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    Originally posted by guns01 View Post
    yep but you dont want to manscape to far because then it ends up looking like a pop corn shrimp haha. i hate shaving in the offseason to man. when you are half water buffalo and half sasquatch grooming eod is a huge pain in the ass when you are doing it for no real reason
    Me and you come from the same mold guns. I too am half water buffalo and half Sasquatch.

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      Totally stoked about my flat bench work today and an overall killer chest day. Some may look at my flat bench numbers and say so what but the bottom line is that I haven't been able to do heavy flat bench work in a long time and probably over the last 8 months I have rarely begun a chest workout with flat bench.... flat benches since last year have severely aggravated my AC/ rotator cuffs/ and elbow joints. As of late my shoulders and elbows have felt a lot better so I warmed up sufficiently today and went for it. I know guns is likely gonna get on me for that 2 rep set but the fact of the matter is had I sped up the reps and exploded more I could have easily added one or two reps to those 4 initial heavy sets. All reps were fairly slow and very controlled.

      One quick thing on dieting for those who maybe read my log and kind of half ass their diet. The last week has shown me that diet fucking matters.... ALOT. I just got back from two weeks vacation where I let my diet slip. I continued to run gear and workout. I honestly thought it would be no big deal as long as I continued on to work out, run my gear, and at least get sufficient protein. I came back 1/2 a pound lighter, noticed a difference in the mirror, and significantly weaker. I jumped back on my diet and less than a week later damn do I feel swollen and strong..... and neighbor made the comment when I got home from work that it looked like I had gotten significantly bigger since I got back. I'm 1 1/2 pounds up on the scale as of today. By no means am I claiming to be an expert nutritionist or that my diet is spot on, I've been lifting for going on 25 years now and have never really taken the time to learn anything more than basic bodybuilder dieting. I'm actually glad that happened because this is the most pronounced I have ever noticed how big of an impact dieting has on mass and strength gain.


      Barbell Bench press

      275 x 10

      295 x 7

      315 x 4

      335 x 2

      250 x 12

      250 x 11

      250 x 8


      Incline dumbbell press

      110s x 10

      110s x 8

      110s x 7 + 1 forced


      Incline dumbbell fly

      60s x 15

      60s x 15

      60s x 14


      Hammer strength ISO wide chest press

      2 pps x 20

      2 pps x 20

      2 pps x 20

      2 pps + 25s x 13


      Pec deck

      205 x 20

      220 x 15

      220 x 12


      Push ups <---- did these to keep the blood flowing while waiting on the cables

      30

      25

      Cable crossover with 10 sec most muscular hold

      30 x 5

      40 x 5

      50 x 5


      60 incline sit ups


      Had to get to work. Hitting 25 min light cardio tonight.

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      • Re: Gusto's Journal

        U are the man keep up the Log and the work gusto it's very motivational to read

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          Thats what gets me too sometimes. I try to go a little too slow on the negatives and lose some reps.
          Animal the manimal

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            Originally posted by gusto77 View Post
            Typically I manscape my junk to gain the inch trixie
            LMAO, only thing I can say with Rake in the room.
            ~Trixie~

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              Strength is slowly but surely climbing back up on deads. Went low rep sets today and slowly worked up to what I'm guessing is about 90% of my current 1 rep max. Tried meadow rows for the first time today. Didn't change angles just got used to the movement. Definitely harder than one arm dumbbells and gripping the thick end of the tbar made for a good grip workout. Transitioning from 50 mgs Test P/ day to 50 mgs Test PP/ day simply because I have some I'm trying to get rid of. I'm gonna keep about 30mgs of test P in the mix for about a week until the PP is running


              Dead lifts

              225 x 4

              275 x 4

              315 x 2

              365 x 2

              405 x 1

              425 x 1


              Pull-ups (medium grip)

              BW x 13

              BW x 11

              BW x 9


              Hammer strength rows

              2 pps x 20

              3 pps x 15

              4 pps x 10

              4 pps x 9

              4 pps x 8


              V bar pull downs

              130 x 20

              160 x 14

              175 x 10 + triple drop set


              Meadow rows

              50 x 12

              75 x 12

              100 x 10

              100 x 10


              Incline sit ups x 60


              25 min light cardio

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                Seated dumbbell press

                100s x 12

                100s x 10

                100s x 9


                Front dumbbell raise

                25s x 15

                35s x 15

                45s x 15

                55s x 8


                Hammer strength press

                1 pps x 25

                2 pps x 15

                2 pps x 12

                2 pps + 25s x 7

                1 pps x 30


                Side dumbbell lateral (light/ strict)

                20s x 30

                25s x 26

                30s x 17

                35s x 12 + triple drop set


                Bent one arm cable lateral

                20 x 12

                30 x 11

                30 x 11

                20 x 15


                Dumbbell shrugs

                110s x 12

                110s x 12

                110s x 12


                25 min light cardio

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                  very beast mode go getem brother

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                    Walked into the gym this morning with no motivation. Just felt dehydrated and blah in my stomach. Anyway once I started hitting the high rep biceps movements and the guns started filling with blood I got damn motivated damn quickly. Great pump and vascularity. I've never had great vascularity and today I had a roadmap going on... well a country roadmap anyway.

                    I'm really stoked I was able to do dips today. That's another one that really aggravated the elbows and shoulders and haven't done them in a long while. Still a little bit of cracking going on in there but they felt pretty damn good. Didn't push it hard though. I'm noticing that if I'm patient with my tris and do a shit load of working warm up sets I eventually get a few pretty good ones in with no pain.

