well done skinny, keep up the progress !

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Just had my first session back from fasting, Fasting finished on monday night, so i thought i'd slowly build up the food etc.

So went today to teh gym, did a upper body workout, with light weights
Bench - 4 good sets
Shoulder Press - Struggled big time
Lat pulldown - not too bad
Dips- comfortable
db curl - ok

i did 2/3 sets of each then just felt dizzy, so i called it day.... then went to the toilets and everything that i had from 5 onwards came back out, including a (at the time) a very nice raspberry yoghurt, and some chicken, spinach and a plum.

So i think i'm gona give it a fe extra days rest lol, but hopfully should  be back into teh swing of things next week.

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First proper training day since fasting fininshed.

did a push routine, (but not 100% sure if its for me)

Bench Press
10 x 20kg
10 x 50kg
8 x 55kg
8 x 55kg

Incline DB press
10 x 15kg
10 x 15kg
10 x 20kg - felt good

Shoulder Press
10 x 12.5kg
8 x 12.5kg

Rear Delts
10 x 28kg
10 x 35kg
8 x 35kg

Tricep pulldown
various weights and reps.

As you can see got a bit confused on what to do , and was mulling for a while, i did some flys as well, but yeah, was an okay session, but need to get the routine sorted.

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Pull today
Deadlifts

8 x bar
8 x 60kg
10 x 60kg
8 x 70kg

WG chins (assisted)
10 x 15kg
10 x 15kg
10 x 15kg

Lat pulldown
10 x 8th pin
10 x 9th pin
9 x 10th pin

One arm row
10 x 15kg
10 x 17.5kg
9x 17.5kg

Low pulley
10 x 7th pin
8 x 8th pin
8 x 9th pin

Preacher curls
10 x bar
8 x 10kg + bar
7 x 10kg + bar

Curls
8 x 10kg
10 x 7.5kg
12 x 5kg

Overall not a bad workout, was a little bit tired, still knackered from playing footie for teh first time in 5 weeks, did have my gym gloves today either so my hands are sore :(

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Lol at the puking incident.You gotta let the body get used to food again its a known fact that periods of fast can induce vomitting when food is reintroduced.
Ive been passing your manor on the train out to harrow recently and must comment on how much more freindly the good people of Hackney are compared to my neck of the woods in ilford.Theres actually common courtesy between folk on the trains which you rarely see here.

I probably should'nt have gone that day, i was a little too keen. Hackney is a good place, theres teh odd dodgy areas, stabbings,  shottings, but other then that tis a good place to live.

Legs and abs today

Legs
Squats
10 x 20kg 
10 x 40kg 
10 x 60kg
 8 x 60kg

Leg press - machine used was at an angle , dont know the name of it though
10 x 50kg + machine
10 x 50kg + machine
10 x 50kg + machine

Leg Curl
10 x 70lbs
10 x 75lbs
8 x 85lbs

Calf raises
10 x 20kg
10 x 25 kg
8 x 30kg

Abs
Crunches
Cable Crunches
Leg Raises 

Overall was a good workout, it was my fist leg session since fasting finished so took it really easy.

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Same with any part of london mate.Ilford is an unfreindly moody place to live.I dont know what went wrong or why it went wrong to be honest mate but it wasnt always like this.Judging from what ive seen hackney does look like a good place to live.
Was the leg press a 45 degree angle?

S_T_E_F

Was the leg press a 45 degree angle?

Yes

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Alright mate. Good to see you back to training. What are your training days again? I'm monday, wednesday, friday so maybe see you in there soon.

Age - 18

Bench - 95kg (at 62kg)
Deadlift - 120kg (at 62kg)
Squat - 100kgx5 (at 62kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

hey jack,

at the moment, it will be tuesday night , friday night and sunday afternoon, was thinking of starting some kind of cardio on monday nights but my legs have HUGE HUGE doms. Was the gym alot emptier when teh muslim guys were fasting>

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Yep, you muslims keep muscleworks going.. :P  Twice I trained and I was the only one on the bottom floor on the gym for quite some time.. Very quite on other days.. I saw one of the solid looking muslims, (don't really know him, must be 25ish, strong) was training while fasting though. Must of been bloody hard work doing that..

Age - 18

Bench - 95kg (at 62kg)
Deadlift - 120kg (at 62kg)
Squat - 100kgx5 (at 62kg)
Front Squat - 92.5kg (at 62kg)

Well that peice of kit is a 45 degree leg press young skinny one
I saw an advert round my way for halal care insurance, how does that work?
Excuse my ignorence but i always thought halal was a way of slaughtering livestock.

jack5r


Yep, you muslims keep muscleworks going.. :P  Twice I trained and I was the only one on the bottom floor on the gym for quite some time.. Very quite on other days.. I saw one of the solid looking muslims, (don't really know him, must be 25ish, strong) was training while fasting though. Must of been bloody hard work doing that..

