Pickle's log - So sexy it hurts.

[Bulkboy]

great session pickle. solid bench and squatting looking forward to the 1rm test.

 

[Pickle]

hey kids thanks for stopping by! ,deload sessions all this week. next week im testing 1rms and then probably taking on bill stars 5*5 with 2 adjustments adding GHR on day 2 and swapping curls for chins on day 3. unless someone has a more cuddly idea for me?

Todays session was just about fun and light weights yay! I did it at home in the sun and got epic sweaty, then took photos afterwards.

Bent over rows. 30kg (lololol) 4*15
BW Dips 4*10 lololol
fat boy chins 3*10 lololol
supermans 3*10
Step ups 50kg 2*10 (each leg) lolol

that was it. A few full body photos today (rarely take full body photos because I hate juxatoposing my legs and hips against my narrow shoulders). They Really show my narrow upper body structure and lack of arms its hard not to feel cut about it but alas I must continue, I have to try not to get worried about size and aesthetics until after july.

xoxoxoxo

 

[tim290280]

Your waist disappears from the side. Cool.

I see what you mean about your arms, but shoulder width doesn't seem to be as much of an issue. I'm thinking you've improved your back a fair bit!

 

[Pickle]

thanks timbo! I do feel like ive made good progress in my back hopefully that trend continues p.s for changing my tags i made u some new ones. it may or may not read as a story

 

[Pickle]

So I looked into bill stars 5by5 and i hate it (pyrimiding didn't realise) im going to do a push pull 4 week effort. something like this but without increasing too much more workload im worried i should put in more specific ham work so scrapping something else...

Push 1
Bench 8-10s*3r
Push Pres 5s*5r
Squats 6*6
Weighted crunches 4*12

Pull 1
Chins 8-10*3
inc Db rows 5*10
deadlifts (eep) 6*5
Leg curls 4*12

Rest- cardio

Push 2
Db flat bench 6*6
CG BP 5*8-10
Squats 8-10*3
Weighted situps 4*12

Pull 2
Chins 6*6
Bent Over Rows 6*6
Ghr 5-6*5
Side Bends 4*12

REST-cardio
REST-rest rest possibly cardio

25 back sets a week (not including deadlift) 31 inc deadlift
21 press sets a week (not including push press) 26 inc push press
16 leg sets a week (squats are quad dominant for me though)
9 Specific hamstring sets a week
12 sets of specific core work a week

 

[Skeptic]

Maybe you could do GM's on the 2nd pull day to help out with your deadlift?

 

[Pickle]

Maybe you could do GM's on the 2nd pull day to help out with your deadlift?

probs more efficient then side bends, mmm probs should

 

[Pickle]

ill will replace side bends with seated goodmornings xooxox

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Looking good man, those arms arent weak, just the rest is much better! big legs and wide back, and you are not that narrow! keep it up man!

 

[Skeptic]

I was gonna say, you should put GHR on the first pull day with Deadlifts, and GM's on the 2nd pull day.

 

[Pickle]

My ex picked up brochures for me from her Uni for theatre auditions(lol), AFL and rugby league. lol I would be a non student playing with students... is it worth it? Given me something to think about. Id probably have to cut weights sessions back to 2 a week if i played sport again. I definately need to meet people my age though and it could be a good idea to satisfy that craving. The AFL guys are desperate for players apperently... Any input tim? if i could stay injury free with only niggles during an afl season how much slower would my strength progress be? p.s i know skip is not into footy but freako would u consider it if i were playing or are you too far away :icon_ninja:

 

[Bulkboy]

looking really solid in the pics pickle! big wheels, wide lats, trim midsection and the side chest pose looks good as well. very solid any plans of competing again?

 

[Pickle]

thanks bulky, nah never competing again. i hate diet and i dont want another last place lol.

 

[tim290280]

My ex picked up brochures for me from her Uni for theatre auditions(lol), AFL and rugby league. lol I would be a non student playing with students... is it worth it? Given me something to think about. Id probably have to cut weights sessions back to 2 a week if i played sport again. I definately need to meet people my age though and it could be a good idea to satisfy that craving. The AFL guys are desperate for players apperently... Any input tim? if i could stay injury free with only niggles during an afl season how much slower would my strength progress be? p.s i know skip is not into footy but freako would u consider it if i were playing or are you too far away :icon_ninja:

I know you are rugby, but footy is more demanding than you think. I played our finals series with cracked ribs and I don't think I played a game were I didn't come away stiff and sore from the hits. I have a picture of a scraping bruise (from the fingers and nails of an opponent) running from my bicep across my body from someone who had tried to tackle me but I shook it off.

