Hemavol and compete ( Iforce) LETS GET HUGGEEE WITH THIS STACK!!!

[PuZo]

Day 7: Shoulders

Today was a nice early workout. I ended up working out with my normal lifting partner and an older guy I know thats been bodybuilding for almost 30 years, I learned ALOT today but I also taught the old timer a couple of things out of my handy dandy notebook ( yes that blues clues refrence just happened). My shoulders ( front delts) were a little sore from preachers yesterday so I couldn't handle as mch weight. I love the taste of hemavol first thing in the morning, I really cant say enough how great it tastes.


Workout for today: shoulders
DB rear flys-35x15/40x15/50x15
BB press-135x10/185x10/225x6/245x4 ( felt strong but I could have gone for more reps)
DB lat drop set-35/30/20 drop set 3 times
Reverse pecdec-not sure of weight but 4 sets
Machine press-135x10/180x10/205x10/90x30 ( each hand)
Lateral machine-100x12/130x12/150x12
Cable laterals-20 for 3 sets of 20/ 35lb negatives.
machine shrugs-90x20/135x20/225x20 (each hand but not sure how that evens out)

I had a pretty good pump today and I really took out a **** load of aggression in there today, Yesterday someone stole my wallet, financial aid kept me on hold JUST to hang up on me ( on th phone for almost 2 hours), and I had to go get a new I.D. made to use get my books for school.

OH AND THE BEST PART....More snow tomorrow...I HATE SNOW!!!

That sucks man. I once lost my wallet, but luckily a neighbour found it on the road. It was on the curb outside my house for over 6 hours in the morning! Don't know how nobody picked it up before he did!

[naturalphllykid]

My first leg day with hema was also the first leg day with glute ham raises.....OH GAWWWDDDDDD, I thought I would have to crawl to the locker room haha

love hemavol on leg days the pumps usually have me walking stiff-legged down the steps, but it's awesome

Arms and Shoulders for this guy



Oh I dont take Hemavol on leg days...yeah...Im a wuss

:sigh: just man up and do it already

[JAMES140haha]

Day 8: LEGS!!! BUHHAHAHAHAHAHA ( evil genius laugh)


Alright so I didnt think I was going to get to go to the gym today, we got a bunch of freezing rain here in TN (First time I've ever seen it) and didnt know how bad the roads were gona be....WELL They werent bad at all so I hit they gym. I drank my hema/compete a little early today ( about an 1.5 hrs before lifting) that way I would upset my stomach. I think this is the perfect time for me to drink it since I had great energy levels and pumps ( more so than usual) today. More bad news for james??? what?? SO I hit the gym around 4:30...All's well, Warming up on leg ext trying to get a pump......The manager of the gym tells us its closing at 6 due to freezing temps and icy conditions.....So I had to rush through leg day ( which was ok since I was feeling like a monster anyway).

Workout for today: LEGS!!!
Warm up.
Inverted leg press Supersetted with BB walking lunges (20reps) between every set (115lbs)-400x12/600x12/800x8/1090x6 ( threw up after this set)
*at this point I was feeling pretty drained that superset was BRUTAL.
Back squats:135x5/185x8/225x5
Leg ext suppersetted with partial machine squats (160lbsx15)-80x15/100x15/120x15 not sure if the numbers are right?? A guy told me thats how much it weighed BUUUTTT he also looked like on jeremy so who knows.

MEAN PUMP today, I lifted pretty heavy and in a very short amount of time which im not used too, It only took me about and hour and 10 mins with the ten minutes being the warmup. This stack really shined today for me because I really dont know if I could of put up that much weight and pushed as hard as I did ( i know bitch weight on squats and lunges). Right now I still feel like I have to puke and I can barely walk so GREAT workout haha.

