Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - Dreyth

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 131
1
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: April 23, 2026, 05:01:53 pm »
Quote from: LBSS on April 22, 2026, 07:35:30 am
that is weird, man! have you seen a doctor? you were quite strong back in the day, could be all kinds of physiological reasons for a long-term limitation like that. anemia, low testosterone, maybe hypothyroidism?

Probably low test. I should get it tested as well as my thyroid, good idea. Changed up my diet recently and getting more sunlight. Lots of healthy fats like olive oil, good quality raw milk and fresh cream, lamb meat/fat. Watermelon and sunflower seeds. Seems to be helping for now, making steady progress and feeling excited to lift in the manner where you know you will be stronger than last workout

2
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: April 21, 2026, 11:57:04 pm »
Well ill have you know i squatted 100kg x 6 the other day. Somethings going on with my body. It doesn’t make sense than i can barely put on strength for years

Ever since covid hit, i never bounced back. The gyms closed and i understandably lost a strength until me and my neighbors put some workout equipment in the basement. Im in my early 30’s, i should still be able to put up 4 plates for reps. Not 2. And when covid hit i was in my late 20s, so i really should have bounced back then even if i cant in my 30s

Seeing you still put up crazy numbers reminds me it’s not over for me yet. I just have to figure it out

3
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: April 20, 2026, 03:51:54 pm »
Quote from: Kingfish on April 19, 2026, 10:38:21 am
Quote from: Dreyth on April 19, 2026, 10:27:11 am
Quote from: Kingfish on March 01, 2026, 10:28:16 pm
Quote from: LBSS on February 26, 2026, 07:33:23 pm
man when was the last time you went a day without squatting 405?

no idea. i started this log from terminalvertical.com squatting 405 already. lol.

Logged in to say thats absurd

I was like 14 back then

there was a time you were stronger with 405 than me when you took a vid of a 405x5  :headbang:



I hit 405x5? I thought 405x4 was the best i did.
Either way i dont ever remember being stronger than you, i must have my timelines mixed up

4
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: April 19, 2026, 10:27:11 am »
Quote from: Kingfish on March 01, 2026, 10:28:16 pm
Quote from: LBSS on February 26, 2026, 07:33:23 pm
man when was the last time you went a day without squatting 405?

no idea. i started this log from terminalvertical.com squatting 405 already. lol.

Logged in to say thats absurd

I was like 14 back then

5
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 19, 2026, 11:39:45 am »
Quote from: Raptor on January 14, 2026, 03:52:16 pm
Wouldn't this drive you into the ground neurally speaking?

Im able to improve even the last lift of the day. So even if it does, i’m still gaining on all lifts

I also have ample rest between workouts now. This is a nice change up to put on some size before i decide to lean more towards strength work again

Let me tell you it feels amazing to train to failure yet leave the gym with energy. The endorphins hit different. When i beat myself up too much with many sets and a longer workout, cortisol rises. Or at least thats what i think it is. It rises to the point where i cant even stand to have my headphones in my ear. I need to take them out and stop listening to whatever lecture was on. I get stressed similar to the feeling of being overwhelmed with work or school

6
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 07, 2026, 10:47:41 am »
Quote from: Joe on January 03, 2026, 03:51:31 pm
this is exactly how i've been doing my lifting lately as well! fun, fast, efficient, and at the very least you can maintain  with a pretty load time input!

nice!

i should also add that a big drop set like 40kg x 3, 30kg x 4, 20kg x 4 (each taken to failure) also has many reps that are at or near failure

so if one subscribes to the idea that "effective reps are those near failure" well then i had plenty of effective reps in that one big drop set. so size gains are definitely stimulated. CNS gains are also stimulated by going very heavy at the start of the drop set, and via trying to fight through failure 3x in a row

7
Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: We got Protein, Satiety, and Insulin Wrong!
« on: January 02, 2026, 07:56:40 pm »
+1 for raw milk

best drink there is

8
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 02, 2026, 07:54:33 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on December 08, 2025, 11:19:01 am
Updates?

just so lazy to update my workouts. i have them on my phone though. i need to do a lot of copy/pasting and editing

been sick the last few days so strength no doubt dropped

loving training until failure for a single set. the workouts feel amazing. i stimulated the muscle without beating myself up, so i leave the gym still energized and feeling accomplished

now what i like to do though is fail 3x in a row. So I may DB bench a big dropset of 40kgx3, then 30kgx4, 20kgx4  (failing an additional rep after those) for example. That's 11 reps total yet definitely also stimulated strength gains with the very low reps, and size gains via going to failure 3x in a row on an 11 rep set (14 reps if you count failed reps).

i'm loving this way of training and i wonder how it could have worked out 10-15 years ago in my training career.

the other amazing thing is these style workouts lead to gains even if i only lift 1x per week or every 2 weeks. It used to be the case that I would lose some strength very fast if I missed a couple of workouts

9
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 20, 2025, 10:34:24 am »
Quote
Saturday 08/16/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym
89.50kg after eating and drinking today