Main thing is the running. A lot of running in AFL (well if you take it remotely seriously, plenty of fat guys around in the amateur leagues). You think you are fit until you play a game (especially in the middle of the ground). Main niggles I had were fingers, ankles, hammys and shin splints. The latter two are easy enough to avoid if you train properly (my hammys were a weakpoint as I have/had overactive glutes, didn't realise though as I could SLDL more than I could squat). Ankles are a concern because you are usually playing on shitty ovals that have grass clumps or potholes or some-such that make it very easy to roll your ankle just running in a straight line. Considering you very rarely run in a straight line and are often avoiding other players the ankles are quite often an issue (I think most weeks there were at least half the team taping ankles before the game). The fingers comes down to ball skills, spend as much time as possible getting your skills up (fast and accurate, distance is a bonus).

Tackling is different in footy to rugby, as most tackles come from the side or from a chase down. As a result you land differently and get thrown differently. Front on tackles are usually in packs, the rest of the time they are easier to avoid (arm chops, etc).

I'd say that if you do go in to playing you need to have been doing some pre-season running, have some skills at marking, kicking and handballing, and that you'll have to prune back lifting to match game days and training days. I only trained twice a week then lifted twice a week, with game day Saturday. Really you could still do 3x a week lifting, just avoid DOMS later in the week. Strength gets lost over the season at pro levels, I found I was only able to maintain strength, so be prepared to just lift for maintenance.

 

[Pickle]

I know you are rugby, but footy is more demanding than you think. I played our finals series with cracked ribs and I don't think I played a game were I didn't come away stiff and sore from the hits. I have a picture of a scraping bruise (from the fingers and nails of an opponent) running from my bicep across my body from someone who had tried to tackle me but I shook it off.

Main thing is the running. A lot of running in AFL (well if you take it remotely seriously, plenty of fat guys around in the amateur leagues). You think you are fit until you play a game (especially in the middle of the ground). Main niggles I had were fingers, ankles, hammys and shin splints. The latter two are easy enough to avoid if you train properly (my hammys were a weakpoint as I have/had overactive glutes, didn't realise though as I could SLDL more than I could squat). Ankles are a concern because you are usually playing on shitty ovals that have grass clumps or potholes or some-such that make it very easy to roll your ankle just running in a straight line. Considering you very rarely run in a straight line and are often avoiding other players the ankles are quite often an issue (I think most weeks there were at least half the team taping ankles before the game). The fingers comes down to ball skills, spend as much time as possible getting your skills up (fast and accurate, distance is a bonus).

Tackling is different in footy to rugby, as most tackles come from the side or from a chase down. As a result you land differently and get thrown differently. Front on tackles are usually in packs, the rest of the time they are easier to avoid (arm chops, etc).

I'd say that if you do go in to playing you need to have been doing some pre-season running, have some skills at marking, kicking and handballing, and that you'll have to prune back lifting to match game days and training days. I only trained twice a week then lifted twice a week, with game day Saturday. Really you could still do 3x a week lifting, just avoid DOMS later in the week. Strength gets lost over the season at pro levels, I found I was only able to maintain strength, so be prepared to just lift for maintenance.

yeah i definately wont be looking to play midfield i was hoping to be a back or a forward, id say they wouldnt rush me into a good team and in lower levels i would say my fitness would hold up quite well. dont like the sounds of shin splints hammy problems and cheap shot tackling tho lol.

 

[tim290280]

^^ In the backline you can end up very run off your feet if your team sucks. In the frontline you can be bogged down in endless bounce-downs if they flood your forward line.

 

[Pickle]

Has a massive wake up call in the gym yesterday. Basically all last week instead of deloading i was boozing till 4am in the morning. still tested my 1rm for squat... it stayed the same as a month ago and i splitt my pants, so i didnt test anything else. lol. anywho today I did upper friday all do all body and then monday next week ill start my new splitt and ill just use same 1rms as last month or maybe try and cheat 2.5-5kgs on top of them and hope starting at 85% will still give me time to get back on track by week 3-4 lol

Today I did upperbody.

Db Flats 45 5*6
Bent Over Row 100 6*6
Arnold press 20 3*10
Lat Pulldown 110lbs 4*12

stretched then out xoxoxoxo

 

[El Freako]

Us Aussies are good at teh pants splitting. We all must have huge arses.

 

[Skeptic]

If by huge, you mean sexy. Then yes we do.

 

[Bulkboy]

solid session pickle. big heads up! pressing look strong.