Logging Formutech's Volatile Preworkout

[ODoyle99]

Today is the first day of Keto! This may sound weird, but I still don't count calories while doing keto. The extra fat fills me up a lot and I end up eating at a deficit while eating when I'm hungry and eating until I'm full (it's worked before). Only bad thing is, I think I'm getting really sick. Woke up this morning feeling like crap and it hurt like hell to swallow. Took some advil and Claratin, hopefully drinking a ton of water will help my body fight this off during deload week

[Raigs]

That leg session seems killer with the short rests

lol She's actually been wanting to join me for awhile. Had to do a lot of convincing first though
1.) "I don't want to get big though! Girls shouldn't do weights that much..."
2.) "I'm worried about the weight falling on me though. Maybe I should just do machines.."
3.) "How can your routine work for me too though??"

Then as soon as we went through the three, she'd go back up to 1 haha. Also, after she did hillsprints with me her legs got really sore for a few days and she wanted them to recover before going to the gym. But finally, she's agreed. She's going with me on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays starting next week.

That sounds about right. Thats why you find a girl who already is working out

Intrested in seeing how Keto works for you

[rdcopps]

That leg session seems killer with the short rests



That sounds about right. Thats why you find a girl who already is working out

Intrested in seeing how Keto works for you

Or if you still want to keep your gf, tell her you found a new workout partner and its a girl. I guarantee she'll start working out with you then!

[mormonpickett]

whenever I did my contest prep via keto I never counted calories either. Works man

[ODoyle99]

That leg session seems killer with the short rests



That sounds about right. Thats why you find a girl who already is working out

Intrested in seeing how Keto works for you

Ya, getting all that done in as short a time period as possible isn't fun haha. This next cycle I'll be hitting squats hard, should see some better numbers coming up!
I really like keto. Only problem is I have to give up milk but I've found it to be really effective at torching off fat. Looking to get lean so in the future when I'm finishing off a clean bulk I still barely have abs (or just lost them). Opposed to now where I'm finishing off my bulk with too high of a bf%

Or if you still want to keep your gf, tell her you found a new workout partner and its a girl. I guarantee she'll start working out with you then!

lol that's what I shouldve done to get her to work out with me sooner. She says she's going to come with me on Tuesday for deadlifts. We'll see...haha

whenever I did my contest prep via keto I never counted calories either. Works man

Ya, I love it. Tried it when I first came to college and gained way too much weight. Lost around 25 pounds in three months effortlessly. Since then whenever I need to cut I use keto

[ODoyle99]

First day of keto went well, and I enjoyed my day of rest. Have three tests in the next two days so I've been studying all day. Tomorrow is start of deload week with bench press. I'll also be walking around campus a lot and have my sport conditioning class so glycogen stores will definitely take a hit tomorrow. Headed off to bed soon because I still feel horrible. Hopefully I'm better by the time my next cycle of 5/3/1 starts

[supermaz]

First day of keto went well, and I enjoyed my day of rest. Have three tests in the next two days so I've been studying all day. Tomorrow is start of deload week with bench press. I'll also be walking around campus a lot and have my sport conditioning class so glycogen stores will definitely take a hit tomorrow. Headed off to bed soon because I still feel horrible. Hopefully I'm better by the time my next cycle of 5/3/1 starts

looks good man. im taking the week off myself. then starting 531 on saturday. ive heard good things.

[ODoyle99]

looks good man. im taking the week off myself. then starting 531 on saturday. ive heard good things.

Awesome, interested in seeing how ya like it. I've loved my run, going to keep at it for awhile. Considering switching to the Bodyweight template in the future since I've heard its more athletic and conditioning oriented and stuff. Sticking with Boring But Big for a few more cycles though.
What template are you starting up? Boring But Big?

[ODoyle99]

Before I forget, today in my conditioning class we started out with 10 minutes of LISS. When we were finished and waiting around for a second I noticed a huge pump in my calves--and I hadn't taken Volatile yet today. Like, the pump was almost uncomfortable. I felt it then looked down and was like "oh..wow, didn't expect that" haha. I guess at this point it's just built up in my system and I get pumps really easily now? I always get a decent pump from my jump rope sets but this 10 minutes of LISS gave a great pump in my calves.
Kinda weird, but not complaining.

[mormonpickett]

Before I forget, today in my conditioning class we started out with 10 minutes of LISS. When we were finished and waiting around for a second I noticed a huge pump in my calves--and I hadn't taken Volatile yet today. Like, the pump was almost uncomfortable. I felt it then looked down and was like "oh..wow, didn't expect that" haha. I guess at this point it's just built up in my system and I get pumps really easily now? I always get a decent pump from my jump rope sets but this 10 minutes of LISS gave a great pump in my calves.
Kinda weird, but not complaining.

the pump is where its at!! Glad to hear its working

[Raigs]

Or if you still want to keep your gf, tell her you found a new workout partner and its a girl. I guarantee she'll start working out with you then!

