Friday, February 8, 2013
First Heavy Day Deads in a while
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Well its nice to see I'm progressing well and still injury free. My old program I'd probably be in a coffin by now.
Did Heavy Back day on Wednesday. It went well but I need to improve on my explosive power. I will be putting up another video tonight and you will see what I'm talking about.
1" Deficit Deadlifts 3 Sets of 2 Reps @ 495lbs
These went well and the weight still felt good, but I need to work on my explosive power. Its my weakness. Now I realize that. Really I'm realizing what I need to work on. I'll talk about that at the end.
Snatch Grip Deadlifts 2 sets of 8 reps @ 405lbs
These were easier than I thought. We use straps. These work the glutes very well.
Dumbbell Rows 3 Sets of 10 Reps @ 105 lbs
Did well with these felt pretty strong and didn't die off like crazy.
Dumbbell Shrugs 2 Sets of 20 Reps @ 120 lbs
I held at the top for a second on these and really had a good range of motion.
So I've figured out what I need to work on. I need to EXPLODE. I need to learn to get that inner animal fired up. Get the weights moving quick. One other thing I'm worried about is my grip. It was fine with the deficit deadlifts, its just been something that has been a problem for me. I might start working it next week n bodybuilding day, just to give myself peace of mind and make sure I'm good to go for week 10.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD!
I have to go work on this video and do the voice over. Have questions, comments? Let me know comment below!
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Train Hard, Train Smart'
Horse from Hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etrtHZKvNCY
Well its nice to see I'm progressing well and still injury free. My old program I'd probably be in a coffin by now.
Did Heavy Back day on Wednesday. It went well but I need to improve on my explosive power. I will be putting up another video tonight and you will see what I'm talking about.
1" Deficit Deadlifts 3 Sets of 2 Reps @ 495lbs
These went well and the weight still felt good, but I need to work on my explosive power. Its my weakness. Now I realize that. Really I'm realizing what I need to work on. I'll talk about that at the end.
Snatch Grip Deadlifts 2 sets of 8 reps @ 405lbs
These were easier than I thought. We use straps. These work the glutes very well.
Dumbbell Rows 3 Sets of 10 Reps @ 105 lbs
Did well with these felt pretty strong and didn't die off like crazy.
Dumbbell Shrugs 2 Sets of 20 Reps @ 120 lbs
I held at the top for a second on these and really had a good range of motion.
So I've figured out what I need to work on. I need to EXPLODE. I need to learn to get that inner animal fired up. Get the weights moving quick. One other thing I'm worried about is my grip. It was fine with the deficit deadlifts, its just been something that has been a problem for me. I might start working it next week n bodybuilding day, just to give myself peace of mind and make sure I'm good to go for week 10.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD!
I have to go work on this video and do the voice over. Have questions, comments? Let me know comment below!
Subscribe and check out my YouTube channel from the link up top!
Train Hard, Train Smart'
Horse from Hell
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Steroids, plus my opinions
Steroids. On my mind all day.
I train 4 days a week. On the days where I train, all I can think about are the lifts. How they will feel, how hard they will be, how I should feel, etc. That's all I think about. On my days off I watch endless videos of powerlifting and training, basically taking in all I can and learning from other people. I love training and will be until the day I die.
I also think about steroids alot. How much stronger I could be. How much better I could look. The way people thought of me would totally change. On top of that, its another thing that I constantly read about. I look up articles and papers done by university's, and colleges. Anything I can. Get every side of the story.
First thing is, I'm natural. I've never taken steroids before. If you can't tell by my lifts that I'm natural, then you probably don't care about the weight aspect, or maybe you go to a goodlife, fit4less, or snap fitness, which is fine of course, but not really geared towards powerlifting. Its clear that I'm not geared up. My lifts would be embarrassing if I was on gear. I'm not going to go into when I think you should gear up, but alot of people do it too soon. Maybe they are just lazy who knows. Maybe I'm wrong. I have many friends, people I know who take them. I see what they do to these people. The confidence they gain. The respect from people at the gym and in life. People don't care about average joes. They want to see the elite. The best of the best. In powerlifting and almost all strength sports, steroids are part of that.
