FLEX's Double T Log - Overtraining using GlutaCene

[tmonkey]

just came by to say hi.

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Todays training bumped to active page.


Shoulder was sore so I just did back today. Two rows, two pulldowns, 26 working sets total and wrapped it up in about an hour and 20 minutes, which is quick for me.

Barbell Rows

Bar x 15
135 x 12
185 x 10

225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6

T-Bar Rows (Medium Parallel Grip)

135 x 10

180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6

Close Grip Pulldowns

180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6
180 x 6

195 x 6
195 x 6
195 x 6
195 x 6

Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns (Behind Head)

150 x 10
150 x 10
150 x 10
150 x 10
150 x 10
150 x 10

That's it. Not bad for what was supposed to be a week off from the gym.

I knew I couldn't stay away.

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just came by to say hi.

Hey m0nk3y m4n.

'sup?

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[Simpy]

Are your bb rows over or underhand? Are they wide grip?

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Are your bb rows over or underhand? Are they wide grip?

DOH Wide Grip.

Only way I've ever done them.



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So much for deload week. LMAO

Started off with squats today and I did extreme powerpause (ATG then 2-3 second pause on every rep) reps all the way up to 4 plates, then bailed.

Hit the leg press next; didn't go super heavy, but focused on depth. Nice and deep and slow. Lisa, pay attention!

Then I did some leg curls, keeping the reps up, and finished up with standing calf raises with the whole stack.

No leg extensions because my knees are a little pissed off with me right now. Hip is still not 100%, but it wasn't an issue today. Happy about that.

Extreme Power-Pause ATG Squats

135 x 8
135 x 8
185 x 6
185 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
275 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 1
335 x 1

365 x 1
385 x 1
405 x 1

Super Deep Leg Press

(Plate Weight Only)

270 x 15
360 x 12
450 x 10

540 x 8
540 x 8
540 x 8
540 x 8
540 x 8

Prone Leg Curls

145 x 10
145 x 10

160 x 10
160 x 10
160 x 10
160 x 10

Standing Calf Raises

400 x 10
400 x 10
400 x 10
400 x 10
400 x 10
400 x 10

That's it.

Hit the grocery store afterwards and picked up a crapload of meat. A 5 lb prime rib roast, a couple massive T-Bone steaks, a 5 lbs turkey breast, a pound of bacon, a pound of peameal back bacon.

MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm



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No training today.

It was scheduled shoulder day but I bailed on the workout. Did some stuff around the hosue that I promised Lisa I would take care of, and then we drove to Toronto to go to the St. Lawrence Market.

I've never been there before; what an amazing place. It's a giant market filled with individual vendors selling meats, seafood, fruits, veggies, cheeses, breads, etc. Sorry I had so much fun I forgot to take pics.

We got a crapload of meat, some fancy cheese, tiger shrimp, gourmet mustard, fresh ground Columbian coffee and a pound of black forest bacon that looks delicious.

Manage to get back to the burbs before the traffic got too nasty. Lisa is labeling all the stuff and putting it in freezer bags; we are well stocked up.

Had a great time with my girl. We also had some freshly cooked back bacon sammiches. OMG they were good.

I don't feel one bit guilty for not going to the gym, and it was probably the best thing for my shoulders anyway.





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[fitnessman]

Cancelled here today as well.

Life got in the whey!

[batteryrequired]

nice work going on in here! Sounds like a great reason to miss a workout. It happens from time to time. All that good food.....yeah...it was worth it!

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Tried to start with a chest workout today, but it didn't quite go as planned. The pec deck I use that doesn't hurt my shoulder was broken, so I warmed up on one of the other ones. Did 4 or 5 sets but didn't really keep track of weights, sets. I think it was at 165 and I left the pin there and was doing sets of 12-15 reps.

Then I hit the smith machine for some incline presses. Did some phantom reps with the bar, then threw on some quarters for a couple sets of 12, then I threw a full plate on each side and shoulder squawked, so I bailed.

