MR.M '10 - Bigger Than The Average Bear

Either 1st Jan or 1st Feb depending on what kind of nick I'm in on come January.  Could be an interesting experiment?

yeah sounds good mate.. would be good for motivation to do it along side someone else!!

sounds like a plan fella.. although i would be more inclined personally to start from 1st Feb..

nice one.. gives me a timeline now of where i want to b etc..

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I'm hoping to start in feb as well .. don't wanna do a 20 weeker again. Be interesting to see the difference between an 'assisted' diet and a 'pro hormone' diet

yeah ur right..
i was lookin to run another cycle around that time too so yeah would be good mate..
although i may take the next step next yr in terms of assistance so... will be interesting anyway!! and def good for me seein as it will be my first proper cut..

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todays session-

Bench-
130k x 5,2,2 - 110k x 8,4

DB Shoulder press-
40k x 4, 36k x 4,3 - failed big time wi the 40's so dropped the weight.. my DB shoulder pressin has never been great. will be workin on this one!!

Dips-
BW+ 35k x 10,5,2

Weighted pull ups-
BW + 20k x 6,3,2 - BW x 8,5,3

Seated Row-
87k x 13 -  complete failure.

assistance-
reverse grip pushdowns-
97k x 20

DB side laterals-
10k x 20

was supposed to be doin racks today but lower back is still slightly 'twingy' from squats so left them out.
was a v good session. feel v pumped and 'hard'..
bench strength should be goin up pretty quick i hope.. should be back up to 140k x 4 or 5 within the next couple wks..
definately like doin the heavy rest pause set then the lighter one.
dont hink i'll do this every upper session tho.. i may even do it so one day i introduce the heavy RP set for some of mypush exercises, and the next upper session use the hevay RP sets for my Pull exercises..
could be the way forward i think!all in all a good sesh

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good push work!!!
130 is a good bench for reps

how do you get the dumbbells in position? clean and press to the clavicles and then sit on the bench?

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good push work!!!
130 is a good bench for reps

how do you get the dumbbells in position? clean and press to the clavicles and then sit on the bench?

u mean for setaed shoulder press??
i just sit down and clean them whilst sat down... well more like a cleaned hammer curl!!
not ideal but it does the job!!
thats def an area i need to improve on tho.. seated DB press.. will swap my seated BB press for standing.. u reminded me wi ur session.. i used to do them all the time and love them so will be doin them instead!!
yeah bench was ok.. should be goin up steadily i hope tho back to my best

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Good session mate and nice benching as IB said

wot angle is the bench at on the db shoulder presses?

cheers riocat..
Marsbar- bench is as vertical as it can be!
i used to shoulder press with it at a bit of a decline but decided to try it recently more upright!!
u thinkin i should increase the deceline a bit again??
even when the bench is as vertical as possible i still arch myback quite a lot so in essence am makin the bench inclined!!

watched that dvd last night mate.. the week in the dungeon one.. bets training vid ive seen easily!! its good to see a pro tkain on board a different way of trainin rather than just happereing every muscle needlessly with tevery exercise they can think of!!

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todays session- was a bit different o what i had planned as it was busy so couldnt use the power racks...

leg press-
155 x 11- too many reps here..
175 x 6- too many here too but legs felt good after this!

leg extensions-20 reppers
completed the last 5-6 reps for each leg as singles as it was burnin like f*ck!!

lying ham curls-
67 x 8,4,3 - will up weight again next session.

calf raises - smith machine (standing)-
65 k x 18 - first 13 were DC style - paused for 15 secs at stretch, 5 sec negative!! last 5 were repped out to failure! mucho pain .......

MTS hammer strength preacher curl - (pretty much like dorians nautilus machine-
40 x 9 on each arm- these were to failure.. last 1 rep spotted with strong negative.

EZ curl-
50k x 8,4,5 - still too light- wil up weight next time.
massive pump in arms tho..

DB hammer curls- dropped weight from what i normally do and concentrated on form-
22k x 12, swung out another6 with bad form to flush the blood in there!!!

good session..
very pumped. legs were feelin much stronger.. legs felt huge too...

on a bad note- havin problems wi the mrs again!!
its not good!!!

she spent the night at her mates last night...
will see what happens... not lookin great tho!

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Sorry to hear about the missus, stay strong mate.

I actually watched that vid (a week in the dungeon) last night as well, was a great watch. I liked the way he was talking about the positive, static and negative parts of a rep, really interesting and makes a lot of sense. Dorian still looks big and scary as well

If you're acrching your back then lean the bench back a little bit.
Yeh that dvd is brill isn't it.
Bad news about the missus .. but look on the bright side .. you had a good workout so life is good :)

sorry about the missus , from personal experience try to tell her how much u missed her and how ur life is screwed without her but mean it  ;)

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cheers..
dyskee-
its actually me who is the one who isn't sure anymore mate..
just dont think im adapting well to living with her!!

aaannnnyyyway....
yeah wk in the dungeon is easily the best vid ive seen..
v good to see someone trainin with sense rather than just hammerin everythin!!
good to see someone train with similar principles to myself too!! :-)!!

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good job on the DC work for calves... my leg day training partner thought i was sniffing glue when i first told him to hold the negatives for 15 seconds lol.

hope you and the mrs sort things out... things get put into perspective a fair bit with relationship problems

yeah its a right arse!!
not to get too deep but i seriously do love her like no other.. but as cheesy as it sounds, sometimes thats not enough?!!
we just dont seem to have anythin in common.. i get irritated at tiny things she does and a lot fo the time id rather sit at my comp on here than sit down and chat wi her!!
loads o f other sh*t in my head too which i wont go into but somehtin just doesnt feel right!!
ah well...

as for the DC trainin...
yeah it is good for the calves... last nights was the best as the mith machine was free for first time in about 3 months...
always has all the little kids around it!
i cant get a good enough stretch on seated calf raises due to an old injury but doin them last night was awesome... did 1 warm up set and then blitzed them with 1 dc set,, + 5 quick reps at the end and i was done.. quick and easy cant beat it!!

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you need to talk to her and see if its worth carrying on then?
not to pry but if your saying what you have done, then its clear your not happy

its possible to love someone but not know why anymore if that makes sense.

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i follow on from standing with seated raises.... buuuuuurn

It's the old plus and minus game is relationships mate, if the minuses outweigh the pluses it's time to go, I've been with the wife for 20+ years and we get right on each others t1ts lol, but we know the good outweigh the bad, anyway good luck in that area bud.

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cheers guys!!
yeah ur right IB..
sometimes there has to be somethin more!! and i dont know if it is now?!!!!

oasis- 20 yrs is amazin mate.. i really seem to have a problem gettin past 2 yr..
and its only been 1 wi this gf.. although its the first time i have lived wi a girlfriend.. havent adapted very well i dont think!!

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