fishpat86 - 7 weeks and counting!!!

[THErunCMD]

.... had a very interesting conversation with the guy and his son who were doing the cleaning

An old job did that for me once right after a family trip with a toddler. Similar(but not as bad) situation. They didn't finish the interior of mine lol

Good session yesterday. Moved up in either weight or reps from last week. The DB shoulder press was interesting after the benching, my arms were like jelly and proper wobbling all over the place. Started off ok on the supersets but after the first set my arms decided they didn't want to play ball anymore.

Good session, was it your shoulders holding you back on the curls in the supersets you think?

[fittofattofit]

I hope you gave the poor buggers a tip, from your daughters purse as well! The last stag do I went on took me 2 weeks to get over, lol.

I don't think that they would have taken a tip but I wish I had a good bottle of wine to give them ..... not what she was drinking though

Good session yesterday. Moved up in either weight or reps from last week. The DB shoulder press was interesting after the benching, my arms were like jelly and proper wobbling all over the place. Started off ok on the supersets but after the first set my arms decided they didn't want to play ball anymore.

Up in weight and volume is all good. Nice session to get in on Good Friday. Are you still training at home Pat or do you mix it with a regular gym?

[fishpat86]

An old job did that for me once right after a family trip with a toddler. Similar(but not as bad) situation. They didn't finish the interior of mine lol

Good session, was it your shoulders holding you back on the curls in the supersets you think?

I reckon it was the morning I spent acking a tree stump out of the ground that did it. A 13lb pick axe isn't heavy until the 500th time you've swung it

I don't think that they would have taken a tip but I wish I had a good bottle of wine to give them ..... not what she was drinking though


Up in weight and volume is all good. Nice session to get in on Good Friday. Are you still training at home Pat or do you mix it with a regular gym?

All home gym work. I couldn't bring myself to pay for a membership when I have 99% of what I need at home.

[THErunCMD]

I reckon it was the morning I spent acking a tree stump out of the ground that did it. A 13lb pick axe isn't heavy until the 500th time you've swung it

Brutal! I've only done pickaxe work a few times and I remember it wrecking me. Another thing where form is a HUGE help. One time when working together on a volunteer project for a friend, a "weak, old" man out-worked me by a long shot.

How is your knee?

All home gym work. I couldn't bring myself to pay for a membership when I have 99% of what I need at home.

Right there with you. Though it has paid for itself with how I've done it, it certainly wouldn't have been "cheaper" to just do it at home without the flipping.

Every once in a while I do a day or guest pass or something, but much prefer lifting at home the majority of the time.

[fishpat86]

Brutal! I've only done pickaxe work a few times and I remember it wrecking me. Another thing where form is a HUGE help. One time when working together on a volunteer project for a friend, a "weak, old" man out-worked me by a long shot.

How is your knee?



Right there with you. Though it has paid for itself with how I've done it, it certainly wouldn't have been "cheaper" to just do it at home without the flipping.

Every once in a while I do a day or guest pass or something, but much prefer lifting at home the majority of the time.

The knee was feeling better but today I stood up from a chair and it felt like it was going to snap. Going to book an appointment at the doctors asap. From smashing these trees out I can see why people use sledgehammers and old tyres for conditioning work. I wish I could buy and sell equipment to pay for my stuff. There is practically no second hand market in the UK for gym stuff. We payabout 90% of retail for second hand stuff.

[fishpat86]

Wednesday 8th of April 2015:

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
85kg x 3
80kg x 6

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 9

Shrugs:
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 12

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrushers supersets:
35.5kg x 12/35.5kg x 12
35.5kg x 12/35.5kg x 12
35.5kg x 12/35.5kg x 10

Well chuffed with tonights session. Thought to myself this morning I will try 90kg for reps tonight and was expecting to get one set of 2, maybe 3 at a push. Warmed up, loaded the bar to 90kg and did a surprisingly slightly easy 90kg set for 3. Then I managed another set of 3. The last rep on that set was a proper grinder though so I dropped it to 85kg for a triple then 80kg for a set of 6. This gives me an estimated 1RM of 102kg. I might do a few more weeks of 90kg work then go for the big hundo! Skipped legs again. My knee has only given me two episodes of discomfort in the past 4 days so I am going to leave it till next Tuesday and go really light. See what happens.

