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Converging Inc Chest Press. Didn't think I'd load each side with 180 but interesting resistance profile. Almost all is at the mid/top. Def get out of the hole then feel it on the way up.

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More new (to me) equipment I got to try out the week. Nothing crazy.

I've seen Nick Walker and a few others doing single leg presses. Spotted this Hammer Strength that looked interesting. Def had good strength and quad activation.
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Similarly some Single Leg extensions on a HS.

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Nothing crazy but had this Nautilus Leg Curl. Had a descending resistance profile that was interesting. Hard at the top but grind through it and it eased up some to finish the curl. Opposite of my machine at home gym
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WED said:
More new (to me) equipment I got to try out the week. Nothing crazy.

I've seen Nick Walker and a few others doing single leg presses. Spotted this Hammer Strength that looked interesting. Def had good strength and quad activation.
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Similarly some Single Leg extensions on a HS.

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Nothing crazy but had this Nautilus Leg Curl. Had a descending resistance profile that was interesting. Hard at the top but grind through it and it eased up some to finish the curl. Opposite of my machine at home gym
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I love that single leg extension!
I hate doing them on one set up for doubles
Since the outside leg tends to feel a little lighter due to the fulcrum.
 
dcdogz said:
I love that single leg extension!
I hate doing them on one set up for doubles
Since the outside leg tends to feel a little lighter due to the fulcrum.
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Yeah, you know I feel like my outside leg isn't connected as much when I'm doing it at home doing double legs stuff, might switch it up and try it out.

Next week I'm going here. Got a bunch of muscle mass equipment and other stuff I never have access to

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Missed some days posting logs. Really wanted to do a pull over machine and they had one. Lat connection is so much better than with a rope. I even do it seated at an angle like this facing away from the pulley vs standing.

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Day Week 17 Day 1: last week of cycle :cry:

Traveling Mon-Wed and found a Gym in Detroit called Powerhouse that had a bunch of good bodybuilding equipment. No Planet Fitness that close.

Was able to do a pretty solid 1:1. Did a Smith Decline vs flies that lit my chest up. No Smithmachines. Mostly Hammer Strength and some incline press

Think I got like 20k steps in M-W

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Week 17 Day 2 Legs

Another big walking day to and from hotel/gym, hotel/conference rooms at another hotel, mid day walks and treadmill.

HS Single Leg Leg Press was pretty cool.

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Week 17 Day 3 - Pull Day

Pullover machine was dope. Did a Chest Supported Unilateral HS row vs T-Bar Chest Supported. I think I like T-Bar better.

Gym had a super extra wide Lat Pull down bar with the neutral grip. It's wider than the one I have at home and mine is pretty side. i might have to get a wider version. Lat Pull Downs were great with it.

Next week I get to try some MegaMass Linear Row machine. Pumped about that.

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Week 17 Day 4 Push Day

Wanted to lift this morning but was exausted from travel. Ended up lifting after work at 430pm. Ugh, not sure how ppl do that. More tired than 530am. Heaviest movement kinda sucked, but the rest was okay

Steps super limited today

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Shoulders are always the first thing to come and go. gonna miss popping out the sides of my suits and dress shirts. Some good striations that I can't ever seem to catch on camera, but there are there damn it

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Week 17 Day 5 - 🦵

pretty good leg day. 210 on Pendulum squats for 8 to end the cycle. 160x12 was my top set week 1.

Steps only at 12k. I guess not too bad, but might try to get an evening walk in to get to 15k. Been slammed at work today

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Week 17 Day 6 - Last Lift of the cycle. Pull Day

Walked this morning and did some chores, sitting around 10k steps after morning workout. Going to see Mario today with the family and get some more steps outside on a nice spring day.

I'm going to put together a cycle progress log, some pics, lift increases over the last 17 weeks, and some other stats.

8 week health phase coming up before a trip to central America with the fam then my summer blast will start.

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Week 17 Day 7 - Back to being small, weak, and natural :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

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Big thanks to @AA Solutions , this was an unsponsored log but need a reup mid way through and they were kind enough to give me a lil discount. Glad they are back on the board. Quality gear and has always been spot on when I've sent it to Jano.

Cycle Recap

Start Weight: 235
End Weight 228
--Assume I'll lose some glycogen over the next 6-8 weeks and deflate a little, so interesting to see where that ends up

17 weeks - 0 miss workouts. Work travel, holidays, vacations, etc got all 6 workouts in a week and I think it showed pretty well.
Gyms Lifted at: 10​
Home Gym vast majority of time​
Iron Asylum Virginia Beach​
Planet Fitness Virginia​
Planet Fitness in New Jersey (2 locations)​
Planet Fitness in New York​
Planet Fitness in San Fran​
Planet Fitness in Georgia​
Fitness SF in San Fran​
Powerhouse Gym in Detroit​
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Steps - Changed watches 2x through out so lost history, but outside a few times when I was subbing in some cardio/stairmill, I mostly crushed 15k a day and probably averaged it over the course of the cycle. Probably only a few days where I got real minimal steps​
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Macros - This was up and down. Mid cycle I wanted to push a little bit of food and went overboard then corrected the last 6 weeks or so. I'm probably a little softer than I want, but body comp completely changed.​
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I never got massively off track like eating pure shit McDonalds or heavy fat shit....but would either eat the food my son didn't eat or have some extra carbs/cereal/etc.​
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My Back Probably came up the most. Feel like I've always had a decent upper/mid back thickness from endless barbell rows back in my 5x5 days, but lats always seemed to be missing. If I can get my waist to shrink some and stop being fat, that V will really come in. But feel like lat width has been my biggest gain in addition to my arms
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Def thicc'er overall. Can see my lats from the back, which usually they were barely there. Chest, Abs, shoulders, arms all good
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Posted my legs a few weeks ago....
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Next 8 Weeks
Flying out to Tempe today and got a week pass at a local body building gym. Pretty fucking amped. They have a bunch of Megamass and other equipment.

