Walking Beast's Journal

[Walking Beast]

Attempted back and shoulders


Another increase on arms. 19 1/8 on right arm and 18 3/4 on left cold upon waking. Slowly the size is coming back and if it goes well I should be able to hit some new size by the end of this growth phase (3 weeks left starting next week). Food intake was low yesterday so I didnt expect any increase, but as I said the arm was gradually increasing again, so I figured it would be soon. 19 1/4 should be by next week.

I attempted to train back today. My left shoulder was so strained, into neck and traps, that I decided it was best to drop back training this week. Its better to heal for me now.

So there was alot of pain and strain in my shoulders, extreme tightness in upper neck and pain radiating into arms, down shoulders, plus neck tightness, etc. Regardless I went through with the shoulder portion. Kept it light. Ignored the burning and tightness and just focused on tearing up the muscle and pumping some blood in those fuckers. When I wake up my neck will probably be fully pulled out again. The pump (which was very good) increased all the pain and burning making it extend into the breaks between sets as well. Right now during the growth phase Im not looking for any breaks. With back I didnt really have a choice.

Regardless I will grow what I can and continue to KILL THAT SHIT. I think legs will be next (second session). Possibly tommorrow or the following day. :


(225 after meal)


Curved Parallel Bar Lat Pulldown

135x20 (holds, warm up, shoulder already feeling like shit)
175x15
175x12-15 (same)

Low cable rows (holds)

170x18
170x20
--------
170x25

into

40x20 db laterals

no rest
-------

Back was finished at this point. Left shoulder way too fucked up and tight.

DB laterals

45x20
35x25
??x20

Dropset (no rest between sets) (Cant push to failure today with these issues)

50x25
40x10
25x10
35x10
--------

dropset (same)

50x20
40x10
35x10
----
50x20

dropset (same)

40x30
35x10
---------
dropset (same)

50x25
40x10
35x10
-------

Pin Loaded Shoulder Press

185x50 warm
265x43 (stack)

Dropset (no rest til line)

265x25
225x8
180x10
150x10
-----
265x52

DB lateral

45x30
40x25
35x25

10 mins cardio

KILL

[Walking Beast]

Cold shot after the night's meals



Skipped sleep. About to go train legs for the second session.

KILLLLLLL

[Walking Beast]

A few sets of Leg presses, extentions, leg curls


This was my second leg session. Everything was beat up and very tight so it was a short very light session. Pretty worthless, but the first session of the week was better:

(226 lbs after meal)


Leg extentions

90x50
145x30
170x40
220x20
160x50
160x50

knee strain limiting sets today

Leg curl

95x20
155x12
170x10

Leg press

400x90
400x80
400x110 (basically warm up sets, but knees are very tight)

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

SOMETHING IM CONSIDERING IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS, IS MORE OF A MINDLESS STYLE OF TRAINING. AS MY UNCLE USED TO CALL IT, "NO MIND" TRAINING. IM ALSO MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE LEANING OUT SO THAT I CAN START MY NEXT GROWTH PHASE FROM A LEANER BASE. ILL LIST MORE DETAILS AND POST SUMMARIES OF THE TRAINING ON CERTAIN DAYS. LEGS AND BACK MAY BE LISTED. OTHER TRAINING LIKE ARMS , CHEST, ETC MAY NOT BE RECORDED. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT LISTING SETS AND REMEMBERING NUMBERS (ESPECIALLY WITH DROPSETTING, SUPERSETS, ETC) GETS IN THE WAY. AT THIS POINT I KNOW WHEN IVE FINISHED TRAINING A MUSCLE, WITHOUT HAVING TO COUNT SETS.

THIS WILL LIKELY BE ONLY TEMPORARY. SO IF I DECIDE TO LEAN OUT (BASICALLY REMOVE MOST CARBS , TAKE SOME FAT BURNERS I HAVE LEFT OVER, MAINLY PROTEIN, CARDIO IS NOT REALLY NEEDED). ILL ALSO BACK OFF ON HEAVIER TRAINING TO REST THE JOINTS , LIGAMENTS FOR MY NEXT GROWTH PHASE.

LATELY ITS BEEN MORE BODYBUILDING STYLE TRAINING TO BUILD NOW. SO ITS MORE ABOUT TEARING THE SHIT OUT OF THE MUSCLE, LESS ABOUT HEAVIER WEIGHTS AND THROWING SHIT AROUND. MORE ABOUT SLOWER , QUALITY CONTRACTIONS, LESS REST BETWEEN SETS, ETC.

