Getting big with Anabolic Halo!

[koweanguy]

Niceee squats & deadlifts on the same day!!
Congrats on PR

[AJohnson25]

Niceee squats & deadlifts on the same day!!
Congrats on PR

Congrats on the PR playa!

Thanks! It has been a while since I have done squats or deadlifts, so I was pretty happy with it.
Just need to keep pushing myself, I want to hit 275 with deadlifts within the next month.

[mmafighterskiba]

Congrats on the P.R. workouts are looking great!!!

[AJohnson25]

Congrats on the P.R. workouts are looking great!!!

Thanks!

Minor update
Today was a cardio day.

Changed it up from Insanity today and did the elliptical instead because of my class schedule.

Did 3 minutes at level 9, then 1 minute at level 16 off and on for 20 minutes.

Endurance was good this morning and felt pretty good. My day was made by having Anabolic Halo before class. I stand by what I have previously posted, it is delicious!

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to do my Upper body power day; but not sure if that is going to happen. I'm going to try to kick my ass into gear tomorrow morning and workout before clinical, but we will see if that will happen. So most likely my next update may be on Thursday unless I have a huge burst of ambition

[AJohnson25]

Wow its cold out there, it was not fun walking to the gym!


Upper body power

Bent Over Rows:
95lb x 5
145lb x 5
145lb x 5

Pull-ups:
BW x 6
BW x 6
BW x 6

Rack Chins:
BW x 10
25 x 8

Bench Press:
135lb x 10
175lb x 5
195lb x 5

Dips:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder press:
35lb x 8
40lb x 6 PR
35lb x 6

Preacher Curls:
75lb x 6
75lb x 6
75lb x 6

Skull Crushers:
75lb x 10
75lb x 10
65 x 10 - little disappointed going down in weight, but started developing Golfer's elbow

Post-Workout: Tried Halo today with 2 scoops and 10 oz of water because today was more about lifting heaving and keeping reps down. It may be psychological but it tasted even better with two scoops than with one. Still giving it 10/10 for taste and my endurance does not seem to diminish from one day to the next, so I would probably give the effectiveness 9.5-10/10.

[mtownballer20]

Its FREEZING here too man. Nice workout, congrats on the PR, and be careful with your elbow!

[AJohnson25]

Its FREEZING here too man. Nice workout, congrats on the PR, and be careful with your elbow!

Thanks, I think a little bit of it is that I need to continue to focus on form. Let a couple get away from me, but it is all good today

[alexanderberg]

Saw this

Thought "inb4 negs and deleted thread"

Saw "Anabolic Halo"

Left disappointed








































inb4toomuchmisc

[AJohnson25]

Today ended up turning out to be a fairly decent workout. It took me a little bit to work up the energy to hit the gym.

Pre-workout: Water with Mio energy

Lower Body Hypertrophy

Squats

185lb x 8
190lb x 8
200lb x 8

Leg Curls

160lb x 8
145lb x 12
145lb x 12

Standing Calf Raises

185lb x 12
205lb x 12
205lb x 12

Deadlifts

185lb x 8
205lb x 8
185lb x 8

Leg Extensions

160lb x 12
160lb x 12
160lb x 12

Supersets

Leg Press

250lb x 12
250lb x 12
250lb x 12

Seated Calf Press

250lb x 12
250lb x 12
250lb x 12

Post-workout
Decided to mix up the post workout a little, took Koweanguy's advice, and added Peanut butter. It was amazing… although I didn't taste the minty-ness. Mixed 1 tablespoon of PB, with 7 oz of water and 1 scoop of Anabolic Halo, which mixed better than I was anticipating. However, next time, I will probably try it at 5oz of water and add more as needed. 7oz left it a little water, even with the PB.

So for the suggestion Koweanguy I bow to your wisdom

[koweanguy]

Decided to mix up the post workout a little, took Koweanguy's advice, and added Peanut butter. It was amazing… although I didn't taste the minty-ness
... Now everyone will think I'm a liar
Haha, I think it was because the water I poured in was really cold. Refreshing = minty?

And are you making more progress doing squats & deadlifts on the same day?

[AJohnson25]

Decided to mix up the post workout a little, took Koweanguy's advice, and added Peanut butter. It was amazing… although I didn't taste the minty-ness
... Now everyone will think I'm a liar
Haha, I think it was because the water I poured in was really cold. Refreshing = minty?

And are you making more progress doing squats & deadlifts on the same day?

I didn't use natural PB though...we'll blame that haha

I think I'm making pretty good progress, at least a little more endurance than before with both squats and deadlifts. But I think that doing them on the same day, may be slightly slowing down progress on deadlifts. I tend to do them mid-workout when my legs are starting to get tired....but afterwards, my legs feel jacked! Next week will be the big determinate to see if I can PR again.

