CLEARly I need MUSCLE gainz. MuscleTech gave me 12 weeks!

[InfiniteRecomp]

(SAY WHAT!!!)


Oh boy, Time to release the hounds!!! 'Dis gon' be phun, yup yup!!


First thoughts - the pills are a little different than the beta-test, though they are still clear they are harder, less rubbery. Look like clear tic-tacs, or legos - you know, the clear ones you could never find or could only get one or two of.


I'll post up a workout in a few. Like the directions indicate I took 2 capsules before my workout. Was supposed to be 20-30 minutes, but I was draggin' and distracted by prepping food, checking emails yada-yada. ended up being an hour.


Oh, and lest we forget, the exhaustive ingredients list:

Serving Size: 2 Capsules
BetaTOR® (Free acid beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate) 1,000 mg

Other Ingredients:
Choline Chloride, Hypromellose, Water, Silicon Dioxide


Officially I think this is part of a trifecta - Clear, Phospha, Plasma. Each with a specific purpose.

and some marketing to chew on:

"CLEAR MUSCLE™ delivers a revolutionary compound called BetaTOR™ that delivers ultra-concentrated anabolic power in two tiny pills. In fact, you would have to consume 200 grams of whey protein in order to yield the 1-gram dose of BetaTOR™ found in a serving of CLEAR MUSCLE™. What's more, BetaTOR™ also helps fight catabolism after every dose for superior musclebuilding effects."

kinda like that 'fights catabolism' part. Was never much of a cat lover; they're okay, just not for me.

[Marshall28]

Your doing 6 per day right ?

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Your doing 6 per day right ?

Absolutely - 2 at a time as directed or this log will last all year

Caps #1&2 in the am preworkout
Caps #3&4 midafternoon with a meal
Caps #5&6 will be this evening.

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Workout O'the Day - HCT Day #4, Lower Back, Hammies, Abs

Barbell Deadlift (warmups set of 45#x20, 135#x6)
3 Sets: 245x10

Superset (with a dropset)
Seated Leg Curl / Barbell Glute Hamstring Raise
Set 1 : 123x10 / 10 reps
Set 2 : 128x10 / 10 reps
Set 3 : 128x10, 110x10, 92x10 / 10 reps

DB Stiff-Legged Deadlift
2 Sets: 60x10
Set 3 : 70x10

Abs Superset
Decline Bench Twisting Sit Up / Twisting Floor Crunch
Set 1 : 14 reps / 14 reps
Set 2 : 15 reps / 16 reps
Set 3 : 11 reps / 12 reps
Set 4 : 12 reps / 12 reps

• Session Length 00:48:53
• Actual Workout 00:16:54
• Rest Timer 00:11:02
• Weight Lifted 15952 lbs

I think I'm going to need to track where I fall on daily food intake. My goal for this entire log is to build LEAN mass, and drop fat. The dropping fat seems to allude me. I'm working on disciplining myself on a caloric budget but if this increases GH I might get more hangry. We'll see how this works out.

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HCT Day#5 - Upper Back, Calves

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown (warmup)
3 Sets: 92x10 (I don’t think this was supposed to be a warmup exercise, but I needed to start slow)

Superset I
Pull Ups / Cable Rope Lat Pull Down
Set 1 : 10 Reps / 111x10
2 Sets: 10 Reps / 122x10

Superset II
DB One Arm Row / One-Arm Inverted Row
Set 1 : 70x10 / 6 Reps
2 Sets: 70x10 / 8 Reps

These two supersets were the meat & potatoes of this workout. Felt super-swole and got a good stretch. I couldn’t even do the 10 prescribed reps on invert rows.

Superset III
DB Straight Arm Pullover / DB Shoulder Shrug
3 Sets: 50x15 / 60x15

Calf Press On Leg Press
Set 1 : 215x20
4 Sets: 225x20

Love my new machine. Still testing out how much weight I should be doing on it.

• Session Length 00:55:46
• Actual Workout 00:23:36
• Wasted Time 00:05:09 (wife pulled me away for help with something she was writing, and you just don’t say ‘no’ to the wife)
• Rest Timer 00:15:01
• Weight Lifted 35960 lbs

Still gotta do the cardio. Maybe I’ll get to it before the evening.

4 pills down today so far. Doing my 6 per day. They have a slight taste I can’t describe; not off-putting or anything. I’m just trying to be thorough.

This weekend is a long pause. I’ll continue my course, taking my CM on non-lifting days as well and report back after the holiday to continue this run. So don’t think I’m bailing – we’re just getting started!

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Can't wait to see your log man.

Once I seen you apply, and get selected, I knew I had to follow along!

