Ossizen's Journey continues to 200+lbs!

[ossizen]

Thank you, Scott. This is a great routine. Wow, this heavy rotation is intense.

That's ok, Panzer. LOL

[ossizen]

Whee!

My triceps and delts were on fire tonight!

Time: 16:25 - 17:40
Bodyweight: ~173.5lbs

Incline Press
75 x 5
85 x 5
85 x 5
95 x 5
100 x 5
105 x 5

Close Grip Bench Press
85 x 5
95 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
120 x 5
Wow, this hit my tris hard. I'm keeping this exercise!

Dumbbell Shoulder Press
20 x 5
25 x 5
30 x 5
35 x 5
40 x 5
40 x 3
Wow, these felt incredibly light tonight! These lit up my delts fast.

Skull crushers - EZ curling bar
40 x 5
50 x 5
60 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 2
Holy crap! I didn't realize how much I could do on these. My tris were fried after these.

Dumbbell side laterals
15 x 5
17.5 x 5
20 x 5
20 x 5
22.5 x 3
Whee. These fried my delts for sure.

[PanzeR-]

I will never get used to the volume of those push/pull/leg splits.

[ossizen]

Yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's are my low rep, heavy weight days.

[bigboy15]

Yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's are my low rep, heavy weight days.

Just some advice, I'd save the heavy doubles, triples, and singles for the compounds like CGBP and incline press. Seems like you went heavier on the isolation excercises like the skullcrushers, dumbell laterals, and DB overhead presses moreso than incline and CGBP (possibly unintenionally). Just my opinion, because it seems kinda dangerous to be doin triples on laterals.

Journal looks good man!

[ossizen]

Just some advice, I'd save the heavy doubles, triples, and singles for the compounds like CGBP and incline press. Seems like you went heavier on the isolation excercises like the skullcrushers, dumbell laterals, and DB overhead presses moreso than incline and CGBP (possibly unintenionally). Just my opinion, because it seems kinda dangerous to be doin triples on laterals.

Journal looks good man!

Thanks, BB.

The triples on the isos were unintentional. Because I never knew what 85% of my max are on those. But I try to keep it at 80 - 90% of 1RM on my heavy days.

Bench Press 1RM: 140 (85% of which is 120 [rounded to the closest 5lbs)
Incline Press 1RM: 110 (85% is 95lbs)
DB Shoulder Press 1RM: ~50lbs (85% is 45lbs)
Skullcrushers 1RM: ~70lbs (85% is 60lbs)
DB Side Laterals 1RM: ~23lbs (85% is 20lbs)

So, I was doing at least 85% of my 1RM on most exercises this afternoon. My incline was at 91% of 1RM. DB shoulder press was at 80%.

[spirit3530]

Be careful about laterals under 8 reps. Its not really a strength type exercise. I'd have to agree with BB15 on that. I don't want to see you hurt after making so much progress. Take it easy ozzy.

[ossizen]

Be careful about laterals under 8 reps. Its not really a strength type exercise. I'd have to agree with BB15 on that. I don't want to see you hurt after making so much progress. Take it easy ozzy.

Ok, I'll just stick with the 15lb dumbbells on those then.

[de_barathrum]

Ok, I'll just stick with the 15lb dumbbells on those then.

cheat until you get the desired amount of reps.

[ossizen]

cheat until you get the desired amount of reps.

LOL!

[TKD]

New journal eh Oss??

Your bodyweight has certainly shot up mate!!

Congrats on the PRs in that last session!!

[ossizen]

New journal eh Oss??

Your bodyweight has certainly shot up mate!!

Congrats on the PRs in that last session!!

Yep!

Thanks. Yep, I gained 2 1/2lbs this past week. 175lbs is a foregone conclusion. Why stop here when I can hit 200-225?

[ossizen]

My legs got destroyed tonight! I could barely walk out of the gym tonight.

Time: 16:00 - 17:12
Gym Bodyweight: ~174.0lbs

Back Squats
95 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
160 x 4
160 x 3
These felt heavy this afternoon.

Stiff-leg Deadlifts
135 x 5
135 x 5

Romanian Deadlifts
165 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 5
I switched to RDLs on my 3rd set from SLDLs. My form was closer to RDLs than SLDL's. These slammed my hamstrings hard.