[llahhsoj]

Day 8: LEGS!!! BUHHAHAHAHAHAHA ( evil genius laugh)


Alright so I didnt think I was going to get to go to the gym today, we got a bunch of freezing rain here in TN (First time I've ever seen it) and didnt know how bad the roads were gona be....WELL They werent bad at all so I hit they gym. I drank my hema/compete a little early today ( about an 1.5 hrs before lifting) that way I would upset my stomach. I think this is the perfect time for me to drink it since I had great energy levels and pumps ( more so than usual) today. More bad news for james??? what?? SO I hit the gym around 4:30...All's well, Warming up on leg ext trying to get a pump......The manager of the gym tells us its closing at 6 due to freezing temps and icy conditions.....So I had to rush through leg day ( which was ok since I was feeling like a monster anyway).

Workout for today: LEGS!!!
Warm up.
Inverted leg press Supersetted with BB walking lunges (20reps) between every set (115lbs)-400x12/600x12/800x8/1090x6 ( threw up after this set)
*at this point I was feeling pretty drained that superset was BRUTAL.
Back squats:135x5/185x8/225x5
Leg ext suppersetted with partial machine squats (160lbsx15)-80x15/100x15/120x15 not sure if the numbers are right?? A guy told me thats how much it weighed BUUUTTT he also looked like on jeremy so who knows.

MEAN PUMP today, I lifted pretty heavy and in a very short amount of time which im not used too, It only took me about and hour and 10 mins with the ten minutes being the warmup. This stack really shined today for me because I really dont know if I could of put up that much weight and pushed as hard as I did ( i know bitch weight on squats and lunges). Right now I still feel like I have to puke and I can barely walk so GREAT workout haha.

Ahh, so you did sack up and use Hemavol on a leg day. I did legs today, but I wussed out on the Hemavol. That sucks about the freezing rain, but at least you got to go to the gym.

[JAMES140haha]

Ahh, so you did sack up and use Hemavol on a leg day. I did legs today, but I wussed out on the Hemavol. That sucks about the freezing rain, but at least you got to go to the gym.

There is NOTHING in this world like the feeling of a glute pump and trying to go up stairs 2 at a time...THEN cramping up at the top haha.

[JAMES140haha]

Day :9 Chest/hams


I had to cut my leg workout short yesterday and didnt get to really hammer my hams like I wanted too so I threw a few sets into my chest workout. Im seeing alot of recovery now thanks to hemavol/compete. Im also seeing amazing pumps pretty much every workout which is great.


Workout for today: CHEST
warm up
Flat BB-185x8/215x8/235x8/275x7
45 degree DB press-90x8/100x8/110x6 <<-- hit failure on rep six
Machine incline-90x10/135x10/90x15
Pec dec flys-105x15/120x15/135x15
2 sets of ring push ups to failure.
Single leg ham curls suppersetted with stiff leg deads on a box(135lbsx12)-80x15/100x12/100x12/100x13

My hams were actually ALOT more beat up than i thought haha. I tried to lift heavy today but really didnt feel like it, Lower calories are killing me. VERY tired right now though so sleeping in tomorrow to rejuvenate the system and then just eating all day.

[SoftballNerd]

There is NOTHING in this world like the feeling of a glute pump and trying to go up stairs 2 at a time...THEN cramping up at the top haha.

thus why I dont "Hema" on leg day

Day :9 Chest/hams


I had to cut my leg workout short yesterday and didnt get to really hammer my hams like I wanted too so I threw a few sets into my chest workout. Im seeing alot of recovery now thanks to hemavol/compete. Im also seeing amazing pumps pretty much every workout which is great.


Workout for today: CHEST
warm up
Flat BB-185x8/215x8/235x8/275x7
45 degree DB press-90x8/100x8/110x6 <<-- hit failure on rep six
Machine incline-90x10/135x10/90x15
Pec dec flys-105x15/120x15/135x15
2 sets of ring push ups to failure.
Single leg ham curls suppersetted with stiff leg deads on a box(135lbsx12)-80x15/100x12/100x12/100x13

My hams were actually ALOT more beat up than i thought haha. I tried to lift heavy today but really didnt feel like it, Lower calories are killing me. VERY tired right now though so sleeping in tomorrow to rejuvenate the system and then just eating all day.

