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Young Gotti's Journal
So I've decided to log some products along with journal my training.
Bulk Season
Weight: 167sh
Diet: 2600-2700 calories
Training: 4 days lifting per week, hitting each muscle group twice a week, Wednesdays are cardio and abs, doing 10 minute HIIT cardio on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
My diet has changed from the beginning of the year and I reduce carbs at the beginning of each month until I basically only have 1 meal with carbs which is post workout. As I reduce my carbs I'm increasing my healthy fats.
So for example this week:
Monday: Legs/Back/Bi
Tuesday: Chest/Shoulders/Tris
Wednesday: Cardio/abs
Thursday: Legs/Back/Bi
Friday: Off
Saturday: Chest/Shoulders/Tris
Sunday: Off
Then the next week it's
Monday: Chest/Shoulders/Tris
Tuesday: Legs/Back/Bis
Wednesday: Cardio/abs
Thursday: Chest/Shoulders/Tris
Friday: Off
Saturday: Legs/Back/Bis
Sunday: Off
The Monday and Tuesday are more based towards strength while Thurs and Sat are more volume based.
Supplements:
Evomuse Slintensity
Premium Powders Omega 3-6-9
Premium Powders Whole Food Multivitamin
Mr Supps Whey Isolate
AST Creatine
I Force Mass Gainz
GSN Phytofuze
I Force Compete
AI Sports Recoverpro
AST Urso-X
Mr Supps Pump Juice Extreme
I might be forgetting something or might add some more things and I'll make notes of that if I do.
Come and join the ride as I attempt to get lean while keeping as much muscle as I can.
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Monday
Squat 6 sets
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown 3 sets
T Bar Row 3 sets
DB curl 3 sets
Seated Hammer Curl 3 sets
Standing calve raises superset with straight bar pulldown superset with preacher curl machine 3 sets
Leg extension superset with leg curl superset with weighted lower back extension 3 sets
Really enjoyed the workout. Everything felt good and I felt like I was flying around the gym. But lets get right to the culprit.
Pump Juice Extreme:
Taste: Taste is really good, in this log I logged a watermelon flavored product but I think this flavor is a lot better, stronger, and more watermelon. Almost like a watermelon jolly rancher, the after taste reminded me of fruity pebbles. However it did have a touch of chemical taste to it. After I drank it I ended up having some burps too but it tasted like jolly ranchers.....I think the cheese and junk from the weekend is breaking up in my body or something
Energy: I've just been using coffee or whatever for the last few months. It felt awesome to get some real energy to workout with again for the first time in awhile. I was moving quickly around the gym. Even caught myself doing sets after very short rests. I had to stop myself and give myself some extra time on a couple occasions.
Focus: Focus was great. Maybe because I haven't used this much stimulants in awhile but I felt zoned in on what I was doing and usually I just have music playing but yesterday I was really aware of the song that was on at each time....big daddy kane spitting some knowledge
Pumps: Pumps were good and different. I don't do a bunch of sets in a row for a body part so I don't get a crazy pump each workout. Today though I had a solid pump in all my body parts that were worked within in the working 6 sets I did. The funny part is after squatting if I get a pump I feel like my legs are jello with a pump. This time I had a pump but my legs felt solid, they didn't feel weakened from the squats at all.
The one thing I was afraid of and it didn't happen was tingles from the beta alanine. I'm not a big fan of the tingles and feel like it hampers the workout. I didn't feel any tingles at all. Which ties into the taste, maybe I got more of an ingredient and not much beta alanine in my scoop so I shook the container for today's dose to make sure I'm getting everything.
Side Note: I was picked to run BPS Laxogenin product for a log, we carry the sublingual version, this is the topical version. So to prevent interfering I up'd my dose of Urso X to 9 caps a day instead of 6 and might go higher than that so I can run out before I start the Laxogenin.
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great log man. i will be following along and you take a ton of supps lol. great to learn a bit from someone with good supp knowledge
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Tuesday
DB flat press 3 sets
Incline bench 3 sets
Seated Shoulder press 3 sets
Side lateral raise 3 set
DB behind the head press 3 sets
Underhand straight bar extension 3 sets
Hammer strength press superset with rope extension superset with leaning side lateral raise 3 sets
Started off solid. I went into the gym and wanted to go after a DB weight that I've been working towards for awhile and was able to get it on my last set for 5 reps. I even had to pause after the set and thought I could of went up another 5 lbs just to see what it felt like but decided against it. Matched my incline press weights, I just can't seem to get past a certain weight but my 10 and 8 rep sets are steadily increasing. Seated press felt ok but I'm too short for these seated BB presses, the gym used to have these pads that made it accessible for me but it's too difficult without them to pull forward, feels like I might hurt myself even though the presses themselves are manageable. After that the workout went downhill, not because of anything training related. I took my headphones out for a second and got trapped in a conversation with the guy who calls me coach. Talking about workout structure and squat rep ranges.
