Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

[BiggT]

I didn't get to bed last night until about 11:45ish, so I didn't want to get up at 5, as I felt the sleep after squats and deadlifts was more important. I will do some situps and back hypers tonight before my workout and work up to a VERY VERY light front squat single, maybe 300-ish, then do my planned workout, which is power cleans to a moderate single and some heavy and high volume flat benching.

I would like to be asleep no later than 11 on workout nights, but I feel so pumped up and energized it is tough sometimes....I have no problem waking up and feeling good, but I feel I should get 8-9 hours of sleep though for immune system health and general recovery during heavy training.

 

[ChinkNasty]

good point on the sleep, i def. overlooked its importance and got sick this past week then soon as I was feelin better I binge drank all weekend and went to lift today and probably had my shittiest showing in years...good luck on your new cycle

 

[BiggT]

Yeah, alcohol in excess and lack of sleep will destroy the body. I remember being in college and a rough weekend would cost me things like 50lbs on my cleans, 75lbs on a squat, 50lbs on a bench, lol....finally I just said enough is enough and bagged the drinking.

Lifted today, Mon. 7/3/06

Flat Bench: 135x10 (switched bars as the one I was using was a stiff peice of shit), 135x10, 225x5, 295x5, 315x5, 340x5, 340x5, 315x8

Power Clean: 135x a lot of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1 (these were easy, but thats the idea today, then do them higher volume or a little heavier later in the week)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x1, 275x1, 300x1, 315x3 (easy, just to work out some stiffness from yesterday)

Felt pretty good today, I weighed in at 247lbs, I'm back squatting to a heavy triple tomorrow.

 

[Jim Ouini]

You don't want a stiff bar for benching? Just curious

315x3 (easy, just to work out some stiffness from yesterday)

 

[BiggT]

You don't want a stiff bar for benching? Just curious


I probably didn't use the best choice of words...I don't want it overly whippy, but I like the collars to rotate well, the first one I used, they barely spun with the plates on there.

 

[que_66]

Hiya BiggT!

 

[super_rice]

THere is nothing worse for your lifting than binge drinking. Though, I did snatch a PR once after a weekend of heavy drinking. Must be an adrenadline/survival response type thing

How old are you now BiggT?

Yeah, alcohol in excess and lack of sleep will destroy the body. I remember being in college and a rough weekend would cost me things like 50lbs on my cleans, 75lbs on a squat, 50lbs on a bench, lol....finally I just said enough is enough and bagged the drinking.

Lifted today, Mon. 7/3/06

Flat Bench: 135x10 (switched bars as the one I was using was a stiff peice of shit), 135x10, 225x5, 295x5, 315x5, 340x5, 340x5, 315x8

Power Clean: 135x a lot of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1 (these were easy, but thats the idea today, then do them higher volume or a little heavier later in the week)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x1, 275x1, 300x1, 315x3 (easy, just to work out some stiffness from yesterday)

Felt pretty good today, I weighed in at 247lbs, I'm back squatting to a heavy triple tomorrow.

 

[BiggT]

Hi Que, long time no see, lol.

SR, I'm 27

 

[blut wump]

I recall one time while I was on a no-smoking and no-drinking wagon. I had a night on the tiles and went to the gym the next day.

I remember two things from that workout. There was some huge German guy who told that my squats were too deep and there was an open window that I had my head stuck through while I gasped for air and told myself 'never again'.

I have the odd tipple of Brandy and Benedictine these days or some of my sloe gin but that's about as far as I go. It's the combination of dehydration and general poisoning that does the damage.

 

[Tweakle]

It was only last week I checked the collars on the bars in my hole, out of 12 bars only 2 have properly revolving barings on the sleeves. I gotta wonder how much that's been pushing me out of the groove on all number of exercises as some of them are pretty much welded fast.

nice benching, you must be not far off a 405 single if you maxed out.

as for drinking, my infamous lil spotter drinks pretty much every weekend and wonders why it affects his workouts. ''But it's just a couple!''