A Shocking Revelation: Reformulated Shock Therapy Log

[ragnar1199]

First of all, thanks to Universal for sending me the new Shock Therapy so I can do a log for 'em. It's looking like a pretty sweet formula:



I'm pretty excited to be trying this out. I'm training for a powerlifting meet, which I'll be doing in about 5 seeks. (I was supposed to be doing one in 8 weeks instead, but that one got cancelled. Sucks). I'm doing quite a nice supplement stack right now, which happens to be mostly Universal supps. I'm using:

Pre-Workout: Animal M-Stak, Animal Pump, Animal Rage (Switching out the pump and rage for shock therapy)
Post Workout: EAA Nitro (1 scoop), 10 grams glutamine, Storm (half scoop), Animal Nitro (1 pak)
A while after my post workout cocktail: a scoop of protein and some carb powder

Other supps I'm using are Real Gains, Beef Aminos and Animal Flex. Also, a multivitamin, selenium, chromium, vitamin D. I ran out of Omega 3 a while back, gonna get more soon.

So, I just got the tub of Shock Therapy this evening. Not only did I get that tub, with the two free servings and a mystery gift, but also in the box was a sample of Animal Rage and a Universal bumper sticker. That's fawking awesome. Today is an off day from the gym. I will be working out tomorrow morning and taking my first serving. I'll be back then with more info about myself and other awesome things to speak of.

[Anthony21]

Nice!!! Can't wait to get my new ST. The new formula looks like a nice build off the OG ST.

[naturalguy]

In. What type of training program do you do for your meet?

[ragnar1199]

In. What type of training program do you do for your meet?

This is what I'm doing now:

Wednesday: flat bench, decline bench, bent rows, barbell shrugs, calf raise
Thursday: squat, close stance squat and bar high, barbell curl, abs
Saturday: close grip bench, weighted dips, close grip pull-up, rotator cuffs, calves
Sunday: deadlift, stiff leg deadlift, leg curls, seated military press, forearms and abs

My plan was to do 4 weeks of around 6-8 reps, 4 weeks of 4-5 reps, then 3 or less reps the last 4 weeks. Since I'm doing a meet that's sooner than planned, this weeks is pretty much the only week I'll be doing 4-5 reps. I'm doing calves twice a week just because I have tiny calves.

This will be my first meet, so we'll see what happens. I did my own little meet last year for myself (I train at home) and followed a similar plan, but I did 6-8 weeks at each rep scheme. So far, I seem to be on track to beat all my lifts. Those lifts, on September 25, 2011:

Squat: 405 (third attempt)
Bench: 335 (second attempt, failed 355 on third attempt)
Deadlift: 545 (third attempt)

[naturalguy]

Awesome, there is nothing like that first meet that you do. It's a great time

[ragnar1199]

So, I've been working out seriously for almost 12 years, but actually the first time I ever picked up a barbell I was like 6 years old. I've pretty much been reading bodybuilding magazines ever since I was a little kid. Throughout my life of lifting, my focus has been primarily on strength, but I've also wanted to add size, which I've done. I've put on about 55 lbs since I graduated high school 12 years ago, most of which has been muscle. I enjoy the sport of bodybuilding, reading about it, following along, watching it, so on and so forth.

Unfortunately, I just don't have the body to really compete in bodybuilding myself. I just don't have enough mass, and I don't gain much of it anymore. (I'd also like to mention that I have never used an illegal anabolic substance, EVER). I have, however, used a couple pro-hormones before when they were legal. I recently decided to turn my attention to powerlifting and will be competing next month in my first meet.

So, yadda yadda, I am 6' tall and I weighed 208ish this morning. I try to stuff my face with a lot of food. Been eating about 5000 calories a day. Seems to be about the only way I can put on any more muscle. Lots of beef and pasta, with a little chicken and rice thrown in. Yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, milk (sometimes a quart a day).

I work out at home in my landlord's barn. Got me a power rack and adjustable bench last year. I'm hoping to get some attachments for them this year. I do have an old bench that you can actually do just about anything on (has a pulley and leg attachment and stuff). But I wanna sell that. I may do a couple workouts at the gym when my meet gets close, just for the hell of it, but it'll be hard because I'm so used to yelling and being loud now that I work out at home.

I guess that's about it for now. I did a workout this morning which I will talk about shortly.

[ragnar1199]

6:45 - Finished Real Gains Shake, which was about 980 calories
7:25 - Animal M-Stak
8:00 - One scoop of the Shock, Clyde's Hard Lemonade. Began workout soon after

Initial taste impression: Not too bad, not as good as I though it would be. I ended up using more water than I meant to, about 12 oz. It kinda tasted more like lemon drop to me, which I don't really care for. With the pink color I was really hoping for a good pink lemonade taste. It still tasted pretty good, any fan of lemon drop should love it. I'm gonna use about 8 oz of water tomorrow.

