TGreggors' Second Training Log

[TGreggors]

12/22/16:
164.4 lbs.

Paused Bench Press:
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 8, 8, 8

DB Lateral Raises:
20 x 13, 13, 12, 12, 12

Lying Leg Curls:
110 x 9, 9, 9, 8, 8

Low Cable Rows:
140 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

Glute Pull-throughs:
Full stack + 45 x 13, 13, 12, 12, 12

Standing Calf Raises: *paused*
225 x 13, 13, 13, 12, 12

Was a good session with a good few of my hometown lifters around. Got some lulzy reactions when i busted out the pull-throughs.

[TGreggors]

12/25/16:
165.0 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
305 x 5, 5, 5

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
155 x 3
175 x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
315 x 2
350 x 4, 4, 4

Flat DB Presses:
60s x 12, 12, 12, 12
55s x 12

Standing Cable Curls:
110 x 12, 12, 11
90 x 12
80 x 12, 1

HS Seated Crunches:
2 45s x 12, 11

Twisting Cable Crunches:
Full stack + 45 x 12.8, 11

Merry Christmas Eve to all :-) Was happy to get some heavyish pulls in.

[LoganBrown]

Pretty much. Still not too fond of the idea of having to mini-cut et all for at least like a year and a half from now. Yeah, gaining fat is going to have to happen in order to make gains, but I feel that I can milk this gaining phase for all it's worth by going extremely slowly. My thinking is that I probably won't be benefitting too terribly much from going faster. I've gone faster on a previous bulk, although still somewhat slow (2 pounds/month) and I got sloppy looking a lot faster than I anticipated. So we're going to take things even slower this time around.

Makes sense dude. One of them natty BBing struggles

EDIT: Haha damn dude, we posted at pretty much the exact same time. Good timing. Hope you have a good Christmas brah

[TGreggors]

Makes sense dude. One of them natty BBing struggles

EDIT: Haha damn dude, we posted at pretty much the exact same time. Good timing. Hope you have a good Christmas brah

Didn't even see this! dayum. hope yours went well, too. A whole lot of good food and time with family/friends

[TGreggors]

12/26/16:
164.8 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
265 x 8, 8, 8

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
165 x 4
190 x 4, 4, 4

Wide Neutral Grip Pulldowns:
170 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Face Pulls:
90 x 10, 9, 9, 9, 10

Triceps Pushdowns:
90 x 13, 13, 12, 13, 13

Single Leg Leg Press:
45 + 30/side x 14, 14, 14, 14, 14

Good stuff. Heaviest I've gone on bench since the meet.

[TGreggors]

12/28/16:
162.6 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
305 x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
160 x 7, 7, 7

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
315 x 1
335 x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Standing BB Overhead Press: *paused*
100 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Lat Pulldowns:
180 x 10, 9, 9, 9, 9

HS Seated Crunches:
2 45s x 12, 12

Twisting Cable Crunches:
full stack + 45 x 12.8, 12

Solid work. BW dropped a little bit lower than I would like, which I believe is likely due to standing all day in the pharmacy for 32-35 hours/week while home for break. Going to increase cals to 2800 until I start averaging out at 165.

[TGreggors]

12/29/16:
163.0 lbs.

Paused Bench Press:
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
165 x 3
185 x 1, 1, 1, 1

DB Lateral Raises:
20 x 13, 13, 13, 13, 12

Lying Leg Curls:
110 x 9, 9, 9, 9, 8

Low Cable Rows:
160 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Cable Pull-throughs:
Full stack + 45 x 13, 13, 13, 13, 13

Standing Calf Raises: *paused*
225 x 13, 13, 13, 14, 15

Got in before work. Excited for a heavy day on the big three on Saturday.

[TGreggors]

12/31/16:
164.4 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
325 x 4, 4, 4

Bench Press:
135 x 5
165 x 3
185 x 1
200 x 3, 3, 3

Deadlift:
275 x 3
325 x 2
370 x 3, 3, 3

Flat DB Presses:
60s x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Cable Biceps Curls:
90 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

HS Seated Crunches:
2 45s x 13, 12

Twisting Cable Crunches:
Full stack + 45 x 13, 12

Good session. Happy new year to the few who follow. Happy with how I handled things in life in 2016. Back to school on the second for me.

[TGreggors]

1/2/17:
163.2 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
250 x 8, 8

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
145 x 7, 7

Neutral Grip Pulldowns:
150 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Face Pulls:
90 x 10, 13, 10, 11, 11

Cable Triceps Pushdowns:
80 x 13, 12, 12, 13, 12

Single Leg Leg Press:
45 + 30 x 15, 15, 14, 14, 15

Last session at home before going back to school. Going to keep going with the 2800 until I start putting some weight on. May have a stomach bug incoming...everyone in my family is getting it. Really hoping to stay healthy.

[IK9]

I hope you feel better

[TGreggors]

I hope you feel better

Thank ya. Think i'm in the clear! Nothing developed today. Thankfully. Wanna get through this whole block of training without any slip-ups just to see if it gives me better progress.

