Thanks man! And sleep you say? Yeah I get some every now and then
No problem! I usually finish eating about an hour before my workout and it looks something like this
3 AM - Typical preworkout meal (as I usually eat the same thing everyday for convince):
-Dozen whole eggs
-2 Packets of Oatmeal (Maple and Brown Sugar)
-8 oz Orange Juice
-Bowl of Broccoli (2 servings)
*4:30 AM - Sip on my preworkout shake on the way to the gym
*5:00 AM - Sip on my intraworkout shake during workout (50g dextrose + BCAAs)
Thanks bro! How've you been?!
Thanks Patrick! And no filter actually...gym lights...its weird as hell, some areas in my gym make me look pale as hell, others make me look tan, and then you have this greenish hue....who knows haha...and dude i've been following your youtube channel...GETTIN NASTY!!!
I know right!!!! Gotta try and catch up to you!!!
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07-08-2013, 05:18 AM #1712
You guys better be working hard...CAUSE YOU KNOW I F#$KIN AM!!!!!
94 pullups and pushups pre workout to warm up...
405 on squats and 495 on deadlifts for heavy singles with a SH*T ton of sets...
BELIEVE THAT...videos to come...more insanity to come...
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07-09-2013, 07:38 PM #1717
I actually find your whole transformation extremely interesting. Everyone wants to cry gear, but mirror situation to yours has come up from a guy with a YouTube channel named Eric Kanevskiy.
Basically a small (do you even lift) kind of guy who bulks properly, consumes a lot of food, uses flexible dieting, trains with 3x per week volume (you use your DUP and he uses his program which is upper power/lower power/upper hyper/lower hyper/full body).
I mean it strikes me as though you guys really knew your **** hopping into your first big bulks and just capitalized on FREAKISH gains. While part of me thinks the transformation(s) are a little bit out of this world, it also makes me realize how important it is to practice what you preach with the science and the gains will come!
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07-12-2013, 05:51 AM #1718
HELL YEAH!!!!
Nice brotha!!! How'd it go!?
Thanks man! And no clue...never measured but my arms are a weak point...in certain shots they look good but tbh, they're weak...really have to bring them up
Thanks man! Yeah...its getting hard not to go into prep now!!!...and then I ask myself "am I as big as I wanna be?"....and then I remember to stay in offseason haha
I'll have to check him out! Thanks a lot for the kind words man!advertising not permitted
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07-17-2013, 01:39 PM #1725
Hey Alex. Training looks like it is going great for you. You have some massive gains. Take care bud!
We all have our good days and our bad ones. What separates us is those who can turn a bad day into a good one...
When your not training or running just know no matter what some place someone is doing one more set or one more mile. Stay motivated!!!
Journal = SteveR40's official journey. Round 3
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=149914383
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08-20-2013, 06:39 AM #1727
Been CRAAAAZY busy with summer classes at my university, moving, changing jobs, family obligations, and NOW on vacation in Florida! Finally got some free time to myself so figured an update was LOOOONG overdue in this thread!!!
Current Weight: 203 lbs
Current Macros: Normal Days - 300 protein 800 carbs 130 fat
Refeed Days - 220 protein + 6000 calories
Current Training Program: Hybrid DUP Cycle
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"Now time for what you've been waiting for...yesterday and today's workout...I'm at an unfirmilar gym...but guess whats familiar...MY. DAMN. ATTITUDE...LETS BUUUURN THIS B*TCH!!!! NO ONE AND NOTHING IS GUNNA BEND OR BREAK ME!!!!
Monday - Lower MAX EFFORT (Hybrid Cycle)
*NO BELTS on any days
*pullups using fingers only with no full thumb grip
Daily Warm Ups
-20 pullups/pushups
-walking leg stretches
-20 pullups/pushups
-hip swings
-20 pullups/pushups
-side laterals (45 x 15)
-20 pullups/pushups
-close stance leg press (platform x 30)
-20 pullups/pushups
-10 bodyweight deep squats
Berto Style - ATG Low Bar Back Squats- 10 sets
Singles/Doubles/Triples
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 x 3
405 NEVER FELT THIS SIMPLE!!!!! BLOWING these quads out!!!!
Sumo Deadlifts- 10 sets
Normal - Singles/Doubles/Triples
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
TEARING that bar off the F#$KIN ground!!! Glute/Hammy contractions are IN.F#$KIN.SANE.