                    Added 100 mgs proviron in to the mix so it now is: 650 test/wk, 350 NPP/ wk, 100 mg proviron/ day, 25 mg aromasin/ day, 2 iu HGH mon- fri. Gonna need a girlfriend here pretty quick with that proviron. lol. I upped my carbs pretty significantly and am letting myself eat white potato tater tots with my two egg meals each day. I've just gotten to the point where eggs and chicken are making me gag and the tater tots and ketchup actually help me enjoy the meal. That being said I have noticed more bloat... so I guess I'm officially bulking instead of lean bulking lol. 214 on the scale this morning. Up 6 pounds since I've started. Feeling strong.


                    Incline dumbbell curls

                    40s x 12

                    50s x 8

                    50s x 7

                    30s x 22

                    30s x 20

                    30s x 17


                    Hammer strength preachers

                    45 x 20

                    45 x 19

                    45 x 16

                    70 x 8 <--- held contraction on last rep to failure

                    70 x 8 <--- held contraction on last rep to failure


                    Hammer curls

                    40s x 20

                    45s x 16

                    50s x 13

                    55s x 10

                    60s x 7

                    One set Run the rack dumbbell curls: 35s down to 10s


                    Dips

                    BW x 20

                    BW x 20

                    BW x 20


                    Close grip incline press

                    135 x 15

                    135 x 15

                    135 x 15

                    185 x 9

                    185 x 8


                    Incline skull crushers

                    65 x 20

                    65 x 20

                    75 x 20

                    75 x 19

                    85 x 16

                    85 x 15

                    95 x 11


                    Incline sit ups x 65


                    25 min light cardio

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                      Guns01, Skipped straight leg deads.... Did reg deadlifts earlier in the week and after those squats my low back felt like an about to explode bratwurst. Loved the SM lunges.


                      Leg ext

                      30 x 60

                      40 x 60

                      50 x 60


                      Seated leg curls

                      50 x 20

                      60 x 20

                      60 x 20

                      80 x 20

                      100 x 16

                      120 x 5

                      110 x 8


                      Leg press

                      2 pps x 10

                      3 pps x 8

                      4 pps x 8

                      4 pps x 8

                      6 pps x 8

                      7 pps x 8

                      8 pps x


                      Smith machine lunges

                      95 x 15

                      115 x 15

                      135 x 12


                      Squats

                      135 x 15

                      225 x 12

                      275 x 8


                      HS horizontal calf

                      2 pps x 20

                      3 pps x 20

                      3 pps x 20

                      4 pps x 16

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                      • Re: Gusto's Journal

                        Originally posted by gusto77 View Post
                        Guns01, Skipped straight leg deads.... Did reg deadlifts earlier in the week and after those squats my low back felt like an about to explode bratwurst. Loved the SM lunges.


                        Leg ext

                        30 x 60

                        40 x 60

                        50 x 60


                        Seated leg curls

                        50 x 20

                        60 x 20

                        60 x 20

                        80 x 20

                        100 x 16

                        120 x 5

                        110 x 8


                        Leg press

                        2 pps x 10

                        3 pps x 8

                        4 pps x 8

                        4 pps x 8

                        6 pps x 8

                        7 pps x 8

                        8 pps x


                        Smith machine lunges

                        95 x 15

                        115 x 15

                        135 x 12


                        Squats

                        135 x 15

                        225 x 12

                        275 x 8


                        HS horizontal calf

                        2 pps x 20

                        3 pps x 20

                        3 pps x 20

                        4 pps x 16
                        Leg press- 8 pps x 8

                        I know the pic below is blurry... I couldn't get the camera to focus. Def progress in my legs but still a long way to go. Calves still look chickeny

                        image.jpg

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                        • Re: Gusto's Journal

                          calves look bigger than mine do man. you are beasting it up
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                            Off today. Heading to IHOP this morning with the kids for a big steak omelet and harvest grain pancakes. Feeling swole.

                            image.jpg

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                              beast mode. screw the harvest grain crap gusto, it's the offseason man. get some cannoli ones or something good. if you go to ihop freaking go to ihop. i have a wise old man here that helps we out a bit with tweaks here and there. he told me to go to ihop and have an omlete and pancakes. i had the harvest grain ones with sugar free syrup instead of listening to him and it probably set me back two weeks because i was over depleted. so a good burst of sugar after depeleting for a very long time is a good thing and being stuborn doesnt always pay off lol
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                                Incline barbell press

                                275 x 6

                                285 x 5

                                295 x 4

                                305 x 3

                                315 x 2

                                330 x 1

                                225 x 12


                                Flat dumbbell press

                                100s x 13

                                105s x 12

                                110s x 9

                                110s x 8


                                Decline dumbbell press

                                45s x 20

                                60s x 20

                                70s x 20

                                80s x 17

                                90s x 11


                                Dumbbell fly

                                50s x 20

                                50s x 18

                                50s x 16


                                Pec deck (felt like my forearms were reaching max burn and failure before my pecs so just hit one high rep set of these to finish off the chest)

                                100 x 60


                                HS horizontal calf

                                2 pps x 20

                                3 pps x 20

                                4 pps x 20

                                5 pps x 15 <--- 1 sec contraction hold

                                6 pps x 11 <--- 1 sec contraction hold


                                Seated calf raise

                                1 pps x 15

                                1 pps x 14

                                1 pps x 11


                                Incline sit ups x 60


                                25 min light cardio

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