Again I didn't get any beta tingles from the pump juice extreme which is fine by me. I'd rather not have the tingles. The energy again was clean and crisp. I get a boost in energy but the last 2 days it's almost made me happy. I'm in the gym in a good mood and ready to work. The focus has been solid. The pumps were good again but not crazy. Thursday and Saturday are usually higher volume and we'll see what happens with the pumps on those days.
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guns01
great log man. i will be following along and you take a ton of supps lol. great to learn a bit from someone with good supp knowledge
haha thanks for following along, I guess I've been doing them so long it doesn't seem like a lot anymore for me....taking an omega cap with a meal has just become normal for me, I mix my creatine with my intraworkout aminos at this point, and the phytofuze I use at night after dinner, I love the idea of greens and veggies drinks since a lot of bodybuilders don't get enough but it also calms my sweet tooth for the night...anything to keep me away from the ice cream haha
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Young Gotti
haha thanks for following along, I guess I've been doing them so long it doesn't seem like a lot anymore for me....taking an omega cap with a meal has just become normal for me, I mix my creatine with my intraworkout aminos at this point, and the phytofuze I use at night after dinner, I love the idea of greens and veggies drinks since a lot of bodybuilders don't get enough but it also calms my sweet tooth for the night...anything to keep me away from the ice cream haha
i been adding spinach into a couple meals a day for both the nitrates and as a filler. i would say that your powder greens have the same nitrate profile as a couple cups of spinach does
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Wednesday
HIIT Cardio
Abs- 4 or 5 sets of sit ups
5 minutes LISS cardio
Cardio day and my legs were super sore, I kind of figured it wasn't going to be enjoyable. Once you get going and sprinting you don't even notice your legs being sore though. Just stretch a bit and give ample warm up time and your good to go. The sprints aren't getting easier however I feel like my lungs don't burn nearly as much as they did.
This Wednesday was a bit different than my other Wednesday training days. I read an article about fat targeting your abs. And even though it was just an article and I'm not sure I buy in I figured it couldn't hurt to try here or there. The principle is to do some HIIT cardio, then ab work, then more cardio, then ab work, and then cardio again. The article talked about in men that are abs are usually cold to the touch but our arms which don't hold fat are warmer. So you want to warm up the abs and get blood into them and while they are warm, burn calories in order to help spot reduce fat in the ab area. As you see I didn't exactly do that as I feel like going back and fourth takes to long and before you know it your at the gym forever. But I did my normal cardio routine, then did crunches, and instead of doing another set or two before leaving, I decided to walk on the treadmill for a few more minutes and I may try to do something similar to this more often to see if I see a difference.
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guns01
i been adding spinach into a couple meals a day for both the nitrates and as a filler. i would say that your powder greens have the same nitrate profile as a couple cups of spinach does
I never considered the nitrates in the powder, interesting...
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Young Gotti
I never considered the nitrates in the powder, interesting...
beets and spinach have the highest concentrations of nitrates and i would assume your powder has spinach in it(which is the highest that i have found) beets are an awesome source for nitrates but they are super high on the gi scale, which i also havent figured out yet(high sugar content) because they are bitter to me. idk but we need lots of nitrates without trading off with sugars
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Originally Posted by
guns01
beets and spinach have the highest concentrations of nitrates and i would assume your powder has spinach in it(which is the highest that i have found) beets are an awesome source for nitrates but they are super high on the gi scale, which i also havent figured out yet(high sugar content) because they are bitter to me. idk but we need lots of nitrates without trading off with sugars
yeah i just thought "nitrates" when i started taking the product....i was mainly looking for a way to improve vitamin absorption and vegetable intake
but closer look phytofuze doesn't have spinach....kelp, but never looked into nitrate content in kelp
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Nice job man, keep crushing
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LittleTom
Nice job man, keep crushing
thanks for following
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Originally Posted by
Young Gotti
yeah i just thought "nitrates" when i started taking the product....i was mainly looking for a way to improve vitamin absorption and vegetable intake
but closer look phytofuze doesn't have spinach....kelp, but never looked into nitrate content in kelp
here is another companies ingredients in their green formula:
GREENS BLEND
Blueberry, Black raspberry, Mulberry, Pineapple power, Bilberry, Papaya, Camu camu, Luo han guo (monk fruit), Broccoli power, Carrot powder, Purple sweet potato, Kelp, FOS, Chlorella, Papain, Bromelain, PQQ, Acai extract.