I'm a pretty emotional person. Anyone who has known me for any extended period of time knows this. You can't keep all your gains from the drugs. Thats just something I have seen first hand. Even if you do your post cycle properly, eventually you will lose the size and strength (from what i've seen about 6-8 weeks you start to notice a decline). This stuff is not permanant. Me personally, I would not be able to cope, working that hard to get all those gains, then having to go off and lose part of what I worked for would kill me. I've
I've had cycles planed out thinking I was going to do them but never went through. Alot of powerlifting cycles involve "Test Suspension" and "Anadrol-50". These two produce very fast gains for strength but do come with some side effects. One known to almost anyone in the drug world is the phrase "Andro Cock". I don't really need to explain, I'm sure you can figure it out. Anyways I'm not going to ramble on about Cyp, Deca, Ethanate, EQ all the different types because that is not the point of this post.
I have someone who I talk to on a constant basis. He is an elite powerlifer in the united states, who is very well known for his deadlifting. He has cleared up alot of questions I had about the drugs, and even tells me who is on and who isn't when it comes to people online. It's amazing because most of the people who go on he says, will never come off for more than a month or two. Like he calls it, "an addiction", that's exactly what it is. Once you turn into that person in which you envision, the bigger, stronger, faster self, why would you go back, right? As he tells me, he guarantees, that once I start my first cycle, I will be addicted for the rest of my life. Because I will never want to go back to the person I was. Like he says "Chad, listen.... You can be fat and decently strong naturally, or gear up and be that strong as shit person you always talk about. On top of that, you'll lose weight and look a ton better." Quoted straight from him. This hit me hard, because this guy knows how I think and what I want. He's elite and knows what it takes. You can't argue with an 875 x 4 deadlift at 290.
This is part of the reason I don't want to do them. For me its scary. What will happen? Will it be what I think. Will I become addicted? Will I become the person I envision? What will I do when I have to go off? I'll probably feel like shit.
I want people to respect me and take me seriously and sometimes I think the only way to do that is to go on and be that animal. The beast ripping shit apart. I see to many people go on drugs who are weak, look like shit, and wonder whats the point if your not strong as hell, or look like a beast. Waste of time in my opinion.
So in the end, I'll probably end of going on them. Now? No. I have natural potential. I can get stronger naturally. I've only been powerlifting for about 3 months now. I need to give myself a chance to progress. I'm hoping the cube method will help that. I need to stay drug free and just realize that I'm doing this for myself and not anyone else. Don't worry about other people. Better myself. Its tough for me to think like that, but I need to in order to succeed.
Anyways I had to talk about it because it's on my mind all day
I train 4 days a week. On the days where I train, all I can think about are the lifts. How they will feel, how hard they will be, how I should feel, etc. That's all I think about. On my days off I watch endless videos of powerlifting and training, basically taking in all I can and learning from other people. I love training and will be until the day I die.
I also think about steroids alot. How much stronger I could be. How much better I could look. The way people thought of me would totally change. On top of that, its another thing that I constantly read about. I look up articles and papers done by university's, and colleges. Anything I can. Get every side of the story.
First thing is, I'm natural. I've never taken steroids before. If you can't tell by my lifts that I'm natural, then you probably don't care about the weight aspect, or maybe you go to a goodlife, fit4less, or snap fitness, which is fine of course, but not really geared towards powerlifting. Its clear that I'm not geared up. My lifts would be embarrassing if I was on gear. I'm not going to go into when I think you should gear up, but alot of people do it too soon. Maybe they are just lazy who knows. Maybe I'm wrong. I have many friends, people I know who take them. I see what they do to these people. The confidence they gain. The respect from people at the gym and in life. People don't care about average joes. They want to see the elite. The best of the best. In powerlifting and almost all strength sports, steroids are part of that.
