1 Year to leave "Do I even lift?" Status.

[eltwentyone]

Basically like an ab wheel right? I've seen people do those before.

ahhh yeah thats what it is, but instead of the wheel, use a barbell. You should try it out, haha its hard man. I was mad could only do two.

[Gibb1991]

ahhh yeah thats what it is, but instead of the wheel, use a barbell. You should try it out, haha its hard man. I was mad could only do two.

Will attempt/10

Back
DB row
60 x 15
70 x 12
80 x 8,9
80 x 8, 9
80 x 10 good reps + 5 cheatish ones on both sides >>> 70 x 10>>> 60 x 10 >>> 50 x 12
Barbell row
135 x 10
145 x 9
145 x 8
165 x 3 >>> 155 x 4 >>> 135 x 6
Cable row
130 x 15
170 x 5 >>> 150 x 7
150 x 10ish
150 x 10ish
Pull ups
5, 5, 4, 4, 2
Close grip pull down super set wide grip neutral grip rows
4 sets of each, failing in the 8-12 range. Dunno about weight

EDIT

This is actually kind of a big deal. I've never even had a purpose for the 80s before so this was sick

[Gibb1991]

Woke up from my post work nap (worked 6am- 1230, was at gym at 2) so I was not 100%, so this wasn't any real progress. Damaged the muscles though.

Shoulders/Biceps/Calves
DB shoulder press
30s x 20
50s x 10
60s x 5, 6, 5, 3
DROP SET 50 x 6, 40 x 6 (drop set done right after last 60 set and was back to back)
Smith Machine Shoulder press
135 x 7 , 7
-Buddy really didn't like the feel so we dropped this
Barbell shoulder press
115 x 5
95 x 10, 10
Lateral raises super set curls
35 lb raise x 15 35 lb curl x 6
35 lb raise x 12 30 lb curl x 10
35 lb raise x 10-12? 30lb curl x 10
35 lb raise x 12 >> 30 lbs x 6 >>> 25 lbs x 10 30 lb curl x 10
Machine preacher curl
3 sets 6-12 reps to failure each
Seated calves
2 sets of 2 plates x 20ish
2 sets of 3 plates x 12ish with 2 plate drop set

Meh workout overall, but the volume was sort of there.

[Gibb1991]

Pretty much going to be on a forced rest week now. I got a midterm tomorrow that I've studied over 25 hours for, an assignment due the next day I haven't started, and a midterm + assignment due Thursday. Then start studying for my hardest midterm next tues, but I should be able to get to the gym starting Friday. Hopefully I come back able to break some of these plateaus

[Bonkies]

dat feel, im so behind on school already.

[eltwentyone]

dat feel, im so behind on school already.

dat feel when you have a midterm, so you only focus on that class, then getting behind for the rest of your classes luckily, i finished all my midterms, only assignments now.

I hit prs today, 80 db press, 5-7 reps, 70 incline db press, 11 reps, barbell rows 185, 5-7 reps. all consistent now.

[Gibb1991]

dat feel when you have a midterm, so you only focus on that class, then getting behind for the rest of your classes luckily, i finished all my midterms, only assignments now.

I hit prs today, 80 db press, 5-7 reps, 70 incline db press, 11 reps, barbell rows 185, 5-7 reps. all consistent now.

185 row is insane to me lol. I can't balance on that, how much do you use your jerk your body while doing that? I also admirin the incline bench bro.

[eltwentyone]

185 row is insane to me lol. I can't balance on that, how much do you use your jerk your body while doing that? I also admirin the incline bench bro.

my body doesnt jerk at all actually, I have decided that I am going to cut this summer. How do you cut? I plan just eating vegetables, and lean meat, do lots of cardio after lifting. I will be coming by on 28th for the weekend, we should hit the gym then.

[Gibb1991]

my body doesnt jerk at all actually, I have decided that I am going to cut this summer. How do you cut? I plan just eating vegetables, and lean meat, do lots of cardio after lifting. I will be coming by on 28th for the weekend, we should hit the gym then.

We 'should' lift? Beetch we are going to lift together lol. See how much stronger you are than me.
Cutting isn't hard it's just the self discipline. Figure out how many calories you need per day and eat about 500 less than that every day. It's easier than bulking to be honest since the results come so fast.