Low calories is tough...I'm usually heavily stimmed when my calorie intake is lower. Its the only way to get me through the day

[JAMES140haha]

thus why I dont "Hema" on leg day



Low calories is tough...I'm usually heavily stimmed when my calorie intake is lower. Its the only way to get me through the day

TAKE IT ON LEG DAY!!! You dont have to use as much weight to get the same feeling. A good example of this is leg press, When I have a great pump I can take 300lbs off and still feel like it was on haha.

I love stims.....Everyday I start with a good helping of caffeine.

[JAMES140haha]

Day 10:BACK BLITZ BABY!!!


Alright so Im coming off of a rest day and I feel great. I didnt do ANYTHING yesterday at all ( YAY) except eat. Today was just a great damn day. The pumps today were insane, As in vascularity in my lats insane. AMAZINNNNNGGGG!!!!


Workout for today: BACK
warm up
6x pullups for 20 reps
super set with ubderhand BB rows 135lbs.
High machine rows-90x6/135x6/180x6/225x6 ( per hand)
BB rows-135x20/225x12/225x12/275x14 ( pr with great form)
Lat pulls-200x8/160x12/120x14 with 8 partials.
T-bars-90x8/135x8/75x15
Machine low rows-Not sure of weight but concentrated on lower lats ALOT.

Today was great, The gym was crowded and I couldn't do some stuff when I wanted but the intensity was high and I killed it. Im actually feeling like a tank, Im noticing new cuts every day which is super motivating. Im still eating pretty high cals too so im getting stronger. All I have to say right now is:
GET BIG!!

[PuZo]

Day 10:BACK BLITZ BABY!!!


Alright so Im coming off of a rest day and I feel great. I didnt do ANYTHING yesterday at all ( YAY) except eat. Today was just a great damn day. The pumps today were insane, As in vascularity in my lats insane. AMAZINNNNNGGGG!!!!


Workout for today: BACK
warm up
6x pullups for 20 reps
super set with ubderhand BB rows 135lbs.
High machine rows-90x6/135x6/180x6/225x6 ( per hand)
BB rows-135x20/225x12/225x12/275x14 ( pr with great form)
Lat pulls-200x8/160x12/120x14 with 8 partials.
T-bars-90x8/135x8/75x15
Machine low rows-Not sure of weight but concentrated on lower lats ALOT.

Today was great, The gym was crowded and I couldn't do some stuff when I wanted but the intensity was high and I killed it. Im actually feeling like a tank, Im noticing new cuts every day which is super motivating. Im still eating pretty high cals too so im getting stronger. All I have to say right now is:
GET BIG!!

Awesome! Keep it up!

[JAMES140haha]

Day 11: chest.

Im having the most bipolar workouts haha. I felt AMAZING yesterday but today I was sore and it was rough getting a pump. Dont get me wrong it was a good workout but I needed longer rest between sets and I still didnt get all the reps I wanted so I lowered my sets and reps and upped the volume a little bit ( which Is one reason I love compete so much...YOU KEEP GOING). I've noticed that I have to chug half the bottle of my hema/compete then refill it with water just because its so sweet, Some people might love it but Im not too big on sweet stuff while im lifting haha.


Workout for today: chest
warm up.
Incline BB-195x12/215x9/215x7
Flat BB-235x12/235x8/215x8 (drop weight) 195x7 (drop again) 145x17
Flat DB flies-40x12/50x12
Low cable crossovers-30x25/60x10
Incline machine-90x10/115x10/75x15
Pushups-2xfailure
8 sets of donkey calf raises.

OH YEA I almost forgot me and my fiance had to drop a bio class ( dont know if I mentioned this up there or not) but we needed another credit hour to be full time so we signed up for vollyball ( she was all district and the most experience I have is throwing the ball to her haha) and today was my first day of that class. I SUCK, I mean dont get me wrong I wasn't horrible but man Thats a hard ass sport, New respect for volleyball haha. Next semester im just going to take weight lifting or tennis ( I suck at tennis too but hey why not broaden my horizons.)

[JAMES140haha]

Awesome! Keep it up!

hell yea, thanks bro.

[PuZo]

Day 11: chest.

