Walking Beast's Journal

[Walking Beast]

yeah that'd be cool, even if it's just once in a while, I'm always asking random people for spots, sometimes they spot me good, and sometimes they are terrible, they give me a terrible lift off making me miss my lift

Yea it can be a huge problem. Ill usually get a few spots that are good enough, but almost always I have to fight with them during my sets to not take the bar or touch it. Bad lift offs being the worst case scenario. We trained chest for years so I dont have to explain shit and it makes the process much more effective.

Aside from that I just hate to fuckin deal with people. I did it at one point because I had numbers that I wanted to hit. Now I train more for growth and dont give a fuck about numbers solely, as I once did.

Well hit that shit again one day. Ill likely work more on my rep work which builds the most size and overall strength. 225 to failure , 275, and 315 for high reps. Then maybe up to 365 for reps. The lower rep sets Im not really concerned with anymore. If joints are feeling good enough I will throw it in once in a while, towards the end of the pyramid. Not fresh though.

Even pause reps and slow reps. More for the size now then before. I dont know where youre training these days but at my gym I believe its like 10 or 15 dollars for guests. Some bullshit. PM me and Ill give you more details.

Back in 2004 before I took myself out, we really focused on one rep maxes. Back then I really gave a fuck about breaking 400 lbs. When I finally hit 405 it was at the end of one of my bench portions and an afterthought, around 2010. So I got much stronger by focusing on more rep work. At this stage my focus is more on size.

KILLLLLLLLLLL

[Walking Beast]

Arms


100 mg tramadol preworkout with stims.


Much more painful arm session than usual. Decided to ignore that shit and kill it. Havent lost any function yet. Alot of itching in hands and wrists and some sharp pains from the nerve inflammation. Biceps and elbows very tender as well. The pain at this point is continual all the time to some degree. Main nuissances are the constant numbness in hands (loss of feeling, not fully numb), and some sharp arthritic type pain with itching in wrists and hands.

Wrist wraps didnt really do anything for me during arm training.

(222 lbs after meal)

Fast mindless pump training today, didnt keep records.

Started with tricep pressdowns supersetted with alternating db curls. Going up to 300 lbs (2 45s pinned on stack) for 10 reps. Dropsetting down the stack then over to some dumbbell curls for 65x6 or so, everything super strict. Other dropsets and supersets were similiar to that, didnt count anything.

Set of concentration curls with 60x6 (wrist fucking with me)

Some double bicep style cable curls light.


The bar used was the curved bar , but the one that has handles that extend downward. I press from the curve. This curved bar gives more wrist issues and is harder than the one I usually use.

Not bad weight moved considering all this pain.

Right now I plan to just keep killing my shit until nothing is left. If I see function is severely impacted I will try to get around it or take longer breaks if absolutely neccesary.

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Back and delts


50 mgs tramadol preworkout with stims

For this session I decided to minimize wrist use. Wrapped up for almost everything and eliminated all rowing today. Just pullovers.

Good contractions and pump regardless. Wrist felt good today overall. Much reduced numbness in hands for today atleast. Wrapped up to let shit heal and keep shit rollin as well:


(223 lbs after meal)


No records kept. Started with lat pullover dropsets on hammerstrength plate loaded machine. 180 for around 40 with holds at bottom, 270x15, 320x8 (holds at bottom). Dropsets on that machine about 8 reps each dropset until getting down to 180 then maybe 20 something reps.

Then over to standing lat pull overs on the cable apparatus with long bar. Wide grip. Holding at bottom. 225 lbs being the heaviest set for 7 I believe. (25 lb plate added to stack). Dropsetting down the stack as well as straight sets.

DB laterals. No heavier than 65 lbs I believe. Very high reps. Dropsetted as usual.

