IMBAK's Strength from Within Journal

[Ersio]

Sweet!

And thank you for the kind words my friend! It's slowly getting more and more attention that it deserves!

Imbak is a no Bs'er... I may have to try this soon

Gotta finish my betancourt right now

[IMBAK]

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Back And Delts

05/21/10
Mood:
Big family wedding tomorrow, hopefully I can keep my diet in check. Combining back and delts today so 2 scoops of PSU

DL:
WU sets
3 x 225
3 x 275
3 x 315
3 x 315
3 x 335

BB Military Press, Superset w/seated Rows (below):
10 x 95
10 x 135
10 x 135

Seated Rows:
10 x 57.5/57.5kg
10 x 65/65
10 x 65/65

Bent Over Rows:
10 x 70/70
10 x 70/70

DB Lateral Raise/Front Raise alternating:
10x 15/15 / 10x 15/15
10x 15/15 / 10x 15/15

Upright BB Rows:
10 x 70
10 x 70

Cardio:
None

General Notes:
Tough workout, but satisfying. Flew through it in about 35 minutes. Still trying to work out timing on the early morning sessions and having to walk the dog before hand...

Awesome workout! Those Military Presses look great.

Thanks bro...had to go a little lighter than last week because I was already a bit weak after hitting DL's!

Sweet!

And thank you for the kind words my friend! It's slowly getting more and more attention that it deserves!

Imbak is a no Bs'er... I may have to try this soon

Gotta finish my betancourt right now

It's great stuff, I really do feel I have my pre and intra needs completely covered by AEN. What I want now is an all inclusive post workout/recovery...any board reps want to send me their sup to try?

[Slow-N-Steady]

Strong deadlift and military press! I really would like to catch up to your strength since I'm at the same height and just a little smaller. Slow down. haha

[theshoupguy]

35 minutes?!
Damn bro, nice work!

[IMBAK]

Strong deadlift and military press! I really would like to catch up to your strength since I'm at the same height and just a little smaller. Slow down. haha

No slowing down for me!!! Drive is very high right now

35 minutes?!
Damn bro, nice work!

Thanks shoup...one of the toughest workouts I've had in a while. Reasonably heavy and short rest periods FTW!

[Ctrainer]

I never thought about combining back with delts..I might need to try that...

strong workout!!! Watch out for the wedding cake..nomnomnomnomnom

[IMBAK]

I never thought about combining back with delts..I might need to try that...

strong workout!!! Watch out for the wedding cake..nomnomnomnomnom

I need all the help I can get with that...not so much the cake, more the beer and apps!

[IMBAK]

Arms

05/23/10
Workout time: 25 min.
Mood:
Late late night yesterday. Ate way to much food at the wedding and had too many drinks as well. Still managed to get to the gym reasonably early for a very abbreviated workout.

Smith Decline CGBP:
10 x 105
10 x 155
5 x 195
5 x 225
5 x 225
5 x 225

Chinups:
10 x BW
10 x BW
10 x BW

Tricep pushdowns
10 x 67.5 (kg)
10 x 77.5

Torso Twists:
10 x 130 (L,R)
10 x 150

Cardio:
None

General Notes:
After the workout took kiddies to the zoo...we were there for five hours...so, so tired. Need sleep nao...

[BluntD]

Making it to the gym period the morning after a wedding is a victory in itself.

[DanielBeauchamp]

Haha good sh!t, bro. Great workout, considering.

[5Six]

Sounds like a good weekend with a good workout. Enjoy the sleep yo!

[Slow-N-Steady]

I probably wouldn't have made it to the gym that day. lol Catch up on some rest man!

[IMBAK]

Making it to the gym period the morning after a wedding is a victory in itself.

Haha good sh!t, bro. Great workout, considering.

Sounds like a good weekend with a good workout. Enjoy the sleep yo!

I probably wouldn't have made it to the gym that day. lol Catch up on some rest man!

thanks guys...got a GREAT night's sleep!! Had to get up extra early this AM because the wifey had to bring my littlest back the the ENT specialist...looks like tubes in the ear redux great leg session this AM...had to kick some dude out of the gym's only squat rack during his first set of curls ...normally I'd just wait but I was in a rush and that shyt just ain't right

[IMBAK]

Wheels

05/24/10

Mood:
Feeling great. Had a nice 35 minutes walk with the dog before I went to the gym so I was ready to go by the time I got there!

Workout: Wheels

Squats (parallel):
10 x 135
10 x 185
5 x 225
5 x 245
5 x 255
3 x 285 (hmm...really thought I would get 4 or 5 of these)

Leg Press:
10 x 4 PPS
10 x 5 PPS
10 x 5 PPS

Calf Raises on:
10 x 270
10 x 295
10 x 310

Leg Extensions (different machine):
10 x 150
10 x 170
10 x 200

Leg Curls (Cybex):
10 x 110
10 x 130
10 x 130

DB Lunges:
10,10 x 45/45
10,10 x 55/55

Cardio:
None

General Notes:
Great session...though the guy I very politely asked to use one of the many benches that were open or hell one of the dedicated curl stations to do his curls (instead of the ONLY squat rack in the gym) didn't seems so happy lulz...GTFO Mang!

something angry...

