F.s.u.u

[latebloomingmom]

giggle...

[jtroster]

In!

[Bo_Flecks]

The bought and paid for bb'ing judge that spoke with me last comp mentioned "improve smaller bodyparts"...by this I can only summize he means arms which have never been high on my list of priorities.

Judging comments can be a bit of a pisser just because they have so much to keep track of they don't always elaborate the correct way. Like on my judging sheet where it said, "Work legs". As if I was slacking in my workouts. Geez... I was killing my legs!

I talked to a ball room dancer about teaching me how to dance and choreograph a posing routine today.
like Arnold and Franco with the ballerina in Pumping Iron.
We start in January.

Sounds fun. Is she perty?

[Lou1se]

u 2 SB /\/\

Your shorts are fine, just wrong for the period.

Unhelpful comment - small body parts! If you had asked for specifics, they would have asked for $$ and said pointy elbows

[ironwill2008]

Wondered why I hadn't seen you posting in your journal, Brian.

IN.

[Vanguard1965]

Hey Brian glad I found your new journal. I will be following as usual.

[ArchAngel'73]

I have more e-friends than I do irl! : )

Strong freaking bb curls; been a loooonnnnnnnnnnnnng phcuking time since I curled the big wheels.

No need to update us on the fap sesh. But enjoy. : )

You're deadlift, squat, and BENCH trounce mine and you're calling me strong?
A sincere thank-you.

Boom! Proteinz all over Cf's pic....

There's some serious volume here! Plenty of high rep work as well as the heavy stuff. Looks like you spend some long sessions in the gym
I liked the approach you've got to getting your deadlift back up --- that was a load of reps at a manageable weight and those are seriously strong GMs to build up that posterior chain strength.
And no legs ? I assume you just missed posting a leg workout actually


Pic by the lake looks great btw - miring that mass and definition in that back

Ty.
In my training I have a philosophy; if you're in there for longer than an hour on anything but legs, you're phucking around. So no, my gym sessions are not long, under an hour mostly with the exception of cardio.

Thanks again. I dunno what to say about my approach...its now like an instinct, when I want something specific from training I don't even think the how's pre-training nor during.
Pre- back injury I could rep out 405 on G.M's.

My legs are the least of my concerns;


I only need some gunz to watch teh wheelz.
When my back can handle squatting (hence the dead focus), i'm gonna try and give FLEX a run for his money in squats. Imo, he is king there.

That was 2 weeks after a show and I had a great photographer. I always think I'm fat.

Back training looks good.
Gun training looks good.

In for vid of ballet stuff.

: )

Ballroom dancing.
Ballet is teh gay.

Katy Perry??? Heeeheheheeehee : )
Do you like your new job B?



strength on the outside? obtainable in the gym
handy for keeping people at arm's length
strength on the inside in life?
only obtained by living it : )

all are weak..all
some are just better at masking dat sh*t B and you know it
btw: horsh*t on the only looking good from the back comment

Luvs me some Katy Perry!
I don't have a new career yet, its in the works though.

When Brian checks out and needs the fiend, aa always makes sure to get Brian back eventually.
I like you. You see things that aren't there.
like me.

Good God...............listening to her music would make me angry too. : D

LULZ
Phuck you.




-jokes

I was so relating to your workout til you threw Katy Perry in there. Threw up in my mouth a little and then continued reading. Beast work, bro.

Katy Perry gives me teh powerz bro!
Thank-you.

giggle...: )

pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt!

In!

Good to see you Joel!
How's the grand daughter?

Judging comments can be a bit of a pisser just because they have so much to keep track of they don't always elaborate the correct way. Like on my judging sheet where it said, "Work legs". As if I was slacking in my workouts. Geez... I was killing my legs!

I spoke to him in person and knew him.
This story is all in the last pages of my old journal;
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post970460863

Vague, and vague can lead to be insulting. But this is what we get when the spirit of bodybuilding gets lost and when it becomes a business to them.
Phuck 'em Steve.
Train for you.

Sounds fun. Is she perty?