I'm a pretty emotional person. Anyone who has known me for any extended period of time knows this. You can't keep all your gains from the drugs. Thats just something I have seen first hand. Even if you do your post cycle properly, eventually you will lose the size and strength (from what i've seen about 6-8 weeks you start to notice a decline). This stuff is not permanant. Me personally, I would not be able to cope, working that hard to get all those gains, then having to go off and lose part of what I worked for would kill me. I've
I've had cycles planed out thinking I was going to do them but never went through. Alot of powerlifting cycles involve "Test Suspension" and "Anadrol-50". These two produce very fast gains for strength but do come with some side effects. One known to almost anyone in the drug world is the phrase "Andro Cock". I don't really need to explain, I'm sure you can figure it out. Anyways I'm not going to ramble on about Cyp, Deca, Ethanate, EQ all the different types because that is not the point of this post.
I have someone who I talk to on a constant basis. He is an elite powerlifer in the united states, who is very well known for his deadlifting. He has cleared up alot of questions I had about the drugs, and even tells me who is on and who isn't when it comes to people online. It's amazing because most of the people who go on he says, will never come off for more than a month or two. Like he calls it, "an addiction", that's exactly what it is. Once you turn into that person in which you envision, the bigger, stronger, faster self, why would you go back, right? As he tells me, he guarantees, that once I start my first cycle, I will be addicted for the rest of my life. Because I will never want to go back to the person I was. Like he says "Chad, listen.... You can be fat and decently strong naturally, or gear up and be that strong as shit person you always talk about. On top of that, you'll lose weight and look a ton better." Quoted straight from him. This hit me hard, because this guy knows how I think and what I want. He's elite and knows what it takes. You can't argue with an 875 x 4 deadlift at 290.
This is part of the reason I don't want to do them. For me its scary. What will happen? Will it be what I think. Will I become addicted? Will I become the person I envision? What will I do when I have to go off? I'll probably feel like shit.
I want people to respect me and take me seriously and sometimes I think the only way to do that is to go on and be that animal. The beast ripping shit apart. I see to many people go on drugs who are weak, look like shit, and wonder whats the point if your not strong as hell, or look like a beast. Waste of time in my opinion.
So in the end, I'll probably end of going on them. Now? No. I have natural potential. I can get stronger naturally. I've only been powerlifting for about 3 months now. I need to give myself a chance to progress. I'm hoping the cube method will help that. I need to stay drug free and just realize that I'm doing this for myself and not anyone else. Don't worry about other people. Better myself. Its tough for me to think like that, but I need to in order to succeed.
Anyways I had to talk about it because it's on my mind all day
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Chest Heavy Jan 28, 2013
Haven't blogged in a couple days...
Man its been busy at work. Put in 59 hours last week. Its worth it but still tough to keep up with everything. I've realized that this blog and video thing is a whole other job on its own. The respect for people making videos online has risen tremendously. I can't imagine the time and energy these people have put in on a daily basis to make these videos popular. I should have my first video up soon.
After my first 3 week wave, I'm feeling pretty confident. I enjoyed the workouts and I think that this slower progression is going to help alot. I can see how its going to get tougher but I'm ready. Body is feeling pretty good, just my hip is a little soar, but I think that's in part from bad posture at work and sitting all day. Going to get a foam roller tonight. Have heard great things about them helping with soar muscles and injuries. Can't wait to try it out.
This workout was very hard for me. The floor presses felt so heavy. I seem to struggle with them because I have no leg drive or lat and shoulder involvement. Just something to improve on.
Floor Press 3 Sets, 2 Reps, 295 lbs
Like I said, these were crazy hard. I felt all the pressure going to my head. Maybe its because my training partner was not there. Its nice having someone there to help you and cheer you on. Regardless, I got all my sets and reps. I'll be switcing to regular bench press next week.
Regular Bench Press 2 Sets, 15 Reps, 225lbs
I think shawarma on workout days is a BAD idea. I blame today on a shawarma plate. Never again. These went pretty well. I got 15 with probably enough to get 20 left after that first set. Second Set I dipped off to 10.