Slow Tempo Quad Sweep Partials - Close stance leg press (down until back/glutes are about to lift off seat)- 3 sets of 3-5 reps
24 plates x 3
24 plates x 3
24 plates x 3
KILL THESE QUADS SWEEPS! LETS MOVE!!!
Somersault squats- 2 sets 3-5 reps
5:5:5 tempo (keep tension at bottom)
55 ps x 3
55 ps x 3
Weighted GHR- 3 sets of 2-5 reps
+25 x 3
+25 x 3
Bodyweight holds x 10 count
HA...you tired? You burnt out?...I'M GROWING...
Seated calf press- 3 sets of 2-5 reps
Toes Out - Pauses at top and bottoms
4 plates x 5
4 plates x 4
4 plates x 4
Toes Straight - 1.5 Reps
2 plates x 5
2 plates x 5
2 plates x 5
5 count paused DB shrugs- 3 sets of 3-5 reps
90 x 5
90 x 5
90 x 5
Paused and hard contraction at top of every rep - Single Glute press curcuit- 3 sets of 3-5 reps
Lvl 4 x 5
Lvl 4 x 5
Lvl 4 x 5
new gym with different bars, different setting...different blah blah blah BLAH...like I care...I BEAST ANYWHERE...
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Tuesday - Upper MAX EFFORT (Hybrid Cycle)
*NO BELTS on any days
*pullups using fingers only with no full thumb grip
Daily Warm Ups
-20 pullups/pushups
-walking leg stretches
-20 pullups/pushups
-hip swings
-20 pullups/pushups
-side laterals (45 x 15)
-20 pullups/pushups
-close stance leg press (platform x 30)
-20 pullups/pushups
-10 bodyweight deep squats
Flat Bench (5:2:1 tempo)- 5 sets
Normal - Singles/Doubles/Triples
275 x 1
315 x 1
315 x 1
5 count paused Close Grip - Singles/Doubles/Triples
225 x 3
245 x 2
NEVER been a strong presser and now FINALLY killin it on this bench! LONG road to a 405 bench...but watch it...CAUSE I'LL BE THERE SOONER THAN YOU THINK!!!
Incline db press- 2 sets of 3-5 reps
80 x 5
90 x 5
HA! Laughably easy....added pauses at the bottom to pump more blood into my chest....CRUSH TIME!!!!
Fly (top down)- 1 set of 5 rep 5 count holds
80 x 5
CHEST IS BLOWIN UP...but what? Back time?....you know it...time for some HEAVY. ASS. ROWS.
Deloaded Reps - Wide Overhand Raised Barbell rows (lower lat drive)- 6 sets
Loose form - rack pull into row (doubles or triples)
445 x 3
445 x 3
Tighter form (3-5 reps, hybrid pendlay type)
350 x 3
350 x 3
Banded DB row (feet side by side)
Purple Bands + 100 x 5
Purple Bands + 100 x 5
NO games in here!!! I LOVE THIS SHYT!!!!! Energy is SHOOTING THROUGH THE ROOF!!!!
Weighted Wide Grip Pullups- 6 sets
Partials to Eyes)
+75 x 3
+75 x3
Full ROM (3-5 reps)
+45 x 4
+50 x 3
+50 x 3
Bodyweight
18
WIDE BACK....in the making...now the blood is droppin...NOW THE BODY'S PUMPIN!!!!
Side laterals (pause at bottom of every rep)- 4 sets of 3-5 reps
Loose Form Forced DBs
100 x 7
100 x 7
5 count pauses Both arm Cables:
30 x 5
40 x 5
Reverse cable flys (split cable machine)- 4 sets of 3-5 reps
Highest
50 x 5
50 x 5
50 x 5
50 x 5
EXPLODIN THESE DELTS OUT!!!! Usually hit the 110's on side laterals for triples...they only go up to 100's here...F*#K THAT NOISE!!!!...whats that? loose form on db side laterals is dumb???....HA....I LOVE IT...watch me grow!!!!