Decided I need to kick some major ass on the back portion of the workout now. I think that mission was accomplished, but I'll let the numbers do the talking for me:

Close Grip Pulldowns

165 x 12
180 x 10
195 x 8
210 x 6

225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6
225 x 6

210 x 6
195 x 8
180 x 10

Seated Close Grip Cable Rows

285 x 6
285 x 6

270 x 6
270 x 6
270 x 6
270 x 6

255 x 8
255 x 8

Hammer Strength Plate Loaded Lat Pulldown (Wide)

115 per side x 6
115 per side x 6
115 per side x 6

115 per side x 8
115 per side x 8
115 per side x 8

Wide Grip Cable Rows

120 x 15
150 x 10

180 x 8
180 x 8

180 x 10
180 x 10
180 x 10

BACK = FRIED

Happy Thursday Kids.

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Cancelled here today as well.

Life got in the whey!

nice work going on in here! Sounds like a great reason to miss a workout. It happens from time to time. All that good food.....yeah...it was worth it!

Thanks man.

We are on holidays all week, and Lisa is taking the week off from training, so I'm glad I've been able to drag my butt to the gym by myself a few times anyway.

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[JoeyStone1371]

Glutacene is AWESOME!

Keep training hard brother!

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Well kids, coming up on one year back at the gym, and I feel great (except for that little shoulder issue ).

Finished up the year with not too bad of a workout. Deads were heavy today, but I pulled 505 for a single.

Then I did legs and it was pretty good. Three exercises, 5 working sets of each, 10 reps per set. 150 reps of leg assaulting goodness.

Happy New Year, kids!

teh d34dZ

135 x 12
225 x 10
315 x 6
365 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 1
505 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
455 x 1
405 x 3

Leg Press

300 x 12
390 x 12
480 x 12
570 x 12

660 x 10
660 x 10
660 x 10
660 x 10
660 x 10

Prone Leg Curls

155 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 10

Standing Calf Raises

395 x 10
395 x 10
395 x 10
395 x 10
395 x 10

Oh, and here's a funny story; I rolled up to my gym at 2:45 and it was closing at 3:00pm for NYE so I cruised down the street and joined the new gym and got my workout done. Since we still have two weeks at the old gym they're officially starting our membership on Jan 15th but we have our membership cards now.



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[-=FLEX=-]

Glutacene is AWESOME!

Keep training hard brother!

It is, and thanks.

Thanks to Fitty, Barb and Simpy for letting me try this product and log my results.





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[StlBarbie]

HAPPY NEW YEAR Flex, to you and Lisa!!!

Wishing you a happy and blessed 2011!

[rpaul11]

morning Flex...I'm neggin you for that fun day at the market whil I had to work

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HAPPY NEW YEAR Flex, to you and Lisa!!!

Wishing you a happy and blessed 2011!

Thanks Barb! Happy New Year!

morning Flex...I'm neggin you for that fun day at the market whil I had to work

LMAO.

We were off all week; go back on Tuesday. It's going to be a shock to my system. I shaved last night for the first time in a week. I was looking pretty scary!



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[rpaul11]

LMAO.

We were off all week; go back on Tuesday. It's going to be a shock to my system. I shaved last night for the first time in a week. I was looking pretty scary!



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Now I have to neg you again


I shave once a week wether I need it or not LOL

Happy New Year buddy

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Happy New Year buddy

Thanks Rich.

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Usually Sunday is my rest day, and I honestly don't think I've ever trained on a Sunday in my life, but I switched my rest day to yesterday because I just wanted to take it easy with Lisa, and that's what we did.

But as promised I hit the gym today for my gurly arm isolation day and it wasn't too bad. First arm day in 2 weeks.

I started with CGBP on the smith machine, but couldn't go too heavy; a plate and a 10 on each side for my working sets.

Barbell curls were torture as a result because this aggravated my shoulder. My 5th working set was really tough and the last 2 reps hurt like hell, so I bailed and didn't do my last set.

Spyder dumbbell curls were tough today. Only using the 35s and barely squeezing out 6 reps.

Cable work was pretty good though. Got the whole stack on pressdowns for a 4 sets of 6. Wow. Increased the weight on the reverse grip too, but I only did 4 sets because I couldn't find the proper bar for these so I was using a lat pulldown bar and it was difficult to hold onto.

After I was done my regular stuff I played around on the Hammer Strength tricep machine just for fun. Jury is out on whether or not I like this machine, but I might try it again. Stack only goes to 100 on each side and I was doing 70 for 8-10 reps, so it's not going to be a long term solution anyway.