Lat Pulldowns 3 Sets, 12 Reps, 190 lbs
I got an awesome stretch out of these. Really felt like I worked them well. Really felt the lat stretch. Enjoyed these sets.
Band Pressdowns 4 Sets, 25 Reps #2 Bands
These tax the triceps like crazy. Good 4 sets. I always hold at the bottom to get an extra stretch. These are great for getting blood to the elbows.
Dumbbell Shrugs 3 Sets, 15 Reps 120 lbs
I used straps on these sets so I could really isolate the traps. I'm not concerned with my grip on these days. I want to work the muscles in which I need to bench. Yes grip is important but I would rather have my traps fail before my grip.
Military Press 3 Sets 12 Reps 135 lbs (Standing)
I need to start concentrating more on getting the set amount of reps on these. I got 10 on my first set. I'll admit I didn't want to drop the weight. Obviously that's a stupid thing to do. Never let your ego override common sense. I did on these sets. Next time its 12 or drop the weight.
Good workout overall. The floor presses were very hard. I need to work at those. Also need to get my ego in check before I do Military press from now on.
Until next time.
Train hard, train smart,
Horse From Hell
Man its been busy at work. Put in 59 hours last week. Its worth it but still tough to keep up with everything. I've realized that this blog and video thing is a whole other job on its own. The respect for people making videos online has risen tremendously. I can't imagine the time and energy these people have put in on a daily basis to make these videos popular. I should have my first video up soon.
After my first 3 week wave, I'm feeling pretty confident. I enjoyed the workouts and I think that this slower progression is going to help alot. I can see how its going to get tougher but I'm ready. Body is feeling pretty good, just my hip is a little soar, but I think that's in part from bad posture at work and sitting all day. Going to get a foam roller tonight. Have heard great things about them helping with soar muscles and injuries. Can't wait to try it out.
This workout was very hard for me. The floor presses felt so heavy. I seem to struggle with them because I have no leg drive or lat and shoulder involvement. Just something to improve on.
Floor Press 3 Sets, 2 Reps, 295 lbs
Like I said, these were crazy hard. I felt all the pressure going to my head. Maybe its because my training partner was not there. Its nice having someone there to help you and cheer you on. Regardless, I got all my sets and reps. I'll be switcing to regular bench press next week.
Regular Bench Press 2 Sets, 15 Reps, 225lbs
I think shawarma on workout days is a BAD idea. I blame today on a shawarma plate. Never again. These went pretty well. I got 15 with probably enough to get 20 left after that first set. Second Set I dipped off to 10.
Lat Pulldowns 3 Sets, 12 Reps, 190 lbs
I got an awesome stretch out of these. Really felt like I worked them well. Really felt the lat stretch. Enjoyed these sets.
Band Pressdowns 4 Sets, 25 Reps #2 Bands
These tax the triceps like crazy. Good 4 sets. I always hold at the bottom to get an extra stretch. These are great for getting blood to the elbows.
Dumbbell Shrugs 3 Sets, 15 Reps 120 lbs
I used straps on these sets so I could really isolate the traps. I'm not concerned with my grip on these days. I want to work the muscles in which I need to bench. Yes grip is important but I would rather have my traps fail before my grip.
Military Press 3 Sets 12 Reps 135 lbs (Standing)
I need to start concentrating more on getting the set amount of reps on these. I got 10 on my first set. I'll admit I didn't want to drop the weight. Obviously that's a stupid thing to do. Never let your ego override common sense. I did on these sets. Next time its 12 or drop the weight.
Good workout overall. The floor presses were very hard. I need to work at those. Also need to get my ego in check before I do Military press from now on.
Until next time.
