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DL's with hex plates are fucking aggravating

 

once you get enough plates on there it rounds out, just gotta get stronger brah

 

even with 3
fucking gragghhhhghghhghgh


Im not at 4+ yet

 

im half tempted to buy two 25lb bumper plate and bring them with me to the gym.

 

I just want money to buy a few bars and a full set of bumpers

is that too much to ask?

 

I had a highschool football coach that has a full oly platform in his garage with a squat rack on the side. everything was brand new when I saw it about 3 years ago


totes jells

 

we have 100# bumpers

 

shoulders=fried

 

been training bench really hard lately, finally got my max to 295 this morning. Tried 300 and ALMOST got it. I swear I got it up about 50% and struggled with it for a good 10 seconds... oh well.

245 5X5 , 275 X 2, 285 X 1, 290 X 1 295 X 1

300s comin next week I swear

also cranked out 230x5x5 on incline


dirty bulking=awesome

 

Last night a storm came through that only lasted like 10 mins, but it knocked out a leg on a transformer, so all our high-powered stuff at the gym (treadmills, ellipticals, the AC) wasn't getting any power. No AC in GA when it's 95 degrees outside with 100% humidity fucking blows. I came in this morning and the power company still hadn't fixed it. They just finally got done and got everything back up and running.

On a more pleasant note, I destroyed shoulders and tri's last night in the blazing heat

Had 2 firsts last night:

1. Did 14 total reps on shrugs with 125 lb dumbbells
2. Did 36 total reps on dips with a 45 lb weight

overhead press: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 60, 60, 50, 50 lb dumbbells
side lat raises: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 25, 25, 20, 20 lb dumbbells
reverse flys: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 25, 25, 20, 20 lb dumbbells
shrugs: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 110, 110, 125, 125 lb dumbbells
dips: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 45 lb weight
one-arm dumbbell extension: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 w/ 30 lb dumbbell
rope pushdowns: 4 sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 @ 170, 180, 180, 190 lbs

 

Ditched the 12, 10, 8, 6 for a heavier back day today:

wide-grip pull-ups: (2 secs up, 2 secs down) 4 sets of 10
hammer strength pulldowns: 4 sets of 8 @ 270 lbs
straight bar pulldowns: 4 sets of 10 @ 180
v-grip rows: 4 sets of 10 @ 160 lbs
wide-grip lat pulldowns: (2 secs up, 2 secs down) 4 sets of 6 @ 165
seated calve raises
leg-press calve raises

 

You don't do any variation of bent rows on back day ?

 

I usually do either dumbbell rows, barbell rows, or t-bar rows. I forgot to put in by barbell rows:

barbell rows: 3 sets of 15 @ 85 lbs

I usually only do 4 back exercises, but I was just feeling it today!

 

Have you guys ever had that workout, and the next day you're like well shit i barely feel anything that workout must've been shit. then the day after you're on your bed and your muscle feels like it's being torn apart by gainzfairys. well this is the workout that caused that.
i call it

Eric's
All
Time

Super
Hypertrohy
Intense
Training

Barbell Bench press
225 x 10
225 x 10
245 x 8
275 x 5
295 x 4

Dumbbell incline bench
80s x 10
95s x 10
105s x 8
110s x 5
120s x 4

Barbell penlay rows
225 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 8
275 x 6
315 x 4

Sumo deadlift
405 x 4
405 x 2
405 x 2
405 x 2

Overhead press
135 x 15
155 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 10
155 x 8
135 x 8

Dumbbell side/front delt raise
20s x 10 x 4

 

Going to try to train legs today, if i can i get outta bed.

 

"what're you doing today?"

"EAT SHIT"

 

That's usually me post-leg day. The day after I'm like, "fuck, I was lifting like a little bitch yesterday" and then two days after I'm like, "well, this blows" and I can't even sit down to shit or go down stairs properly

I usually don't ever get sore anywhere but chest, legs, and sometimes back, tri's, and traps. Shoulders and biceps rarely get sore. If I skip a week, I may get sore on everything though. The general bb.com consensus is that DOMS doesn't equal gains, but I do feel more accomplished when I gets DOMS

 

i get sore every single workout, ever since i started training powerlifting style. i can't remember the last time that i worked out that i wasn't sore the next day or day after. i think the trick is that i log my workout and i always trying to get 1 more rep in or 1 more lb on my lifts every workout, slowly progressing. And the type of sore is usually really deep, the kind that hurts so good.

 

thats how I am.. I try and beat myself every time I get in

 

On bulks, I go up in weight every week, but just don't get that sore. I am growing according to the scale and according to the amount of weight being lifted, but never get DOMS, except in chest, back, and legs mostly. I read that (here comes the broscience) DOMS is mainly indicative that a muscle group hasn't been used in a while or isn't used to the motion that made it sore. For instance, if I do bench every week, I won't get that sore in my chest, but if I only do bench once a month, I'll most likely be sore....again, I'm not sure, but I don't feel like my workout was useless if I'm not sore, although I love the feeling of some good ol DOMS

EDIT: waiting on a 7 page essay from JordanSmith127 any minute now