Young Gotti's Journal

[Young Gotti]

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Thursday

No gym....my brother moved to Flordia last year and moved back around Christmas time. One of the first things we knew we were doing together once he got back was to see the Tupac movie "All Eyez on Me", we found out it was playing a day early at a new movie theatre near by. The movie theatre has recliner chairs and table service so we decided to check it out. I know this is a training journal but whatever.

The movie was really good imo. People are complaining about the production and budget look but I don't care I thought a lot of it was spot on and the music was all put in at the correct spots. But I'm a huge Tupac fan. The table service was awesome, got to eat and recline and enjoy the movie.

I was going to try and go to the gym today after work even though I usually don't. However I ordered some shirts and ties for upcoming weddings that I have. The first order I got an email saying the payment didn't go through and the order was cancelled. I decided to just order it all again which went through. However I got 2 shipments of the same stuff. So I'm going to go after work and return one of the orders before they close.

[Dzone]

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Thats badass man

[Young Gotti]

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Wednesday

5 sets farmers walk
rope crunches
10 minutes farmers walk treadmill
100 crunches
10 minutes farmers walk treadmill
weighted ab machine
3 minutes treadmill

Messed with the order a bit in terms of my ab movements. I've been starting all ab work with 100 crunches and later doing weighted crunches. But when I got to the gym the 1st floor only had one person in it so I did some farmers walks across the gym. I was already down there and the rope was there so I did some rope crunches. Still did the 100 crunches later in the workout. The farmers walks with heavy weight really fried my arms, I had a great pump. If you ever want a confidence boost in the gym pick up some weight and walk towards a mirror. Arms look amazing and chest and shoulders are all puffed out. I did 5 sessions of farmers walks with the heavy weight. If the gym is dead like this next week I'm going to do more either by shortening the distance with my arms get fried or by reducing the weight and using the same distance.

[Young Gotti]

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Tuesday

Squat superset with pull up 6 sets
Leg press superset with chest pad t bar row 4 sets
Standing calve raise superset with hammer strength low row 2 sets

Decided to try the squat and pull up combo again and didn't get the same results as last time. I didn't get the burning in the lungs but I was sweating pretty fierce. I might not have worked as fast as last time but I still was moving quickly. I did 4 sets of each doing higher reps and not crazy weight. I then added weight to each and did lower reps for the last 2 sets. I don't know if it was the extra volume or because I don't get to squat weekly like I was but the last 2 sets were less than impressive imo. I felt like my legs were fine after squatting until about the 2nd set of the leg press when the jello feeling hit me. I also had sunburn on my neck area so the bar sitting on the burn wasn't all that pleasant.

Back is super tight this morning but no pain from the legs yet, I'm sure that will hit me later in the day.

[Young Gotti]

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Monday

Incline bench superset side lateral raise 8 sets
Cable crossover low cable superset with bent over db fly 4 sets

Wanted to concentrate on my upper chest today since last week I did all lower chest work. Surprisingly the gym wasn't a million degrees, the owner is cheap with the a.c. but it was on yesterday so the workout was bearable. I again was moving fast with overtime and had the lights turned off on me at the end but I got my work in. Nothing special in terms of strength or pump but I was satisfied with how I felt.

I also forgot to mention, I did start Evomuse Smolder recently. I have like 3/4 of a bottle left from the past so I'm using that twice a day, once in the morning and once after I shower in the PM. I'm working out with one of those neoprene belts on, not because I think it's going to be magic but with these products the stomach really gets and stays warm. I plan on using the bottle until the end of June, hopefully it lasts that long and switch over to Lipoburn in July.

[Young Gotti]

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Sounds like a fun day but that heat can be rough. Hope you are feelin better?

yeah I'm a bit better, it was funny to see myself sore after golfing......used to golf all the time and never got sore, but I haven't done it in awhile

[BABY1]

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Sounds like a fun day but that heat can be rough. Hope you are feelin better?