[Ctrainer]

Perfect song for the leg workout!!

Lulz at squattin' in the curl rack..some people lack imagination!!

Great workouts this weekend...and a trip to the zoo to boot!!!

You are a machine!!

[DanielBeauchamp]

Excellent Squatting, bro.

[-Lucifer]

Nice squatting, breh. You are only 22 lbs away from a BWx2 squat (assuming your 1RM is 300)!

[IMBAK]

Perfect song for the leg workout!!

Lulz at squattin' in the curl rack..some people lack imagination!!

Great workouts this weekend...and a trip to the zoo to boot!!!

You are a machine!!

the kids keep me going

Excellent Squatting, bro.

Thanks Daniel...you had yourself a damn fine pulling day there too!

Nice squatting, breh. You are only 22 lbs away from a BWx2 squat (assuming your 1RM is 300)!

Haven't tried, maybe I'll see where I'm at next week...probably won't be increasing it much from where it is know for a while anyway as a plan to keep cutting for another month or two...

[Slow-N-Steady]

Legs are going to burn tomorrow. lol

Do you often use different variations of squats?

[user94984100999]

hey my brother,finally back journaling again since my meet is over,thanks a mil for your support my friend,reps on recharge,will hit you up

[B1GinNY82307]

lulz about asking him to bounce!!! haha!!! Fortunately for me, there are 4 stations where I can do squats, standing MP's or deads....so I haven't had the pleasure of asking an individual to leave...

[IMBAK]

Legs are going to burn tomorrow. lol

Do you often use different variations of squats?

By different variations do you mean rep counts (if so, yes). I tend not to do anything but back squats 9though I vary depth range a bit too...sometimes ATG, sometimes parallel, though most frequently just below parallel...

hey my brother,finally back journaling again since my meet is over,thanks a mil for your support my friend,reps on recharge,will hit you up

glad to see you back man...good weather coming your way

lulz about asking him to bounce!!! haha!!! Fortunately for me, there are 4 stations where I can do squats, standing MP's or deads....so I haven't had the pleasure of asking an individual to leave...

seriously, I never do that, but I just needed to get in and get out and he was using the ONLY squat rack for curls...worse, there are already curling stations and tons of open benches...I just wasn't in the mood to put up with that shyt!


on a side note, I started a 7 day free sample of ERGOBURN today. I took the minimum does of 2 pills (so it'll last tee full seven days). I'll post some thoughts over the next seven days about its appetite suppression (which I really hope is good) as well as my weight loss (currently back down to 161-after having bumped up a bit after this weekend's gluttony). So far I haven't noticed any significant increase in energy, but I was up late watching the Celtics lose in OT...

[-Lucifer]

Wow, you guys take stuff to suppress your appetite? Whatever happened to self-control?

[Ersio]

Wow, you guys take stuff to suppress your appetite? Whatever happened to self-control?

the bold is for women... men are not built that way...

[IMBAK]

Wow, you guys take stuff to suppress your appetite? Whatever happened to self-control?

the bold is for women... men are not built that way...

LOL, I have plenty of self control. I just hate feeling hungry...


that said, the appetite suppression worked well (for a while), but it has definitely worn off and I'm really hungry!

[B1GinNY82307]

Wow, you guys take stuff to suppress your appetite? Whatever happened to self-control?

lulz. nice.

[Ctrainer]

that said, the appetite suppression worked well (for a while), but it has definitely worn off and I'm really hungry!

I can't take the stuff..makes me feel like I am going to jump out of my skin!!!

[theshoupguy]

I can't take the stuff..makes me feel like I am going to jump out of my skin!!!

I definitely wouldn't recommend taking D4 Thermal Shock, then... by far the most intense thermo I've ever taken. First time I took 2 pills in one sitting I felt jittery to the point of paranoia.

[IMBAK]

Chest & Tri's

05/26/10
Weight: 160lbs

Mood:
took a 50 min walk/jog trip with the dog this AM which was probably not the smartest move before trying to workout. I think my numbers suffered a little bit because of this, but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to adjust

BB Bench Press:
10 x 135
5 x 185
5 x 225
4 + 1 x 235
7 x 205

Incline Smith Press:
10 x 105
6 x 155
6 x 175

Incline DB Fly's:
10 x 35/35
10 x 40/40
10 x 40/40

Tricep Pushdown:
10 x 67.5kg
9 x 77.5kg
8 x 72.5kg

Cardio:
none

General Notes:
Not a bad workout. A little short as I got to the gym a tad later than usual and L.P. was a bit chatty today

Still a bit of DOMS from Monday's leg routine, but I think the extra jogging and stretching is helping with that.

ErgoBurn Notes:
Day 2: Appetite suppression was decent for a while yesterday but it did wear off a little sooner than I would have liked. No jitters or crash at all and it did give me a nice little late morning boost. Took it a bit earlier today as I wanted to see how the appetite control effected my desire for a mid morning snack.

completely random tune...there's 2 "o's" in Goose...:

[Ctrainer]

LULZ!!

and I workout alone..because I am the chatty one!!!!