Im2manly's Journal of Non-B!tchAzzness

[DoubleBladedAxe]

I have a droid and I just found a HIIT/TABATA app and I am fukin stoked! I have done more cardio since Thursday than I have in the last 3 years and i already feel amazing. And this all cardio day + Tabata sounds like it will be a lot of crappy fun! Thanks DBA and everyone else that has helped, really mean it!

#EDIT: the app is "A HIIT TIMER" word for word, looks awesome...has a thing specifically for Tabata and everything.

If you search the market for 'HIIT' the one I use is the 2nd one. Black and white icon of a person running.

It works well if the one you already have ends up being buggy or something.

[im2manly]

"Weight on the bar? Let's just say this: a guy with a 465 pound front squat puked with only 95 pounds on the Tabata front squat. Generally, I urge people to go "light," like 65 to 95 pounds the first time. There are those in this world who've gone up to 155 pounds and still got "eights" in the last twenty seconds, but those are very rare people!"

source http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=490160

[DoubleBladedAxe]

See! I tole you.

[DoubleBladedAxe]

3:00 - 100 cal. yogurt + Cheese Stick

String cheese?

I eat the Hell out of some string cheese.

Get the Kraft Jalapeno String Cheese. Is good. Do want.

[im2manly]

String cheese?

I eat the Hell out of some string cheese.

Get the Kraft Jalapeno String Cheese. Is good. Do want.

depends on what the ball and chain gets. I prefer mozzarella, but sometimes she'll get cheddar, colby jack, etc.

[-Lucifer]

[matt297]

i found a nice app for the Tabata method. screen changes colour depending on work/pause phases. snazzy

[im2manly]

TUESDAY MAY 24, 2011

(1) CARDIO
25 MINS

(2) 95lb TABATA FRONT SQUAT TO OHP
1. 8
2. 7
3. 4
4. 3*note: this is the last set I continued to do OHP
5. 1
6. -
7. 2 I think
8. 1

NOTES wow Tabata fooking sucks. I cut the cardio short b/c i was so excited to try Tabata and man it did not disappoint. Felt like complete shiit afterwards. Yes those "1 reppers" I just basically stood there w/ the weight for 20 seconds and did 1 front squat. It's crazy how fast 10 seconds feels and how slow 20 seconds feel.

[DoubleBladedAxe]

TUESDAY MAY 24, 2011

(2) 95lb TABATA FRONT SQUAT TO OHP
1. 8
2. 7
3. 4
4. 3*note: this is the last set I continued to do OHP
5. 1
6. -
7. 2 I think
8. 1

NOTES wow Tabata fooking sucks.

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See! I tole you.

hahahahaha

[im2manly]

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hahahahaha

Yea there was no way 135 would have made it past the 2nd set. I was going to do Tabata every time I have just a cardio day but that might be torture...might have to do it only once or twice a week.

[PowderMonkey]

Tabata is brutal and unforgiving. I've done it with sprinting/walking, by the last set, it was walking slightly faster/walking

If I ever get back to the point where I need to cut, I'll be doing at again

[chazzy1864]

NOTES wow Tabata fooking sucks. I cut the cardio short b/c i was so excited to try Tabata and man it did not disappoint. Felt like complete shiit afterwards. Yes those "1 reppers" I just basically stood there w/ the weight for 20 seconds and did 1 front squat. It's crazy how fast 10 seconds feels and how slow 20 seconds feel.

LoL, craziness.

I've never done it, my curiosity is piqued, but i doubt I'll do it.

[im2manly]

Wednesday May 26, 2011

(1) DEADLIFT
135 power clean x 5
225 power clean x 1
315 x 5
405 x 3
455 x 1
Today's 1RM: 505
90%: 455 x 3
455 x 3
455 x 3
80%: 405 x 5

(2) INCLINE BARBELL BENCH SUPERSETTED WITH FRONT SQUATS
135 x 5/135 x 5
225 x 5/185 x 5
275 x 3/225 x 3

LET ME EXPLAIN: workout sorta sucked. Deadlifts were a lot heavier than I remembered. I do have a awesome almost completely torn off callous now though. I pussied out on the super sets...starting to think that I maybe putting my body through too much too soon.