kale does have some nitrates in it but it is pretty low on the scale. here is another breakdown of how they rank:
Here are the top ten widely available sources, and with all this talk about beet juice you’d think beets might be number 1, but they just barely made the top ten list. Swiss chard has more; next comes oak leaf lettuce; then beet greens; basil; spring greens, like mesclun mix; butter leaf lettuce; cilantro; rhubarb; and arugula. Now beet juice would actually be here, but we always want to choose whole foods to maximize the nutrition.There was actually one stem vegetable, and it came in number 2—rhubarb! But 8 out of the top ten are green leafies, with the winner by a large margin being arugula! 18 times more nitrate than kale! I may have a new favorite vegetable.
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Thursday
Leg extension superset with lying leg curl superset with t bar row 3 sets
Weighted Bulgarian split squat superset with pull ups 3 sets
Leg press superset with close grip lat pull down 3 sets
Standing Calve Raises superset with rope pull down 3 sets
Barbell curl 3 sets
Seated DB curl 3 sets
High cable curl superset with seat rope row 3 sets
Got a lot of volume in the workout. I feel like it was a nice mixture of compound and isolation movements. I got a little of each and the rep ranges were all over the place. Got a nice pump in my squads from the Bulgarian split squats and my biceps really got a good blood flow from the curls. I'm really enjoying DB curls lately. Seated DB curls seem to really but challenging at certain weight but also create a nice pump. The one downfall is since I've been doing the twice a week splits, I'm not focusing on pull ups on back day. So just doing bodyweight pull ups seem to be getting difficult even though all my other back movements are going up in weight. I think it's more of not practicing the movement as often and not actually a strength loss. It just felt awkward when I was doing the movement.
All in all I felt like it was a good workout. Of course I meant to weigh myself last night but forgot. I really need to make it a point to do it once a week for the log.
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Saturday
Weighted Dips 5 sets
Incline DB Fly superset with Incline reverse fly 3 sets
Underhand BB press superset with Side Lateral raise 3 sets
V bar extensions superset with face pull 3 sets
Chest press machine superset with shoulder press machine superset with dip machine 3 sets
So usually on my volume day I superset different muscles that I'm working that day. So before I went to the gym on Saturday I decided I'd start with some dips since they work chest/shoulders/and tris all in one shot. I used to do dips all the time and especially weighted dips but it's been a while since I added weight to the movement. I felt like it was a really good workout. The weight was all challenging between the 8-12 rep range and the movements felt pretty smooth.
It's pretty incredible what some extra stimulants could do for a workout. I felt like I could of stayed in the gym all day and my endurance felt really good. Since I'm hitting every muscle twice a week and have my program designed to hit muscles 3 times in a 6 day time every week, I needed to do everything I could make sure I didn't do too much volume.
I'm starting Laxogenin for BPS on Monday. But not much else is changing.
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Def following this one, good luck brotha
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Monday
Incline Bench 4 sets
Flat Bench 3 sets
Side Lateral Raise 3 sets
Standing shoulder press 3 sets
EZ bar skullcrushers into close grip press 3 sets
V bar extension 3 sets
Low cable crossover superset with cable side raise superset with DB overhead extension 3 sets
What a day to start a new supplement. I don't usually like working out on Monday holidays. I usually don't have the push to work hard in the gym for whatever reason. Maybe because I'm used to working out at night after work and on my days off I feel like if I don't get to the gym in the morning then I won't end up going. Today was a bit different. I had Laxacrine to test drive along with still getting plenty of energy from Pump Juice Extreme so the workout was solid. I went pretty heavy on all the exercises except for skullcrushers as I found I'd rather stay lighter because of form and elbow pain.
I did have a bit of pain in my left shoulder while doing incline presses during my heavy sets. Funny thing is it doesn't hurt when I'm actually doing shoulder presses but I was still happy with the weight I was moving. Last night I had to shovel snow and anytime I pushed the shovel with my left arm I could feel the shoulder with pain even when I wasn't pushing my snow. Back to the workout, I had a nice overall upper body pump going on. It wasn't an intense pump in one body part, just an overall bigger feeling across the top of my body.
Laxacrine first impression:
Lotion: I will admit I was never a fan of PP's Dermacrine carrier. I felt like it was runny and didn't dry very well. I knew BPS improved the carrier but I was a bit skeptical. However at first pump it seemed like a thicker gel than the lotion I thought it would be. It did seem to dry really quickly as well. I was pleasantly surprised. If I go to 2 pumps during the log I'll be able to judge better on how more of the lotion spreads.
