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Yes sir!!! Your boy is back teamed up with euro pharm/PSL as a sponsored athlete. And yes I was just a rep over on another forum but that went south and vision swooped right in to pick me up when shit went down. That just before anybody tries to point it out etc. That said, I'm thankful to vision and everyone who may have had a say and agreed to have me and thank you to all of you!!!! Now let's get to work!!!

9/10 legs A
Well it was a kick ass day until it wasnt. Been having some unexplained swelling in foot and leg recently for no apparent reason. Doesn't hurt just standing on it or even while lifting. But does hurt to the touch and when I point my toes down , stretching out the top foot aka plantar flexion, and also when I rub up and down the side of my shin bone. It became too much tho and sitting in Dr now. Also, an old and recently nagging "injury" in upper quad next to hip, really reared it's head today squatting. I'm not convinced they're not related. Between the doc, sitting out a leg day and some peptides, I think I'll be fine in no time.
Now to the positive, great progress on ham curls, big 50lb jump on squats to 365# was moving great till the pain hit and had to stop at 4. For sure had at least 2 or 3 more at least. Still managed to get a nice pump too.

Seated ham curl
225x13/5/3 +3 forced reps
175x20 took 2 tries

BB squat
365x4

Leg extension
105x20/15 purposely took it easy here for obvious reasons
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samgraves82 said:
Yes sir!!! Your boy is back teamed up with euro pharm/PSL as a sponsored athlete. And yes I was just a rep over on another forum but that went south and vision swooped right in to pick me up when shit went down. That just before anybody tries to point it out etc. That said, I'm thankful to vision and everyone who may have had a say and agreed to have me and thank you to all of you!!!! Now let's get to work!!!

9/10 legs A
Well it was a kick ass day until it wasnt. Been having some unexplained swelling in foot and leg recently for no apparent reason. Doesn't hurt just standing on it or even while lifting. But does hurt to the touch and when I point my toes down , stretching out the top foot aka plantar flexion, and also when I rub up and down the side of my shin bone. It became too much tho and sitting in Dr now. Also, an old and recently nagging "injury" in upper quad next to hip, really reared it's head today squatting. I'm not convinced they're not related. Between the doc, sitting out a leg day and some peptides, I think I'll be fine in no time.
Now to the positive, great progress on ham curls, big 50lb jump on squats to 365# was moving great till the pain hit and had to stop at 4. For sure had at least 2 or 3 more at least. Still managed to get a nice pump too.

Seated ham curl
225x13/5/3 +3 forced reps
175x20 took 2 tries

BB squat
365x4

Leg extension
105x20/15 purposely took it easy here for obvious reasons
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Man I'm not blowing smoke, but for people that are newer here, or just silent lurkers, Sam and I go way back to 2018 over at bop, he had a phenomenal frame back then but he was just getting fired up, he does not look like the same person.
This is what dedication and consistency does.
I literally cannot tell you how many things have happened in my life with setbacks and major things, and to see that someone else still pressed through with their life making their dreams come true is inspirational.. I assure you not only is he massive, but he's even more massive compared to his frame prior.
Those quads, the quad sweep, his delts inside of his double bi , and that side chest.. For those who haven't seen the pictures, look for them!! 🙌

We are super excited to have this beast back. You will learn a lot from him trust me..
 
Vision said:
Man I'm not blowing smoke, but for people that are newer here, or just silent lurkers, Sam and I go way back to 2018 over at bop, he had a phenomenal frame back then but he was just getting fired up, he does not look like the same person.
This is what dedication and consistency does.
I literally cannot tell you how many things have happened in my life with setbacks and major things, and to see that someone else still pressed through with their life making their dreams come true is inspirational.. I assure you not only is he massive, but he's even more massive compared to his frame prior.
Those quads, the quad sweep, his delts inside of his double bi , and that side chest.. For those who haven't seen the pictures, look for them!!

