Chevelle's [divine] Log

[Kiff]

haha yes it is.

I'm debating treating myself to some knee and elbow sleeves from Vulkan. Shipped they are 90 bucks for a whole set....not too bad. Hmmmm.....

Pretty good mate, would help for the heavy sets. Preserve your career as well

[chevelle2291]

Pretty good mate, would help for the heavy sets. Preserve your career as well

Yea I'm probably gonna go for it. Vulkan seems to be a step down from old Rehband stuff, but I'm not lifting max singles very often so i think they'll hold up fine.

[chevelle2291]

[chevelle2291]

Aiming for about 4k to start, .3 pounds or so a week.

[Mark!]

I bought some Inzer knee sleeves, love them for squats and DLing.

[Time+Patience]

Calorie goals look solid. Just judge how the weight gain comes and make the necessary adjustments. If you find yourself falling short some days, then get the calories in some how. You want to avoid 3-4 days straight of not hitting your calorie goals. I'd make sure you are getting it in one way or another.

[Time+Patience]

This might be interesting for you:

http://www.intensemuscle.com/showthread.php?t=43580

That reminds me of the sommersault squats that I've been doing. The way I do them is have the bar placed across your lap and you roll your body over the bar as you proceed upwards.

I can tell you that the exercise in the link would hammer your quads like nothing else. The sommersault squats take me to absolute quadricep failure. Awesome exercises, both of them.

[LuNa]

That mint oreo concrete mixer has some great "bulking" looking macro's . What is it?

Macro's look good.

[Off Road]

Chevy on a bulk?

[Behemoth]

Chevy on a bulk?

Please... he's afraid of teh bodyfatz.

Weak 0.3lbs/week is weak. Hope you're pure meso so that's 100% muscle otherwise I'd say you're missing out on some lean mass IMO.

[Cmanuel]

Remember, neoprene sleeves like vulkan/rehband/tommy kono will not add anything to your lifts. They are there to provide warmth and comfort. I can vouche for the fact that they make my heavy squat sessions more comfortable

[chevelle2291]

I bought some Inzer knee sleeves, love them for squats and DLing.

Yea, I think I'm going to eventually pick up the Vulkans, but I may wait until my paycheck comes in.

Calorie goals look solid. Just judge how the weight gain comes and make the necessary adjustments. If you find yourself falling short some days, then get the calories in some how. You want to avoid 3-4 days straight of not hitting your calorie goals. I'd make sure you are getting it in one way or another.

Will do.

That reminds me of the sommersault squats that I've been doing. The way I do them is have the bar placed across your lap and you roll your body over the bar as you proceed upwards.

I can tell you that the exercise in the link would hammer your quads like nothing else. The sommersault squats take me to absolute quadricep failure. Awesome exercises, both of them.

The guys over at IM are really innovative when it comes to exercise selection.

That mint oreo concrete mixer has some great "bulking" looking macro's . What is it?

Macro's look good.

It honestly wasn't that great and I was shocked how many calories were in there after. Blizzard > Mixer.

Chevy on a bulk?

Yep.

Please... he's afraid of teh bodyfatz.

Weak 0.3lbs/week is weak. Hope you're pure meso so that's 100% muscle otherwise I'd say you're missing out on some lean mass IMO.

Heh, what would you suggest then? 1lb?

Remember, neoprene sleeves like vulkan/rehband/tommy kono will not add anything to your lifts. They are there to provide warmth and comfort. I can vouche for the fact that they make my heavy squat sessions more comfortable

I know, I don't want to add any weight to my lifts due to equipment. . I may just lightly wrap my cheap knee wraps I have right now and pick up the sleeves later on.

[chevelle2291]

AM Weight: 172.2

[Behemoth]

[chevelle2291]

[Behemoth]

I'm just going to quote this so that tomorrow when you feel like deleting your post you can't delete this

[Cmanuel]

uugghh what an awkward .gif

[chevelle2291]

I'm just going to quote this so that tomorrow when you feel like deleting your post you can't delete this

I have no shame.

[LuNa]

LOL....

[chevelle2291]

AM Weight: 177.2-4

Holy fuk I am bloated as hell.

[Off Road]

Kids...

[Drew92]

lol!

[chevelle2291]

Pre-workout: Felt Pretty tired, but decided to give it a shot anyways. My best workouts have been when I was sick, so I figured maybe the same would happen here. 4/10.

Front squats
ramping to
215 +5#
6
2
2
2
-Solid.

Smith Hack Squats
185# +50#
4
Wraps
4
-I'm so weak in this movement. I was getting a little bit of knee pain when I hit depth, so I tried on the wraps and it took it away. I doubt I'll use the wraps all the time tho.

Barbell Hip Thrusts
135#
6
2
2
2
-Love these.

Incline Dumbbell Curls
40#
6-alternating +1
2-alternating
2-simultaneous
2-simultaneous
-45s next week.

Standing Calf Raises
150#
5.9 +.4
2
2
2 +1

Leg Raises
15#
16


Notes: Overall a very solid workout. I taped the hack squats and the front squats. I'll post them up later tonight probably. I may just give 225# a go next time with the front squats.

Barbell hip thrusts really seemed to hit my hammys hard. I liked them alot. Will be a staple posterior exercise from now on.

My DB and BB curl strength has gone through the roof lately and I'm not sure why. Granted, my bb curl could be stricter (my elbows tend to move forward too much), but my db curls are pretty damn strict. Weird.

[Behemoth]

Barbell Hip Thrusts
135#
6
2
2
2
-Love these.


Barbell hip thrusts really seemed to hit my hammys hard. I liked them alot. Will be a staple posterior exercise from now on.

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I find they're hellacious on the glutes. I haven't had a ton of hamstring contraction in with them but my hams have definetly felt more pumped and harder since adding them so there obviously is additional stimulation I wasn't getting prior to adding them. So far I've squeezing at the top and making sure to lockout the hips and squeeze hard like you're trying to hyper-extend to be where the major contraction is at. I've also found doable to use a very large amount of weight once you get a little more comfortable with them. I've never in my life had glute doms like after these. I'm still completely green in the movement though, just sharing what I've found over the last month or two.

[mchicia1]

Barbell hip thrust sounds made up lol. What the hell is it?