[eltwentyone]

We 'should' lift? Beetch we are going to lift together lol. See how much stronger you are than me.
Cutting isn't hard it's just the self discipline. Figure out how many calories you need per day and eat about 500 less than that every day. It's easier than bulking to be honest since the results come so fast.

haha of course man, i will let you know when I come by. Hopefully the gym will give me a free pass.

[Gibb1991]

haha of course man, i will let you know when I come by. Hopefully the gym will give me a free pass.

They give those out like candy. Should be able to get a free week.
Thought of you on this chest day, first day back since Sunday (may not have time tomorrow sadly) so I had to hit a PR.

Chest
Flat DB Bench
40s x 25
60s x 15
80s x 6
-Groundwater said I went "deep enough" but not all the way on this set, he would tell me if they didn't count but I know it wasn't my best work
80s x 6
-heavy spot on last two but deep this time
80s x 5 Rest pause... 1 more rep
-Probably my best set oddly
Decline Barbell
165 x 6
165x 6 >>> 135 x 5
165 x 6 >>> 135 x 4
Incline Barbell
135 x 0
-My left side felt like the weights were uneven but they were perfect, I just lost all strength there for some reason. The 80s took it out of me
115 x 6
115 x 6
115 x 6
Hammerstrength horizontal seated bench
70 each side (45 + 25) x6 >>> 45lb x 10
70 x 4 >>> 45 x 6
70 x 2 >>> 45 x 6
-Super setted some pec dec between each set, but it was more to keep blood flowing than actual decent working weight
Close grip bench
125 x 3
- Was exhausted

I saw the time and realized I needed to get home. To much to do tonight and tomorrow before going out for a bit. Dunno if I'll have time for back tomorrow but I'll try.

[eltwentyone]

hahah cmon, everytime i try to 1up, then the next time you hit it haha. All looks good to me. I will be staying on the 29th and 30th at Chowder's place. We got two days, I will follow your routine as i am your guest.

[Bonkies]

nice sesh bro, yeah that db press use to get me to was never sure, now i touch my chest on every rep of db presses, feels way better mang.

[Gibb1991]

hahah cmon, everytime i try to 1up, then the next time you hit it haha. All looks good to me. I will be staying on the 29th and 30th at Chowder's place. We got two days, I will follow your routine as i am your guest.

O snap, I'll have to choose our workouts carefully. And lol, I don't think I can touch your rowing though. Also your 70s on incline after 80s on flat? phucking mad man. I couldn't get 135 up, but I did do decline in between so its a touch call.

nice sesh bro, yeah that db press use to get me to was never sure, now i touch my chest on every rep of db presses, feels way better mang.

Was kind of upset. I wanted to hit triceps and calves too but we took our sweet time just chillin between sets... and a ton of sets I guess lol.
Ya man I usually go very deep on my reps, it was only the first set that was mediocre. I'll stay at this weight and focus on getting deep and hitting it.

My friend who was doing 60s x 6 two months ago hit 75s x 6ish today. I hate that he's making such mad gains lol, catching up to me quickly. But he's 6'2 so it's harder for him to fill out

[MilkBender]

hey gibb do you know a lot of people majoring in biology? what do they say about the workload and difficulty

[Gibb1991]

hey gibb do you know a lot of people majoring in biology? what do they say about the workload and difficulty

It's hard. Lot's of labs, difficulty depends on how good you are at bio naturally I think. But lots of work. From what I hear anyways, Ely could probably tell you more.

Back
Chin ups
BW x 12
+20lbs x 7
+20 lbs x 5 Rest pause, 1 more
+20 lbs x 5
Bw x 8
-Decent for not doing these in a bit
Pull downs
3 sets 6-12 reps
-Didn't really track but all to failurish
DB rows
80 lbs x 8 each arm
80 lbs x 8
80 lbs x 8 and 6
60 lbs x 10
Cable row
20 plates x 1 (lol)
16 plates x 8
16 plates x 8 >>> 13 x 6
16 plates x 8ish >>> 13 plates x 6
-I'll be honest I don't know how many sets we did
DB curls
30 lbs x 10
30 lbs x 10
30 lbs x 10
Preacher curl
40 lbs x 2
-I hated how this felt
Preacher curl machine
set of 10ish

Was a bit rushed tbh

[Gibb1991]

Lats are so tight today, weighted chin ups are a new staple I think. Also abs got hit hard, I noticed this last time I did DB rows too. Feels good man. No workout today, gotta study up for a big test. Just wanted to let you guys know that these last two workouts have hit me hard. My chest is sore as phuck, lats are tight. Feels good man.