So, I didn't feel too much from one scoop, which I was kind of expecting since you can use up to two scoops. I've gone pretty heavy on the stims in the past, but lately I haven't been using too much, just the Rage and maybe some coffee or a red bull here and there. I actually still felt a little full from the gainer shake when I took the ST, so I probably should've waited a little longer before taking it. That may have made it less effective.

I felt a bit of boost, not much extra in the way of pumps or vascularity or anything else. Tomorrow I will by trying 1.5 scoops and I'll try to use it on an emptier stomach. Today was bench assistance day, and stuff. Here's what I did:

Standing Calf Raise: 20x235, 14x275, 12x275
Close Grip Bench: 6x295, 6x295
Dips: 10x100, 7x110 drop set to 90, 45, BW
Close Grip Pull-up: 19xBW, 12x25, 9x25

Second set of close grip:



Second set of dips:



Second set of pull-ups:



My post workout meal, eggs and rice. And yes, that is mustard all over it:

[ehsyme]

Awesome man, I am going to be logging this as well (haven't received it yet)
I'm jealous you got a big barn you can just let loose in haha
Also I love yellow mustard especially lately for some reason.

Subbed.

[clifford4970]

Excited to see others results. I will be logging this too when it gets here. lold when you asked if anyone wanted to buy the snowmobile or jet ski!!

[braskibra]

fawkkkkkk ur log is awesomeee, im gonna have to step my game up! i liked the clydes lemonade i thought it literally tasted like lemonade with a shot of vodka in it but def could see it could be hard for some people to handle, idk tho i chugged it> i heard the grape ape is the sh#t tho,, i went straight to 1.5 scoops im about 200lbs and if ur 208 id guess ud be way better off with 2 scoops, i got a sick workout with mine but also got it in on an empty stomach, keep up the good work!

[Elliot18]

Defo going to be following this log! nice lifts there to !

[ragnar1199]

8:00 - Protein shake
8:45 - Pasta and steak
12:30 - Pasta, PB&J sandwich, 12+ oz of milk (Not the greatest lunch, we need to go shopping)
2:45 - 1.5 scoops of ST
3:10 - Began workout

I used 1.5 scoops of ST this time, mixed with 8 oz of water. I still think it tastes like just lemon. I think Hard Lemon would be a better name, but that's just me. It's still pretty damn good. (Universal has been doing good with their flavors, from Atomic 7, to EAA Nitro, to this, it's all good). I felt it a little more this time. I started feeling amped up about 15 minutes after I took it. I'm sure I'll end up dosing this at two scoops, but for the next workout, I'll probably use 1.75 scoops. I'll use 2 after that.

I didn't do much for higher reps today, but I did do a killer drop set with seated bb presses. My delts and triceps were pretty pumped up, and I saw a vein in my left delt that I've seen maybe once before. Pretty sweet. I did a really good first set of deadlifts. On the second set, I kinda tweaked my back a tad. It was the first rep, I wasn't ready or something. I gotta be REAL careful leading up to my meet, can't be f'ing around. I'm switching to sets of 3 or less this coming week (only on the main powerlifts, other exercises will still be higher reps). The workout:

Deadlift: 4x520, 3x520
Stiff Leg Deadlift: 9x375, 8x385
Seated BB Press: 5x200, 6x200 Drop set to 155, 135, 95, 45
Leg Curl: 10x45, 10x45
Wrist Curl, behind the back: 17x165, 12x165
And some leg raises

With the leg curl, it's an attachment on my old bench. It doesn't feel like the most ergonomic piece of equipment, and the bottom of the movement isn't low enough. I never use it, but decided to start. It's weird how 45 lbs felt so heavy compared to a machine with a stack.

Breakfast:



1st set of deads:



2nd set of bb press. It's a long one, go to 5:45 to see me trying to show my delt pump.



Post workout meal. It's got chicken, bacon, feta, and roasted peppers.

[ragnar1199]

fawkkkkkk ur log is awesomeee, im gonna have to step my game up!

Thanks, man. I've been on here a long time (don't post a whole lot, though) and I've seen good and bad logs. Nowadays, I try to put more videos in my logs so people can see I'm actually doing what I say am. I won't do videos every workout, it's a big distraction and makes my workouts take longer messing with the camera.

[stan47islav]

^^^^^ this... I'd like to include lots of videos in my logs but I spend too much time getting the angle right

[naturalguy]

Good stuff so far rag, deadlifts look good, they are much harder for taller guys like yourself

[Universal Rep]

Subbed. Love the gym...

