BamBam55's offseason log

[bambam55]

hypo that sucks man I love the metal one.

Lance- thanks bro, your back looks amazing in that avatar.

 

[bambam55]

Today I had a lot of stuff on my mind and my knee was swollen and really sore from the cortisone injection. I was ready to just get in the gym and kinda lose myself in there to get some stuff off my mind. I did a lot of shoulders and arms, Let me know what you guys think, I was trying some new stuff out for shoulders.

Seated Smith Machine Military Press (from the front)-
135x10
155x10
185x8
185x6

Arnold Presses- these kick my ass so I kept it light
30x10
30x10
40x8

Unwinding Press- (I liked these, found them on bb.com)(suppersetted with Incline Curls)
20x10
25x10
35x10

Incline Curls-
30x10
30x10

Close Grip Bench w/ Fat Bar-
160x10
210x8
210x6


Incline Lateral Raises (supersetted with Behind Back Dips)
15x10
25x10
35x10

Behind the Back Dips-
BWx10
BWx10
BWx15

Rev Grip overhead BB Press (got these from t-nation.com)-
Barx10
95x10
95x10

Chest Supported Lateral Raises-
20x10
25x10
25x10

Pushdowns (supersetted with DB Curl)
120x15
140x12
160x10

DB Curls-
35x10
30x10
25x10

I normally wouldnt do this much but it felt great and helped me get some stuff off of my mind. Do you guys think this was too much?

 

[wrestling lyon]

looks like a solid session to me
but it all depends on how your body responded to it, that's the best indicator as to if it's too much
when's your first game?

 

[The Creator]

Damn, huge session there brother. I dont think it would be good to hit one muscle group with as much volume as you did shoulders on a consistent basis but I think it has an effective shock value when incorporated every now and again. But on the other hand, it wasnt like you were really overtraining there. Overall, I bet that session got you pumped and some good numbers as well.

 

[theweapon]

dude thats some good training!! how'd it feel??? when ever you wanna train im down im making stops in lyman SC, silva NC, johnson city TN and a few other places in around there, i really want to train in a hardcore gym, my gym turned gay after the owner got locked up, they play gay ass spanish music and they have alot of aerobics classes, its pretty gay lol

 

[Big_Guns_Lance]

hey man, large session there! awesome close-grip benches dude and those military presses are fucking great as well!

Thanks as well about the avi

 

[tkD]

intense session bambam, a lot of exercises there man, keep up the good work, and be careful to not overtrain, good luck

 

[Lionheart]

Brutal shoulder and arm session.Good shock value indeed

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Doesn't seem like much to me man
awesome job on the reverse grip BB overheads!
shoulders must be feeling all that pressure now haha
triceps as well

 

[El Freako]

I am going to say that it is an insane amount of volume for the shoulders but if its only every now and again (like Creator said) then it'll probably work well. Great weight there on you CG presses after already axing your shoulders.

 

[bambam55]

Thanks guys, I havent logged in a while because I've been trying to get things straight with my knee. I had a cortisone injection last tuesday and the cortisone injection actually made it worse some how. I'm not sure if any one else has had any experience with this? I went back to the doctor today and he couldnt really say why it got worse. He told me he wanted to go ahead and do surgery on my knee. He said it would be wasting time if I were to get an mri and it come back positive. He felt that I had an option to get it scoped this wednesday and miss the first few weeks of football practice or just wait till the end of the season to get it scoped.

I talked to my coach today and he said he thinks I should just wait till the end of the season. He felt like I wouldnt be able to cut or plant as well/good enough for the first game. Our first game is September 6th against Campbell Univ.

I'm going to try to contact the team trainer again in the morning to talk with him before making a final decision, but as of now I think I'm just gonna have to take the pain. I'm affraid if I do the surgery I wont be ready to play in such a short amount of time. He also put me on an anti-inflammatory called piroxicam.

 

[bambam55]

I talked to the team trainer and have decided that I will just wait until after the season to get the surgery done. I've taken a little time off from running or doing anything with legs to get some inflammation done and let it recover some.

