Running with the Demon- my long, long journey to the stage.

[curjo]

Learning to love back day, getting stronger each session. Upped my deadlift by 30 lbs again today and it felt really good. Again I'm sure I had more in me but no need to push my lower back too hard.

Wide grip lat pull down
115x10
115x10
115x10

Superset with db rows
65x10
65x10
65x10

Bent over row
80x12
90x10
100x8
110x6

Dead lift
135x12
205x10
235x8 PR
265x6 PR

Straight arm pulldown
55x10
55x10
55x10

Hit the cardio extra hard today to as I was feeling energized from the deads. 15 minutes on the elliptical at level 13 interval program and then 15 minutes on the treadmill at 15 incline and 4.3 speed. Sweat was dripping off my elbows by the time I was done. Anyway first Christmas party to get out of the way tomorrow, gonna bring all my food and listen to all their crap. Happy holidays people!

[demonwareltd]

Learning to love back day, getting stronger each session. Upped my deadlift by 30 lbs again today and it felt really good. Again I'm sure I had more in me but no need to push my lower back too hard.

Wide grip lat pull down
115x10
115x10
115x10

Superset with db rows
65x10
65x10
65x10

Bent over row
80x12
90x10
100x8
110x6

Dead lift
135x12
205x10
235x8 PR
265x6 PR

Straight arm pulldown
55x10
55x10
55x10

Hit the cardio extra hard today to as I was feeling energized from the deads. 15 minutes on the elliptical at level 13 interval program and then 15 minutes on the treadmill at 15 incline and 4.3 speed. Sweat was dripping off my elbows by the time I was done. Anyway first Christmas party to get out of the way tomorrow, gonna bring all my food and listen to all their crap. Happy holidays people!

Good luck at your holiday party today. Remember to stay strong and have fun. If u can survive the holidays, the rest of the diet will be a cake walk!

[curjo]

Made it through the first party and that one was going to be the hardest. The other two that I have to go to will be a breeze, and honestly, I'm in the zone right now so it wasn't a challenge at all. Both of my brothers really don't like that I'm losing this weight and I love it! Going to be getting up at 5 tomorrow so I can crush the gym before my kids get up for our Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!

[demonwareltd]

Made it through the first party and that one was going to be the hardest. The other two that I have to go to will be a breeze, and honestly, I'm in the zone right now so it wasn't a challenge at all. Both of my brothers really don't like that I'm losing this weight and I love it! Going to be getting up at 5 tomorrow so I can crush the gym before my kids get up for our Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Eve workout! Hardcore dedication right there! Enjoy your holiday and will catch up with you on Wednesday!

[curjo]

Christmas Eve workout! Hardcore dedication right there! Enjoy your holiday and will catch up with you on Wednesday!

Thanks Stan, I'm more dedicated than ever right now. I'm actually on the recumbant bike at my local snap right now getting in my cardio. I'm the only here too, go figure. My brother was asking me questions about what I was doing last night and he was speechless when I told him that I was on 2700 cals. They just think dieting is starving themselves which is why they always fail. I'm really looking forward to the next few months.

[Ccm644]

Well done for the dedication



Merry Christmas

I hope you, your wife and children have a great time!!!

[curjo]

Thanks Dean! Merry Christmas to everybody checking in today. I'm at the gym right now and I'm the only one here and I'm just not doing that well. Got stuck on my squats and everything is taking lots of extra effort. Might be from all the sleep. My lower back doesn't do well when I sleep for more than 5 hours. Oh well, I'm just gonna power through it and enjoy the rest of Christmas.

[TakedaShingen]

Thanks Dean! Merry Christmas to everybody checking in today. I'm at the gym right now and I'm the only one here and I'm just not doing that well. Got stuck on my squats and everything is taking lots of extra effort. Might be from all the sleep. My lower back doesn't do well when I sleep for more than 5 hours. Oh well, I'm just gonna power through it and enjoy the rest of Christmas.

Wish my gym were open today. I'm jealous lol.

We all have those days. You're there and that's what counts. Merry Christmas to you and the fam

[curjo]

Wish my gym were open today. I'm jealous lol.