Its a group and the lead dancer is male...but I get to learn with hawties...
don't know how DAA and being an un-sesxzored nattie bb'er is gonna go while dancing close with a dime but if anything opos up she will be impressed.

u 2 SB /\/\ : D

Your shorts are fine, just wrong for the period. : )

Unhelpful comment - small body parts! If you had asked for specifics, they would have asked for $$ and said pointy elbows : rolleyes :

Ya riigggggggggght. lol

LMFAO!
Ur awesome.
I know what he means though...arms.

Wondered why I hadn't seen you posting in your journal, Brian.

IN.

Well, I was wonderin' just when the phuck you were gonna get here!
Nothing is worse on bb.com than being shunned by ironWill imo-srs
Glad to have your helping and supportive eye Will.-also srs

Hey Brian glad I found your new journal. I will be following as usual.

Me too!
Don't know why though...the pupil has surpassed teh professor bro. You're going pro in 2014!-srs

Good to have you here D!

[ArchAngel'73]

November 17, 2012


Chest, side Delts, Tri's



Hammer Strength Dip machine, PWO
25x90, 20x90, 20x140,
10x180, 10x200, 10x230,
6x250
5x270-needed the seat belt
6x270-with the seat belt
5x290
6x300
1x320-that was it
10x250

GVT
10x10x230 PR!


seated Smith Shoulder Press, PWO
20x20, 10x50, 6x70-shoulder pain

GVT
10x10x50-buggered up shoulders cannot be phucked with further by using heavier weight

"Rolldowns"-reverse tricep pressdown
20x70, 20x90, 15x100

GVT
10x10x150(stack) PR!

30 minute Stationary bike


Done on an empty stomach simply because I wanted to.




Ya see it?
Do you see Fiend_73 and ArchAngel'73 both in the house?
Freud's "ID" and "Ego" at work here.
Amalgamated, they are unstoppable.

This week, I ALLOWED laziness to set in and used lame EXCUSES not to train seemingly like the majority of humanity do.

This week was a self test at enabling myself to be weak.
By Friday I had had enough of this sh*t.


Lesson learned.
Inertia leads to inertia, and inertia leads to being a sheep, and sheep are weaksauce.
I learned I cannot kill what is already inside of me.

The Fiend hunts from ahead of the pack.
Anything else is simply unacceptable.




*Fukking Sh*t Up University in session;*



November 30, 2012



Chest, side Delts, Triceps


Hammer Strength Dip machine, PWO-because my shoulders can't handle benching
25x90, 20x140, 20x180, 10x230
10x270
3x290
6x320
2x360


5 sets in doing 8 reps with 320 I realize I'm 5 more sets away from a PR.

I'm taxed, my wrists hurt, chest warped...there is no fukkin' way that I should do this and nothing in the past tells me this will be successful...
Outnumbered, outgunned, and surrounded.
I'd have it no other way.
I make the call.
He answers.
"Who do ya want me to kill?"
I point, "That."


10x8x320---------PR bishes


That'll fukk sh*t up.



Standing cable Flye- weight per side
10x100
5x130
6x130


Icarian Chest Press
6x120, 6x160, 6x180
6x200(stack beaten)




behind the back side DB Raise
25x15, 15x20, 15x20


Icarian "chicken wing" machine
10x10x100(stack)



Rope Pressdown
10x10x150(stack)



When the wolf is hungry
he knows where the food is.



*class dismissed*

[ArchAngel'73]

*Bell rings*


July 13th, 2009 I herniated a few discs in my back and pinched my sciatic nerve, and discovered I had arthritis in my lower back.

I have not been able to give it my all since.

I used to deadlift 405 at will.

I want it back.


I deadlift a bit differently, eliminating hamstring involvement and I do not deadlift off the floor nor touch the floor whatsoever, unless I fail.


1st the base must be re-bulilt by repping 315 and graduating it to 405.

This will be slow.




Back Thickness, Traps




Deads

20x45, 20x95, 20x135

6x225-point here is to feel it, not tax it

3x315

4x315

6x315-I "peaked' here

4x315

2x335-strength seeking

6x275-consoldation of gainz

6x225-consoldation of gainz



Good A.M's

20x45

10x135

6x185

6x225

3x225


braced behind the back BB shrug

30x135

20x225

15x315

10x405



*bell rings*

December 1, 2012


Today is my 10th aniversary of being a public servant *cough, choke* with Children's Services with the Alberta Government.