Im having the most bipolar workouts haha. I felt AMAZING yesterday but today I was sore and it was rough getting a pump. Dont get me wrong it was a good workout but I needed longer rest between sets and I still didnt get all the reps I wanted so I lowered my sets and reps and upped the volume a little bit ( which Is one reason I love compete so much...YOU KEEP GOING). I've noticed that I have to chug half the bottle of my hema/compete then refill it with water just because its so sweet, Some people might love it but Im not too big on sweet stuff while im lifting haha.


Workout for today: chest
warm up.
Incline BB-195x12/215x9/215x7
Flat BB-235x12/235x8/215x8 (drop weight) 195x7 (drop again) 145x17
Flat DB flies-40x12/50x12
Low cable crossovers-30x25/60x10
Incline machine-90x10/115x10/75x15
Pushups-2xfailure
8 sets of donkey calf raises.

OH YEA I almost forgot me and my fiance had to drop a bio class ( dont know if I mentioned this up there or not) but we needed another credit hour to be full time so we signed up for vollyball ( she was all district and the most experience I have is throwing the ball to her haha) and today was my first day of that class. I SUCK, I mean dont get me wrong I wasn't horrible but man Thats a hard ass sport, New respect for volleyball haha. Next semester im just going to take weight lifting or tennis ( I suck at tennis too but hey why not broaden my horizons.)

The hardest part about volleyball for me was diving. Don't want to wear knee pads but you gotta get down in there

[or_yourlivingtodie]

The hardest part about volleyball for me was diving. Don't want to wear knee pads but you gotta get down in there

strange, i thought you were most comfortable on your knees

[VaughnTrue]

Day 11: chest.

Im having the most bipolar workouts haha. I felt AMAZING yesterday but today I was sore and it was rough getting a pump. Dont get me wrong it was a good workout but I needed longer rest between sets and I still didnt get all the reps I wanted so I lowered my sets and reps and upped the volume a little bit ( which Is one reason I love compete so much...YOU KEEP GOING). I've noticed that I have to chug half the bottle of my hema/compete then refill it with water just because its so sweet, Some people might love it but Im not too big on sweet stuff while im lifting haha.


Workout for today: chest
warm up.
Incline BB-195x12/215x9/215x7
Flat BB-235x12/235x8/215x8 (drop weight) 195x7 (drop again) 145x17
Flat DB flies-40x12/50x12
Low cable crossovers-30x25/60x10
Incline machine-90x10/115x10/75x15
Pushups-2xfailure
8 sets of donkey calf raises.

OH YEA I almost forgot me and my fiance had to drop a bio class ( dont know if I mentioned this up there or not) but we needed another credit hour to be full time so we signed up for vollyball ( she was all district and the most experience I have is throwing the ball to her haha) and today was my first day of that class. I SUCK, I mean dont get me wrong I wasn't horrible but man Thats a hard ass sport, New respect for volleyball haha. Next semester im just going to take weight lifting or tennis ( I suck at tennis too but hey why not broaden my horizons.)

Are you still dosing:

1-2 scoops Hemavol pre + 1 scoop Compete
1 scoop Compete Intra?


I agree that when mixing 1 scoop hemavol + compete in a single shaker it is very sweet. We need to make some 40oz shakers!

[JAMES140haha]

Are you still dosing:

1-2 scoops Hemavol pre + 1 scoop Compete
1 scoop Compete Intra?


I agree that when mixing 1 scoop hemavol + compete in a single shaker it is very sweet. We need to make some 40oz shakers!

Dosing right now as follows:
hema/compete 1 scoop each pre and 1 scoop compete intra.

I just drink a few big gulps and throw some more water in there and its great haha.

[JAMES140haha]

The hardest part about volleyball for me was diving. Don't want to wear knee pads but you gotta get down in there

Hahaha I dont know man, Havent had to dive yet!!!

Im lucky to hit the ball in the right direction.

[JAMES140haha]

I'll have my updates for today and yesterday up later today been kinda busy haha.

[UncleWade]

Dosing right now as follows:
hema/compete 1 scoop each pre and 1 scoop compete intra.

I just drink a few big gulps and throw some more water in there and its great haha.

