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Becoming the Iron Lion

Well, was back for a few days then we got hit with this storm. Power is out, trees down everywhere so no telling when it'll be back on. Ac went out about 3 hours before the power went out so that was extra icing on the cake.

Have trained once since getting back but that's it given all the shit happening. Hopefully I'll be back to normal in a couple days because prep is supposed to start in August.

Pic from after training the other day before all hell broke loose..
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Back to normal!

Fucking what a few weeks.

Power is back. Ac is fixed. Things are pretty normal.

Went in to train yday and crushed legs. The pain I've had in the past is still there but, it's getting a little less severe and frequent since I've started the bpc and tweaked my training.

I know the bpc is helping without a doubt because tweaking my training in the past hasn't helped. This had been a huge asset.

Now, I'm not moving 7 plates a side on the hack but, I'm moving 4 with bottoming out reps and really good tempo. The rom is extreme but, I'm hoping this will help long term in getting my tendons to a better place.

I'm still doing all my pre hab stuff as well but, admittedly I haven't been in the reverse treadmill in some time. I'll be getting back to that though.

Weight is holding around 260 these days. Pretty soft (for me) but, I've had peds pulled back food a good amount of time and it's expected.

HOPEFULLY in August I start prep. Fingers crossed
 
Check in from today right out of bed. Hard to get limber to get twisted up into this damn back double that early in the day.

Fat, back still sucks, trt doses, almost prep time.

We'll see if it's better in a few weeks time
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Got a plan in place, kinda.

Will get a blood draw here in the next week or so then prep will begin.

Body feels awful today. Just beat up. Did all the yard work here today and taking the dogs to the vet.

Tomorrow I gotta go out to my mom's and finish clearing up downed trees from the storm which isn't going to be fun. I spent a few hours there last weekend and got rained out before I could get most of it done. So I've got a full day of cutting, clearing and hauling brush and trees set.

Weight spiked this week after things got back to normal. Lots of water but it's fallen off now. Sitting back around 258 in the morning which is still low but, acceptable.

Works been crazy. Average steps this week was 20325, and that's just the time from when I leave home to go to work and get back. No gym steps or life steps logged.

Can't complain though, I'm healthy (just sore) and I'm able to do what I love.
 
Legs yday. Had a giant free meal of BBQ this past weekend and the legs loved it. As much as I'm eating, it's obscene, the training sessions after the free meals on non training days are the only time I feel really full in the gym. Metabolism is the highest it's ever been.

Leg days are pretty mellow still while I keep getting this knee better and better.

Death on adductor machine
Weighted hypers focusing on glutes
Hip press with some muscle rounds
Stiff leg deads
Quad extensions

Enough to keep it going and maybe recover some lost size in the left quad, probably not sufficient to grow the quads maximally.
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REHH said:
Still hammering away I see (y)
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Yep, prep should start soon.

Push yday.

Being hard headed and didn't back off the weights this session. Felt strong so I sent it, wrist is mad.

Cable Flys and triceps extension warm ups

Nautilus chest press - stack+70*7, 6, rest pause stack*11/4/3

Wide hammer strength chest press - 4pps*11, 8, 3*12

Handless fly - stack*15, 15, 13, 11

Press down - stack*12, 9, 8

Lots of side and rear laterals between sets.

Getting closer to crunch time!

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Legs yday.

Knees are holding up well still. No real lingering pain the next day and mostly zero during training. The time after training until sleep isn't fun but, it's not nearly as bad as it was.

Adductor machine - 2 straight sets stack +2 plates +2 green elite fts bands. 15, 12. 1 muscle round with 2 bands to 25. (will increase next time)

Hip thrust on Smith - 4pps*12, 3*12, 11

Hack - 4pps*10(+1), 9(+1) RP 2*12/6/4
These were very slow deep quality reps. Hurt

Weighted hypers glutes focus - 120*15, 11, 10

Extension - 90*12, 75*12, 11

Lying leg curl - 140*15, 180*9, 6

That was all. Legs are still looking like they're coming around so will keep this going until they stop responding
 
Montego said:
Yep, prep should start soon.

Push yday.

Being hard headed and didn't back off the weights this session. Felt strong so I sent it, wrist is mad.

Cable Flys and triceps extension warm ups

Nautilus chest press - stack+70*7, 6, rest pause stack*11/4/3

Wide hammer strength chest press - 4pps*11, 8, 3*12

Handless fly - stack*15, 15, 13, 11

Press down - stack*12, 9, 8

Lots of side and rear laterals between sets.