[Gibb1991]

Back in the gym with Gibb and Groundwater. Btw he's going to be making a log soon, I was thinking we could do a three man log Ely was a good day, hit some PRs, did some dirty form raises, tried a new exercise. Hungry as phuck right now.
Been eating like chit because of exams and stuff so I needed to at least hit some PRs lol.

Shoulder/ traps/ arms
DB shoulder press
25 lbs x 15ish
45 x 12
60 x 7 (PR?)
60 x 6
60x4
Shoulder press
135 x 2 PR (just wanted to see if I could basically)
115 x 6
115 x 5
115 x 5
- I did the 115 sets with very slow negatives, took away from my reps overall but felt sick
Behind the neck barbell
65 lbs x 10
65 lbs x 8
65 lbs x 8
-Never tried this with free weight before so went light. It feels so different and exhausting. But we also did just do two different presses already
Lateral raises super set barbell shrugs
35 lb raise x 16 >>> 15 lb raise x 10 Shrug- 185 x 10
40 lb raise x 8 >>> 30 lb raise x 8 >>> 15 lb raise x 10 Shrug- 185 x 8
40 lb raise x 8 >>> 30 lb raise x 8 >>> 15 lb raise x 10ish Shrug- 185 x 6 (drop) 2 >>> 135 x 12
-These 40 lb ones were not awful form, but not pretty either lol. Were cheating on purpose a bit because were trying to hit traps, me and groundwater both love doing that and we can definitely still feel it in our lateral delts. The strict 15s are to finish it off
Close grip bench
125 x 9
125 x 8
125 x 8
Weighted chin ups close grip
+ 20 lbs x 6
+20 lbs x 6
+ 20 lbs x 4
BW x 5
Push downs super set curls
push down- 12 rep max curl - 30 lbs x 10
push down - 8 rep max curl - 35 lbs x 8
push down - 3 rep max, 5 rep max , 12 rep max curl - 35s x 8 >>> 25s x 10
-didnt mean to go so heavy on push downs on that last set, was just more exhausted than I though.

[Gibb1991]

Oh, and gonna up date on the state of dieting. I'm getting around 2100-2300 a day right now, so that's basically a fairly lean bulk for me (2000 is supposed to be my maintenance, seems right too) and I love these PRs I keep making. So I'm gonna stick to this for a month or two then do a quick two week hard cut like Layne suggests and like BoB is doing [Bonkies will know]. See how it works out.

[Bonkies]

Lol @ the dieting - in b.o.b we trust, awesome stuff m8 what body weight are you even at the moment?

[Gibb1991]

Lol @ the dieting - in b.o.b we trust, awesome stuff m8 what body weight are you even at the moment?

Fluctuates between 158-161. Eat clean a few days at a time and it drops lol. I actually decided on the dieting because I probably only cut for like 6 weeks but feel way better about how I look now and I'm hitting mad PRs lol. So if I do the cut hard for two weeks then spend 6 weeks hitting PRs sounds great to me.

[eltwentyone]

Fluctuates between 158-161. Eat clean a few days at a time and it drops lol. I actually decided on the dieting because I probably only cut for like 6 weeks but feel way better about how I look now and I'm hitting mad PRs lol. So if I do the cut hard for two weeks then spend 6 weeks hitting PRs sounds great to me.

man i hate when my weight fluctuates, the weight during the day is 170, and usually when i check in the morning is 167. If i dont get my cals in one day, it will drop to 165 lol. Recently, i got a turrible injury, hemroids brah, fukn painful. I think i got it from either DL or too much strain when i went to the bathroom.

[Gibb1991]

man i hate when my weight fluctuates, the weight during the day is 170, and usually when i check in the morning is 167. If i dont get my cals in one day, it will drop to 165 lol. Recently, i got a turrible injury, hemroids brah, fukn painful. I think i got it from either DL or too much strain when i went to the bathroom.

