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

[curjo]

Don't worry about me not having a good time, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy myself and I'm still going to hit the gym. It's just going to be interesting how I react to all the food and alcohol. I don't really drink except for a few company functions throughout the year where it's free, but they have so many good fruity drinks there that are so calorie laden. That's gonna be the issue. Anyway on to yesterday's training.

Got to workout the "bro" muscles yesterday and I loved the pump!

10 min treadmill warmup 200 cal burn

Seated db curls
30x10
30x10
30x10

Superset with

Lying db extensions
15x10
15x10
15x10

Typical triceps workout. At first the 15's were light as a feather, and by the last set my arms were shaking lol.

Ez bar curls
65x10
65x10
65x10

Superset with

Rope triceps extention
50x12
40x12
40x12

Realized after the first set that I was never going to make 50 for all 3 sets

Skull crushers
35x12
35x10
35x8

Wide grip barbell curl- by the time I got to these I was toast
40x12
50x10
50x8

I had planned to use 60 for the last set but it wasn't gonna happen

30 min treadmill 15 incline 4-4.5 speed 660 cal

Great workout, like most, I love working arms, the pump is addictive. I'm looking forward to adding a pre workout sup after I get back from my trip to make the pump even greater. I really think it will help my intensity in the gym since I work a 12 hour shift everyday before I workout. Diet has been spot on this week with everything being the same everyday. 2453 cals. Pretty sure we are upping them next week but we'll see what Stan has in store for me.

[curjo]

Just finished my workout for today and this week has been brutal so far. I'm sore all over and I still have my back to do tomorrow. I'm not complaining as I love the feeling, makes me know that I worked hard, but I didn't really realize how it was affecting my strength until today. Shoulders were brutal today, most weights that I picked and thought were conservative were too heavy. Live and learn right?

Overhead barbell press
80x10
80x6
60x10

Superset with side db lateral raises
10x10
10x10
10x10

Barbell shrugs
60x10
60x10
60x10

Superset with rear lateral raises
10x10
10x10
10x10

Front db raises
10x10
10x10
15x10

Barbell upright row
60x10
60x10
60x10

I could have gone heavier on the shrugs but I really tried to focus on the movement and really squeeze at the top. Overall it was a good session but I didn't realize hoe trashed my shoulders already were. I actually have a Saturday off tomorrow so I will be working out while fresh in the morning so I'm gonna have a good morning.

[demonwareltd]

Hang in there and push through it. In about 2 weeks you will have adjusted to the volume increase. Of course, with you going away on vacation, you may have to adjust all over again if you aren't touching any weights the whole time you are gone

[curjo]

Hang in there and push through it. In about 2 weeks you will have adjusted to the volume increase. Of course, with you going away on vacation, you may have to adjust all over again if you aren't touching any weights the whole time you are gone

They seem to have a pretty good gym there and I plan on getting in all my workouts The resort is built into the cliffs so there's a bunch of stairs throughout so I should get plenty of cardio as well.

[demonwareltd]

They seem to have a pretty good gym there and I plan on getting in all my workouts The resort is built into the cliffs so there's a bunch of stairs throughout so I should get plenty of cardio as well.

Well good for you then! As for your diet update, send me your weight tomorrow and I will get an update out to you on Sunday once I'm recovered from my show and my sugar coma.

[curjo]

Well good for you then! As for your diet update, send me your weight tomorrow and I will get an update out to you on Sunday once I'm recovered from my show and my sugar coma.

Lol sounds good. Found an even worse before picture of myself this is at my company Christmas party last year.

This is the picture that a friend posted on ******** that convinced me I had to make a change. I made her take it off of ******** as soon as I saw it. Happy looking guy huh?

[curjo]

Weight:250.2

Happy with the weigh in although 249 would have been nicer Overall I'm really happy with how my body is responding to Stan's program. I can't wait til I adjust to the volume so I can start upping the weights, even though I'm not in a muscle building phase right now I should still be able to eek out some noob gains. Back workout today was hindered my soreness but I still gave it my all.

Wide grip lat pull down
100x10
100x10
100x10

Superset with db row
50x10
45x10
45x10

Barbell rows (felt really weak during these)
70x12
70x10
70x8
70x6
(I had planned to up the weight every set but barely made the reps so I just kept the weight the same)

Deadlift
135x12
155x10
165x8
175x6

Straight arm pull downs
40x12
40x12
40x12

[curjo]

Not much to report today, got up and did some fasted cardio on my stairmaster on level 5 intervals for 30 min. I always feel like I really accomplished something when I make it all the way through a program on there. I was sweating like crazy. In other news my arms are so sore I can barely straighten them. The worst doms I've had in a really long time. Hopefully I'll be able to power through my chest workout tomorrow. I probably won't get much sleep tonight because I'll be staying up to watch the Bears game. That's all for now, have a good Sunday!