Details:

Smith Machine Close Grip Press

(Plate weight only)

Bar x 15
50 x 12
90 x 10
140 x 2 (ouch)

110 x 6
110 x 6
110 x 6
110 x 6
110 x 6
110 x 6

I was glad when these were over and done with.

Barbell Curls

45 x 15
65 x 10

95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6
95 x 6 (ouch, done)

Spyder Dumbbell Curls

30 x 10

35 x 6
35 x 6
35 x 6
35 x 6
35 x 6
35 x 6

Close Grip Pressdowns

130 x 12
180 x 10

200 x 6
200 x 6
200 x 6
200 x 6

Whole stack ^

180 x 8
180 x 8

Reverse Wide Grip

140 x 10
140 x 10
140 x 10
140 x 10

Cable Curls

50 x 12

60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8
60 x 8

Hammer Strength Tricep Extentions

40 x 15

70 x 8
70 x 8
70 x 10
70 x 10

Overall disappointed about the continuing shoulder problems, but a pretty good workout anyway.

Happy Sunday kids.

Oh, and we're off work tomorrow so no early morning workout; we'll hit the gym mid afternoon for the beginning of WEEK 52. That's it; this coming week will make a full year for me back in the gym.

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Yep; this is the last week of my first year back in the gym.

Changed things up today as I've been itching to try a couple pieces of Hammer Strength equipment, and I had a blast on them. Great workout. Started with the HS Plate Loaded Iso-Lateral Row, and then the Plate Loaded Iso Lateral Front Lat Pulldown.

Took me a bit to get the best hand position on the lat pulldowns, which turned out to be an under-handed grip.

T-bar rows kinda kicked my butt, but I presevered. Then I did some wide grip lat pulldowns to the back of the neck.

No chest work because my shoulder is killing me today.

Here's the details:

Hammer Strength Iso Row

45 per side x 15
90 per side x 12
135 per side x 10

180 per side x 6
180 per side x 6
180 per side x 6
180 per side x 6
180 per side x 6
180 per side x 6

Hammer Strength Iso Lat Pull

45 per side x 12

90 per side x 6
90 per side x 8
90 per side x 6
90 per side x 8
90 per side x 10
90 per side x 10
90 per side x 10
90 per side x 12

T-Bar Rows

135 x 6
135 x 6
135 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 10
135 x 10

Wide Grip Lat Pulldowns

100 x 12
145 x 6
145 x 6
145 x 6
145 x 6
145 x 6

That's it.

We're back to our regular 5:30am workouts tomorrow, and I'll be doing squats.

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First day back at work since before Christmas so this is going to be a quick post.

Slept like crap last night, so it wasn't the best workout ever. Took me forever to falls alseep, then I kept wakign up due to shoulder pain. Ugh.

Wasn't the worst workout ever, just nothign special. Got to 405 on squats for a single, and took two vids, just for fun.

After sleepwalkign through squats I did some hamstring curls and some calf raises. Not a lot to say about that.

Shoulders tomorrow, and I'll try to visit everyone's journals when I get home tonight.

Squats

Bar x 8
Bar x 12
135 x 8
185 x 6
225 x 8 (vid)
275 x 3
295 x 3
315 x 1
335 x 1

365 x 2
385 x 1
405 x 1 (vid)
365 x 3
335 x 3

Prone Leg Curls

155 x 10
155 x 10

170 x 6
170 x 6
170 x 6
170 x 6
170 x 6
170 x 6

Standing Calf Raises

395 x 12
395 x 12
395 x 10
395 x 10
395 x 10
395 x 10

That's it. Here's the vids:






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[fitnessman]

Very nice depth!

[rpaul11]

good squatting.

you should REALLY be ashamed of that last set

I'd be happy if I could do that once.

[Simpy]

I'd be happy if I could do that once.

I can do it once. Srs. The squatting part is easy. The getting back up part - um, I haven't gotten that one worked out yet.

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Had a decent sleep last night, and shoulder felt good this morning. Was able to get in something that resembled a decent shoulder workout pain free.

Place was packed today, but that didn't slow me down one bit. I got all of this done in about 90 minutes:

Rear Delt Pull

115 x 12
115 x 12

130 x 10
130 x 10

145 x 8
145 x 8

Still not a huge fan of that machine (LifeFitness); I liked the Cybex one at my old gym much better, so I decided to try the hammer strength one. It was gooder.