[InfiniteRecomp]

I have to live up to the hype then, hahaha.

Weekend was long, skipped the Monday workout. I'm doing that today (quads, abs, calves) along with the smaller portion of Tuesday's (shoulders). Then I'll combine the larger portion of Tuesday (Chest) into Wednesday's workout (tris & bis) to get back on track.

I'm going out of town in a couple weeks (Wednesday pm - Sunday) so I need to plan ahead to smash 5 days into 3, or start Sunday and give myself 4 days. Will be taking my li'l friends with me (CM caps).


Weekend report - We went out for several hours each day over the weekend. I took one dose CM with me along with a fish oil and a D₃. I take those twice a day and include one dose CM each time. One of those occasions includes a maintenance cleanse.

Typical (M-F) scheme: 1 dose (2 caps) CM with my preworkout; 1 dose CM + 1 fish oil, + 1 D₃ with 'brunch', 1 dose CM + 1 fish oil, + 1 D₃ + 1 Cleanse with late afternoon snack.

Sat-Sun scheme (non-lifting days): 1 dose CM + 1 fish oil, + 1 D₃ with 'brunch', 1 dose CM + 1 fish oil, + 1 D₃ + 1 Cleanse with late afternoon snack; 1 dose CM with dinner (usually late).


Often on weekends, I'm only eating twice a day really, with some kind of snack in between - like a Starbucks run while we're out shopping. A couple occasions I've had to take my last dose of CM at midnight or later, just before bed. I wonder if that helps or hurts? Last night, I missed that final dose. We had a brunchy type sandwich, then shopping for several hours and dinner out. We came home, started taking care of things and I forgot to include my ClearMuscle in with my magnesium. Time to get back on track.


Gotta go hammer quads on my new leg press now. Will report back later.

[Marshall28]

So many reps....Damn!!

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So many reps....Damn!!

just you wait there, mister! This program gets crazy with reps.

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I spent a large amount of time putting together a video yesterday, so today you get two workouts. I guess I’ll have to do some measurements every now and then. I did some just over a week ago to start this Hardcore Trainer run. Am I looking for mass or just strength? We’ll just have to record numbers and note what we find.




HCT Day #8 (plus a little of Day #9) Quads, Calves, Shoulders, Abs

DB Leg Extensions
Set 1 : 35x20
Set 2 : 60x10
Set 3 : 60x10, 35x10

Leg Press
Set 1 : 225x30
Set 2 : 275x20
Set 3 : 345x10
Set 4 : 275x20
Set 5 : 235x30

Barbell Lunge to Squat Combo
Set 1 : 45x20 - I did the first set wrongly.
Set 2 : 95x10
Set 3 : 115x10

Donkey Calf Press on Leg Press Machine
Set 1 : 175x20
Set 2 : 175x20
Set 3 : 225x10
Set 4 : 175x20
Set 5 : 145x23

Barbell Front Raise to Shoulder Press Combo
3 Sets: 35x10

Barbell Side Raise - 10 reps with bands, then drop bands and do ten without
3 Sets: 25x10+20# bands / 25x10

DB Lying Reverse Fly - 10 reps palms facing behind, 10 reps palms facing together.
Set 1: 15x20, then 10 reps band reverse flyes 20#
2 Sets: 15x20, then 10 reps band shoulder press 20#


Abs Superset
Decline Bench Leg Raise / Exercise Ball Knee Roll / Plank
Set 1 : 12 reps / 20 reps / 0:33
Set 2 : 10 reps / 20 reps / 0:30
Set 3 : 10 reps / 20 reps / 0:40

• Session Length 01:37:01
• Actual Workout 00:35:30
• Wasted Time 00:19:49
• Rest Timer 00:25:12
• Weight Lifted 53935 lbs

I basically didn't even go to work. Gotta have priorities.

Last night, my quads were feeling pretty sore and I expected it to be worse today since it’s been a long time since I’ve used a leg press; but, I’m feeling OK. Not completely without soreness, but not debilitated either. Could CM have any effect in that regard? We’ll monitor as we go.

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Today we catch up - doing the larger muscle from the normal Tuesday along with mah armsticks.


HCT Day #10 (and finish Day #9) Chest, Tris, Bis

DB Hammer Grip Incline Bench Press
Set 1 : 30x20
Set 2 : 40x15
Set 3 : 70x10, 40x10

Barbell Incline Bench Press
Set 1 : 115x20
Set 2 : 155x10
Set 3 : 155x10, 125x10

Cable Flat Bench Fly
Set 1 : 29x20
Set 2 : 35.5x15
Set 3 : 45.5x10, 35.5x10

Wide Hand Pushup
Set 1 : 19 Reps
Set 2 : 21 Reps
Set 3 : 22 Reps

Day #9 DONE!! That took about a half-hour including warming up my shoulder joint. Not too bad.