[howimliving]

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
85kg x 3
80kg x 6

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 9

proper

Skipped legs again.

*******

[fishpat86]

Lol

Screw you jeff!

[howimliving]

Lol

Screw you jeff!

[THErunCMD]

one hundo is on it's way! Nice shrugs. Guessing since it's been better you haven't seen the doc for the knee?

[fishpat86]

Tuesday 14th of April 2014:

Squats:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
80kg x 5

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 9
BW x 5

Shrugs:
125kg x 12
125kg x 12
125kg x 12
125kg x 12

EZ Curls & WZ Skullcrushers supersets:
35.5kg x 12/35kg x 12
35.5kg x 12/35kg x 12
35.5kg x 12/35kg x 12


Did some squats for the first time in weeks last night. Kept it light but **** me my legs are feeling sore today. Knee felt okay though. Everything else went great except the pullups. I just seemed to start flagging hard on the second third set and felt like I was dead on the fourth. Might up the supersets to 38kg next week and go for 8+ reps each set.

[THErunCMD]

It's the punishment for no leg work baby. Have fun taking chits.

[fishpat86]

It's the punishment for no leg work baby. Have fun taking chits.

Lol, Taking ****s isn't the issue. It's rides home like tonight into a headwind. I have done a few stair sprints at home to sort myself out.

[fittofattofit]

I missed that benching session last week and nice work pressing 90kg for 3 x 3 today! It looks like repping 90kg s par for the course so looking good for that 2pps very soon
You've got to expect DOMS with the first time squatting for a while but it's good that you managed to get those squats in, and even better that the knee felt good.

[THErunCMD]

How many km is the commute?

[ProtienandIron]

Bench and shrugs are coming up nicely mate. Glad the knee is getting better, take it slow and then onwards and upwards.

[fishpat86]

Tuesday 21st of April 2015:

Squats:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 5
85kg x 5
90kg x 5

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
90kg x 3
90kg x 2
80kg x 6
80kg x 5

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8

Shrugs:
130kg x 12
130kg x 12
130kg x 12
130kg x 8

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrushers superset:
38kg x 10/38kg x 9
38kg x 10/38kg x 8
38kg x 10/38kg x 8

Thursday23rd of April 2015:

RDL: 75kg x 8
120kg x 8
120kg x 8
120kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 3

Seated Row:
20kg x 10
65kg x 12
65kg x 12
65kg x 12
65kg x 10

DB Shoulder Press:
10kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 7
20kg x 6

DB Curls & Tricep Pushdown superset:
20kg x 10/30kg x 10
20kg x 8/30kg x 6

Deadlift:
75kg x 8
105kg x 5
135kg x 5
155kg x 5
155kg x 5
155kg x 4

DB Flyes:
8kg x 15
8kg x 15
8kg x 15
8kg x 15

Concentration Curls & Tricep Rope superset:
10kg x 15/20kg x 12
10kg x 15/20kg x 12
10kg x 15/20kg x 12

Took it easy on the legs again last week. Knee feels ok still so I'll up it a bit tomorrow. Haven't done a proper deadlift session in 4 weeks, shameful I know but they felt ok at 155kg. I have also upped mty cardio with longer rides home from work and by riding straight to the gym from work. The increased cycling is slowly burning off the fat and on the plus side my weight has stayed the same. I reckon I may be body recomping

[THErunCMD]

Good to see you've found the sweet spot for the recomp. Maybe you'll have the problem of having to eat more than you're normally comfortable with at some point. I dream of the day!

