AZN's Journal for summer 2007

I must assume we are talking muscles and not like literature.
so I'll give it a shot
Agonist-the muscles that are directly used in a particular exercise.
Antagonist- the muscles that are "opposite" to the ones that are used in a particular exercise. They act in the opposite movement as the agonist.

example:curls- biceps are the agonist, triceps the antagonist.
 
Correct, Good job Dave!

Note, During the the concentric phase of the motion in a bicep curl. The biceps would be the agonist while the triceps the antagonist. During the eccentric phase, the opposite would hold true.
 
another crap day at gym/myhouse this time

incline dumbbell chest 4x7.... 55s
bo row 115

shoulder press 4x8 40s
curls 4x8 70 (I had to do these guys... don't kill me)

clsoed bench 4x8 100 (embarrasingly bad)
DB upright row 40s


meeeeeh.

maybe i'll cut early.
 
AZN_Dave said:
another crap day at gym/myhouse this time

incline dumbbell chest 4x7.... 55s
bo row 115

shoulder press 4x8 40s
curls 4x8 70 (I had to do these guys... don't kill me)

clsoed bench 4x8 100 (embarrasingly bad)
DB upright row 40s


meeeeeh.

maybe i'll cut early.
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Why are you giving up on yourself so quickly? Have you analyzed your diet? Could it be something in there or consumption of enough water? How are the rest periods between workouts? Have you tried to shake this up? Maybe its not enough, maybe its too much. How is your frequency in training? Is it too much? There are Variables in your life that can effect gym performance. Have you analyzed these........COME ON!..........

Not everyone is made for a MON, Wed, Friday Full body approach, I dont care what they say. Maybe two days inbetween will do it. Or It could be taking a bit of time off.......analyze will bring your answer....giving up does not!

I know you know what I am getting at......so I chill now......LOL

COME ON DAVE.........! :)
 
LeiYunFat said:
How long does it take you to complete these?
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do what? the questions? a minute or so, trevor is nice enouh to give me easy ones since I'm a noob.

if you read the rest of my journal, 4x8 upper day has 60 second break. it takes around 45 minutes i'd assume.

Chillen said:
Why are you giving up on yourself so quickly? Have you analyzed your diet? Could it be something in there or consumption of enough water? How are the rest periods between workouts? Have you tried to shake this up? Maybe its not enough, maybe its too much. How is your frequency in training? Is it too much? There are Variables in your life that can effect gym performance. Have you analyzed these........COME ON!..........

Not everyone is made for a MON, Wed, Friday Full body approach, I dont care what they say. Maybe two days inbetween will do it. Or It could be taking a bit of time off.......analyze will bring your answer....giving up does not!

I know you know what I am getting at......so I chill now......LOL

COME ON DAVE.........! :)
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Chillen, as always I'm very grateful for your encouragement, I may have exaggerated a bit in saying it was a bad day, I dind't actually do so bad, I just didn't improve so much. That's why I was complaining.

I actually just have a few more sets of workouts to go before I can cut!

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll finish up my last few workouts then cut.
 
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You're doing a NROL program? When you're done with it all, you could just start doing all kinds of variety to shock your system. Plus, it's fun.
 
AZN_Dave said:
p.s. I was talking about easy n00b questiosn and my easy n00b gains.
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I was in the process of posting this before the above, lol. Overzealous Chillen, lol.

But I post it anyway,

Thats when you have to be SMART! Remember noob gains come because the body originally wasnt used to it, and adapted. And it adapts real well over time. After this you have to become smart in diet, rest periods, and intensity in the gym. Apply different methods to have the body adjust. Switch things up after a period of time, and be VERY mindful of progression, and diet tracking and weight journal information can givea wealth of info (though some may not need this sort of logging, while others do)


Any hoot, I know you were speaking about the question......Im babbling now.
 
Today, I did something different for my leg day. To shock the body and something else I'll explain why later.

Deadlift (no shrug)
10 rep 135
60seconds
6 rep 155
90 seconds
4 rep 195
180 seconds
2 rep 225

Parallel squat
10 rep 135
60 seconds
8 rep 205
90 seconds
6 rep 225

Bulg split squats
2x15 30 second break 15s

I've decided, even though I do appreciate advice to stick with my routine, that I'm going to cut my projected 24 workouts short. I'm also going to start cutting next week.

The thing is, school starts, and I won't have the kind of time I used to and I can't just eat like 3 of my meals per day during school. So, it's the perfect time for me to cut.
Not sure what bf% I'm at now, maybe 19, i'll let you guys know how it goes.

I'll also be posting the diet just for kicks.

Heres what I'm planning to do for the cut.

low reps heavy weight, not sure what the rep scheme will be yet though.

M parallel squat
bench
BO Row

W Deadlift
Shoulder Press
Pullup

F superset: lunges step ups
decline DB chest press
upright row

i'll only have 1 more entry before I begin AZN's Journal part 2: The CUT!
 
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true. Since bone is a living tihng inside the body i'd say it needs blood right?
 
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