DO SOMETHING TO BETTER YOURSELF!

-and that stands for me too



Let's phuck some sh*t up;




Back thickness, Traps


Deads
20x45, 20x90, 15x135
6x225
5x325
1x365, 1x365
1x375
*6x315*
1 fail @2 x315- dunno wtf happened here but my lower back was done, or so it seems
2x275



Good A.M's
10x135
3x225-hard as phuck
8x225-hard as phuck but I knew it was gonna be like that from the last set, so this set was dig deep and FSU


braced behind the back BB Shrug
30x135, 20x225, 20x315
12x405, 12x405
3x495-helllllo age 26 again!




30 Recumbant bike



I have had bronchitis most of the week, I'm going to be sore tomorrow and will need to rest as I admit I moved a lot of weight for me the last 2 days...

it would probably be a good idea to take the day off Sunday and recouperate....

probably...

[Vanguard1965]

Me too!
Don't know why though...the pupil has surpassed teh professor bro. You're going pro in 2014!-srs

Good to have you here D!

Several reasons why....

1. Your my friend.
2. I love reading your posts
3. To offer support
3. You have forgotten more about bodybuilding than most will ever know.
4. To learn. Just because someone has gotten decent results does not mean they can't continue to learn from others. I still have much to learn.
5. To be inspired by your dedication to the sport and to yourself.
6. I want to be here when you figure out the puzzle that is Brian and get the results you deserve on stage!

[ironwill2008]

Well, I was wonderin' just when the phuck you were gonna get here!

I thought you were on vacation or something until you posted in my journal!

Nothing is worse on bb.com than being shunned by ironWill imo-srs

I appreciate the sentiment, Brian, but it's not shared by everyone on this site!

Glad to have your helping and supportive eye Will.-also srs

Sometimes it's good to have an additional pair of objective eyes looking at things.

Deads
20x45, 20x90, 15x135
6x225
5x325
1x365, 1x365
1x375
*6x315*
1 fail @2 x315- dunno wtf happened here but my lower back was done, or so it seems
2x275



Good A.M's
10x135
3x225-hard as phuck
8x225-hard as phuck but I knew it was gonna be like that from the last set, so this set was dig deep and FSU

Steady as you go.

[Korr]

Steady as you go.

Agreed 100%

Deads are not something you want to rush. Take them slow, and you will respond.

[fittofattofit]

Ty.
In my training I have a philosophy; if you're in there for longer than an hour on anything but legs, you're phucking around. So no, my gym sessions are not long, under an hour mostly with the exception of cardio.

Thanks again. I dunno what to say about my approach...its now like an instinct, when I want something specific from training I don't even think the how's pre-training nor during.
Pre- back injury I could rep out 405 on G.M's.

My legs are the least of my concerns;


I only need some gunz to watch teh wheelz.
When my back can handle squatting (hence the dead focus), i'm gonna try and give FLEX a run for his money in squats. Imo, he is king there.

Great legs! Mirin' those hammies!

Congrats on the PR with all those HS dips
Nice volume on the deads and huge shrugs and GMs
Everything is looking strong

[drudixon]

Why so many cat pics...?...? Crazy cat lady eh? Deads look like they're moving along great. Are you belting?

[jtroster]

Good to see you Joel!
How's the grand daughter?

I get to see her this weekend. My daughter Ariel is coming with Daphne for this weekend's Family Chanukkah parties.

[jtroster]

Why so many cat pics...?...? Crazy cat lady eh? Deads look like they're moving along great. Are you belting?

Anyone who has a cat can't be all bad.

[Lou1se]

V Nice wheels, I do admire good legs.

It's 12:30am, almost everyone has gone to bed. I love the quiet of these hours

The world around me finally manages to STFU!!

You have me in fits of laughter...loud and gutsy, enough to stir the sh*t neighbors. You run this journal like a phuck'n Army Staff Sergeant.

Abuse to the pupils, abuse to the self and abuse to whatever should jump into one's head er like woteva bish inside that can't be killed lol

And we keep coming and we FSU.

Enjoy the ballet.

[latebloomingmom]

hope you are feeling better B
what ballet? you own a cat and you are going to the ballet?

[ArchAngel'73]

Several reasons why....