[Young Gotti]

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Saturday

Golf

Went to one of my buddies bachelor parties Saturday which involved golfing during the day. It was the first extremely hot day of the year and it was rough. I was sweating all day, which I know doesn't make for a good workout or anything but I was out being active and running around the golf course. Went off the diet with some beer of course, but we ended up on some guys land in the woods and they did cook some awesome venison which I was happy out.

Woke up Sunday sore. My abs were more sore from golfing than they have been from doing 100 crunches and weighted ab work. Probably from the twists and turns that I'm not used to. Also my glutes were surprisingly sore and I'm not sure why but I'll take it.

[Young Gotti]

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Wednesday

100 crunches
farmers walks 5 rounds
weighted crunch machine
10 minutes treadmill
weighted rope crunches
10 minutes farmers walk

Was hoping to do farmers walks across the gym again yesterday but it was too busy. However in the cardio section of the gym it was empty so I grabbed some weight and did them there. Did 5 sets and they felt good. 5 sets seems about right at 4 sets my grip feels fried and that 5th set I really need to power through to make my distance. Forearms get really pumped. After that I just walked on a treadmill but changed the incline every 30 seconds or so. I closed out with some farmers walks on the treadmill, not as heavy as actually walking but by that time my forearms felt fatigued so the lighter weight was probably my only option anyway.

[Young Gotti]

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Hello Young Gotti, never looked at your thread before so I peeked at your last few posts and then went to page one. I am really impressed that you had a solid plan on body parts training when you started. Your meal plan is solid too. Will be checking in and reading the rest of your pages. Good log.

thank you I appreciate it.....to me, playing with workout routines is the fun part....diet is kind of whatever, keep it "clean" if that's a thing but having fun in the gym is something I'm always looking for, it's like my hour away from the world each day

[Trixie]

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Hello Young Gotti, never looked at your thread before so I peeked at your last few posts and then went to page one. I am really impressed that you had a solid plan on body parts training when you started. Your meal plan is solid too. Will be checking in and reading the rest of your pages. Good log.

[Dzone]

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sounds great!

[Young Gotti]

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Tuesday

Flat bench superset with seated side lateral raise 8 sets
Cable crossover superset with reverse peck deck 4 sets

Pretty straight forward workout. Wanted to bench instead of hammer strength machines or whatever so I went with that. Had some tightness at the start, even with a decent warm-up and making sure my rotator cuffs were warm there was something there. It didn't didn't stop me or prevent me from doing what I wanted though. Odd thing was I couldn't get a pump to save my life but the lactic acid burn was in full effect. And even though I was moving quickly during the workout I didn't get a sweat going which to me was odd.

I'm still doing 100 crunches before cardio each session to see how it works. I also went a bit heavier on the farmers walks because I didn't feel like I had my heart rate up enough during the lifting session. I'm at a modest 158lb on the scale. Last year at the end of August when I went to Mexico my goal was 160lbs. So I'm already below that this year. I don't want to get any lower than 158 though, I would like to add some weight if I can keep the fat off.

[Young Gotti]

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Monday

Leg press superset with t bar row 8 sets
Seated Calve raise superset with wide grip lat pulldown 4 sets
Straight bar pulldown supserset with stiff legged deadlift 3 sets

I was moving super fast, that's why I had time for extra sets at the end. I didn't think I was moving impressive weight but at the end of my leg presses my buddy walked in and kept talking about how much weight I had loaded on the leg press. He just started working out but it felt good to have someone talk about the amount of weight I was moving, like it was some crazy numbers. The seated calve raises were pretty useless, I don't know if I broke the machine but the knee pads kept moving and it was just being awkward, like the machine needed to be tightened up. Lat pulldowns felt

[Young Gotti]

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Saturday

DB curl superset with v bar extension 4 sets
BB curl superset with underhand extension 4 sets
Double high cable curl superset with push down machine 4 sets
DB curl into kickback 3 sets

Good workout today. As soon as I touched a weight my biceps were already sore. Probably from some farmers walks at heavier weights. It felt pretty good though to then start working the biceps because Saturdays have been hit or miss now for a bit. Got a good pump on the triceps and the biceps. The last db curl into kickback really fired things up, one of those pumps where you want to look in the mirror and just wish you looked like that all the time.