Becoming the Iron Lion

[Montego]

My back is smoked lol. I haven't had DOMS in my upper back in I can't tell you how long but they're there.

Caught my weight before I started training regularly and I was 248, this morning I was 241 so, despite taking in way more food, the water is coming off and some fat is slipping away. Within another week I should see that start to rise as I get fuller and things get to clicking again.

If I'm able to keep this training frequency regular (it's been a challenge since the move for sure) I might restart a little blast to recover the size faster and then go back to my cruise again.

Tonight will be legs and I'm chomping at the bit.

 

[Montego]

2 solid days training.

Legs y'day.

High rep main sets, super set with some lower rep bodyweight stuff to get that last little bit out of the muscle.

Since being able to walk is my biggest "goal" after training legs due to the knees, this has been a decent way to get some more stimulus without having to increase loads as quickly and, still get that feeling of failure safely with some intensity.

Adductor and extensions 4 working warm up sets

Low close leg press with heel elevated bodyweight squats. 4 working sets

Hack 3 working sets (I'm so fucking weak in this movement......I used to hack 8 plates a side for working sets, now 2 plates is rough) split squats

Seated curls

That was it. Really all I can handle currently without crazy soreness.

Arms today -

Daisy chain extensions and cable v bar curls 4 sets

DB curls and close grip Smith 4 sets

Machine dips and straight bar curls 3 sets

Cross body extensions and single arm cable preacher 3 sets

DB extensions and seated incline curls 2 sets

That's it.

Started a new log book. Figured my days of training the way I used to are coming to an end so, I'll start finding a new way to get better each session.

 

[samgraves82]

2 solid days training.

Legs y'day.

High rep main sets, super set with some lower rep bodyweight stuff to get that last little bit out of the muscle.

Since being able to walk is my biggest "goal" after training legs due to the knees, this has been a decent way to get some more stimulus without having to increase loads as quickly and, still get that feeling of failure safely with some intensity.

Adductor and extensions 4 working warm up sets

Low close leg press with heel elevated bodyweight squats. 4 working sets

Hack 3 working sets (I'm so fucking weak in this movement......I used to hack 8 plates a side for working sets, now 2 plates is rough) split squats

Seated curls

That was it. Really all I can handle currently without crazy soreness.

Arms today -

Daisy chain extensions and cable v bar curls 4 sets

DB curls and close grip Smith 4 sets

Machine dips and straight bar curls 3 sets

Cross body extensions and single arm cable preacher 3 sets

DB extensions and seated incline curls 2 sets

That's it.

Started a new log book. Figured my days of training the way I used to are coming to an end so, I'll start finding a new way to get better each session.

Say what ya want, mega still big and full af

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[Montego]

Say what ya want, mega still big and full af

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Yeah, ya know, I look at pictures and I think "my legs still don't look that bad" but, then I go back and look at pics before my last show in 23 and, yeah, that left quad has atrophied a lot and, the adductors don't have the same thickness they did then.

I've still got better legs then 99% of the gym population where I'm at, but it doesn't really matter about others, I've seen the regression and I'm coming to terms with it.

The ability to walk every day these past 2 months has made that much easier to do.

 

[Montego]

Push and pull y'day and the day before.

Still taking it easy on push, there's still some lingering feeling of "off"

Sessions are making me sore though, so I'm doing SOMETHING

Pec deck 4 sets
Nautilus flat press 3 sets
Arsenal vertical press 3 sets
Life flat press 3 sets
Cable fly 3 sets

Laterals in there, few sets of triceps.

Pull was close to the old days. Strength isn't all the way back there but it will be next week.

Nautilus pull-down 3 sets
Nautilus row 3 sets
Arsenal multi grip row 3 sets
Seated cable row 3 sets
DB shrugs 3 sets

Bunch of added biceps. Dont want baby arms

 

[Montego]

Push today.

First session since the pec issue weeks ago where I didn't feel anything "off".

Stayed cautious but I'll start to push a bit going forward.

Pec deck working warm up with 2 real working sets

Nautilus incline 3 working sets (seeing as how I'm moving pussy weights ATM, I can use the neutral handles here without any issue and man they feel great, forgot how his that grip hits the chest)

Arsenal seated vertical press 3 working sets (this machine is great until I start to hit heavier weights where the load just feels too much in the stretch, had always made me nervous, even more now)

Flat Smith 3 working sets (haven't pressed flat with a bar in ages, still don't like it but, variety is good currently)

Cable fly right below chest height to upper chest (these give me a crazy pump but that's it, not a great exercise for hypertrophy imo)

Mixed in a bunch of side laterals and 6 sets of triceps split between the daisy chain and EZ bar press down

Very smoll, very flat, lots if muscle to recover.

 

[Montego]

Good training continues.

I pushed up the weights for legs this week and tried out the Smith squat, hopefully that doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.

Adductors and extensions, I maxed out the adductor machine a long time ago for weight, now I'm at 25 for my first working set. No way to rig a pin on this machine so I'll try bands next time. Extensions I've went much heavier and they are actually fine, I feel MORE stable with heavier weights weirdly.

Low close leg press and body weight heel elevated squats. Increased a plate per side on the lp for total reps but I've had to pause and reset more to go past failure. The bodyweight squats are just there to add more stimulus since I can't go crazy in the weights.

Smith squat felt pretty good surprisingly. I can hardly get my hands to the bar with my shit shoulder mobility and that's why I dropped these a long time ago. Only 2 plates a side for 4 sets of 10. Not really close to failure but it'll be enough to hurt tomorrow.

Split squats, didn't use the free hand for stability. Felt good.

Abduction got heavy and felt fantastic. I'll be hammering these hard for the dad butt.

One set of seated hamstring curls with a 15lb increase from last time was enough to cramp so that's all I did.

And it's rest time. Really hope my knees are good tomorrow because this session felt great and seemed like it was heavy enough to make something happen.

The bpc and TB are doing their thing since I started them back a couple weeks ago. Also added orange tops back in at 3iu every day. Grind numbness in my hand at night so I'll keep it here and see how things go before I entertain going to 5iu.

Bodyweight itm jumped up quickly. Back to 254 and its all fullness even though I still look like I've got baby arms.

Getting in the groove, hopefully I don't run out of the ruts