We rule lol, A few of my friends were training during fasting, but they trained just after they started eating in the evening, so that might have been a lil easier. But in the next few years, with longer days it gona be hard to train and fast at the same time.

S_T_E_F


Well that peice of kit is a 45 degree leg press young skinny one
I saw an advert round my way for halal care insurance, how does that work?
Excuse my ignorence but i always thought halal was a way of slaughtering livestock.

I thought there would be a less obvious name the the leg press ;P
Halal means permissable, e.g. you may hear of halal banking, its a bank account that is permissable with islamic ethics (interest is not paid) so it'nt just related to food...... make sense?

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Yesterday was my push day
Bench Press

10 x 50kg
10 x 55kg
9 x 60kg

Incline DB press
10 x 17.5kg
10 x 20kg
9 x 22.5kg - very good set and no one was spotting me :)

DB Flys
10 x 10kg
10 x 10kg
8 x 17.5kg

BB Shoulder Press
8 x bar (20kg)
5 x 30kg
3 x 30kg - big fat fail :(

Rear Delts
10 x 35kg
10 x 35kg
8 x 35kg

Lat raise
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg

Tricep pulldown
various weights and reps.

Was a good session, esp the incline db press, the flys were good, ive always used teh pec deck, so thought i'd change it. One crap thing is my shoulders are weak as hell :(

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Did my pull session today....

Deadlifts

8 x bar
8 x 60kg
10 x70kg
9 x80kg

WG chins (assisted)
10 x 15kg
10 x 15kg

Lat pulldown front and back
10 x 8th pin
10 x 9th pin
9 x 10th pin

One arm row
10 x 20kg
10 x 22.5kg
^^Superset
Pulldown (machine)
10 x 110lbs
8 x 130lbs
^^Superset


EZ curls
10 x 5kg + bar
8 x 7.5kg + bar
10 x 5kg + bar

DB Curls
10 x 5kg
10 x 5kg
10 x 5kg

Overall not teh greatest workout, DL was good, chins is the big let down, im absolute crap at them, teh rest was okay.

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Aahhh i see, permissable.I never knew thats what it meant.Like jewish cosher.We have similar beleifs in that context then cause i dont agree with the making of money from money either.Money should be for the exchange of goods and services rendered only and not to be used as a commodity itself.Ideally the exchange of goods and services could be done without the need of money and has been done in some societies in history.
Pullups are imo one of the best upper body excersises going and have really given my back some width not to mention the cruelist bicep cramps post workout.Good to mix wide and close grip for different attentions ie wide hitting lats and close hitting biceps more.

Stef, i agree pullups are very good, which is why i would love to do em, but im just carp, though i anm thinking of doing 2-3 sets on the machine every session just to get started, I am okay with close grip pull ups, but wide chins, im terrible, i can just about do one.

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Legs today

Squats
10 x 20kg 
10 x 60kg 
9 x 70kg
 8 x 80kg

Leg press -
10 x 160
10 x 200
10 x 220
8 x 260- w00t

Leg Curl
10 x 90lbs
10 x 95lbs
8 x 105lbs

Calf raises - each side
10 x 10kg
10 x 15 kg
8 x 20kg

Abs
Crunches
Cable Crunches
Leg Raises

Overall was agood session, squats were okay, though the last sets was struggling a lil, happy with the leg press  esp the final set. Might do a session dedicated to cardio tommorow depending on my leg doms.

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The hard stuff works best skinny.Mix em about, no need to do them rigidly every week as variety is the spice of life "as they say".But wide grip pullups will add width to your back the quickest of all excersises i'd say.
I belieive i read you have an assisted pullup machine at your gym.Every time you do them knock off one plate so each time you get one plate heavier..if you can see what i'm saying but also aim to stay in the 6 - 10 rep range for best muscle stimulation and growth.

Went gym yesterday
Push
Bench Press

10 x 50kg
8 x 60kg
5 x 60kg

Incline DB press
10 x 20kg
8 x 22.5kg
6 x 25kg - new PB

Decline Bench Press - first time i've done this for ages
10 x 50kg
8 x 50kg

BB Shoulder Press
8 x bar (20kg)
5 x 25kg
3 x 25kg -

Rear Delts
10 x 35kg
10 x 35kg
8 x 35kg

Lat raise
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg
12 x 5kg

Tricep pulldown
various weights and reps.

Overall not a good workout, my flat bench was crap, felt really tight and struggled. Happy with my incline, got a new PB.
My only worry  with this routine is my shoulders are absolutely knackered by the time ive finished with chest, so i might have to rethink the routine.

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