Maybe 15+ sets for back and 12 or so for delts

Low volume and low wrist strain session

KILLLL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Full legs


100 mg tramadol preworkout with stims. Light low volume, high rep routine. Mainly maintenance

:

(223 lbs after meal)


Leg extentions

No rest til line

(rest pauses used. Longer rest pauses today than usual. Stopped at 350 reps. Knee strain starts to kick in)


100x100
165x100
220x50
175x50
145x50
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Lying leg curl

no rest til line

105x25
150x10
180x5
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no rest til line

210x15
150x5-8
135x5-8
---------------

no rest til line

210x5
150x5
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Leg presses

400x80
500x80
600x80
700x70
500x85

Then dropsetted abductor work, adductors, calves

KILL SHIT

[deak007]

Jesus christ bro! Helluva Leg workout! Mad props... I would probably fuckin drop dead, or yak everywhere! LOL

[Walking Beast]

Welcome to the journal brother. This journal could use more quality posters so feel free to leave feedback or share progress anytime. Always glad to provide accurate details about what I do and why I do it.

Appreciate that shit. Had alot of acid prior to the session. Was actually dry heaving before I even entered the gym. The gag reflex tends to act up alot lately. Alot of throat constriction and acid issues.

I havent vomitted during a leg session in a long time. I used to dry heave or vomit during legs weekly. For whatever reason I dont get that nausea anymore during legs, to that degree.

KEEP THAT SHIT DEAD!!

[Walking Beast]

Chest and delts


100 mg tramadol pre workout with stims. Contemplated taking this week off. Been doing some stretches the last two days for wrists. I will do them daily for a while and see if shit helps. Hands and wrists have been very tight.

Just light pump style again, mostly maintenance.

Just got that mad dog slingshot. My first impressions are that it must be sized for some fucking small 300 pounders. I got the XXL size and its tight as fuck around my arms and hard to get on. I can get it on now. Once I fill out a little more during my growth phase I think that may be an impossibility.

I also noticed that it forces powerlifting form. Elbows tucked in. And will need maybe 350 plus to use it. Probably a bad idea to try powerlifting form for the first time with 350 lbs.

I will give it a try though on the incline smith machine presses. With free weight flat bench Ill definately need a spot since the shit is very awkward for me. So far Ive only tried it on and not done anything with it.

Ill try it in a few weeks or months when wrists are good enough.

(222 lbs before meals)


Wide Chest Hammer Strength (mostly 3/4 reps)

no rest til line

90x40
180x20

not failure, just warm ups
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270x25
410x5
460x2

Rest pauses used on most sets

Dropset (no rest til line)

360x14
270x8
180x10

into

Hammer strength inclines

180x10

Dumbbell laterals

no rest til line

45x30
50x10
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no rest til line

50x20
45x10
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no rest til line

50x20
45x10
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Hammer Strength incline Presses (constant tension style for these)

270x25

no rest til line

320x10
270x10
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Didnt push it hard with these, shoulders have alot of strain with this movement today

Dumbbell laterals

no rest til line

50x30
45x10
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no rest til line

50x20
45x10
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Seated Machine Fly

230x20 (long holds, not to failure)
310x18 (regular reps)
425x4 (long holds, plates pinned onto stack)

No rest til line

All long holds for these

400x6
355x4
310x4
230x??
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KILL THAT SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Full legs minus calves


Taking a break from training. Will most likely train legs once a week though. Mainly the upper body is torn up and alot of nerve irritation, hand numbness, wrist tightness, possible inner elbow trapped nerves, tenderness, etc. So I may not train upper body until next month, maybe even later. Legs shouldnt be an issue. Can atleast maintain if not grow legs in the meantime.

Legs regained some size and are at 27 and a half, despite eating being at lower levels. Mainly maintenance for now. I found that over eating during breaks just adds fat. I dont need alot of food now with my slower metabolism to just maintain the muscle I have. I lose it very slowly and regain it within a few weeks. Even after a 6 month lay off. So the rest can only help at this point. I want to hit my growth phases hard and maximise progress this year. Ive been putting rest off for a long time. When I rest though, I need more then a few weeks. As it doesnt do shit for me. I dont do it until my body is real thrashed from the abuse.

