What's gonna happen??? A Project Z log.

[Universal Rep]

One thing I noticed with project Z is how quickly I fall asleep after letting it absorb into my system. I am usually a night owl and after taking it, I get all sleepy shortly after.

Other than how fast you fall asleep, any comments about the quality of the sleep?

[nekkidbear]

Other than how fast you fall asleep, any comments about the quality of the sleep?

The sleep is much deeper. I dreammm so much more. I don't necessarily wake up more refreshed right off the bat but later in the day I am not as sleepy as I usually am.

[nekkidbear]

Squats and stones!


Squats
255x5
285x3
320x11 PRRRRR

Atlas Stones
220x0
220x0
220x1
220x1
PRRR Never have gotten the 220 before, thats the lightest they have in the gym so I was forced to use this one. Thats ok though... because I got it! I'll measure how tall the box is on Friday.

Reverse Hyper
50x12
50x12
50x14

Leg Raises (Abs)
15
16
20

Great workout! Butt pain started to flair up during the stones but other than that I am a very pleased person!


Heres the squats


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[nekkidbear]

Slept a full 9 hours last night! Can't belive it. Was nice and deep too. Woke up and felt great!

[nekkidbear]

Slept well, my legs are not getting sore like they usually do and it has been 2 days since the workout. That is usually when I get my worst DOMS but for some reason not today! My lowerback is feeling quite fatigued still though. Defenitley need to work on that for the Strongman comps.

Slept ok last night. Had a dream that my gf was being a royal bitch to me. Dunno why, she kept being a punk and when I asked her to stop like 5 times she got pissed off at me and wouldn't talk to me. Weird dream.

[Universal Rep]

The sleep is much deeper. I dreammm so much more. I don't necessarily wake up more refreshed right off the bat but later in the day I am not as sleepy as I usually am.

Interesting.

[nekkidbear]

Interesting.

Yes it is...

DE Day!

DE Bench
8x3 with 155/w chains

Log Press
115x5
165x5
190x5
210x3
I think I'm going to stop trying to go up to that weight and work with sets of 5 until I can do 210 for a set of 5.

Pulldowns
120x10
130x10
130x10
120x10
120x10

Tri Pressdown
40x20
50x20
50x20
Superset with some DB Curls for the girls. Didn't record the weight. Just doing it for elbow health and to possible help my log and stones since arm strength is actually helpful in both.

[nekkidbear]

Gonna take ma pills and passout soon here!

[grace_ou]

whats up! I was recently chosen to log universal nutrition's new project z. What is it? I dunno! i do know that i will be posting daily results so that you may or may not get a good idea of what it is. I'm really looking forward to seeing some solid results from project z.

lmao!!

[nekkidbear]

lmao!!

Sup


Slept pretty well. Woke up after like 9 hours and couldn't fall back asleep even though I wanted to. Nothing to do today other than lift. Got some deads and farmers and front squats. Grip work I think.

[nekkidbear]

Strength is defenitley up. I felt pretty fatigued in the legs yesterday but had a good nights sleep and some good recovery. I'm guessing Project Z played a roll in this Thx guys!

Deadlifts
335x5
380x3
425x9

Front Squats
135x5
185x5
205x5
225x5
245x5

Back Extension
BWx15
One chain x12
One chain x10

Ab Wheel
BWx10
BWx10
Felt like my abs were going to rip so I stopped.

Fat bar holds for 5 second reps.
160x4
210x4
210x3

Heres the deads

I like watching myself waddle back over to the camera after finishing.

and here are my shins right after

[grace_ou]

Oh gosh... them sexy legs..

[nekkidbear]

Oh gosh... them sexy legs..

Lol so hairy. Plus I have lil calves. At least in comparison to my upper legs!

Or you talkin bout the blood?

[grace_ou]

Lol so hairy. Plus I have lil calves. At least in comparison to my upper legs!

Or you talkin bout the blood?

That's was a quite a package there,, bleeding,hairy, little legs..

OMG I did measurements this week.. my calves are like 18 an 1/2 inches now..

I do have an awsome routine for calves though.. damn time consuming though.

[nekkidbear]

That's was a quite a package there,, bleeding,hairy, little legs..

OMG I did measurements this week.. my calves are like 18 an 1/2 inches now..

I do have an awsome routine for calves though.. damn time consuming though.

Gimme. Cuz my upper legs are bout 27" My calves are round 16".

[grace_ou]

Gimme. Cuz my upper legs are bout 27" My calves are round 16".

Calf-specialization routine

10 mins of stretching
standing calf raises 6 (sets) x 50/40/30/20/10/509reps)
seated calf raises 3x6 heavy as you can possibly go
leg press toe raises 3x 50/40/30
donkey calf raises 3x6 heavy as you can possibly go
10 mins stretching

I use DB's for the standing raises and I've taken to adding shrugs into.. raise, shrug, ect.
I also increase the weight I use as the reps decrease.