Smell: The smell isn't bad and for whatever reason when I started applying it, the first thing that came to mind was "Mr. Clean" but it doesn't smell like that at all. I did a double take and smelled my hands again and I don't get a Mr. Clean scent but that's what came to mind at first smell. Doesn't make sense to me but whatever. It doesn't smell bad and the overall scent isn't super strong.
So far so good, let the gainz begin
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Tuesday
Squat 6 sets
Rope Lat Pulldown 3 sets
T Bar Row 3 sets
BB curl 3 sets
Seated DB Curl 3 sets
Leg press superset with wide grip lat pull down superset with rope hammer curl 3 sets
Standing Calve Raise superset with one arms cable curl superset with straight bar pulldown 3 sets
So I got out of work a few minutes late yesterday. It made me rush to the gym and I felt like I was rushing through the workout, almost like I was behind the whole workout. I don't usually get that much volume in on a Tuesday. I was a bit unhappy when I got to the gym though, the power racks where I squat were all taken so I had to do some smith machine squats. I really struggled with estimating the weight difference between the barbell and the smith machine. So on a set where I figured I'd get 8, I ended up getting 6 and the next set only got 4. So on my final set I got back to the rack, I decided to try a 20 rep squat set without locking out, I ended up getting 25 reps. The rest of the workout felt pretty good. I went up in weight on my t bar rows by 10lbs and added 2 extra reps from what I usually get. I wasn't resting much between sets and probably could of had better numbers but I got a nice pump from going quickly.
After a few people recommended me trying the ab wheel during my ab training I decided to give it a try. I did 2 sets of 10 and it was tough but I feel like it hurts my lower back right at the spine. Not sure if I'm doing them correctly and just need to work on my form or what. I'll have to watch some videos and compare it to my form.
Laxacrine- I got a lemon scent from it last night and this morning so maybe that's where I got the Mr. Clean scent from.
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Wednesday
Cardio 20 minute HIIT
4 sets of crunches
5 minutes LISS cardio
2 sets of roman chair leg raises
For anyone new to the log, Wednesday is my cardio day, I'm trying this theory I read about on a site. Where you do cardio then ab work, back to cardio, and finish off with ab work again. This is only the second week of it. I don't think it's going to make a world of difference but it's nice way to keep things interesting on cardio day.
Ok so the HIIT cardio had my legs super pumped. They were sore from Tuesday but after a few sprints they felt super full. Finishing off the sprinting portion of cardio was difficult but I did what I had to do. My abs were actually a bit sore from Tuesday and the ab wheel. During the crunches it was sore during each rep but I didn't get the same burn I usually do, maybe because of the soreness?
So far with the Laxacrine, I haven't had any problems with it at this point. It dries smooth with no flakes. What I have noticed is my skin feels almost moisturized hours after application. I hope the lotion if absorbing completely and it's just leaving the carrier on top of the skin. I haven't got any rash or side effects at this point. I was looking leaner last night which is a bonus. I think I'm going to bump up to 4 total pumps a day next Monday as I'm seeing other loggers already mentioning increase in fullness.
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jolter604
Keep it up bro!
thanks brother....wish I could be in the gym more often...but work gets in the way
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Thursday
DB Incline press superset with rear delt fly 3 sets
BB Flat press superset with seated side lateral raise 3 sets
Decline Hammer strength press superset with face pull 3 sets
Weighted Dips 3 sets
Close Grip bench press 3 sets
Underhand straight bar extension 3 sets
Overhand straight bar extension superset with overhead lateral raise 3 sets
Peck deck superset with dip machine 3 sets
Happy with the amount of volume I was able to get in the workout. However my left shoulder bothered me. I didn't notice it with incline press but on the flat press is when I really felt it. And grabbing the pads on the peck deck it also hurt. This is a few chest workouts in a row where it's bothered me, I might have to stick with DB's or Machines until it goes away. I'll have to test it and if I feel pain during a movement, try and do another movement. Other than that I thought the workout was pretty good, strength was up a bit and endurance is improving. I felt fresh basically the whole workout.
So I did a movement I don't usually do which is a db side lateral raise with a tweak that ends up over your head like a jumping jack. Can't go to heavy on the movement but it really made the pump explode in my shoulders last night.
After the workout I ate dinner and my stomach felt like death. I'm still getting a bloated feeling in my upper stomach during certain meals. Sometimes this happens when I'm eating a lot of carbs but I've lowered the carbs so I don't have a reason as to why I'm feeling this. After I showered it went away but it's an annoying feeling and I feel like I look like a bodybuilder with an extended gut. Might take a day this weekend and go off of my diet and go no carbs and possibly increase my fiber content going forward to see if it helps with the bloat.