Barbell Standing Overhead Triceps Extension
Set 1 : 75x15
Set 2 : 75+20# bands x5, 75x5 (removed bands, that was too much)
Set 3 : 65+20# bandsx10, 65x8

Cable Rope Triceps Pushdown - triple drop sets
Set 1 : 111x10 / 102x10 / 91x10
Set 2 : 111x10 / 102x8 / 91x4
Set 3 : 111x10 / 91x10 / 71x10

I get messed up on the verbiage. a drop set is doing a set, dropping some weight and continuing. A double drop set would then be doing a set, drop - continue, drop - continue. 2 drops. He calls it a triple drop, but only drops twice. It is 3 segments though.

Moving on!!

Tricep Dips - with a band (20#) to failure, then drop the band and fail again.
Set 1 : BW+Band x7 / BWx5
Set 2 : BW+Band x8 / BWx3
Set 3 : BW+Band x9 / BWx3

Superset I
Barbell Spider Curl / Standing Band Biceps Curl
3 Sets: 50x12 / 40x12

Superset II
Cable Squatting Curl / Banded Squatting Curls
3 Sets: 71x12 / 40x12

Superset III
DB Incline Curl / Banded Incline Curls
3 Sets: 30x10 / 40x10

I think he supersets biceps more than anything else on this program. Kinda weird.

• Session Length 01:39:00
• Actual Workout 00:39:12
• Wasted Time 00:05:08
• Rest Timer 00:26:10
• Weight Lifted 35173 lbs

this is supposed to be band week. There are several exercises that I will NOT be adding bands to. I get plenty of resistance.


CLEAR MUSCLE notes: Nothing earth shattering yet, but there’s still hope. The month is young. Pills are well-tolerated with food or not. No burping issues, or other weirdness.

[Marshall28]

Looking good boss. I sweat it took about 3 weeks before I started to see the benefits to clear muscle.

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Another day hustlin'...

gotta catch up.

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Geez - my workout app log looks so much longer. I’m thinking “what the heck did I do?” Consolidating is much easier to read.


HCT Day #11 Lower Back & Calves - back on track, one workout per day.

Barbell Deadlift - with dropsets
Set 1 : 295x5
Set 2 : 295x5, 245x5
Set 3 : 245x8, 205x8

Superset
Barbell Rack Pulls / Banded Good Mornings
3 Sets: 285x10 / 40x20

Lying Leg Curls - with dropsets
Set 1 : 60x20
Set 2 : 95x10, 74x10
Set 3 : 115x10, 95x10, 74x10

Single Leg Curl - with dropsets; supposed to be no rest, other than resetting the weight. Changed it as fast as I could.
Set 1 : 84x20
Set 2 : 95x10, 74x10
Set 3 : 95x10, 74x10, 60x10 - legs feel the work today.

Abs Superset
Barbell Press Sit Up / Ab Wheel / Crunches (1 set straight, sets 2 & 3 oblique)
3 Sets: 45x10 / 10 Reps/ 10 Reps

• Session Length 01:03:04
  Actual Workout 00:26:55
  Wasted Time 00:01:09
  Rest Timer 00:14:00
  Weight Lifted 32065 lbs

Had a pretty good day. Did my CMs a little early - one pair preworkout, and then each successive pair about 3 hours apart. I had an event going from 6pm on and knew I wouldn't get to them if I waited.

Friday:
HCT Day #12 Upper Back & Calves

Pull Ups - with a 20# band to failure, then remove band and continue
Set 1 : 0 / 3 - yes, that's a zero, not a ten. I took so many attempts to figure out how to mount my band to the rack to give enough resistance that I was done before I started the set.
Set 2 : 8 / 2
Set 3 : 7 / 4

Cable Hammer Row - Dropsets
3 Sets: 122x10, 102x10

Barbell Incline Bench Row - dropsets
Set 1 : 115x10, 95x10
Set 2 : 125x10, 95x10
Set 3 : 125x10, 105x10

Superset
Cable Straight Arm Push Down / Cable Upper Row
3 Sets: 102x10 / 117x10

DB Standing One Leg Calf Raise
Set 1 : 25x30
Set 2 : 25x25
Set 3 : 25x20
2 Sets: BWx20

• Session Length 00:57:45
  Actual Workout 00:19:25
  Wasted Time 00:05:20
  Rest Timer 00:18:00
  Weight Lifted 32180 lbs

Lifting days are Mon-Fri. I’m supposed to do cardio every day, but some of my workouts I’m dripping sweat, and of course I don’t leave time. I’m also supposed to do some on the weekends. I did last Saturday. instead of 20 minutes twice, I knocked out 40 minutes in the morning. I’m looking forward to doing it again. Just that little attention to some cardio helped yield a loss on the scale. Maybe I’m giving it too much credit, but it’s encouraging me to do some - more than I usually do. We’ll see what happens this weekend - one day of sweat cardio and a peaceful Sunday morning of yoga contortion.