Triceps- 6 sets of 3-5 reps
Pressdowns
160 x 5
Stack x 5
Stack + 25 x 6
1.5 rep Single arm palm Facing pulldown extension circuit
60 x 4
60 x 4
60 x 4
GOTTA bring these weak azz arms UP!!!!! STRONGER THAN WHEN I STARTED THIS SHYT!!!!
1.5 rep Curl bar Curls (elbows back, close slightly bent bar)- 3 sets of 3-5 reps
50 x 5
50 x 5
50 x 5
Single arm cable Forearm work pulling from bottom on all sets- 6 sets of 3-5 reps
curl with extension
40 x 5
40 x 5
Palms Up bar wrist curl
60 x 5
70 x 5
Palms downs bar wrist curl
40 x 5
40 x 4
NEVER ENOUGH!!!! COME ON!!!!! TIME TO DRAW BLOOOD!!!!!
Both arms DB hammer curl- (squeeze hard at top of every rep)- 4 sets of 3-5 reps
50 x 5
50 x 5
50 x 5
(5 count holds) 25 x 6
Bench reverse crunch (db between feet, butt of bench)- 1 set of 3-5 reps
60 x 4 into legs staight 0 x 14
Machine crunches- 2 sets of 3-5 reps
140 x 5
140 x 5
Vacuums- 2 sets
Shorter squeezing as hard as possible (hands over head)
24 seconds
24 seconds
Another workout CRUSHED...goin for that BIG RAMY width!!! TRY AND KEEP UP...you break and quit...I break and TRY AGAIN!!!
Random pics from the past 2 months...around 200-205 in the pics below
...Im batman!!!!
TRYING to post MORE videos on my youtube channel and going to try and keep this log updated more frequently!!!
Sorry to everyone who emailed me asking me for updates weeks ago...BEEN CRAZY but I'm looking forward to continuing to follow EVERYONE else's journeys on here! You guys are makin some INSAAANE strides!!!! Gotta keep up!!!!!advertising not permitted
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08-20-2013, 07:17 AM #1728
Fcuk Alex! Looking huge .... how big are those guns now? Arms, shoulders and lats look huge. No leg pics but they must be thick as tree trunks now. Awesome mass at 203 and still looking lean and great strength with the 405 triples on the squats and the 455 deads and those bad@ss rows
Killing it Alex!"Better to wear out than rust out!"
Squat 165kg/363lbs
Deadlift 190kg/418lbs
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08-21-2013, 02:49 PM #1730
Hey bro hows things been!? And my arms are by far THE WEAKEST!!! Haha working hard to bring them up!!
Ill get a leg pic up soon...between my legs and my back, I'm not sure which is my strongest muscle group... Legs have been just getting bigger and bigger haha
Oh...and I'm not that lean...I just carry my weight well haha
Sadly haha
And thanks!!! Noticing changes weekly and feeling great!!! Trying to keep up with your amazing progress!!advertising not permitted
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08-22-2013, 05:18 AM #1731
Thursday - Upper Hybrid - Arm Emphasis (Hybrid Cycle - Hybrid Days focus on weakpoints) (4-10 rep range)
Daily Warm Ups
-20 pullups/pushups
-walking leg stretches
-20 pullups/pushups
-hip swings
-20 pullups/pushups
-side laterals (45 x 15)
-20 pullups/pushups
-close stance leg press (platform x 30)
-20 pullups/pushups
my warm up = your workout...mind is focused and Ive got GAME DAY PRE WORKOUT COURSING THRU THESE VEINS!!!!
Single arm Tricep extension circuits- 6 sets
Single Overhand (4-6 reps)
60 x 6
70 x 6
Single Underhand (6-8 reps)
60 x 6
60 x 6
Single Arm Rope (8-10 reps, one handed grabbing both sides of rope for fatter grip)
50 x 10
50 x 8
WEAK.AZZ.ARMS...gotta bring these up!!! LETS WORK!!!!