FOR THE MOMENT, I HAVE ABOUT 3 WEEKS LEFT IN MY GROWTH PHASE. i WONT BE EATING SUPER SLOPPY TO JUST GAIN ANY TYPE OF MASS. I WILL CONTINUE EATING SIMILIAR, MAYBE ADD MORE CLEAN FOOD, AND TRAINING MORE FREQUENTLY FOR THAT 3 WEEKS.

AFTER THAT I MAY JUST GO MINDLESS AND NOT LIST SHIT FOR A WHILE, AND JUST FUCKING TRAIN WITHOUT INTERRUPTION, BECOME ONE WITH WEIGHT. MAYBE SOME OF THE HEAVIER DAYS, IF I CAN TRAIN BACK, AND LEGS, I MAY LIST. I WILL STILL POST AND GIVE SUMMARIES IF I DECIDE TO GO THIS ROUTE.

IT WOULD BE FOR A MONTH OR TWO DURING MY BREAK FROM THE GROWTH PHASE.

BEING AN OLD WORN OUT SACK OF SHIT AT THIS STAGE IN MY TRAINING, I NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIMENT AND PLAY AROUND WITHOUT GIVING A FUCK ABOUT EVERY LITTLE DETAIL AND STRESSING OVER LOST SIZE. WITH A SLOWER METABOLISM I GAIN MY SIZE BACK MUCH QUICKER, WHEN ITS LOST. SO ITS NO LONGER A BIG DEAL. LOSING AND REGAINING IS OLD NEWS AT THIS STAGE. THERE IS NOTHING FOR ME TO PROVE TO MYSELF ANYMORE. I JUST LOVE THE RUSH OF LIFTING AND SWELLING UP. THE VENT. CONTINUED PROGRESS WONT BE A PROBLEM, BUT I FEEL THAT FOR THE BEST RESULTS I HAVE TO OPEN MY MIND MORE TO RECOVERY AND DIFFERENT METHODS TO INCORPORATE, RATHER THEN JUST GRIND MYSELF INTO DUST, LIKE A MINDLESS MACHINE.

ALSO SOME FURTHER DETAILS THAT IVE MENTIONED BEFORE BUT WORTH REITERATING. INCREASING MY MUSCLE MEMORY, IS A LARGE PART OF THE GROWTH PROCESS FOR ME. SINCE I WILL ONLY KEEP AT A PEAK SIZE MAYBE SEVERAL MONTHS OF EACH YEAR, IT IS ONLY TEMPORARY.

SO DURING MY GROWTH PHASES THE IDEA IS TO HIT NEW MEASUREMENT NUMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF I HIT 19 1/2 INCH ARMS COLD AT MY CURRENT CONDITION (NOT 242 SLOPPY LIKE BEFORE) THAT IS NEW MUSCLE MOST LIKELY. THIS APPLIES TO ALL MEASUREMENTS.

IF I WERE TO HIT 19 3/4 DURING THIS GROWTH PHASE OR THE NEXT, IN SIMILIAR CONDITION, THEN ITS NEW MUSCLE INCREASE. EVEN IF MY ARMS THEN SHRINK DOWN TO 18 INCHES AT SOME POINT, MY BODY WILL GROW BACK TO 19 3/4 SINCE THAT OPENED A NEW GATEWAY FOR GROWTH. IVE NOTICED WHENEVER I HIT NEW NUMBERS I GET BACK TO THEM MUCH FASTER.

ALSO MY SMALL PHASES WHERE I AM LIGHTER BECOME BIGGER THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST. SO IT IS A BACK AND FORTH STRUGGLE, BUT EVERYTHING INCREASES GRADUALLY OVER TIME. WHEN LEANING OUT IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER IF I LOSE SOME MUSCLE, FOR THOSE REASONS.

I SEEK TO BREAK NEW SIZE RECORDS AT MY PEAK TIMES DURING EACH YEAR. ITS NOT EXPECTED TO HOLD THAT SIZE ALL YEAR LONG

KILL THAT SHIT

[Walking Beast]

[Walking Beast]

Arms , 10 mins cardio


Around 100 sets between the two arm sessions this week. Session two. Its good the joints have been able to handle the frequency and volume.

