Pumping Iron with Adriftpanda,Chainsaw13 and Icehog3 II

[Adriftpanda]

Breast and tris today

Incline DB 4x8+ w/drop
Flat bb 4x4 pause
Incline hammer strength 4x8+

Cable extensions 4x8+
Dip machine 4x8+ w/drop sets
Single arm cable extensions 4x10+

Finished up with some abs

[dijit]

25 mins on the elliptical and 7 channels of infomercials. Now I feel like I can run a mile or two while telling you everything about pressure cookers, hunting knives, and Chuck Norris' workout machine.

[swingerofbirches]

Had a pretty terrible leg day this morning. I've been trying to get into lifting in the morning but I've yet to have a rly good weekday lift before 7am :/

[icehog3]

I am in training at work, so I skipped it ...no early AM for me, Charlie.

[Adriftpanda]

Had exactly 1 hour! Barely made it lol.

Blasted back today, kept exercises simple, tons of reps

Bent over BB row 6x8+
T bar row (v grip) 5x8-10 w/3 drops
Wide grip pull down 8x8-10

DB curl 4x4-10 pyramid up, 4x10-4 back down

[icehog3]

Very nice, Huy! What PWO did you use today?

Off day from the gym for me, daytime training at work. Back at it manana.

[Adriftpanda]

I just did a scoop of the cellucor C4 50x, it's the newer formula. Not bad for a quick hit of stim, that's about it. Not really worth it unless you plan to stack it with something else.

[icehog3]

Roger, thanks. Think I am going old school with some Hemo-Rage Black tomorrow.

[swingerofbirches]

How'd the Hemo-rage treat you, Tom?

I had a scoop of War Juice and a scoop of Ruckus today ...

Heavy back day ...

Vert Grip Rows (machine) - 1x10 @ 180 / 1x10 @ 270 / 1x5 @ 360 / 3x10 @ 270
Wide Rows (cable) - 1x10 @ 160 / 1x10 @ 200 / 5x5 @ 240
Close Rows (cable) - 1x10 @ 180 / 1x10 @ 240 / 3x5 @ 280 / 1x10 @ 240
Barbell Shrugs - 1x10 @ 135 / 1x10 @ 225 / 1x10 @ 315 / 1x10 @ 405 / 3x3 @ 500 / 1x10 @ 405 / 1x20 @ 315
Dumbell Rows - 3x10 @ 100lb DBs
Lat Pulldowns - 1x10 @ 180 / 3x5 @ 270 / 1x10 @ 180

I think I've reached the end of this strength cycle ... I'm absolutely whipped and beat up and I've put on about 10lbs over the last month of going heavier.

Starting hypertrophy here shortly ... gotta drop this weight and recover a bit

[icehog3]

You're a Rowing Machine, Charlie!

Good workout on the Rage, went up to 265 on bench, heaviest since the last injury, and felt good. Should be up to 300 in a couple weeks I would think, but I'll let my body dictate.

[Adriftpanda]

Good day of training.

Legs today.

Warmed up with quad extensions 3x15-20

Front squats 10x5
Pause front 3x3
Smith machine lunges 4x10
Seated leg curls 5x10

Finished up with some abs.

[icehog3]

Nice job, Huy.

Tomorrow is back and a late night hockey game.

[swingerofbirches]

Started a round of hypertrophy today ... and my body was pretty happy about it. That crap burns but my joints thanked me.

Chest today ... 30sec rest between sets ...

Chest Press - 8x10 @ 180
Incline Press - 8x10 @ 90
Decline Press - 8x10 @ 140
Flys - 8x10 @ 100
Isolation Press - 3x10 @ 45/side
Tricep Cable Pulldowns - 8x10 @ 120

As Tom would say ... I was moving lady weights lol

[icehog3]

Strong lady weight back day today, Charlie.

T-bar rows 225 @ 4 sets, 250, 270, 225
Barbell rows 225, 245, 265, 225
Pull ups @ 4 sets
Cable rows 4 sets @ 240

[swingerofbirches]

KING OF ROWS!!!

6:30am leg session for me about to go down. God I hate lifting in the morning lol

[swingerofbirches]

Aaaaaaand double post

[dijit]

Ya know I feel great back in the gym and all but damn when I look at the weights I am moving compared to precancer I mean mean pre biceps tear oops pre knee dislocation, Holy crap pre sarcoidosis. Total 14 years of not being able to work out and now I am doing machine bench for only 130 lbs used to be 470 free weights and leg curls of 145 used to be body weight about 265. But I refuse t get discouraged raised the weights and went back to two sets each with 30 second rests between and actually have a pump instead of just an elevated heart rate. So maybe...hopefully I am making progress back to maybe not a 470 bench but would like to see 335 again. I mean hell I am 50 so dont need to impress all the women anymore right?

[swingerofbirches]

Sucks you've had all those setbacks, Michael.
If you want to take away a positive though, you've been given a chance to fall in love with the grind all over again.
Some folks just wanna look pretty but nobody gets to a 470 bench without loving to grind.
I'm looking fwd to seeing your updates and watching that weight go up and up and up!
Anyone can get discouraged, not everyone can grind.

[dijit]

I know I will get back to where I need to be. Just a moment to vent and reflect.

[icehog3]

When we get to our age and were serious about lifting, Michael, most of us have had some serious setbacks. What sets us apart from most is that we are still at it. Kudos to you, Sir.