Equipment Crew- Part II

[jshpark]

I'd use www.monoprice.com for cables. Much cheaper than anywhere else.

That's where I get my cables

I bought a new laptop last month, a Sony Vaio Z, and have it connected to my hdtv. I rarely watch cable tv anymore since u can just watch a ton of movies and ppv events online.

[Wildtim]

That is a myth. Price out a Windows PC with a 27" screen, a 1 terabyte hard drive, 4 gigs of RAM and all the included software that a MAC has. The price isn't that different. Also, no viruses, no malware, no extra money every year for Norton etc...

I had my last MAC for 7 years. It never crashed once. I never shut it down, I just put it to sleep. The backbone of OS X is Unix. Rock solid and used for decades on networks and servers.

I should work at the Apple Store...

If you like unix you should love PC's. Get a faster box with more memory base it on unix and all your software is free talk about the budget way to build a zippy machine. Very few people write viruses to infect it and since you installed the core yourself you could rebuild it from scratch even should a virus kill you somehow.

[Jimbo.]

happy 4th everyone!

happy birthday, animal!

I decided to get a workout in today before I chowed on some chilidogs and beer

Swiss bar OHP: barx10, 95x5, 130x5x5 (alternating grips)
DB Side lateral raises: 25x8x3

Kettlebell work, 35lbs, swings/snatches right/ snatches left
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5

Did the KB stuff in ten minutes

On a side note, I don't see how you guys have put up with the PB vs IM discussions for so long. Holy hell, people post the same crap on them over and over

[yankeemarko1]

happy 4th everyone!

happy birthday, animal!

I decided to get a workout in today before I chowed on some chilidogs and beer

Swiss bar OHP: barx10, 95x5, 130x5x5 (alternating grips)
DB Side lateral raises: 25x8x3

Kettlebell work, 35lbs, swings/snatches right/ snatches left
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5
20/5/5

Did the KB stuff in ten minutes

On a side note, I don't see how you guys have put up with the PB vs IM discussions for so long. Holy hell, people post the same crap on them over and over

But the Powerblocks are faster. I need to do drop sets!!! But the Ironmasters are like real dumbbells. Their better!!! God help me...

[animalfan]

bench: 95x10, 135x8, 225x3, 245x2, 255x1
1 board: 255x1x2, 265x1, 275x1, 285x1
5 board: 265x5, 285x5, 305x5
tbar row: 80x10, 90x10, 115x10, 135x8x2, 115x10, 8

found that my bench groove had gotten messed up again, was taking it too high. i think it's from benching at home- unracking it myself moved it again. found out that's why my shoulder has been sore. felt better after a few warmup sets.

deadlifting tomorrow. if i can make it back to howell, i'll deadlift with triple-x. if not, well, that's why i love my basement. i've got a few things to do around here, so i might not make it down. they are there starting at 2, and the gym will be closing at 4.

[buffbrown21]

Man, no posts in 20 hours. I hope everyone is doing ok. I assume many of you guys were off today. I wasnt, so I kept checking for activity.

[jfindon]

JF did you ever put that heat shrink on your hooks? Mines still holding up great. Yours must take a lot more abuse than mine though.

Whoops, forgot to reply to this. Yep it's on there and holding up great, it only split around the circular part because I bent the damn hook. Other than that it's been holding up to 400lb slams just fine. Even on the lip when the knurling catches it it's holding up surprisingly well.

Man, no posts in 20 hours. I hope everyone is doing ok. I assume many of you guys were off today. I wasnt, so I kept checking for activity.

Off from work, but not working out

I had a fantastic session tonight. Maybe it's Jack3d, maybe I finally dialed in my form again, maybe both. All I know is I crushed my previous weeks' worth of workouts for bench. In those weeks I could only get 4 reps in the first set with 295 and ended up quitting after three sets to add board presses in.

Flat bench
135x10
225x3

295x5
295x5
295x4
295x4 (Grinder, weight started coming back and almost popped my shoulder)
295x3 (Probably could have had 4)
Add 3-board
305x3
305x3
305x2


My back and shoulder had had enough at the end of my board presses so I called it quits after two reps.

So compared to last week where I did 295x4, 295x3, 295x3, then quit because I was beat, this was a HUGE upgrade.

I just need to remember to get my ass closer to the legs of the bench so I don't catch the hooks on the way up, and tuck my elbows more than seems normal, it seemed to eliminate my sticking point and everything. I could feel my elbows flaring way too much in the previous weeks, but when I tried tucking more something else went wrong. I really hope I keep this form for next time.


DB Flyes

70x8
70x8
70x8

Very psyched about this workout because of how pissed I've been lately with my bench.

[buffbrown21]

Man, you guys almost have me talked into trying Jack3d.

[ndmike99]

Man, you guys almost have me talking into trying Jack3d.

I suggest it too. I got some about a month ago and it really does help me out quite a bit. I got my personal best on bench with it, so really if I were you I would at least give it a shot.