Single arm cable curl circuits- 6 sets
Facing Away Stretched Curls (4-6 reps)
60 x 6
70 x 4
Facing Towards Shortened Curls (6-8 reps)
40 x 8
40 x 8
Single overhand alternating circuit with wrist extension (8-10 reps, flex forearms at bottom and top of every rep)
30 x 10
30 x 10
arms are PUMPED TO THE MAXXX!!!! Now we're GROOOOWING!!!!
Flat Barbell Bench- 3 sets of 4-6 reps
5:2:1 Tempo (normal tempo)
245 x 4
5:5:1 Tempo (longer pause on chest, explosive speed off chest)
225 x 5
225 x 5
gettin that bar onto my chest and EXPLODING up thru the reps with THE SPEED OF THE DEVIL!!!! TRY N HOLD ME BAAACK!!!!
Incline db- 2 sets of 6-8 reps
80 x 6
80 x 6
pausing at the bottom and getting the DEEPEST stretch POSSIBLE!
Low to high cable fly- 3 sets of 8-10 reps
40 x 10
50 x 10
60 x 10
nearly MORE vascularity on those than at my last show??...BELIEVE THAT!!!
Wide Grip Pulldowns- 5 sets
Strict form Below chin (6-8 reps)
210 x 7
210 x 7
Loose form partials to eye (4-6 reps)
240 x 5
240 x 5
Squeeze at bottom - As wide as possible (8-10 reps)
180 x 9
entire stack was 250...NEARLY THERE!!! GOTTA PUSH HARDER!!!!
Pause on body on every rep - Single Arm Cable Rows (don't turn body just contract lat)- 5 sets
Neutral Grip (elbows in)
50 x 8
50 x 8
Palms Down (elbows out)
50 x 8
50 x 8
Both arm close grip
Stack x 8
whaaa??!! maxin out EVERY MACHINE?!?! yeah you know what time it is...time for you to quit...TIME FOR ME TO TURN IT UP ANOTHER LEVEL!!!!
Side Laterals- 4 sets of 8-10 reps
Dumbells
80 x 10
80 x 10
1.5 rel Single arm cables keeping constant tension on sides
30 x 8
30 x 8
80's felt EASY.AS.HELL...time to bring the heat on these exercises!!!
Single Straight Arm Cable reverse flys- 5 sets of 6-10 reps
Highest level
40 x 10
Chest level (lvl 9)
40 x 7
Lowest level circuit
30 x 8
30 x 8
20 x 10 with 5 count hold on last rep
Bar Curl with wrist extensions (keeping bar on fingertips and rolling up at top of every rep)- 6 sets of 8-10 reps
Reverse
50 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10
Underhand
50 x 8
50 x 8
50 x 8
hittin rear delts and forearms WITH A VENGEANCE!!!
Platform Hanging leg raise (db between feet, legs as straight as possible)- 2 sets of 6-8 reps
30 x 8
30 x 8 into 0 x 8
Decline DB crunches- 2 sets of 8-10 reps
100 x 10
10 count
100 x 10 into 0 x 10
Vacuums (full front relaxed pose)- 3 sets
34 on
6 off
34 on
6 off
34 on
More PRs....MORE MASS!!!
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08-23-2013, 06:06 AM #1738
Haha!!! Bob knows whats up
And thanks my man!!!
MAAAAAN!!!! I cant wait to step back on stage haha! Thanks bro....much appreciated words!
YES!!!!!! Need more negative thrown my way in this thread hahaha!!!
Thanks man! I really think I just carry my fat well...my dad for example is about 240 lbs fat but with a shirt on, he doesnt look fat at all haha
WOW!!! Not sure if I deserve the "FREAK status legs" comment but DAMN did that pump me up haha! Thanks a lot Patrick!! And yeah life is busy as hell but I love it!!!
Made me think of Tenacious D!!! haha!!!!!
