Hawkins
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I was a surg tech for 5 years. It’s good money. Especially if you don’t mind a little over time...
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Ascendance: DrankSlangin’s Training Journal
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I was a surg tech for 5 years. It’s good money. Especially if you don’t mind a little over time...
Morefyah
Banned
Ha, 5 am that’s what time I go to bed.
Seriously though I gotta give it to you man!
That’s a lot of life to juggle and you seem to be finding the right amount of balance.
Shitfaced what’s that?
Lol the story of my life up until I woke up and changed my ways. Which ironically happen to happen the same time I started AAS, about 6-7 years ago.Same my whole life changed! I am lucky too be able to say I have LIVED! I am able to accept the good along with the bad now and it is is liberating. No time to dwell on things we can’t change.
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It’s a career that really interests me and i’ll be all for some extra hours and money.
Ha, 5 am that’s what time I go to bed.
Seriously though I gotta give it to you man!
That’s a lot of life to juggle and you seem to be finding the right amount of balance.
Shitfaced what’s that?
Same my whole life changed! I am lucky too be able to say I have LIVED! I am able to accept the good along with the bad now and it is is liberating. No time to dwell on things we can’t change.
Well said my brother. We definitely have similar stories, especially coming from service industry. I hated the late shifts after I sobered up. The $$ of course is nice when you work until close, but I got burned out after 16 years of it. Hopefully you won’t burn out! The $$ will always be great and if you can do it sober, more power to you!
Week 7 Day 4
LEGS
Lying Leg Curls
Reps: 8 full, 8 partial from stretched position
4 warm up sets
95x8 + 8 partials
95x8 + 8 partials
95x8 + 8 partials
Adductor Machine
100x15
100x15
100x15
Bulgarian Split Squats
bodyweight x10
bodyweight x10
20x8
35x8
55x8
Drop set of death: 55x8 + 8sec isohold, drop, 35x8 + 8sec isohold, drop, 20x8 + 8sec isohold
Hack Squats 1.5s
90x8
90x8
90x8
Front Squats
155x8
155x8
155x6 barbell slipping from shoulder
155x6 barbell slipping from shoulder fuck!
SLDL
185x12
185x12
Front squats! If I could just keep the fucking bar on my shoulders, I could push the weight! I love these, seemingly easier on my ailing hip flexors and can get balls deep on these, like ass almost touching the floor. How are they easier on hip flexors? Or perhaps they are almost fully recovered.
Strong day, I’m thinking my hamstrings have put on a bit of size. They pump better and I’m way stronger with a bigger range of motion on SLDLs than when I started Carnage.
LEGS
Lying Leg Curls
Reps: 8 full, 8 partial from stretched position
4 warm up sets
95x8 + 8 partials
95x8 + 8 partials
95x8 + 8 partials
Adductor Machine
100x15
100x15
100x15
Bulgarian Split Squats
bodyweight x10
bodyweight x10
20x8
35x8
55x8
Drop set of death: 55x8 + 8sec isohold, drop, 35x8 + 8sec isohold, drop, 20x8 + 8sec isohold
Hack Squats 1.5s
90x8
90x8
90x8
Front Squats
155x8
155x8
155x6 barbell slipping from shoulder
155x6 barbell slipping from shoulder fuck!
SLDL
185x12
185x12
Front squats! If I could just keep the fucking bar on my shoulders, I could push the weight! I love these, seemingly easier on my ailing hip flexors and can get balls deep on these, like ass almost touching the floor. How are they easier on hip flexors? Or perhaps they are almost fully recovered.
Strong day, I’m thinking my hamstrings have put on a bit of size. They pump better and I’m way stronger with a bigger range of motion on SLDLs than when I started Carnage.
Weight or reps:
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
FourOneDeuxFitt
Member
Front squats are tricky for me too man. I’ve been using a smith machine when they pop up til I can get more comfortable with them. Last thing I wanna do is drop the bar haha. Damn good workout tho. Numbers are going up!
There was a guy in the power rack next to me doing front squats and we talked a bit in between sets about how nobody does em. He was a noob to them too just like me so he didn’t have any tips when I asked ha.