[buffbrown21]

I suggest it too. I got some about a month ago and it really does help me out quite a bit. I got my personal best on bench with it, so really if I were you I would at least give it a shot.

Man, thats like 4 of you guys now.
I guess I need to check out bb.com's store now.
Flavor recommendations?

[RemainDieHard]

Man, you guys almost have me talked into trying Jack3d.

I've said it once and I'll say it again..... **** USP and **** Jacob CEO guy. He's an ******* on the forums and spends all day trolling talking up his products. Pslin and AP were a 100% complete waste, would have gotten more results from sugar pills. They will never get another cent from me...... even if they come out with a product that that is as strong as Dbol but 100% natural and zero sides..... oh wait.... I forgot they already have that with da Prime *rolleyes*

[jfindon]

I think there's only two or three, fruit punch, lemon lime, and maybe some sort of grape flavor?

I have the fruit punch and it's not bad, but it's not like it tastes great. I hate all lemon lime stuff so I didn't bother with that.

I really hope my stupid body doesn't get a tolerance for it quickly, I'm only using it three days a week so maybe it'll take longer to get used to.

[captmorganm6]

Tried jack3d, couldn't stand the taste. Still have some left. Been using Assault from MusclePharm. Works good with not a lot of face tingle. Feel the effects 10 min after I take it and lasts quite a while. Jkd tasted to much like cough syrup to me.

[jfindon]

I don't get any of the tingling anywhere. The only thing I feel physically is it seems to attack my lips.

[animalfan]

i was off today, too. had a bunch of stuff to get done around the house, didn't get deadlifts in. i'll do them at work tomorrow night.

i had to fix the towel bar in the kid's bathroom- my 3 year old decided to try pullups on it. he ripped it off the wall, along with a 3" hole in the drywall. i use good anchors, never had a problem (have the same bar in my bathroom and no problems, and the bar in the kid's bathroom had been up for 4 years). it's not done, i need to paint the repaired spot and hang the bar back up.

also needed to mow the lawn, but had to wait for it to cool down some. it felt good to have a few days off, spent a lot of time in my mom's pool and watching baseball. also ate a bunch of food, drank some brew, and relaxed.

i bought tickets to a toledo mud hen's game (tiger's minor league team) for july 30th. my wife and i are gonna spend the weekend in toledo, and i have a meet in monroe, mi on the 31st. i'm pretty excited- it's the closest thing to a vacation we've had since my youngest boy was born. all of the kids are gonna spend the weekend with my mom and stepdad, they have a "camp" with all the grandkids once a year. usually we do home improvements on that weekend, decided to have some fun this year instead. still need to do my roof, i'll get that done sometime. i'm still undecided on what kind of roof to put on (metal or shingles).

[captmorganm6]

I don't get any of the tingling anywhere. The only thing I feel physically is it seems to attack my lips.

They always seem to make my face tingle but only for a few minutes.

My daughter did the same thing in her bathroom Animal but it was one of the cheap hollow ones so it just bent enough to slide out of the end pieces

[animalfan]

They always seem to make my face tingle but only for a few minutes.

My daughter did the same thing in her bathroom Animal but it was one of the cheap hollow ones so it just bent enough to slide out of the end pieces

i wish that happened to mine

i was kinda mad, but laughing on the inside. he can do pullups on the monkey bars, almost high enough to get his head over the bar. he's gonna be the kid that lifts with me, and the one that helps me fix things.

as far as preworkout supps, the only ones i've really used are superpump from gaspari and vasocharge from scivation. both were alright, i just kept forgetting to take them... maybe i'll give them another shot, i've got both here still.

[RemainDieHard]

Horsepower pwo made my scalp and face tingly and itchy. I was told this is a side effect of beta alanine. It tasted horrible so I gave away the 2/3 full tub.

[captmorganm6]

This Arctic Blue Rasberry Assault tastes great,not mediciney at all. Best one I've ever had(I've tried a lot of them).Not the best mixing though unless you use room temp water,but even then its good

[lpsevier]

chest workout

Bench:

190 x 5
210 x 5
230 x 5
240 x 5
250 x 5
255 x 4

db flys superset with dips, zero rest between sets this was freakin brutal

55 x 8
55 x 5
55 x 6


Bw x 5
bw x 5
bw x 4

Decline pushups

bw x 10
bw x 10
bw x 10

[jfindon]

Well, I got about an hour of sleep last night again. I guess it is a side effect of the stuff, don't know what to do now. Cut the dose or something I guess. I feel like I just wasted the workout because I got no rest. Weird thing is I don't feel overly tired like I only got an hour, but I know I didn't sleep most of the night.

EDIT: I guess the consensus is to take either a lower dosage or take it earlier if you work out at night. Or both. I'll try that next time, but I don't think I'll use it tonight because I can't afford two ****ty nights' sleep in a row.

[lpsevier]

Well, I got about an hour of sleep last night again. I guess it is a side effect of the stuff, don't know what to do now. Cut the dose or something I guess. I feel like I just wasted the workout because I got no rest. Weird thing is I don't feel overly tired like I only got an hour, but I know I didn't sleep most of the night.