1. Your my friend.
2. I love reading your posts
3. To offer support
3. You have forgotten more about bodybuilding than most will ever know.
4. To learn. Just because someone has gotten decent results does not mean they can't continue to learn from others. I still have much to learn.
5. To be inspired by your dedication to the sport and to yourself.
6. I want to be here when you figure out the puzzle that is Brian and get the results you deserve on stage! : D

Wow, D, thank-you.
You see more in me than I do.
I'd like to be able to figure out this puzzle too, its very irritating.
Thank-you and look forward to hearing from you again!

I thought you were on vacation or something until you posted in my journal!

I appreciate the sentiment, Brian, but it's not shared by everyone on this site!

Sometimes it's good to have an additional pair of objective eyes looking at things.

Steady as you go.

LOL, no vacation in FSUU, only sabbaticals.

Its shared by many though, the ones who matter.

Agreed.

Warp 9 or bust. LOL

Agreed 100%

Deads are not something you want to rush. Take them slow, and you will respond.

Did ya see my DL increases over the 1st session?
I'm proud...and I knowz short cuts to strength.
and patience is a virtue best left upheld by those who have it.

Great legs! Mirin' those hammies!

Congrats on the PR with all those HS dips
Nice volume on the deads and huge shrugs and GMs
Everything is looking strong

Thank-you.

My primary struggle is conditioning.
Not strength nor, for the most part, getting more muscular.
I need lean, beyond lean.

Why so many cat pics...?...? Crazy cat lady eh? Deads look like they're moving along great. Are you belting?

Because she's prettier than my non-existant girlfriend.

They are, and no, I rarely use a belt.
Only when things are getting rough or if I'm injured.

I get to see her this weekend. My daughter Ariel is coming with Daphne for this weekend's Family Chanukkah parties.

Awesome!
I hope you enjoy the time with your family Joel and Happy Chanukkah!
Swordfish on the menu?

Anyone who has a cat can't be all bad.

QFT

V Nice wheels, I do admire good legs.

It's 12:30am, almost everyone has gone to bed. I love the quiet of these hours

The world around me finally manages to STFU!!

You have me in fits of laughter...loud and gutsy, enough to stir the sh*t neighbors. You run this journal like a phuck'n Army Staff Sergeant. : rolleyes:

Abuse to the pupils, abuse to the self and abuse to whatever should jump into one's head er like woteva bish inside that can't be killed lol

And we keep coming and we FSU.

Enjoy the ballet.

and for this I am grateful, I appreciate good attendance. LOL

I ask no one that in which I am not prepared to do myself.
I am hard on myself.
I need to be.

hope you are feeling better B
what ballet? you own a cat and you are going to the ballet? : rolleyes:

Not really, but getting there.
No ballet, ballroom dancing.
Is it getting ghey in here yet?

[ArchAngel'73]

December 2, 2012


I was sore and still sick.
Logic prevailed and I stayed home.
It is also very much winter here, cold and lots of snow already.


December 3, 2012

The management of my gym and I are not getting along, different rules for different folks and I don’t stand by hypocrisy.
I am more determined than ever to F.S.U while I’m there.
Come at me pouta.


F.S.U.U

*lightning cracks*


Back width, Biceps


Assisted Pull Up’s
12x-120, 10x-100, 8x-100, 6x-80
6x-60
2x-40-and that’s about all I gotz left for strength…maybe
15x-120

Assisted Chins
12x-120, 10x-120, 10x-100, 8x-80, 6x-60

Kneeling narrow, reverse grip Pull Down
3 sets of 25 reps with 150(stack)

Supinated 1 arm Pull down
12x50, 15x50, 15x50, 15x50
10x60, 8x70, 6x80
3x90

Narrow grip Pull down
10x160, 6x200
4x250(stack)

Hammer Strength Preacher Curl, PWO
20x45, 6x70
10x10x70

EZ Preacher Curl- pre-loaded EZ curl bar
15x40, 8x60
-I hate these, have always hated these

1 arm DB Preacher Curl
4 fail x30


“Strategy”-I never quite get what I’m doing until after I’ve done it ;

The money makers for back width, chins and pull ups. Practice enough assisted and the real ones will come very soon un-assisted.
Supinated Pull down for details.
Narrow grip Pull Down because I wanted to rep the stack.