Other than that I look slightly fuller in the mirror. I'm leaning out a bit even with the bloat but I'll be increasing Laxacrine to hopefully make the process speed up a bit.
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Saturday
Leg Extension superset with lying leg curl 3 sets
Weighted Bulgarian split squat 3 sets
Lat Pulldown machine 3 sets
Close grip cable row 3 sets
DB Curl 3 sets
Incline DB hammer curl 3 sets
Leg press superset with lower back extension 3 sets
Cable curl machine superset with face pull 3 sets
I stayed at my girlfriends on Friday night so I woke up and went to here gym on Saturday. It was a change and it was nice to use some machines and equipment that I don't normally get to use. The lat machine gave me a really nice squeeze to it, it really felt good, and different than a cable lat pulldown. I also got to use a machine that I don't know the name of but it's like a big handle and a seat that bends back, it's used to stretching the legs,back, and shoulders. So I used that for like 10 minutes after the workout, I love using that thing when I go to her gym, my old gym had it but my current one does not. Also used the ab coaster which my gym doesn't have. I really like that thing as well. I also worked up a good sweat, my gym is like an old warehouse with a garage door they open in the summer, this was 1 room in a big building with cement walls so it was hot and humid in there but it felt nice to really be dripping sweat like that.
Overall the weekend was good, I slept weird on Friday and had a headache/neck ache all day Saturday. My stomach also felt bloated on Saturday but it all went away and my stomach felt a lot better on Sunday and it doesn't appear as bloated. I also got my 1/4 of grass fed beef in which always make the weekend good. 119lb of beef
My weight on the scale was down about 1.5lbs yesterday than it was the last time I weighed in. I look better, can't put my finger on it. I am leaner but not by a ton, but in the mirror my body looks better overall.
I will be increasing my doses of Laxacrine to 4 pumps total starting today.
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Forgot to mention in my post, all weekend long I really noticed my jeans fitting super snug around my quad/hips....the waist fit as normal and even a bit loose but they were way to tight around my legs....maybe my legs are growing quickly? I don't really notice it in the mirror but notice more separation
I also don't wear tight jeans, most of my jeans are loose fit or boot cut so it's not like I'm wearing super skinny jeans and noticing this
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you should do a leg day with me yg. i bet you i can make them puppies grow real fast
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Monday
Squat 6 sets
Lat Pulldown 3 sets
DB row 3 sets
Ez curl bar close grip 3 sets
Ez curl bar wide grip 3 sets
Straight bar pulldown 3 sets
Seated Calve raise superset with DB curl 3 sets
I felt awesome yesterday all day. I just wanted to get to the gym and kill it. At the gym I had a really good workout. I set PR's for my 8 rep squat and my 305lb on squat. Normally I don't really care about these kind of things but I'm logging so it's worth a mention. After lat pull downs I wanted to do a back exercise that I don't usually do. So I went with DB rows, I went pretty heavy but wasn't feeling the good squeeze that I had wanted. My bicep work felt really good, had a nice pump and a nice squeeze for each rep. The time flew by in the gym as you can see from my lack of volume, I don't know how because I wasn't taking any extra time between sets.
I did notice a headache towards the end of work yesterday but when I had my lats stretched out during lat pull downs my neck cracked and it felt better so it was probably just a tight muscle.
The focus I'm getting from the preworkout is great though. I get to the gym and my mind is totally focused on working out. It feels amazing to really be in the zone and tunnel vision while in the gym.
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guns01
you should do a leg day with me yg. i bet you i can make them puppies grow real fast
haha I don't usually seem to have a problem with my upper legs....not sure if it's geneics or my history of soccer/bmx riding that helped them, but I'm down to do a designed workout, that would be fun
calves and especially ankles are different story
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Tuesday
DB flat press 3 sets
Incline press 3 sets
Seated Shoulder press 3 sets
Side lateral Raise 3 sets (last set was drop set)
Overhand extension 3 sets
Reverse underhand overhead extension 3 sets
Decline Hammer strength press superset with rear delt fly 3 sets
Dips 3 sets
More shoulder trouble, got to the gym and did some rotator work. Did my warm ups and then added some weight to the barbell and even though it wasn't heavy it felt like my shoulder kept popping and even though the pain wasn't bad I figured if I kept adding weight it could get ugly. So I stuck with DB presses and it didn't bother me at all. When I got to incline I went back to barbell and didn't feel anything but I didn't go under 8 reps, just nice controlled reps with some good weight for the amount of reps I was getting. I got a PR on my shoulder press which also didn't hurt but I did need a lift off to get the extra weights, I wouldn't have been able to unrack on my own. Dips actually felt really easy too, I figured at the end would really kill my whole upper body but the felt really good.
