"To see if I can" - 2010 starts p6

Agree with your above comments, I feel awkward when people think i look big when I know for a fact that I am tiny by my standards and by most on here.

Yup i agree with that to, im still skinny yet my friends have started calling me baine (charachter from batman)...idiots lol

The good thing is though that even though you might not feel it yourself, which is often the case. Other people are telling you that you look bigger, which you definately do so all is good :)

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Agree with your above comments, I feel awkward when people think i look big when I know for a fact that I am tiny by my standards and by most on here.

LOl dude i just looked at your journal...you are big!

Still been training, just not updating.
Had a twinge in the elbow this Monday but still just about managed to train pull today.
Might do a deload week next week to allow time for recovery.

Pull today:
Deadlifts: 100kg x 8, 125kg x 7/6/5 (weight and reps consistently going up, I like doing these)
BB bent over rows: 60kg x 7/6/7 (max EZ bar is 55kg so I have had to move up to using the straight bar)
DB hammer curls: 20kg x 9/6/5 (this is where my elbow started hurting)
Pull ups: BW x 6/6/5 (gave up using assisted chins last week and surprised myself by managing. Reps up this week)

Also measured myself last night and all up, chest up 1.5cm in a month, weight now 80.6kg or 12st 9 3/4lb.

another deadlift lover :) you got some good strenght going on aswell mate.

Looks like you're making some good progress. Keep it up.

Do you ever listen to Satyricon? If not you should check out their album 'Dark Medieval Times', it's unreal. I know this has absolutely nothing to do with training but whatever. LOL

Ha! Actually I listened to Satyricon - Now, Diabolical in the gym on Monday.
So it does have something to do with my training!

It's the only album of their I have, but I might check out that one.

Cheers for the encouragement.

I can't recommend it highly enough. It's not really the kind of music you'd work out to (well, not for me anyway), and it's a very different style to their later stuff like Now Diabolical. It's their first album, from back in the early 90s,
but I know you're a Burzum fan (obviously!) so I imagine you would like it.

But imo it surpasses anything Burzum ever did. While the rest of their contemporaries in the Norwegian inner circle were busy at work setting down the standard black metal template, Satyricon were already defying it. It's like prototypical folk-metal/black metal fusion, stunning!

You got the new Burzum album then, Belus?
I would have but for the fact that it was sent recorded delivery and I wasn't in!

However, it's on youtube and sounds pretty good.

But, I do prefer death metal really - Cryptopsy are cool!
I listened to Icons of Evil by Vital Remains while working out yesterday - that is one brutal album!

Nope I haven't heard Burzum's new one, is it another one he recorded in prison and it's only getting released now?

You're right, Cryptopsy ARE cool, I'm guessing you can tell that from my avatar haha. One of the best death metal albums ever imo. Vital Remains are great too. Recently I've been listening to a good bit of Devourment, check out their debut album if you like 'slam' death metal, with loads of breakdowns and ridiculously brutal instrumentation.

I'm partial to a bit of Cannibal Corpse as well, I avoided them for so long because they have a lot of stigma attached to them as being like the typical death metal band that snot nosed idiots listen to when they want to rebel against their parents, they seemed almost like a novelty act when I first heard about them. But damn they're a good band, 'Rancid Amputation' pumps me up like nothing else!

Mr. Vikernes was released from prison last May I think, so the new album has been recorded since then.
It's only been out 3 days I think.

I do like Cannibal as well - I think my favourite album is Bloodthirst, but they get more and more technical.
I'll look up Devourment - not heard of them.

Leg day today, I've missed a few weeks of legs due to work...

Squats: 50kg x 8 warmup, 70kg x 6/6/6/5 (not heavy but made sure I did full ROM for every single rep)
Calf raises: same routine as above: 131.5kg x 10, BW x 10 standing on step, BW x 10 standing, 77.1kg x 10, BW x 10 step, BW x 10 standing, 49.9kg x 10, BW x 10 step, BW x 10 standing, no pauses between sets
Leg press machine: 131.5kg x 6/6/6/5 (PB on the weight, by mistake actually)
Chest press machine: 68.0kg x 2, 86.2kg x 2, 59kg x 10/8 (just a quick extra chest session)
Cardio: 10mins on bike, also did 35 mins on stepper last night - first cardio this year I think!

Decided to do a deload week this week and maybe try for some PBs next week.

Anyway, a bit surprised at how poor my muscle stamina is. I dropped the weights quite a bit and still burned out at 12 reps.