We all have those days. You're there and that's what counts. Merry Christmas to you and the fam

I signed up for a 30 day trial at snap fitness just so I would have somewhere to workout Christmas Day and New Year's Day lol!

[curjo]

12/24/12 chest workout

Bb bench
125x10x3

Superset with flat db fly
25x10x3

Incline db press
40x10x3

Superset with incline fly
20x10x3

Assisted dip
-103.5x10x3

Machine press dropset to 40 reps x 2

12/25/12 leg workout

Lower back was sore and stiff today so the squats didn't go so well. Everything seemed like it took extra to do and I was just so happy to be done.

Squat
155x12
205x10
225x1,1 and done. Didn't want to hurt my lower back so I stopped

Hack squat. Had to do these old school with the barbell because they don't have a hack squat machine. Quite the awkward movement.
135x10x3

SLDL
135x10x3

Leg extension
115x15x3

Seated leg curl
100x12x3

Seated calf raise
115x15,12,12,10,10

Standing calf raise
135x15
135x12
135x12
185x10
185x10


For cardio I played basketball with my brothers for about an hour. A game of 21 that lasted for forever cause we all suck!

[curjo]

Weight: 251.8 -1.2

Made it all the way through all my parties with absolutely no cheats, something I'm very proud of, and it paid off on the scale. I was thinking this weigh in would be a little more just due to water weight since I know I wasn't getting the amount of water I normally get at work. I might have a chance to hit the 240's by next Wednesdays weigh in on the 2nd which is my goal. Hope everyone had a great Christmas break!

[NaturalPursuit]

DUDE! Big job on not cheating! Mind over matter...props!

[curjo]

DUDE! Big job on not cheating! Mind over matter...props!

Thanks! It wasn't that difficult actually. Seeing my brothers squirm because I'm gonna be smaller than them gave me plenty of motivation.

Yesterday was an off day and a needed one. I'm still not feeling 100% but I think it's getting better. Stopped and got some more walden farms pancake syrup. My bb.com order came yesterday too so now I have MP cookies and cream, MP vanilla, MP chocolate peanut butter, and ON coffee protein powders. Also got my animal flex in. I still have a bunch of creatives and preworkout's ready for whenever we add them into my plan. I'm on my last day of multi's though so I hope they come in soon. I order the through amway since my wife is a rep.

[offroadatv200]

Thanks! It wasn't that difficult actually. Seeing my brothers squirm because I'm gonna be smaller than them gave me plenty of motivation.

Yesterday was an off day and a needed one. I'm still not feeling 100% but I think it's getting better. Stopped and got some more walden farms pancake syrup. My bb.com order came yesterday too so now I have MP cookies and cream, MP vanilla, MP chocolate peanut butter, and ON coffee protein powders. Also got my animal flex in. I still have a bunch of creatives and preworkout's ready for whenever we add them into my plan. I'm on my last day of multi's though so I hope they come in soon. I order the through amway since my wife is a rep.

Congrats on staying strong through christmas, I tried to but that lasted all of....5 minutes Im ready to see you hit the 240's, i know it is coming.

Hope you had a great christmas!

[curjo]

Congrats on staying strong through christmas, I tried to but that lasted all of....5 minutes Im ready to see you hit the 240's, i know it is coming.

Hope you had a great christmas!

I did have a great Christmas thanks, it was busy, but a lot of fun. Looks like the 240's might wait for a little bit. Stan just realized I wasn't taking creatine and I'm pretty sure we're gonna add it soon. So I might be adding a little water weight in the short term.

[curjo]

Busy day yesterday but I got everything done. Left work early so I could go pay my property taxes, then to the DMV to register a car I bought my wife, and then finally to the gym. It was a good workout other than the fact that my front delts were hurting me on every lift. Stan told me not to superset today's shoulder routine or Mondays chest routine in an effort to help them heal. If that doesn't work, we will skip pressing exercises next week. I'm going to start beast creature creatine and cobra labs the curse pre workout on Monday so we'll see how that goes, I've never taken creatine before so hopefully ill feel it help my strength and endurance.