[TGreggors]

1/3/17:
162.4 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
285 x 1, 1, 1

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
155 x 3
165 x 1, 1, 1

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
315 x 1, 1, 1

Standing BB Overhead Press: *paused*
80 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Lat Pulldowns:
155 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Decline DB Situps:
60 x 15, 13 *focusing on keeping the weight high on my chest*

Twisting Cable Crunches:
Full stack x 19, 18

First session back at school. Power loads felt insanely light.

[TGreggors]

1/5/17:
165.0 lbs.

Paused Bench Press:
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 3
165 x 3, 3

DB Lateral Raises:
20s x 14, 14, 13, 13, 13

Seated Leg Curls:
165 x 9, 8, 8, 8
160 x 8

HS Low Rows:
45 + 25 x 15
2 45s x 14
2 45s + 10 x 13, 12, 13

Barbell Hip Thrusts:
185 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 12

Standing Calf Raises: *paused*
315 x 12, 12, 13, 14, 13

It appears that hip thrusts are back in the program since the cable machine doesn't go heavy enough here for me to do pullthroughs. A classmate told me that I look like I got bigger over break while I was in the gym tonight. Idk how much truth there is to that but I don't mind the compliment, haha

[IK9]

Bro.. you got hugeeeeeee!

[TGreggors]

Bro.. you got hugeeeeeee!

I'm fuarkin' Zyzz, brah.

Have you made your way back to the gym yet or are you still not feelin' it so much at the moment?

[TGreggors]

1/6/17:
164.4 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
285 x 4, 4

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
325 x 3, 3

Flat DB Presses:
20s x 10
45s x 5
60s x 13, 13, 13, 13, 14

Cable Biceps Curls:
110 x 11
100 x 13, 13, 12, 12

Twisting Cable Crunches:
75 x 34 (lol)
90 x 15, 15, 14.8

Solid. School was shutdown today due to snow so I went to the gym. Cool little place with just the basics. My gym bag was in my locker at the school's gym so had to lift with no versas, shoes, knee sleeves or belt. Haven't squatted/deadlifted without a belt in a long time.




Just a couple of pictures taken post-workout today. I think I'm making progress.



I keep saying it, but training with sub-maximal loads is weird! Three weeks until I do some AMRAPS with heavy weights.

[IK9]

I'm fuarkin' Zyzz, brah.

Have you made your way back to the gym yet or are you still not feelin' it so much at the moment?

Motivation has been high for the last 3-4 weeks.

Took 5-6 days off tho & yesterday was my first day coming back. Was fighting a cold/flu for about a week & was working tons of overtime at work with the holidays.

Things have been good.. I bought an engagement ring (proposal still months out).. got a 2nd valet job.. & switched from graveyard valet supervisor to swing shift valet supervisor at my primary job

Got bloodwork done.. currently sitting just over 700 ng/dl

This OMRON handheld thingy put me at 10% bf at 170 lbs.. (not accurate) but have been using that method forever

I'll post an update when I make some better progress. Physique is still mediocre to me but my hamstrings/quads have cobb web/spider web veins all over them haha

I won't really be posting but I'll keep up with your progress!

[TGreggors]

Motivation has been high for the last 3-4 weeks.

Took 5-6 days off tho & yesterday was my first day coming back. Was fighting a cold/flu for about a week & was working tons of overtime at work with the holidays.

Things have been good.. I bought an engagement ring (proposal still months out).. got a 2nd valet job.. & switched from graveyard valet supervisor to swing shift valet supervisor at my primary job

Got bloodwork done.. currently sitting just over 700 ng/dl

This OMRON handheld thingy put me at 10% bf at 170 lbs.. (not accurate) but have been using that method forever

I'll post an update when I make some better progress. Physique is still mediocre to me but my hamstrings/quads have cobb web/spider web veins all over them haha

I won't really be posting but I'll keep up with your progress!

happy to hear from you, man. Seem to pop on here rather sporadically nowadays...guess that means that life is going well. Are you still working at the Wynn? I think i recall that was where you were working down there. Sounds like a promotion. Better hope she doesn't get on the forums! congrats!

and of course...lol your legs have always been rather nuts.

[IK9]

happy to hear from you, man. Seem to pop on here rather sporadically nowadays...guess that means that life is going well. Are you still working at the Wynn? I think i recall that was where you were working down there. Sounds like a promotion. Better hope she doesn't get on the forums! congrats!

and of course...lol your legs have always been rather nuts.

Yeah, I'm a valet supervisor at the Wynn. She picked out the ring.. she just doesn't know when I'm gonna propose haha

[TGreggors]

Yeah, I'm a valet supervisor at the Wynn. She picked out the ring.. she just doesn't know when I'm gonna propose haha

Very nice, man. bet it's a rock ;-) how long have you two been together?

[TGreggors]

1/8/17:
161.8 lbs. (stayed up until 2 and didn't weigh until like 9 or so. Not going to use this to justify bumping food anymore just yet.)