I really like using Compete as one scoop pre-, one scoop intra-workout. I did this with my own log this summer at Vaughn's recommendation and it was spot on.

[jhouser]

Good looking log here!

Spend some time playing competitive volleyball and let us know how Compete is for an athlete

strange, i thought you were most comfortable on your knees

ZING

[SoftballNerd]

I'll have my updates for today and yesterday up later today been kinda busy haha.

Not a problem, we look forward to your update

[thedarce]

I'll have my updates for today and yesterday up later today been kinda busy haha.

all understandable.

PS volleyball as a credit, that's awesome, my friend tried to get me to take bowling at the local community college, i was like, holy ****, bowling in college, only in america.

[JAMES140haha]

all understandable.

PS volleyball as a credit, that's awesome, my friend tried to get me to take bowling at the local community college, i was like, holy ****, bowling in college, only in america.

It was either volleyball, golf, or tennis.....I wanted golf just cause I thought it would be fun to see how far I could smash a ball but I dont have clubs nor do I want to pay that much for them so I was like SCREW THAT.

So Im in the beginner class for VB and the first day we have to scrimmage.....First time on a court taking the game serious and I have to play other people...What did I learn from this?? A: I can jump REALLY HIGH and B:I should not try to serve the ball as hard as humanly possible....A 5 foot asian kicked my ass hahahaha.

[JAMES140haha]

Day 12: ARMS

Just got back from a rest day and felt amazing. Good and carbed up for arms so needless to say I got a great pump. Now lately its been really hard to get a decent pump/mind muscle connection in my bi's ( I know, I know WHATS WRONG WITH ME!?!?!?!) but since I've started using hema/compete I literally cant stretch my arms all the way down when I get done with a set I LOVE IT.

Workout for today:ARMS
Warm up.
Close grip bench-135x15/185x12/225x8/135x10 (Pause at chest to stop momentum on last set)
Underhand cable pressdowns-20x15/30x12/35x10 If you guys havent tried these DO THEM!!!
Skull crusher machine-160x20/160x20/160x20 ( the manager said Im not aloud to add plates this machineanymore....
Cable BB curl: Not sure of weight but it is by far my fav lift for bis.
1 arm behind the back cable curls-40x15/50x14/60x28 The weight HAS to be off on this machine 60 felt VERY light.
Preacher machine:90x8/135x8/75xf

Very good pump and had vascularity EVERYWHERE!!! All around great workout.

[llahhsoj]

Volleyball in college, lol. That was one sport that I wasn't good at, along with soccer. I was pretty good at basketball and baseball back in the day.

[JAMES140haha]

Day 13: LEGS AHHHHH YEAAAA!!!

Alright so I was pumped all day to get in the gym to kill some legs. I started drinking my hema/compete about an hour before ( OH YEA I added an extra scoop of hema so 2 scoops today) and finished it about 20 mins before hitting the gym. I didnt eat too much today and it really showed in some of my lifts but I got such a huge pump that I couldn't get up from the leg press for a good 5-10 mins. Oh yea, the lack of food plus intense leg workout= james dry heaving after sets of squats.

Workout for today: LEGS
warm up. ( 8 sets of leg ext to get the biggest pump possible)
Leg press:400x15/580x15/670x15/760x19
Iso BB lunges-95x8 ( each leg)/135x25 ( each leg) Now heres where stuff started getting serious. At this point leg day wasn't all fun and games anymore.
Back squats-225x11 ( dry heave),275x7( dry heave),135 (front squats) x3 The pump was crazy by this point.
Leg curls-not sure of weight but 3 sets of drop sets.
Glute ham raises-3 sets of 6 reps.....People really dont know what to do when I do these. A trainer came over to me today and told me I was doing the hyperext. wrong and when I explained to him what I was doing he looked at me like I was stupid.
Now remember this is the same PT who was squatting on a BOLSA BALL to get more core activation.

Oh I am down another 2lbs as well.