Seated db curl
35x10x3

Superset with lying db extension
20x10x3

Ez bar curl
85x10x3

Superset with rope extension
70x12x3

Skull crushers
65x10x3

Wide gripe bb curl
65x12
75x10
75x8
80x6

Did 30 minutes on the treadmill at 15 incline and a mix of 3.5-4.5 speed. Then I did a dropset of standing db curls starting with the 40's and ending with the 10's.

[curjo]

I haven't updated any pics in a while, mainly cause I'm just now getting back to where I was 6 weeks ago, but here's a front double bi comp. about 7 weeks in between and 7 lbs lost.

[Ccm644]

I haven't updated any pics in a while, mainly cause I'm just now getting back to where I was 6 weeks ago, but here's a front double bi comp. about 7 weeks in between and 7 lbs lost.

Progress looking good! Well done

Just shows what hard work does

[TakedaShingen]

Pics lookin good man.

Chest looks much leaner, underside of the arms are showing some structure and firmness, and even your stomachs shape is different. Keep on it. That's inspiration right there.

[curjo]

Thanks guys, the fact that I'm still a little tan from my trip helps too! I feel like there should be a bigger change but I also realize that I wasn't 100% on plan during that time due to two separate vacations so oh well.

[curjo]

Shoulder day yesterday and with my shoulders already hurting, it was a tough day to get through but I pushed on anyway. Tried a sample of C4 yesterday and I wasn't real impressed. Didn't really seem to give me any extra energy, today I'm gonna try a sample of ONs new pre and see how that is. No super sets yesterday to try and help my shoulders heal a little bit.

OHP
95x10x3

Leaning side lateral
10x10x3

Barbell shrug
145x10x3

Rear lateral raise
15x10x3

Upright row
55x10x3

Front lateral raise
20x10x3

30 min treadmill on 15 incline and 4.5 speed

[curjo]

Weight: 252.0 +0.2

My water intake has been fluctuating a lot lately, once I get back to a normal work schedule things will even out. I'm at the gym about to smash my back. Took my sample of ON PRE and it didn't taste that great but we'll see if it helps my workout.

[curjo]

285x6 deads. Form check please.

http://i1304.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4df0864b.mp4

[curjo]

Yesterday I was just not feeling my workout, worked my 8 hours took my ON pre which didn't taste that good. Started my warmup and had to get off the treadmill to take a dump, which is out of the ordinary. I don't know if it was from the ON pre or what. Then when I was doing my lat pull downs my exertion headache from the other day came back and stole all my energy. The rest of the workout was hard to get through and I had to really concentrate on my breathing to keep the pain under control. Still hit a PR on dead lift, next week I'll hit 300.

Lat pull down
120x10x3

Superset with db row
65x10x3

Bent over bb row
80x12
90x10
100x8
110x6

Deadlift
135x12
225x10
265x8
285x6

Straight arm pull down
55x12x3

I was so wiped after this I saved my cardio session for today.

[curjo]

Some new news, I got chosen to run a log of magnum opus pw drink and magnum tonic their test booster. Excited about getting the chance to do a product log.

[curjo]

How long do theses dang exertion headaches last?! I did it last Thursday and I still can't lift without getting one.

[curjo]

Wasn't really feeling like working out today but I ate my pw meal then my pw supplement( this time cobra labs the curse) and went to the gym to bang it out. Second set of bench press my exertion headache started coming back. It's really getting old, tomorrow is leg day and I'm worried about it. Think I may need to get a belt to help out my back on my squats. Any suggestions as to which one?

Bb bench
135x10x3

Superset with flat db fly
25x10x3

Incline db press
40x10x3

Superset with incline fly
25x10x3

Assisted dip
-103.5x10x2
-95x10

Machine press dropset to 40 reps x 2

[NaturalPursuit]

Sorry man I have no suggestions on belts...never used one before lol

[curjo]

I don't really want to either but I've had lower back injuries before and I feel like if I wait til my back come up I'm going to stall my leg progression.

[curjo]

Pre, intra, and post