See ya Monday! I'm looking forward to being a pound lighter. I'm also thinking about how I'm going to make sure to hit all my workouts the week after next. Sure, I could hit the gym in the hotel; but, I'll be traveling with my wife and that's the LAST thing on her mind. It may be a combination of starting my week Sunday and taking my Tris and Bis day and incorporating each half into the day before (chest, shoulders) and the day after (lower back, hammies... or better yet - upper back, calves). Sounds like a plan.

[Marshall28]

Great job man!!

[yoojungl]

Sorry I'm a lil late on this log

But TY for putting lots of detail into this log!!
BTW the lunge squat combo...I remember doing it in one of Kris Gethin's workout programs (10 reps per leg, then 10 squats) and my legs were giving out midset. It's tough!!

[InfiniteRecomp]

Welcome, Angela!!! So nice to see you here.

Yeah, those do kill. You start doing them, then you gotta count twice, lose count and wonder if it's ever going to end - hahaha. Here come some more endless reps.

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Life. … ugh.

weight checkin: 184.4# @ 16.3% - progress toward my goal and I don’t feel deprived or starving. Yeah, it’s only .8# but ever since the Holidays I’ve not been able to get below 186#.

I spent the day working at home and took advantage of the opportunity do get a few house things done before I started my workout, since I went to bed at 5pm after spending all night putting together a new piece of equipment that my wife said would make her feel more comfortable to actually do some resistance training. Wouldn’t you know, not far into my routine I get preempted by the ‘little woman’ with things she wants me to do, “since you’re home”… this is the result:


HCT Day #15, Quads (calves & abs… oops)

Leg Extensions
Set 1 : 50x25, 30x25
Set 2 : 30x10, 40x10, 50x10, 60x10, 70x10

Superset
Landmine Squat / DB Squat (supposed to be hex bar - don’t own one)
3 Sets: 90x25 / 40x25

• Session Length 00:18:09 - well that was quick
• Actual Workout 00:16:40
• Wasted Time 00:00:00
• Rest Timer 00:03:00
• Weight Lifted 14250 lbs

Short period of time, but I was gassed. This high-rep stuff and little rest is a real challenge. I have to make up for the rest of Quads, Calves, and Abs on Tuesday.

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Today I got started much earlier knowing that I needed to show up at my desk (@work). Wouldn’t you know it, she woke up early too. I really need to get her on the program. Fortunately I got much further into my W.O.D. before she started in on me for not tackling her wish list instead.

HCT Day #16, Chest, Shoulders and some makeup work

DB Incline Fly and Press Combo
3 Sets: 35x10

Superset
DB Incline Hex Press / DB Incline Bench Press
3 Sets: 50x10 / 50x10 - getting taxed by the third set

Superset
Slider Pushup (on knees) / Pushups
Set 3 : 10 Reps / 10 Reps

Superset
Weight Plate Pushups
2 Sets: 45x10 / 10 Reps
Set 3 : 45x9 / 10 Reps

My chest is now toast. On to shoulders

Landmine Close-Grip Press with dropset
2 Sets: 95x10, 70x10
Set 3 : 105x10, 80x10 - had enough in me. Guess I got stronger since I last did this.

Standing Barbell Press with dropset
Set 1 : 85x10 / 65x10
Set 2 : 85x9 / 65x8
Set 3 : 85x8 / 65x9 - forced that last one. getting drained.

Landmine Single Arm Press
3 Sets: 55x20 - no drops or supersets. Feeling a little rejuvenated… not so fast.

Superset
DB One Arm Bent Over Reverse Fly / One Arm Reverse Fly (on leg extension)
Set 1 : 20x12 / 15x12
2 Sets: 25x12 / 15x12 - yes, it was weird, a little. But I can see how it works. The leg extension is about the same length as my arm so I lined up the hinge with my shoulder jointed felt for the contraction where I wanted it. The DB flyes were with palms back so I got two different angles.

makeup work: Calf Press on Leg Press Machine
5 Sets: 175x30 - feeling for the stretch and contraction, not just bouncing up and down.