Getting closer to crunch time!

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Thinking about competing again?
 
Do you ever see Roy at the gym anymore? I see he’s on the Labrada train.
 
tbda said:
Following along, 16 week prep?
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Not real sure.

Given how hard I've had to push food and still haven't been putting on any weight I don't think it's going to take that long.

On the other hand, I've really had to pull hard towards the end of preps to get all the fat off so, who knows.

I'm not in any rush so, when I'm ready, I'll pick whatever is available .

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Pull day was solid.

deadlifts are back in for the time being. Didn't shoot for the moon, 405×10, 9

The rest of that session was pretty typical.

Legs yday. Continuing with stimulate not annihilate....annihilate will start soon.

Adductor work is getting silly. Stack with 3 plates and 2 green elite fts bands doubled over. Worked up to 9 reps and 8 reps with a triple drop.

Switched the hip press to single leg. Killer reps there, definitely feel it in he quads today.

Ghr work for glares

Stiff leg dead on the pit shark, 7 plates a side for 1 set of 8. I don't think I like these.... the pattern is smooth and depth is fine I just dunno what feels off. Plus, having to load 14 plates is dumb.

Lunges on the Smith to test em out. No good. Can't get my arms back to turn the bar. I'll go back to Bulgarians.

That's it.

I'll start doing abs I guess..... hate em. I always end up with terrible cramps at the worst times.

Pulled bloodwork Tuesday. Should have those results in tomorrow probably then, it's green light time to get peeled.
 
Montego said:
Pull day was solid.

deadlifts are back in for the time being. Didn't shoot for the moon, 405×10, 9

The rest of that session was pretty typical.

Legs yday. Continuing with stimulate not annihilate....annihilate will start soon.

Adductor work is getting silly. Stack with 3 plates and 2 green elite fts bands doubled over. Worked up to 9 reps and 8 reps with a triple drop.

Switched the hip press to single leg. Killer reps there, definitely feel it in he quads today.

Ghr work for glares

Stiff leg dead on the pit shark, 7 plates a side for 1 set of 8. I don't think I like these.... the pattern is smooth and depth is fine I just dunno what feels off. Plus, having to load 14 plates is dumb.

Lunges on the Smith to test em out. No good. Can't get my arms back to turn the bar. I'll go back to Bulgarians.

That's it.

I'll start doing abs I guess..... hate em. I always end up with terrible cramps at the worst times.

Pulled bloodwork Tuesday. Should have those results in tomorrow probably then, it's green light time to get peeled.
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Nice..saw the vids..
I can't get my arms back on smith either..my rom with shoulders are horrible, front squat only for me there..

That adductor work was sic..3 plates + lol.
 
Push a couple days back.

Touched some new weights, but damn it, am I paying for it.

Pull today was similar. Just working up to the top of my rep ranges then increasing load as usual.

This fucking wrist is being stubborn. Grip change doesn't seem to help any. It's just any pressing will flare it up, even though it never completely gets pain free.

Also, my knees are doing great but I guess I've got issues in my damn right foot. Rolled my ankle at work about 3 months back. Ever since then when I walk it feels like my toes are broken but when I push on my toes or pull them there is no pain. It's just right past the toes on the ball of the foot. If I stand on something I'm the arch then start walking out gets worse. Got some rigid arch supports, might be some tendon issues I guess? Who knows. All I know is it hurts like a bitch to walk. Fuck getting old.

BUT, prep has officially begun.

We're gonna shoot for a 14 week prep, but no hard and fast time frame really. If I'm ready I'll go, if I'm not ill keep going, if I'm early I'll go.

Nothing major changed, just added some gear and upped the test

750mg test
300mg mast p
300mg npp

No Cardio.

12k steps a day (I get around 17k a day so I'll just have to watch those on days I'm off work)

No diet changes.

No split changes (push, pull, off, legs, off schedule allowing)

I'll be more detailed in the log going forward. Might just start a new one. We shall see.
 
Looking forward to seeing the progress as prep continues, any fat burners or thyroid meds thrown in yet?
 
Montego said:
Push a couple days back.

Touched some new weights, but damn it, am I paying for it.

Pull today was similar. Just working up to the top of my rep ranges then increasing load as usual.

This fucking wrist is being stubborn. Grip change doesn't seem to help any. It's just any pressing will flare it up, even though it never completely gets pain free.

