KenshinH's Quest for Old Man Strength and Fitness

[New Evolution]

Congrats on the PR OptimusKen!! And nice promote video. lol


Have TGIF!!

[da2ricky]

Congrats on the PR OptimusKen!! And nice promote video. lol


Have TGIF!!

bro you were right, he does sound like William Hung

jk, cool video Tuan. Holy sheet @ the new squat PR, congrats!

[jshaw5]

When is it my turn for an easy paused 275 bench on recovery day? Strong squats man. What's your rep PR?

[storm1507]

Nice vid. I don't think I will beat the deadline.

[obey46]

Solid work bro. I am disappoint for the lack of vietnamese accent.

[dbone1026]

Solid work bro. I am disappoint for the lack of vietnamese accent.

That's his stage voice, his bedroom voice is completely different

[KenshinH]

Congrats on the PR OptimusKen!! And nice promote video. lol


Have TGIF!!

Thanks bro and TGIF!

bro you were right, he does sound like William Hung

jk, cool video Tuan. Holy sheet @ the new squat PR, congrats!

LOL @ William Hung

Only a rack squat PR Ricky but thanks!

When is it my turn for an easy paused 275 bench on recovery day? Strong squats man. What's your rep PR?

I did 405x4 (3 sets) on the last Smolov intense cycle session so that's my official 4RM. I was good for 5 reps on that first set though

If I hit 410x3 next Thursday, then that'll be my 3RM PR - same as yours

Nice vid. I don't think I will beat the deadline.

Bench is always tough at a low bodyweight. You're plenty strong in squats and especially deads my friend

Solid work bro. I am disappoint for the lack of vietnamese accent.

LOL I lost that accent somewhere in middle school

That's his stage voice, his bedroom voice is completely different

Yup, I was using my outside voice

[KenshinH]

Here is the video for Thursday's workout


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iAnXn8a3c (mobile)

[FastCatChamp]

Great video

We both have very narrow DL stances. I think that my rack lockouts were too low after watching your start height.

Will have to play around with that. I also need to play around with some LBBS.


Stron benching going on a bench over from your paused reps.

[MatTheCur]

Nice Tuan

I see what you mean by our setups being different. I think, for me, it's more a question of my hamstrings not being "there", and not being used to a straight back. Sitting down makes sense to me for now, but I'm sure that as my lower back/hams get stronger, I'll go back to the more traditional set, like you've got.

Think I'm going to take a page from your book, also, and use the other end of my gym for rack squats. Going from pins doesn't make sense, but I think I have the right height.

[KenshinH]

Great video

We both have very narrow DL stances. I think that my rack lockouts were too low after watching your start height.

Will have to play around with that. I also need to play around with some LBBS.


Stron benching going on a bench over from your paused reps.

Thanks Gale. I get more power off the floor with a narrow stance as opposed to a shoulder width stance. Regarding rack squats, I took a side video of a warmup set and compared it to the side video of my deadlift last week and my knee angle was about the same. The bar is above my belly button but below the sternum.

I switched from HBBS to LBBS last year and have never gone back. Just feels more comfortable and stronger for me

Nice Tuan

I see what you mean by our setups being different. I think, for me, it's more a question of my hamstrings not being "there", and not being used to a straight back. Sitting down makes sense to me for now, but I'm sure that as my lower back/hams get stronger, I'll go back to the more traditional set, like you've got.

Think I'm going to take a page from your book, also, and use the other end of my gym for rack squats. Going from pins doesn't make sense, but I think I have the right height.

Deadlifts never feel natural to me. They're my worst powerlift and I'm always working to get my setup better. Someday I'll have that eureka moment where I find my optimal form and then my pulls will shoot up

Gotta do the rack squats in a power rack if you can. Too much trouble to unrack from the J-hooks and then reracking

[Anthony21]

Nice video and even better lifting.

[KenshinH]

Nice video and even better lifting.

Thanks Ant!


On another note, I just started a sponsored log for Formutech Nutrition's Endurance (a BCAA product). Please sub if you have the time. Would be much appreciated


http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=155799053

[blkbelt42]

Afternoon session

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown:
105x10
120x10
135x10

Barbell Bench Press: (KB w8d4)
45x20
135x5
185x3
225x3
255x1
255x1
265x1
275x1 (vid)
... Recovery bench. All singles were paused

Wide-Grip Pull-Up:
3x9


Night session

Barbell Squat: (TM ID)
45x8
135x5
205x3
275x3
325x2
365x1 (vid)
405x3 (vid)
... Form still not 100% where I want it to be but the strength was there. 3rd rep of 405 was a little difficult because I went deeper and had too much forward lean on the way up. Still had one more rep in the tank though.

Barbell Deadlift: (Hudson w3)
135x5
205x3
275x3
325x1
350x1
380x1 (vid)
380x1
380x1
... Still light weight so far.

Rack Squat:
225x3
315x2
365x1
395x1
425x1
445x1 (vid)
465x1 PR (vid)
... These were a little easier the second time around. I didn't make any changes to where I placed the safety bars because they're at the proper height already (based on video evidence).

