Crushing weights, pounding shakes, devouring food...bulking up this beanpole

[dajuggernaut]

"Excuses only get you so far in life, you can make excuses for everything, oh this hurts oh that hurts, but it'll only get you so far. It won't get you anywhere with me. I've been having some premonitions, visions almost. I'll be laying down in bed and I just can't stop getting the idea of me winning out of my head. I can see it, I can visualize it, I can see it, I can feel it, I can taste it, I can touch it. So for me it's almost already happened, so it's kind of a good feeling, but it puts that much more pressure on me because if I don't get that light at the end of the tunnel I'll be pretty mad at myself." Derek Poundstone

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

DB Incline Press 4x8
Seated Cable Rows 4x8
DB Military Press 4x8
Lat Pulldowns 4x8
Post/Side/Front Delt and Trap Work

Weights and stamina were down after a few weeks out of the gym because of a pretty bad infection.

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Calf Work
Box Squats 4x4
Deadlifts 2x2, 2x4
Leg Press 1x20, 3x10
GHR 2x12

Felt frail and weak but good to be back in the gym.

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

Standing BB Military Press 4x8
Seated Cable Rows 4x8
DB Incline Press 4x12
Lat Pulldowns 4x12
Dips 2x8

Went to the urologist today. What doctors thought could have been the reason why i've been sick every 3-4 weeks since october is not the case, i don't have prostatitis so we are still trying to figure this out. I'm going to see an infectious diseases specialist soon and hopefully that will lead to something. All my blood tests/cultures, mono spot check, urine analysis, ct scan, everything is okay. So the mystery continues but the fact remains i've lost a lot of muscle/strength since october and i'm struggling with weights that i used to warm up with. Life goes on...

[dajuggernaut]

Great quote about Marunde the manbeast:

"When Marunde was planning his workout for July 25, odds are that Callie had something on the stove or in the oven. His daily training table called for, among other things, 20 egg whites, a vat of oatmeal, a gallon of raw milk, family-sized servings of fresh-killed game like moose or pheasant or two or three pounds of grass-fed beef, a pound of wild salmon or halibut, cans of tuna, half a jar of peanut butter and … well, space just doesn't permit the list of vitamins, amino acids and other supplements."

[Killa Kurt]

I didn't know you started a new journal.

[dajuggernaut]

I didn't know you started a new journal.

Yes sir stay tuned if i can get my health up to speed big things are going to be happening here.

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

Flat BB Press 1x4,1x3,1x1,1x1
Seated Cable Rows 4x12
DB Military Press 4x10
Lat Pulldowns 4x10
Skullcrushers 3x12, 1x20
Shrugs 3x20

Felt good today, weights are still down but energy/stamina is up.

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Calf Work
ATG Front Squats 2x8
ATG Back Squats 2x8
Deadlifts 2x20
Leg Press 1x30
GHR 1x10

High reps for legs are tough but good to mix things up. Absolutely no energy today, I'M STILL SICK UGHHH.

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

BB Flat Bench 3x8
Bentover Rows 2x8
Seated Cable Rows 1x15
BB Military Press 2x8, 1x4
Lat Pulldowns 2x10, 1x20
Tricep/Delt/Trap Work

Wanted to mix it up by trying bentover rows, they really aren't that great.

[Killa Kurt]

Oh you still workout?

[dajuggernaut]

Oh you still workout?

Aha yea when i can fit in not being sick into my schedule aha.

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Calf Work
Back Squats 2x
Front Squats 2x
Deadlifts 5x5
Cleans 2x
BB Lunges 2x8
GHR 2x
Ab Work

Strength is still down but felt good today, none of that beat up CNS bs.

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

BB Incline Bench 1x4, 2x2
Seated Cable Rows 4x10
Seated DB OHP 4x10
Lat Pulldowns 4x10
Tricep/Delt/Trap Work

Felt good today, numbers are coming back. High rep training is going well too.

[Killa Kurt]

You back/front squat, dead, and clean all on the same day?

[dajuggernaut]

You back/front squat, dead, and clean all on the same day?

Haaa yea it was kind of ******ed but I wanted to experiment with different things to see how they felt. As of now I still don't have a set routine/rep range/exercise selection so I'm still messing around to see what I like.

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

Seated BB Military Press Worked up to 1 ME rep followed by 15 rep burnout
Seated Cable Rows 4x10
Incline DB Bench 4x10
Lat Pulldowns 4x10
Trap/Tricep/Delt Work

GREAT workout, plenty of energy and strength.

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Calf Work
Squats
Deadlifts

Bull**** workout, decreased effort nothing really special.

[Killa Kurt]

Lower

Calf Work
Squats
Deadlifts

Bull**** workout, decreased effort nothing really special.

No reps, or set ranges?

[dajuggernaut]

No reps, or set ranges?

Yea it was a piece of **** workout, no energy, so i just dicked around with light weights. My squat numbers are waaayyy down and i think it's a combination of me getting weaker and going a lot deeper than before.

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Squats 2x10, 7x2
BB Lunges 2x10/leg
Hyperextensions 2x10
Ab/Calf Work

Squatted very deep today and I liked it a lot. Worked on form/balance as well. I'm gonna write this down so I don't forget:

1. Get bar snug and secure on perfect spot on top of traps, slightly lift elbows so delts support bar as well.

2. Feel solid, step out, stand tall, adjust feet to perfect stance.

3. Widen grip to collars and keep elbows lifted so delts support bar.

4. Look at top of mirror (spot above head level).

5. Big breath, descend, keep everything tight, down to hole.

6. Drive hard with hips/glutes, keep head up, stay tight, and push the bar up.

[Killa Kurt]

7. Squat More!

[dajuggernaut]

7. Squat More!

ATG/Parallel/Three-quarter Front squats, Back squats, Box squats, Zercher squats ALL DAY EVERY DAY SON!!! haa

[dajuggernaut]

Upper

Incline BB Bench 2x2, 1x20
Seated Cable Rows 4x10
DB Military Press 4x10
Lat Pulldowns 4x10
Tricep/Delt/Trap Work

[dajuggernaut]

Lower

Back Squats 4x5
BB Lunges 2x8
SLDL 2x8
Decline Situps 2x10
Hyperextensions 2x10
Calf Work

Squats felt great again, speed out of the hole is improving. The rest of the workout went fast, kept things light, short rests between sets.