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Back and delts



Kept it relatively light for the bodybuilding style. My left hand was starting to get some of that sharp pain again towards the end. So I finished there.


I did supersets first with the hammer strength pullover plate loaded machine. Only up to 270 with holds at the bottom, then supersetted that with up to 360 iso low row, holds as well. A few cycles of that. Maybe 3.

Then I went onto one arm low cable rows. Second week doing these. Really full range of motion as you get the full stretch and when you pull back you can twist your torso and get an extra cramping contraction in the lats. I held these as well. Often doing a slow negative, holding the full stretch, then rowing it back to my chest, twisting torso for extra contraction and holding that on each rep. I went up to 150 for 8 reps on each arm.

Next up was close grip lat pulldowns. I went up to 240 and held them down at my chest. Maybe 220x8-10 with holds, 240 for maybe 6. Then I dropsetted the last sets down the stack for about 6 reps each.

Then onto cybex lat pull machine. Up to 305 lb stack for long holds at the bottom. 8 reps with long holds on final set. Pyramiding up in weight each set as usual.

Went into dumbbell laterals. Went no heavier then 55 lb dumbells. Very high reps. Dropsetting. 55,45,35. 45,35. 50,45,35, etc for high reps. Just focusing on pumping the delts, and increasing that burn in the traps and delts. 9-12 sets.


Finished with lat pullovers standing on the cable apparatus. Up to 200 lb stack for reps. Holding at bottom.

Sometimes standing farther from machine to make the leverage harder.

Also sitting up right on some of the lat pulldown to make the exercise more difficult and strenuous on the lats.

Much weight has been needed and my lats have been cramping up good and really expanding with this type of training. At this stage I dont need massive weight for my back.

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Chest and delts


Some more No Mind maintenance/building training. Just fast moving with focus on contractions, constant tension and little rest between sets.

100 mgs tramadol taken pre workout with one scoop jacked, then 1 scoop bodyfortress pre workout mix during training.


My home scale and gym scale always seem to be playing tricks on me lately. I shouldve been 222-223 according to my home digital scale. With the gym scale it seems random. Its usually a 6 or 7 lb difference from my home digital scale. Gym scale is a doctor scale but seems to always be fucked up. Theres two of them and they both read differently.

Not that I really care right now. I go by measurements for my progress. Not interested in being heavier for its own sake. As 242 was very sloppy for me and unneeded.

I wore my wrist brace today on my left hand. Since wrist and hand pain in that area was getting sharp again. However I managed to be somewhat restrained by avoiding the smith machine inclines all together. I kept the hammer strength incline press at 460 lbs. Didnt attempt 590 today. 460 is by no means light for my tendons and joints but its better than the alternative.

I also kept the volume low on that exercise. And only did one set at 460.

I didnt keep a list but heres a general run down of what I did. Great pump though. And I managed to leave before my left hand pain kicked in sharp. In the back of left hand, front of wrist.

Also I skipped arms last week. I had alot of tenderness in bicep and triceps and of course the hand issue. I curled a 25 lb dumbbell but i could feel that it was going to be a big problem. As that was causing my bicep to feel like its going to cramp or some shit. Very tender. Huge loss of strength when its like that. Not worth it to me.


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I started with hammer strength inclines. I warmed up by going with no rest for 90 lbs for 30 plus reps (not failure), 180x30+ (not failure) then 270 for 8 or 10 very slow reps.

Then I believe I went straight to 460 and doing all very slow negatives I did 4 reps with that, then 5-6 with 410, 360x5 or so, 320x5-8, 270x??, 230x??,180x??,130x??,90x??. I didnt keep a list so its off memory. I kept the reps very slow to get max tension. These were done all the way down today and up just short of locking. I was going deeper to get more stretch today. I set the seat pretty low as you can see in my vids, because my chest has gotten so tight that I have to keep my range a few inches from touching chest.

Next up was seated incline press on a pinloaded machine. Just up and down the stack. Not a shitload of reps with these. Just pumping to failure up and down the stack.

Then into seated machine flies. Only up to 310 lb stack. No added plates today. Slow reps, holding handles together for several seconds on many reps. Up and down the stack.

Finishing with incline dumbbell presses. Very light and high reps. Constant tension style. 60s for 30 something, 80s for 20 something, 90x7. Very light.

Then finished with dumbbell lateral reverse dropsets and dropsets. One set that i remember was 60x25,50x20,45x??,35x?? (remember partially). Just burning out the shit and making it painful with a very nice trap and delt pump.

