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Modified by jbiggsSE at 11:10 AM 8/4/2007

91sihatch

How tall are you?

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jbiggsSE

6' (I think?), haha. My goal is 165lbs w/ sub 12% BF, ish.

litterbox

w00t

I will keep an eye on your log for sure mang.

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Sleep: 6.5 hours + 30min nap (got called @ 5:30am asking me to come in an hour early, thanks, alot.)

Lifting - Shoulders

Dumbbell Shoulder Press

25x6(Warmup)
45x8
50x6
55x4

Dumbbell Side Lateral Raises

15x8
20x8
20x8

Dumbbell Front Raises

15x8
20x8
20x8

Dumbbell Shrugs

65x8 (65 = heaviest dumbbells @ my weekend place, I'm trying to figure out some sort of alternative, but all they have is a Smith rack, so I guess I'll transitition to that, even though it's awkward.)
65x8
65x8

Weighted Leg Lifts

15x8
15x8
15x8

Overall felt good, struggled w/ the 55's on my last set of dumbbell press, had a hard time getting em' up, probably from doing my chest/tri workout on weds (normally on Mon, so I'm still a little sore).

jbiggsSE

Sunday June 4th, 2006

Sleep: 10+ hours

Lifting - Legs

Leg Press (again, my weekend place sucks, no squat rack, only a smith rack, so I just use the leg press machine, it works, so weva)

90x8(Warmup)
180x8
270x8
290x8 ( ) Making progess, wee.

Leg Curl

100x8
112x8
125x8

Calf Extensions (on leg press machine)

130x20
170x20
190x15

Well rested, good days for legs. I was full the entire day, but I still don't feel like I ate enough, grrr. Oh well.

jbiggsSE

Monday June 5th, 2006

Sleep: 6 hours (couldn't fall asleep, took a nap Sunday afternoon, boo)

Lifting - Chest/Tri's

Dumbbell Bench Press

30x8(Warmup)
70x8
70x6
75x5 ( )

Dumbell Incline Bench Press

55x8
60x6

Deltoid Flys (Machine)

170x8
180x6
190x4

Skullcrushers

60x8
60x8
60x8

Tricep Extension

60x8
70x6
80x4

Decline Dumbbell (Burnout)

35x12
35x10

Chest felt really really good today, first day taking L-Arginine (1500mg). Not sure whether or not that was what got me through db pressing, but I felt better than usual. Less than a month to max @ 225lbs .

litterbox

Next week try 350xas many as you can get on your last set of leg press. See if you can do 4.

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jbiggsSE

Yes sir. I was thinking about doing that this last time around, but I'm a baby about my legs, haha. I don't push myself as hard w/ my legs as I do w/ the rest of my body, I've always had problems w/ em', and I'm just trying to avoid aggrevating them again, but I think/hope those days are behind me.

91sihatch

Lookin good

Your weights make me realize how weak my chest really is

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-Todd-

Im trying to gain some weight too, goodluck!

jbiggsSE

Nahhh, you gotta start somewhere, and for where you're at- you're doing good. I started w/ similar #'s, and felt the same way, now I look at my #'s and then compare it to any of these other guys on the forum, and feel completely inadequate, it's quite the vicious cycle. I don't think I'll ever be content w/ where I'm at, hence the drive to pursue lifting. Keep w/ it homie

Haha thanks, all this eating has really worn me out though... seriously :\ I'm full nearly 24/7, I never realized how time/energy consuming eating was.

jbiggsSE

Wednesday June 7th, 2006

Sleep: 8-9 hours (slept on my beanbag chair = )

Lifting - Back/Bi's

Lower Back Extension

195x10
225x10
255x10

Widegrip Pullups

8x0 (ie. not weighted, keeping this format for when I start doing weighted pullups)
8x0
7x0

Lat Pulldown

SKIPPED - Dead After Pullups

Dumbell Bicep Curl

35x8 (Normally do 30x8,35x6,40x4, stepped it up, hence 35's for 2 sets)
35x6
40x4

Hammer Curl

30x8
35x6
40x4

Rear Deltoid Fly

120x8
130x6
130x6 (Should have done 140x4)

Seated Rows

100x8
Donez0.

Felt good today, skipped out on Lat pulldowns b/c I was spent after all the pullups... only got one set of rowing in b/c my biceps were done from doing 35x8 instead of 30x8, so I'll hit rowing hard next week. 154.5 yesterday morning, making progess. This Friday marks one week into my bulk, hopefully I'm sitting @ at least 155 when I wake up, (crosses fingers). I feel bigger on a daily basis (in the mirror and such), so we'll see.

jbiggsSE

Friday June 9th, 2006

Sleep: 7(?) hours

Lifting - Shoulders

Dumbell Military Press

45x8
50x6
55x0 (This is really frustrating me, my press isn't going up at all, I think I'm going to switch to barbell press next time, hopefully it'll make a difference.)

