Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder..

[sosso]

02/02/12-Floor Press Day

Floor Press
5 x 40 kg
3 x 60 kg
5 x 70 kg
3 x 77.5 kg
>1 x 87.5 kg (6)

Incline Bench
5 x 57.5 kg
5 x 67.5 kg
5 x 77.5 kg

Lat Pulldowns
8 x 50 kg
8 x 70 kg
8 x 80 kg

Dips
3 x 10

Curls
3 x 10 x 45 kg

[sosso]

03/02/12-Squat Day

Squat
5 x 60 kg
5 x 80 kg
5 x 117.5 kg
3 x 135 kg
>1 x 150 kg (4)

Comfy.

SLDL
5 x 60 kg
5 x 90 kg
5 x 100 kg
5 x 110 kg

Some abs.

So that was the last time I'll train at this gym, apart from whenever I come back to Newcastle to visit. I'm moving on Sunday and starting a new job on the 13th.

[knackers]

No crazy maxout session to close out your last session

New town, new gym, where are you going to be training?

[sosso]

No I thought I would save my legs for today because I'm moving furniture etc. I got a job as a registered nurse at Tamworth Hospital so I'll be living there for a year. Going to build a house at some point, live in it for a while then get some tenants in it and will probably move back here or to Sydney. That's the plan anyway. There's a few decent gyms in Tamworth. My parents paid for the first three months membership as a Christmas present.

[sosso]

I'm back in my home town now. I moved here yesterday and I'm still getting myself set up. It feels kinda strange to be back after 7 years of living out of home down in Newcastle. I moved there when I was 19 and now I'm almost 26. Not that I hadn't been back in that time, but to be actually living here again feels a bit surreal. Not sure how long I'll be here. It might just be a year and then I'll see where my job takes me. It's a nice town and still feels like home. Everything here just feels nicer I guess. Less dirty, less noisy, less busy etc.. Aaanyway... I start work next Monday. Today I went and activated the gym membership I got for Christmas.

Cycle 2, Week 4 - Deload

06/02/12-Press Day

Press
3 x 40 kg
3 x 50 kg
3 x 60 kg

CG Bench
3 x 5 x 60 kg

Seated Rows
3 x 10

Dips
3 x 5

Dumbbell Curls
3 x 8 x 35 lbs

[sosso]

07/02/12-Deadlift Day

Deadlift
3 x 60 kg
3 x 100 kg
3 x 117.5 kg
3 x 135 kg
3 x 150 kg

Front Squat
3 x 5 x 60 kg

Hyperextensions
3 x 12

Done in less than half an hour.

Might have to start using the plates that are in pounds in the next cycle. The gear they have at this gym is pretty old school and awesome, but the newer kilo plates they have are octagonal. Which idiot thought it would be a good idea to make plates in that shape? Will have to do some converting of weights, but will be fine.

[sosso]

09/02/12

I wanted to test my bench 1RM, because I'll be doing bench instead of floor press from now on.

5 x 135 lbs
3 x 185 lbs
3 x 205 lbs
1 x 225 lbs
1 x 245 lbs
3 x 205 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
12 x 135 lbs

I guess 245 is a PB since it's 111 kg, but I'm not going to count a 1kg PB for the strength table.

Looking back I probably should've done less reps warming up and might have got more, but that will do as a starting point for the next cycle.

Dumbbell Bench
8 x 50 lbs
8 x 70 lbs
6 x 75 lbs
6 x 80 lbs
5 x 85 lbs

Iso-Lateral Low Row Machine
10 x 1 plate each side
10 x 1.5 plates
10 x 2 plates

Done.

[JP]

1kg is 1 more than PB = new pb

[sosso]

Haha yeah, not going to bother anyone to update the strength table for 1kg though.

10/02/12-Squat Day

Squat
3 x 135 lbs
3 x 185 lbs
3 x 225 lbs
3 x 260 lbs
3 x 295 lbs

SLDL
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 225 lbs

Hyperextensions
3 x 12

Another deload week finished. Cycle 3 starts on Monday. So does my new job.

[sosso]

Cycle 3, Week 1

13/02/12-Press Day

Press
5 x 90 lbs
5 x 110 lbs
5 x 125 lbs
>5 x 140 lbs (8)

CG Bench
10 x 120 lbs
10 x 145 lbs
10 x 165 lbs

Iso-Lateral Low Row Machine
10 x 1 plate each side
10 x 1.5 plates " "
10 x 2 plates " "
10 x 2.5 plates " "

Pushdowns
3 x 10 x 43. something - weird machine. Weights not in KG.. Felt like 85-90

Dumbbell Curls - no rest btw sets
10 x 30 lbs
10 x 35 lbs
10 x 40 lbs

[sosso]

14/02/12-Deadlift Day

Deadlift
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 225 lbs
5 x 255 lbs
5 x 295 lbs
>5 x 335 lbs (8)

Front Squat
10 x 155 lbs
10 x 175 lbs
10 x 200 lbs

Almost died.

Hyperextensions
12
12 + 10 kg
12 + 10 kg

[sosso]

16/02/12-Bench Day

Bench
5 x 140 lbs
5 x 160 lbs
>5 x 185 lbs (10)

Incline Bench
10 x 100 lbs
10 x 120 lbs
10 x 145 lbs

Lat Pulldowns
3 x 12 - Don't know the weights.. they're just weird numbers

Some curls & tricep stuff.

[sosso]

18/02/12-Squat Day

It was my birthday yesterday, so I didn't get to the gym.

Squat
5 x 135 lbs
5 x 185 lbs
5 x 235 lbs
5 x 270 lbs
>5 x 305 lbs (7)

SLDL
10 x 185 lbs
10 x 205 lbs
10 x 225 lbs

Hyperextensions
2 x 12 BW
1 x 12 + 15 kg

[sosso]

20/02/12-Press Day

Press
5 x 95 lbs
3 x 120 lbs
3 x 135 lbs
>3 x 155 lbs (6) PB

Close Grip Bench
8 x 145 lbs
8 x 165 lbs
6 x 185 lbs

Iso-Lateral Low Row Machine
10 x 20 kg each side
10 x 40 kg " "
10 x 50 kg " "
8 x 60 kg " "
12 x 30 kg " "

Dumbbell Bench (palms in)
5 x 75 lb DB's
5 x 80 lb " "
5 x 85 lb " "
5 x 90 lb " "

[JP]

i thought you can do anything you want on your own birthday?

i always train on my b day

happy birthday big man!