Walking Beast's Journal

[Walking Beast]

Appreciate that shit

This is real light rehab training for me now.

As far as overtraining, this is very low volume to what I was doing before.

Might need to get my wrists sliced though. Going to get another nerve scan soon.

Surgery might release the pressure in my hands. Worth a try

KILL THAT SHIT!!

[Walking Beast]

9-7-11 Wednesday Trained Back and Abs


Took last week off. Joints were bad and numbness in hands. Super light training just to maintain. Maybe too much volume but joints felt ok for most of the session:


(204 lbs after meal)


Lat Pulldowns: (bar held at chin level unless otherwise noted)

165x25 warm
195x10
195x10
195x10
195x10
195x8
195x10
195x10
195x8
195x10
210x6
240x10 (regular speed)
195x10
255x8 (slow but not held)
255x13 (faster speed)
195x8
255x7 (regular speed)

Hammer Strength High Row:

180x25 warm
270x10
320x8
320x8
370x7
320x8

Dropset: (no rest between sets)

320x8
270x5
230x5
180x8
------

Lat pulldowns:

240x8

Hammer Strength Lateral Row:

250x8 (strains elbows)

Low cable row:

150x10 (holds, strains elbows so not heavy)

DB laterals:

45x20 (rotators sore)

Kneeling cable crunch:

200x35 (some reps held on floor)
235x10 (plate added to stack)

KILL SHIT

[gymboy5000]

you cannot be serious. cut down the volume and up the calories and youll put more size on

[Walking Beast]

you cannot be serious. cut down the volume and up the calories and youll put more size on

Yes, I know how to put the size on. I was close to 230 a few months ago. Just some setbacks. Main thing now is training around these injuries. The only thing holding me back at the moment

FUCKING KILL THAT SHIT !!

[gymboy5000]

Yes, I know how to put the size on. I was close to 230 a few months ago. Just some setbacks. Main thing now is training around these injuries. The only thing holding me back at the moment

FUCKING KILL THAT SHIT !!

ok bro do your thing, just giving you my advice

[Walking Beast]

ok bro do your thing, just giving you my advice

Maybe one day I will allow myself to lower the volume, for the sake of my joints. Always have that obsession that Ive never done enough abuse. Plus I train mostly for the vent, the adrenaline high. Hate to go back to fucking reality

KILL EM N GRILL EM!!

[Walking Beast]

9-10-11 Saturday Legs,calves,hamstrings

Knees still beat up. Light today but still alot of strain with the 800 lb sets. Decided to wrap my knees , which I never do, on the 800 lb sets which seemed to take some pressure off. After the session though knees were tore up more like usual.:

(205 lbs after meal)

Leg Press:

180x50 warm
270x50 warm
360x50 warm
500x60 warm
600x60 warm
700x70
800x50 (wrapped knees from this point on)
800x46
80x30 (Cut it short because of knees)

Seated Calf Extention:

200x50
200x50
220x30
200-220x40
200x40
200x30

Seated Leg Curl: (hamstrings still tight as hell, so light)

100x15 warm
130x15 warm
160x11
145x8 (hamstring tightness)

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

9-12-11 Monday Trained Chest,shoulders,traps,biceps and triceps.


(205 lbs after 2 meals)


Got another nerve scan done today. To see whats causing numbness in hands. All three main
nerves that run to the hands came up fine. No nerve damage according to the doctors. Doc says
it may be nerve irritation but nothing serious yet. Well see how it progresses over time.

Next thing I will look into is my elbows. Maybe get them scanned in more detail. The xrays
showed some small bone spurs. Elbows are whats giving me the most issues at the moment.
I decided to hit triceps and a few sets of chest presses anyway but backed off on weight and
volume. To see how it feels.

Also condensed the split. All muscle groups involving the elbows I trained today. To give more
days recovery for elbows. Except back. Ill do that 2 or 3 days later.

Light rehab/bodybuilding style shit for now.