HS preachers because I need my biceps to start growing from the insertions out.
More preachers because they’re effective just from a different angle.
And more preachers from a different angle.


I have graced this gym with my presence long enough.
I’m outta here for the night.


*the thunder hits*

[Vytis]

Don't know how I missed this journal for so long, but I'm in...

[fittofattofit]

“Strategy”-I never quite get what I’m doing until after I’ve done it ;

The money makers for back width, chins and pull ups. Practice enough assisted and the real ones will come very soon un-assisted.
Supinated Pull down for details.
Narrow grip Pull Down because I wanted to rep the stack.

HS preachers because I need my biceps to start growing from the insertions out.
More preachers because they’re effective just from a different angle.
And more preachers from a different angle.


I have graced this gym with my presence long enough.
I’m outta here for the night.


*the thunder hits*

I love these descriptions! It's good when you can understand why people use different exercises --- I'm sure most lifters have no idea why they are using a particular exercise, and that's why most of us never get that far with our physiques

Loads of sets and plenty of variety to shape the back and bis

[Sillybubba]

Fantastic overall plan and proud of you for taking care of yourself on a sick day. As we get older, that's so important.

[ArchAngel'73]

Don't know how I missed this journal for so long, but I'm in...

Good to have you here Rob!

I love these descriptions! It's good when you can understand why people use different exercises --- I'm sure most lifters have no idea why they are using a particular exercise, and that's why most of us never get that far with our physiques

Loads of sets and plenty of variety to shape the back and bis

Then I'll keep them up.
This is one of the few areas of my life I know what i'm doing.

I also am a proponant of never having the same workout twice, I like to change things, even if its just 1 rep or a different angle.
Thank-you.

Fantastic overall plan and proud of you for taking care of yourself on a sick day. As we get older, that's so important.

Thank-you.
We ain't that old, despite our 20's are gone. Its all a matter of the mind.
and I was tired of being sick!

[ArchAngel'73]

Between the comp and me being temporarily lazy it has been over 2 months since I've had a decent leg day.
Knowing I had to start once again from the ground up I went in with a plan of lots of warming up and plans of pre-exhausting before trying something heavy.

"No plan survives 1st contact with the enemy"-von Moltke

F.S.U.U

It's Saturday...class alarms have been disabled. LOL





15 walking to the gym
10 min. Recumbant bike

lying Hamstring Curl
20x80, 20x10, 20x120
6x200(stack)

Glass Ham Curls
15x60, 12x80

slooow Extensions
20x80, 20x80, 20x100, 20x120


BB Squats-- ohh yeah, so excited, 1st step!
20x45
15x135
2x135- oh snap! Pulled my right hamstring...

another attempt with 135 proved to me that this was it for leg day.
But I'm stubborn...

Leg Press, PWO-feet low on platform to eliminate hams
20x90

Stubborn, but not stupid.
Done, except for calves.

leg press Calf Raise, PWO
31x270, 20x360, 20x450,
20x540, 20x540


Plan B- created on the spot

Delts and Abs

Hammer Strength Shoulder Press, reverse facing- PWO
A 1st TIME EXPERIMENT
2x10x25/side
15x10, 20x10, 20x15, 11x20

seated side DB Raise
25x15, 20x15

standing side DB Raise
15x30
10x35
6x40

suspended leg raise
20, 10, 10


15 Recumbant

[ArchAngel'73]

I have my answer!


I have been dieting since 2007-08.
My 1st show was 2009.
I've yo yo'd my weight like a disordered runway model addicted to Twinkies, a typical side effect of competing.
My body doesn't know normal any more, it knows obese and its version of "lean".
It doesn't respond like it used to my 1st prep, despite what I do.

I just found this today and need to stew on Layne's suggestions to fix it.

Latest video log on Metabolic Damage

And



I've been breaking out the 90's Gator's Gym Gear to train in to hide from all of the pussy gym goers that have complained that I'm intimidating.
Sleeveless or not
I still look like I lift you gym 'tards.






Aren't you glad this fashion trend died?
So am I.
but I kept the shirts!

[Vanguard1965]

I have my answer!

