Daily Log to 2019 Show Season

That's a good place to be, probably won't have to go below 2000 calories since you timed the start of your prep to begin when your metabolism was in overdrive from the progressive food intake that even small adjustments to meals like reducing carbs or portions can give you really good fat burn.

Seems like this is what a lot of good coaches are doing, at least the ones using up-to-date/current methods - build a metabolic furnace in the off-season by increasing food intake progressively, then when it's time to diet make small adjustments on a weekly basis until shredded lol.
Simplifies the whole equation if your offseason is productive and full of food.

Probably not guna have to fuck with carb cycling, being carb free for more than just the depletion period, etc.
 
Delts/arm pump

Shoulders i hit hard, but all the arm sets were pump based, nothing too heavy or to extreme failure.

1. DB Laterals - 4x8-15
2. HS Shoulder Press - 4-5 sets warming up to heaviest 6-8 rep set into a drop set
3. Upright Rows - 3x8-12 with final set being a double drop set
4. Rear Delt DB Rows - 3x8-12
5. Seated Lateral Raise Machine (single Arm) - 2x12–5
6. Rear Delt Pec Deck - 2x12
7. Dip Machine - 3x12-15
8. Vbar Pushdowns - 3x10-12
9. Overhead Cable Extension (single Arm) - 3x8-12
10. DB Hammer Curl - 3x8-15
11. DB Curl - 2x8-12
 
Making a split change, as I’ve been running the 4 day rotation for a while. Recovery will also be slowing down as food drops, so trying to stay ahead of that.

Thinking about the following

1. Back (w/ rack pulls)/abs
2. Chest/calves
3. Legs (quad focus with squats)
4. Off
5. Arms/abs
6. Legs (ham focus with deadlifts)
7. Shoulders/calves/(maybe chest pump added)
8. Off
 
Back/abs
Warmup: Pulldowns SS Seated Cable Rows 3x12ea
1. Pull-ups - 3x10 + 1xFailure
2. Barbell Rows - 3x8 + 1xFailure
3. Parallel Grip Pulldowns - 2x12–15, 1xFailure
4. Chest Supported Tbar Row (D-handles hooked to grips, shown below) - 2x10, 1xFailure
5. Wide Mag-Grip Pulldowns (mildly pronated) - 3x12–15
6. Rack Pulls (below knee) - 4x6-10
7. HS Pullovers - 2x15 (stretch focus)
8. Kings Chair Leg Raises - 2x12
9. Crunch Machine - 2x12

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Back/abs
Warmup: Pulldowns SS Seated Cable Rows 3x12ea
1. Pull-ups - 3x10 + 1xFailure
2. Barbell Rows - 3x8 + 1xFailure
3. Parallel Grip Pulldowns - 2x12–15, 1xFailure
4. Chest Supported Tbar Row (D-handles hooked to grips, shown below) - 2x10, 1xFailure
5. Wide Mag-Grip Pulldowns (mildly pronated) - 3x12–15
6. Rack Pulls (below knee) - 4x6-10
7. HS Pullovers - 2x15 (stretch focus)
8. Kings Chair Leg Raises - 2x12
9. Crunch Machine - 2x12

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As I expected, not nearly as bad as you probably think. A posing adjustment alone would make a world of difference but I'm sure you'll be addressing that at some point. Thanks for the post.

I do like your idea for the mandatory poses being used regularly for pics also. Keep grinding man, you've got a lot of guys in your corner pulling for you.
 
As I expected, not nearly as bad as you probably think. A posing adjustment alone would make a world of difference but I'm sure you'll be addressing that at some point. Thanks for the post.

I do like your idea for the mandatory poses being used regularly for pics also. Keep grinding man, you've got a lot of guys in your corner pulling for you.
Open to suggestions. I’ve fucked with this a lot.
 
Why the equipoise my man?
I’m very far out from the actual nationals appearance, its always treated me well, and we aren’t peaking 100% for the qualifier. It’s also been a long time now since I’ve run it. Always provided a nice supplement to my base test until the heavier stack hits (tren, mast, prov, Var, winny, anadrol, whatever we decide on).
 
Chest/Calves
Activation/Warm up: Standing Cable Flye (slightly below to slightly above shoulder) - 4x12
1. Incline Bench Press - 3x8-12, 1xFailure at 6-8, double drop set by a plate each time
2. Slight Incline DB Press - 3x10-12, 1xFailure at 10-12
3. Seated Cable Flyes - 3x12-15, 1xFailure at 8-10
4. Wide HS Press - 5x10-15
5. Seated Calf Press - 5x10-15, 12xFailure at 6-10
6. Seated Calf Raise - 4x15

Hopefully I’m diligent with it, but you guys should notice number of failure sets varying with muscle group size/complexity.
 
Want to emulate what you’ve done basically, you’re living my dream right now chasing that pro card. I’m quite a bit away right now but looking to prep next year.. was a great read full of info
Happy to provide some insight then. Just remember your journey is yours. Take what works, scrap what doesn’t.
 
Making a split change, as I’ve been running the 4 day rotation for a while. Recovery will also be slowing down as food drops, so trying to stay ahead of that.

Thinking about the following

1. Back (w/ rack pulls)/abs
2. Chest/calves
3. Legs (quad focus with squats)
4. Off
5. Arms/abs
6. Legs (ham focus with deadlifts)
7. Shoulders/calves/(maybe chest pump added)
8. Off

You must have an iron lower back. Deadlift, rack pulls and squats all in the same week would wreck me.

Do you wave intensity or RPE for each?
 
You must have an iron lower back. Deadlift, rack pulls and squats all in the same week would wreck me.

Do you wave intensity or RPE for each?
Whether or not they’re all included each week will vary. Probably never all 3, but will be by feel. My squats are pretty damn upright, and generally doesn’t bother me unless I’m on an oral pumping my erectors up like crazy.

Squats go from as high as 15-20 reps to as low as 6-8. DLs never over 10. Rack pulls usually 6-8. Intensity would vary with where they are in the workout.
 
Quad Focus Legs
1. Leg Press (moderately narrow stance) - sets of 10 by 2 plates each side until 10 reps is failure, then repeat failure set, 6-7 sets total
2. Lying Leg Curl - 5x8-15 with 15 partials on the last set
3. Back Squats - 5x12-15 ascending in weight
4. Single Leg Extensions (back and forth, nonstop, 4 times, 10 reps each leg)

35m stairs

Sleep has been shit this week, so weight loss on the scale has stagnated a bit and training and cardio lacking some intensity.
 
Back/abs
Warmup: Pulldowns SS Seated Cable Rows 3x12ea
1. Pull-ups - 3x10 + 1xFailure
2. Barbell Rows - 3x8 + 1xFailure
3. Parallel Grip Pulldowns - 2x12–15, 1xFailure
4. Chest Supported Tbar Row (D-handles hooked to grips, shown below) - 2x10, 1xFailure
5. Wide Mag-Grip Pulldowns (mildly pronated) - 3x12–15
6. Rack Pulls (below knee) - 4x6-10
7. HS Pullovers - 2x15 (stretch focus)
8. Kings Chair Leg Raises - 2x12
9. Crunch Machine - 2x12

@fodsod
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I had been wondering who you look like, it just hit me! You like a juicy version (well a more juicy version) of that Canadian UFC fighter George St. Pierre! May have to start calling you GSP!
 
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