What training are you doing/have you done today? Vol.2

[Burwood]

LordGrover said:

didelydoo said:

Diet is very simple>
breakfast: 2 scoops Whey/water + some vitimans
mid morning: scoop whey/water
lunch: Tin tuna, 2 scoops Whey/water
mid afternoon: scoop Whey/water
tea: 130g oats, 30g rasins, 200g skimmed milk
before bed: 2 scoops Whey/water, fish oils
2001 cals- 155 carb, 50 fat, 250 prot.
Cheat meal on Saturday to keep sane/carb up.

Have to admire your dedication. No chance in hell I could live on shakes, tuna and porridge.
Clearly gets you what you want so can't criticise though I suspect not healthful long-term.

Glad you've found another competition - that must be a relief.

when i last dieted strictly I ate tinned tuna and cottage cheese and a lot of green vegetables. My first meal is about 1pm-i have never been into breakfast. Ive got an Ab wheel which works quite well but as you say i never did a lot of Abs and they are quite thick. Thanks

[chris watton]

militantmandy said:

Have a few things on the list including bands, a dip belt and maybe a some kind of cable thing. Skint though after moving house!

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Great set up with loads of space, perfect!

[Burwood]

didelydoo said:

LordGrover said:

Have to admire your dedication. No chance in hell I could live on shakes, tuna and porridge.
Clearly gets you what you want so can't criticise though I suspect not healthful long-term.

Glad you've found another competition - that must be a relief.

There are many more exciting ways to do it, but the way I've chosen suits me- not for everyone though.. I don't think it's particularly unhealthy either- Protein is protein, I'm getting all my vits and minerals, as well as essential oils and fibre.

However, I've only been this strict for the last 12 days, so it's a temporary thing as I keep 100% control over every aspect of my diet.

Agreed. Ive never liked Oats. For me i'd throw in green veg and have chicken stirfrys, tuna steak, fish even chilly which with 5% mince is pretty lean . Umpteen variations as you say

[chris watton]

Burwood said:

when i last dieted strictly I ate tinned tuna and cottage cheese and a lot of green vegetables. My first meal is about 1pm-i have never been into breakfast. Ive got an Ab wheel which works quite well but as you say i never did a lot of Abs and they are quite thick. Thanks

I too rarely eat until after noon. I also haven't done many ab exercises at all, I think the main compounds take care of them quite well.

Although I did some Squats yesterday without a belt for the first time, and my core does ache today!

Edited by chris watton on Thursday 1st October 14:45

[militantmandy]

chris watton said:

Great set up with loads of space, perfect!

Thanks! Seems to be working well so far. As an added bonus we have no neighbours at all!

[LordGrover]

Burwood said:

LordGrover said:

didelydoo said:

Diet is very simple>
breakfast: 2 scoops Whey/water + some vitimans
mid morning: scoop whey/water
lunch: Tin tuna, 2 scoops Whey/water
mid afternoon: scoop Whey/water
tea: 130g oats, 30g rasins, 200g skimmed milk
before bed: 2 scoops Whey/water, fish oils
2001 cals- 155 carb, 50 fat, 250 prot.
Cheat meal on Saturday to keep sane/carb up.

Have to admire your dedication. No chance in hell I could live on shakes, tuna and porridge.
Clearly gets you what you want so can't criticise though I suspect not healthful long-term.

Glad you've found another competition - that must be a relief.

when i last dieted strictly I ate tinned tuna and cottage cheese and a lot of green vegetables. My first meal is about 1pm-i have never been into breakfast. Ive got an Ab wheel which works quite well but as you say i never did a lot of Abs and they are quite thick. Thanks

I think competition preparation pretty much requires he eats what he does. A 'normal' bodybuilder or power lifter doesn't need to cut in the way he is at the moment most of the year.

[Burwood]

Certainly psychology at play with most strict regimes. It's like, if it's tasty i'm not punishing myself enough. But the reality is a stirfry or chilly ir even a fillet steak with broccoli is all about the calories and it can be very 'clean' At the end of the day, do what works. Hey, on my last significant weight drop i still had 2 double spirit drinks a night I fully accept the final contest prep is quite different-maybe drop it down to one drink a night

[didelydoo]

Burwood said:

Certainly psychology at play with most strict regimes. It's like, if it's tasty i'm not punishing myself enough. But the reality is a stirfry or chilly ir even a fillet steak with broccoli is all about the calories and it can be very 'clean' At the end of the day, do what works. Hey, on my last significant weight drop i still had 2 double spirit drinks a night I fully accept the final contest prep is quite different-maybe drop it down to one drink a night

Yup, I could make it much more exciting- cooking/prepping/spicing things provided it fits my macros/cals, many ways to skin a cat....But, I like my simple, regimented system of weights and measures. It's cheap and effortless, and fits in with my approach to things nicely (in fact, it probably only adds up to around £60 a month!) It's also incredibly easy to manipulate when required.

