The Beast's Training Journal!

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startin to feel healthy again beast?

 

[WalkingBeast]

ThanX brother!!!!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

startin to feel healthy again beast?

ThanX for asking brother!! Well, I can finally lift heavy again ( heavy for me at the moment!) without being limited by strained/torn muscle in my back. I still feel discomfort and some pain in my spine and surrounding muscle. I got my upper and lower spine Xrayed. I was told by the radiologist that I had too much muscle in my back to see the results . And I still havent gotten back the results. Im going to bring the Xrays to a chiropractor and see if he can make some adjustments. Maybe thatll help. Im real thankful to be getting back into it again though. It was making me more insane then usual training light and waisting away with that constant pain. Ill be doing 5X5 with added volume today on bench. I look forward to working up into the 300's with the 5X5. Ill be doing 280 today most likely. ThanX for asking!!

 

[sweed]

Awesome leg workout... I have been doin my legs a little different.. doing 3 sets og heavy leg extensions. (after a lot of warm up and streching) then doing one legged leg extensions.. then i do front squats, then leg press.... then i go on doin some hamstrings.... My legs are sore for about 3-4 days after.. man does it feel good!
Keep it up bro!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Awesome leg workout... I have been doin my legs a little different.. doing 3 sets og heavy leg extensions. (after a lot of warm up and streching) then doing one legged leg extensions.. then i do front squats, then leg press.... then i go on doin some hamstrings.... My legs are sore for about 3-4 days after.. man does it feel good!
Keep it up bro!!

ThanX brother!! I think Im going to train legs like this for a while. I used to do lots of sets of leg presses to failure. Now Im keeping it at around 20 reps and trying to get good range of motion. I think my leg routines in the past were possibly too intense. I didnt get the growth I wouldve liked. I was doing sets of 50+ with 800lbs on the leg press. I would vomit weekly, but never got much growth. Now Im just trying to keep legs in my routine and experiment a little. ThanX again!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

4-22-04 Thursday Chest, Speed Bench, Lower Back and Abs

I completed a pretty easy 5x5 with 280 and then some. I started again with my training partner after nearly 5 months of training alone due to the injury. Made a huge difference. Getting bad spots really threw off my concentration. Now that Ive been on the NO2 for a few days, I think thats starting to kick in as well. And the speed bench has been helpful also. I also hit 315 for 3 reps, which is still 4 short of my best, but its better then the 1 1/2 reps I got last week. Also the 315 was my 8th set of flat bench. I was doing it as my third set when I got 7 reps. I also hit 335 for one rep easily. This being my 9th set. I failed 350 twice, and got it about half way on my final one rep attempt. Then I hit an easy 275 for just short of 8 reps. Then on my 13th set of flat bench I hit 225 for 18 reps. Looks like Im getting back faster then expected. A very good day for me. I followed that up with 10 sets of speed bench at 160lbs for 3 reps in 3 seconds , 30 seconds rest between sets. Then cable flies for 5 sets, up to 130lbs per side for 8 reps to finish off. Then 2 sets of push-ups to failure. Then some lower back and ab work. Heres the routine:

(One "Extreme Ripped Force") (Weighed 190.5lbs before meals) (4+ hours in the gym)

Chest:

Flat Bench:

135x20
225x12

5X5 Routine: (with 2 extra reps at end)

280x5
280x5
280x5
280x5
280x7

Then:

315x3
335x1
350 (fail)
350 (half way up)
275x7 3/4 (just short of lockout)
225x18

Speed Bench:

160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3
160x3

Cable Flies:

80 (per side) x15
100x16
110x16
120x12
130x8

Push-Ups: (to failure as most of my sets, excluding warm-ups and first 4 sets of 5X5)

33
19

Lower Back:

Hyper Extentions:

25x15
45x15
90x13 (2 45lb plates at arm's length)

Abs:

Kneeling Rope Crunches:

190x25
190x15
190x15
190x15

 

[JKurz1]

You gonna think I'm out of my skull, but I've been sampling with using the smith mach for squats....feet way out in front, father than 90 degrees and almost to a point where you smack your ass on the floor (way below parallel..........quads have responded like nothing else..........its crazy

 

[Dorian'sDisciple]

don't always agree with your methods but can't argue that it's taken you far and you have a soul built for the iron. Must be good to be back beast

 

[JKurz1]

don't always agree with your methods but can't argue that it's taken you far and you have a soul built for the iron. Must be good to be back beast

Should read "Don't always agree with anyone else's methods, but my own"......


lol...........just bustn your balls

 

[Dorian'sDisciple]

Should read "Don't always agree with anyone else's methods, but my own"......


lol...........just bustn your balls

No,you meant it.