[_Aggression_]

The eating looks damn good in here, OP. Subb'd for your thoughts on the new Shock as well as more pics of food.

[mrdead]

Subbed...

[TreeTrunkLegs]

One. Your food looks on point.
Two. Your gym is badass.
Three. Your beard is EPIC!
The Shock Therapy log looks good too haha.

[ragnar1199]

Hey thanks, guys. New post comin' up soon.

[ragnar1199]

Today was my third time using the new ST. Today's timeline was something like this:

6:30: Steak and rice
9:15: Half of a Real Gains shake
12:50: Wheat linguine, ground beef, yogurt (late lunch at work, made me cranky)
3:30: Other half of Real Gains shake
5:10: 2 scoops of ST in 8 oz of water
5:45: Began workout
7:00ish: Post workout cocktail - 1 scoop EAA Nitro, 10 grams glutamine, 3/4 scoop of Storm, 1 pack of Nitro
7:30ish: 1 scoop of protein
8:00: Wheat linguine, 2 cheeseburgers w/o buns, cole slaw

I haven't taken in enough calories today. Hmmm. I needed to workout earlier. Not sure if I can suck down any more calories tonight. Well, maybe.

So, I was gonna do 1.75 scoops of ST, but decided to do 2. I did a lot of power brooming at work today and needed the boost. I definitely got a nice boost, but nothing too extreme. I'm guessing there's not much beta alanine in this since I don't get any tingles at all. I usually get a little bit of tingles from a scoop of Rage. I'm also wondering how much creatine is in the ST, I figured it's maybe a couple of grams, so for now I'm doing 3/4 of a scoop of Storm after my workouts, although I think I might just use a full scoop from here on out.

Most of the workout went well. Flat bench was a little disappointing. During the first work set, I got a cramp in my hamstring pushing up the third rep, and I couldn't get it. (I have the spotter bars just right so I can put the weight down and not get crushed. That's why I can do negatives by myself, too). I know, without a shadow of a doubt, I would've gotten that third rep if I didn't get that cramp. Then on the second set, I barely got rep number 2. Jeez. Decided to do a negative after that. Decline bench was good, though. Got a nice pump and felt strong, did 10 more lbs than last week.

Flat Bench: 2.5x325, 2x325, Negative with 345. Should've done a little more with the negative. I also should've gotten 3 reps with 325, dammit. I'm a little upset.
Decline Bench: 8x295, 8x295
Bent Row: 8x290, 8x295
BB Shrug, behind the back: 8x375, 8x375

Alright, I gotta go to bed. I've got a few videos of tonight, but I haven't uploaded 'em yet. I should have them on here within the next couple days.

[ragnar1199]

My crappy 325 flat bench video. I totally would've gotten the third rep if my hamstring didn't cramp up:




And the 295 for 8 decline bench:




So, I realized today that starting this week (doing sets of 3 or less on the powerlifts), I planned on doing a back off set of 7 or 8 reps after 2 sets of 3 or less reps. I guess I forgot about that yesterday when I was doing flat bench, probably because I was all about doing a negative. I remembered tonight, though, when I did squats.

Here's a pic I had the wifey take after I got in last night, haha:



And here was dinner (post workout):

[ragnar1199]

I'm gonna keep this post pretty short. Basically, I took 2 scoops of ST yesterday and it helped out quite a bit. I had a good squat workout. I think that without the ST, it would not have gone so well. It definitely gave me the extra boost I needed after work to hit the weights hard. I've been doing more power brooming at work. This is power brooming, which we do to put stones back onto driveways that we've plowed (and I did it for 3.5 hours straight yesterday morning):



My workout:

Squat: 4x400, 3x400, 7x350 I didn't go quite deep enough on the first set
Close Stance Squat, bar high: 8x295, 6x295 I was toast after this
Standing BB Curl: 6x145, 6x145
And some ab work, until one of my ab muscles cramped up. WTF is up with that? That's two days in a row I got a cramp, but the ab was the worst. I was leaning back on my bench do do some crunches when one of my ab muscles balled up, and took about 15 seconds to release. It sucked.

4x400 squat, not deep enough:



3x400 squat, deeper:

[clifford4970]

I am going to have to UNsubscribe to this thread, because everytime i come in here i leave hungry as ****. Digging the videos man, good to see it and not just read it!

[ragnar1199]

I am going to have to UNsubscribe to this thread, because everytime i come in here i leave hungry as ****. Digging the videos man, good to see it and not just read it!

Haha, thanks man. And I checked out your bodyspace, that's quite the transformation you've gone through. Congrats on cutting all that weight you gained.