Fridays workout-
chest and Tris
Pull Ups-5

BB Incline-
135x10
205x10
225x8
275x3
Negatives 300x3

DB Bench-
60x10
90x8
100x8
110x6
120x6

Close Grip Bench-
205x8
205x8
225x7

Dips w/ 2 heavy chains around neck-
7
5
1 heavy chainx7

Decline Cable Flies-
60x10
70x10
80x8

Tricep Kickbacks-
40x10
45x10
55x10

Tricep Pushdowns-
130x15
130x10
130x10

 

[bambam55]

Saturdays Workout
Shoulders

BB Shrugs-
225x15
315x15
405x15
405x12

BB Shoulder Press-
135x10
155x10
185x6
185x5

Seated Front Raises-
25x10
35x8
40x6

Wide Grip High Pulls-
95x10
115x10
135x8

L-lateral Raises-
30x10
35x10
40x8

Incline Chest Supported lateral Raises-
15x10
20x10
30x8

 

[theweapon]

how was your knee while doing the barbell shrugs?? thats pretty heavy to hold up for 12-15 reps

 

[bambam55]

theweapon- your right bro I was very cautious working into it, but I dont feel that it bothered it any. I'm hoping it will maintain this kind of strength. My coach said he was very excited to find out that I wasnt getting the surgery till after the season.

On a side note our opponet for our first game, Campbell Univ., has been talking a lot of shit in the media. They called our coaches asking for 5,000 more tickets saying they felt we'd be their first win. I cant wait to kick that ass. I'll try to get some pictures up here in the next few weeks. Can someone give me directions of how to post pictures in here? I'll also try to post some pictures from games as the season goes along.

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Hey man, just keep tabs on your knee, and hope all goes well for ya.
shrugs somehow affect knees i dunno how

to post pictures as attachments
1. click go advanced
2. click manage attachments
3. click browse (there will be three blank spaces for three pics to upload max, per post)
4. find your pic you want to upload
5.click upload
6. click close this window
DONE

for uploading off net, like imageshack, etc
right click the direct link
copy link location
and click the icon that looks like a mountain with a sun over it, underneath the undo icon
paste the url,link to photo there.

 

[Big_Guns_Lance]

awesome strength on those db presses! and those babbell shrugs are fucking crazy man!!

 

[bambam55]

Hypo thanks bro, I'll be using that here soon.

Thanks Lance. My training has been a bit unorganized due to the change with the knee problems and today I realized I shouldn't have done shoulders on saturday having that in between two chest sessions just wasnt smart. None the less I still had a great workout. I had a little extra motivation to get a pump in tonight. I met this hot rich girl from across the tracks haha, and tom night I will be home alone at her 6 bedroom house with her and chillin in the hot tub haha.

Bench-
135x10
225x8

Bench with Heavy Chains-
225x5
245x5
265x3
285x3
295x3

DB Incline-
70x10
90x8
100x6
65x15

DB Incline Flyes-
30x10
40x10
50x10

Dips w/ Heavy Chains-
2 chains x 11 straight bars
2 chains x 7 straight bars
2 chains x 5 V-bars
1 chain x 6 V-bars

Cable Flyes from floor-
40x10
60x10
Regular Cable Flyes from top-
70x10
100x10

Tricep Kickbacks (I've added these in lately without bending over much to avoid stress on the shoulder, and they provide a great pump)
35x10
35x10

Triceps Pushdowns-
130x15
140x15

Med Ball Push-Ups Alternating Arm-
10
10

 

[bambam55]

Got a couple pics for you guys. The proof picture was a really good hit. He jumped up to make a catch and I flipped um on his head. The picture with me and the dog was from last summer. I hope to get some more bodybuilding type pictures up here pretty soon.

 

[bambam55]

The back picture is from two years ago, I didnt weigh as much then. The other two pictures are from my mohawk last summer, I thought it was funny and they show my traps well