• Session Length 01:32:31
• Actual Workout 00:37:27
• Wasted Time 00:20:00 - wife called me to proofread some work she was doing.
• Rest Timer 00:27:00
• Weight Lifted 45845 lbs

This was good volume. Everything was either a dropset or superset or combo. Lots of reps.

Observation. On weekends with no lifting, I can take CM on essentially an empty stomach with no issues at all. I’ve had some pills before that say to take or can be taken on an empty stomach and I couldn’t handle it. Just in case anyone asks - tolerance is A.O.K. One other thing I’m noticing is that on lifting days I’m getting a little headache a while after taking my preworkout. I don’t think it has anything to do with taking CM with it; possibly more to do with sitting on my pre for an hour or more before I can get into the gym (it’s a 31g scoop ). I need to speed that up. Also stress - much stress.

My quads are sore from yesterday, but I want to finish up what I was supposed to do for Monday's workout. My wife says she wants to do some exercising - could be my chance to do at least abs and some LiSS cardio, maybe I can torture my legsticks a little more - but that might wait for tomorrow (48 hours window deal - old broscience) and do with armsticks. So lotsa stix. Maybe I'll create a playlist for it and call the workout "Dennis deYoung"

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Very solid numbers man, some of those reps sound insane!

Interesting you are able to tolerate CM on an empty stomach. Some of the previous logs, users had to eat. When I was on it, it was 50/50, so to be safe, I had a little something to eat/drink with each serving.

Going to be hitting the sweet spot soon, can't wait to see how CM helps with all these reps!

[yoojungl]

Great job on the weight lost so far!
Woah I can not have CM on an empty stomach, i've tried before and I had to eat something immediately, you must have a strong stomach.

hahaha, I like how you included "wasted time" your workout looks intense, but keep up the good work!!

[InfiniteRecomp]

working on it. Would like to see another pound gone before my trip. Pants are fitting a little looser; hope it's not because of my teeny-tiny legs

wanna see some more reps? Here they come!!!

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The only bad workout is the one you didn’t do. Oops, that’s what happened. No workout yesterday - got flex-blocked.

MOVING ON!!


HCT Day#17 - Tris, Bis (and makeup abs from Monday)

Cable Rope Overhead Triceps Extension - dropsets
Set 1 : 45x10, 35x10
2 Sets: 55x10, 45x10

Superset (really a dropset with two different bars)
Barbell Lying Triceps Extension / EZ Bar Lying Triceps Extension
3 Sets: 80x10 / 60x10 - admittedly the last set last few reps were struggling with form.

Cable Triceps Pushdown - dropsets
3 Sets: 45x10, 35x10 - trying out my new machine and mclovin’ it.

tricep swell — achieved!

Superset
Cable Standing Biceps Curl / Cable Lying Bicep Curl
3 Sets: 35x10 / 35x10

this was a weird configuration but allowed me to supinate. I attached handles for my resistance bands to the crooks in the e-z bar from the cable machine, for both exercises.

Superset
Cable Lying High Curl / Cable Standing High Curl
Set 1 : 35x10 / 35x10
2 Sets: 45x10 / 45x10

these were all new experiences and I had to feel out the weight as I normally have to substitute for lack of the required equipment. This feels much different than the Total Gym.

Superset
EZ Bar Reverse Curl / EZ Bar Curl
3 Sets: 60x10 / 60x10

using same bar, same weight the regular curls were so much a challenge I ended up doing one-single-rep-at-a-time to finish the sets, but I didn’t want to mess with subtracting plates and it only makes me stronger, right? My biceps were toast - like dark toast - severely toast.

Abs Triset - makeup from Monday
Hanging Leg Raise / Medicine Ball Sit Up-Pass / Cross-Body Mountain Climbers
Set 1 : 10 Reps / 12 Reps / 10 Reps - I invested in those perfect abs arm slings so I don’t have to worry about grip.
Set 2 : 12 Reps / 11 Reps / 12 Reps
Set 3 : 12 Reps / 12 Reps / 15 Reps - determined to finish strong.

• Session Length 01:08:24
• Actual Workout 00:30:55
• Wasted Time 00:02:00 - catching my bearings and setting up abs
• Rest Timer 00:19:01
• Weight Lifted 18320 lbs

I gotta hand it to Kris, I never sweat so much on an arm day as I do on this program, OH MY GAWSH. Maybe I can count this as cardio


Now I have Thursday’s and Friday’s workouts to do tomorrow, plus see if I can throw some of the quads I missed from Monday. That may or may not happen. I had better get up a little early. I can’t use Saturday as a makeup day as I need to do a cardio only or a lifting break as I need to start next week on Sunday and cram it all in by Wednesday (5 workouts in 4 days) with a busy schedule and a trip coming up. I don’t dare assume that I’ll be ‘allowed’ to go to the hotel gym during my trip, although I think I used the one at this particular hotel before and it was one of the best outfitted hotel gyms I’ve seen.

