Eric's Log - "About Dang Time"

[Bulkboy]

HOLY SHIT!!!! Your numbers are insane, 275 on the military press??? Thats like 135 kg right? Keep it up you beast

btw how old are you, and how long have you been training?

 

[Hypocrisy86]

FUCKING INSANE :|
all those huge numbers with that weight DAMN
i'd go to the hospital pulling that lol
freaking monster..
Great joB!

 

[tim290280]

Barbell Military Presses

135X15(warmup)
225X14
235X14
275X10

I'm assuming standing, in which case
BW overhead for reps is impressive!

 

[onebigeric]

Hypo, FF, CJU- Thank you for the encouragement Helps me along to know there are others still way stronger than me out there though...

Chesti- I love con curls; putting them at the end of my workout lets me keep the pace steady while drumming a killer pump in my cursed-by-tall-man's-syndrome-arms. Gotta take all the angles I can.

BB- I don't groove overly much with the metric system, but 135 sounds about right As to your question: I'm 25, and I've been training seriously for around six years. Still a long way to go and a heck of a lot to learn

Tim- Oh, sweet crap no They're seated; I think my body would fold in half if I were to attempt them standing. I've never liked presses from the totally vertical position, as my height puts way too much stress on my lower back when they're done in such a way.

I've given my body a rest for the past couple of days; no specific reason for such, just want everything to be 110% for chest, tri's, bi's, and quads tomorrow.
Two a day, baby!!

 

[Clint]

great goofly moogly you are a very strong lad, very very.

those presses following the military press are insane too dude!

keep up the outstanding work!

 

[Paulie]

OMG you are strong as hell!!

This is the first time ive checked your log, and im very impressed. Your military presses are freaking insane, and your shrugs are outstanding as well. Oh and those concentration curls are nuts to, i can keep going and going.... Keep up the excellent work!

We need to see some pics very very soon, like tomorrow

 

[Chesticles]

Paulie needs some spanking material

 

[onebigeric]

^^Um....uh...

Thank you both, Paulie and Tweak Pics are to come

Chest and triceps so far today; quads, calves, and biceps will be in a few hours. Good way to spend one's day off from work in my opinion.

Chest

Decline Barbell Presses(Just a general warmup here)

185X25
225X15

Incline Barbell Presses

135X25(warmup)
335X7
315X9
295X8
275X9(ds)
225X10(ds)
135X11(ds)

Modified Machine Dips(I face a tri pushdown-chair-thingy and tuck my feet under the pads. With said stability I arch my upper torso forward a bit, and keeping my elbows flared out slightly to the sides, proceed with some standing pushdowns. Feel it straight across my upper pectoral line; good stuff)

200X15
200X15

Decline Dumbell Presses

80X20(warmup)
100X15
125X9

Dumbell Pullovers

80X15(warmup)
100X15
115X13

Triceps

Close Grip Bench Press

135X15
185X13
225X9

Behind the Head Dumbell Presses

80X15(warmup)
95X15
110X9

Edit-Standing One Arm Overhead Tricep Extensions(forgot these for a sec)

35X10
40X11
45X9

Standing Rope Pulldowns

90X15
130X9
110X11(needed to drop the weight this late into the workout )

Dips

BWX25
BWX21
BWX17


Second workout to come

 

[FOOTBALL FAN]

225 warmup!! shit, thats well over my max lol, good session and another.

 

[Banshee20]

OMG...Im tired just looking at this workout! Im not even sure what to pick out specifically...just WOW to the whole thing.

Youre a stud for doing two a days on your day off.

Great stuff!
Banshee

 

[CJU]

god daaaaaamn. looks at those close grip BPs! better than my normal BPs when i'm cutting and almost as good as my normal BPs at the end of my last bulk...damn you. i'm on the edge of my seat for those pics!!

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Unimaginable weights man, good work on the chest, and legs
225 for a WU is very impressive!

 

[Natureboypkr]

looking good on those inclines

 

[Chesticles]

God dam that incline is HUGE! Stop being so strong

 

[Line]

Oh my God! How can you do that much volume with weights that are so high? It's mind-blowing


You're pushing up more weight on incline than most people can squat. While generally I would warn that you're doing too much volume, your strength and progress obviously speak for themselves.

