i don't see a problem with doing this a few nights a week so long as i monitor how it affects me in the mirror

will upload later tonight!

[amnotjokin]

damm you eat out alot Are you going to try and get a sqaut rack before you start smolov so you can go as heavy as possible?

[nmsk80066]

damm you eat out alot Are you going to try and get a sqaut rack before you start smolov so you can go as heavy as possible?

lol yeah i probably shouldn't but oh well, i'll just monitor weight gain and if i need to stop i'll stop

i think for smolov i'll knock 5-10 pounds off of what the calculations say, that way i can still make amazing gains but not phail lol

incoming workout/diet.

[baco_bacon]

Eating out is healthy! (If it's not every day ) I'm going out to eat tomorrow I think actually

Incoming gawks from Baco??? Probably!

[nmsk80066]

flat bench - 90x5x5
all felt great!

flat fly - 35's x 5

standing MP - 55x5 (3 sets) 60x6
new grip is god, never felt delts like this

standing side laterals - 15's x 20, 20's x 8 -- i'm sure that's a PR--

pullups - +10 x2x2, +5 x3 (2 sets)
lowered weight because now using dip belt and plates. felt goooood

pendlay rows - 70x4 (2 sets) --weight PR--
wasn't feeling that much

DB rows - 70x2/2 --weight PR-- 65x4/4 --rep PR--
MMC was fairly good. next time more sets with 70's and longer squeeze

prone incline rear delt flys (11-16 sec RP) - 15's x 11...5...4 = 20 --rep PR--

floor skulls - 58x10...0 couldn't even budge after going all out, rest pause wasn't happening today lol. next time i'll get more

dips (have not done these in so, so long. fun) - BWx22

EZ bar curl (22 sec RP) - 45x17...3...2 = 22 --weight PR--

doggcrapp style stretches
30 seconds forearms, tris, chest, lats
weighted hang - BW+55 x 40 seconds

PWO cardio - 20 minutes - 45 second walk 15 second run ten times, then 10 mintues walking

doesn't look like that many PRs but they actually are sick sick workout. was looking big (well, sorta..lol)

[nmsk80066]

oats, milk, whey, peanut oil, raw honey

muscle milk light RTD's and almonds at school

PB and banana on ezekiel, sugar snap peas, organic raisin bran, milk

whey, apple jacks, wheaties

Hawaiian Baked Haddock
Haddock sauteed with peppers and onions, topped with homemade stuffing, pineapple cubes and Azorean cheese. Served with punch potatoes and veggies. (green beans). so much olive oil on this plate lol but it was delicious!

also had a red pepper strip and garlic from grandmas plate and a lemon wedge.

in a minute - casein

total - 1990 cals (counted) but i'll add 900 and make it around 2900, perfect.

Eating out is healthy! (If it's not every day ) I'm going out to eat tomorrow I think actually

Incoming gawks from Baco??? Probably!

[sparkblade]

GJ on the rows man. Googled Hawaiian baked haddock. Looks delicious.

[PRMachine]

Nice work in here Nick! Food looks good too.

btw, what supplements do you take? Besides the whey, casein, and RTDs I see up there.

[baco_bacon]

Nice benching sir! Rows are mighty mighty strong as well.

[nmsk80066]

GJ on the rows man. Googled Hawaiian baked haddock. Looks delicious.

thanks and yeah it was delicious

Nice work in here Nick! Food looks good too.

btw, what supplements do you take? Besides the whey, casein, and RTDs I see up there.

thank you and i take creatine (green magnitude) pre workout supp (jack3d or white flood, usually jack3d though) and drink Xtend during workouts.

Nice benching sir! Rows are mighty mighty strong as well.

same to you!


fun off day yesterday and now deadlifts also going to try out good mornings which i haven't done in the longest time. should be an amazing workout, i feel it!

[nmsk80066]

deadlifts - 195x2 (3 sets) --rep PR's-- 1 (2 sets) --set PR--
felt pretty damn heavy because trying to fix my starting position like galindo advised

DB shrugs - 70's x 6 (4 sets)

front squats - 155x1 (3 sets) --set PR-- 158x1 --weight PR--

DB calf raise (19-22 sec RP) - 70 x 25...9...9 = 43

lunges (total) - 155x4 (2 sets) --rep PR-- 158x2x2 --weight PR--

lying leg curl (19-23 sec RP) - 68x8...2...2 = 12 --rep PR--

good mornings (test) - 95x8 -lol.

finisher
box squat - 105x20 (pretty sure, might have lost count) -kinda sloppy/ploppy a couple of them but other than that good set.

doggcrapp style stretches
30 seconds hams, quads, calfs

PWO cardio - 20 minutes:
30 second walk 30 second jog twice
45 second walk 15 second run four times
14 minutes walk

good workout! have a deadlift vid but youtube won't upload it good morning vid is uploading though, i hope it works.

[nmsk80066]

oats, milk, whey, peanut oil, raw honey

muscle milk light RTD's and almonds at school

sweet potato, tuna, green apple, brussel sprouts, pecans, organic raisin bran

whey, blueberry muffin frosted mini wheats, wheaties

brown rice with peanut oil, salmon, and lettuce

sludge later - casein and almond butter

total - 2800 cals (+/-)

[sparkblade]

Woah. That's a bunch of squats man. You'll be sore. :P

[PRMachine]

Nice PRs man! Taking a liking to rest-pausing I see.

