The Beast's Training Journal!

[JKurz1]

Awesome shit bro, I wish that I could hit 365 on a weak day!! HA

Shit I wish I could hit 315 on a good day, but for right now that is not my focus, the only thing I am worrying about is size, so I am tring not to get wrapped around max!

But awesome shit bro, I finally weight over 200 yesterday, on my way up to 215, hopefully in a couple months!!

Peace

so, what's youir training, diet like to get there???

 

[cwick0]

10-21-04 Thursday Chest,Speed Bench, and Abs (Pulled that shit out of the gutter!! PR with 385)

Today's session started out shitty. I did my warm-ups with 135,225,and 275 and then only got 315 for 7.5 reps (10 was my best). Then tried again and only got 6.5 reps. Shoulders were giving me some pain and soreness also, so maybe that was part of the reason. Either way I was pissed! So then I shifted my focus to one rep maxing, since I had nothing to lose, and hit a small PR that way. After my two shitty sets with 315 I went straight to 365 and hit that for a pretty easy single. Then I went straight to 385 and failed it 3 times before getting it on the fourth attempt. Sometimes it takes a while for me to get it right. The last 3 attempts werent total failures as I moved the weight about 1/2 way only. I could feel I had the weight, just had to get everything right. On the fourth attempt I drove it up, but didnt get the full lockout. It was just a tiny bit from elbows locking. My training partner counted it, but Im more strict. I count it as a little more then a 3/4 rep. Its good enough for me to attempt 390 next time though, from the start. Im feeling very close to 400 now, and this was on a weak day with the reps, and after 2 315 sets to failure. Then I did 3 attempts with 390 getting it only half way on each.Then finished off with lighter work and some machine work and speed bench. So, not a bad day after all. Its good to see I can be weak with the reps and strong with the one rep max. Bodyweight was a little lower. Heres the routine:

(Weighed 197 after some meals and water) ("Speed Stack")

Flat Bench Press:

135x20
225x12
275x8
315x7.5
315x6.5
365x1
385x1/2
385x1/2
385x1/2
385x1 (a little over 3/4, Just short of lockout)
390x1/2
390x(fail)
390x(fail)
275x11.5
225x22.5

Somehow i have got to get you to start hitting sets of 10. That's when you are going to be able to nail 405 for REPS. We talk more later, time to get my ass moving on my thesis. My advisor hit me up yesterday with a ton of revisions, but at least this time he pointed me in the right direction.

 

[WalkingBeast]

Somehow i have got to get you to start hitting sets of 10. That's when you are going to be able to nail 405 for REPS. We talk more later, time to get my ass moving on my thesis. My advisor hit me up yesterday with a ton of revisions, but at least this time he pointed me in the right direction.

ThanX for the feedback brother!! Sounds interesting. Still cant decide what weight Id work with for the 3 sets of 10. Still got to hit that shit once before I can rep it!! haha Maybe when Im at 420 for a single Ill be able to hit 405 twice. When you consider that I havent even repped anything over 350 and Im close to 400, I may need to be getting 440 before I can even get a double with 405. My training partner was hitting 365x7 when he broke 400lbs. Very different for me. Good shit!! ThanX again brother!! KILL THAT SHIT!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

Awesome shit bro, I wish that I could hit 365 on a weak day!! HA

Shit I wish I could hit 315 on a good day, but for right now that is not my focus, the only thing I am worrying about is size, so I am tring not to get wrapped around max!

But awesome shit bro, I finally weight over 200 yesterday, on my way up to 215, hopefully in a couple months!!

Peace

ThanX for all the encouragement brother!! Much Appreciated!! Youre heavier then me and leaner, so it looks like your doing pretty fucking good to me!! Just KEEP KILLING THAT SHIT!! Keep me updated!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

When i hit 405 for 7, i only did 365 for 7 or 8 reps, not my customary 10.

yesterday evenings chest workout:

flat barbell:
135x20
225x20
275x10
315x10
365x10
405x5

incline barbell (no dbs for a couple of more weeks, hand hasnt fully healed yet):
135x10
225x10
275x10.

It was a decent workout, but not great by any means. I have to focus a little more on incline since my numbers are down a bit.

Awesome shit brother!! Strong as fuck!!

 

[WalkingBeast]

10-22-04 Friday Triceps and Biceps

Biceps pumped up real fast, got extremely tight after the first 3 sets. Must be the M1T/Nitrix combo. Still managed some fairly heavy hammer curls. 150's starting to seem like a reasonable goal. I need to start challenging the arms more! Also measured my left arm at 18 3/4 with a semi-pump after the workout, in the parking lot. Leads me to believe they pump over 19" now (with a full biceps and triceps pump). I used to get an inch increase from a pump, not sure how much I get now. Alot of times I feel if I flex to hard Ill rip something too. Maybe its just mental though. I feel like I could rip my own body apart. haha A good arms workout. Hit skull crushers again too, felt good. The routine:

Triceps:

Rope Pressdowns:

70x15
90x15
110x15
120x15
130x15
140x15
160x15

Incline Skull Crushers (with EZ curl bar):

90x15
110x13
130x11
130x10.5
130x9.5

V-Bar Pressdowns:

120x15
150x15
170x15
190x12

Straight Bar Cable Curls:

120x15
140x15
160x20

Alternating Dumbell Curls:

45x12.5 (arms very tight)
50x10.5
55x8

Alternating Dumbell Hammer Curls:

45x15
60x15
85x14
105x7

Double-Biceps Style Cable Curls:

70(per side)x15
80x15
90x15

 

[cwick0]

ThanX for the feedback brother!! Sounds interesting. Still cant decide what weight Id work with for the 3 sets of 10. Still got to hit that shit once before I can rep it!! haha Maybe when Im at 420 for a single Ill be able to hit 405 twice. When you consider that I havent even repped anything over 350 and Im close to 400, I may need to be getting 440 before I can even get a double with 405. My training partner was hitting 365x7 when he broke 400lbs. Very different for me. Good shit!! ThanX again brother!! KILL THAT SHIT!!

I think you can manage 275 for 3 sets of 10, so either start with 295 or 315. It is critical that you get 3 sets of 10 to start with. If you only get 10, 8, 8 or 10, 8, 6 or something like that is perfectly fine and will give you something to shoot for. It shouldnt be that long though once you start training this way that you will be stronger and bigger than you could have ever dreamed of.

 

[TRUEsoldier]

thats alot of weight on the forearms with those hammer curls bro!!!

Keep killin that shit

 

[cwick0]

Today's chest workout:

flat bench:
135x20
225x10
275x10
315x10
365x10
405x7 (this matches an old PR, but before i only did a set of 7 reps with 365).

incline barbell (HUGE CASE OF PUSSITIS):
135x10
225x10
275x10.

40 flat pushups.

that's all folks.

 

[eat big]

hey beast how high do your cables go up to in weights ie: rope pressdowns etc, mine only go up to 150, i can do the whole stack easily and have to add weight, your go up to 200 or do you add weight too? just wondering bc my gym is terrible