MN5's 2010 get ripped plan
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Hey partner,<br />
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Marginally disappointing actually, only ripped out 5 on the 5+ and even then it was only just, no way I was gonna even contemplate a 6th ( this was for benching )<br />
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Maybe I didn't rest enough between sets ? not enough sleep maybe ? ( work has been stressing me out so definitely a possibliity ). Perhaps I shoulda started on the 90% as suggested. What are your thoughts dude ? -
Hmmmm hard to say mate.<br />
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You lifted more than 5 reps of that weight before? If not you might have just got ya 1RM wrong / too high.<br />
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Or maybe just an off day....we all have them.<br />
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1st weeks pretty though so bit of a suprise. Its not a fail or anything though - you made the minimum reps. -
Yeah pal, 7 I think but the first two sets may have taken more out of me than I thought. Will see how next bench session goes. Forgot to say I did a 5/3/1 for bicep curls, now I did FARKIN well at that strangely enough, I split the workouts in half across the day. Chest and arms sore today !
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I too, can deadlift plenty more than i can squat, and i reckon its a heap more useful strength. We had to change a wheel on the trailer at work the other day......d'oh, no jack. Outta the way boys.........i reckon it was only about 100kg lift but im sure it looked impressive!
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I too, can deadlift plenty more than i can squat, and i reckon its a heap more useful strength. We had to change a wheel on the trailer at work the other day......d'oh, no jack. Outta the way boys.........i reckon it was only about 100kg lift but im sure it looked impressive!<br />
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Amen to all of the above pal. Deadlifting is far more useful "real world" strength. While I wouldn't mind squatting more than I do ( or don't ) Deadlifting is more beneficial and is the ultimate exercise IMESHO. -
They work really well together though - but I agree you are far more likely to be DL'ing something rather than squatting. Unless you go to a lot of concerts and hoist chicks on your shoulders!!<br />
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For a while I was squatting more than I was doing on DL. DL has snuck ahead now though.<br />
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Nice work Voltron! nothing like a casual lift to impress the lads - "oh, what? nah bro it ain't heavy at all (takes one hand off to scratch nose). All good" -
Bench and Curls today, in the spirit of mixing things up in terms of rep speeds I did 15 x 75 on the bench then 15 x 50 on the good old bicep curl after a few warm ups.<br />
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First five reps were as explosive as possible, next five were five seconds up and five seconds down whilst the final ones ( which I barely completed ) were normal speed. I throughly recommend this type of workout, one set each and that was enough for me, FUCKED !!! ( see the vid in the super slow reps thread for more details on this but it is good for working both size AND strength supposedly,wicked ! <br />
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Good to get all this out of the way in no time at all. -
good shit bro - always good to finish up and feel like you've worked hard.<br />
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lol you should get the lads counting down for you - you'd also have to get them to point and laugh (or call you rude words) if you cheat on a rep! -
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Haven't done any weights for about three weeks now, concentrating instead on dips, push ups ( see the 100 rep thread for this, I am convinced I'll get there before the end of July ) burpees and chin ups. Joints feeling better and weight has dropped to a measly 96kg, not ideal in a freezing welly winter. Have had a couple of nice comments though so that is decent and getting stronger at respective lifts ( well when I get back into curls, bench, etc that is the idea ) . A new pair of 33 Jeans ( didn't even know they did 33 ?!?! ) fitted pretty nicely too, gotta love that shit ! Suits fitting a tiny bit better as well.<br />
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Best part of this phase of my working out is that I can do it all in the warm lounge ( with the exception of the chin ups ). Better than the cold nasty garage. -
Body weight stuff is always fun mate. Its suprising what ya can do without actually using any weights.<br />
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Btw, been doing some suoer slow bicep curls like you mentioned a wee while back and wow you certainly feel it! Mine have some major doms today after yesterdays and I hardly ever feel it in the biceps like this! -
Yeah dude, I think I may have been overdoing things a bit with the weights and as discussed the joints were not thanking me. Luckily I have plenty of deep heat !<br />
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Yeah bro - what crazy training regime is floating ya boat at the moment!!
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A bench press, then pull up/chin up, then bodyweight squat session in the garage officially killed me yesterday. Felt like I had been run over by a bus this morning. I'm trying desperately to find some Deep heat for my legs, hahaha, it's that bad.<br />
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Benching was pretty ruthless, doing a 5 set type thing I found on the net, basically 6, 8, 6, 6 and as many as you can do ( crapped out at 7 in the last set ) with 60 second rest between. I used 90kg which rolled off pretty easily ( I've had a lot of practice ) on the failed 8th rep.<br />
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Good to have the time to do all of this even if it meant I wasn't much good ( shaky legs ) at chasing the boys aroudn the park later that day, a few hundy squats will do that to you.<br />
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In saying all this some virtual cold turkey on the booze, of which I have indulged in far too much lately, has worked wonders for my energy and "get up and go".<br />
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Aiming for some serious PB's in terms of reps/1RMs and all of that by Summer time. -
Bench has hit the wall a bit so gonna take a bit of a rest from it. Bodyweight squats literally leave me aching for days at the moment but getting better at em which is good. Wife reliably informs me my shoulders are looking wider and my waist is looking narrower ( I'm sure it's one or the other, not both ) which leading up to summer is pretty choice. Aiming for a 5 minute prone bridge/plank before too long too, am busting a few of these out every second night at the moment.
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Well done on those prone holds. I hate em. Mainly because we always do them last thing on friday morning ab classes and by then I am all fired up to go and smash triceps. I usually opt out about 2mins in but did a tad over 4mins once and remember it being a real trembler. 5 mins would be a mamoth acheivement!