Not to failure. Training is going well considering all the limitations but eating could be more consistant.:


(223 lbs after meal)

Fast moving pump routine:

Alternating DB Curls

40x15 warm

V Bar Pressdowns

Weight for triceps listed in KILOGRAMS

(No rest til the line)

35x70
65x25
95x5 (around 200 lb stack)

into

40x17 alt db curls
-------

No rest til line

95x25

into

45x15 alt db curl
-------
No rest til line

95x25
87x6
80x6
72x6
66x6
58x6
50x8
45x8

Into

Alt db curls

50x10
40x10
-----

No rest til line

95x15 (still v bar pressdowns)
80x15
65x15
50x15

alt db curls

50x10
40x10
------

Alt db curls

(no rest til line)

55x5
50x5
40x5
35x5
---------

alt db curls

40x15

No rest til line

95x30
80x8
65x8
50x8

into

alt db curls

55x10
40x10
--------

No rest til line

95x10-15
80x10
65x10
57x10
50x10

into

40x10 alt db curls

-------

All pressdowns were with V bar

10 mins cardio

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Chest and shoulders

Second chest and shoulder session. Light.

The joints have been fine with the added frequency and volume, so thats good. More bodybuilding style for a while. Pump the shit out of everything with little rest between sets.

Basically Im getting around training super heavy by blasting the muscle with super high volume (in two sessions) with legs , chest, shoulders, arms being trained twice a week. Which for arms came out to around 100 sets. Im finding that the training would be effective to reach my goals but I will need to be able to eat more, and that will be the main component to further progress.

Hammer strength presses still cause joint tightness in my shoulders, but pin loaded presses seem fine. So I started adding those into the chest session. And occasionally for shoulders too, though db laterals are my main shoulder exercise, and all I do for traps these days.

So basically the routine is to just pump the shit out of everything and move quickly. Bodybuilder style. Much easier then my normal training but probably more effective for size for me at this point, and lets my joints recover.

Bodyweight has been stagnant for over a week, and size, so I will have to find a way to cram down more food. Its been more difficult lately but I will get down what I can. Otherwise its unlikely ill add more size during the final 3 weeks of this growth phase

Routine just under 2 hours:


(224 lbs after meal)

3 sets of rotator cable work

Life Fitness Incline Machine (pin loaded)

(no rest til line)

90x30
165x30
225x15
-----
Dropset (no rest til line)

255x15 (stack)
225x15
190x8
150x8
-----
Nautilus Incline Machine (pin loaded)

155x20

into

210x15 Life fitness incline

No rest
----------

Nautilus machine again

245x18

into

210x8 Life fitness machine again

no rest
--------
DB Laterals

40x50

Nautilus again

245x30

into

210x10 life fitness

no rest
-----
DB Laterals

45x30

Dropset (no rest til line)

60x20
55x10
45x10
-------
dropset (no rest til line)

70x15
60x10
50x10
45x10
-----
40x30
50x25
70x12
55x20

Machine Seated Flies (pin loaded) (All reps held for long period. Handles held together, very slow reps with slow negative as well)

190x15
265x10
265x10
265x10

db laterals

45x30

flies again

295x10

Nautilus Incline again

245x13

KILL SHIT

[USEALITTLE]

Hey, did you start the ace and prop? If so what did you go with dose wise?

[Walking Beast]

Hey, did you start the ace and prop? If so what did you go with dose wise?

PMed you

[Walking Beast]

Shoulders (15 mins cardio)


Was going to hit back and shoulders. Upper neck and shoulder joints got super tight with the pump though. So I just pumped the shit out of the delts. More bodybuilding style and fast moving

Weight is up slightly ,whether its good weight or not I cant say.

Diet is my weakness. In the past I just consumed everything and trained brutal. No science behind it. With my fast metabolism all I needed to do was eat enough (which was a massive amount), train brutal and the gains would come super slow and gradual over the first 10 years.

The issue I have now is that my metabolism is much slower. This is good in the sense that I can grow on much less food now. Its bad in the sense that I gain both fat and muscle at the same time. In the past my metabolism was so fast that my gains would always be mostly muscle. So all I had to be concerned with was not undereating, constant force feeding, and the scale had significance. Now the scale doesnt mean much, its measurements that are more useful.

Since I am not good with the science of the shit and figuring out diets, right now I have to experiment and dont know which diet is going to be the most useful for adding muscle without all the fat. In the past when I did high protein with no carbs I just got leaner and lost muscle. Too many carbs and I add too much fat. If I go all out and eat everything then it will be sloppy weight again. Its much easier now to gain though, but I have to figure out the best way to eat to accomodate the changes. Something that will take time:


(227 lbs after previous nights meals)


Shoulder Press (Pin loaded)

150x60
255x25 (stack) (Two sets, no rest)
--------
255x55 (brief rest pause style with some of the other sets, and this one)
255x25
255x18 (low rest time between sets)

DUmbbell Laterals

35x40 warm
45x31 (warm)
60x25
35x25

Dropset (2 sets no rest)

70x20
45x25
------
50x25
55x35

Dropset (2 sets no rest)

70x30
60x10
------

Back to Pin Loaded Shoulder Press

255x45
255x30
255x25


Limited by extreme tightness in neck and shoulder joints

15 mins cardio

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Back.