I did a few dropsets in this style. Maybe 9-12 sets total for shoulders. I left before my hand pain kicked in. I want to try and spare my joints during this phase.

Luckily I didnt try to push past 460 today.





KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Post workout

[Walking Beast]

ADDED IN MUSCLE MILK READY 2 DRINKS. IM THINKING ILL USE 2 ON TRAINING DAYS POST WORKOUT. SO 40
PROTEIN AFTER A SESSION. ON NON TRAINING DAYS ILL JUST TRY TO SAVE THEM. 8 OF THEM A WEEK IS
ABOUT 10 DOLLARS. SO THATS NOT TOO BAD. MAYBE ILL GET THE POWDER VERSION LATER. FOR NOW I LIKE
THE CONVENIENCE AND ITS NOT GIVING ME ACID LIKE ALOT OF POWDERS DO.

I USED MUSCLE MILK POWDER MIX IN THE PAST WITH GOOD RESULTS ALWAYS. SO I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A GOOD QUALITY 40 GRAMS PROTEIN POST WORKOUT. ITS NOT THAT I BELIEVE THE SCIENCE BEHIND TAKING SHAKES POST WORKOUT. ITS BECAUSE MY APPETITE IS OFTEN SHIT WHEN COMING BACK FROM THE GYM. AS IM USUALLY GAGGING OR CHOKING FROM THROAT CONSTRICTION, ACID, TO SOME DEGREE.

KILLLLL SHIT

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Few more from last night post workout











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Arms


Real good pump tonight. Very light overall. Wrist was acting up, mainly the left. Somewhat sharp pain in left wrist during triceps. Not so bad with the Vbar which normally fucks with wrist. It still fucks with wrist, just not the part of wrist that was irritated tonight. Its not a big issue when going so light anyway.

Just a non stop mindless pump routine for growth/maintenance at this phase. A heavy growth phase will follow early next year most likely. Thats when I should start to hit some peak measurements. By heavy growth phase I dont mean using heavier weights, but heavier eating and more supplementation.

Im going to attempt to focus on building for a while as mentioned. I will definately throw in some moderately heavy sets from time to time and also probably relapse and go very heavy sometimes, but the focus is growth style training.

I want to really grow next year while healing my shit somewhat.

(220 lbs after meal)


Heres a basic rundown. No records kept. Just very fast moving. Alot of times no rest at all between sets. From triceps to biceps. Multiple sets of curls in a row, etc.


I started with many sets of alternating dumbbell curls, incline dumbbell curls and a set of concentration curls. My heaviest set was only 60 lb dumbbells for maybe 8 very slow reps. Slow negatives. Very strict and slow. Very little rest prior to the set, and after the set.

Bicep strain wasnt a big issue tonight. More wrist and elbow inflammation. Not a big problem on triceps with light vbar dropsets however.

I did light vbar dropsets for triceps. Only going up to maybe 160-170 lbs at 10-15 reps per set, down the stack to 100 lbs. I did that cycle maybe 3 or 4 times. Similiar weights used on those. I also did 40 lb alt db curls after the dropsets and often went into more bicep work right after. Some hammer curls thrown in with the alt db curls, as a superset as well.

Then I went back to some super light curling. As low as 30 lb dumbbells super slow with holds. Then back up to 50s, 45s, all over the place. Then I decided to leave. Spare my wrists the overuse from too much volume at this point.


Long holds at the bottom for the pressdowns on most sets, very slow. Focus on increasing pain and burn. Incline dumbbell curls only up to 45 lbs for mostly very slow reps.


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Legs, minus hips and calves

Real light work today. To give knees a break. Not alot of volume either. Kept it no heavier then 600 on leg presses:


(218 lbs after meal)


Leg extentions

No rest til line

Brief rest pauses used only

100x100
160x100
190x100
160x100
130x??

------------ (the 160 or 190 set may have been 60 reps, one of them.)


Lying Leg Curl

no rest til line

105x25
150x10
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180x10

no rest til line

210x6
170x6
120x8-10
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Leg presses

400x100
600x60
600x100
500x100
400x120

Rotary calve raise

190x??

Got bored with that shit today

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Back and delts


Wrists tight today and hands fairly swollen feeling, with some pain. Kept it ultra light. Pullovers to minimise hand strain as well.

(218 lbs after meal)


Started with supersets. No rest between sets. Lat pullover hammerstrength plate loaded. 270 to failure with long holds, then no heavier then 270 with long holds on iso low row hammerstrength. Maybe 3 or 4 cycles of that.

