Let the bulking begin! Pwr_Machine's Training Log

[FatRat]

Good work, you must be loving starting this up at last! How long are these workouts taking?

 

[pwr_machine]

Good work, you must be loving starting this up at last! How long are these workouts taking?

I'm loving it like you can't imagine.

Yesterday's took about 1 1/2 hours. That's a bit long, but I was also helping Bigguns15 on squat and someone joined me on leg press. Today's workout took about 45 minutes.

 

[pwr_machine]

AR for legs this evening, also.

I'm sore as hell!

 

[pwr_machine]

Degree of muslce soreness on a scale of 1-10 using the VAS as described earlier

Following quads on 8-3-03
12-hr = .5
24-hr = 1
36-hr = 4.5
48-hr = 3.5

Following chest on 8-3-03
12-hr = .75
24-hr = .75
36-hr = 1.75
48-hr = 2.25

My legs are considerably more sore than my upper body.

 

[Zander1983]

You're tracking your progress intricately. I'm interested as to how much this is going to help. Surely it can only be a good thing, providing you don't get into analysis paralysis

 

[pwr_machine]

You're tracking your progress intricately. I'm interested as to how much this is going to help. Surely it can only be a good thing, providing you don't get into analysis paralysis

Even after so many years of training, I'm still fascinated at how the body responds to exercise. Cool stuff.

 

[pwr_machine]

Workout 3 – 8/6/03 (Week 1)

Neck
Neck Raises 10 lbs 3 sets of 15 reps per side

Rotator Cuff
Band and DB Exercises 2 sets of 15 reps per exercise

Abs
Various Exercises 8 sets of 15+ reps per exercise

Forearms
Wrist Rolls 10 lbs 3 sets per side
Wrist Curls 10 lbs 3 sets of 12 per side

Struggling to type after doing forearms.

 

[pwr_machine]

Degree of muslce soreness on a scale of 1-10 using the VAS as described earlier

Following back on 8-4-03
12-hr = .25
24-hr = 1
36-hr = 1.5
48-hr = 2.0

Following hams on 8-4-03
12-hr = .25
24-hr = .25
36-hr = 0
48-hr = 0

I'm a little disappointed that neither my back nor my hams ever really got sore. It's always been tough to get my back sore, but I thought the first day training again would have initiated something. And hams, they're gonna die next week!

 

[spatts]

Soreness is not an inidicator of gains or sufficient catabolism. I'm honestly suprprised you're tracking it, but when you say you're disappointed because you didn't get sore, that just doesn't make sense to me. You are disappointed mentally because that's what you associate with a good workout, or you honestly believe that this is the best indicator of future gains?

Getting sore isn't only a function of weight-training. Try running downhill sometime, your legs will get sore, but they won't develop like those of someone who squats heavy.

 

[pwr_machine]

Soreness is not an inidicator of gains or sufficient catabolism. I'm honestly suprprised you're tracking it, but when you say you're disappointed because you didn't get sore, that just doesn't make sense to me. You are disappointed mentally because that's what you associate with a good workout, or you honestly believe that this is the best indicator of future gains?

I don't expect to be sore every workout. It's actually going to taper off quite a bit over the course of the next few weeks. I know this. I just like to see what happens when you changes exercises or change the number of reps you are performing in a given workout.

And I'm disappointed because being sore is a good feeling. I haven't worked out in a month. I miss that feeling! It has nothing to do with indicating my future gains.