 

[onebigeric]

FF- Thank you for the nod

Banshee- Well I get scared looking at your workouts, so it's a symbiotic relationship, ya? Thank you as always for the welcome encouragement

CJU- Thank you I'm really nothing special though, as guys like Rob Roy blow me out of the water. I'm tall and broad with some good mass, but you have me smoked on cuts, CJU Viva cardio

Hypo and Nature- Thank you both

Chesti- Sorry Chesti I actually slightly tweaked my right elbow(felt it for about a day afterward) on said inclines, so I need to drop da weight. No good if I feel it in my joints; maybe I need to warm up a little more.

Line- Thank you Line I've just found that my body responds best to volume, so the weight is just by assesment and feel. Ronnie once said he targeted his smaller bodyparts(tri's, bi's, shoulders) with 12-14 sets max; larger areas would get as many as 24. I've found through trial and error that Coleman's way works best for me.

Sorry for the slacking in my log everyone Thank you for your patience and continuing encouragement/excellent comments. I'll toss Friday's and Saturday's workouts up in a little bit.

 

[onebigeric]

My two-a-day plans were shot on account of me working on my day off ; quads and hams will happen later today, and back will be tomorrow.

Here's Friday

Biceps

Standing Cambered Bar Curls

75X15(warmup)
95X15
105X13
115X9

Standing Olympic Bar Wide Grip Curls

95X14
115X10
135X8

Standing One Arm Low Cable Curls

50X20(warmup)
60X15
70X15
80X11

Concentration Curls

45X15
50X11
55X8
60X9

Forearms

Preacher Reverse Cambered Bar Curls(my biceps were pumped to the point that my range of motion and strength on these were sunkI'll do 'em again tonight)

75X10
75X8

Standing Flexor Curls

150X25
150X27

Calves

Seated Calf Raises

110X20(warmup)
160X18
185X11
205X7

Standing Calf Raises(done on a hack/power squat station; just a couple of lighter sets to keep the motion framiliar so my calves don't die/cramp for a couple of days when I put my regular weight back into this lift. Definitely a full range of motion for me here as well; no half raises or bouncing, as that crap's dangerous and embarassing)

540X15
630X15

That was it for Friday. Overall, a very satisfying workout. Having my reverse curls die as a result of my previous work was a little frustrating, but not really a surprise. Easy to correct, and the failing is a good sign from a certain point of view.

 

[onebigeric]

Saturday

Shoulders

Standing Dumbell Side Laterals(no body swing)

35X15(warmup)
40X15
50X12
50X11

Cybex Plate Loaded Shoulder Press

140X25(warmup)
270X15
320X10
330X8

Seated Dumbell Presses(just a couple sets to hammer it in)

90X13
90X9

Standing Bent Rear Delt Flyes(arch in lower back very important here)

65X15
80X14
85X12

Traps

Standing Dumbell Shrugs(strict and full, no hop whatsoever; again, an embarassing lift to have bad form on. End up looking like a kid playing with something you shouldn't when you're virtually jumping up and down on every rep)

125X15(warmup)
140X14
150X11
160X9

I had some slight time contraints for this workout, and considering such the quality of this session was excellent. I really dig the Cybex press; it's pretty much the only shoulder pressing machine I use. Form and pump were excellent as well; I've found in the past that bad shoulder form tweaks my lower back, which is horrible for a lug like me. I had also developed some bad tension in my right shoulder(dislocated once in the past) from improper and sloppy technique; that's all gone now though

Seriously, correct form and stretching between sets works wonders. I'm sure Ironslave and Tim could offer a much more educated opinion on the matter; I'm just glad said principles have made it through my thick skull.

 

[FOOTBALL FAN]

killed those biceps Eric big numbers on the concentration and preachers even though you wernt too happy with the preachers

 

[onebigeric]

Thank you FF It was hindsight that sunk them, but I need to work my forearms more often anyway. Stinking tall-man's-syndrome