Big T & MMW: To Keep Lean & Stay Mean ;)

BigTomW said:
Nice work with the DL's man! You must have a much better grip than me.

Anyway, only worked out twice this week, BUT im doing my MMA fighting tomorrow. Went out clubbing last night. Didnt get a f**k, but i pulled a couple, the usual sh1t :D
Got a good f**king smack though, this lad in toilets give me a right punch in front of bouncer so i didnt get chance to do anything back because he got kicked out. Suprised i didnt get KO'd by that punch like, he got full swing on it :D Must be my Steel jaw ;)
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Thanks mang, yeah my grip held up. My hands were *****ed though, all kinds of tore up.

So no sex and you got socked? Damn, that's rough. Oh well, if there's karma, maybe he got slipped some roofies and butt raped.
 
BigTomW said:
Right, i was a bit pissed off, as we couldnt find the place where we do our MMA! We were looking for half hour!

It starts at 9:30am and what we were going to do is go to the gym at 9:00 and ask for directions, then we realised it doesnt open till 10:00 on sundays! So we drove around but couldnt find it. So at 10 we just had a workout in the gym instead, but now we know where it is! We must have drove by it 3 times! LOL

Oh well.

Session Included: Shoulders/Biceps/Abs

Seated OH DB Press
1x6 (132lbs) - 4 (think thats a PR with DB's)
1x9 (110lbs) - 7
1x10 (88lbs)

BB Upright Rows SS with BB Mili Press
1x8 (88lbs)
2x10 (77lbs)

Standing Mili Press SS with Upright Rows
1x7 (88lbs)
2x10 (77lbs)

No energy man!

Standing DB Arm Raises
3x10 (16.5lbs)

Shrugs
3x10 (198lbs)

Seated DB Curls (Fixed Elbow)
1x10 (27.5lbs)
1x10 (33lbs) - 7
1x14 (22lbs) - 12

Situps
Usual Sh1t.

Cardio
Just 5 mins on the stepper.
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Hahaha, you drinker. Well now you at least know where the place is. Good lifting, I need to work on DB OH pressing, might do me some good. You put up solid numbers.

Okay, let's see I had a workout on Friday and yesterday. Friday was good, yesterday sucked cow penis. Friday...

Flat BB Bench Press
1 x 5 @ 135
1 x 5 @ 155
1 x 5 @ 165
1 x 5 @ 155
2 x 10 @ 135

Pullups
2 x 6
2 x 4

Meh, didn't have my mojo on these. Felt a little bit of **** in me before even starting.

DB Split Squats
1 x 12 @ 100
1 x 12 @ 120
1 x 12 @ 130

DB Flys
3 x 8 @ 60
 
BigTomW said:
Iv got a question...

With 20 rep squats do you just do 1 set of 20 and then your done?
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I think I've seen it different ways. When I did that a long while back, I did 2 sets of 20. Don't get me wrong, one set of 20 has me trashed, but 2 has me more trashed, so I always went that route.

So I would do the set of 20, then the pullovers, then repeat. And then do some other stuff.
 
Squats
1 x 10 @ 135
1 x 10 @ 155
1 x 10 @ 165

Seated Row
1 x 5 @ 135
2 x 5 @ 150

Decline BB Bench Press
1 x 5 @ 135
1 x 5 @ 155
1 x 5 @ 165
1 x 5 @ 175
1 x 3 @ 185

And that was that. Felt ****ty, didn't even booze it up on Saturday either. Oh well, still got some stuff in.
 
185x3 though man, thats decent. Cheers for the 20 rep squat advice!

Tomorrow is my BB Flat Bench so ill see what i can do. I wanna see how many i can get with 176, i HOPE i can beat 5. Well see.

Ill post yesterdays leg workout later.
 
Yesterdays session killed me a bit, been a bit kind to the legs lately, its time to step it up. My knee's have been a big problem. However i used my knee wraps yesterday and squatting definately felt much better.

Session Included: Legs

Squats
1x10 (132lbs)
1x10 (220lbs)
1x8 (242lbs)
1x10 (132lbs)

Was ok, will up it next time.