[curjo]

Just a quick update to start the week. I got my updated plan from Stan this week and we are adding roughly 320 cal/day this week. Coming in the form of 1cup more oats and 1 oz more chicken. Cals and macros will be the same all week. 2767 283/218/98. My arms are still fried, having a hard time straightening them. I'm gonna work on massaging them at work today and hopefully they won't bother me too much during lifting. Today is chest and its more my biceps that hurt than my tri's, so I'm hoping it won't matter.

[NaturalPursuit]

nice cal add! foam roll those arms!!!!

[curjo]

nice cal add! foam roll those arms!!!!

I actually just bought a foam roller on saturday and used it on my arms yesterday. It was brutal!

[jdgaines]

I'm definitely going follow as close as I can. Kill it man! Kill it!

[curjo]

I'm definitely going follow as close as I can. Kill it man! Kill it!

Thank man I really appreciate it! The more people following the more reason it gives me to succeed. I'm gonna give it all I have!

[jdgaines]

I have no doubt that you will succeed by just looking at how far you have come.

[curjo]

I have no doubt that you will succeed by just looking at how far you have come.

Thanks again. Unfortunately that was the easy part, the real work starts now!

[TakedaShingen]

This is awesome!
I'm in.

A few years ago, I lost about 70lbs. I know the journey and how much work it took. Now, I'm prepping for my first competition. Keep on it, and keep achieving your goals. Good job man.

[offroadatv200]

Added food is always a plus!

[curjo]

This is awesome!
I'm in.

A few years ago, I lost about 70lbs. I know the journey and how much work it took. Now, I'm prepping for my first competition. Keep on it, and keep achieving your goals. Good job man.

Thanks man, the more the merrier! Good luck on the prep

Added food is always a plus!

I guess, it just feels weird!

[curjo]

Well I must say working with Team Demon and this log is already doing its job. The way my arm felt today, if I hadn't of had this log and Stan to be accountable to, I probably would have skipped my workout today even thought since I was doing chest I wouldn't have had to. Legs are on tap tomorrow and then a rest day so my arm should be pretty well rested before they are really needed. I kept most weights the same this week since I am still pretty sore. I can't wait to get over this break in period and really start pushing myself.

Warm up- treadmill 10 min 200 cal burn

Flat Bb bench press
115x10
115x10
115x10

Superset with flat db fly
15x10
15x10
15x10

Incline db press
35x10
35x10
35x10

Superset with incline fly
15x10
15x10
15x10

Assisted dips
-150x8
-150x8
-150x8

Machine press drop set to 40 reps x2

30 min treadmill 660 cal burn


Once again thanks to everyone for motivating me to push through today. I appreciate it more than you could know!

[tripleh210]

Well I must say working with Team Demon and this log is already doing its job. The way my arm felt today, if I hadn't of had this log and Stan to be accountable to, I probably would have skipped my workout today even thought since I was doing chest I wouldn't have had to. Legs are on tap tomorrow and then a rest day so my arm should be pretty well rested before they are really needed. I kept most weights the same this week since I am still pretty sore. I can't wait to get over this break in period and really start pushing myself.

Warm up- treadmill 10 min 200 cal burn

Flat Bb bench press
115x10
115x10
115x10

Superset with flat db fly
15x10
15x10
15x10

Incline db press
35x10
35x10
35x10

Superset with incline fly
15x10
15x10
15x10

Assisted dips
-150x8
-150x8
-150x8

Machine press drop set to 40 reps x2

30 min treadmill 660 cal burn


Once again thanks to everyone for motivating me to push through today. I appreciate it more than you could know!

Damn right man! Good work!

[curjo]

Woke up this morning and my arms were still really tight, but now after a few hours at work they are feeling a whole lot better. I think getting the blood flowing through them yesterday at the gym really helped. Diet wise I'm realizing how hard it is to eat a whole cup of oats. Talk about filling!

Side note. Yesterday at my gym 4 guys were training together all doing the same exercise which was barbell curls, at the one and only squat rack in the gym. I was done with my entire workout before they were done with one exercise. I mean come on people. Glad I didn't need to use the rack. /rant

[curjo]

Weight:252.0 +1.8lb

Weigh in this morning was a little surprising. We did up my cals this week and the majority of it was carbs so here's hoping its just some extra water that I'm carrying around. If it is just water we should see a down tick on Saturday. For some reason I just really diet feel like going to the gym yesterday, but I did anyway and it turned out to be an ok session even though after my warmup there was another guy doing curls at the squat rack, and this time I needed it.

10 min treadmill warmup 200cal

Squat
140x12
160x10
170x8
185x6
Felt like I had more in the tank so I added a 3sec pause at the bottom of my last rep. Got nice and deep on all reps.

Hack squat
90x10
90x10
90x10

Stiff legged db dead lift
60x8
60x8
60x8

Leg extention
80x15
80x15
80x15
The last 5 reps of these kill me

Lying leg curl
85x12
85x12
85x12

Seated calf raise
45x15
70x12
70x12
70x10
70x10

Standing calf raise performed on hack squat machine
90x15
90x12
90x12
90x10
90x10

Aprox 30 min on elliptical ??? Cal burn

I remembered how much I hate the elliptical, the motion just feels weird to me, and my feet go numb. I was doing an interval program on it and was in the middle of it and wanted to reverse my direction to get some feeling back in my toes and didn't realize that this would shut the machine off. No idea how long I was on it or what my calorie burn was so I just started back up and did another 10 minutes. I was sweating like crazy though.