Barbell Shrug:
215x25
245x25


Notes
* Strong day overall. Knees felt good the whole time Also encouraging to know that my squats will get even better once I dial in my form - basically how I felt before getting the left knee problem and then getting sick.

* I'll have two videos up later on Friday - one for the AppNut "Beat the Reps" promo and the other for this workout

beast mode my friend!!

[MakeGoBoom]

I'll sub to your log in the am when I have my PC again . I leave it at work

[KenshinH]

beast mode my friend!!

Thanks big Ken!

I'll sub to your log in the am when I have my PC again . I leave it at work

No worries Luke. I know you're always busy

[KenshinH]

1.5 scoops Endurance intra afternoon

Afternoon session

Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown:
105x10
120x10
135x10

Barbell Bench Press: (KB w9d1)
45x20
135x5
165x3
195x3
225x3
260x1
290x1 (vid)
325x1 ties PR (vid)
330x0 FAIL (vid)
280x3 (vid)
275x3
275x3
... Finally matched my all-time PR at 325! Tried 330 after and got stuck at the low end of my sticking point. Soon...

Pull-Up:
4x9


Night session

Barbell Squat: (TM VD)
45x8
135x5
205x3
275x3
315x2
345x5
345x5
345x5 (vid)
345x5
345x5 (vid)
... Same volume weight as last week. Was a bit tired tonight so squats felt heavy. Still easy though.


Notes
* Felt strong during the bench session. 290 went up easily, so I thought it was time again to try 325. Nailed that and then I got greedy with 330 At least I got it off my chest and to my sticking point.

* The night squats were slow but not hard at all. I think my legs are still tired from TM ID and rack squats on Thursday.


Supplement Notes

The afternoon session was my first using Endurance. I used 1.5 scoops in 32 oz of cold water (size of my bottle) and the melon taste was a little too sweet. Not really a big deal since I refill the bottle whenever it gets to being half full, so after the first refill, the sweetness was diluted.

I felt good while drinking it and I still had plenty of energy by the end of the afternoon session. I didn't feel any BA tingles though; perhaps I will when I up the dose to 2 scoops for longer workouts. I'll be keeping an eye on recovery aspects throughout this log, as that's the important thing for me in using Endurance.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf3DSbhVKmc (mobile)

[dbone1026]

Just came across this DL type program:

http://www.rookiejournal.com/effecti...ift-cycle.html

Also turns out this guy doesn't like the Texas Method

http://www.rookiejournal.com/the-tex...that-good.html

[Anthony21]

Awesome benching Tuan and big time set @ 325. That 330 will go up soon.

[MakeGoBoom]

yeah man real strong as always

[da2ricky]

GJ with the set of 325. Time to break out the micro plates again?

[KenshinH]

Just came across this DL type program:

http://www.rookiejournal.com/effecti...ift-cycle.html

Also turns out this guy doesn't like the Texas Method

http://www.rookiejournal.com/the-tex...that-good.html

I stopped reading after "Monday is too hard" lol

Awesome benching Tuan and big time set @ 325. That 330 will go up soon.

yeah man real strong as always

Thanks dudes!

GJ with the set of 325. Time to break out the micro plates again?

I won't use the micro plates unless I've stalled out at a weight. So the next attempt should be 330.

[MakeGoBoom]

Launched my channel finally and broke my camera as well. Back to the phone I suppose

[Juggernaut0]

Awesome bench yo!

Seems as though it's the top part of the lift that's a weak point, so that means more tricep work?

[KenshinH]

Launched my channel finally and broke my camera as well. Back to the phone I suppose

I had subbed to your channel and then didn't see any updates lol

Awesome bench yo!

Seems as though it's the top part of the lift that's a weak point, so that means more tricep work?

I was thinking the same thing. Triceps are normally a strength for me, but perhaps not so much yesterday. Also could be that my 1RM is now in the range where they become a weakness.

[MakeGoBoom]

I had subbed to your channel and then didn't see any updates lol



I was thinking the same thing. Triceps are normally a strength for me, but perhaps not so much yesterday. Also could be that my 1RM is now in the range where they become a weakness.

yeah i just threw some news one up there.

i smell board/rack press?

[New Evolution]

Sweet. Now I got some good workout videos to watch while I am eating lunch later.


Nice benching session OptimusKen. Two heavy sessions a day? That isn't too much?

[KenshinH]

yeah i just threw some news one up there.

i smell board/rack press?

Probably CGB

Sweet. Now I got some good workout videos to watch while I am eating lunch later.

Nice benching session OptimusKen. Two heavy sessions a day? That isn't too much?

Thanks bro. Sometimes I get tired for the second session, but I just push through it. A nap before the second one helps too

[New Evolution]

Probably CGB



Thanks bro. Sometimes I get tired for the second session, but I just push through it. A nap before the second one helps too

And nice theme on the pic in your log too.

[jeezyreezy]

325x1!! Grats on matching your all time PR! Dayyyyum strong if I do say so