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08-23-2013, 06:13 AM #1739
Friday - Lower Hypertrophy Day (Hybrid Cycle) (10-50 reps)
Daily Warm Ups
-20 pullups/pushups
-walking leg stretches
-20 pullups/pushups
-hip swings
-20 pullups/pushups
-side laterals (45 x 15)
-20 pullups/pushups
-close stance leg press (platform x 30)
-20 pullups/pushups
this day will produce the most growth in my legs…time to focus…hone in…AND RE-INVENT THE DEFINITION OF HARD. WORK.
1.5 rep Close Stance Quad Sweep Machine leg extensions (feet touching
quad sweep MMC)- 4 sets of 12-15 reps
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
45 x 12
HUUUUGE pump in my quads!!!! MMC has been THRU the F#$KIN roof lately!!!!
Close stance leg press- 4 sets
20-30 reps
(Toes Straight) 14 plates x 23
30-50 reps
(Toes out) 10 plates x 44
1.5 Rep - 10-12 reps
(Toes out) 10 plates x 10
(Toes straight) 10 plates x 10
HOBBLING around the gym!!! Legs SO pumped they feel like DAMN. ROCKS.
Somersault squats- 4 sets
Toes Out At 45 Degrees (15-20 reps)
45 ps x 16
Toes Straight (10-12 reps)
55 ps x 12
55 ps x 10
55 ps x 10
wanna get bigger?…WORK THIS HARD…IM JUST GETTING STARTED!!!
Laying Leg Curls (pause at top and bottom of every rep)- 4 sets of
12-15 reps
Normal
70 x 13
70 x 13
1.5 Reps
40 x 12
40 x 12
PUMPIN THE HELL OUTTA THESE HAMSTRINGS!!! 3…2…1…LETS BLEEEEEEED!!!!
Pump reps - Seated leg curls- 4 sets
20-30 reps
105 x 22
105 x 22
30-50 reps
90 x 40
Hold - 60-120 seconds
90 x seconds
done?….HA…not even CLOSE…dozens of people have come and gone since I started this workout…I LIVE HERE…remember...
Single leg glute cable extension (body leaning forward at 45 degree
angle)- 4 sets
Normal (12-20 reps)
30 x 20
40 x 12
40 x 12
1.5 Reps (10-12 reps)
20 x 10
glute growth has BLOWN up after adding in these! HAAAARD CONTRACTIONS AT THE TOP OF EVERY. FREAKIN. REP.
BPAK superset CIRCUIT - Seated Calf Press superset (toes out into
standing bodyweight toes straight, pause at top and bottom of every
rep)- 4 sets
Pause at top and bottom of every rep - 10-15 reps
2 plates + 2 10's x 10 into 15
2 plates + 2 10's x 10 into 15
Pump reps - 15-20 reps
2 plates x 20 into 15
2 plates x 20 into 15
calf growth has been MAJOR lately! On top of hitting them 3x per week in the gym, I do 100 rep standing bodyweight presses before I go to sleep every night…overtrain?…HA…PLEASE!!!!
Timed FULL EXTENSION bodyweight standing calf press- 3 sets
Normal
50 seconds
50 seconds
Forced Stretch
1 min
legs are COMPLETELY GONE AND SHAKING LIKE CRAZY!!!…now we hit our compounds…yeah…you read that right…now I'm stalkin around the gym, stomping up to the bar…AND PUSHING MY LIMITS!!!!
Squats- 2 sets of 10-12 reps
Low Bar Back
325 x 10
Front
225 x 10
EXPLODED THRU THOSE REPS!!! COME ON!!!!!
Non deloaded reps - Sumo Deadlifts- 1 set of 10-12 reps
415 x 10
NO BELT…TEARIN THAT SHYT OFF THE DAMN GROUND AND FORCING MYSELF TO IMPROVE!!!!
NON STRAPPED Smith Machine Double Shrug (20 front into 20 back circuit
= 1)- 1 set to failure
135 x 4
"Mr. Unstoppable…AND STILL!!!!!" -RJJ
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