Hammer Strength MTS Rear Delt Pull

50 per side x 12
50 per side x 12

60 per side x 10
60 per side x 10

Seated Barbell Press
(Behind Head)

Bar x 20

65 x 15
95 x 10

115 x 6
115 x 6

135 x 6
135 x 6

115 x 8
115 x 8
115 x 8
115 x 8



Seated Cable Shoulder Press

Never seen one of these before. Had to try it.

50 per side x 10
50 per side x 10
50 per side x 10
50 per side x 10
50 per side x 10

Front Cable Raises

30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10

Hammer Strength Iso-Lateral Shrugs
(Single Arm / Plate weight only)

90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12

Smith Machine Single Arm Shrugs

115 x 12
115 x 12
115 x 12
115 x 12


Lateral Raises
(Seated Machine / Single Arm)

80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10
80 x 10


That's it. Happy Hump Day.

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Started off today with some incline barbell presses. Took things very slowly, but was able to get up to 165 for 6 reps for 1 set. Tried to do another set at that weight but my shoulder protested so I re-racked the bar, took some weight off, and cranked out some reps then called it. No point messing with a good thing, right?

Did some pec deck and cable flyes and they were boring me to be quite honest so I just started doing my back work. Felt strong today and it went well. Gained a little ground on the pulldowns and solidified my love/hate relationship with the Hammer Strength front lat pulldown.



Incline Barbell Presses

Bar x 20
Bar x 20

95 x 12
95 x 12

115 x 10
115 x 15

135 x 12

155 x 8
165 x 6

165 x 1

135 x 15

Pec Deck

145 x 20
205 x 10

Cable Flyes

45 x 12
45 x 12
50 x 10
50 x 10

Boooooooooorinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg. Done.

Close Grip Pulldowns

165 x 10
180 x 8
195 x 6
195 x 6
205 x 5
205 x 5
205 x 5
205 x 5
195 x 6
195 x 6

Seat CG Cable Row

210 x 8
210 x 8

240 x 8
240 x 8
240 x 8
240 x 8

HS Front Lat Pulldown

45 per side x 15
90 per side x 10

100 per side x 8
100 per side x 8
100 per side x 8
100 per side x 8
100 per side x 8

That's it. Deadlifts & Legs tomorrow.

Contemplating trying the HS V-Squat machine. Never tried this before.

Anyone have any experience on one of these? Is it similar to a hack slide or what?

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[rpaul11]

hey man. sorry if you already answered this...but have you had your shoulder looked at yet?

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I fell asleep last night thinking about deadlift day, and I hit the floor today like a kid on Christmas morning. I was pumped. Tried for a new PR, but it didn't happen. Still felt strong and had a good session and although the PR attempt was a bust, I did reach a milestone of sorts: I pulled 5 plates with no belt for the first time (but yes, still wrist straps ). Astute observers will also note for the 2nd week in a row I have skipped my progression set at 275. I don't feel the need for it anymore.

I was going to try the V-Squat today; well actually I did, but I didn't like it. I did two sets with no weight just to get a feel for the machine and it was very awkard for me. Nothing on the thing is adjustable; not the footplate or the back/shoulder support. So for me, the starting off and finishing point is mid-rep, which is odd. Also the machine bottoms out before I get to my usual depth. I didn't feel like effing around with this today based on the two phantom sets, so I just did leg press. Went a little heavier, and the reps dropped off like Niagara Falls wiht the addition of only 50 lbs. Oh well; it felt good anyway. Reps were super deep and slow.

Finished off with some seated calves and I love this machine. Best seated calf machine I've used in my life. It's also a Hammer Strength. The footrests are angled towards you as you are seated so it almost forces you to use a full ROM. Me likey.

Rep/Weight Details:

teh d34dZ

No Belt

135 x 12
225 x 10
315 x 6
365 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 1
495 x 1 <-- First time no belt at this weight

With Belt

535 x FAIL

515 x 1

455 x 2
455 x 3
455 x 2

405 x 6

Leg Press

300 x 12
390 x 12
480 x 12
570 x 12
660 x 12

710 x 6
710 x 6
710 x 6
710 x 6
710 x 6
710 x 6

Seated Calf Raises

90 x 10
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12

That's it.

Happy Friday

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[StlBarbie]

Has your January product arrived yet, Flex?