[ragnar1199]

Took two scoops of ST around 2:30 in the afternoon, workout began about 3:10. I also started my second can of M-Stak today, which I took at about 2:15. I drank a half serving of Real Gains a little after 1 (1.75 scoops of Real Gains, .25 cup of carbo powder, mixed with 8 oz of whole milk).

I was feeling good after the ST, and was ready to do some serious deadlifting. And that is what I did. After the deadlifts, I was warming up for stiff leg deads, but decided not to do any work sets. After tweaking my back a little with deadlifts last week, I just felt like my body had enough after the deadlifting. I listened to my body and my instincts.

Deadlift: 3x530, 2x540, 6x465
Deadlift warm-up sets: 12x45, 8x145, 8x235, 5x325, 3x415, 1x465
Seated BB Press: 7x200, 6x205 Nice
Reverse BB Curl: 8x105, 8x105
And some abs.

Not much volume, but I actually took a long time doing that deadlifting, like 40 minutes from the 1st warm-up to the last work set. Maybe I've been taking too long with my heavy lifting, but it seems to be working out OK. I think the ST is definitely helping out, but, since I've been doing two scoops, I gotta keep peeing during my workout. It seems like after every set I have to go pee. That has actually happened to me before from time to time when taking pre-workout drinks, but never this consistently. Hmmmm.

[clifford4970]

Haha, thanks man. And I checked out your bodyspace, that's quite the transformation you've gone through. Congrats on cutting all that weight you gained.

Hey thanks man, took a lot of time and effort, would have been easier if I had done a little research.

[ragnar1199]

Did a bench press workout on Wednesday, the 4th. All I did was two exercises, I didn't do the couple back exercises I usually do after chest. I hit chest real good, though. I've had a cold of sorts since last Saturday. The sore throat went away by Thursday, then it was strictly head congestion. It's all almost gone, now. It'll probably be around for a couple more days.

So yeah, bench press was pretty damn good, with two scoops of ST. I benched 330, and I'm gonna say I got three reps on the first set, but I couldn't get the right side over the hook. It was stuck about half inch below the hook for like 5 seconds. That may be the hardest and longest I've worked to re rack the bar, but couldn't get it. You'll see in the video. It's still damn good since I only did 325 for 2 the week before.

I also did a sweet dropset with decline bench, after which my chest and triceps were about ready to explode.

Flat Bench: 3x330, 2x330, 7x275 Then I lifted off 360 just to feel it.
Decline Bench: 6x300, 6x300 Drop set to 235, 185, 145, 95, 45 Oh yeah, that burned.

My regular dosing of ST that has been 2 scoops mixed with 8 oz of water, which I drink down within a few minutes. Before my squat workout two days ago, I did one scoop of ST and one scoop of Animal Rage. I'll post about that later. Here are a couple videos, watch me get stuck. Gotta love those spotter bars.


330 for 3 Flat bench, just about



300 for 6 Decline Bench, Drop Set (long video)

[ragnar1199]

Did my squat workout a couple days ago. It was a good one, doing 10 more lbs than my previous 1 RM and doing it for 2 reps. I decided to take one scoop of ST and one scoop of Animal Rage. That got me pretty frickin' amped up and ready to kick some ass. Gave my legs a pretty sweet workout. On the first rep of squats, when I was getting towards the bottom, I started to descend a little faster and went REAL deep, deeper than usual. I almost couldn't stand back up, but I did. Then added 5 more pounds.

Squat: 2x410, 2x415, 8x365
Close Stance Squat, Bar High: 7x300, 7x300
Standing BB Curl: 6x145, 6x145 Drop set to 105, 65, 45 Very nice pump
And some crunches and leg raises.

Diet has slacked a little this past week, but that's more because of lack of funds, not lack of discipline and determination. (Although, I guess if I was disciplined enough, I might not have a lack of funds in the first place). Anyway, the wifey is doing some food shopping today, so I'll be eating good again, lots of meat.

[ragnar1199]

Killin' it. Straight killin' it. Deadlifts yesterday. PR on top of PR. 2 scoops of ST and I hit the weights hard. One more deadlift workout to go before my meet. My previous 1RM was 545 in September last year.

Deadlift: 2x550, 1x560
Stiff Leg Deadlift: 9x385
Reverse BB Curl: 8x105, 8x105
BB Wrist Curl, behind the back: 18x155, 14x155
And crunches and leg raises.

550 for 2:



560 for 1:



This is what I did with the bumper sticker I got with the ST:



It's on a truck I bought a couple months ago, a '79 Ford F-150. I think I bought it for the zombie apocalypse. If you look closely, you'll see the iconic Animal window cling on the rear windshield that I got in one of those LE 88 cans.