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
260 x 10, 10, 10

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
150 x 10, 10, 10

Neutral Grip Pulldowns:
165 x 10, 10 (extremely wide grip)
165 x 10
155 x 10, 10 (more narrow wide neutral grip. Just was seeing which attachment I prefer for these at school)

Facepulls:
50 x 9
40 x 13
45 x 12, 11, 12

Cable Triceps Pushdowns: *w/ rope*
40 x 13, 12, 13, 12, 12

Single Leg Leg Press:
45 + 30/side x 15, 15, 15, 15, 15


This was actually pretty rough. Was a more demanding squat/bench session coupled with the fact that I stayed up so late last night due to my class's formal. Was running on less than 5 hours of sleep but got the prescribed work in.

[IK9]

Very nice, man. bet it's a rock ;-) how long have you two been together?

Haven't been together that long.. 1.5 years.. we were long time friends from college tho.. 2009 onwards

[TGreggors]

Haven't been together that long.. 1.5 years.. we were long time friends from college tho.. 2009 onwards

Well congrats at any rate. Going to be looking for that proposal on fb/ig, haha

[TGreggors]

1/10/17:
167.2 lbs. (DAMN, MAN)

Squats:
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
295 x 3, 3, 3

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
155 x 3
170 x 3, 3, 3

Deadlift:
275 x 3
325 x 3, 3, 3

Standing BB Overhead Press: *paused*
90 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

Lat Pulldowns:
165 x 11, 11, 10, 10, 10

Decline DB Situps:
65 x 13, 13

Twisting Cable Crunches:
full stack x 22, 23

Solidish. Long day of classes/lab before this but got it done. Crazy how I gain weight, lol. it's like it just jumps on at once. Hoping that some big PRs are coming on my test day in two weeks.

[TGreggors]

1/12/17:
168.2 lbs.

Paused Bench Press:
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 4
175 x 5, 5, 5

DB Lateral Raises:
20s x 14, 14, 14, 14, 14

Seated Leg Curls:
165 x 9, 9, 8, 8, 8

Pendlay Rows:
135 x 11, 10, 9, 10, 10

BB Hip Thrusts:
185 x 13, 13, 12, 12, 12

Standing Calf Raises: *paused*
315 x 13, 13, 14, 13, 13

Good. First time trying pendlay rows. Easing up on the food a tad as of now because I planned to be 166 by January 10th. Gotta milk this surplus for all it's worth.

Third set of pendlays

[TGreggors]

1/14/17:
166.0 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
305 x 5, 5, 5

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
145 x 4
155 x 9, 9, 9

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
335 x 5, 5, 5

Flat DB Presses:
60 x 14, 14, 13, 12, 12

Cable Biceps Curls:
65 x 10
55 x 12
45 x 13, 13, 12

Decline DB Situps:
65 x 14, 13

Twisting Cable Crunches:
Full stack x 25, 25

So much chest work

[TGreggors]

1/15/17:
165.4 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
265 x 9, 9, 9

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
155 x 4
175 x 2, 2, 2, 2

Neutral Grip Pulldowns:
170 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Face Pulls:
45 x 12, 12, 12, 12, 13

Triceps Pushdowns:*w/ rope*
40 x 13, 13, 13, 13, 13

Single Leg Leg Press:
45 + 40/side x 14, 14, 14, 13, 12

[TGreggors]

1/17/17:
166.2 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
305 x 2, 2, 2, 2

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
165 x 4
190 x 4, 4, 4

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
335 x 2, 2, 2, 2

Paused Standing Overhead Press:
105 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8

Lat Pulldowns:
165 x 12, 11, 11, 11, 11

Decline DB Situps:
65 x 14, 13

Twisting Cable Crunches:
Full stack x 24, 23

Was very pleased with the OHPs today, but the bench reps were slower than I would have liked. Really need to refine my technique. May switch back to touch-n-go next cycle.

[TGreggors]

1/19/17:
165.4 lbs.

Paused Bench Press:
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
145 x 4
160 x 8, 8, 8

DB Lateral Raises:
20s x 15, 15, 15, 14, 14

Seated Leg Curls:
165 x 9, 9, 9, 8, 8

Pendlay Rows:
150 x 8, 8, 8, 8, 8(last rep was sloppy)

Barbell Hip Thrusts:
185 x 13, 13, 13, 13, 12

Standing Calf Raises:
315 x 14, 14, 14, 14, 14

Just some clips from today's session

Happy with this. Progressing across the board.

[TGreggors]

1/21/17:
166.6 lbs.

Squats:
45 x 10
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
325 x 4, 4, 4

Paused Bench Press:
135 x 5
160 x 3
185 x 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Deadlifts:
275 x 3
325 x 1
360 x 4, 4, 4

Flat DB Presses:
60 x 14, 14, 14, 13, 12

Cable Biceps Curls:
45 x 15, 15, 14, 13, 13

Decline DB Situps:
65 x 14, 14

Cable Crunches:
Full stack x 24, 24