My upper body got an intense pump fairly quickly and it felt pretty good. The muscle contractions were really solid on all the movements.
So anyone reading this log could chime in. But I'm thinking about letting up on the ab work a bit which maybe is causing my stomach to expand? The only day I really a lot of ab work is Wednesday but I've been hitting my abs 4 days a week. I'm wondering if that is contributing to the problem.
Other than that I feel good this week so far. My morning dose of Laxacrine seems to put me in a good mood and again at night with my second dose. It's almost like a carefree/non stressed feeling which I like. Kind of wakes me up in the morning in some sort of way as well.
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Wednesday
HIIT cardio 15 minutes
Ab wheel 3 sets
LISS cardio 5 minutes
Roman Chair leg raise 3 sets
LISS cardio 3 minutes
Ab Lounge 2 sets
LISS Cardio 2 minutes
I switched up the routine a bit doing less HIIT time as my first cardio session in order to get in more ab and cardio cycles. I still did the same amount of sprints I normally would have done thought. I didn't stop moving the whole time as I was rushing back and fourth between the cardio area and the ab area. So usually after HIIT cardio when I'm doing my abs I stop sweating but yesterday as I rushed back and fourth I had a nice warmth and sweat going on the whole time. Since Wednesday is usually just cardio and abs, it's my short day in the gym but doing things this way allowed me to get extra ab work and 5 more minutes of cardio in than what I usually do within the same amount of time spent in the gym.
One thing I've noticed about Laxacrine last night and should of mentioned before was when I get home and shower at night. I could still feel a layer of the lotion on the skin. When water hits my chest and shoulder area it has layer of the gel to rinse off first. Hopefully the skin is fully absorbing all of the active ingredients.
I am starting to look even more full in the mirror. My chest last night looked really full and thicker than usual.
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Thursday
Leg extension superset with lying leg curl superset with t bar row 3sets
Squat superset with pull ups 3 sets
Squat superset with rope cable high row 3sets
Stiff legged dead lift superset with rope pulldown 3 sets
DB Curl 3 sets
Seated DB hammer curl 3 sets
Rope cable curl 3 sets
I didn't want to go to the gym yesterday, one of those days with no motivation and I was still sore in my back and legs. But I took my preworkout and when I got in the gym and moving around I feel like I had a really good workout. I usually don't squat on my Thurs/Sat leg workouts unless it's front squat but I've been feeling like I was loosing depth on my squat and wanted to see what was going on. So I played with it a bit, I noticed my stance was pretty wide and when I got to a certain point my inner hip area would grab at a certain point and if I went further that it felt like it would tear or cause major pain. So I went and made my stance a bit more narrow and it allowed me to bypass that sticking point. It allowed me to get a lot lower. I must have gotten in a bad habit of using a wider stance than needed. Either way I did 6 sets at a lower weight but making sure I was getting super low each time, a few reps I felt my legs ready to push back up but I had to tell myself, no keep going lower. Makes me wonder what else I might be overlooking, maybe I've been paying attention to the weight I'm moving and the squeeze on the muscle and failed to realize the range of motion and form.
Nothing totally new to report in terms of gains. I'm hoping the off day treats me well.
I keep noticing the relaxed feeling I get after dosing the Laxacrine in the morning and night. It's almost like a boost of energy but very calm type of energy. 2 pumps at a time is def more messy than 1 pump at a time and it does take a bit longer to dry which could be expected.
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Saturday
Weighted Dips 4 sets
Flat Press superset with standing shoulder press machine 3 sets
Incline press superset with side lateral raise 3 sets
1 arm underhand extension superset with facepull 3 sets
Overhead ez bar extension superset with cable lateral raise 3 sets
Peck deck 3 sets
Workout was kind of all over the place. Usually I have the place to myself on Saturday morning but not this time. I had to weave in and out of people. I went to the gym thinking I should do less work on my chest to help with my shoulder and because it looks full and round, thought I should pay attention to my tri's and shoulders. I somewhat accomplished this however I help a guy at the gym as he's overweight and deals with some problems. Anyway he started talking about the combine and the numbers. So he went on to challenge my bench. My argument was most of the guys have to bench with lower than body weight, they do 225lb at the combine. He wasn't going to let me slide with going under my bodyweight so we agreed on 185lbs. I did 24 reps and probably could of did more but I wasn't about to rest the bar on my chest just for some imaginary contest. Anyway my shoulder didn't feel great after that but it wasn't a terrible pain either which was nice.
