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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 23, 2015, 11:30:21 am »
^^ I dont get a pump from them. And if they caused my ab veins to come out, I would have noticed by now, especially from direct ab exercises! My bicep veins were coming out a lot too. Has something to do with hydration and blood vessel dilation... and low bodyfat too.

Here's me at 190:


That was on November 10th, 2013. My old log actually. Not this one.

Lifts at the time were: http://www.adarq.org/progress-journals-experimental-routines/dreyth's-no-more-fucking-excuses-journal/255/

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 23, 2015, 11:26:55 am »
Quote from: maxent on January 23, 2015, 10:21:53 am
Lower ab veins to me just mean a pump i think. I get them at the end of the day of lifting or towards the end of a 24hr long fast; even when obese. Not sure it means anything. Btw wonder what you look at 192?

Didn't do abs today, no ab pump!
I have a pic of me at 192 earlier in this thread, around page... 10 i think? No idea. I'll find it later.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 23, 2015, 10:08:19 am »
Week 43
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Thursday - 01/22/14
193.8lbs | 15.0% bf | 61.9% H20

-= Workout Log =-

Deadlift
155 x 5                            >> Rests went by feel.
155 x 5                            >> Surprised I got 385x4.
205 x 3                            >> WHY DO I FEEL IT SO MUCH MORE IN MY QUADS THAN MY P-CHAIN?!
245 x 3                            >> Added back up sets this time.
295 x 2
335 x 1
385 x 1
405 x 1
385 x 4
355 x 3
335 x 5

Pull ups
BW x 5                       >> 2min rests, then 60sec rests for BW pullups, 3min rest for final set
+25lbs x 3                  >> Forgot to rest 3min for final set, did 60sec by accident.
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
+55lbs x 6
+55lbs x 5
+55lbs x 4 PR
BW x 8
BW x 5
BW x 8

Gym closed on me. I thought I was there an hour earlier than I really was. I could use the de-load anyway.

What's pissing me off is that I'm not down to a consistent 192lbs or so. Wtf man.

I did have lower ab veins today though... not sure how.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 08:26:59 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on January 21, 2015, 05:33:09 pm
I laughed at "foam rolling gluten" :P

Yeah... it's just... I think a lot of it is in your body structure... femur lengths and all that. I just hate to do mobility work, I just don't "believe" in it. I'm like "yeah yeah... I'm stretching this for 5-10 minutes so what? maybe I'll see a 1% increase in mobility in like 5 years of doing this".

da heck?! the s is nowhere near the n... how did i write gluten instead of glutes?!

mobility work is boring as hell... if its stretching. foam rolling my IT bands and glutes takes just 2 minutes though and its not as boring as stretching!
i dont think ive stretched in months...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 01:38:41 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on January 21, 2015, 11:38:54 am
I don't understand how can you squat with that narrow stance. My femurs would hit my hips like crazy plus I'd run out of the dorsiflexion after the first 1/4 squat portion.

I used to squat with a wider stance and my feet pointed out 45 degrees. I NEVER understood how people used a narrow stance, and the most awkward thing of all: toes pointed forwards. That shit was so uncomfortable to me.

However, over the years, as I got stronger and stronger, I somehow gravitated towards a narrow stance. I never even noticed the transition happening. Just happened on its own. Same thing with the toes starting to point forward, but I think that foam rolling my IT bands and gluten facilitated that transition.

Btw, it really helps to force the knees out a lot. Makes the stance feel wider.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 11:32:16 am »
Quote from: vag on January 21, 2015, 11:26:38 am
Beautiful, solid, heavy and badass squat is beautiful, solid, heavy and badass.

Thanks! I'd like more bar speed on it though.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 21, 2015, 10:36:09 am »
Week 43
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Tuesday - 01/20/14

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 8                         >> 2min rests.
135 x 8                         >> Damn that 365x3 was tough.
135 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 3 PR
315 x 8 PR
315 x 2
315 x 2

Hack Squat Machine Calf Raises
+90lbs x 5                                   >> 60sec rests.
+180lbs x 5                                 >> How the hell did I drop so much here???
+270lbs x 3
+320lbs x 1
+270lbs x 15
+270lbs x 11
+270lbs x 11
+270lbs x 10
+270lbs x 10

Bench Press
45 x 15                     >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                       >> Was not feeling it.
135 x 5
155 x 3
195 x 1
235 x 1
200 x 10
200 x 10
200 x 3

Incline DB Press
65's x 8                     >> 60sec rests.
65's x 4

Pull ups
BW x 5                     >> 60sec rests, except 3min rest for final set.
+25lbs x 3
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
BW x 10
BW x 10
BW x 6
BW x 4
BW x 4
BW x 6

I think I'm due for a de-load. Maybe next week I'll just shave off one set on the big lifts like squats, benches, etc. Cut volume by 30-50%.
I need to get more protein in, and MORE SLEEP. That's the problem.

Didn't do lateral raises or abs. I'll just add them in next time.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QizS1ijrME4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QizS1ijrME4</a>

Form felt very shaky on first rep. You cant really see it much, but I felt it for sure. Took a lot out of me.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 20, 2015, 12:40:08 pm »
Woke up with horrible wrist pain today. Left one. Its killing me! It's a little better now. Hopefully it doesnt stop me from benching later today. I think I slept with my hand in a weird position maybe.

Also, god damn my hip flexors are veryyyy uncomfortable. After those 315x10 squats, for the first time in my life i felt hip flexor pain after squatting. Always wondered how it happens to people and now I have it.

