My name is Matt and I enjoy lifting heavy things.

[RichKnapp]

I'm still lurking. works out look tight.

[cawiau]

Hey Matt, still kicking ass? Keep me posted

[Matt593]

I'm still lurking. works out look tight.

Thanks! And congrats on your recent competitions!

Hey Matt, still kicking ass? Keep me posted

I sure am, see below
v v v

[Matt593]

5/4 - PULL

I felt great today. Real strong! I made sure I had enough rest for the first two excercises, but the pace sure did pick up alot after that.

BB Rows
135 x 10
185 x 10
225 x 8
275 x 10
315 x 5

T-Bar corner Rows
2 plates x 8
2 plates x 8
4 plates x 8
5 plates x 8
6 plates x 8
7 plates x 8 - Real heavy here, but I still managed to hold it for a split second at the top for the first 3 or 4 repetitions

Wide Grip Pullups
BW x 8
+45 x 6
+70 x 4
BW x 10 immediately after

1 Arm DB Rows - Great MMC on these with a strict pause at the top as usual.
130's x 10
150's x 8
150's x 8

Alternating Hammer Curls
35's x 8
45's x 8
50's x 8
-SUPERSET-
Hammer Strength Low Row - 1 arm at a time here, awesome stretch on the rhomboids
2 plates per side x 10
3 pps x 10
3.5 pps x 10

HS Preacher Curl
45 x 8
70 x 8
90 x 8

DB Shrugs
130'sx 15
130'sx 21 - Broke out the straps here

Ended up covered in sweat by the end.

On for today's workout...
4/6 - PUSH

Flat BB Bench
95 x 10
135 x 10
185 x 5
235 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 4 - 1 More than last week

Incline DB Press
80's x 8
100's x 6
120's x 4 - First ever attempt with these things, not too bad. The 4th one took about 8 seconds to press lol.

Seated Laterals
30's x 10
40's x 10
50's x 8 + 2 sloppy ones
-SUPERSET-
Lying DB Extensions
30's x 10
40's x 10
50's x 9

Overhead EZ Extensions
70 x 10
90 x 10
100 x 8
-SUPERSET-
Glass Raises
15's x 10
25's x 10
25's x 10 real tough ones

Freemotion Cable Flyes
70 x 12
80 x 8
80 x 7
-SUPERSET
Dips
BW x 12
BW x 5 - ouch!
Last superset was with puchups instead of dips. I managed to squeek out 5 of them before I gave out and fell on my face

I had some delicious home cooking tonight which was turkey meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. I have been eating planty of food the past couple weeks to take advantage of the rebound. 90% of this food is clean. We will see what the scale says sometime this weekend. Goodnight all!

[cawiau]

Damn, I want to have your strength... that is just sick
And envious that your gym dumbbells goes up to 150

[Matt593]

Damn, I want to have your strength... that is just sick
And envious that your gym dumbbells goes up to 150

I know the gym is very cool...bodyweight check this morning.
Put on a few pounds and am up to 187 - a 3 - 4 pound increase in 2 weeks

how is everything with you Carl? I will have to stop by your journal to check it out

[Diskd]

Looks like Matt is working on that superman strength again!

[cawiau]

I know the gym is very cool...bodyweight check this morning.
Put on a few pounds and am up to 187 - a 3 - 4 pound increase in 2 weeks

You are progressing really nicely bro and yeah, just for the 150's your gym has achieved "cool" status in my book.
And damn at your strenght... How long have you been lifting?

how is everything with you Carl? I will have to stop by your journal to check it out

Not to good, still stuggling with the diet and has been really bad the past few days,

[Matt593]

Looks like Matt is working on that superman strength again!

Whats u big man?? How have you been doing since the show? You did great in the heavyweight class, there was some serious muscle up there.

Strength is about 95% back to normal by now and I am feeling good with a little more fat back on my body.

You are progressing really nicely bro and yeah, just for the 150's your gym has achieved "cool" status in my book.
And damn at your strenght... How long have you been lifting?


Not to good, still stuggling with the diet and has been really bad the past few days,

Lol @ the cool status, but I fully agree. I have been lifting since my freshman year of college, so about 4.5 years I guess. However I didnt learn anything about training and diet untl my sophomore year, which is when I started to put on some weght. I was skinny starting at 145 to 150 pounds.

Well keep at it, this whole bodybuilding/lifting/diet thing is an ongoing battle for everyone - through the good and the bad.

[Matt593]

4/8 - Legs

Strength is inching up there week by week. One more rep on 405 this week.

Squats
Bar x 10
135 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
365 x 3
405 x 5

Walking DB Lunges
BW x 12 steps each leg
40's x 10 steps each leg
70's x 10 "
90's x 10 "

Kneeling Single Leg Curl Machine
50 x 10
70 x 10
90 x 10
110 x 12

I then ended up doing a real light set on hack squats (90 pounds) real slow with a hard squeeze for 12 easy reps to really force the blood in the legs. This coming week I will hit legs a little different so that the progression does not stall.

[cawiau]

Solid leg workout and strength is indeed coming back!
Keep pushing!

[Diskd]

Doing well Big Matt, chugging along getting some of my strength back as well, looking to grow! Been super busy, but workouts have been solid to this point.

[Matt593]

Solid leg workout and strength is indeed coming back!
Keep pushing!

I always do!

Doing well Big Matt, chugging along getting some of my strength back as well, looking to grow! Been super busy, but workouts have been solid to this point.

Glad to hear!

[Matt593]

5/10 - PULL

I manned up and hit some deadlifts as it has been a long time since I have done full DL's. I told myself that I would not go over 4 plates since it is my first day back with these. They felt great!