One arm low cable rows. Only 100 lbs. Long holds. 8-10 reps. 3 sets. Full torso twist and hold, slow extention to a fully stretched position, hold, pull again twist torso and hold on each rep. Several second holds.

Standing pullovers with cable apparatus. Heavier stack. Maybe only up to 80 or 90 lbs . Just stretching and contracting.


Dumbbell laterals. 12-15 sets. Dropsets with no rest between sets. Several with 2 or 3 sets straight before resting. Maybe some with 4 sets straight. Just high rep. 60 lb dumbbells for 30 reps today was the max. Kept it light.

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Chest and delts


Good pump session today. Ultra light to moderate weight mostly. Fast moving between sets to no rest between sets.

Chest has been tender, cramping feeling, since my last chest session. During leg presses I contract my chest as hard as I can for overall power and to stimulate my chest some, so after legs there was some added cramping the following days. Training is lighter overall so not really an issue with this pump style training.

Did dumbbell inclines to include a freeweight exercise. Also due to being able to freely move dumbbells around I was able to get a much fuller depth and range of motion. Barbells would cause me much more strain right now. I was never big on DB presses in the past but they have been useful lately. Very high rep, low rest, pre exhausted, etc.

Wore wrist brace on left wrist for hammerstrength presses. Hand and wrists very tight today. Not a big issue during training. Kept records of most of my sets today.

Body weight gradually increasing. Retaining most of my size and possibly growing slowly. So I should have a good foundation for my next growth phase.

100 mg tramadol preworkout. 1 scoop jacked. Another scoop of Bodyfortress pre workout drink during training.

As expected probably heavier then I shouldve gone during some of the HS incline presses but managed to hold myself back from going above 6 plates.:

(221 lbs after meal)


Incline Hammer Strength Press (Mostly constant tension style. Just short of hitting the bottom and just short of lockout)

no rest til line

180x60
270x5-10
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360x10 (very slow reps)
500x2 (very slow reps)

Dropset (no rest til line, see video)

All VERY slow reps

540x1 (left side locked out, right side just short of locking out)
450x3
360x3
270x5
180x10
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Incline Dumbbell Presses

no rest til line

see video

80x39
75x5
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No rest til line

see video

90x17
75x6
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No rest til line

100x9
75x8
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No rest til line

80x17
75x5
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Seated Machine Flies

Long holds on most sets. Holds are usually several seconds. Some reps may not be held. The focus is on squeezing the shit out of the chest to tear it up

210x12
255x9

Dropset (no rest til line)

310x5
265x5
235x5
205x5
165x5
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Dropset (no rest til line)


Repeated something similiar but did not count the reps this time

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355x8 (45 lb plate added to stack)

Dropset (no rest til line)

380x8 (45 and 25 lb plates added)
355x3
310x3
265x3
235x??
165-195x??
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Dumbbell Laterals

No rest til line

65x30
60x10
50x10
35x10
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no rest til line

75x20
65x10
60x10
55x10
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no rest til line

65x20
55x10
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KILL SHIT

videos below

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Back and delts



Was gonna take the rest of this week off. Real tore up as usual. Hand numbness flared up this week along with very tight wrists.

100 mg tramadol pre workout with 1 and half scoops jacked. Some bodyfortress pre workout mix during training.

Was a decent light session. Good pump and contractions despite. Thats the focus now anyway.

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(220 lbs after meal)


No records kept but heres a rundown:


Started with hammer strength lat pullovers, plate loaded. Supersetted with low row hammer strength. No heavier then 280 on pullovers, and 270 on iso low rows. All held contractions on both. Threw in db laterals after both of those. So it was usually 3-4 sets straight. Maybe 3 or 4 cycles of that.

Low cable rows with wider close grip handle. Held reps. up to 220 for 8-10 long holds. 255 for deep reps but not long holds. No one arm low cable rows today. Too much spinal twisting. Been having strong pinched nerves in upper spine since. 3-4 sets.

Cybex lat pull machine. pin loaded. holds with 205. Then a combination of holds and fast reps startiing with 305-310 lbs stack for 20-24 reps. Mix of fast and slow with holds. Then down the stack to 190 or 160 or so. All to failure.