[nmsk80066]

Woah. That's a bunch of squats man. You'll be sore. :P

i just love squatting, any type. makes me feel manly.

Nice PRs man! Taking a liking to rest-pausing I see.

thanks bro, and yeah, i see good things to come from it!

[baco_bacon]

Yummy food LOL. I had a potato and tuna as well at school haha.

Nice workout!! Deadlifts and funisher are beastly as always. Can't wait for that video!


EDIT:
Fuuu I thought I was going to be first!

[nmsk80066]

Yummy food LOL. I had a potato and tuna as well at school haha.

Nice workout!! Deadlifts and funisher are beastly as always. Can't wait for that video!


EDIT:
Fuuu I thought I was going to be first!

thank you a ton as always mark, vid in a couple of minutes.

you are so lucky your school sells things like that. i'm normally in the library but it was closed today so i was sitting in the caf and they had grease-laden pepperoni pizza looking things (but it was inside a crust-covering thing, kinda weird) and cookies as the popular choices.

it's so nice having a girlfriend who is vegan so she doesn't ask when i don't eat crap because she understands that stuff lol. everybody (even teachers) think i don't eat because they never see me do it at school

[baco_bacon]

No they don't sell things like that I brought it from home (got some funny looks haha). The only good thing they sell are deli sandwiches. They also sell pizza, crap burgers, cookies, lasagna, cheese sticks, cereal, those fake soup things, etc... Haha.

That's weird haha! I hate it when people try to get you to eat crap things, it's so annoying. Ahh oh well lol

[nmsk80066]

good morning - 95x8


went until bar started rolling up my back and i was going to round

felt like hams were going to rip lol

tryed to mimic a SLDL

wtf was that grunt last rep ahah

[nmsk80066]

No they don't sell things like that I brought it from home. The only good thing they sell are deli sandwiches. They also sell pizza, crap burgers, cookies, lasagna, cheese sticks, cereal, those fake soup things, etc... Haha.

That's weird haha! I hate it when people try to get you to eat crap things, it's so annoying. Ahh oh well lol

ohh haha, i think kids would perform better academically if they had proper fuel

[sparkblade]

Just noticed you had a BB.com shirt. Noice. And my school sells crap too. They sell subway though but they're pretty expensive.

[nmsk80066]

Just noticed you had a BB.com shirt. Noice. And my school sells crap too. They sell subway though but they're pretty expensive.

yeah i have like 5 bb.com shirts subway? that's pretty good, but i agree too expensive to buy erry day

deadlift vid is uploading now, thank god.


EDIT: dang, no deadlift vid today i guess. it keeps failing when uploading, i'll say my back looks pretty flat though and my starting position was more over the bar so that's good.

upper body tomorrow. pumped already

[amnotjokin]

nice workout...mirin the manly grunt lol

[nmsk80066]

nice workout...mirin the manly grunt lol

LOL and thanks

off to do upper body. will upload later tonight. after workout going to this function thing so will be back i don't know when.

off to set PR's!

[nmsk80066]

oats, milk, whey, peanut oil, raw honey

muscle milk light RTD's and almonds at school

ezekiel, PB, strawberry allfruit, milk, brussel sprouts, red apple, pumpkin raisin crunch

whey, cocoa puffs combos, apple jacks

brown rice, salmon, cashews

sunflower seed butter, casein

total - 2800 cals (+/-)

[nmsk80066]

incline DB - 40's x 7 --rep PR-- 5, 45's x phail
switching back to BB next week and shooting for 100

flat DB - 47.5's x 1 crappy rep naht gonna count

flat fly - 37.5's x 4 -PR i guess

pin press - 70x3 73x2 --rep PR's-- 1 (2 sets)

side laterals - 20's x 12, 10 --rep PR's--

DB rows - 70x3 not going to count PR bad form 2, 55x6
going to try out t-bar rows next week instead, these are getting old.

BB rows - 95x12
--revisited-- wow i now know why i was stalling on these when i did them, too close a grip so widened it a little and i'll be doing these again, never felt my back like this with these before.

front pulldows - 110x4,3,2 -haven't done in a long time

braced incline rear delt flys (16-21 sec RP) - 17.5's x 11...4...4 = 19 --weight PR--

floor skulls (25 sec RP) - 65x7...1...0 = 8 -not going to count PRs for arms until i use the weight i was using before starting RP

EZ curls (20 sec RP) - 50x12...2...1 = 15

doggcrapp style stretches
30 seconds forearms, tris, chest, lats
weighted hang - BW+60 x 30 seconds

PWO cardio - 20 minutes - 30 sec walk 30 sec jog five times then 15 minutes walking

pretty good workout in all just wanted more with chest and back was bleh but had to work out earlier than normal so probably affected me.

for back i'll be doing:

monday - weighted pullups and BB rows

thursday - T-bar rows and pulldown of choice.

also want to start squat smolov earlier than expected so probably once i hit 180-185 pound squat

concert thing was awesome, school band played and people sang including my gf's grandfather

will get to some logs probably saturday and see what's up