[Ccm644]

Weight:252.0 +1.8lb

Weigh in this morning was a little surprising. We did up my cals this week and the majority of it was carbs so here's hoping its just some extra water that I'm carrying around. If it is just water we should see a down tick on Saturday. For some reason I just really diet feel like going to the gym yesterday, but I did anyway and it turned out to be an ok session even though after my warmup there was another guy doing curls at the squat rack, and this time I needed it.

10 min treadmill warmup 200cal

Squat
140x12
160x10
170x8
185x6
Felt like I had more in the tank so I added a 3sec pause at the bottom of my last rep. Got nice and deep on all reps.

Hack squat
90x10
90x10
90x10

Stiff legged db dead lift
60x8
60x8
60x8

Leg extention
80x15
80x15
80x15
The last 5 reps of these kill me

Lying leg curl
85x12
85x12
85x12

Seated calf raise
45x15
70x12
70x12
70x10
70x10

Standing calf raise performed on hack squat machine
90x15
90x12
90x12
90x10
90x10

Aprox 30 min on elliptical ??? Cal burn

I remembered how much I hate the elliptical, the motion just feels weird to me, and my feet go numb. I was doing an interval program on it and was in the middle of it and wanted to reverse my direction to get some feeling back in my toes and didn't realize that this would shut the machine off. No idea how long I was on it or what my calorie burn was so I just started back up and did another 10 minutes. I was sweating like crazy though.

Same people love curls in the squat rack ha
I dont get on with the elliptical either.

Nice workout, got to hear you got nice and deep on those squats

Dont worry about your weight going up a little as you said it could be water but even if it wasnt, you will soon start loosing weight

[TakedaShingen]

Weight:252.0 +1.8lb

Weigh in this morning was a little surprising. We did up my cals this week and the majority of it was carbs so here's hoping its just some extra water that I'm carrying around. If it is just water we should see a down tick on Saturday. For some reason I just really diet feel like going to the gym yesterday, but I did anyway and it turned out to be an ok session even though after my warmup there was another guy doing curls at the squat rack, and this time I needed it.

10 min treadmill warmup 200cal

Squat
140x12
160x10
170x8
185x6
Felt like I had more in the tank so I added a 3sec pause at the bottom of my last rep. Got nice and deep on all reps.

Hack squat
90x10
90x10
90x10

Stiff legged db dead lift
60x8
60x8
60x8

Leg extention
80x15
80x15
80x15
The last 5 reps of these kill me

Lying leg curl
85x12
85x12
85x12

Seated calf raise
45x15
70x12
70x12
70x10
70x10

Standing calf raise performed on hack squat machine
90x15
90x12
90x12
90x10
90x10

Aprox 30 min on elliptical ??? Cal burn

I remembered how much I hate the elliptical, the motion just feels weird to me, and my feet go numb. I was doing an interval program on it and was in the middle of it and wanted to reverse my direction to get some feeling back in my toes and didn't realize that this would shut the machine off. No idea how long I was on it or what my calorie burn was so I just started back up and did another 10 minutes. I was sweating like crazy though.

I too hate ellipticals. The motion just doesn't feel natural. I prefer the free-motion treadmills for a good walk.

And I wouldn't worry about that weight. You're still just gettin into the serious workouts. Gonna build some muscle, lose some fat...at different rates and times. You got this. Keep on it man!

[demonwareltd]

Ellipticals are very hit and miss for me. The one at my gym is decent but I've used others where the stride length was too short and made it very awkward to use. That being said, even the one at my gym after 20-30 minutes I start to lose feeling in my toes, probably from the angle at which my foot is compared to my ankle. It's retarded. So typically I will break my cardio up. If I'm doing more than 30 minutes, I will do 20 on the elliptical than 20 on the treadmill, something like that.

Sounds like there is at least some universal hatred of the elliptical machine

[tripleh210]

I have NEVER used an eliptical machine, always treasmil or the bike.

Yeah curjo you might be puttin on dat dere muscle keeeep it goin!!

[Zacface]

I am going to poke my head in here every now and then. I'll be here to remind you of what a sh!tty life being a fat sack of lard is.

Keep working hard, and don't make any excuses. You can get to where you want to be.

Good day

[curjo]

Glad I'm not the only one who hates that machine lol.

[offroadatv200]

x10, i cant stand the elliptical. My feet usually go numb as well and they bother my knee. Maybe i am just a baby

[curjo]

This sucks. Right now I'm sitting in the lunchroom at work way hint everyone chow down on thanksgiving food. Once a month my company has a luncheon where we get free lunch and the go over the financials and safety stuff. Normally when I'm cutting I just skip it, but this month happens to be the one time a year they go into the plans for the next year and they want everybody here. So here I am drinking my diet coke, and smelling some really good food. Fml