Im2manly's Journal of Non-B!tchAzzness

[im2manly]

Oi, mate. How's the back?

Also, Dope is banned. No wonder his journal has had no bumps lately. Dope, if you're reading this, please email me. Thanks.

Still weak. Why did he get banned?

[-Lucifer]

Why did he get banned?

I don't know, mate. I saw him post in the misc a couple of times. Never heard from him after that. My guess is he was rude to some female.

[im2manly]

(1) DEADLIFT:
135 X 5
225 X 5
315 X 3
365 X 2
385 X 2

Man this Rippetoe style deadlift is putting so much more emphasis on my lower back and I am so much weaker. Lower back was burning

(2) FRONT SQUAT:
135 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 3
265 x 2

(3) LOW BAR SQUAT:
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 3
335 x 3

(4) BARBELL CURL:
105 x 5
105 x 5
105 x 5

Ran out of time. I only had like 45 minutes today.

[-Lucifer]

No pain whilst pulling, yes? The Ripp style pull is awesome. Do you make sure your shins are perpendicular to the floor as well?

[im2manly]

No pain whilst pulling, yes? The Ripp style pull is awesome. Do you make sure your shins are perpendicular to the floor as well?

No pain, just a sense of weakness and vulnerability. Ripp's style makes me lift so much less lol.

[-Lucifer]

Save these. Good idea to make your form impeccable since you're not using heavy weights at present.

[im2manly]

(2) BENCH PRESS:
45 x 20
135 x 10
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 3
335 x 3
365 x 1
365 x 1
365 x 1
365 x 1
PAUSED: 315 x 4

(2) BBROWS:
135 x 8
225 x 8
275 x 8

(3) INCLINE BENCH:
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3
275 x 3

Ran out of time.

[scott_donald]

getting nice and heavy now...

its funny for me 140kg is easy then after that is where all the heavy volume helps...

[im2manly]

(1) DEADLIFT:
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 2
405 x 2

Alright! this time my back didn't feel so weak/compromised. Must mean my lower back is getting stronger! I'll probably go for 425 next week

(2) FRONT SQUAT:
135 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 3
275 x 2

(3) LOW BAR SQUAT:
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 3
355 x 3

(4) BARBELL CURLS IN THE SQUAT RACK:
45 x 5
95 x 5
110 x 3
110 x 3
110 x 3

lol the 110s felt heavy

getting nice and heavy now...

its funny for me 140kg is easy then after that is where all the heavy volume helps...

Thanks! I am thinking of doing 275 x 10 sets of 4 reps this friday on bench

[-Lucifer]

Alright! this time my back didn't feel so weak/compromised. Must mean my lower back is getting stronger! I'll probably go for 425 next week

Very happy to hear that, homre. Why did you curl so heavy? Should have used 75-85 lbs after that first set. Either way, the lower back not being a problem is a great sign.

[im2manly]

Very happy to hear that, homre. Why did you curl so heavy? Should have used 75-85 lbs after that first set. Either way, the lower back not being a problem is a great sign.

Yea, probably should have went with less weight. But I got back tomorrow!

[-Lucifer]

Yea, probably should have went with less weight. But I got back tomorrow!

I'm curious to see your form now. Lawl. Send me a video sometime.

[im2manly]

I'm curious to see your form now. Lawl. Send me a video sometime.

Expect a nude dl vid soon

[-Lucifer]

Expect a nude dl vid soon

That's very thoughtful of you. It's a good thing I'm not gay.

[im2manly]

(1) BENCH PRESS:
45 x 20
135 x 10
225 x 5
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4
275 x 4

(2) BB ROWS:
135 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4
245 x 4

(3) OH CABLE EXTENSIONS ss LEANING CABLE LATERAL RAISES:
110 x 10 ss 30 x 10
110 x 10 ss 30 x 10
110 x 10 ss 30 x 10

(4) CARDIO: A couple of all out sprints

I bought some quest bars from the gym. The profile looks really good, so hopefully these will be an ok snack.

[Miketoc]

They're good for low carb dieting, I use 'em on keto.

[-Lucifer]

How much you weigh these days?

[im2manly]

How much you weigh these days?

oh idk, I haven't stepped on a scale in months. I'd guess around 320.

[scott_donald]

loving the heavy volume...

[adamdavidson47]

Everytime I come in here I feel like a pussy.

Lmb Manly

[im2manly]

(1) BENCH PRESS:
45 x 20
135 x 10
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 5
335 x 4

probably could have gotten 1 more rep on the 335 but had no spotter so I didn't risk it.

(2) SOHP:
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5

barely, I mean barely, got the 5th rep on 225.

(3) BB ROWS:
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 5

felt good, lower back felt almost normal. I even got 2 more reps on the 315 than last time. Thanks a lot to Lubear for the advice! It has made a world of difference.

(4) NARROW GRIP PLATE LOADED HAMMER DIP MACHINE:*Weight as if on a barbell
225 x 6
275 x 6
315 x 6

loving the heavy volume...

Thanks! Will be doing some higher rep stuff later this week

Everytime I come in here I feel like a pussy.

Lmb Manly

Any time M8

[-Lucifer]

Yay! I got credit!

I forgot if I mentioned this but all pulling exercises should be done using a thumbless grip. Dat MMC would be cray.

[im2manly]

Yay! I got credit!

I forgot if I mentioned this but all pulling exercises should be done using a thumbless grip. Dat MMC would be cray.

Yes sir. I also use the same grip width as I do when benching.

[im2manly]

(1) DEADLIFT:
135 X 5
225 X 3
315 X 2
405 X 2
425 X 2

For one rep of the 405 I used my old technique (Which involves a deeper squat) and it was sooo much easier and flew up. This other technique is much more about strengthening the lower back. So I just need to adjust my ego abit. In any event, the 425 went up but was pretty taxing and slow. Lower back was fine though! So I'll keep doing deadlifts this way to strengthen my lower back as much as possible. Next week, I'l hopefully be doing 445 x 2

(2) FRONT SQUAT:
135 x 3
225 x 3
255 x 1
255 x 2
275 x 3

(3) D.B. HAMMER CURLS STRICT:
60 x 5
60 x 5
60 x 5

(4) REVERSE PEC DECK:
115 x 8
115 x 8
115 x 8

I was really short on time as I woke up late again. I did the above in about 30 minutes. Some rest periods were only 10 seconds.

[-Lucifer]

For one rep of the 405 I used my old technique (Which involves a deeper squat) and it was sooo much easier and flew up.

You have strong as **** legs, senor.

[im2manly]

You have strong as **** legs, senor.

Aye, my core is unfortunately pretty weak.

[THErunCMD]

Holy crap that's a lot of volume for 30minutes.

Jealous AF of those curls.

[im2manly]

(1) BENCH:
45 x 20
135 x 10
225 x 5
275 x 12

(2) INCLINE BENCH:
135 x 5
225 x 10

(3) HIGH BAR SQUAT:
45 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5

Wife called me mid set saying she needed help with the baby. Sigh. I was only like 20 minutes into my workout.

[im2manly]

Holy crap that's a lot of volume for 30minutes.

Jealous AF of those curls.

Thanks! Back in the day I used to do way more volume. Trying to get there.

[-Lucifer]

"Back in the day"

LOL