Rear Delt Fly Machine
6th pin x 6
9th pin x 5
12th pin x 11, failed 12th

Incline DB Bench
14kg's x 7
20kg's x 5
26kg's x 3

Pec Fly Machine (Superset A)
65kg x 9, failed 10th
Incline DB Bench (Superset A)
30kgs x 4, failed 5th rep

Incline Bench DB External Rotations Focus On Scaps
7.5kgs x 5
14kgs x 12 + 3 crap reps

Lateral Raises (Superset B)
10kgs x 5
14kgs x 12 + 3 crap reps
Standing DB Shoulder Presses (Superset B)
22kgs x 5, failed 6th

Chin Ups
+12kg x 8

Cable Pull Downs
50kg x 14 >> Didnt fail, weight too light

Seated Cable Rows
15th pin x 7, failed 8th

Pronated Barbell Curls
20kg x 15, failed 16th

DB Unilateral Front Raises To Overhead
12kgs x 4, failed 5th

10
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: September 15, 2025, 03:17:23 pm »
"youre imagining it"

at the same time if they will somehow brush off "alternative" therapies like that one guy who found a connection between emotional suppression and bodily physical pain. he treated many patients with it

if they say we are imagining it, then accept these other forms of medicine/therapy. if you don't accept them, then tell us you just don't know the cause. you can't have it both ways

11
Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Stomach vaccuums vs deadbugs
« on: September 04, 2025, 04:07:04 pm »
These both work out the transverse abdominis right? If so, why do they feel so different?

I can hold a dead bug and then add a stomach vaccuum on top of that. I cant wrap my brain around why this is the case if both exercises work the TA. It’s like flexing the glute and then flexing it again in a different way on top of that

Also, which of the 2 exercises is better for fixing anterior pelvic tilt?

12
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:32:06 pm »
Still have to update a few more workouts, but something i noticed using mike mentzer's training principles:

- It's nice shortening my workouts. I dont get as stressed and annoyed. Usually after a longer workout, I have to take my headphones out as I get irritated. Might be cortisol rising. With these short workouts, I don't get that. Instead I get that amazing endorphine feeling!
- I feel accomplished after these workouts
- I didn't know how far from failure I actually was. This workout is teaching me that I actually have more reps in the tank than I thought for things like calf raises, db shoullder presses, curls, etc. however, I was pretty accurate with the squats.

Thinking to do this for around a year before i switch back to traditional strength training and amping up my CNS.

13
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:29:58 pm »
Quote
Friday 08/15/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym

Squat (heels elevated)
60kg x 8
60kg x 4
80kg x 1
100kg x 1
110kg x 3, failed 4th   >> Used too much weight.

DB Lunges
22kg's x 12/leg, failed 13th   >> DB lunges to failure are absolute killer.

Machine Shrugs
+100kg x 21, failed 22nd  >> 30sec rest
+100kg x 6, failed 7th

Seated Rotary Calf Machine (Superset A)
45kg x 26, failed 27th >> Weight too light
Standing Machine Calf Raise Machine
+80kg x 6, failed 7th   >> This superset absolutely destroys my calves.

Kneeling Cable Pulldown Crunches (Superset B)
70kg x 5
95kg x 6, failed 7th
   70kg x 4, failed 5th (drop set)
Captain's Chair Straight Legged (Superset B)
BW x 12

Leg Press
+140kg x 8, failed 9th

14
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:14:17 pm »
Quote
Wednesday 08/13/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym
88.35kg after eating and drinking today

Rear Delt Fly Machine
6th pin x 6
9th pin x 5
12th pin x 9, failed 10th with 5sec hold

Incline DB Bench
14kg's x 7
20kg's x 5
26kg's x 3
30kg's x 3

Pec Fly Machine (Superset A)
65kg x 8, failed 9th with 3sec hold
Incline DB Bench (Superset A)
30kgs x 3, failed 4th rep

Lateral Raises (Superset B)
13.5kg's x 15 + 2 crap reps
Standing DB Shoulder Presses (Superset B)
18kg's x 8, failed 9th

DB External Rotations Face Down on Incline Bench
7.5kg's x 5
10kg's x 8
    7.5kg's x 12 (drop set)

Chin Ups
BW x 11, failed 12th

DB Rows on Incline Bench
30kg's x 12, failed 13th

Barbell Curls
30kg's x 14, failed 15th

DB Tricep Overhead Extensions on Incline Bench
14kg's x 9, failed 10th

15
Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 20, 2025, 06:21:41 pm »
Still around

Nobody can figure out my knee pain

5 physical therapists
5 chiropractors
1 hijamah expert
1 biomechanics expert
1 massage therapist
1 accupuncturist

Crazy stuff

Reading through my old posts and i miss being so strong and cut. I can still squat but not jump much else my knees act up. My dunking days are over unless someone can figure this out

Currently getting back to being serious in the gym. I barely made any net progress in like 7 years

Need to cut a bit. Im doing some bodybuilding style stuff now (which i should be primed for after doing strength training for like a decade!) maybe for a year before going back to strength training

Training via mike mentzer’s principles right now (1 set to absolute failure) and loving it

Need to start logging my workouts again!

Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 131