DYELB: The Gainz Train

SAWCE · Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:40 pm

Had a good back and shoulder workout. Been trying to work on grip strength, so did weighted hangs at the very end of my work out. 3 sets hanging from a pull-up bar for 30 seconds at a time with a 25lb weight hanging from my waist. Next time I'll go up to 35lbs and see if I can still get all three for the full 30 seconds.

goIftdibrad · Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:28 am

moving as usual disrupted the gym schedule. But I got back to do some lifting after a week of not lifting last night, and it was good.

Fucking asshats on the squat rack and leg machine doe, did not get any leg work done :rage:

lagunasecaballs · Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:43 am

Big Brain Bradley wrote:moving as usual disrupted the gym schedule. But I got back to do some lifting after a week of not lifting last night, and it was good.

Fucking asshats on the squat rack and leg machine doe, did not get any leg work done

So many people using the squat rack for arm day.

Calvinball · Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:45 am

Lifting is on hold for the rest of the week. I was doing so well too.

D Griff · Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:28 am

Desertbreh wrote:Squatted 325 X8, 325 X5 this morning. Meh. Decent but I was hoping for a blow the doors off lift and the doors remained on. Should mention that Trump was probably responsible.

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D Griff · Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:29 am

SAWCE wrote:Had a good back and shoulder workout. Been trying to work on grip strength, so did weighted hangs at the very end of my work out. 3 sets hanging from a pull-up bar for 30 seconds at a time with a 25lb weight hanging from my waist. Next time I'll go up to 35lbs and see if I can still get all three for the full 30 seconds.

I've been doing a lot of weighted chins, weighted hanging leg raises and weighted pull ups. It seems to be really helping improve my grip, especially doing it after dead lifts.

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SAWCE · Wed Nov 16, 2016 11:33 am

D Griff wrote:
SAWCE wrote:Had a good back and shoulder workout. Been trying to work on grip strength, so did weighted hangs at the very end of my work out. 3 sets hanging from a pull-up bar for 30 seconds at a time with a 25lb weight hanging from my waist. Next time I'll go up to 35lbs and see if I can still get all three for the full 30 seconds.
I've been doing a lot of weighted chins, weighted hanging leg raises and weighted pull ups. It seems to be really helping improve my grip, especially doing it after dead lifts.

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Nice. The pump I get in my forearms from these is insane. It'll be sweet if I can add an inch or two of circumference to them by doing this. Big forearms make your whole arm look massive.

Desertbreh · Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:53 pm

215 X 3, 215X 1 on bench. Gainz, though but a shadow of the Arizona Destroyer.

D Griff · Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:34 pm

Had this stomach ache this morning so I only got my 335 pulled three times for fear of shitting my britches.

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Calvinball · Thu Nov 17, 2016 1:04 pm

Back is feeling much better today. I still will abstain from the gym again tomorrow though.

D Griff · Mon Nov 21, 2016 4:59 pm

Haven't been really seeing any huge results with 5/3/1 in a while on the other three lifts, but squats remain pretty solidly increasing. I would say this was my weakest lift before, so that's a nice thing. Today in my squat work out I did 265X8, definitely never repped much above 225 before the Wendler thing, so while it's not :mindblown:

Jaxper-esque results, sometimes I just need to accept my un-athletic genetics and enjoy what I can get.

I do notice that my e1RM goes down with each week for the cycle, I appear to be stronger in all lifts at doing more reps with less weight. I'd be curious to know what my real 1RM numbers are. I'm skeptical that I could squat 333.

SAWCE · Mon Nov 21, 2016 5:09 pm

I should do 531 for my four big lifts again. The scheduled deload would be good for me

Apex · Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:33 pm

Had a pretty solid night:
OHP: 130 - 5 x 5
Bench: 195 - 3 x 8
LTE/Skullcrusher: 75 - 3 x 12

Debating on whether I continue 20lb jumps on squat tomorrow or go down to 10lb jumps.

SAWCE · Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:49 pm

Just did an arm day for fun since my schedule is off this week from the weekend and the holiday

SAWCE · Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:49 pm

My gym closes at 3 on Wednesday.

Apex · Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:50 pm

SAWCE wrote:Just did an arm day for fun since my schedule is off this week from the weekend and the holiday

Bro gonna bro.

Apex · Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:50 pm

SAWCE wrote:My gym closes at 3 on Wednesday.

SAWCE · Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:00 pm

Apex wrote:
SAWCE wrote:My gym closes at 3 on Wednesday.

Right?

I'll ring my gym bag to work and try to do a little something something at the gym on base. They just got some new equipment a few weeks ago.

Then I'll take Thursday and Friday off and hit it up again Saturday.

Apex · Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:07 pm

SAWCE wrote:
Apex wrote:
Right?

I'll ring my gym bag to work and try to do a little something something at the gym on base. They just got some new equipment a few weeks ago.

Then I'll take Thursday and Friday off and hit it up again Saturday.

Gotta keep dem gainzZz.

D Griff · Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:17 am

SAWCE wrote:
Apex wrote:
Right?

I'll ring my gym bag to work and try to do a little something something at the gym on base. They just got some new equipment a few weeks ago.

Then I'll take Thursday and Friday off and hit it up again Saturday.

, you're allowed to bring a gun to work on base? :mindblown:

D Griff · Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:18 am

Had bench day for 531 today. I hit 230X7... meh, I want Arabzona levels of bench again, I used to be there.

SAWCE · Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:19 am

Arabzona

SAWCE · Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:22 am

Arms last night was fun.. Started with dumbbell curls, then hit the preacher machine, then finally used the arm blaster. This is only the second gym I've ever seen one at. Felt pretty cool, I'll probably start incorporating it. Finished biceps off with a hammer curl drop set.

Triceps I started with cable extensions with the rope attachment, then hit single arm overhead dumbbell extensions, overhand cable extensions, then finished off with a machine dip drop set.

Thinking I'll have today be just a shoulder day.. See how my triceps feel trying to press like that.

D Griff · Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:30 am

SAWCE wrote:Arms last night was fun.. Started with dumbbell curls, then hit the preacher machine, then finally used the arm blaster. This is only the second gym I've ever seen one at. Felt pretty cool, I'll probably start incorporating it. Finished biceps off with a hammer curl drop set.

Triceps I started with cable extensions with the rope attachment, then hit single arm overhead dumbbell extensions, overhand cable extensions, then finished off with a machine dip drop set.

Thinking I'll have today be just a shoulder day.. See how my triceps feel trying to press like that.

Hopefully your tris aren't beat from yesterday for OHP.

I'd be curious to compare doing arms days versus not and if it makes a difference in size. I used to roll with arms day/chest and back day/leg day, now I typically do one or two sets of arms at every workout, rotating between bis and tris.

Basically, bis get hit on squat and DL day, tris on bench and OHP day. I think my arms are as big as they were when I used to do arm days.