Did some research. It's caused by overactive hamstrings. When you squat and your hammies take over the glutes, it shifts your femur bone (i think thats the one) slightly out of alignment and makes it grind up against the hip socket. So the discomfort is actually in the hip socket cartilage itself, but since the hip flexor crosses over it, it feels like its in the hip flexors.

What everybody else does: stretch hip flexors.
What the actual solution is: foam roll hammies, activate glutes.

Edit: on second thought, stretching the hip flexors can help activate the glutes. antagonist inhibition.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 20, 2015, 12:37:57 pm »
Week 43
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Monday - 01/19/14

-= Workout Log =-

Pendlay Rows
45 x 10                                      >> 2min rests.
95 x 5
155 x 5
205 x 3
245 x 1
275 x 1
255 x 6                                         
255 x 6
255 x 6

Seated Cable Rows
175 x 12                                        >> 60sec rests.
175 x 8

I'll make up the rest of the workout tomorrow. Squats, calf raises, benches, pull ups, lateral raises, abs. It's not so much really.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 19, 2015, 01:40:15 pm »
Looks like you had a ton of reactivity in you, which makes strength training all the more effective for you! Nice!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 18, 2015, 12:25:12 am »
You got to 40+ running in less than three years?!?!

What was your vert like before you began? That's crazy!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 17, 2015, 10:22:17 pm »
Week 42
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Saturday - 01/17/14

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 8                         >> 3min rests.
135 x 8                         >> 315x10... boy that was tough! Feels great though!
135 x 5                         >> I'll move up to 355lbs next time.
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
350 x 3
350 x 3
350 x 3
315 x 10 PR

Hack Squat Machine Calf Raises
+90lbs x 5                                   >> 60sec rests.
+180lbs x 5
+270lbs x 3
+320lbs x 1
+270lbs x 15
+270lbs x 15
+270lbs x 14
+270lbs x 12 PR
+270lbs x 10 PR

Bench Press
45 x 15                     >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                       >> Failed the 6th rep on the last set. Just barely.
135 x 5
155 x 3
195 x 1
235 x 1
200 x 10
200 x 10
200 x 5

Incline DB Press
65's x 7                     >> 60sec rests.
65's x 4                     >> Went down since I failed on the bench. Made this tougher.

I think that by the time I can do 365 for 3x3, I'll be able to max out at 405lbs without too much stress. I'll give it 2 months.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: January 16, 2015, 11:09:01 pm »
How old are you and when did you start training for your vert?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 16, 2015, 09:34:51 am »
Week 42
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Thursday - 01/15/14

-= Workout Log =-

Deadlift
155 x 5                            >> The 425, which wasnt so hard last month before I missed my deadlift session and lost so much strength, was a MAX.
155 x 5                            >> It took a ton out of me. Plus I have no headphones (again). Even the 385x1 after that was tough.
205 x 3                            >> I need to add an extra deadlift day to get the strength back quicker. Just working up to a few singles at 385.
245 x 3
295 x 2
335 x 1
385 x 1
425 x 1
385 x 1

Pull ups
BW x 5                       >> 2min rests, then 60sec rests for BW pullups, 3min rest for final set
+25lbs x 3                  >> Forgot to rest 3min for final set, did 60sec by accident.
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
+55lbs x 6 PR
+55lbs x 5 PR
+55lbs x 3 PR
BW x 9
BW x 5
BW x 4

Super Strict Lateral Raises
30's x 3                          >> 60sec rests.
35's x 2
40's x 1
30's x 12
30's x 12 PR
30's x 5

Seated Cable Rows
140 x 5                     >> 60sec rests.
165 x 12                   >> Dropped again. Got pissed. Didn't do a 3rd set.
165 x 8

Didn't weigh myself this morning. I didn't want to see that I was heavy again because it would discourage me, especially since my deadlift is down right now as well as my seated cable rows. I'd be thinking "wtf... im trying to cut, but im a bit heaver than before AND my lifts are lower?"

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 14, 2015, 09:38:54 am »
Week 42
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Tuesday - 01/13/14
195.6lbs | 15.2% bf | 61.7% H2O

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 8                         >> 2min rests.
135 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
360 x 3 PR
315 x 8 PR
315 x 5 PR
315 x 4 PR

Hack Squat Machine Calf Raises
+90lbs x 5                                   >> 60sec rests.
+180lbs x 5
+270lbs x 3
+320lbs x 1
+270lbs x 15
+270lbs x 15
+270lbs x 14
+270lbs x 11
+270lbs x 10

Bench Press
45 x 15                     >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                       >> My chest felt like it was going to rip. It's because I benched just two days ago.
135 x 5                     >> Did not have adequate recovery, so I won't be myself over dropping a little this workout.
155 x 3                     >> Skipped the incline dumbell as well. I'm sure I'll PR next bench session.
195 x 1
225 x 1
200 x 10
200 x 9
200 x 5

Standing Cable Crunches
90 x 12 PR                     >> 2min rests.
90 x 10 PR
90 x 10 PR



I ate a ton the day before this since I had to workout 3 days in a row. Needed recovery. It made me shoot up 4lbs right away! I know it's water weight but its a bit discouraging to think that once I get to sub 190 like I'm aiming for, once I eat at maintenance I'll shoot up to about 193 or so :/ I'd like to stay at a consistent 190 for several weeks and get that tested 405lb squat at that weight.

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