Barbell Good Mornings
45 x 10
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 2
My hamstrings were burning after my 2nd set. They were burning so much so, I had to end with my 4th set. They were pumped too.

Barbell calf raises - on a 4 inch block
135 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
Wow! These gave me a great stretch. Another burn in my calves after these!

Hanging leg raises
BW x 10
BW + 25 x 5
BW + 25 x 5
BW + 35 x 2
I used the dip belt to hang plates from it and held the plates between my legs while pulling up with them. I initially tried holding a DB between my ankles, but it didn't feel right.
I also used these sleeves/loops hanging off the pullup bar to put my arms in.

[BmblBeTna]

Nice deads! They've come a long way, keep up the good work

[ossizen]

Nice deads! They've come a long way, keep up the good work

Thank you, B

[Rachel_n_SD]

Nice deads! They've come a long way, keep up the good work

x2.

i didn't know you had a new log, i'm not up on things lately...

[ossizen]

x2.

i didn't know you had a new log, i'm not up on things lately...

Yep, for a week now. New goals in mind.

[ossizen]

I dont know if my scale's off or not, but I was as high as almost 179lbs tonight! I had some chicken and dumplings but it kicks ass seeing that weight for the first time.

Yeah, I'm probably gloating for little reason, but I like it.

Just more motivation for 200+.

[PanzeR-]

Just wondering ozy, how tall are you?

[ossizen]

Just wondering ozy, how tall are you?

I'm 6' even in my bare feet.

[TKD]

Nice volume there Oss!! Thats what I like to see bro

[ossizen]

Nice volume there Oss!! Thats what I like to see bro

Thanks.

[LSU1]

good lookin workouts bro. strong on the RDLs. perhaps try cable laterals if you are havin some trouble increasin the weight on DB laterals. always felt they were easier to progress on and easier on the joints. plus constant tension throughout the movement.

[de_barathrum]

as far as steady progression goes on laterals it takes forever after a certain point so what i would do is go heavier than you normally would and use a little body english to get your desired reps. do this for a while then go back to the weight you were using and i can almost guarantee you, that you will get more reps.

[StartStrength]

workouts are looking strong man, keep it up!

[ossizen]

Thanks, yeah. the laterals are a bitch...

As for the RDLs, yeah, i'm surprised how those feel. I like those. Slam my hams hard too.

[ossizen]

Bodyweight: 172lbs
Time: 17:50 - 19:15

Deadlifts
135 x 10 (Conventional)
185 x 8 (Conventional)
185 x 8(Sumo)
185 x 8 (Conventional)
185 x 2 (Sumo)
These felt good. I like changing my deadlift styles like this tonight. I scraped my right shin open after my 4th set. It didn't bother me. Just abit of blood streaming down my right leg.

Pullups
BW x 8 (Hammer grip)
BW x 5 (Hammer grip)
BW x 2 (Wide grip)
BW + 10 x 3 (Hammer grip)
BW + 10 x 2 (Hammer grip)
These kinds of switch-ups slammed my middle middle back and traps hard.

Chest Supported T-Bars
45 x 10
70 x 10
70 x 8
70 x 6
70 x 5

Incline DB Rows
20 x 10
20 x 10
22.5 x 8
22.5 x 10
27.5 x 10
Nice. I could have done more than 27 1/2 lbs, but I was quite tired. I could have gotten 30lbs at least if I was fresh.

Standing BB curls
40 x 10
50 x 10
Jeez... light as hell! I was just messing around while waiting for the preacher bench. I was getting vascular in both arms with these curls.

Seated Preacher Curls - EZ curling bars
50 x 12
60 x 5
I took these nice and slow. Yikes... very hard this way! My biceps got pumped hard. It was hard to move my arms for a few minutes after these.

Decline Situps
BW x 20
BW x 6
BW + 25 x 5
I was exhausted by the time I got to these.

Time to eat!

[LSU1]

nice. got some blue mixed in there, well done

[ossizen]

nice. got some blue mixed in there, well done

Thank ye.

I liked mixing up my stances on those deadlifts. Those incline rows felt great.

[scott_donald]

loving all that volume...

like the bits of blue and ur back must hav felt huge....