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Wow! Squashed two workouts at once by moving, moving, moving. Abs were supposed to be done at the end of Thursday's, but I shuffled them to the end of the two workouts.

HCT Day#18 - Low Back, Hammies
Single Leg Curl - no rest between sets
Set 1 : 45x12
Set 2 : 45x10
Set 3 : 45x9
Set 4 : 45x8
Set 5 : 45x7

DB Stiff-Legged Deadlift
3 Sets : 60x10
2 Sets : 70x10

Weight Plate Hyperextensions (dropset)
3 Sets: 25x10, BWx10

Barbell Good Morning
Set 1 : 55x20
Set 2 : 65x20
Set 3 : 85x16

HCT Day#19 - Upper Back, Calves
DB Seal Row (dropsets)
Set 1 : 50x10, 35x10
2 Sets: 50x10, 40x10

DB Straight Arm Pullover
3 Sets: 60x12

Barbell Bent Over Row
Set 1 : 135x10
Set 2 : 145x10
Set 3 : 155x10

Superset
EZ-Bar Seated Shrugs / Hack Calf Raise
3 Sets: 155x20 / 175x20
2 Sets: 175x20

And we're back to HCT Day#18 - Abs Giant Set
Weighted Crunches / Oblique Crunches / Exercise ball roll-out / Roman Twist
3 Sets: 20x20 / 20 Reps / 20 Reps / 50 Reps

• Session Length 01:20:47
• Actual Workout 00:55:38
• Wasted Time 00:00:00
• Rest Time 00:24:30
• Weight Lifted 49640 lbs

Gonna take tomorrow to do some yoga or indoor bike, or something. And keep taking pillz as directed. Sunday it's back ON!!

[yoojungl]

I gotta hand it to Kris, I never sweat so much on an arm day as I do on this program, OH MY GAWSH. Maybe I can count this as cardio


Now I have Thursday’s and Friday’s workouts to do tomorrow, plus see if I can throw some of the quads I missed from Monday. That may or may not happen. I had better get up a little early. I can’t use Saturday as a makeup day as I need to do a cardio only or a lifting break as I need to start next week on Sunday and cram it all in by Wednesday (5 workouts in 4 days) with a busy schedule and a trip coming up. I don’t dare assume that I’ll be ‘allowed’ to go to the hotel gym during my trip, although I think I used the one at this particular hotel before and it was one of the best outfitted hotel gyms I’ve seen.

His workout programs are no joke, it's all about intensity

Do you do weighted hanging leg raises? THEY BURN!!

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His workout programs are no joke, it's all about intensity

Do you do weighted hanging leg raises? THEY BURN!!

I'm afraid.

Multi-workouts coming up. By the time I update this later I should have 3.5-4 of my five days in. Yes, I did the work on Sunday (Thank God) but was not able to do the 1.5-2 workous I wanted to. Playing catchup all week so far.

[Marshall28]

Great job in here man. Really killing it.

[InfiniteRecomp]

Thanks, Marshall. Means much to me.

here's some more:

Welcome to Unilateral Week on This Just Ain’t Right!!

Right side, left side, get ready to compete….

Sunday:
HCT Day #22: Quads, Calves, Abs

Leg Extension with One Leg
Set 1 : 35x15
Set 2 : 25x15
Set 3 : 25x15
Set 4 : 35x12
Set 5 : 55x6

Leg Press Machine With One Leg
Set 1 : 125x15
Set 2 : 125x15
Set 3 : 125x15
Set 4 : 175x12
Set 5 : 225x8

First two exercises were high reps for three sets, back and forth, and decrease weight per set. I didn’t really feel the need to decrease much and for the leg extension it only goes by 10s. then for the last two sets, drive the weight up and decrease reps.

One Leg Hack Squat
Set 1 : 175x10
Set 2 : 165x10
Set 3 : 155x10
Set 4 : 145x10
Set 5 : 135x10

Barbell Lunge
Set 1 : 85x10
Set 2 : 75x10
Set 3 : 65x10
Set 4 : 55x10
Set 5 : 45x10

Seated One Leg Calf Raise
Set 1 : 145x20
Set 2 : 125x20
Set 3 : 105x20
Set 4 : 85x20
Set 5 : 75x20

These three were nonstop, back and forth, decrease weight per set.