I have been dieting since 2007-08.
My 1st show was 2009.
I've yo yo'd my weight like a disordered runway model addicted to Twinkies, a typical side effect of competing.
My body doesn't know normal any more, it knows obese and its version of "lean".
It doesn't respond like it used to my 1st prep, despite what I do.

I just found this today and need to stew on Layne's suggestions to fix it.

I think you may have found that missing peice of the puzzle Brian. Great video by Layne and it may well be your metabolism is shot and needs to be repaired after so much dieting. I am really happy I decided to reverse diet and not pack on a lot of weight (fat) right after the competition. It's been 7 weeks and I have gained 6.6 lbs so far and lifting like a mad man and training with Dr. Mike Zourdos utilizing Daily Undulating Periodization.

And



I've been breaking out the 90's Gator's Gym Gear to train in to hide from all of the pussy gym goers that have complained that I'm intimidating.
Sleeveless or not
I still look like I lift you gym 'tards.






Aren't you glad this fashion trend died?
So am I.
but I kept the shirts!

Its always so funny to look back at old gym gear. I still have a pair of animal print pants from back in the day! LOL

[fittofattofit]

Bad luck with the hammie strain on the leg day but at least you still got to hit the delts and core
It's interesting thoughts about what's 'normal'. Our bodies adjust to both a surfeit and a deficit of calories and eventually the 'thermostat' gets reset. You would have 'reset' your body's mechanisms for dealing with cals when you changed from being fat and maybe a bit of diet manipulation is in order again. Layne is smart, so his ideas are interesting

And you've got to love that 90s gear. The only thing worse was the gear in the 80s

[drudixon]

Good couples a workouts! Ashamed to say I've never even heard of a glass ham curl. Makes me think of my hamstring just shattering...

For the back width, is there a way to measure to see if it's improving, or is it really just mirror only? I've never really been able to tell if my lats are doing anything.

[ArchAngel'73]

I think you may have found that missing peice of the puzzle Brian. Great video by Layne and it may well be your metabolism is shot and needs to be repaired after so much dieting. I am really happy I decided to reverse diet and not pack on a lot of weight (fat) right after the competition. It's been 7 weeks and I have gained 6.6 lbs so far and lifting like a mad man and training with Dr. Mike Zourdos utilizing Daily Undulating Periodization.




Its always so funny to look back at old gym gear. I still have a pair of animal print pants from back in the day! LOL

There's gotta be a reason D...1+1 should = 2, not 3.5 or 4.
Reverse dieting is a testimony to how hard core you really are, that's awesome!
How's the new lifting coach going?

You do?
I never bought anything tasteless like that. LULZ

Bad luck with the hammie strain on the leg day but at least you still got to hit the delts and core
It's interesting thoughts about what's 'normal'. Our bodies adjust to both a surfeit and a deficit of calories and eventually the 'thermostat' gets reset. You would have 'reset' your body's mechanisms for dealing with cals when you changed from being fat and maybe a bit of diet manipulation is in order again. Layne is smart, so his ideas are interesting

And you've got to love that 90s gear. The only thing worse was the gear in the 80s

The hamstring stuff has happened many times, seems a delicate area for me...although I have no idea why since the hams hang like drapes.
Believe it or not, the fixing it is a lot of work and time...and requires not competing, which i'm not too happy about but maybe its what I need to knock some sense into me.

Imo, gym clothes may consist of almost anything you wouldn't wear on the street.
"I go to the gym to train, not for a fashion show"- Fresh Lifter of Bel Aire
but yeah, 80's sucked.
BIGTIME.

Good couples a workouts! Ashamed to say I've never even heard of a glass ham curl. Makes me think of my hamstring just shattering...

For the back width, is there a way to measure to see if it's improving, or is it really just mirror only? I've never really been able to tell if my lats are doing anything.

Glass Curls
by trainer extrordinaire, Charles Glass;
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/glasscut6.htm

Posing.
Learn how to do a front and rear lat spread. take pics and then compare, like before and afters.
In addition, (this may or may not work because of your vision issues), close your eyes when doing back exercises to facilitate the mind/muscle connection.
You get DOMS after these on a repeated basis, which I did, I knew they were growing.
and yes, DOMS is not a great predictor for muscle growth but I still use it as a gauge for the efficacy of my training.