[fishpat86]

Good to see you've found the sweet spot for the recomp. Maybe you'll have the problem of having to eat more than you're normally comfortable with at some point. I dream of the day!

I want to go back 10 years and be able to eat whatever the **** I want without putting on rolls or fat!

[fishpat86]

Tuesday 28th of April 2015:

Squats:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
85kg x 5
90kg x 5
95kg x 4

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
90kg x 3
90kg x 1

Pullups:
BW+10kg x 8
BW+10kg x 6
BW x 10
BW x 9

Shrug:
130kg x 12
130kg x 12
130kg x 12
130kg x 12

Ez Curls & EZ Skullcrushers superset:
38kg x 12/38kg x 12
38kg x 12/38kg x 11
38kg x 11/38kg x 10


Good session tonight methinks. Squats were nice and easy and if I hadn't lost my balance on the last set I would have got a really easy five with 95kg. Bench was better than last week but I really wanted four sets of three with 90kg. This week I put a 10kg dumbell in my backpack and did weighted pullups. The first set was ok, the second set was a lot more taxing. I did the third set without added weight and almost went through the ceiling! Shrugs were nice and easy so I might up the reps to 15 or maybe up the weight. The supersets were a bit jekyll and hyde. The EZ Curls were surprisingly easy to start with but the EZ Skullcrushers were like trying to rip my triceps out. No pain just ****ing hard!

[THErunCMD]

good session, I can never figure out where I like my shrugs at rep-wise but I think the key thing for me is just doing them. I really wish I had bigger traps . The last set I did was a 20rep set and I think I liked them better than my normal 10-15.

I want to go back 10 years and be able to eat whatever the **** I want without putting on rolls or fat!

Don't we all!!!

[fishpat86]

good session, I can never figure out where I like my shrugs at rep-wise but I think the key thing for me is just doing them. I really wish I had bigger traps . The last set I did was a 20rep set and I think I liked them better than my normal 10-15.



Don't we all!!!

Saying that though I never put on any mass at all back then. Much happier now, gettin jacked son!

[THErunCMD]

Soooo, you still gettin jacked?

[fishpat86]

Soooo, you still gettin jacked?

Training hasn't been the best over the past few weeks. I'm finding it difficult to find the time to train at weekends so I'm going to change my workout days to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also pulled something in my arm last night falling over in the shower, lol. Will be starting back up with the training on Wednesday and I also have some sessions from before to type up when I find the time.

[THErunCMD]

Shower in my place is so small I don't think I could fall over in it. That's one thing the wife and I are talking about remodeling. Master bedroom is huge so will probably expand into existing closets.

I've had to change my day scheme a couple times to accommodate work/etc. I'm sure you'll find something that works.

[fittofattofit]

Training hasn't been the best over the past few weeks. I'm finding it difficult to find the time to train at weekends so I'm going to change my workout days to Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I also pulled my thing with my arm last night falling over in the shower, lol. Will be starting back up with the training on Wednesday and I also have some sessions from before to type up when I find the time.

^^^^ corrected

In for the progress update Pat!

[fishpat86]

Shower in my place is so small I don't think I could fall over in it. That's one thing the wife and I are talking about remodeling. Master bedroom is huge so will probably expand into existing closets.

I've had to change my day scheme a couple times to accommodate work/etc. I'm sure you'll find something that works.

I was lucky I didn't crap the bathtub when I landed on it! Wife had just finished giving me a blowie as well. Dread to think what would happen if I'd had my knob in her mouth when I went down!

^^^^ corrected

In for the progress update Pat!

Lol, I haven't been married long enough to have to do that yet

[fishpat86]

Sup people. It has been a while since I have been on here. Still training but it isn't going as well as I would like.

