NO CRYING! My Climb to the TOP!

[FATHER FLEX]

Beastmode slowly comin

I second the beard notion!

After seeing Chris today....I am cursing my Indo American portion of my ancestry :P

yeah...wasn't a dream.

The pre should be nicknamed the talking dead.

ha ha ha! So wrong! Let's start a pool! I say 5 months for this one

Great vids Berto. Nice work out.

I like wearing under armor because you can see my pierced nipples through it

Just wondering if your ass is burning yet? LOL...If not tonight...possibly tomorrow...haha

En fuego! But so worth it! LOL Thank you so much once again. Melissa goes dummy over it as well.

[bwelch1985]

ME Squat


Bug was a little more than I assumed, just didn't have that umph today. Going to back down a bit again, and build up that squat. Certainly cut down on volume a bit today.

In other news Chris Basil just came back from Bob Vila convention



Squat

415 x 2
435 x 1


Cybex Leg Press

9Plates x 6
10 Plates x 6



GMs

275 x 5,5

Occluded Leg Extensions





Calve Raises on Leg Press

9 Plates x 9 3,3,3,3,3
9 Plates x 7 3,3,3,3,2,2

Nutrition

55.6
403.6
200.1

Misc

FULL day off tomorrow! I really need it!

your squats are just so gawdamn purty!

[kcjoynt]

Agreed... those squats are gangster indeed!

[Bum_Prophet]

*FML forgot Joe was logged in.*

edit: GJ

[BaFtub]

Chris came back with a vengeance! Digging his beard so much i might develop a man crush. 405 x 4! YEAHHHHHH.

That 435 set-Instantly popped "Wow he didnt go low as usual?" How'd it feel? Looked more hip flexor ish

[FATHER FLEX]

your squats are just so gawdamn purty!

Agreed... those squats are gangster indeed!

Thanx guys! They felt a bit off, but I got a good nights rest. Feeling better all ready

*FML forgot Joe was logged in.*

edit: GJ

See what happens when you live with your boyfriend?

Chris came back with a vengeance! Digging his beard so much i might develop a man crush. 405 x 4! YEAHHHHHH.

That 435 set-Instantly popped "Wow he didnt go low as usual?" How'd it feel? Looked more hip flexor ish

315 x 4 Shouldn't have said anything :P

A bit off, but next week back to 375 for some 3's and we will go from there. Hoping to build upon this lift as much as possible, and sheiko come Feb

[JeremyLeon]

Ill videos Bman - i watched a layne norton vid last night... and although i like his beast approach i gotta say I'm way more impressed with your attack on BB'ing. thanks again for being inspirational...

now let me return the favor...
feast ur eyes...


gettin dirty w the rollin

TUNA out / TUNA AVOCADO in


Reverse Roll (seaweed out) Salmon Avocado

[FATHER FLEX]

Ha ha ha! Just saw that on your thread! That is some skills, and very inspiring! I want to learn to roll like that

[JeremyLeon]

Ha ha ha! Just saw that on your thread! That is some skills, and very inspiring! I want to learn to roll like that

came from years of rolling kush into dutches... since i quit... i gotta roll somethangggg lol. have a good weekend bro

[Sporto1633]

Thanx guys! They felt a bit off, but I got a good nights rest. Feeling better all ready

From what it looked like, it appeared to be more of a neuromuscular firing issue rather than a strength issue - which means that once your body feel more comfortable firing the way it needs to for heavy squats, your strength will start shooting up...

Good stuff!

Sporto

[FATHER FLEX]

came from years of rolling kush into dutches... since i quit... i gotta roll somethangggg lol. have a good weekend bro

She's not the kind of girl that you can just tie down. She likes to spread her love
and turn your head around.

From what it looked like, it appeared to be more of a neuromuscular firing issue rather than a strength issue - which means that once your body feel more comfortable firing the way it needs to for heavy squats, your strength will start shooting up...

Good stuff!

Sporto

Totally. All the way through my acclimation sets everything seemed to be firing, looked to be a GREAT day, but upon reaching 385 eh eh not so much. Yeah working in an elementary school, its an endless fight against the germs. LOL

[DREhova 87]

I wish we had a leg press machine that smooth.