I’m able to battle through the drop set of death pretty well now. I’m not saying it’s easier by any means, but you know how mental it is... once the mind is conditioned to a certain type of pain, it’s easier to embrace it.
FourOneDeuxFitt
Member
Absolutely. Your killing it !
Morefyah
Banned
Yeah front squats are weird. I experimented just yesterday with double kettle front squats and there were less awkward then using a barbell. Lol, I’m still not trying to get in to cross fit.
Yeah front squats are weird. I experimented just yesterday with double kettle front squats and there were less awkward then using a barbell. Lol, I’m still not trying to get in to cross fit.
Hahaha
yeah you don’t look like the cross fit type my man.
FourOneDeuxFitt
Member
I’ve tried cross fit on a few different occasions. It has its place for certain people. Not for me though haha. It literally beat the shit outta me. Not even gonna lie. This was also about 6-7 years ago and I wasn’t in nearly the shape I am now but even so. I was sore for DAYS. Legs especially from what I remember all those f****n squats and power cleans and overhead Barbell squats and shit.Yeah front squats are weird. I experimented just yesterday with double kettle front squats and there were less awkward then using a barbell. Lol, I’m still not trying to get in to cross fit.
Morefyah
Banned
My joints cringe when I see people doing power cleans and snatches. I don’t get it?
Seems like so much stress on your wrists and elbows, oh and locking out the knees.
Olympic lifts for high reps, fuckin brutal. Doesn’t seem like cross fit aligns with goals to put on size. Lose fat, yes. Overtrain... I would think so.
FourOneDeuxFitt
Member
I’m not a fan whatsoever
Chest day off
Chest days - due to my pec tear, they are my least favorite days while everyone else considers Monday “International Chest Day”. Where they get in line for a bench and everyone has a great time and crushes bench and brags about their numbers and it almost turns into a bench press circle jerk. Fuck that shit. I do legs on Monday. Power racks are wide open.
But today is Friday, the 2nd weekly chest day in Carnage, and I’m taking it off. My left anterior deltoid is overworked due to carrying the load of a couple heavy barbell bench weeks. DBs are better for my situation so I don’t become too unbalanced, but that will always be an issue with my chest unfortunately. But no excuses. I may never have a great chest, but it will be the best that I can possibly develop it. And the best way for me to do that today is give my left shoulder a breather.
Chest days - due to my pec tear, they are my least favorite days while everyone else considers Monday “International Chest Day”. Where they get in line for a bench and everyone has a great time and crushes bench and brags about their numbers and it almost turns into a bench press circle jerk. Fuck that shit. I do legs on Monday. Power racks are wide open.
But today is Friday, the 2nd weekly chest day in Carnage, and I’m taking it off. My left anterior deltoid is overworked due to carrying the load of a couple heavy barbell bench weeks. DBs are better for my situation so I don’t become too unbalanced, but that will always be an issue with my chest unfortunately. But no excuses. I may never have a great chest, but it will be the best that I can possibly develop it. And the best way for me to do that today is give my left shoulder a breather.
FourOneDeuxFitt
Member
If the dumbbells work better and take some stress off of your shoulder/Pec I would honestly just sub them in for Barbell work man indefinitely. Why risk injury ya know. Your still gonna get the same results if not better with dumbbells and using more muscle recruitment anyways for that movement vs Barbell.
That’s a great idea and I agree, if it’s the best thing for my situation, why not replace barbell presses with DBs at all times. My right pec is nowhere near my left in strength and size/proportion, why keep the imbalance by pressing with a barbell? Makes a lot of sense my man, thanks for the advice. I will take you up on that.
Morefyah
Banned
Sorry to hear that your pec/Shoulder is giving you a hard time. Heavy barbell work will definitely reak havoc on your rotator cuff and shoulders. The phat program I’m running has ZERO barbell chest or shoulder press exercises. I think it’s for good reason and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that I’ve had zero issues. I still throw incline barbell chest presses in every other week or so. Just take it slow man.
Thanks man. Yeah all the rotator cuff and anterior delt warm ups aren’t going to save my left shoulder from trying to pick up the slack from my torn right pec. I’m totally with you guys, no more barbell pressing for me.