Thursday 30th of April 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
125kg x 8
125kg x 8
125kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5

Seated Row:
20kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

DB Shoulder Press:
10kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 6

DB Curls & Tri Pushdown supersets:
20kg x 12/30kg x 12
20kg x 11/30kg x 10
20kg x 8/30kg x 9

Sunday 3rd of May 2015:

RESET:

Bench 1RM:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 1
90kg x 1
95kg x 1
100kg x 0

Tuesday 5th of May 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
60kg x 5
60kg x 5
60kg x 5
60kg x 5

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
60kg x 5
60kg x 5
60kg x 5
60kg x 5

Pullups:
BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 5
BW x 5

Shrugs:
80kg x 10
80kg x 10
80kg x 10
80kg x 10

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrusher supersets:
18kg x 12/18kg x 12
18kg x 12/18kg x 12
18kg x 12/18kg x 12

Friday 8th of May 2015:

RESET:

RDL:
75kg x 8
75kg x 8
75kg x 8
75kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
40kg x 5
40kg x 5
40kg x 5
40kg x 5

Seated Row:
40kg x 12
40kg x 12
40kg x 12
40kg x 12

DB Shoulder Press:
10kg x 10
10kg x 10
10kg x 10
10kg x 10

DB Curls & Tri Rope supersets:
10kg x 12/25kg x 12
10kg x 12/25kg x 12
10kg x 12/20kg x 12

Sunday 8th of May 2015:

RESET:

Deadlift:
105kg x 5
135kg x 5
135kg x 5
135kg x 5

DB Flyes:
8kg x 8
8kg x 8
8kg x 8
8kg x 8

Squat:
50kg x 5
50kg x 5
50kg x 5
50kg x 5

OH Press:
25kg x 8
25kg x 8
25kg x 8
25kg x 8

Concentration Curls & CGBP supersets:
8kg x 12/20kg x 12
8kg x 12/20kg x 12
8kg x 12/20kg x 12

Tuesday 12th of May 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 8
80kg x 8
80kg x 8

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 8
80kg x 7
80kg x 5
80kg x 4

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8

Shrugs:
110kg x 15
110kg x 15
110kg x 15
110kg x 15

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrushers supersets:
38kg x 12/38kg x 12
38kg x 10/38kg x 9
33kg x 11/33kg x 11

Thursday 14th of May 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
125kg x 8
125kg x 8
125kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
70kg x 6
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5

Seated Row:
20kg x 10
70kg x 12
70kg x 12
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

DB Shoulder Press:
8kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 8
20kg x 7
15kg x 9

Hammer Curls & Tricep Rope supersets:
15kg x 12/20kg x 12
15kg x 12/20kg x 12
15kg x 12/20kg x 12


I then had two weeks off. I can't remember why though? I think I was ill. Yeah, **** it, I was ill!

[fittofattofit]

Good to know you're still alive
Still a good month of sessions to go ... nothing wrong with the volume so far!

[fishpat86]

So...

Here's up till the present day.

Monday 1st of June 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
80kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5

Pullups:
BW x 6
BW x 6
BW x 6
BW x 6

Shrugs:
100kg x 10
100kg x 10
100kg x 10
100kg x 10

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrusher supersets:
28kg x 12/28kg x 12
28kg x 12/28kg x 12
28kg x 12/28kg x 12

Wednesday 3rd of June 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
100kg x 8
100kg x 8
100kg x 8
100kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 8
50kg x 8
50kg x 8
50kg x 8

Seated Row:
20kg x 12
50kg x 10
50kg x 10
50kg x 10
50kg x 10

DB Shoulder Press:
8kg x 10
15kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8

DB Curls & Tricep Rope supersets:
15kg x 10/20kg x 10
15kg x 10/20kg x 10
15kg x 10/20kg x 10

Friday 5th of June 2015:

