The Beast's Training Journal!

[WalkingBeast]

1-26-04 Monday Biceps,Abs, Lower back

Didnt record todays routine. But I counted 12 sets of biceps. Here are the sets I remember:

Alternating Dumbell Curls:

35'sx15
45x15
65x7

(Unsure about the others sets of dumbell curls)

Preacher Curls, with EZ curl bar:

110x15
130x8 ??

Thats about all I can remember accurately. Not too heavy. But a real nice pump and little rest between sets. Also did standing double bicep cable curls and straight bar cable curls with 190lbs for 12-15 reps. For abs I did :

4 sets of 15 with 190lbs on Kneeling Cable Crunches with rope attachment.

For Lower Back:

2 sets of weightless hyper extentions for 15 reps

Thats it. Got "Beast" printed on the back window of my car again (different car). Most eventful thing in a while

 

[Lord_Suston]

Damn Beast you got some strong arms!!! I gotta see the pick of your car,lol...

 

[WalkingBeast]

Damn Beast you got some strong arms!!! I gotta see the pick of your car,lol...

ThanX brother!! On the preachers, a week or so ago, I hit 140x16 and 160x10, so wasnt the heaviest Ive gone, but I took little rest between sets and got a good pump. Ill get a pic of it after I get the windows tinted. haha Hopefully Ill be able to keep Beast on my car this time, if it doesnt cause a huge problem where I live. ThanX again!

 

[WalkingBeast]

1-29-04 Thursday Chest, Lower back and Abs

I lost count of the sets I did for chest. But definately over 12. I did standing cable flies only. No pressing. Still felts some pain in my upper spine, a stabbing pain, not too bad though. Im getting Xrays tommorrow to see if theres any damage. My cable flies went up to 110lbs for 10-12 reps. Not the same a benching heavy, but a nice pump for what its worth. I also did the usual ab and lower back work.

2 sets of Hyper Extentions for 15 reps, weightless, for Lower back

4 sets of Kneeling Rope Crunches with 195lbs for 15 reps.

That was all. Hope to hit some arms tommorrow after the Xrays.

 

[Lord_Suston]

Not bad at all on the flyes, I know it is not the smae as benching but is something you can do while waiting to heal. Keep going strong

 

[WalkingBeast]

Not bad at all on the flyes, I know it is not the smae as benching but is something you can do while waiting to heal. Keep going strong

ThanX brother!!! I think 160 per side for 12 reps is my best with the flies, but still not bad. Didnt want to go real heavy, cuz my spine was feeling some sharp pain. I got an Xray today. Should get the results in a week. ThanX again!

 

[WalkingBeast]

1-30-04 Fiday Triceps,Biceps, Abs and Lower back

Moved pretty fast between sets, with biceps especially. A decent workout overall. Went pretty heavy with the biceps but not as many reps with the heavy weights as with some days. As is usual for me with biceps, exercises are spread out and in no specific order. I just hit them hard and to failure or very close with each set, and for atleast 12 sets minimum. Triceps are my larger priority now since they are a weak part.

Triceps: (16 sets)

Tricep cable pulldowns with Rope:

70x15 (warm-up)
90x15 (warm-up)
110 (Lost count)
120x15
130x15
140x15
150x15
160x15
190x12

Cable Pulldowns with V-Bar:

120x18
140x15
160x15
190x15

Skull Crushers with EZ Curl Bar on Incline Bench:

90x12
110x10
130x5

Biceps: (12 sets)

Alternating Dumbell Curls:

35'sx15 (warm-up)

Standing Curls with EZ Curl Bar:

90x21
160x9

Preacher Curls with EZ Curl Bar:

160x4
180 (assisted for multiple reps)

Alternating Dumbell Curls:

50x10

Standing Curls with EZ Curl Bar:

180x5

Pin Loaded Machine Preachers:

150x12

Standing Double Bicep Style Curl with Cable Apparatus:

60 (per side)x15
70x15
80x15

Standing Curl With Straight Bar on Cable Apparatus:

130x15

4 sets of Kneeling Cable Crunches with Rope:

190x15
190x15
190x15
190x15

2 sets of 15 reps with Weightless Hyper Extentions for Lower Back

 

[chewyxrage]

looks like a great workout-

have you been training lower back on different day than lats?

recently i have been questioning myself traing biceps on back day, because my biceps are usually so taxed that by the time i get to barbell curls (5x5) i havent been making much progress.

I have been thinking of re-arranging my split so that I have bi's/tri's as a day by themself. How has your growth been leaving upper back out of your bicep split?

 

[WalkingBeast]

looks like a great workout-

have you been training lower back on different day than lats?

recently i have been questioning myself traing biceps on back day, because my biceps are usually so taxed that by the time i get to barbell curls (5x5) i havent been making much progress.

I have been thinking of re-arranging my split so that I have bi's/tri's as a day by themself. How has your growth been leaving upper back out of your bicep split?

ThanX brother! Well, since I started the switch to an arms day, my growth has been pretty slow. The reason for this is because Ive started to plateau and gains can come at a crawl. I expect to get through the plateaus however, it just wont be overnight. Not unless I take the anabolics route, or maybe go on one cycle. Not planning to do that anytime soon, but anything can happen. I really do like training arms by themselves though. Allows me to focus completely on them, and bring up my lagging triceps. This is why I do triceps first now also. I was training my lower back plenty just from my once a week deadlift and back routine, lasting 6-8 hours, often over 30 sets for back alone. So my low back was beat up pretty good. Theyre in the journal before 12-01 which is when I injured myself on a 600lb beast lift attempt, deadlift with bar behind the legs. Now because of this injury, Im training lower back with 2 light sets ontop of the 4 sets of ab work, to try and keep that area strong. My upper back is whats really affecting me now. ThanX again brother!!

 

[chewyxrage]

what kinda split did you have before your injury? a 6 day split!?