[koweanguy]

I didn't use natural PB though...we'll blame that haha

I think I'm making pretty good progress, at least a little more endurance than before with both squats and deadlifts. But I think that doing them on the same day, may be slightly slowing down progress on deadlifts. I tend to do them mid-workout when my legs are starting to get tired....but afterwards, my legs feel jacked! Next week will be the big determinate to see if I can PR again.

Ah.. you need more confidence than that! you WILL hit PR next week

[AJohnson25]

Ah.. you need more confidence than that! you WILL hit PR next week

Hitting a new PR next week wont be an issue haha
My legs actually feel great after yesterday!

Feeling sore after yesterday, but not too bad. This is my first time trying this workout,f so I hoped that it will get me good results.

Chest and Arm Hypertrophy

Chest press

165 x 8
185 x 8
185 x 8

Incline press

135 x 8
145 x 8 PR
125 x 12

Dumbbell Concentration curl

35 x 8
45 x 8
35 x 8

Pec Deck

145 x 15
145 x 15

Preacher Curls

65 x 8
75 x 8
65 x 8

Cable Kickbacks - Haven't done these in years!

27 x 8
32 x 8
32 x 8

Seated Triceps extension with ez-bar

40 x 10
45 x 10
65 x 10

Cable Side bend

135 x 12
156 x 12
170 x 12

Supersets - Spider Curls and Pressdowns
Spider Curls

30 x 8
30 x 8
30 x 8

Cable Pressdowns with Rope

130 x 15
130 x 15

Went back to 10oz and 2 scoops of Halo after today's workout. Love that feel after a great workout! Definitely not use to doing that many exercises in a routine, but wasn't bad. Not quite sure if I am doing too many reps or not; overall I feel great though!

[mtownballer20]

Congrats on the PR, nothing compares to that feeling!

[koweanguy]

Congrats on the PR, nothing compares to that feeling!

^ Congrats x 2!

Especially after Flat Bench! Niceee!!

[AJohnson25]

Congrats on the PR, nothing compares to that feeling!

^ Congrats x 2!
Especially after Flat Bench! Niceee!!

Thanks for the check in! Progress is a little slower than I was hoping, but at least its getting better


Update:
Today, I'm taking it easy from my other workouts. It doesn't help that I am housesitting, left my Insanity dvds at home and no weights here . So I decided to improvise. Found a door frame pullup bar in the garage (I should probably mention this is my future mother-in-laws house…so I'm not randomly going through someone's house ). Decided to go with 100 rep challenge with push-ups and pull-ups.

Workout - Took about 8 minutes to complete…which I felt pretty good afterwards.
Pull-ups : 10
Push-ups: 10
Pull-ups: 6
Push-ups: 14
Pull-ups: 6
Push-ups: 14
Pull-ups: 5
Push-ups: 15
Pull-ups: 5
Push-ups: 15

Hanging Knee Raises: 15, 12, 10

No breaks in-between sets.

It worked pretty well in a pinch! Went with the 1 scoop of AH and 5oz of water, I never get sick of this stuff!

[i_hate_my_job]

Awesome workouts man, i love the amount of volume your getting in and your still hitting PR's. And way to get something in eventhough you were very limited as far as variety, i know alot of people that would have just settled for an off day. Keep killing it man!!

[mtownballer20]

Thanks for the check in! Progress is a little slower than I was hoping, but at least its getting better


Update:
Today, I'm taking it easy from my other workouts. It doesn't help that I am housesitting, left my Insanity dvds at home and no weights here . So I decided to improvise. Found a door frame pullup bar in the garage (I should probably mention this is my future mother-in-laws house…so I'm not randomly going through someone's house ). Decided to go with 100 rep challenge with push-ups and pull-ups.

Workout - Took about 8 minutes to complete…which I felt pretty good afterwards.
Pull-ups : 10
Push-ups: 10
Pull-ups: 6
Push-ups: 14
Pull-ups: 6
Push-ups: 14
Pull-ups: 5
Push-ups: 15
Pull-ups: 5
Push-ups: 15

No breaks in-between sets.

It worked pretty well in a pinch! Went with the 1 scoop of AH and 5oz of water, I never get sick of this stuff!

Way to improvise! And still a solid workout!

[AJohnson25]

Awesome workouts man, i love the amount of volume your getting in and your still hitting PR's. And way to get something in eventhough you were very limited as far as variety, i know alot of people that would have just settled for an off day. Keep killing it man!!

Way to improvise! And still a solid workout!