[Eric-B]

holy $hit how did I never think of those one arm db floor presses?! So much easier to set up when training solo. Thanks for posting that!


Leg day looked awesome. Looked like you only had one leg wrapped on the occluded sets, do you just alternate each set or is it alright to wrap both at the same time? I was gonna give those a try today.

[Bnizzle163]

Nice vids brotha!

I too thought that was 405x4 lol. Your squatting makes me feel like a pansy

[zmcdole]

That Cybex Squat Press is the best leg press machine ever invented. I have one at my gym and I love it!!

[DREhova 87]

I had a dream that I totally screwed up on the diet and ate like 700 CHO on a low day...lol...Lots of bagels & cereal but kept the fat low. I was afraid to tell you about it. haha! When I woke up I was like oh...good...it was just a nightmare. haha!!

[JeremyLeon]

B- can u look at my video in last workout post... and tell me how form looks? gracias

[Cytrainer913]

"That Cybex Squat Press is the best leg press machine ever invented. I have one at my gym and I love it!!"

The leg press he is using is one of the better leg presses out there because it is a Variable resistance machine. much like the chains or bands, as the leg press goes to the top of the movement the resistance increases and gets much harder at the point when you past that point and lose the tension when it gets easier.

I have a similar machine at home built by Bigger faster stronger and works in the same exact manner, called a leverage leg press. An old issue of Muscular Dev, talked about the difference between this machine and the ones where the weight goes up and down on a bar where the resistance remains the same throughout the move based on a study out of the the Journal of medicine and science in sports and exercise. These are the ones that just seem very easy to push through as this ones takes a bit more strength to perform the movement, so if you can use this cybex machine, the better off you will be as afr as what the leg press can do for you.

[FATHER FLEX]

I wish we had a leg press machine that smooth.

Its one of the few highlights of the 24 closest to mi casa

holy $hit how did I never think of those one arm db floor presses?! So much easier to set up when training solo. Thanks for posting that!


Leg day looked awesome. Looked like you only had one leg wrapped on the occluded sets, do you just alternate each set or is it alright to wrap both at the same time? I was gonna give those a try today.

Enjoyed it, and wasn't as foreign as I had imagined. Nope both, the shorts were over the other one. First time I see Chris sweat in the gym

Nice vids brotha!

I too thought that was 405x4 lol. Your squatting makes me feel like a pansy

Bah....let's see if in 10lbs I am still squatting nice Of course that is the goal, I would love to do a PL meet at 165.

That Cybex Squat Press is the best leg press machine ever invented. I have one at my gym and I love it!!

If I showed you the hack squat at that gym you would laugh. I have no knee issues at all, except when I do this one. Jeff Rodriguez said the same thing about it when he was working out regularly at this gym in particular.

I had a dream that I totally screwed up on the diet and ate like 700 CHO on a low day...lol...Lots of bagels & cereal but kept the fat low. I was afraid to tell you about it. haha! When I woke up I was like oh...good...it was just a nightmare. haha!!

LOL! Well at least when you cheat you count your macros ha ha ha

Most importantly I have your dream CHO at 700 lol

B- can u look at my video in last workout post... and tell me how form looks? gracias

Good form, but kind of a crappy movement IMO

Many other good horizontal rows to pick from

"That Cybex Squat Press is the best leg press machine ever invented. I have one at my gym and I love it!!"

The leg press he is using is one of the better leg presses out there because it is a Variable resistance machine. much like the chains or bands, as the leg press goes to the top of the movement the resistance increases and gets much harder at the point when you past that point and lose the tension when it gets easier.

I have a similar machine at home built by Bigger faster stronger and works in the same exact manner, called a leverage leg press. An old issue of Muscular Dev, talked about the difference between this machine and the ones where the weight goes up and down on a bar where the resistance remains the same throughout the move based on a study out of the the Journal of medicine and science in sports and exercise. These are the ones that just seem very easy to push through as this ones takes a bit more strength to perform the movement, so if you can use this cybex machine, the better off you will be as afr as what the leg press can do for you.

Feels so much more like free weight. Kinda like a good HS machine does. Unfortunately I can't leg press to often since it messes with my SI joint, however I did adjust a few things for yesterdays session and I feel GREAT today.