Also, my knees are doing great but I guess I've got issues in my damn right foot. Rolled my ankle at work about 3 months back. Ever since then when I walk it feels like my toes are broken but when I push on my toes or pull them there is no pain. It's just right past the toes on the ball of the foot. If I stand on something I'm the arch then start walking out gets worse. Got some rigid arch supports, might be some tendon issues I guess? Who knows. All I know is it hurts like a bitch to walk. Fuck getting old.

BUT, prep has officially begun.

We're gonna shoot for a 14 week prep, but no hard and fast time frame really. If I'm ready I'll go, if I'm not ill keep going, if I'm early I'll go.

Nothing major changed, just added some gear and upped the test

750mg test
300mg mast p
300mg npp

No Cardio.

12k steps a day (I get around 17k a day so I'll just have to watch those on days I'm off work)

No diet changes.

No split changes (push, pull, off, legs, off schedule allowing)

I'll be more detailed in the log going forward. Might just start a new one. We shall see.
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Test E ?
 
It has been an eventful few days.

Air b and b burned down that we had booked for my wife and girls trip this 5 weekend, so I had to figure that out 30 minutes before arriving

Found out the grandkid will be a boy.

Replaced the ac blower motor in my car.

Got food poisoning. Better now.

So prep started off as it should, full of stress lol.

Trained legs today. Let it rip... kinda.

Did a little test run on intensity and volume.

Hacks went up 25lb a side and reps increased to 11 from 10. Pushed these pretty hard. Still keeping bottom out depth and slow tempo. Second set was also 50 heavier and increased a rep.

Leg press was added. 1 set of 20 with 6 plates, second set of 18. High close feet, not rockbottom depth reps but enough to lengthen the quad and get good tension. These could have went harder but, I'll slowly increases intensity if the knees keep doing well.

Single leg press. This is that pendulum type leg press where the weights are on the bottom and the foot plate is above and not directly attached. These were all the way to the chest. Trying to mimic a lunge. 4 plates for 15 and 13.

Seated leg curl 150*15, 170*11, 9

Smith glute raise - saving recovery here. Only went to 2 plates a side for 15 14 14 13

That was the day. Legs were cramping at work so we're on the right path. Knees aren't dying yet.
 
Got word last week that the whole lodge I booked in Mozambique for January burned down. People already got a 50% deposit.
Talk about unforseen circumstances.
Never would think about such a thing.
 
Push.

Good day. Feeling good in the gym despite the little dings. We'll see how the wrist is tomorrow.

Switched to a regular grip on the incline instead of neutral. Might help the wrist it felt like.

With this grip I lose a lot of leverage on this machine so I went down to 4 plates a side for 6 then 3 for 12.

Pro max flat went up a plate here for 9, 8 and a muscle round with 2 for 22.

Techno press was 3 straight sets at 180 to failure. Between 15 and 10 reps.

Also did heavy cable laterals with the cuff, seated rear delt raises sitting upright facing the bench, front felt raised and triceps. Abs to finish
 
Pull

Ran short on time today so I pushed deadlifts to my next leg day.

Everything is clicking. Weight is holding pretty steady but I'm getting fuller. No activity at work is the biggest contributing factor though not so much peds.

I'll post some pics eventually but, I'm fat so nothing exciting right now.
 
Leggies

Diet updated yday. Nothing major just cleaned it up. No more free meal on non training days. Removed some rice crispy treats in my food meal post training. Steps increased.

Second shot at harder work here.

Session went well. Knees are tender after, as expected, and we'll see how they feel tomorrow.

Adductor- stack + 3 plates+2 green bands doubled over ×9, 8 with 3 drops to failure

GHR - gotta work out the kinks here. I'm not getting full contractions or extension because I'm afraid I'll fall on my face or rip my hamstring off the bone lol. Did some decent reps but left a lot to be desired even though they hurt like a mofo. Body weight for 15,12, 10, 10

Squat Pro - 4pps*12, 12 these are the added movement for this leg day. The reps were hard but, again, just feeling out how much I can add before being crippled again.

Iso leg press - 5pps×11, 9, Both legs, muscle round 4pps*22

Hip thrust machine - think this machine isn't a good fit. It uses a belt set up and I'm not a fan even though I can use less weight I don't feel it as well as the Smith or the fixed arm machine. 2pps*18,15,13,11

Atlantis seated leg curl - best leg curl ever made IMO, stack×12, 9

Sldl- 315*10 I was torched at this point and the added rep was a shaky grind for sure

1 lap of walking lunges with a short stride to get massive flexion in both knees each rep
 

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