Seated Machine Flies: (explosive postives , smashing handles together, and holding for
several seconds, on most reps, slow negatives)

110x75 warm
150x25 warm
210x15
250x9 (stack)
250x9

Dumbbell laterals:

45x40-45 warm

Back to flies:

250x12

DB Laterals:

60x30
70x20
75x20
50x25
50x16

Back to flies:

250x13

DB laterals:

50x20

Double Biceps Style Cable curls: (weight is per side, holding contractions, slow reps)

50x40 warm
70x20
80x12
80x14
80x10
90x12

Superset: (no rest)

alternating DB curls

35x10

into

DB laterals

35x10

-------

Superset: (no rest)

DB laterals

50x15

into

ALt db curls

50x3 (tendons fatigue fast in elbows)
------
Superset: (no rest)

alt db curls

37x15

into

DB hammer curls

37x6
-------

Superset: (no rest)

db laterals

50x15

into

Shrugs

50x20
-------
Alt db curls:

45x7

DB laterals:

80x11

Superset: (no rest)

DB laterals

50x15

into

shrugs

50x20
-------

Dropset: (no rest til line)

Seated machine fliesexplosive postives , smashing handles together, and holding for several
seconds, on most reps, slow negatives)


250x10-12
210x8
170x7
150x8
130x8
110x8
100x8
90x8
------

Standing Cambered bar curls:

70x13 warm
90x9

DB hammer curls:

50x8

Superset: (no rest)

DB laterals

70x10

into

shrugs

70x20
-----

Superset: (no rest)

Db laterals

50x10

into

db shrugs

50x10

Incline Hammer strength press: ( most reps brought to within a few inches from chest and not
locked out, constant tension. Very light)

180x20 warm
180x18
180x18 warms
230x13
280x9
280x8
280x8

Cambered Bar Pressdowns:

50x100 warm
80x46 warm
100x35 warm
120x30 warm
160x15
180x10
200x12 (stack)

Giving elbows a break still. Inner triceps feel like they are cramping up. Maybe a tear. WIll
have to get elbows scanned soon and see

Alot of techniques applied here to work around injuries. Pre exhaustion, supersets, dropsets,
order of movements to warm up joints, less rest between most sets, slower reps, holding peak
contractions and striving for the pump and blood rush over throwing around weight. Very
different style from usual.

KILL THAT SHIT

[Walking Beast]

9-16-11 Friday Trained back, shoulders and traps.




(205 lbs after meal)

More moderate weight training. Trying to resist the temptation to train heavy. Though slowly
inching the weights up weekly so have to keep an eye on the shit and not get carried away for
the sake of my joints.

Elbows felt fine for most of the session though. Just a little soreness towards the end:

(No straps used as usual)

Lat Pulldowns: (Bar held at chin level for several seconds unless otherwise noted)

165x25 warm
195x15
195x10
195x10
210x8
225x8
240x8
255x12 (Regular speed, deep contractions but not held for several seconds)
270x9 (same. Decided to stop here with increasing the weights.)
270x9 (same)
270x8 (same)
255x8 (same. Hands getting torn up by this point, affecting grip)
225x8 (Held at chin for several seconds again)

Dumbbell Laterals:

45x30 warm

Superset: (no rest)

db laterals

45x18

into

shrugs

45x20
------
Superset: no rest

db laterals

50x20

into

db shrugs

50x20
-------

Lat Pulldowns:

240x7 (slow reps, deep contractions. hands very torn up)
195x8-10 (with timed holds again)

Iso High Row Hammer Strength: (A mix of held reps and slow reps. Some sets faster reps)

280x11 warm

Superset: (no rest)

DB laterals

55x20

into

DB shrugs

55x20
-------

back to ISo high rows:

330x8-11

Superset: (no rest)

db laterals

60x15

into

db shrugs

60x20
-----

Superset: no rest

db laterals

50x15

into

shrugs

50x20
--------

back to iso high row:

380x5
330x8


Superset: no rest

DB laterals

70x15

into

DB shrugs

70x20
-------

Superset: no rest

db laterals

50x15

into

db shrugs

50x20

-------

Back to iso high rows: (holding contractions for several seconds on many of the reps here)

280x8
280x8
280x8

Superset: no rest

db laterals

60x15

into

db shrugs

60x20
--------

superset: no rest

db laterals

50x20

into

shrugs

50x20

--------


KILL SHIT


And milk me

[ZyklonB]

ur on fire....volume is crazy...milk those fuckers already

glad to hear there's no nerve damage from the initial scans

[Walking Beast]

ur on fire....volume is crazy...milk those fuckers already

glad to hear there's no nerve damage from the initial scans

Appreciate that shit


Trying to do what I can get away with. Right now elbows are on fire. Up into the triceps. Will look into it and see whats going on. I only need a few days training a week to grow. So just need to see what I can get away with and work around the shit for now


KILLLLLLL

[Walking Beast]

no you werent....never even claimed it

"7-11-11 Monday (early tues morning) Chest and shoulders
............