We are super excited to have this beast back. You will learn a lot from him trust me..
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His legs have just got slabs of meat on them now. His quads are really huge, especially for his frame.


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CompoundLifts31 said:
His legs have just got slabs of meat on them now. His quads are really huge, especially for his frame.


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Bro the other day I was telling him that, this is one of the transformations that you'll never forget, I cannot believe how much me, he put slabs of beef, straight up dimensions all the way around, and density in those wheels, that's no easy feat...
 
samgraves82 said:
Yes sir!!! Your boy is back teamed up with euro pharm/PSL as a sponsored athlete. And yes I was just a rep over on another forum but that went south and vision swooped right in to pick me up when shit went down. That just before anybody tries to point it out etc. That said, I'm thankful to vision and everyone who may have had a say and agreed to have me and thank you to all of you!!!! Now let's get to work!!!

9/10 legs A
Well it was a kick ass day until it wasnt. Been having some unexplained swelling in foot and leg recently for no apparent reason. Doesn't hurt just standing on it or even while lifting. But does hurt to the touch and when I point my toes down , stretching out the top foot aka plantar flexion, and also when I rub up and down the side of my shin bone. It became too much tho and sitting in Dr now. Also, an old and recently nagging "injury" in upper quad next to hip, really reared it's head today squatting. I'm not convinced they're not related. Between the doc, sitting out a leg day and some peptides, I think I'll be fine in no time.
Now to the positive, great progress on ham curls, big 50lb jump on squats to 365# was moving great till the pain hit and had to stop at 4. For sure had at least 2 or 3 more at least. Still managed to get a nice pump too.

Seated ham curl
225x13/5/3 +3 forced reps
175x20 took 2 tries

BB squat
365x4

Leg extension
105x20/15 purposely took it easy here for obvious reasons
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Rooting for you bro!! I'm glad to hear you're able to take care of health stuff as soon as it comes up. NOT being able to sucks. Working on it though.

What's your short term and long term goals?

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Vision said:
Man I'm not blowing smoke, but for people that are newer here, or just silent lurkers, Sam and I go way back to 2018 over at bop, he had a phenomenal frame back then but he was just getting fired up, he does not look like the same person.
This is what dedication and consistency does.
I literally cannot tell you how many things have happened in my life with setbacks and major things, and to see that someone else still pressed through with their life making their dreams come true is inspirational.. I assure you not only is he massive, but he's even more massive compared to his frame prior.
Those quads, the quad sweep, his delts inside of his double bi , and that side chest.. For those who haven't seen the pictures, look for them!!

We are super excited to have this beast back. You will learn a lot from him trust me..
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Too kind brother

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CompoundLifts31 said:
Rooting for you bro!! I'm glad to hear you're able to take care of health stuff as soon as it comes up. NOT being able to sucks. Working on it though.

What's your short term and long term goals?

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Honestly, in that world, I'm just having fun right now. I'll compete again August next year. And I'd really love to compete at Arnold amateur one time. I could do masters there but I wanna earn it thru a win in an open class

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9/12/25 push B
Finally a good pressing day!! Excellent as a matter of fact. And I'll just leave it at that. Did an extra set of bench press today and added a band to it cause I just wanted to have some damn fun!!! Still beat the log book after too which isn't saying much TBH.

Flat bb press
315x8 clean AF
235x14 paused smashed log book here
185 plus small red band x 13 I think

Hammer incline rest pause set
2pps x 14/2 +partials / 1 +forced reps

Incline cable curls
50x14
40x19

Rev grip smith shoulder press
135x10/5/2

Ez bar press down (BRO TIME)
B2B sets with partner 20 reps at a time
70x20/20
60x22/20/20 (22 cause oarner snuck in 21 )

Smith press
135x12

Machine lateral
70x28 drop set to
40x14
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These pix were just minutes before the last ones . Kinda crazy how slightly different angles and lights changed things. I see the poses are tad diff too, lack of effort.

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