Deadlifts - No straps on these. Chalk works wonders
135 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 8
315 x 8
405 x 10

BB Rows - Back was fatigued so I had to lighten it up a bit, but they still got the job done.
135 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 8

Underhand Pulldowns
100 x 10
150 x 10
200 x 10
250 x 6 or 7, I forget

Machine Row, Medium Overhand Grip
160 x 10
180 x 10
200 x 9 + barely 1 more

Alternating Hammer Curls - right arm for 8, then left arm for 8
40's x 8
50's x 8
60's x 8
-SUPERSET-
Hammer Strength Low Row - right arm for 10, left arm for 10
2 plates per side x 10
3 pps x 10
4 pps x 10

EZ Reverse Curl - It has been months for these
70 x 10
90 x 10
110 x 8
Then grabbed a set of 20 lb dumbbells and did as many as I could. I could not move my arms after these haha.

[RooRooTJ]

Damn that is a big back workout. How is the gains coming along? You still coming up to the Dayton show?

[Matt593]

Damn that is a big back workout. How is the gains coming along? You still coming up to the Dayton show?

The gains are coming along pretty well as of now. And as for the Tri State, heck yeah I am still coming up. I am excited to see you and Jim Flanigan tear it up.

[rich55]

Rock solid!!! Big back training right there.

[Matt593]

Rock solid!!! Big back training right there.

Thanks, it felt real good to pull some weight from the ground. DL's might end up being thrown in every other week to help release all of that GH that is abrewin in my body to put on some size.

[Matt593]

A brief recap of this past week of training. I remember most of the numbers, but I am tired and need to go to bed so I will list the excercises and a few of the numbers.

Wednesday - Push day

Incline Bench Press - up to 275 x 4 + help on the 5th
Flat DB Press - up to 110 x 6 - First time on these in 5 or 6 weeks
DB Pullovers - up to 100 x 7 + help on 8
Seated DB Lateral
-Superset-
DB Shoulder Press
Cable Pushdowns
DB Kickbacks
2 sets on Hammer Strength Incline Press

Friday - Leg day

High/Wide Leg Press - up to 890 x 5
Leg Press Calf Raises
-Superset-
Lying Leg Curls
Leg Extensions
-Superset-
Interesting "swing" squat -I call it- machine (incredibly difficult)
Kneeling Leg Curls

Sunday - Pull day

BB Rows - up to 315 x 8 (Last 1 was sloppy)
Hammer Strength Row Machine
Underhand Pulldowns
Simultaneous DB Rows - Up to 105's x 8
BB Curl - Up to 145 x 4
Machine 1 Arm Curl
-Superset-
1 Arm Cable High Row
Hammer Strength Shrugs
Some hanging leg raises and crunches to keep everything strong

I will jump back into squats this coming week and hopefully some more deadlifts as well, but only if I think my body can handle it.

[cawiau]

Thanks for the recap... looking forward to the massive squats and deadlifts

*repped*

[Matt593]

I had a pretty decent week of training over the past few days. I would say that the strength is back 100% compared to where it was right before contest prep. Also, before contest prep I was sitting at 196 lbs, which I felt great about. However, this time at 100% I am sitting at roughly 188 lbs. Roghly 8 lbs lighter and now I am ready to make some more serious progress over the months ahead of me. I think that this progress might require a new split fairly soon. Maybe in a few weeks I will try a Power/Hypertrophy training split. This will be a first for me so it will be interesting. Now on with training from his week...


5/18 - Push

Flat Bench Press
95 x 10
135 x 10
185 x 8
235 x 5
285 x 5
325 x 3 + a LITTLE help on 4

Incline DB Flyes - It has been a while for these, but man did they make me sore!
50's x 10
60's x 10
65's x 10
70's x 7 or 8

Standing Military Press - I wanted to try these out since they crew at Beyond Limits Training seemed to like them. It is a clean, front press, then behind the neck press all for one rep.
65 x 8
115 x 5 - These are much tougher than I expected! Awesome!
95 x 7

1 Arm cable lateral raises
40 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10
-SUPERSET-
Cable Kickbacks
40 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 8

1 Arm overhead DB Extensions
30 x 10
35 x 10
35 x 9

Dips - First time for these in months!
BW x 12
+45 x 12
+90 x 6


5/20 - Legs
This one was with my older brother. We killed it. Both of us are now hobbling around haha.

Squats
135 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 5
365 x 3
415 x 4 + a LITTLE help on 5

Plate Loaded Hammer Strength Kneeling Leg Curls
50 x 12
100 x 12
150 x 12
200 x 9 + 2 forced reps

Walking DB Lunges
BW x 10 steps each leg
40's x "
80's x "
100's x " - Had to take a few breaths between each step from steps 8-10

High/Narrow Leg Press
200 x 10
400 x 10
600 x 10
800 x 4

Done!

Now I am ready to very possibly pull some dead weight today. We will see, but lets hope so

[cawiau]

Bumping for an update!
Hope all is well

[rich55]

Don't worry everyone...there was a Matt sighting at Beyond Limits this weekend. He is still hard at work:

[Diskd]

O SNAP look at that squat!

I'm pretty sure Matt would do extremely well at a PL meet esp since he stays shredded even in his off season. Crazy strength!

[RooRooTJ]

Damn Matt, I wish I can get up to your strength on squats. Also liked the little go Bucks at the end. haha

[cawiau]

Just sick

[Matt593]

I hope training has been going well for everyone here over the past months! Its time for me to get back onto BS!

New Log...
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=127534913