Ha Good to know next time I find a girl who needs to get in the gym

looks good man. im taking the week off myself. then starting 531 on saturday. ive heard good things.

It looks like im taking a few days off myself :/ it sucks

Awesome, interested in seeing how ya like it. I've loved my run, going to keep at it for awhile. Considering switching to the Bodyweight template in the future since I've heard its more athletic and conditioning oriented and stuff. Sticking with Boring But Big for a few more cycles though.
What template are you starting up? Boring But Big?

BBB is tough. Im have to look into the bodyweight template. I like hitting PRs

[ODoyle99]

the pump is where its at!! Glad to hear its working

Oh ya, it was crazy that time. I don't think I could have kept up LISS for a whole lot longer because the pump would've gotten to be too much haha

[ODoyle99]

Ha Good to know next time I find a girl who needs to get in the gym
It looks like im taking a few days off myself :/ it sucks
BBB is tough. Im have to look into the bodyweight template. I like hitting PRs

Over the summer I hate taking time off from the gym. Over the school year though I can just study and enjoy the extra time to myself a little more. My deload workout was sooo short since the weight was so light haha.
And ya, I get wanting to look into other templates. Triumverate is another good one if you want to limit the damage done to your body per workout haha

[ODoyle99]

So today was a deload bench day. Went well..felt like a wimp though haha. Also went to the gym that's way more convenient to go to, the one with only a smith machine for a barbell.
Also, story time: There's one smith machine in the entire gym, but plenty of dumbbells and benches so you can use dumbbells where ever you want. Two guys had the smith bar all the way up and was using that area to use dumbbells. How much more inconsiderate can you get?? I just glared at them across the gym for a bit and when they kept going I walked up, here's the convo:
Me: Hey...
Scrawny Douche Bags: Ya, we're almost done. *waves hand dismissingly*
Me: You know there's other benches in the gym, right?
Scrawny Douche Bags: This one is the most comfortable
Me: ...Are you being serious? If you want to bring your purse in the gym with you that's fine. Least you can do is move the bench out of the rack so other people can use it
Scrawny Douche Bags: Well, just finished so it's all yours

I couldn't believe it. Doing DB Rows by stabalizing yourself on the db rack is one thing, in between sets you move. This....this was new

Anyway...

Bench Day, Deload Week

Warm Up
Rotator Cuff exercises
BW Chins X 20 (over two sets)

Workout

Smith Machine Bench
105 X 5
105 X 5
105 X 5

Superset1: Smith Machine Bench BBB
80 X 10
80 X 10
80 X 10
80 X 10
80 X 10

Superset1: Back Work
BW Chins X 10
BW Chins X 10
Machine Row 50 X 10
Machine Row 50 X 10
Machine Row 50 X 10

Standing DB OHP
25s X 5
25s X 5
25s X 5

Superset2: Curls
One Arm DB 10 X 10
One Arm DB 10 X 10
Hammer 15 X 10

Superset2: Lateral Raise
10 X 10
10 X 10
10 X 10






Conditioning
10 minutes of LISS
10-15 minutes of Jump Rope (randomly switching to just one foot, double foot, AMRAP for 20 second bursts, etc. I was sweating by the end of this)
Parachute Sprints down a basketball court 6 times
Sprints

Not sure on exact numbers here because it was this morning, but it was tough. I was sweating buckets. That's something I've noticed while taking Volatile, maybe it's just me but I've been sweating a TON more in the gym and with cardio

[mormonpickett]

Do you enjoy sweating more on Volatile? Must mean youre working harder than usual, thats how I take it.

Funny story about the dirtbags on the smith. I woulda told em off too!

[ODoyle99]

Do you enjoy sweating more on Volatile? Must mean youre working harder than usual, thats how I take it.

Funny story about the dirtbags on the smith. I woulda told em off too!

I don't know how I feel about it haha. I mean, it's drastically more than usual. Me and the gf had some...pseudo-conditioning (nice way to put it)...before the gym today and I was sweating bullets where before I wouldn't have sweat at all.
Guess it's good during a cut though, and it really doesn't affect the workout that much at all so I'll take it

[ODoyle99]

So today the gf said she was going with me to the gym. Much to my surprise, she did! Although she did not like working on form very much haha. Put her under the bar for squats and she couldn't support just the bar (she's very skinny so makes since, don't know why I didn't consider this beforehand). So she's going to do a lot of bodyweight exercises as a workout until she gets a little stronger haha.
Anyway, I didn't do the full deadlift workout. I know deads are taxing on the CNS, and the last several workouts I've fought for PRs so want to make sure I'm recovering and not overdoing it during the deload.