Im not sure if anyone eats Ramen noodles?? but I've noticed out of all the complex carbs (sweet potatoes, oatmeal, whole wheat pasta, etc) that Ramen noodles really fill me out ( not looking flat), I only eat 1 packet a day since it has a huge amount of sodium but I just thought this was a funny observation..Probably since it turns to glucose easier. EH just ranting now haha. STAY PUMPED PEOPLE!!!

[alison2008]

Haven't tried lemon drop yet. Been taking hemavol caps this past month. Same great results as powder. I did a comparison on caps vs powder in a thread.

LETS KICK IT OFF BABY!!! Good news and bad news about to days workout.

First the good OF COURSE!!!

I started drinking a scoop of compete/hemavol about 20-30 mins before my workout. The taste is AMAZING!!! I got the lemon drop flavor and it tastes like the best lemonade koolaide I've ever tasted. They really nailed it.
The mixability was also very good. I mixed it in very cold water and it mixed perfectly. No clumps, No lumps.


Now for the bad.
I live in TN and todays the first day that we've seen snow....and we saw about 3 inches of it. There was about an inch when I got to the gym which I didnt care I just left school and wanted to lift. I was halfway through my workout when the gym manager told me the gym was closing for the day.

The pumps were CRAZY!!

Arm workout:
Skull crushers-95x15/115x15/135x12
Pushdowns ( rope)- 80x12/95x10/95x10
Straight bar cable curls- No idea what the weight was but around set 4 I was cheating a little.
DB hammers-40x12/55x17/30x20
This is where the manager told me I had to leave.
The pump I had was amazing. I got a pump just warming up with 10lb dbs and 25lb cable pushdowns.

Im not really used to a non stim PWO but so far I like it. The focus was pretty crazy haha I felt like I could tune the world out and kill the weights.

If theres anything im missing or that you want to know just let me know.

[JAMES140haha]

Haven't tried lemon drop yet. Been taking hemavol caps this past month. Same great results as powder. I did a comparison on caps vs powder in a thread.

I think caps would be alot easier for someone who isn't used to drinking alot throughout their workouts ( me included) but I love the powder all the same plus it tastes AAHHHMAZIIINNGG!! haha

[JAMES140haha]

Day 14: BACK!!

Alright so today was supposed to be shoulders but my workout partner switched up at the last second, which is great for me since back is my favorite day. I really killed it today and I got to workout in a fasted state ( which I prefer to having eaten before hand). The pumps were great and I murdered my lats.


Workout for today: Back.
Warm up.
5 sets of pullupsx20 super set with 135lb underhand BB rows.
Iso machine rows:90x15/135x15/180x8 ( each hand)
BB rows ( overhand yates rows)-185x8/225x8/245x8
Lat pulls-(neutral grip)160x15/180x12/(wide grip)160x12/140x20/(underhand)120x15/80x8 (MONSTER PUMPS)
1 arm BB rows-25x8/75x8/125x6
Bodyweight rows-2xfailure.

If you guys have never tried 1 handed BB rows then you need to give it a try. recently read an article written by john meadows( or medows not sure haha) and it had these in there so I gave them a try today. They pumped my lower lats up like crazy, the only downside is that I would do them more towards the front end of a workout since they have a good deal of stabilization involved.

[JAMES140haha]

Day 15: shoulders


Great workout today. Kinda've tired but thats ok since tomorrow's a rest day. Shoulders feel like rocks right now haha. Im still in the awkward stage where im losing size but not super lean.....Its a hit to the ego haha plus im not very carbed up like I thought I was, GOTA LOVE DIETING. So I have to find a protein that tastes good in water, Preferably a lean protein at a reasonable price, Anyone have any ideas???

Workout for today:Shoulders
warm up.
Machine press:90x15/135x12/160x12/75x25
Pec dec(rear)-90x15/135x15/120x12
Lateral machine-70x20/100x15/150x15/80x12
BB press:135x8/185x4 ( felt weak)/135x8
Cable laterals:20x12/20x12/20x12/30x12
Cable raises: 30x15 for 3 sets.
rear delt flys:25x15/30x15/35x15
Shrugs-machine for 4 sets not sure of weight.

Feeling kinda beat up today so Im really looking forward too tomorrow.