cool, i’ll probly finish this cycle and get off it for awhile
Well I have tried the protein shakes its just to hard to get down is there any alternatives?
what?? protein shakes are delicious. what shakes are you trying? most of the ones i’ve had are just great tasting. Muscle Milk and Optimum Nutrition are great in chocolate
yeah, can of tuna, no mayo, right out of thecan…plain boneless chicken brests, grilled salmon, egg whites…trust me, protein shakes are way cheaper…
finally healing all the way from my torn bicep. Getting 155x10 on flat bar curls again.
Not bad…watch yourself though, curling heavy tends to lead to problems. I was curling pretty heavy (135lbs) and now I have a sharp pain in my forearms and wrists.
When you curl do you wear any elbow/upper-forearm support or wrap? I found that helped me reduce the pain that I was getting from acute tendonitis when I was doing a lot of my heavier dumbbell curls.
BTW, back on more summer cardio. Dropped some summer-to-winter pounds again 
No wraps, but it sounds like I may try them. I talked to a kid at the gym that is some kind of hand specialist and he said it sounds like some kind of tendonitis. He said basically I have to take it easy for a while. I seem to get the pain mostly when I am curling heavy with a BB or EZ curlbar… I still get slight pain with a DB. When I let the bar go after my set is when it hurts the worst.
I am in the same boat with dropping some winter fat. I have been eating cleaner and slighlty less the last month and see a difference. In the very near future I am going to start running sprints as a form of HIIT and switch my routine to a full body routine.
i had the same problem a few years ago…it will go away on its on, mine did.
anyway, its hot, time for a lot of cardio…just went nuts @ gnc with the muscletech line.
Eh well havent had much time to go to the gym as of late(few months but) i now make it atleast three days a week and some results are weird… i don’t do a schedule but usually chest on mon or weds then after that whatever. But i have been trying to hit chest a lil more since that is my weak spot and harder to form and strengthen for me. I was lifting with a guy i knew for cheast one day and he gave me a pointer since i have long arms that i should hold the bar towards the outer edge more and that since i was seeing no results i may have been working my tris more than chest, before i put my thumbs in the outer center and i have since moved to the outer rings and put my middle finger centered there and it feels more natural and weight has gone up a lil bit as follows…
All are barbell except for the reg bench since i have no spotter and that is the barbell machine…
Reg bench 4-5 sets…
10-12 of 135
10-12 of 185
9-10 of 205
4-6 of 225 and if i feel frisky i do 2-4 of 245 afterwards
Decline bench…
10-12 of 135
10 of 185
8-10 of 205
2-4 of 245
Incline i ahve been hitting with either smith machine or else dumb bells.
I move to flys with the smith or dumbbells…
So i see an improvement since i have changed grips but still not sure if it is right for me…
Deven you seem to have a similar build as me. I usually grip the bar with my ring fingers the smooth rings out towards the end. Then when you lower the bar try to picture your shoulder blades touching eachother.
No wraps, but it sounds like I may try them. I talked to a kid at the gym that is some kind of hand specialist and he said it sounds like some kind of tendonitis. He said basically I have to take it easy for a while. I seem to get the pain mostly when I am curling heavy with a BB or EZ curlbar… I still get slight pain with a DB. When I let the bar go after my set is when it hurts the worst.
IT sucks and hurts the worst after the set is done and you let the bar down. I had this when i did two arm curls and i had to stop doing them after awhile. it all eventually went away but i dont do those curls anymore. no need with other great curls available that dont stress the joints and tendons
I tried muscling thru the pain and did well most of the time but it does hurt bad. eventually i just had to switch up. Didnt get the pain doing single arm curls
Same here…last time I worked arms I switched to DB variations and there was min pain.
Haven’t posted in here in a while. To recap, my goal was set at 190 lbs, down from 235 lbs. I hit a roadblock at 200 lbs, so I’m wavering around there right now. Weighing myself this morning put me at 199.4 lbs. It’s not what I was hoping for, but it’s I’m happy with how I feel now.
My major problem is that I’ve slipped with my eating habits so that keeps my weight more consistent, but no loss. I’ve started eating better again so hopefully the weight will keep dropping.
Now the weather is nice I would say start running sprints in a form of HIIT. This should help you shed fat faster…where the HIIT will focus on Fat and not burning away muscle, like doing long steady cardio tends to do.
All are barbell except for the reg bench since i have no spotter and that is the barbell machine…
Reg bench 4-5 sets…
10-12 of 135
10-12 of 185
9-10 of 205
4-6 of 225 and if i feel frisky i do 2-4 of 245 afterwards
Decline bench…
10-12 of 135
10 of 185
8-10 of 205
2-4 of 245
Incline i ahve been hitting with either smith machine or else dumb bells.
I move to flys with the smith or dumbbells…
So i see an improvement since i have changed grips but still not sure if it is right for me…[/QUOTE]
you are to close in weight for your sets. try this:
135x12
185x4
225x8
245x4-6
when you go up in weight, and keep your reps close, it makes it hard to gain strength quickly. just cut out some of those in between sets, and you’ll see a difference.
if you stick with that you will benching 275 for a few reps in less then 4 workouts…
I’ll update my routine. I wasnt too happy with my progress before was only gaining slowly
Still gaining slowly… changing myworkout to doing a different chest routine has done little for me i guess
Went to a 4 sets of 6 rep type workout for bench, incline, decline. Incline was dumbells, decline was barbell on a smith machine since i have no spotter. i hate that machine tho, its not smooth at all. bench is barbell regular bench
I started working regular bench at 225 for 4 sets of 6. 2 weeks went by i got like 6, 6, 5,4 so i upped weight to 230. First week i did 6 5 4 4. 2 weeks later, got to 235 and did 6 5 3 and dropped weight to 225 to do 3. Wasnt quite ready for the weight change i guess, but i was pushing myself.
next session i did 6 5 4 4. SO i’m gaining slowly, like before…exactly the same. Last chest day i did 240 for 6, then 3 and wasnt feeling great so i dropped weight and went from there.
Not really liking the routine as much as i thought i would I may change up again and try something else. I definately dont wanna do too much high intensity stuff cuz i dont need or want to cut up anymore or lose weight. I have gained 3 lbs tho since i started i guess…but my weight goes up and down alot. I gain 2 lbs just in water during a workout, i drink half gallon atleast.
im doing 12 oz curls tonight. progress to follow…
I’ve been back on the bandwagon for a few weeks. My left shoulder feels like someone is prying my collar bone from the attachment point and my right wrist is damaged somehow. It hurts the most in the pushup position. So I’ve gone with lighter weights and slower movements to compensate.
Full body HIT 2 or 3 days a week. No real method to my madness other than changing the exercises each workout and trying to reach muscle failure as safely as I can while lifting on my own and without causing more injury to my shoulder or wrist.
Following the HIT routine is 30 minutes of interval training on my new treadmill.
A few weeks ago I was 224 at the doctors office. Now I am down to 214. I am going to try to reach 200 by the end of June.