Oh, for this deload week I've been doing 1 scoop opposed to 1.5 because 1.) 1 scoop is plenty for a deload, might actually lower it to space out the bottle more and 2.) hot drinks really feel good on my throat (still feel super ****ty, came just in time for my first 3 tests too) and the only thing I can drink on keto is coffee (with just minimal cream). So I don't want to overdo it on the caffeine.

Anyways, it's a deload week and I didn't really keep strict recordings of the weights I did today so here's a general outline:


Deadlift Day, Deload Week

Warm Up
BW Chins X 20 (over 2 sets)

The Work Out

Squats
115 X 5
115 X 5
115 X 5
nice and easy. Did squats first cause the deadlift area was taken by guys who had 10 sets left (?)

Deadlift
135 X 5
135 X 5
155 X 5
again, nice and light. Felt weird to not be going all out haha

Deadlift - BBB
nope

Conditioning
Speed Walk - 3.6 miles

[ODoyle99]

Today was OHP deload day. Tired of deloading e_e ready to move some real weight again haha

OHP Day, Deload Week

Warm Up
Jump Rope X 400
BW Chins X 30 (over three sets)

The Work Out

Standing DB OHP
30s X 5
30s X 5
30s X 5

Standing DB OHP -- BBB
20s X 10
20s X 10
20s X 10
20s X 10
20s X 10

BB Bench Press
100 X 5
100 X 5
100 X 5

Superset1: Cable Curl
32 X 10
32 X 10
32 X 10

Superset1: Tricep Pushdown
47 X 10
47 X 10
47 X 10





Conditioning
Speed Walk - 4.0 miles
(Going to start doing HIIT again soon, maybe after the deload)

[ODoyle99]

Last day of deload! Felt like I really didn't need this as a deload day so I pushed it a bit on small muscle groups (calves and abs). Nothing too bad. Definitely ready for some heavy benching on monday!

Squat Day, Deload Week

Warm Up
Jump Rope X 400

Work Out

Goblet Squat
25 X 20 (Jumping)
25 X 15 (Jumping)
45 X 10

Leg Press
120 X 10
120 X 10
120 X 10
120 X 10
120 X 10

One Legged BW Calf Raises
X 20
X 15
X 15
(I do these on stairs so I can go beyond parallel and I do them slow. Hurts haha)

Misc Back Work
SLDL 120 X 5
SLDL 120 X 5
DB Row 50 X 15

Superset: Sit Ups
X 50
X 40
X 40

Superset: Russian Twists
25 X 25
25 X 20
25 X 20

Ab Crunch Machine
130 X 30 / 140 X 10 / 150 X 10
All these were back to back, so one set of 50 with varying weight




^Only video I could find without pictures of marilyn manson..and he's gross...

[ODoyle99]

Still going strong. Even if I REALLY don't want to go to they gym, I drink volatile and start doing my jump ropes and I'm in the zone. Pumps are also great during the workout. Also think after more than half the tub muscles are saturated with the agmatine (only thing I can think of) because it's REALLY easy for me to get pumps. I was typing a paper last night and was getting a forearm pump haha.

A mixability/taste guide for what I've done:

Deload -- 1 scoop in about 5-6 oz of water.
Mixability (10/10) -- no problems
Taste (9/10) -- great tasting. Not too strong, easily chuggable.
Misc -- Not too much water, so you don't feel full on the way to the gym. (Tried chugging the recommended 8 oz per scoop and I felt sick. 4-6 oz works way better)

Regular Workouts -- 1.5-1.75 scoops in 7-8 oz of water.
Mixability (4/10) -- in it's defense, it recommends 8 per 1 scoop. So this is what I expected. And I can deal with this, just a few chunks floating around.
Taste (7.5/10) -- a little strong (obviously) but not bad by any means. If you forget what 1 scoop in 5-6 oz of water tastes like, the rating goes up to 8.5/10 haha
Misc -- I do this because if I were to do what was recommended, I'd have a 14 oz preworkout. Too much water for me, I'd feel way too full / sick. I can deal with chunks in the drink and the stronger taste (it really does still taste good) for less water.

[Raigs]

Still going strong. Even if I REALLY don't want to go to they gym, I drink volatile and start doing my jump ropes and I'm in the zone. Pumps are also great during the workout. Also think after more than half the tub muscles are saturated with the agmatine (only thing I can think of) because it's REALLY easy for me to get pumps. I was typing a paper last night and was getting a forearm pump haha.

