Tim's Journeyman Log

[Anabolicus]

Them boxies are awesum.

 

[Bulkboy]

great boxies tim. nice db farmers walks as well. those sure are hard. overall a great lower body session

 

[tim290280]

Anabolicus: cheers dude.

Bulky: the farmers walks were a lot harder than I anticipated that is for sure!!

Trained tonight. Upper DE

Skipping
~4mins

Incline bench
20kg x5
60kg x5
70kg x2
80kg x2x8

Thick bar DB row
20kg x5
47.5kg x2x8

Standing OHP
65kg x5x3

BB bicep curl - purely to get the bar ready for presses.
65kg x1 - I think that is a PB, and I could have done more.

Chinups
BW x15x2

Dips
BW x20x2

Db bicep curl
22kg x2 - arms and energy gone

Soundtrack:
This came on on the first set of OHP's and got me going.

 

[jonathan]

you like those farmers too he

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Awesome sessions timmy, big curl right there!

 

[philosopher]

65kg bb curl haha thats strong tim. Kepe up the good work

 

[tim290280]

Jono: I loved farmers walks since I was doing them carrying buckets of water on the farm.

Jono: I rarely do curls when I'm fresh so this was a turn up for the books.

Philo: Cheers dude.

Big few weeks of travel and lack of energy. Hoping to come out of it over the next couple of weeks.

Skipping
4mins

SLDL
20kg x5
60kg x5
100kg x3
140kg x2
145kg x2
150kg x2
155kg x2
160kg x2x2

Deadlifts
145kg x8x2
145kg x5 Felt like I was going to faint or throw up. Not used to high reps at all.

SL standing calf raise
22kg x8
43kg x6x4
22kg x8
BW x20

Hammy curl
20kg x10x2 these feel better on the knee now, hammys were toast by now though.

Split squat
70kg x2x8

CoC Grippers
Tx4
1x4x2
2x3
1x4

Soundtrack:

 

[El Freako]

Ooh...a log with a fancy new name.

 

[Bulkboy]

damn that lower back must have been fried after all that deadlifting! great effort on the high rep deads tim

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Good stiff and normal deads timmy, high reps do suck but hey feel good the day after! keep up the good work old man

 

[co05]

Wow, tough session. Good lifting

 

[tim290280]

Ben: Fancied a change.

Bulky: Actually it wasn't so bad, mainly the hammys. Next day it was all hammys.

Jono: High reps are brand new to me.

Coo5: Thanks dude.

Felt good this evening. Pin presses felt good, lockouts felt heavy (need to do more of these in preparation for a bench PB), and pullups just flew.

Skipping
4mins

Pullups
BW x3x2
10kg x3
20kg x3
30kg x1
32.5kg x3x4
BW x5

Pin presses
20kg x20
60kg x5
80kg x5
100kg x2
110kg x2
120kg x2
125kg x1
130kg x1 PB
135kg xfail got greedy, should have been 132.5kg

Close grip lockouts - to get the feel of heavier stuff again and work the triceps
140kg x5 felt like a tonne
145kg x3 felt lighter
150kg x3
155kg x2 the second rep was tough

Pushups
20kg x10x2

Fatman rows
20kg x10x2

BB bicep curl
45kg x8
45kg x4

Soundtrack:

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Good session timmy! nice pb!

 

[Essensen]

How do you assess cg lockouts for mass building? Do you find it works at the low rep range you are doing?

 

[tim290280]

Thanks Jono.

Essensen I'm not really doing the CG lockouts for mass or anything. I want an exercise for triceps, one that won't mess up my elbow, and one that prepares me for handling heavier weights.

See I have improved my strength and am set for a PB attempt soon. But over the course of the last training cycle I haven't lifted/held/ unracked anything heavy. It was a huge effort to unrack the first CG set last night, a weight I'm meant to be surpassing on a normal bench press.

Even conservatively I should be able to press 10% more than I pin press, yet that felt really heavy. So I need to acclimatise to the weight and I will do similar with the squat. Deadlift doesn't bother me as much for some reason.

In terms of CG lockouts being a mass builder? Well they definitely add strength, but being a short ROM the carryover to mass and general strength will be limited. Higher reps is definitely the go with any partial to get some benefit. I've found floor presses are fine with lower reps, but not lockouts nor low stepups.

 

[Tonka]

Very athletic and strong man, i will be keeping an eye out in this log. Your lifts are pretty impressive, especially the chins!

 

[tim290280]

Cheers Tonka. I'm really liking what I'm able to do with my chinups now. A bit of work on getting muscle recruitment happening and I can actually get my lower traps involved in the chin. This has really helped with my shoulders and keeping them healthy.


Speaking of healthy, I'm feeling anything but. I must have a flu as I have a slight fever and just feel generally crap. So my training today has involved sucking down a heap of carbs and sleeping most of the afternoon. Definitely taking the day off tomorrow.

 

[Anabolicus]

Crazy pullups as usual. Strong pressing aswell!

 

[Robcardu]

Nice log man, i didnt even know you trained. lol

 

[miamiracing]

crazy pullups tim! your lats have to be wiiiiideee as hell