Dumbell Side Lateral Raises

20x8
20x8
25x1
20x6

Dumbell Front Raises

20x8
20x8
25x1
20x6

Dumbell Shrugs

65x8 (dumbbells)
155x8 (Smith Rack)
175x8
195x8

Weighted Leg Lifts

15x10
20x8
20x8

Full Ab Circuit x2

Other than my shoulder press (which I honestly think is because the chair I use there isn't really made for shoulder pressing... it's an incline bench that doesn't go quite vertical (88*-89* I'd estimate), and I don't have good support on my back.) everything felt great. Friday morning weighted in @ 155lbs, happy about that, but after missing a couple meals the past 2 days(Thurs Night/Fri/day), I was @ 154 this morning (Sat.), but whatever, it's all just water weight fluctuation.

After failing on my 3rd set of shoulder press, I went to the shoulder press machine, and just ripped out 10reps of 100, then 10 reps of 112.5- I really had to push on the last 2 reps of 112. This press is pulley'ed?(sp) differently than other ones which I can do 150lbs + for 8-10 reps. (just fyi).

goforbroke

Some of you guys need to EAT and I mean EAT lots of food. I gained 25lbs in one college semester from just eating and lifting 3 days a week. Realistically 15lbs was probably solid muscle and the other 10lbs was fat. If I can do I know you guys can do it also. This was all from eating pure food. I don't drink protein shacks or any of that shit. I'm curious why do you only want to be 165lbs at 6'?

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91sihatch

I used to do dumbell but I like the barbell alot better. You can add smaller increments and it feels like I have gotten much stronger compared to dumbells.


I wonder why too. I bet you won't be satisfied at that weight and you'll just keep lifting.

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jbiggsSE

What'd you start off @? I know for me personally, I've been skinny my entire life, I can eat as much as I want (obviously until a certain threshold, but it's a figure of speech), and still will only gain a few ounces. Simply 'eating' is ALOT easier said than done, I get to the point in a day where I never want to see food again, but that dream is short lived... b/c I have 3 hours before I need to choke down my next meal. Some people gaining weight is easy, others, like myself, it's not so easy. I'm doing the best I can right now w/ keeping a set schedule/diet, but I'm house sitting for the next couple days, and it's completely messed up my routine/habits ... plus I'll be starting a summer class this week, which COMPLETELY ****s up my lifting schedule... so I need to get a membership to a gym so I can keep lifting.

I'm going to label this past week as a trial run, b/c I've pretty much lost all gains I saw within the last couple days. I'm going to sit down and figure out what I need to be doing to get the calories in my body to gain weight, ie. prep meals, count calories, not skip meals b/c I'm full... hopefully I'll have better luck. B/c aside from my diet, my routine has been going awesome, all my lifts are increasing, I feel stronger, and for a brief moment (no more than 2 days), I was feeling bigger... I was up to 159 at my peak last week, obviously a good majority was water weight, but that's the biggest # I've seen on my scale to date. With that being said, I skipped my leg work out today b/c I got out of work late & the gym was closed (at 5) by time I was ready to go, so I'll make it up on Tuesday.

jbiggsSE

Well honestly, I've got a buddy who was roughly 165 @ my height w/ relatively low body fat, and I was pretty jealous. It's a good size for my frame, and yea, I'm sure I'll want to keep going, but once I get to 165, I'll be 'happy' w/ what I've accomplished. Anything more is just icing on the cake.

litterbox

Keep it up jbiggs. DOnt' get discouraged.

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jbiggsSE

Monday June 12th, 2006
Sleep: 8++ hours

Lifting - Chest/Tri's

Dumbbell Bench Press

30x8(Warmup)
65x8

Flat Bench (Smith Machine)

155x8
175x7
195x2 (Had at least 2 more in me, but the awkwardness of the bar realllllyyyyyy killed my wrist, so I stopped)

Dumbell Incline Bench Press

55x8
60x6

Cable Cross

#5x8
#6x6
#6.6x4

Skullcrushers

60x8
65x6
70x2

.25mile warmup, 6min mile run, just b/c there was a group of old fat women on the treadmills, doing their little cardio routine, and I wanted to be an ass... so I just threw it on a 6min pace and ripped em' a new one. hahaha, they never saw it coming.

I'm in the process of figuring out a new workout schedule, b/c I just started a summer class (5:30 - 7:45 M-R), which is convieniently when my gym is open (5-8 summer hours for the highschool gym)... deciding whether to open a membership @ a gym, or see if I can get access to the gym @ the univ. I'm taking my class @. Next week (monday), I'm going to start a new diet, w/ guidelines, set schedule, the works, this weeks too crazy to try and get it going though.

Flat bench felt really good (aside from the fact it was on a smith rack... again, I had to lift @ my alternative place, which doesn't have a traditional bench, boo.), but 155 and 175 went up relatively easy for those sets, if I started fresh w/o doing the 65lbs dumbbells, I'm pretty sure I could have done 195 at least 6 times, and finished my of 8 on 175 (it hurt pretty bad, hence no 8th rep). I didn't even both w/ my 3rd set of incline press, I was spent (as usual, I need to remedy that). So overall good day, aside from waking up @ 6 to go to work, getting @ work at 7, and be told that I'm not on the schedule... I guess I was looking at the wrong day, ahha. Opps, more sleep for me.


Modified by jbiggsSE at 8:43 PM 6/12/2006

litterbox

Flat bench is getting alot better!

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