Starting UL rest PPL rest tomorrow. I'm probably going to over do it b/c there is a bunch of equipment I want to use lol

Plan is to eat super clean and lock in until June, then start from a good lean base and keep growing.
 
Great run man! That leg shot is crazy, especially for a cycle where your back and arms came up the most

Looking forward to the summer log. That’s a baller stack - if I ran that my e2 would approach zero lol. Looking forward to seeing how the combo works out.

Enjoy the 8 weeks - don’t wish them away! Even that’s a short rest, but after not missing a single hard workout, I’m gonna bet your body will appreciate a breather before firing up the summer heat

Thanks for the log!


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McPriimate said:
Great run man! That leg shot is crazy, especially for a cycle where your back and arms came up the most

Looking forward to the summer log. That’s a baller stack - if I ran that my e2 would approach zero lol. Looking forward to seeing how the combo works out.

Enjoy the 8 weeks - don’t wish them away! Even that’s a short rest, but after not missing a single hard workout, I’m gonna bet your body will appreciate a breather before firing up the summer heat

Thanks for the log!


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Appreciate the following. Logging daily isn't for the the faint of heart lol. Was a little worried I wouldn't stick to it for 17 weeks.

I've always had pretty thicc quads, but I will say I have more of a "sweep" than I've ever had vs just being big. Shape is noticable different.

I've got bloods in 7 weeks, hopefully that'll give me the green light.

I'm a little worried about crashing my E2 but gonna start at a 3:1 Test/EQ ratio. Test after 6-7wks and see where I'm at.
 
Ah, forget I wanted to recap some of my notabl strength increases too. I add a smith machine at home w/ an integrated pulley system so some might be muscle/exercise adaptation too vs just pure strength.

Push
Inc Smith 185x11 -> 220x11. Would've done 225 my last week but was traveling and did an incline converging press machine
OH Press 105x13 -> 160x10

Pull
Wide Grip Lat Pull Down 305x15 -> 395x12 (double pulley so 50% true weight)
Narrow Grip Pull Down 265x12 -> 370x10
T Bar Rows 145x110 -> 200x10 -- Goal was 4 plates, blew threw that pretty well
Seated Cable Unilateral Iliac Lat Pulldown 110x15x -> 160x10 (got 150x15 2nd to last week)

Legs
Pendulem Squats 160x11 -> 210x8 (got 205x10 2nd to last week)
Leg Curls 115x13 -> 160x11

Most everything this cycle was 8-12. Gonna move the compound exercise to 6-9 range. Keep most of the isolation in 8-15 range.
 
Walked around my rental gym for the week. Endless Prime, MegaMass, Atlantis, Arsenal, and a bunch of other old school machines.

I'm about to do endless junk volume playing on these toys. Yes I need to do 4 different types of rows

Also how the fuck do a pick 1, 2, or 3 on the prime machines. Seems like 3 and 2 combination is the most common.
 
I did endless junk volume and lifted for almost 2 hours lmao.

These primes machines are fucking smooth. I'd love to lift on them more to play around with the resistance profit but kept mostly to middle and top plates so heavier at stretch and mid point.

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Leg Day at Muscle Factory Tempe. Prime equipment is pretty slick. This arsenal hack squat was massive and smooth. Idk what this single leg pendulum leg press thing was, but it was huge and dope. Lastly this hip hinge pull was pretty cool. Def got a lot more resistance than RDL/SLDL

Prime Leg Curl - def crushed my hammies. Contraction was legit
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Prime Leg Curl. Had to play with the resistance to find the right level. Seems some of you don't use the low plate it loses all restrictions at the end of the movement
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Arsenal Hack Squat
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IDK brand, but an isolated leg press. Took a minute to figure it out

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This hip hinge DL was legit. Really want one now. Need a bigger garage
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WED said:
Feels really weird not lifting on a Wednesday
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when i got my new split with an extra rest day on tuesday, TOOK fckin forever to not wake up tuesday (now a rest a day) and not feel like I was late for work.
still happens every so often where im like, wait fuck did i forget to workout today.

oh no its just cardio okay youre fine.
 
Got a new piece of equipment. Was able to use a standing lateral raise machine on Monday and wanted to add a lateral raise variation.

Fringe Sports Dragonfly
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I went super heavy on Tuesday "trying" a lot of different equipment. I haven't been sore in a while and I feel like my lower body still hasn't recovered. Been walking a good bit to get the soreness out, but damn the legs are just draggin.

Tomorrow will be interesting
 
First "Upper" Day. Took an hour twenty to get through. Alternated back and forth between Push/Pull Exercises. Helped me kind of take less rest and do a quick warmup before getting into working set

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