[scott_donald]

yep... a month off is a fair time... ease in volume and weight...

[-Lucifer]

Gnomo.

[matt297]

Yea there was no way 135 would have made it past the 2nd set. I was going to do Tabata every time I have just a cardio day but that might be torture...might have to do it only once or twice a week.

lolerlolelrloler. Dan John writes about tabata in his book. He even says not to do it often

[im2manly]

yep... a month off is a fair time... ease in volume and weight...

Yea man good point

Gnomo.

que?

lolerlolelrloler. Dan John writes about tabata in his book. He even says not to do it often

Yea, I think I'll limit to one saturday a week.

[ironwill2008]

NOTES wow Tabata fooking sucks.

Better you than me, big man!

[im2manly]

FRIDAY MAY 27, 2011

(1) SQUAT
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 1
335 x 1
385 x 1
345 x 3
345 x 3
345 x 3
305 x 5

(2) BENCH PRESS SUPER SETTED WITH LAT PULLDOWN
135 x 10/10 x 10
225 x 8/13 x 8
295 x 6/16 x 6
335 x 3/19 x 4

(3) HIIT: 10 MINS
-8 intervals of 45/15

[-Lucifer]

que?

Gnomo = troll, according to Google translate.

(2) BENCH PRESS SUPER SETTED WITH LAT PULLDOWN
335 x 3/19 x 4

19 x 4? What does 19 mean?

[scott_donald]

not too bad at all... nice volume of squats there...

[PowderMonkey]

hiit what?
running?

[Tyrbolift]

Gnomo = troll, according to Google translate.



19 x 4? What does 19 mean?

I'm guessing it should be "190"

[ZoranM]

19 x 4? What does 19 mean?

I'm guessing it should be "190"

Those things that make the whole stack, dunno the name.

[-Lucifer]

I'm guessing it should be "190"

He is more likely using a machine and '19' is probably the resistance.

[im2manly]

SATURDAY MAY 28, 2011

(1) HIIT
5 intervals of 45/15

(2) LISS
45 MINUTES

LET ME EXPLAIN: I was successful in not drinking last night! Trying to several cut back on drinking to once a week (more on holidays maybe) and eventually to once every 2 weeks. Today was just cardio, burnt over 700 kcals according to the machine

Gnomo = troll, according to Google translate.



19 x 4? What does 19 mean?

You mean Gnome? And 19 means \/

He is more likely using a machine and '19' is probably the resistance.

not too bad at all... nice volume of squats there...

Thanks man! I am doing a sort of hybrid off the bulgarian method. I work up to a 1rm for THAT DAY and then based off that 1 rm I do 3 x 3 of 90% and 1 x 5 of 80%

hiit what?
running?

Yes.

I'm guessing it should be "190"

IDK what the actual value is, it's just marked as "19".

[-Lucifer]

Sober manly is sober! By the way, I did an English to Spanish translation for the word 'troll' and that's what Google gave me.

http://translate.google.com/#en|es|troll

[ironwill2008]

LET ME EXPLAIN: I was successful in not drinking last night! Trying to several cut back on drinking to once a week (more on holidays maybe) and eventually to once every 2 weeks.

Good deal, Manly. Not my place to preach to anyone, but time will prove that RL is better without excessive alcohol use.

[Jrahe42]

inb4 6ft4 240lb shredded Lawyer

[chazzy1864]

19 x 4? What does 19 mean?

He is having to do what I do. Most of the weight stacks at the cable station don't have a poundage number, just each plate is numbered.

You'll notice when I do my pressdowns it is #12 x 10. I'm not doing 12lb pressdowns.

Also I found various stacks at the same station, weigh different per same number. FOr example, the ones that are commonly used for press downs, curls, and crossovers are far lighter than the stacks set up for lat pull downs and rows. Say I was normally doing #8 for OH extension but tried to use the lat pulldown station for it, I'd probably only use #3 or #4.