A mixability/taste guide for what I've done:

Deload -- 1 scoop in about 5-6 oz of water.
Mixability (10/10) -- no problems
Taste (9/10) -- great tasting. Not too strong, easily chuggable.
Misc -- Not too much water, so you don't feel full on the way to the gym. (Tried chugging the recommended 8 oz per scoop and I felt sick. 4-6 oz works way better)

Regular Workouts -- 1.5-1.75 scoops in 7-8 oz of water.
Mixability (4/10) -- in it's defense, it recommends 8 per 1 scoop. So this is what I expected. And I can deal with this, just a few chunks floating around.
Taste (7.5/10) -- a little strong (obviously) but not bad by any means. If you forget what 1 scoop in 5-6 oz of water tastes like, the rating goes up to 8.5/10 haha
Misc -- I do this because if I were to do what was recommended, I'd have a 14 oz preworkout. Too much water for me, I'd feel way too full / sick. I can deal with chunks in the drink and the stronger taste (it really does still taste good) for less water.

Nice little review. Im Glad you are still going strong on it.

Nice Deload sessions. For people who do 10+ sets its most likely due to them doing tons of singles or doubles. were they big dudes?

[mormonpickett]

thanks for the mini review bud. keep goin hard an gettin those pumps!

[ODoyle99]

Nice little review. Im Glad you are still going strong on it.

Nice Deload sessions. For people who do 10+ sets its most likely due to them doing tons of singles or doubles. were they big dudes?

they were big..but not huge. But ya, now that you mention it I think they were doing doubles -- maybe triples

thanks for the mini review bud. keep goin hard an gettin those pumps!

No problem. I've still got a good amount left, maybe two more weeks?

[ODoyle99]

Felt like doing something healthy today rather than sitting in my room doing homework all day so I went and did some hill sprints:

Conditioning
Hill Sprints X 17
Pretty big size hill, was only going for 15 but felt good so got out two more.

Been good on my first week of keto, no cheating. About to head to a bar with friends though, planning on a whiskey and coke or something. Popped some glycobol to minimize the effects of the carbs, and with the conditioning I just did with my sports conditioning class tomorrow, I should be good. Will check in tomorrow with my bench workout! (excited)

[ODoyle99]

Felt good going close to max effort today. Was weak on my bench for some reason, might still be adjusting to the no carbs (which I thought wouldn't be a problem, I took 25 g of fast digesting carbs a half hour before my workout *shrug*) Anyways, got insane pumps today, felt good.

Bench Day

Warm Up
Jump Rope X 400
BW Chins X 40 (two sets with a few seconds of rest after 10)

The Workout

Flat BB Bench
140 X 7
155 X 5
155 X 5
155 X 5
175 X 2 -- very weak here, almost didn't get the second rep. Just shrugged it off
170 X 1

Flat BB Bench - BBB
105 X 10
105 X 10
105 X 10
110 X 10
110 X 10 -- last set was excruciating. Felt like it took forever, never racked the weight though

Standing BB OHP
55 X 5
75 X 5
85 X 5
Last set took a little out of me, I'll probably do three sets of 85-90 on thursday. Felt really good doing these though. In my gym, these are like deadlifts--hardly anyone does them but if people do it's with very little weight because they're scared of hurting themselves. I was already doing more than other people doing OHP, and I plan on progressing quickly

Giant Set: Standing DB Curls (light)
20 X 10
20 X 10
17.5 X 10

Giant Set: Lateral Raise
20 X 10
20 X 10
17.5 X 10

Giant Set: French Press
40 X 10
35 X 10
30 X 10

Throughout the entire workout I was doing chins (wide grip). I did a lot supersetted with my BBB sets and standing OHP. Kept track of my total but forgot where exactly they were placed. I know I finished the workout with 2 sets of 10 (painful).
Total Number of Chins Today = 150 Rep PR. Don't know if I should shoot for 200 per workout or shoot for 100-150 in the fewest number of sets. I'll figure it out.

Conditioning
Thousand Rep Challenge.
In a half hour I got 800 of them out. Did 100 reps of the following (in sets of 25):
Pushups
Rear Delt Flyes (with a band)
Jumping Jacks
BW Squats
BW Lunges
BW Standing Calf Raises
DB Curls (with 10 pounds. Didn't really wanna strain myself)
BW Tricep Dips

[supermaz]

1000 reps?!

[ODoyle99]

1000 reps?!


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haha ya, 1000. I thought it would only be mildly tiring since it was all bodyweight stuff. But you had to try to get all 1000 in a half hour so there were literally no breaks the entire half hour except one trip to a water fountain.

[mormonpickett]

150 pull ups? 0_o

[rdcopps]

Just wanted to check in on you. I've been busy getting my log set up. Formutech hooked me up with some Perform. Looks like you're still going strong. I still shake my head every time I see all those damn pull-ups you do! Lol. Just kidding. Keep killing it!

[Raigs]

150 chin ups damN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and 1k reps DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!