EDIT: I guess the consensus is to take either a lower dosage or take it earlier if you work out at night. Or both. I'll try that next time, but I don't think I'll use it tonight because I can't afford two ****ty nights' sleep in a row.

Why don't you workout first thing in the morning? Nothing better than heavy lifts at 530 AM.

[jfindon]

Why don't you workout first thing in the morning? Nothing better than heavy lifts at 530 AM.

Not possible for me. I am the farthest from a morning person one can get. I'd never even attempt it. Not to mention I'd have to get up at 4am, which means going to bed even earlier, which means less time to eat what I usually eat.

I don't understand how I'm not asleep at work right now. This stuff can't possibly still be in my system.

[lpsevier]

Not possible for me. I am the farthest from a morning person one can get. I'd never even attempt it. Not to mention I'd have to get up at 4am, which means going to bed even earlier, which means less time to eat what I usually eat.

I don't understand how I'm not asleep at work right now. This stuff can't possibly still be in my system.

Why would you have to get up so early?

[Manzooka]

Well, I got about an hour of sleep last night again. I guess it is a side effect of the stuff.

I know what you mean man. If I'm late getting to my workout I usually skip the N.O. because it makes it too difficult for me to fall asleep.

One thing I tried that helped a bit was taking it about an hour earlier than recommended on the product packaging, so about an hour and half prior to my workout. In my case the effects tend to be pretty long lasting so it worked as intended for my workouts and gave me a little extra time to work it out of my system before bed. Fortunately I was recently able to change my work hours to 7:00am-3:00pm so I'm able to get to my workout pretty early these days.

Deadlift workout tonight, my fav.

[animalfan]

I know what you mean man. If I'm late getting to my workout I usually skip the N.O. because it makes it too difficult for me to fall asleep.

One thing I tried that helped a bit was taking it about an hour earlier than recommended on the product packaging, so about an hour and half prior to my workout. In my case the effects tend to be pretty long lasting so it worked as intended for my workouts and gave me a little extra time to work it out of my system before bed. Fortunately I was recently able to change my work hours to 7:00am-3:00pm so I'm able to get to my workout pretty early these days.

Deadlift workout tonight, my fav.

i'm deadlifting tonight, too, and it is also my favorite. doing it at work, though, so i have to use a crappy bar.

[Jimbo.]

I know what you mean man. If I'm late getting to my workout I usually skip the N.O. because it makes it too difficult for me to fall asleep.

One thing I tried that helped a bit was taking it about an hour earlier than recommended on the product packaging, so about an hour and half prior to my workout. In my case the effects tend to be pretty long lasting so it worked as intended for my workouts and gave me a little extra time to work it out of my system before bed. Fortunately I was recently able to change my work hours to 7:00am-3:00pm so I'm able to get to my workout pretty early these days.

Deadlift workout tonight, my fav.

I haven't had an issue with this, of course I always have some trouble getting to bed anyway. But I take the stuff usually as soon as I get home from work, around 5:45 ish, and hit the gym about 6:15 or 6:30, and havent felt wired later at night, seems to wear down around 10 or so.

Saw your progress pics man, congrats! Looks like you got some mod reps for it too, nice

[lpsevier]

A different but real solid preWO supp for you guys that can't get to sleep is Animal Pump. The red pill in the pack contains the caffeine, and you can just not take it.

Still a great product without the red pill.

[Manzooka]

Saw your progress pics man, congrats! Looks like you got some mod reps for it too, nice

Thanks Jimbo. I'm looking forward to shedding the next 50-60 pounds but I guess that's at least another 6 or 7 months down the road assuming things keep rolling along as they have been. It's been a little frustrating getting serious about strength training right when I need to maintain this extended deficit and drop all this extra fat, but hey, better late than never right?

The mod reps were actually the result of that Tour De Cure thread. My grandmother passed away due to complications of Type II diabetes, one of my closest friends has been struggling with Type I, and another close friend's son was just diagnosed with Type I. It's a cause I'm happy to support when I have the opportunity to do so.

[jfindon]

Why would you have to get up so early?

Other people need the bathroom for their morning routines. Plus I need time to wake up and eat, if I eat too soon after I wake up I just about throw up. Then I have to leave at 7am to get to work.

I know what you mean man. If I'm late getting to my workout I usually skip the N.O. because it makes it too difficult for me to fall asleep.

One thing I tried that helped a bit was taking it about an hour earlier than recommended on the product packaging, so about an hour and half prior to my workout. In my case the effects tend to be pretty long lasting so it worked as intended for my workouts and gave me a little extra time to work it out of my system before bed. Fortunately I was recently able to change my work hours to 7:00am-3:00pm so I'm able to get to my workout pretty early these days.

Deadlift workout tonight, my fav.

I think I'll try that tonight, take two scoops as soon as I get home around 6pm and lift around 7:30-8:00.

I really don't know how I'm not tired right now, maybe I at least got some rest. I wasn't lying there staring at the ceiling but I know I wasn't fully asleep.