Chest press: 59.0kg x 8 (warm-up), 70.3kg x 12 (really tough, and I was doing 81.6kg for 8 last week), 59.0kg x 12/7
Shoulder press: 22.7kg x 12/12/12 (usually do 43ish for about 8 reps, but struggled with the 12)
EZ skullcrushers: 25kg x 12/12/12 (did 35kg last week, 25 for 12 seemed quite easy)
Dips: -7ish kg assisted x 12/10/10
DB bench press: 14kg x 12/12/12 (was up to 25kg last week but usually manage 22.5kg for 8 reps)

Hmm, not sure what that proves. Probably that I need to build up stamina!

Did deload pull day today.
Felt pretty good, like I had done more (which I had, in terms of reps).
Also, my usual order was thrown out as someone was using the bar (how dare they!)

EZ bar bent over rows: 45kg x 12/12/10 (was doing 60kg for 7 last week)
Chin-up: Assisted, not sure of the weight x 12/11/10
Deadlift: 70kg x 6 (warmup), 80kg x 12/11/10 (usual is 125kg, was well out of breath by the last rep)
BB curls: 14kg x 12/11/11 (forearms were pumped at the end)
Lat pull downs: 50kg x 12/10/10
BB hammer curls: 12.5kg x 8/10/9 (was wasted by this point)

Getting a much different feeling to after normal workouts - usually muscles and ligaments feel strained, now muscles just seem fatigued.

Decided to do another deload week.
Did legs last Friday, push on Monday - nothing much to report - tried to do 12 reps for each set for each exercise, at lower weight than usual.

Today was pull day again:

Deadlift: 70kg x 8 (warmup), 90kg x 12/12/11 (didn't feel too difficult, but forearms burned out)
DB hammer curls: 15kg x 12/12/11
EZ bar bent over rows: 45kg x 12/11/7 (struggled at the end - I did these first last week)
Lat pull-downs: 50kg x 12/12/12
DB curls: 12.5kg x 12/12/11

Have mixed in some cardio in the last couple of week, plus my diet hasn't been as good. No junk, but probably not eating enough.
Hence my weight hasn't gone up in a couple of weeks.

Bump for update you fanny!

Oh yeh!

Well I had a nice couple of weeks doing 12 reps at some lighter weights, then some disruption due to Easter/time off work, so I trained this morning for the first time since last Wednesday.

Switched to a 5x5 regime for a change, and did push day last Wed, so pull day today.
Can probably manage a bit more for most lifts, but didn't know what my limits were and didn't want to be doing 5/4/3/2/1 or similar.

Deadlift: 70kg x 5 (warmup), 120kg x 5/5/5/5/5 (struggled a bit on last one but reckon I could manage more next week)
Chin ups: BW x 5/5/5/5/5
BB bent over rows: 55kg x 5/5/5/5/5
DB hammer curls: 17.5kg x 5/5/5/5/5 (could manage more but couldn't find the 20kg dbs)

Took quite a bit of time, so that was it.
Diet been a bit rubbish recently in terms of not enough being eaten. Have been pretty much 12st 10lb for a week or two.

Pretty pleased with my session today, although no massive lifts.
Found flat bench relatively easy so should be able to up the weight.
I stopped doing it as I was stuck at 55-60kg, but realised I wasn't doing full ROM, so concentrated on press machine and DB press for a while.
So, although still at similar weight, it is at full ROM and feels good.

Bench: 45kg x 5, 50kg x 5, 55kg x 5/5/5/5/5 (last couple started to feel it, but no danger of failing)
EZ skulls: 35kg x 5/5/5/5/5
EZ overhead press: 40kg x 5/5/5/4/4 (couldn't lock out on last couple, still heaviest I have done for reps)
DB press: 22.5kg x 5/5/4/3/3 (felt drained by this point)

Enjoyed my session today.
Spent all weekend on my allotment - digging, raking, hoeing - so I was aching and expecting poor results.
Not bad, actually - did push session today because it should be on a Monday.

Bench: 40kg x 12, 57.5kg x 5/5/5/5/5 (up 2.5kg on last week)
Overhead press: 50kg x 1, 55kg x 1 (for FTOH challenge), 42.5 x 5/5/5 (felt pretty easy)
Dips: BW x 5/5/5/5/5
DB press: 20kg x 10/8/8 (22.5kg dbs not available so did higher reps with 20)

Still early, but I think this 5x5 routine is working well.

Managed to train Wednesday despite little sleep due to little ones being sick all night.
Was due to train today but finally got their sick bug
Not actually been sick, but feel it constantly and can't face any food apart from I did have breakfast and make it into work before coming home...