Thank you both, I appreciate it! I was wondering if I was putting in too much volume, but seems to be working so far. I think I may integrate it into my workout rotation, maybe once a month. Definitely want to work on increasing the number of pull-ups. Needed to workout in order to have Anabolic Halo, its a great motivator

[i_hate_my_job]

Needed to workout in order to have Anabolic Halo, its a great motivator

^ this

[AJohnson25]

I wasn't sure how today was going to be, feeling pretty tired after clinical. Was in the mindset that I just wanted to at least match last weeks workout. My legs were kinda bothering me, so I actually put on my knee braces. But got to the gym, put on …



And got into the zone!


Lower Body Power

Squats:

200 x 10
225 x 5
245 x 5

Leg curls:

175 x 10
190 x 6
205 x 6

Leg extension:

160 x 6
175 x 6
190 x 5

Deadlifts:

185 x 8
205 x 4
225 x 5 PR

Standing calf raises:

245 x 10
250 x 10
260 x 10 PR

Supersets

Calf raises:

250 x 12
250 x 10
250 x 10

Leg press: - Wish the leg press went higher than this

250 x 12
250 x 10
250 x 10

Post workout:
Legs felt like jello afterward, but soo good! 5oz of water and 1 scoop of HA. Forgot my shaker cup, so had to resort back to cup and spoon. I've never had much luck mixing protein powders this way, but 30 sec - 1 min of mixing and almost all the clumps were gone; I was rather impressed by that. Can't get over how quickly it mixes

[mtownballer20]

OG mixer cup, literally a cup. Nice workout too!

[koweanguy]

Needed to workout in order to have Anabolic Halo, its a great motivator
^This x2!

That's exactly how I think!
Nice jobs hitting 3 PR's!! Just like me!! Yayyy!!

[mmafighterskiba]

isnt the mixability great?!

I second the leg pain, i hate to say it but my knees bother me all the time and im still young..poo

[AJohnson25]

OG mixer cup, literally a cup. Nice workout too!

Thanks, AH is great, but now I'm running into the issue of needing to buy new cloths…they are getting too tight in the chest and shoulders

Needed to workout in order to have Anabolic Halo, its a great motivator
^This x2!

That's exactly how I think!
Nice jobs hitting 3 PR's!! Just like me!! Yayyy!!

Now I just need to get up to the weights you are throwing around haha
Even when you're sick, you kick ass!

isnt the mixability great?!

I second the leg pain, i hate to say it but my knees bother me all the time and im still young..poo

Been taking glucosamine, which seems to help…but I agree, I'm too young for this sh..

Knee Pain...

[AJohnson25]

Had class all day, so i'm making it my rest day. Strangely enough, it wasn't my legs that were sore today, but my upper back. Tomorrows log entry will be a little delayed, not sure if I'm working out before or after my job interview. It will most likely to be a late entry day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, I love Upper body power! Should be able to hit at least one PR haha

On a side note: One does not simply climb 10 flights of stairs the day after leg day!

[mtownballer20]

Had class all day, so i'm making it my rest day. Strangely enough, it wasn't my legs that were sore today, but my upper back. Tomorrows log entry will be a little delayed, not sure if I'm working out before or after my job interview. It will most likely to be a late entry day. I'm looking forward to tomorrow, I love Upper body power! Should be able to hit at least one PR haha

On a side note: One does not simply climb 10 flights of stairs the day after leg day!

Can't wait to see your workout!

[AJohnson25]

Upper body power

Workout song for today:


Pre-workout: cup of coffee

Bent Over Rows:

95lb x 8
125lb x 5
165lb x 5 PR

Pull-ups:

BW x 6
BW x 6
BW x 6

Rack Chins:

BW x 10
25 x 10

Bench Press:

145lb x 10
180lb x 6
200lb x 5 PR

Dips:

BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10

Seated Dumbbell Shoulder press:

40lb x 6
40lb x 6
40lb x 7

Preacher Curls:

75lb x 8
80lb x 6
85lb x 6 PR

Skull Crushers:

75lb x 10
75lb x 10
80lb x 10 PR

Ab Roller:

3 sets x 6

Post-Workout:
Mixed 2 scoops of HA with 10oz of Tim Hortons coffee that I had left. You could mix this with almost anything it would still taste amazing.

Felt great hitting the gym today! I think I might need to find an alternative to the Skull Crushers; every time I do them, my elbows hurt like hell afterwards. I find myself taking longer between sets on these.

[mtownballer20]

Holy-PR's, nice work man! You could look into doing JM Presses in place of skull crushers.

[AJohnson25]

Holy-PR's, nice work man! You could look into doing JM Presses in place of skull crushers.

haha thanks! Felt damn good leaving the gym!
I'll definitely have try these next week, thanks for the suggestion.