Barbaccio's Journal

**Barbaccio** · 09-03-2010 02:40 PM

Hey Vin! Long time no speak man. Thanks for stopping in. Hope everything is going well for you bro. Hopefully we can run into each other again soon. Maybe I'll try to come up for one of your upcoming training jigs.

Hop, yeah I absolutely love the program just had to leave it go for a bit. Really have hard time trying to figure out how to work gear around it. This is going to be an experiment. I don't know how long it will take to over train. I'm hoping I can do both for awhile. Especially on the deadlift.

**Coke** · 09-04-2010 03:48 AM

That's some huge benching with reps bro.

**Barbaccio** · 09-04-2010 04:17 PM

9.4.10 Squat Day
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

**Brian Hopper** · 09-04-2010 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Barbaccio

9.4.10 Squat Day
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

I take that as a bad squat day!!!

**t gale** · 09-05-2010 11:29 AM

Hahahaha. You're head wasn't there yesterday. Too much going on around you. regroup and kill it next week.

**Barbaccio** · 09-08-2010 06:52 PM

If I had any type of drive I'd be really ****ing good at this sport. I didn't train today cause I didn't feel like it.

**Brian C** · 09-18-2010 03:23 PM

Congratulation Bro!

**chaddukes** · 09-18-2010 05:16 PM

Congrats Tone!

**Coke** · 09-19-2010 03:10 AM

Awesome news on your wedding Tone, Congratulations to you and Edie.

**Barbaccio** · 09-30-2010 10:39 AM

9.30.10
Been quite awhile since I logged. Things were just not progressing and I was very close to quitting. I've been doing alot of thinking and I went back page by page through my log here and the very first one I kept over at Fortified Iron. First, let me say thank you all for all your support. I guess being in here everyday you don't kind of get jaded to just how much support and encouragement you get from others here. I think I took alot of that for granted for awhile. I'm honored that you guys come in, read this, ask questions and take advice. I also notice so many of you gave me great advice that I really didn't see at the time. Secondly, I found what and where my problems were. I looked back and was amazed by the amount of work I used to do and by the amount of heavy volume. I am bringing back my 531, heavy shirt benching, heavy boards, raw squatting, heavy geared squatting, and multiple pull days. The difference between what I was doing when I was at my strongest and what I do now is night and day. Made me see that even though sometimes I think I'm pushing, I'm not. It is really funny to watch yourself grow through your own journal and it's also quite frightening to see how far back you've slid as well. So, I'm back. I don't have a meet picked out yet I just want to focus on getting my training back on track and fixing the flaw I have that makes me think I'm working when I'm not. I need to really look and evaluate each workout I have to make sure I'm not slacking. Thanks for following along. I appreciate each one of you who come in here and read this. Sorry about the gayness.

Tone

**Barbaccio** · 09-30-2010 10:51 AM

9.27.10 ME Bench (Board Work)
Bar x A Bunch
135x10
225x8
315x5

2-Board
405x5
425x5
455x5
475x3

3-Board
495x5
525x5

4-Board
555x3

5-Board
315x20 (Did these to isolate. Worked with elbows completely out the sides. Burned like hell)

**Barbaccio** · 09-30-2010 10:51 AM

9.29.10 (531 Deadlift 5-Week)
135x10
225x5
320x5
365x5
415x10

RDL's
275/3x8

Green Band GM's
3x20

**Brian Hopper** · 09-30-2010 04:42 PM

Tone, I'm glad to see you didn't give up. Give it time and I'm sure you'll be back bigger and stronger. Believe it or not but you've actually inspired me in many ways. Never give up Tone!!!!

**Barbaccio** · 09-30-2010 05:01 PM

Thanks Hopper. You've inspired me as well. Seeing the numbers you and Tim were hitting is what got me started thinking. I'm definitely looking forward to coming back. Staying focused one session at a time.

**Barbaccio** · 09-30-2010 05:06 PM

9.30.10 (531 Bench 5-Week)
Barx20
135x10
225x10
260x5
300x5
340x10 Easy!

Barbell Rows
225x10
315x8
405/4x6

Close Grip Rows
190/4x8

Lying Wide Grip Rows
175/4x8

Rear Delts
210x8
210x8 (Got 6 stopped, got 2 more)
185x8

V-Bar Pushdowns
95/2x25

**Coke** · 09-30-2010 06:16 PM

Way to be moving on with it and staying on track.

**MikeSki** · 09-30-2010 08:34 PM

A bunch of volume and heavy weights Tone, Nice!

**-JM-** · 10-01-2010 08:47 AM

Glad to see you back at with the new old plan, Tone. Quitting would have been the biggest waste of talent.

**Barbaccio** · 10-02-2010 03:24 PM

10.2.10 ME Squat
135x10
265x5
355x5
445x3
480x3
535x3
580x3
640x3
675x2
535x5

Deads
135x5
225x5
315x3
405x3
505x3
545/2x1
545/3x3

**joey54** · 10-02-2010 04:22 PM

Welcome back. Way to get back after it.

**Brian Hopper** · 10-02-2010 05:51 PM

Strong squats and deads bro and good job on that 340x10 bench. Are you gonna do 5/3/1 for all three lifts?

**Coke** · 10-02-2010 06:55 PM

Looking awesome Tone!!

**Barbaccio** · 10-03-2010 07:20 AM

Thanks all. Hopper, I'll be doing it like this:
Monday: Geared Bench
Wed & Thurs: (Alternating Raw Squat/Bench/Deadlift week to week. Last week was Dead/Bench so this week will be Squat/Dead, then Bench/Squat, etc)
Saturday: Geared Squat/Deadlift

**StLRPh** · 10-03-2010 08:35 AM

great work Tone, I don't post in here often but I do follow and enjoy it tremendously; SFW!

**Barbaccio** · 10-05-2010 12:53 PM

10.4.10 ME Bench
135x10
225x10
315x5
365/3x3 Paused

2-Board
405x5
455x5

3-Board Close-Grip
405x5

4-Board Close-Grip
455x3

5-Board Close-Grip
500x2

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