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^ same with me mate, might try them again 2mra, you can do them at an angle so its puts less stress on your elbows you know mate. Dont know how to explain it but i read it some where lol

James M


Great workout mate, how do you find skulls, they nail my elbows.

Cheers dude. I quite like Skulls except I actually find they hurt my wrists a lot more than my elbows!

Do you do them with an EZ, I find that really helps the wrists.

Yep I use an EZ! I use a narrow grip though, that could be the problem. But maybe I just have really weak wrists though, sometimes Dips hurt my wrists also, and I remember the last time I did push-ups they hurt my wrists too.

My wrists and forearms are fooked, my forearms seem to give way before the body part i work on some exercises, really frustrating.

**** man that doesn't sound too good! Ever considered getting physio to look at it or whatever?

Graduating in about 2 hours. I was afraid none of my suits would fit me because I haven't worn any of them in over a year but one of them actually seems to fit ok, happy days!

Nothing to report really today. My diet won't be amazing today but I'm going out for a meal to Marco Pierre White's restaurant in Dublin with the parents after graduation so should get plenty of kcals in, lol.

Speaking of diets, for some reason I've become very conscious of my belly in the last week or so. I don't know if I've put on fat or not, or maybe that I'm just more aware of it or something, but either way I seriously can't wait to cut. This has become a game of willpower for me now NOT to cut, and it's going to take all my dedication to plow through and keep bulking until April whilst ignoring the belly! I seriously can't wait though!

^^^ I feel the same mate.  I feel fat as fck, but i wanna be massive and strong, and i cant do that on a cut really haha.

Yeah maybe i should.

Yeah i agree with you's when you put on abit of chub you wanna cut lol

Hope your graduation went well mate.

Couldn't agree more guys! It's the old catch 22 eh... when you've been bulking for a while, you get paranoid about fat gain/bloat and all you wanna do is cut, and when you're cutting, you become consiencious of loosing muscle and strength, and want to bulk! haha... mental really.

I am on the opposite end of the scale, as I am cutting, I have dropped a few pounds, and even though I feel better for it and feel I look a lot better, I am very consiencoius of dropping any more weight as I don't wanna be lower than about 14.7 stone.

Guess we're never truly happy no matter how we look LOL.

I guess it is a bit of a catch-22, but tbh at this stage I'll be happy when/if I have a six pack and some quality mass on me, anything after that will be a bonus

Graduation went well, ended up going out on the piss after dinner and I'm dying today so needless to say I didn't get to the gym. I had the most epic meal ever last night though in Marco Pierre White's: Parfait of Fois Grais with Raisin and Brandy to start, and a (huge) medium rare Fillet Steak with Oysters! Up there with the best meals I've ever eaten, NOM NOM NOM

Sounds like a cracking meal!

Congrats on graduating too, I'm still hanging on in there, refusing to leave

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Sounds like a cracking meal!

Congrats on graduating too, I'm still hanging on in there, refusing to leave

Cheers mate! Yep it was a whopper of a meal I must say! Wouldn't worry about it mate I'd give anything to be back in regular college at the moment, right now I'm studying for professional exams and it's a bloody nightmare!

Some random thoughts:

Was thinking about my routine again. I've been reading around about lots and lots of routines and some have interested me a lot. I have compiled a list of routines that I really want to try in the future:

1. SS
2. Some sort of Full Body
3. DC

SS and DC seem to be polar opposites, but perhaps that is why they both interest me so much. The only problem with both of these routines however is that on the one hand I may be too "experienced" for SS, and on the other hand not experienced enough for DC. Of course I am by no means "experienced" in the grand scheme of things, but I believe SS is most effective for complete beginners whereas, conversely, I have read that Dante suggests a minimum of three years of training before trying DC.

DC looks like a cracking routine though, I'm intrigued by the concepts of rest pause sets and extreme stretching, seriously tempted to just say f.uck it just do it!

Good choice... you have to have a piss up post graduation.

Pull - 3/12/09

Deadlift
120kg x 5
120kg x 5
120kg x 5

DB Rows
42kg x 10
42kg x 10
42kg x 9

Pulldowns (Wider Grip than before)
14/20 x 10
14/20 x 9
14/20 x 6

EZ Curls
27kg x 10
27kg x 10
27kg x 7

Pinwheel Curls
14kg x 10
14kg x 8

Traps Superset:

Shrugs (Smith)
100kg x 10
100kg x 10
100kg x 10
Upright Rows
27kg x 10
27kg x 10
27kg x 9

Upright rows are a horrible exercise, I could almost feel them grinding away my rotator cuffs during that last set! Won't be doing these again in a hurry! I enjoyed the shrugs though, I will incorporate these into my Pull workouts again from now on methinks.

Enjoyed the low rep deads too, felt easy @ 120, so will up the weight next week. It was still kind of a guessing game as to what weight I should be using because I was used to doing high reppers.

Great deads mate thats more than my maximum, hoping to change that tomorrow though!

Not tried upright rows, they a real bastard?

Nice session mate, i know what you mean about upright rows not the best exercise to do , i dont do them anymore, surely just a matter of time before it fooks you up.

They're not a hard exercise or anything but they just have a reputation for being very harsh on the rotator cuffs. It was my first time doing them today, and I have had RC trouble before, and I could really feel my shoulders starting to hurt during the last set!