Train hard, train smart,
Horse From Hell
Friday, January 25, 2013
Deadlift - Explosion Jan 23, 2013
I'll start off by saying I started video taping myself at the gym. I got some speed deads, snatch grips, and some lat pulldowns. I'm a noob at this editing stuff so I think its going to take some time before I actually make good videos. You really don't realize how fat you are or what you really look like until your on film. It was actually a big wake up call. I LOOKED HUGE (FAT). I knew I needed to lose weight but holy crap this was surprising. Oh well I'll eventually put the fork down.
Another factor that plays into this whole YouTube/blog thing is the amount of time it takes. I spent 4 hours last night editing the video, making it look as nice as I could, and even making an into with a horse, some lightning, and a nice neighhhh in the background. My computer at home in very slow. I clicked a few too many times and it froze up. At that moment I realized I hadn't save it. WOW WAS I PISSED. Lesson learned... SAVE YOUR STUFF ALOT.
Anyways so I learned how fat I was and how hard it was to edit videos. I'm enjoying it so far and will finish the video this weekend.
As for my workout...
It was a good workout overall. I have 0 cardio so It got tough with the high reps. I almost puked at the end and my back and ass are very soar today.
Here's how it went;
Deadlifts from Floor 8 Sets 3 Reps 350 lbs
I felt better as I went along. It was easy weight and by the 8th set I felt like I had improved my form slightly. After watching the video I realized that I had pretty good form, I grabbed my nuts alot, and my ass constantly eats my boxers and shorts.
Snatch Grip Deadlifts 3 Sets 12 Reps 290 lbs
I enjoy these. They are challenging and they really work your ass and hams. The squeeze at the top becomes hard on the 3rd set and again my cardio is crap so they become more difficult with high reps.
Squats 3 Sets 8 Reps 225lbs
By the time these came around I was realizing that this was going to be tough. I hadn't hydrated that well and new that I was going to start feeling it. I kept it light and went for more form than anything. I was very tired by the third set.
I finished off the workout with a circuit of Dumbbell Shrugs and Close Grip Lat Pulldowns for high reps (12-15).
I'm going to work hard on this video and hopefully get it out tomorrow. I just realized that my work computer won't let me install anything, so I'm going to have to use the slow one at home. I'll just have to be patient.
Anyways I'm out.
Train hard, train smart.
Horse from Hell
Another factor that plays into this whole YouTube/blog thing is the amount of time it takes. I spent 4 hours last night editing the video, making it look as nice as I could, and even making an into with a horse, some lightning, and a nice neighhhh in the background. My computer at home in very slow. I clicked a few too many times and it froze up. At that moment I realized I hadn't save it. WOW WAS I PISSED. Lesson learned... SAVE YOUR STUFF ALOT.
Anyways so I learned how fat I was and how hard it was to edit videos. I'm enjoying it so far and will finish the video this weekend.
As for my workout...
It was a good workout overall. I have 0 cardio so It got tough with the high reps. I almost puked at the end and my back and ass are very soar today.
Here's how it went;
Deadlifts from Floor 8 Sets 3 Reps 350 lbs
I felt better as I went along. It was easy weight and by the 8th set I felt like I had improved my form slightly. After watching the video I realized that I had pretty good form, I grabbed my nuts alot, and my ass constantly eats my boxers and shorts.
Snatch Grip Deadlifts 3 Sets 12 Reps 290 lbs
I enjoy these. They are challenging and they really work your ass and hams. The squeeze at the top becomes hard on the 3rd set and again my cardio is crap so they become more difficult with high reps.
Squats 3 Sets 8 Reps 225lbs
By the time these came around I was realizing that this was going to be tough. I hadn't hydrated that well and new that I was going to start feeling it. I kept it light and went for more form than anything. I was very tired by the third set.
I finished off the workout with a circuit of Dumbbell Shrugs and Close Grip Lat Pulldowns for high reps (12-15).
I'm going to work hard on this video and hopefully get it out tomorrow. I just realized that my work computer won't let me install anything, so I'm going to have to use the slow one at home. I'll just have to be patient.
Anyways I'm out.
Train hard, train smart.
Horse from Hell
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