I sent back the slingshot as I think it was a bad idea for me to order now. It forces a very unnatural position for my shoulders , and I dont really need to be overloading at this point in my recovery.

Was going to use pin loaded leg press but just decided to restrain myself and keep the plate loaded presses light:


(225 lbs after previous nights meals, skipped sleep to train, 100 mgs tramadol preworkout with stims)


Leg Extentions

No rest til line (just brief rest pauses)

100x100
160x100
220-160x100
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Lying Leg curls

no rest til line

(some reps are long holds at top and very slow, it varies)

105x25
150x10
170x5
-------

No rest til line

210x15 (possible PR )
165x5
135x5
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no rest til line

180x6
150x6
135x6
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Leg press (plate loaded)

400x100
500x100
600x70
500x80
500x100
500x80

Then dropsetted abductors and adductors very high rep up the stack and down


Alot of muscle tightness and joint stiffness in legs as well but not too much of an issue once warmed up

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Few sets of legs


Just some very light low volume maintenance. Knees still pretty inflamed.

Taking a break from 1 month to several months off from upper body training still. Until the numbness in hands goes down more. That will allow me to hit it hard for the rest of the year and reach some new growth.

I will feel things out for now

Weight is decreasing due to cutting calories and food intake. Looking to lean out some during the break, to build from a cleaner base. Muscle comes back quick for me so losing it now is not an issue


(217 lbs before meals)

Leg extentions

no rest til line (brief rest pauses only)

100x100
165x100
175-220x50
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165x100
175x50

Leg curls

no rest til line

105x25
150x10
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180x10

no rest til line

210x10
155x5
135x5
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leg press

400x100
500x90
300x150

Abductor and adductor work, dropsetted up and down stack

KILL SHIT

[Walking Beast]

Full legs minus calves

100 mgs tramadol maybe 8 hours prior or longer. Not right before training this time.

Just some very light leg maintenance.

Still taking an extended break from upper body training which may total several months.

Calories are much reduced as well as overall protein intake. Right now Id rather lose weight than gain it while being mostly inactive:


(218 lbs after 2 meals)


Leg Extentions

No rest til line

(brief rest pauses used, some longer than others)


Some of the weights may be a little off as it was hard to remember exact specifics but the rep count was completely accurate

110x100
185x100
230x100
200x100
185x100
135x100
85x120
50x20

740 reps total (knee inflammation kicking in)

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Lying leg curls

No rest til line

115x25
165x10
205x5
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no rest til line

210x5
165x5
135x5
-------

no rest til line

180x5
120x5
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Leg presses

400x100
500x100

Decided to give knees a break for today...

Abductor and adductor work. Dropsetted up and down both stacks.

KILL SHIT

[Demorak]

Hope you recover quick! I Just started training again after yet another 4 month layoff!

[Walking Beast]

Hope you recover quick! I Just started training again after yet another 4 month layoff!

Appreciate that shit


Injury lay off? Thats a long break. I took 2 months off as well, from upper body training, and heavy eating. Now Ive been back training about 3 or 4 weeks. I havent posted it here because its just some basic maintenance and feeling things out. I was convinced I had lost most of my strength do to starting back at a different gym location with different machines. As usual though when I test my strength lately, either without pain or on familiar equipment, most of it is still there. Those "tests" however can cause alot more damage when trying to heal, so I will try to minimize that. Yesterday I did hit arms somewhat heavy with plates loaded on tricep pressdown stacks for high reps, to test my strength, but I dont want to make that the norm at this point. I want to train light for a while so I can heal and regain some lost size, then when I do hit a growth phase I may try to do it with lighter weights, more bodybuilding style, for a while.