Happened to me when I squatted one time and was straining to hard. Happens.
Get a 20-30g of fiber, 3 L of water daily. When you poop put something in front of you to lift your legs slightly (simulates squat position), and DO NOT STRAIN, just sit there until it comes out on it's own.

...that's not a terrible injury lol

[Gibb1991]

Post chest / triceps workout I was just flexing infront of the mirror near the living room and my brother was on the phone with my mom and interupts his sentence to say "holy chit!" as I was flexing by abs and chest at the same time. Looked juicy as phuck, wish I could figure out this camera again like I did for the last pics. Oh well, you'll have to use your imagination for a bit

Chest/ Triceps
DB bench
40 s x 20
60s x 12
80s x 5
80s x 6
80s x 6? (maybe 5)
Incline Barbell Bench
135 x 5
-This felt heavier than normal, but this is my first chest workout without stims in forever
135 x 6 >>> 115 x 5
135 x 4-5 >>> 115 x 5 >>> 95 x 8 >>> 45 lbs x 9
-Went to absolute failure on this last set. Felt INSANE. Never felt like 45 lbs was heavy since I first started lifting lol. New staple exercise
Decline barbell
135 x 8
185 x 2 >>> 155 x 4 >>> 135 x 6
175 x 1 >>> 155 x 6 >>> 135 x 6
- No idea why the 175 felt so heavy, but I just couldn't do it
Close grip bench
125 x 6
125 x 8 >>> 115 x 5
125 x 6
95 x 8
Dips
+ 10 lbs x 8>>> BW x 8
Push downs
3 sets til failure. Not sure how to count the weights on this, but same idea as the other sets- failure, then drop till failure, then drop

[Gibb1991]

I wasn't that pumped to workout but then I saw that it was Zyzz's birthday, had to hit a PR.

Back/pathetic bicepworkout/ abs
Chin ups
BW x 12
+ 25 lbs x 6
+ 25 lbs x 5
+ 25 lbs x 4
+ 15 lbs x 5
+15 lbs x 5
BW x 5
Pull down- Hands facing each other on V bar
13 plate x 12
13 plate x 12
13 plate x 10
DB row
80 x 8
80 x 7
80 x 6
70 x 7
70 x 5
-Left arm was a lot weaker than the right for some reason.
Barbell underhand row
155 x 0
135 x 6
135 x 6
135 x 6
-Grip was gone, back was exhausted
Cable row
16 plate x 8
16 plate x 8
16 plate x 8
DB curl
30s x 10
30s x 10
30s x 10
Sit ups
+ 25 lbs x 15
+ 35 lbs x 8 >>> + 25 lbs x 6
+ 35 lbs x 6
-Gym was to busy at this point. No where to do cable crunches or even hanging leg raises, grip was gone anyways

I only even attempted the 25 lb chin ups because the 20s were gone lol.

[Bonkies]

strong chins lol

[Gibb1991]

strong chins lol

Notsureifsarcasm/10

I really wanna get my weighted chin ups to improve, never worked on it before but as soon as I tried it I've become obsessed lol. Right now I'm using a DB between my legs, would be sick to have the belt with a 45 some day.

Tried weighted dips in my basement with a 25 lb db, it's pretty hard on my wrists, dunno how to work on this.

[Bonkies]

yeah im starting to get that problem to, forearm/wrist failure on dips lol, wrist wraps i guess?

[Gibb1991]

hahah cmon, everytime i try to 1up, then the next time you hit it haha. All looks good to me. I will be staying on the 29th and 30th at Chowder's place. We got two days, I will follow your routine as i am your guest.

I just realized the 29th is good Friday. I'll have to find out if they close early. They may close at 4..
Bro, me and Groundwater are pumped about this. We've literally been training for your visit lol. Friday is chest day, Saturday is generally back day. Hope your ready for some phucking volume.

[eltwentyone]

I just realized the 29th is good Friday. I'll have to find out if they close early. They may close at 4..
Bro, me and Groundwater are pumped about this. We've literally been training for your visit lol. Friday is chest day, Saturday is generally back day. Hope your ready for some phucking volume.

haha did chest/back today, so i will be rested up till Friday and Saturday. When should i get the pass, at the front desk? Btw, If you got a ps3 play metal gear rising revegeance, goat final boss and amazing soundtrack just downloaded it, its my playlist right now, feeelin pumped.