It's built great size and endurance in my calves.. which has had great carry over (exp if you add the shrugs) to my farmers walks and car pulls.

The biggest draw back is the amount of time it takes and the fact that I have never done this and not walked away with very very sore calves! LOL

[nekkidbear]

I could do 1x10 on a calve exercise and be just as sore as if I did a full calve workout. I defenitley need to bring them up though.

[grace_ou]

LOL, that routine def can sometimes take some building up to.. but it's worth it.

I think if your calves aren't up to par though, your whole leg strength suffers. This is prob more true to strongman then anything else... strong calves and strong grip very important.

My biggest weakness right now is grip and forearms..

[nekkidbear]

Didn't sleep as well as usual last night. Was kind of gassy and that wasn't helping. Not incredibly sore though after a pretty heavy workout day yesterday. Which is good. Going to do some cardio of some sort tomorrow.

[nekkidbear]

Was sleeping well until I got a call at 4:30 in the morning. Was having some good dreams! Not too sore from deads. Suprised! I'm not. Hopefully going to get in for some cardio today, have to take gf to the doc though so we will see.

[nekkidbear]

I'm all awake and stuff. A little sore in my shoulder. I think I slept on it wrong. Max Effort day for upper body. Doing the floor presses. Maybe I'll get some vid if I can find some batteries for my camera.

[nekkidbear]

ME Upper Body

Floor Presses
Bar x10
135x5
185x5
225x3
275x1 This was my max last week and I struggled.... hard.
285x1
290x1
295x1 Big PR

Chinups w/blue band for assistance
10
10
10
8
7

DB Floor Press
40x8
55x10
80x6
My shoulder wasn't feeling too hot. I slept on it wrong last night and it has just been achy today.

Face Pulls
20x15
20x15
20x15
Helped alleviate some shoulder pain almost immediatley.

Lying DB Tri Extension
35x10
35x10
35x10 PR
Going to wear my elbow sleeves next week on these. Wasn't liking the strain on my elbows too much.

Overall a pretty damn good workout! Also weighed myself at the finish and I popped in at 215 with no shoes! Down about 5 lbs in the last couple of weeks.

[uforce]

yeah, i felt like i was losing weight/fat on this also (even with a sh!tty diet). had some issues going on. so, i stopped all supps (except protein) to gauge whether they had anything to do with it.

[nekkidbear]

yeah, i felt like i was losing weight/fat on this also (even with a sh!tty diet). had some issues going on. so, i stopped all supps (except protein) to gauge whether they had anything to do with it.

I'm totally ok with it! I want to compete in the 198 weight class for my PL meet and the 200 and under for my next strongman.

[nekkidbear]

Deload Squats today and then a little stone work.

135x5
175x5
205x5
Did them olympic highbar style

Stones
220x1
about 3 failures after that
220x1
then one more failure

Called it good!

[nekkidbear]

Again some solid sleep! I also actually woke up quite refreshed. On top of that, the back pain I was suffering last night due to the atlas stones is almost non existant. Good work Project Z!

Tonight I have speed bench and some log pressing.

[Universal Rep]

Again some solid sleep! I also actually woke up quite refreshed. On top of that, the back pain I was suffering last night due to the atlas stones is almost non existant. Good work Project Z!

Tonight I have speed bench and some log pressing.

Well, I dunno if Project Z got rid of your back pain, brother...... But it's nice to think so, eh? Haha.

[_Aggression_]

Lookin' good in here, brother. Keep it going. Good to see 'Z' is going its job.

[nekkidbear]

Well, I dunno if Project Z got rid of your back pain, brother...... But it's nice to think so, eh? Haha.

Haha yeah, but it is defenitley helped with my recovery since I started taking it.

[nekkidbear]

Rep Effort Day

Bench
Barx10
135x8
185x3
225x12
225x9
225x4 no spotter = no liftoff = lose leg drive = ****ty lift

Push Press
135x5
155x5
165x5
175x6

Pullups
4 I'm doing them every day now to help build up to at least 8 for the stupid exercise conditioning class I'm taking.

Pulldowns
100x10
100x10
100x10
100x11
Did it with the attachment that has arms wide and hands facing each other, realllly hit my lat insertion.

Tri Pressdowns
40x20
55x20
55x20
Was easier than last week.

Seated Cable Rows
130x6
150x6
150x6

Overall a solid workout. Was dehydrated towards the end and didn't have a water bottle. I'm going to do cardio in a few hours. Probably some tabata just chillin in the apartment.