Ab Circuit - rest 30 seconds between circuits
Hanging Leg Raise / Lying Alternate Floor Leg Raise / Exercise ball alternating knee tucks
Set 1 : 10 Reps / 10 Reps / 5 Reps
Set 2 : 10 Reps / 10 Reps / 6 Reps
Set 3 : 10 Reps / 10 Reps / 5 Reps

those exercise ball things are awkward.

• Actual Workout 00:32:10
• Wasted Time 00:17:27
• Rest Timer 00:01:00
• Weight Lifted 33780 lbs

One workout, did not squeeze in any bodyparts from other days.

Monday:
HCT Day #23: Chest, Shoulders - the all day workout

Ever have a workout that was not confined to a time period, but rather, you got in a set (hopefully multiple sets and complete an exercise) here and there as you could? I have people working in my gym and it would be bad form for me to do work around them. I started at 0830 or 0900 (I forgot exactly) snd finished my last set at 1800 - just in time to rush out to a store for my wife before they closed.Gotta have priorities. Not getting my butt kicked by ‘The Queen’ is one of them. Getting my lifts in is another. Eating Protonz and Reading my devotionals on time are important too.

again, everything is unilateral, and straight sets instead of supers or drops this time.

DB Incline One Arm Press
Set 1 : 50x15
Set 2 : 40x15
Set 3 : 30x15
Set 4 : 70x6

Cable Incline One Arm Fly
Set 1 : 36x15
Set 2 : 32x15
Set 3 : 29x15
Set 4 : 55x5

DB One Arm Decline Chest Press
Set 1 : 50x15
Set 2 : 40x15
Set 3 : 35x15
Set 4 : 70x6

Cable One Arm Decline Chest Fly
3 Sets: 36x15
Set 4 : 50x6

DB Standing One Arm Press
3 Sets: 30x10
Set 4 : 60x5

here’s how it looked to my app

• Session Length 04:08:28
• Actual Workout 00:20:43
• Wasted Time 03:27:20
• Rest Timer 00:12:55
• Weight Lifted 9365 lbs

Finally! Everyone is gone - service people, wife went out - I can run this and bring it on home.

Cable One Arm Reverse Fly
3 Sets: 15x10
Set 4 : 25x5

Cable Lying Front Raise
3 Sets: 15x10
Set 4 : 25x5

Cable One Arm Lateral Raise
3 Sets: 15x10
Set 4 : 25x5

These all were more difficult. My new machine feels so much heavier than doing this on the Total Gym. One whole workout - no catchup.

Session 2

• Session Length 00:19:22
• Actual Workout 00:09:55
• Wasted Time 00:00:00
• Rest Timer 00:08:16
• Weight Lifted 1725 lbs

If you slap together the work effort it ends up being just under an hour with a rest timer of about 22 minutes.

My day was so messed up that I forgot to take dose #2 & #3 until midnight. So I took them both at once. And I lived to tell the tale - no ill effects, unless I’m permanently under an ill-effect and then this did not change it, either.

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What day is today? ARMS DAAAAAY!

However, this week instead of our normal Wednesday we’re doing it on Tuesday before we’ve learned it. (weak Willy Wonka [’71] reference)


HCT Day #24: Tris, Bis + Day #25: Low Back & Hammies

I wondered if I could get ANY of low back day in, but once you see - even with unilateral movements that it was simple to finish up arms (man, they felt so swole [but it’s gone down now] and start chiseling away at a little bit of the thursday stuff, leaving me with less to contend with tomorrow (my last lifting day due to my trip).

All supersets, all one arm at a time, 45 seconds rest between sets, and I started each exercise group with the opposite arm if that matters.

Supersets
DB One Arm Seated Curl / DB Alternate Lying Extension
Set 1 : 30x15 / 35x15
Set 2 : 25x15 / 30x15
Set 3 : 20x15 / 25x15
Set 4 : 20x15 / 25x15

Cable One-Arm Incline Extensions / Cable Seated One Arm Concentration Curl
Set 1 : 45x15 / 25x15 - 25# was a little too much, was getting some leverage assistance but those biceps were looking pretty sweet!
2 Sets: 45x15 / 15x15

DB One Arm Preacher Curl / Cable One Arm Tricep Pushdown
Set 1 : 30x15 / 25x15 - that 25# on the cable was just too much, was not getting full extension
Set 2 : 25x15 / 15x15
Set 3 : 25x15 / 15x15

20# on triceps would have been the sweet spot for a string number, but my machine is not set up for that. the 5# is a permanent starting plate. I don’t even know how accurate that machine is with the multiple pulleys. I’ve got three pulley areas and they all feel different. A High, a Low, and a leg machine. Perhaps I could hang different plates from the top handle until it starts to pull the cable down. That would give me a fair assessment of how much weight I’m really pulling. According to my Total Gym it would appear much more.