Sunday was a rough day for my diet. I got a call bright and early from my father to help put in laminate floor at my house and he's a savage, 5 minutes later he was at my house to work. I didn't get to eat right or really at all. So all day I was starving, then my girl and I decided to go out to eat. I thought I was ordering some kind of Italian chicken/bacon/vegetable dish but it ended up being a tiny amount of chicken and a ton of penne. Didn't want that
As we start March I am lowering my carbs once again. This time my third meal is going from 5oz or rice to 3oz. I'm also adding coconut oil back in to my morning coffee.
In the mirror my stomach looks much improved from the bloat. I look leaner and my shoulders this morning looked more capped. 3rd week into the Laxacrine so I'm hoping it really hits stride this week and we see some impressive changes.
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Tuesday
Flat Bench 3 sets
Incline Bench 3 sets
Standing shoulder press 3 sets
Side lateral raise 3 sets
EZ bar skull crusher into close grip press 3 sets
Rope extensions 3 sets
Facepull 3 sets
Decline fly machine superset with DB behind the head press 3 sets
Dips 3 sets
I didn't want to do BB bench yesterday but the gym was actually busy. We really only have 1 good set of DB's in the gym that have the weight I need, the other set is more like a planet fitness db set, it only goes up to like 50lbs. Anyway the whole DB area was busy so I did some bench. Even though my shoulder hurt it didn't seem to hinder the weight I was pushing. The pain feels like a quarter size pain in my front delt and almost feels like it hurts when it's cold, how I would imagine arthritis feels. Anyway the presses were fine. Everything else was kind of run of the mill exercises except I watched a training video and the guy used a peck fly machine and sat at the end of the seat with his back angled towards the backboard and only put he head on the back while doing the movement, it targets the lower chest and I really liked it. It was a different type of movement but I was really able to feel the stretch and squeeze right from the start, might add this in more often.
I was tired when I was going to the gym but like clockwork, I took my preworkout and 15 minutes later as I'm changing in the locker room, I woke up. The pump was also really solid, as you see I'm not using super high volume in reps or sets but the pump comes on quickly with pump juice extreme.
Even with a bum shoulder and less food than the beginning of the year, Laxacrine is still allowing me to push heavy weight and seems to let me push more weight even late into my workout. Really like the muscle endurance. I haven't felt the same sense of well being from the doses lately. Tonight I plan on dry brushing my skin really good to see if I can do my part at improving the absorption of the Laxacrine
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Tuesday
Squat 6 sets
Rope Lat pulldown 3 sets
Cable deadlifts 3 sets
Seated DB curl 3 sets
Incline DB Hammer curl 3 sets
Leg press superset with wide grip pulldown superset with preacher curl machine 3 sets
Roppe pullback superset with reverse grip curl 3 sets
Felt like an up and down workout. I really paid attention to depth of squatting. Narrowed my stance from what I'm used to which is still a bit odd but allows me to get deeper than I have been. Must have fallen into some bad habits at some point. However after that I wanted to do lat pulldowns but someone was on the pulldown machine so I had to use a normal cable machine. I also tried a cable deadlift that I saw someone in a video do but I didn't think much of it. I probably wasn't doing it right but I didn't notice much for the exercise. But my bicep work felt great.
I had a great pump in my legs after squatting and especially after the leg press. My leg felt full and shaky, just how a good leg workout should be. My biceps ballooned up as well. Starting to get the thick vein running over the middle of my bicep to be more visible and my forearms are showing more veins as well.
Last night in the mirror I noticed my lats look pretty wide compared to what they were. Maybe they still had a pump but I was impressed and happy. I need to get on a scale to find out whats been going on but it's been a busy week so far after the gym.
Didn't sleep much last night. Fell asleep fine but my neighbors have a car port right under my bedroom window and whenever its windy it causes howling and it was bad last night, a lot of wind and things banging my around kept waking me up. Swore I was going to wake up and see my grill across my yard.
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Wednesday
HIIT Cardio 10 minutes
Ab wheel 3 sets
LISS cardio 5 minutes
Leg raises 3 sets
LISS cardio 5 minutes
Ab lounge 3 sets
LISS cardio 5 minutes
Sit ups 2 sets
Still doing an alternating cardio/ab workout. Shortened my HIIT cardio down to 10 minutes however I am still doing the same amount of sprints as I always do. I do six 20 second sprints so it equals about 2 minutes of sprinting. I usually do it on an elliptical and did the same yesterday but the foot pedal seems loose and like it was about to fall off. It might have got in my head that it would break off because I didn't feel like my sprints were all that effective. Either way the alternating of the cardio and abs has me moving around the gym and keeping my heart rate elevated which feels good.
Nothing really else to report. It's been a busy week after the gym so I didn't get to monitor myself in the mirror last night as I was doing stuff around the house and before I knew it, it was time for bed. Hopefully I get some downtime this weekend.