Seated Leg Press
1x12 (352 lbs)
2x10 (440lbs)

Seated Leg Extensions
1x10 (level 6)
2x10 (level 8)

Leg Curls
1x12 (level 3)
1x10 (level 4)
1x10 (level 3)

Seated Calf Raises
3x15

I was f**ked after this. I hope to add lunges in next time, to just totally finish me off.
 
Nice squatting there, good numbers and for 10 and 8 rep sets. Awesome!

I had a good session yesterday, made some advancements.

Deadlifts
1 x 8 @ 135
1 x 8 @ 225
1 x 8 @ 245
1 x 8 @ 265
1 x 8 @ 275

Dips
1 x 5 @ BW
1 x 5 @ 10
2 x 5 @ 25

BB BORs
1 x 5 @ 115
1 x 5 @ 125
1 x 5 @ 135
1 x 5 @ 145
1 x 5 @ 135

First time doing a set at 145...wasn't perfect, but did what I could.

DB OH Press
1 x 6 @ 90
2 x 6 @ 100
1 x 4 @ 110

Facepulls
1 x 5 @ 70
1 x 5 @ 85
1 x 5 @ 95
1 x 5 @ 100
1 x 5 @ 105

So I made jumps on both pulling lifts. Just gotta keep on truckin.
 
Yeah, what he said. You gotta try em man, they are awesome. Very different than any other lift. My advice is to do them on the cable machine that is usually used for Lat Pulldowns. When you go to do the facepulls, you can put a leg on the seat of the machine, so you don't lose your balance when you start to go heavier. I hope that makes sense...

Edit:

That kinda shows what I mean. Except I like the rope instead of whatever he's using.
 
MarkMyWords said:
Yeah, what he said. You gotta try em man, they are awesome. Very different than any other lift. My advice is to do them on the cable machine that is usually used for Lat Pulldowns. When you go to do the facepulls, you can put a leg on the seat of the machine, so you don't lose your balance when you start to go heavier. I hope that makes sense...

Edit:

That kinda shows what I mean. Except I like the rope instead of whatever he's using.
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Ok yeah I've done those before. They were called something different though.

thanks
 
I've been noticing my recovery times have been immaculate the last few weeks. I used to lift 3 times a week, and by the time the weekend came, I would NEED those 2 days off. Now, I lift back to back days, take one day off, and the following day I am just dying to get back into the gym, feeling great. Just wondering how well you do with recovery Big T, or whoever else reads.
 
MarkMyWords said:
I've been noticing my recovery times have been immaculate the last few weeks. I used to lift 3 times a week, and by the time the weekend came, I would NEED those 2 days off. Now, I lift back to back days, take one day off, and the following day I am just dying to get back into the gym, feeling great. Just wondering how well you do with recovery Big T, or whoever else reads.
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Iv noticed lately that my recovery time has also improved. GREATLY aswell. Funny you should mention this, because i was thinking about it today. My legs are fine today and they usually would be killing me.

Im not sure whether the creatine is having some sort of effect, and/or that iv been piling in the grams of protein lately!!!

Good to see your recovering well man ;)
 
How do you guys judge recovery? I just take the standard day off between weight sessions. I do pull ups and such on my cardio days and seem to be fine.
 
BigTomW said:
Iv noticed lately that my recovery time has also improved. GREATLY aswell. Funny you should mention this, because i was thinking about it today. My legs are fine today and they usually would be killing me.

Im not sure whether the creatine is having some sort of effect, and/or that iv been piling in the grams of protein lately!!!

Good to see your recovering well man ;)
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Thank you good sir. That's awesome for you as well, glad to see I am not the only one enjoying this! It just makes me want to go everyday! 4-5 ain't too shabby though.
 
Kraken said:
How do you guys judge recovery? I just take the standard day off between weight sessions. I do pull ups and such on my cardio days and seem to be fine.
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I know soreness is NOT necessarily the best way, but that is in fact how I usually judge. I mean, if my muscles are sore, and I just feel beat in general, I know a day off and a nights sleep will do me good. But often, I will be just a little sore, so I'll lift back to back days, and if anything, I'm less sore the next day. And I never do half hearted workouts, I bust it up every time I go.

I know recovery and rebuilding time is obviously just as important as the lifting/eating aspect, so sometimes I worry that I'm kinda being counter productive. But I never feel "overtrained" or feel like I'm overextending myself.
 
BigTom and MMW ... so are you both on creatine?
 
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