Deadlift:
75kg x 8
135kg x 5
135kg x 5
135kg x 5
135kg x 5

DB Flyes:
10kg x 10
10kg x 10
10kg x 10
10kg x 10

Standing BB Calf Raise:
80kg x 15
80kg x 15
80kg x 15
80kg x 15

OH Press:
Bar x 10
35kg x 6
35kg x 6
35kg x 6
35kg x 6
Hammer Curls & CGBP supersets:
15kg x 10/40kg x 8
15kg x 10/40kg x 8
15kg x 10/40kg x 8

Tuesday 9th of June 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
80kg x 5
100kg x 3
100kg x 3
100kg x 3
100kg x 3

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5
80kg x 5

Pullups:
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 8
BW x 7

Shrugs:
110kg x 12
110kg x 12
110kg x 12
110kg x 12

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrusher supersets:
30.5kg x 12/30.5kg x 12
30.5kg x 12/30.5kg x 12
30.5kg x 12/30.5kg x 12

Thursday 11th of June 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
120kg x 8
120kg x 8
120kg x 8
120kg x 7

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
60kg x 8
60kg x 8
60kg x 7
60kg x 5

Seated Row:
20kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 8

DB Shoulder Press:
8kg x 10
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8

Saturday 13th of June 2105:

Deadlift:
75kg x 8
135kg x 5
160kg x 5
160kg x 4
155kg x 4

DB Flyes:
8kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 8

Paused Squats:
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
70kg x 5

OH Press:
Bar x 10
45kg x 8
45kg x 8
45kg x 6
45kg x 6

Hammer Curls & CGBP supersets:
15kg x 12/50kg x 8
15kg x 12/50kg x 8
15kg x 10/50kg x 8

Monday 15th of June 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
80kg x 5
100kg x 5
100kg x 5
100kg x 5

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 6
80kg x 6
80kg x 6
80kg x 4

Pullups:
BW + 10kg x 6
BW + 10kg x 6
BW + 10kg x 6
BW x 11
Shrugs:
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 9

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrusher supersets:
33kg x 12/33kg x 12
33kg x 12/33kg x 12
33kg x 10/33kg x 11

Wednesday 17th of June 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
120kg x 10
120kg x 10
120kg x 9
120kg x 8

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
60kg x 8
60kg x 8
60kg x 8
60kg x 6

Seated Row:
20kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

DB Shoulder Press:
8kg x 10
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 6

DB Curls & Tricep Rope supersets:
17.5kg x 10/25kg x 10
17.5kg x 10/25kg x 10
17.5kg x 10/25kg x 10

Monday 22nd of June 2015:

Squat:
Bar x 12
80kg x 5
110kg x 3
110kg x 3
110kg x 2

Flat Bench:
Bar x 12
50kg x 5
80kg x 6
80kg x 6
80kg x 6
80kg x 6

Pullups:
BW + 10kg x 7
BW + 10kg x 6
BW + 10kg x 6
BW x 10

Shrugs:
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 12
120kg x 12

EZ Curls & EZ Skullcrusher supersets:
33kg x 12/33kg x 12
33kg x 12/33kg x 12
33kg x 12/33kg x 11

Wednesday 24th of June 2015:

RDL:
75kg x 8
130kg x 8
130kg x 8
130kg x 8
130kg x 6

Incline Bench:
Bar x 12
70kg x 5
70kg x 5
65kg x 6
65kg x 5

Seated Row:
20kg x 12
75kg x 10
75kg x 10
75kg x 10
75kg x 8

DB Shoulder Press:
8kg x 10
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8
17.5kg x 8

DB Hammer Curls & Tricep Rope:
17.5kg x 12/30kg x 8
17.5kg x 12/30kg x 8
17.5kg x 10/30kg x 7

Friday 26th of June 2015:

Deadlift:
75kg x 8
135kg x 5
160kg x 0

DB Flyes:
8kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10

Oh Press:
Bar x 10
45kg x 8
45kg x 7
45kg x 7
45kg x 7

Hammer Curls & CGBP supersets:
17.5kg x 10/50kg x 8
17.5kg x 10/50kg x 8
17.5kg x 10/50kg x 8