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Ark94's Workout Log
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haha i know it must been annoying. and i hate bitching about it cause i sound like a fag. ill stop putting that into my thread.
I just wanted to ask you a question em. your what, 14 or 15? And you bench 220 or whatever. Have you noticed that your shoulders are messed? Or are they fine? have you had any shoulder injuries since you started benching big? cause that is a huge bench for your age, and the person i talk to says it caqn seriously mess up your shoulders, but tht has to been with bad form, or does it mess up your shoulders in general?
Sorry, Im just saying your always saying how you workout is fucked up because you missed a rep or whatever. And honestly I think this routine isnt working very well for you but you gotta remember your setting PR's so your making gains. Im not suprised you miss reps with pressing and squatting so often in the week. That is why I dont really like the 3x5.
Yep your right, and no my shoulders are fine, although my delts pretty much stay sore from workout to workout its not joint pain. Iv had one bad shoulder injury which put me out of upperbody work for about 5 weeks but that was from using bad form on the benchpress. Iv had a few injuries over the year Iv been lifting and they have always made my lifts drop back down.
Although Im first to admit the way I train is not very good for the longterm. Constantly PR'ing in the 1-8 rep range on my big lifts, being injured several times including the same back injury twice and stuff like that will probably come back to me in the future and Ill regret doing this. Its always at the back of my mind but I cant really not do it, now Iv experienced training like this I just think if I stopped and started doing things differantly I would miss it too much and miss the gains. The same for the way I eat, although its quite inconsistent and I dont always manage to eat like I should its not very healthy eating so many calories. If your worried about the future and your health and I was you then I would change your diet and training...
Just the weight that Im carryed around puts more stress on your whole body, a 5'7-5'8 guy my age just isnt meant to weigh over 200 like I do...
But no I dont have any shoulder issues yet. Lol I hate talking about this because deep down I know Im probably making a bad choice.
Wow you know quite a bit =D I wouldn't have guessed that the 3x5 was bad or setting pr's a lot is bad. Was an interesting read. However i did notice that the way i ate during my bulk was day. My body can't handle that much weight right now, so thats why im going down, then i will eat maintenance and still make progress like jdid does, but i will have a strict diet to follow too.
I am worried about my future health, which is right now why i changed my diet. And about my training im going to the routine jdid said a while ago. I am just not sure when im going to start it.
Do you not think though that you will run into shoulders problems when you are older though? Since shoulders sort of progress as you age, as opposed to other muscles that get bigger regardless of age.
Totally agree with Jdid23, he's progressing rapidly following this workout so what's the point of changing it now? Once he hits a plateau then he can look into changing his reps, adding weight or changing his program entirely to suit his next goal. As for shoulder injuries, they're almost inevitable it seems, every guy that I work out with has had shoulder issues at some point in his gym life.
lol I know more than you would expect for my age.
I dont want to have joint problems and its too early to say but especially if I continue like this and become a competetive powerlifter or strongman then yeah I may well do.
I think if you are really bothered about health you should up the rep range a bit, you could still get stronger, it will also give you more time under tension which will help with muscle growth. Doing the stronger-to-get-bigger thing isnt always the best way to get bigger muscles if thats your goal. As for diet if you seriously want to hinder your gains by eating healthily I would suggest asking joe d what a diet like that would look like, or how you wuold eat to get a "happy medium" between the health and gains.
How old are you?
my bad i guess i didnt pay enough attention, I didnt think he was making much progress but I must be wrong.
Workout B - Rippetoe's 3x5
Squat - 160lb.
Military Press - 100lb.
Bent Row - 120lb.
Squats (worked on breathing, went better with it)
2/5 - Bar
1/5 - 95lb. (back)
1/3 - 115lb. (front)
1/2 - 135lb. (back)
3/5 - 160lb. (pretty good, would have been better if i didn't squat Wednesday i think)
Military Press ( hard)
2/5 - Bar
1/5 - 55lb.
1/3 - 65lb.
1/2 - 75lb.
1/5 - 100lb.
1/5 - 100lb.
1/3 - 100lb. (just gave out, it wouldn't go up)
1/3 - 100lb. (to sort of make up for the last set)
Bent Row
2/5 - Bar
1/3 - 95lb.
1/2 - 105lb.
3/5 - 120lb. (easy/medium, good form)
Assistance
Hyper Extensions
1/20 - BW
1/20 - BW
1/20 - BW
Chinups (Double Over)(upset with my chinups, again)
1/8 - BW
1/5 - BW (feeling dead)
1/1 - BW (wanted to try double over, hated it)
1/4 - BW
Hanging Knee Raises (without slings)
1/5 - BW
1/6 - BW
1/6 - BW (could have done more, but was running out of time)
Should i add weights on my hyper extensions?
Squats went decent, i must say practicing my breathing helped it a lot more. Wasn't easy though but it did go well, only problem was i had one of the biggesttt gm's on set 3 rep 5 lol. It was brutal.
Military was hard. It went well but i just on set 3 i couldn't push it up after rep 3. No clue why it just didn't budge.
Bent Rows went well. Nothing much to ask about them.
JDid23
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dammmmmmmm your pressing is strong compared to everything else. Amazing job on military- go for 100x3x5 again next workout. Great job on squats- do you think you can video your form so we can see how you're progressing? Would also be cool to compare some progress pics from now to back then. For hypers, i think you can add weight. Don't worry about chins- rest of your workout was great and that is assistance. I think you should try some higher rep ab exercises, especially if you're using your BW. go for 3x10 next workout if you can or even 3x8.
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