Tim's Journeyman Log

[Pickle]

nice session timote. Your bench is still ahead and lol @ the climate change. you should of given them a golden shower, that would of shocked them.

 

[Bulkboy]

someone was in good shape yesterday eh? nice session, strong bench, strong rows. very solid.

 

[tim290280]

Jono: I like my rows, they are like a light-weight version of Kroc Rows.

Pickle: It was a phone meeting, golden shower would have been difficult to arrange.

Bulky: The day felt good, but I think the main thing was that I had no pressure to cook, etc (the wife is away for a couple of days).

It seemed a shame that a nice day be wasted without training, but I really didn't feel like doing any training. So I did some cardio.

30mins of rowing. Didn't really push myself, but got sweaty and in need of carbs.

 

[tim290280]

Another rowing session this evening. 30mins.

 

[Pickle]

Pickle: It was a phone meeting, golden shower would have been difficult to arrange.

man, how in the hell can you interpret shock over a phone?

"I was all, the tempreture where i live is highlander 2!!! I listened for their response expecting the creaking sound of jaws hitting the floor but was shatterd as the crickets outside hummed au clair le dune."

 

[El Freako]

Solid all round on your last bench day!

 

[tim290280]

Cheers guys. Squats this evening. Mixed up a free pre-workout sample I got with my last supplement order. Black Powder, has creatine, bet-alanine and a caffeine of some sort in it. Tasted like orange flavour Staminaid, very drinkable. Unfortuneately I didn't realise it was eppervesent so it actually exploded as I was shaking it to mix. So only got to drink half of it, but I can say it was pretty decent stuff, I may actually buy some next order.

Snatch
20kg x5
40kg x5
60kg x2
70kg x2
80kg x2
82.5kg x2

Squat
82.5kg x5
100kg x3

115kg x5
130kg x3
145kg x8 - belt and wraps

Standing calf raise
145kg x15 3 sets

Front squat
65kg x10 3 sets

supersetted with

GM
65kg x12 3 sets

Soundtrack:

This guy has a great voice.

 

[_ROBERTiNHO_]

These standing calf raises are performed with no toes?

 

[tim290280]

These standing calf raises are performed with no toes?

Yeh I amputate my toes before every calf session

What do you mean exactly?

 

[_ROBERTiNHO_]

Yeh I amputate my toes before every calf session

What do you mean exactly?

ahaha sorry for my bad english. Do you use a step or they're done directly on the floor?

 

[tim290280]

ahaha sorry for my bad english. Do you use a step or they're done directly on the floor?

Ahh gotcha now. I have a step that I use normally, but at the moment I've been able to use the step. I have a foot injury of some sort that is antagonised by doing the calf raise on the step. So instead I'm just doing them as raises on the ground.

I've found in the past that just off the ground calf raises only seem to maintain calves and not really stimulate them to grow. It was the reason I built a step to use, as soon as I did my calves started growing for the first time in years.

 

[_ROBERTiNHO_]

Thank you. I have a really hard time doing them off the floor with free weight (no Smith machine), with no step, I just can't keep my balance. I thought it was a good way to overload the calves, using a limited ROM and heavy weight.
I made that analogy after seeing this pic:

But from my experience I found a dominant glycolytic type training more eficient to estimulate muscle growth.

 

[PrinceVegeta]

nice squatting Timbo!

 

[tim290280]

Rob: try getting a couple of 20kg flat plates and place them on the ground, then do single leg calf raises with a dumbbell. You can set up near an upright support or a wall for balance.

Jono: Thanks dude. I was pretty happy with those squats. Working off of Wendler's calculator I've added 22kg to my squat in two cycles of 5/3/1. Reality I've probably added about 10-15kg.

 

[PrinceVegeta]

^ that is a relaly good improvement fo doing it only for 8 weeks and 2 of those being deloads!

 

[tim290280]

Overhead pressing today.

OHP
20kg x10
40kg x5

52.5kg x5
57.5kg x3
65kg x5 - meh. Not a real improvement over the last cycle, although I still have added weight to the lift overall.

Behind the neck jerk
65kg x8 2 sets

Pullups
11.5kg x10
11.5kg x8 4 sets

Pushups
20kg x25

Wrist curls
20kg x15 pronated 2 sets
20kg x20 supinated 2 sets

Soundtrack:

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Nice presses Timbo,those behind the neck jerks look good

 

[_ROBERTiNHO_]

Rob: try getting a couple of 20kg flat plates and place them on the ground, then do single leg calf raises with a dumbbell. You can set up near an upright support or a wall for balance.

Thanks. I know that one, pretty good.


Strong overhead presses, especially the jerk.

 

[El Freako]

Any extra weight lifted is a gain Timbo, at least that's what I tell myself.

 

[Bulkboy]

OHP doesent look bad at all. real nice pullups and pushups as well there!