DB One-Arm Deadlift - no rest between sets
Set 1 : 70x15
Set 2 : 60x15
Set 3 : 50x15

that was a good one. The rest was pretty much a cakewalk

Weight Plate Hyperextensions
3 Sets: 25x15

Single Leg Curl
3 Sets: 35x15

Cable Single Leg SDL
Set 1 : 35x15
2 Sets: 55x15

Instructions for all exercises said to decrease weight with each set. There were some that I felt I didn’t need to or want to in order to get max stimulus and because the drop would have been too much.

• Session Length 01:27:59
• Actual Workout 00:38:00
• Wasted Time 00:22:59 - I really wasted about 5-8 minutes, checking on what I was cooking and a work email here and there. I wanted to get done, not linger. Some of that time might have been pondering what I could knock out after arms.
• Rest Timer 00:12:00
• Weight Lifted 15600 lbs

Did everything but abs. I’m in a good place to finish up the week tomorrow with Upper Back, Calves, Abs.

[Marshall28]

How's everything going mate ?

[InfiniteRecomp]

Just got back from out of town trip. Catching up with work and will be updating here what has gone on since Wednesday. Of course, I gotta get me lift in for the day first. A man's gotta have priorities.

[FormulaLT1poweR]

Just got back from out of town trip. Catching up with work and will be updating here what has gone on since Wednesday. Of course, I gotta get me lift in for the day first. A man's gotta have priorities.

Anxiously awaiting the update. I'm sure you wont disappoint!!!

[InfiniteRecomp]

Thanks for patiently waiting whilst I was out of town and coming back to catch up on things. I have to go out of town in early August as well, but should only be a few days and I’ll have updates ready.

Wednesday 13 June:
HCT Day #26 (is that right?): Upper Back, Calves - and throw in the Abs
The last unilateral workout of the week.

This one is no rest between sets, just bounce back and forth - right-left, left-right - and instructions say to reduce weight with each set, so it’s really like a gigantic long@$$ dropset. ugh.

Barbell Bent One Arm Row
Set 1 : 65x15
Set 2 : 55x15
Set 3 : 45x15

Cable One Arm Seated Row
3 Sets: 45.5x15 - didn’t feel the need to reduce

Weight Plate One Arm Shrug
3 Sets: 45x15 - didn’t feel the need to reduce

One Arm Iso Lateral Lat Pulldown
3 Sets: 45x15 (just found out this week that it’s really more like 48#) - didn’t feel the need to reduce

One Leg Calf Press on Leg Press
Set 1 : 105x15
Set 2 : 105x15
Set 3 : 95x15
Set 4 : 85x15
Set 5 : 75x15 - this was a serious pain in the arse!!

Ab Circuit - Do one side all the way through, then the other side, then rest 60 seconds.
Weighted Crunches / Crunches / Cable Wood Chops
2 Sets: 15x15 / 15 Reps / 15x15
Set 3 : 15x15 / 15 Reps / 25x15

• Session Length 00:59:00
• Actual Workout 00:28:15
• Wasted Time 00:16:45 - I think that wasted time was more about setting up between exercises since my rest timer was set to zer0
• Rest Timer 00:02:00
• Weight Lifted 17497 lbs

Looks like a short workout, but it was gunning from the word go. 15 reps per side, back and forth the entire workout, is exhausting. Got my week done before I had to head out to the airport, and with minimal sleep (0545 - 0830-ish). I knew that the odds of my using the hotel gym were slim to none, and that’s about how it went down. I had the opportunity to peek into the hotel gym and it was set up pretty decently. I wanted to do at least a few pull-ups, but there was only one station with a pullup bar - a functional trainer thing and fully occupied. There were people all over the tiny space as wouldn’t you know it, across the street at the convention center there was a Europa Expo. I saw Dr. Jeff Golini (EFX owner/ceo) coming off the elevator in my hotel, and several mighty fine looking people getting their workouts in, along with your regular joes. When I was checking out Sunday, there was a guy in a cutoff and excess tan carrying a cup-like trophy. He wasn’t overly huge (we have one or two of those in our company), but congratulations!! At the airport I spotted a few people wearing logo’d accessories - backpacks mostly - for supp brands; evidently, brand reps and booth-working folks, notably a fairly cute young lady in line before us to get onto the plane. It may sound shallow of me, but I admire fit people. They’re nice to look at. I’m almost there - just gotta lose about 12-15# of fatness.

[yoojungl]

I like looking at fit people too I'm hoping to go to an expo in the future~ I would love to meet some of my role models