[Burwood]

Noticed you had a beard- that going south for the comp.

[Burwood]

PVAp is that correct, 30 odd years and no missed sessions. Bloody hell. Im mid 40's now. Started with weights at school when i was 15. Clean/Jerk stuff actually as our maths teacher was a commonwealth champion in the day. I trained bodybuilding style up until Uni days when i stopped for some reason. After that I trained again until 27 but i was never 6 days/strict. At this age i was 175cm/92 kg. carried a bit of fat, under 15% for sure. Creatine was the most potent thing i took. My brother was a junior champ in weight lifting, my great uncle was an olympic athlete. There must be some genetic stuff going on perhaps as we were all strong

One day in the gym (27yo) I was leg pressing some stupid weight and something went twang. Ripped a muscle and limped off home. Next morning my leg was blue and twice the size-turns out i tore a muscle which bled and then i got the blood clot. I was in hospital for weeks and needed physio for months. It took 4-5 years for me to get the courage to go back to the gym and go 'legs' (I should have gone straight back). Im now a pussy on the leg work. I wouldnt wish injury like that on anyone

[didelydoo]

Burwood said:

Noticed you had a beard- that going south for the comp.

No, beard has been there for many years, not going anywhere!

[JKING]

Leg session today
Back Squats
170kg x 2 single + 160kg x 2 doubles

Deadlifts
190kg x 5 doubles

BSS
25kg/side x 4 sets/ 10 side

Leg Extensions
5 sets

Seated Leg Curls
5 sets

[LordGrover]

Burwood said:

One day in the gym (27yo) I was leg pressing some stupid weight and something went twang. Ripped a muscle and limped off home. Next morning my leg was blue and twice the size-turns out i tore a muscle which bled and then i got the blood clot. I was in hospital for weeks and needed physio for months. It took 4-5 years for me to get the courage to go back to the gym and go 'legs' (I should have gone straight back). Im now a pussy on the leg work. I wouldnt wish injury like that on anyone

Cripes. Never heard of that before - sounds a trifle scary and would put most off for good.

[didelydoo]

Not been sleeping to great of late, ended getting up early, and thus going to the gym this morning at 0430......

got some posing practice in before a mammoth arm session.

https://instagram.com/p/8UyaS9rq71 - snippet here, Pvapour please critique (bear in mind, work in progress!)

[ewenm]

12 miles, 1000m climbing, 1h51m run in the Brecon Beacons on Wednesday, followed by 2 run-commutes (5.25mi each), before racing in the National Road Relay championships tomorrow.

Then starting to up the mileage and core work for winter to be strong and fast in the spring.

[MC Bodge]

MC Bodge said:

I made a sand bag from an old army kit bag and some sand from the builders' merchants.

It's only 37Kg, but it is very awkward to pick up compared to a barbell of similar mass.

I shall be using it for various lifts.

First impressions are that this will be good for functional, real-world lifting practice.

Second impression is that it is very, very smelly. The army surplus kit bag will be washed VERY thoroughly later.

[chris watton]

Today:

Warm up:
Hyperextensions - 1x20
DB Squats - 2x12


Squats - 5x5 (beltless)
Bench - 5x5
Power Cleans - 8x2
BB Overhead Press - 5x5
EZ BB Standing Curls - 5x5 (3 strict and 2 cheat)
Pendlay Row - 5x5
Rack Pull - 3x5

Hyperextensions - 1x12

ETA - completely fked!

Edited by chris watton on Friday 2nd October 16:52

[militantmandy]

Finally broke in the new squat rack today. New pb :-)

[Johnny]

Bench 10x10@60kg
Decline Bench 5x10@60kg
Incline Bench 5x10@60kg
Press Pullover@10kg/DB Press@10kg/Push Ups (First 2x10, push ups to failure)
Incline DB Flys 3x12@14kg

First time in the gym for a week. Been pumped all day after that.

[hman]

Joined a gym, cycles there, did 45 mins and cycled back. So 1hr 15mins total

Shouldn't have wolfed fish and chips an hour before though!