Not too heavy today. Left shoulder still has some inflammation as usual. So I just focused on getting good contractions for today.

Extreme lethargy today, and for the last several days. Appetite way down too. The stimulants had no effect but to make me dizzy (2 scoops NO XPLODE).

I switched over to a few sets of pull overs, standing, on the cable apparatus, with short straight bar. This didnt fuck with my shoulders and allowed me to get a deep contraction in the lats, so I may add this in.:


224 lbs after meal

Dual Dumbbell Rows (done on low incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand, both arms simultaneously)

70x25 (holds. Held for several seconds at the top for each rep)

120'sx11 (not held but deep contractions)
120x12 (same)


Wide Parallell bar Low Cable Row

150x15 (holds)
210x20 (normal style)
240x15 (same)
195x30 (same)
195x20 (same, shoulder acting up)

Life Fitness Fixed Pulldown (pin loaded)

175x20-25 (holds)
145x20 (holds)
145x15 (holds, shoulder getting bad)

Lat Pull Overs On Cable Apparatus with short straight bar (standing)

50 kilograms x20+
80 kilograms x15
95 kilos x10 (stack, arond 200 lbs)
95 kilos x10

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Just a few cold shots before training. Back/chest measurement is back up to 52 7/8 cold (53 1/4 was my best when I was much sloppier), Arms 19 1/4 cold (19 1/2 was best when 242 much sloppier)

So the size specific training is working. Frequency is cut back this week for the joints.





Will likely do some leaning after the next 2 final weeks of this growth phase, then build again

KILL THAT SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Chest and shoulders


Very light and low volume to let joints recover for next week

So far the bodybuilding style training is working for size:


(223 lbs after meal)


Incline Machine Press (pin loaded)

90x50

into

255x12 (two different machines, warm ups, no rest)
---------

255x17
255x20
255x15

db lateral

40x50

Seated Machine Flies (handles held together, Long holds, sometimes to a 15 count, very slow negative and positives mostly)

190x25
265x12

db laterals

50x30

Flies

295x12

Laterals

60x30

Flies

295x12
295x12
295x12

Laterals

60x22

Seated Shoulder press pin loaded (light pump shit)

185x30
185x55
185x40

10 mins cardio

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Arms and 10 mins cardio


Was a very good pump today. Fast moving pump session, high volume like usual lately.

Ill try to summarise since I lost my record.

Estimated 35+ sets, not sure if it was around 50+ like some of my sessions lately.

Very similiar to my last sessions listed here for arms.

Alternating dumbbell curls supersetted with various tricep pressdowns, and done as straight sets. Triceps pressdowns as well. Dropsets with the tricep stacks, both V bar and curved bar pressdowns today.

Heaviest set was done with curved bar pressdowns with a 45 pinned to the stack (around 240-245 lbs) for 21 reps then into alt db curling for a few sets.

Curls no heavier then 60s today.

Was good to hit both v bar and curved bar pressdowns today. Usually I dont see the curved bar around. I like to do both usually.

With the 195-200 lb stack (its listed in kilos) I hit maybe 35 reps then into Alt db curls with 55-60s for maybe 6-8 reps then down to maybe 45 lbs for 8-10.

That would be maybe one superset. Similiar to that.

The only part that was a little heavier was the tricep pressdowns with the plate added. I havent done that in a while. Mostly due to limitations of the gym at the time I was there.

Nothing else worthwhile above and beyond the norm of the last few months.

223 lbs after meal

10 mins cardio and some rotator work

KILL THAT SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Legs, hamstrings, calves, adduction, abduction


Very light low volume to let knees recover.:


(225 lbs after meal)

Leg extention

110x70
170x15 (no rest)
-----
210x40

Dropset again: (no rest til line)

210x15
190x15
170x25
150x25
--------

Lying leg curl

95x25 warm
140x25
170x10

dropset(no rest til line)

185x8
155x8
125x8
------

Leg press

400x100 warm
600x70
500x100
500x100

Rotary calve

170x150
210x15 no rest
----
210x40
170x30 no rest
-------
210x40
170x20 no rest
--------

hip adduction

75x50
115x30
150x12 no rest
------
155x15
110x20
90x20 no rest
--------

hip abduction

70x30
130x10 no rest
--------
130x10
90x20 no rest
-------

KILL SHIT