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Thursday
Incline DB press superset with reverse peck deck 3 sets
Seated BB shoulder press superset with decline hammer strength 3 sets
Hammer strength shoulder press superset with peck deck 3 sets
Rear delt flies superset with side lateral raise 2 sets
Dip machine 4 sets
Straight bar underhand extension 3 sets
V bar extension 3 sets
Rope cable kickbacks 3 sets
Ever have a day in the gym where the weight just doesn't right? That was me yesterday, all day I couldn't wait to get to the gym, even as I drove to the gym I thought to myself, I feel good maybe I'll go heavy even though its my volume type day. Then I touch a weight and it's a struggle to move it. It seemed like any weight I touch was a bit difficult. Towards the middle of the workout I decided, ok if I can't lift a ton of weight, it's time to pay extra close attention to squeezing my muscle while doing a full range of motion. I did however attempt a PR on a dip machine. I've done the stack on the machine before and I've attached a 10lb plate but yesterday I tried a 35lb plate. First attempt the pin fell out and the plate went crashing to the ground. Second attempt it worked but it didn't feel right so after the set I took the plate off and just did the stack almost like a drop set.
Even with the weight not being what I wanted. I had an awesome pump. My delts had some nice veins running through them. I saw some nice details in my shoulders.
No rashes or irritation from the Laxacrine. Even with me dry brushing and shaving the area I apply the gel to I haven't noticed any negative reaction yet.
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yep, it happens to me every now and then man. everything is all lined up and body feels great. then grab a pair of say 50s that you normally yep out like a champ and it feels like 120s. i personally think it can be a mind thing or even unseen stress on your nervous system. when i get to that type of feeling, i just go for max pump and call it a day. to easy to get set up to get hurt for me
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Saturday
Leg extension superset with lying leg curl superset with t bar row 3 sets
Squat superset with pull up 3 sets
Squat superset with lat pulldown 3 sets
Incline DB curl 3 sets
BB curl 3 sets
Preacher curl machine 3 sets
Seated high cable rope row superset with reverse curl 3 sets
Not my favorite workout but I got some good information during the workout. I didn't plan on doing 6 sets of squats, I didn't really even think I would be squatting during this workout but I started doing squats and before I knew it, my buddy at the gym and I were going back and fourth squatting and watching each others form. The workout ended up taking a lot longer than my normal workout because of the time between sets. I usually go quickly between sets but watching form for someone else took up a lot of time. He gave me some good tips from what he saw, so it ended up being pretty productive.
My biceps blew up pretty good and by my reverse curl I felt like my range of motion was so short because my biceps were so full of blood.
I was super hungry on Friday, I don't know why but all day even after lunch and other meals I just wanted more and more food. I should of made it a big reefed day but instead I decided to eat some extra steak for an additional meal. I probably needed more calories but I look back now and think I've reduced my carbs a good deal maybe I should of did a refeed.
I'm down another lb on the scale so I'm moving in the right direction. My mother also mentioned last night that I looked bigger across the chest and shoulders. I was impressed because I had a tshirt and button down on so it wasn't like I just had a t shirt on and she noticed. Also because she said similar things when I was starting to increase calories but now that I'm reducing calories it was more impressive. I seem to gain thickness around my chest and shoulders quickly whenever I'm going to gain any size.
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Monday
Squat 6 sets
Lat Pulldown 3 sets
Hammer Strength Low row 3 sets
Ez curl bar curl wide grip 3 sets
Ez curl bar curl close grip 3 sets
Stiff legged dead lift superset with rope pulldown 3 sets
So squatting didn't go as planned. I wanted to go heavy and did go pretty heavy all while paying close attention to depth. My last set I had to cheat on a few reps with my depth which I was disappointed with. I did however turn around and hit a nice PR on the hammer strength low row. I don't use the machine much because I'm short haha and the chest bad with my short arms make it hard to get the handles. So the set I did my PR I had someone push the handles towards me to start off but it did allow me to do extra weight which I was happy about. I also went pretty heavy on the lat pulldown, not sure if it was any kind of PR or anything but I was happy with the weight I pulled. I'm also really enjoying the new way I've been doing pull downs. I start with my back straight and bring the rope to my sides, then after about 6-8 reps I lean forward and pull down towards my upper quad, then I bend forward even more and your basically pulling down between your legs but by the end of the set your fried and it hits each part of your lats.
Last night in the mirror I looked full, I was really happy with the roundness of my shoulders. It's something I've struggled with over the last few years. I get wide around the shoulders but not that bowling ball look. But last night I felt like they were turning a corner. This morning however I looked flat. Of course I didn't have any food but my quads looked really thin. I'll have to evaluate tonight to see after food how I look.