Of course light training becomes very hard to define after a certain point. In order for me to train triceps "light" (as an example) requires the 200 lb stack for pressdowns for 40-50 reps. Eventually with pre exhaustion this number will slowly reduce and I will also drop down the entire stack for 10-15 reps every other plate or so. And repeat that a few times. If I were to go much lighter than the reps will get very high. So its definately a balance. My first day back hitting training my arms became noticable numb with alot of pain with just light weights. By week 2 I was able to have a decent, but very light, session, but completed the volume. Now I can train arms pretty heavy again but I have to restrain myself for now.

Im also undergoing some tests to try to find out whats causing this numbness in hands for last 3 years. Regardless Ill train because I can never stop.


KEEP KILLIN THAT SHIT!!

[Demorak]

no injury just work and life have a habit of getting in the way. but im all set now! accept for injuring my shoulder two days ago grrrr nothing serious though should be fine in a few days.

well good for you hope too see some crazy rouines soon!

[Walking Beast]

no injury just work and life have a habit of getting in the way. but im all set now! accept for injuring my shoulder two days ago grrrr nothing serious though should be fine in a few days.

well good for you hope too see some crazy rouines soon!

Appreciate that shit


Know how that shit is. It can be very difficult to maintain muscle and damaging training sessions, food intake, consistantly for many years.

I will likely start posting up some videos or routines at some point during the year. Right now the focus is just on regaining some lost size and maintaining it til the next growth phase. Training lighter while healing, attempting to grow with lighter weights for a while.

Once there are some decent routines worth posting I will post them up. Maybe some more leg press videos since that is the only thing that has remained pretty much unchanged for the last several years. The usual high rep presses.

KEEP KILLIN THAT SHIT!!

[Walking Beast]

Arms



100 mg tramadol pre workout with 1 scoop body fortress pre workout mix

Ive been back training for about 3 or 4 weeks I estimate, just havent posted it here. Its just been rehab type of shit. Arms training however just started getting pretty heavy again the last two weeks since i went back to this gym again (my usual current location).

Ive been planning to train light bodybuilding style but with triceps its starting to get heavier again. As I hit 300x11 on pressdowns and 17 or so is my previous record. So this is not bad considering my arms are down to 18 1/4 to 18 1/2 cold. Down from 19 1/2. My chest however is still in the 53 to 54 inch range self measured. So most of the mass was lost on the arms this time.

I took off from upper body training for a month. I tend to get stronger at smaller sizes when I am at a certain size for a while. Become more efficient strength wise. So when I do go into a growth phase again I will be much stronger than I was previously at that size.

I will try to focus on size and lighter training to heal up, but I struggle with that when I feel my strength coming back. My eating focus is around 200 protein daily. Some days have been around 230 and others have been low , around 100-150. Im not enforcing it strictly right now. Not until I hit another growth phase hard.:


I wont be posting all sessions now but this one gives an idea of what Im doing :


(218 lbs before meals)


Curved bar pressdowns

Listed in KILOGRAMS unless noted

no rest til line

35x100
65x50
95x5
40x20 alternating db curls
35x5 same
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No rest til line

245-255 lbs (45 lb plate pinned to stack) x18
55x5 alt db curls
40x5 alt db curls
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no rest til line

270-280 lbs x11
50x8 alt db curl
40x5 alt db curls
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40x10 alt db curls

no rest til line

290-300x11
40x12 alt db curls
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no rest til line

245-255x25
60x5 alt db curls
40x10 alt db curls
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no rest til line

245-255 lbs x25
95 kilos x10
80x10 (kilos for rest of tricep sets)
65x10
50x10
40x6 alt db curls
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No rest til line

95x21
65x10
50x10
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alt db curls

40x14


Wanted to do more sets, and rope pressdowns which I havent done in a long time, then into some leg work to make up for missing yesterday. However acid was very bad and throat constriction, gagging and choking, and it takes hours to go back down, so I was done for now.

KILL THAT SHIT