Then finished off with some more light dumbbell laterals. No db laterals over 55 lbs today. Then lat pull overs standing on cable apparatus up to 200 lb stack

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Legs, hamstrings, quads, calves, abductors , adductors


Not too heavy

100 mgs tramadol pre workout with scoop and half jacked


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(219 lbs before meals)


Leg extentions


no rest til line

(brief rest pauses, but today the rest pauses were longer at times)

100x100
170x100
210x100
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Leg curls (lying)

no rest til line

105x25
140x15
170x5-8
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No rest til line

210x10
170x5
150x5
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no rest til line

210x5
165x5
135x5
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Leg press

400x100
600x70
700x55
900x35 (see video)
700x60

THen some dropsets of abductor work, adductor work, calves

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Just recieved a pair of Inzer Z wrist wraps. 20 inch. Very strong. Keeps the wrist very rigid. I had these piece of shit animal wrist wraps so these will be much more useful. The animal ones were worthless.

This will be my first time using real wrist wraps. So I will try to test them on some incline smith barbell work and possible dumbbell and hammer strength pressing. If they are effective then it may spare my wrists for a while. Alot of hand pain, wrist pain and constant numbness in hands for atleast the past 2 years. Maybe closer to 3.

I have used a surgical grade wrist spint with steel rods in it as well. So I know what a difference support can make on a damaged area. The problem with the surgical splints ive been using sometimes, is that they dont allow room to grip a barbell or dumbbell. With machines you can press from the edge of the handle and dont need to have a tight grip. So these will be more useful for that type of work

I dont know what my nerve damage is exactly, since there are 4 areas I know of that can cause hand numbness. I dont think at this point it can hurt however



KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Chest and delts



Had to test these new Inzer Z Wrist Wraps. Never used a good wrist wrap before. Only surgical splints. Those are great for machines but dont allow barbell and db work.

No Jacked today. 100 mg tramadol pre workout with 1 scoop of body fortress pre workout mix, the second scoop taken during training.

These wrist wraps are fuckin sick. Keeps my wrists real fuckin rigid. Of course I had to test that shit so I loaded up the smith machine incline with 420. Failed it by hit 375x5 for a PR. Which is good because I am supposed to be bodybuilding now and sparing my joints. So a PR is always motivational.

I think what I will do is maybe hit smith machine inclines heavy every other week or so. Just a thought. Will feel things out. This way I can cycle in lighter work and not tear myself apart as quickly. I have been hitting PRs on smith inclines without even doing them consistantly. So it shows I dont need to do them weekly to get stronger.

I am mainly building right now, but need to have some entertainment as well. Pure pump shit gets old for me.

Will see how joints and numbness is for the next few days. Right now nothing unusual. Will probably take the next 2 days off and then finish off the week with back and arms.

Am growing as well. No supplements except for my stimulant pre workouts. Considering ive been clean from test boosters my size is retaining quite well. It looks like I can continue to build my foundation on just heavy eating and hard training for now. As my metabolism is much slower.

I am not too far off from my size while on test boosters. I have been using Muscle Milk RTDs daily. Two to three a day. For convenience and easy digestion. I notice the RTD versions dont give me acid in my throat. So ive been filling in my protein gaps with those. Around 220 protein most days. Have been pretty consistant. My calories are anywhere from 3500 to 5000 plus. I focus more on calories then protein as I dont believe that super high is neccesary, as Ive stated many times.

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(224 lbs after previous nights meals, yesterday was a light eating day tho, mostly liquids, was bloated from previous days food)


Incline Smith Machine Presses (constant tension style. Testing my new wrist wraps today)

135x30 warm up, not to failure
225x20 same
315x16 (was aiming for 20 plus, but not today)
375x5 (PR for the constant tension style. See video)
420 (Fail.)
405x1 (see video)
365x3 (see video)

Dropset (no rest til line. Not too much volume on smith to spare wrists, since im testing them)

315x8
225x15
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Hammer Strength Incline Press (constant tension style)

180x30 (warm up)
270x32
360x10

Dropset (no rest til line)

410x4
360x3-4
270x3-5
180x10
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Incline Dumbbell presses

80x25
80x20
80x16

Dumbbell Laterals

no rest til line

45x50
55x10
40x10-15
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No rest til line

60x15
45x15
40x15
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Incline DB press supersetted with DB lateral dropset

no rest til line

80x18 incline db press
65x10 db laterals for rest of sets
55x10
45x10
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Dropset

no rest til line

65x25 db laterals
50x10 same
45x10 same
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45x20



Seated Machine Flies

205x12 (long holds)
310x5 (same)
380x7 (same, plates pinned onto stack)
380x7 (regular reps)


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