Body By Tweakle - a cutting journal.

[Tweakle]

I was posting my workouts at another site but it's become a shadow of what it used to be so I figure I'll spam elite's training board with my log instead.. here's the last 2 workouts I did.

there might be vids in in the unlikely event of me setting any PR's while cutting, but it'll mostly be pages of pissing and moaning about how much I hate training on a diet, with the occasional vent at the people who dare to tie up my gym equipment


Mon 3rd april

Parallel Box squats, 455 x 9

vid - http://media.putfile.com/box455x9

couple of oly ATF pause squats with 405 (2 sec pause)

I have an annoying glute/back/sciatic problem that currently prevents me exploding through the midrage of a squat or pull which is making leg work a real chore.

Safety squat machine

405 x 5,5 495 x 5, 585 x 3

calfs, hams

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Wed 5th april


bench, 315 x 8 + 2 assisted, 335 x 6

pause bench 315 x 3, 335 x 1, 365 x 1 (my left shoulder is still troubling me on the bench, I'm not pushing bench workouts until it heals)

DB shoulder press 65's 3 x 10-8

Hammer Dip machine 4 plates/side 2 x 8, 4.5 plates/side 3 reps then a double dropset

 

[altimus]

great vid man. i look forward to reading the journal. and yes, training while dieting blows

 

[BiggT]

Awesome video, that last rep was all guts, man.

Good to see you started a journal, I'll be following along.

 

[Protobuilder]

Hell yes!! This will be fun to watch. Good to see you plan on spending some more time here. I'm interested to hear your approach to cutting. And the vids are a nice touch.

 

[Tweakle]

Cutting for me this time round is a lot slower than my attempt last year - I dropped to the 210's and while I was ripped to all shit the strength losses just weren't worth it so I went back to fattening

dietwise.. I'm on probably about 2500-3000 cals a day depending on my carb intake, I take 200-300gs carbs on training days and about 50gs on the other days. I'm using low intensity cardio to strip the fat (incline walking or eliptical @ 140 bpm for 45-60 mins 5 x weekly), no HIIT as I dont beleive it allows me to retain muscle when cal deprived

I was about 255 at the start of Feb with a 38" (at least) waist.. now I'm in the low-mid 230's with a 34" waist. Strength has taken a hit but I know I can get that back once I'm healed with a month of bigger eating.. I plan to cut until the end of this month then take a couple of weeks off to reset my metabolism then do another month before summer

my work plan's pretty much this, I alternate between 2 workouts but also change lifts or rep ranges on the fly depending on how my body feels. (first workout/second workout)

mon - box squat, safety squat, hams, calfs / free squat, leg press, hams,calfs

wed - bench, db shoulder, hammer machine dip / Dip, bb shoulder, high rep db incline

fri - Chin, tbar row, shrug, bb curl / Pullup, Rack pull, CG pulldown, DB hammer curl

 

[Protobuilder]

Nice.

50g. carbs on off days is damn low for a guy your size. But that doesn't F up your lifting days? Sometimes its seemed like my carb intake the day before I lift has a big impact on gym performance. Sometimes not. LoL

You change up reps . . . so no hard and fast rule that you go by while cutting re: low reps or w/e? I've heard folks talk about sticking w/ lower reps (< 8) while cutting b/c you're low on carbs, etc. But then again, the heavier weights combined w/ low cals isn't always a great combination.

Fun stuff. Looking forward to checking in.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Great vid. All the monsta's are busting out journals now, very motivating.

 

[TheOak84]

nice ass (im not gay)... and squats.

it makes my measly 365 for 1 on the box look like shit...

 

[Tweakle]

Thanks, it gets me around 365 is a good weight if its a parallel or lower box

Back workout on friday

Pullups
bw x 5
bw+ 45 x 6,5,5
bw+ 75 x 5 (last 2 weren't good)
bw+ 45 x 5 (not great.. lol) then dropped the belt to rep out with bw until I couldnt do 1/2 reps

Was going to do rack pulls but my back felt a little tired so I did tbar corner rows instead

5 plates x 10,10, 15 (little heave on the last set)

bb curls (my curl weights are pathetic so I wont mention them, the frat brothers could kick my ass in the curl and they let me know it.. I dont run things in my Health Club)

 

[duke of angels]

Awesome video. I didn't like what it looked like when you sat down, but I have never seen box squats. All I know is they were used to train for power lifting by some coach right? Is that "perfect form"? Is this movement dangerous for you back? ("dangerous" is kinda broad...)