Don't see you as often around here, good to here from you my brethren

[Cytrainer913]

"Feels so much more like free weight. Kinda like a good HS machine does. Unfortunately I can't leg press to often since it messes with my SI joint, however I did adjust a few things for yesterdays session and I feel GREAT today.

Don't see you as often around here, good to here from you my brethren"

Thanks man and saw the video with that and think that I see you sliding up a bit on the seat behind you which i feel keeps you more set on this exercise as well, essentially you don't any portion of the higher end of your glutes coming off the pad behind you so that your sacral area stays on the pad as this will compress the anterior portion of the sacral area of the spine as well. The more your back round off of there the more pulling you will get in the muscles surrounding the SI joint. I like coming off the bottom corner of the pad as well about 3-4 inches. Dr. Joe showed me that and it has really helped out a lot.

[Jrich54338]

"Feels so much more like free weight. Kinda like a good HS machine does. Unfortunately I can't leg press to often since it messes with my SI joint, however I did adjust a few things for yesterdays session and I feel GREAT today.

Don't see you as often around here, good to here from you my brethren"

Thanks man and saw the video with that and think that I see you sliding up a bit on the seat behind you which i feel keeps you more set on this exercise as well, essentially you don't any portion of the higher end of your glutes coming off the pad behind you so that your sacral area stays on the pad as this will compress the anterior portion of the sacral area of the spine as well. The more your back round off of there the more pulling you will get in the muscles surrounding the SI joint. I like coming off the bottom corner of the pad as well about 3-4 inches. Dr. Joe showed me that and it has really helped out a lot.

I have to agree it is Great to have Craig back, a great asset to the Natural Bodybuilding Forums

[JeremyLeon]

Many other good horizontal rows to pick from

been on bent over BB rows for a while and i'm looking for a new one for heavy day... suggestion?

[Cytrainer913]

What about weighted pull ups?

[extremenergy3]

Man, I hate that squat "rack" lol Good squatting nonetheless though Albroto

[FATHER FLEX]

RE Bench Press

Any sicker, and I would have called it a day. No symptoms from the neck down, but as congested as can be, and missing that ummmmphh. So I went in got it in, day off tomorrow even though it would have been a Lower body day again. I will be ZZZzzz from this point on

Feel better than I did before the workout that is for sure.

Decline Bench

315 x 5
325 x 4
315 x 5



After this I kinda felt like I was only going to have have so many good sets. So I took it easy on the volume.

HS Wide Chest

3 Plates + 25 10 x 4,3,3,2

Nuetral Grip Pulldowns

250 x 6
250 x 6
240 x 7

Cybex Shoulder Press
270 x 13
270 x 10 RP 3,3,3

Moto Rows

100 x 9
120 x 7

Preacher Curl Machine

110 x 7
120 x 7
100 x 10 RP 3,3,3,3,2

DONE!

Nutrition

HIGH DAY!

Misc

Too tired to take a full set, so I took a few outside the gym. Flatsky, and the small illness has got me a bit watery.





Striations in lats starting to show a bit

Weigh-ins this week...

178.4,178,177.8, 177, 176.6, 176.8, 176.0, and today 175.6

I am fairly predictable at this point Flatter than crap, but I like to show the good, the bad, and the UGLEY

[RichKnapp]

Looking good B.

[tsajdak]

Awesome workout, way to fight through that head cold. Pics are looking on point too. Your waist is tiny.

[AustrianOakJr]

Weigh-ins this week...

178.4,178,177.8, 177, 176.6, 176.8, 176.0, and today 175.6

I am fairly predictable at this point Flatter than crap, but I like to show the good, the bad, and the UGLEY

I was feeling pretty good thinking....."Man, my decline bench is almost as strong as Berto's"......"and we weigh EXACTLY the same this week". Then I saw how lean you are and realize I gotta a lot of work to do! DANG, man. For how far you are out.......you are one, ridiculously lean dude. Hardly "UGLEY". And still taking in 400g of carbs on low days? Sheesh!

[DREhova 87]

I'm getting jealous of your weigh ins. lol... Damn dude...your already diced. You might have to slow things down! LOL

24 Hour off of Amador? Is that where they have that leg press?

[strebla]

What you consider as ugly most consider incredible. Great work and I hope you feel better soon!