Also hit a high of 224 lbs recently , fully fed. Which puts me at 225-226 at the old gym I was training at in 2009. At that time I was 208 with the same waist measurement. So despite all these injuries and lay offs progress is still moving forward............"



Doughboy

[Walking Beast]

9-18-11 Sunday Trained legs and calves

Knees were real torn up today. So very low volume, light weight, and knee wraps after the
first warm up.

(210 lbs after 2 meals on 24 hour scale)


Leg Press:

180x50 warm
400x100 (knee wraps used from this point and on)
500x80
600x80
700x70
700x61

Seated calve extentions:

200x40
220x40
220x40
220x40
220x40

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

9-19-11 Monday Chest,Shoulders,Biceps,Triceps

Very light bodybuilding style training. Size is coming back up slowly. Was going to avoid presses for chest but decided to test my elbows. Not too much strain on them while in the gym. :


(211 lbs after 2 meals)


Hammer Strength Incline Presses: (coming down to an inch or two above chest and not locked out. Constant tension)

90x100
180x35 warm ups
230x18

Dumbbell Laterals:

45x40 warm

Hammer strength inclines:

270x18
320x11
370x7
320x11

Dumbbell Laterals:

dropset: (no rest til line)

70x30
60x10
45x10
-----
Dropset: (no rest til line)

80x15
75x8
55x8
45x10
--------

Hammer Strength Incline Presses: (same ROM)

Dropset: (no rest til line)

370x6
320x6
270x6
230x ? (illegible)
180x6
180x6
----
Dumbbell Laterals:

Dropset: (no rest til line)

80x10
75x10
55x10
45x10
-------

Seated Machine Flies: (handles held together for several seconds on some reps)

150x50 warm
210x8 (elbow strain by this point, fatiguing quick)
250x7

Alternating Dumbbell Curls:

35x15 warm
45x13
50x8
45x15

Dumbbell hammer curls:

55x12
55x12
60x10

Cambered Bar Standing curl:

70x20 warm
90x12 (backing off on elbows)

Double Biceps Style Cable Curls: (weight is per side)

60x25 warm
80x15
90x10

Curved Bar Pressdowns: (triceps still feel torn, cramp up easily and fatigue, maybe related to elbows)

70x70 warm
100x50 warm
130x20
150x20
170x13
200x7
140x10

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

9-23-11 Friday Trained back,shoulders, and traps


(210 lbs from yesterdays meals)

Naproxen at 880 mgs a day seems to be helping with the pain atleast. Dont feel much strain at
all, even knees feel better. Still dont trust it though. So Im keeping the weight moderate and
volume as well.:

Lat Pulldowns:

165x25 (warm up, held at chin level for several seconds)
195x18 (same)
210x10 (Slow reps, deep contractions)
240x10 (slow)
255x12 (normal speed)
270x13 (fast)
285x10 (same)
285x13 (same)
255x16 (same)

Wide grip chin ups:

5 (elbows still fatigue fast on these)

Dumbbell laterals:

superset: (no rest til line)

45x30

into

45x30 shrugs

--------
Lat pulldowns:

255x8 (slow)

DB Laterals:

super set: (no rest til line)

50x30

into

50x20 shrugs
-------
Lat PD:

255x5 (slow)

DB Laterals:

Superset : (no rest)

60x15

into

60x20 shrugs
----

Lat pd:

240x5 (holding at chin level for deep contractions)

DB laterals:

superset: no rest

50x17

into

50x30 shrugs
------

DB laterals:

superset: no rest

50x35

into

50x20 shrugs
-------

Same superset:

50x15

into

50x16 shrugs
-----
Dumbbell Laterals:

Dropset: (no rest til line)

80x10
70x6
55x6
-----

Superset: (no rest til line)

70x18

into

70x25 shrugs
-----
Superset: (no rest)

50x17

into

50x20 shrugs
--------

Iso High Row Hammer Strength:

280x15 warm
380x8
430x6

(all regular speed)

DB Laterals:

superset: no rest

45x11 (?)

into

45x15 shrugs

-------

Same superset: no rest

60x15

into

60x15 shrugs
--------

Back to iso high rows:

380x5

DB laterals:

superset

50x15

into


50x20 shrugs, no rest
-----

back to iso:

340x5
280x5 (holding contractions on this set)

KILL THAT SHIT