Quality log so far, I've only just found it. How heavy are these ****ing stones? Can you take pictures of them, or are they camera-shy ***s as well?
Maybe. Atlas stones they are not. I have one that is 10 stone/140lbs and 2 that are heavier than that (and many that are lighter - 2 that I use). The 10 stone one is great because it is nice and round, and I actually work out in my friend's garden. Transported the stones there last year. With the 10 stone stone I pick it up, hoist it on and above my shoulders and just walk until I drop. I'm sloppy as hell when it comes to detailing these things. I find bodybuilders to be slightly insane, though they are quite correct in attention to detail.
Half reps. **** rest. Used the board to stop the bar hiting my chest and a couple of my spotters. Did half reps on Smithy after that. And then went for a dip.
Have been managing press up everyday. 20*3 * 3 times a day. I have always advocated plyometrics, and but these are just controlled on the way up, slow on the way down. Going down to gym tonight. Military press, seated, with 40kg dumbells in each hand. To failure. Before I fail I tend to reduce the range of motion. Many advise against this, but if it allows you more weight for longer, I am for it. Rocky balboa push ups. Ball, pushing my left hand into the air to land on the ball, and then a repeat with the other arms. No idea how much will be able to do, but I work up from the small ball to the big one. Used to do clap press ups and ball press ups a lot when I was training for the pure purpose of upping by bench. Looking back on it, it was a huge waste of time - upping the bench to insane levels. I became mildly obsessed.
Weekend. Legs. If you are looking for mass I'd advise ass to ground, with as much as you can manage. I used to do ass to ground with 100kg (20 reps), and then 12 and then and then 15. Next time I would increase by minute amount. Then the next week I would max out. But for mass, it would be better to go down to 5 rep max. Mind you, the one rep max gives you confidence. So, plyometrics - depth jumps and jumping squats and some other stuff I have not decided on. Oh, and if you have never, ever squatted before. Never be afraid to use leg-press to begin with. Leg press and deadlift. People scoff at it because it is not macho enough and promtes less than perfect form. I don't have time for ******ed macho BS. It helped me. By the way, ass always goes to ground, or as far as it can go.
Managed to get a 45 minute jog in too. Some down hill and some up. I forgot I good running felt. Had heavy boots on too, like Ali :yep
Friday nigth. Sex with a woman. Will be going to the gym tomorrow for running on the treadmill and working the bag but later I will have more sex with a woman. I feel like young fit Hugh Hefner.
Sunday. Barbell shoulder press. 8 sets. Light to heavy to light. Got up to something close to a 2-rep max. Push ups. Push ups with a dip. Push up with weights on our back. Lots of push ups. Sat on a flat bench and had someone changing the weights. 20 sets * three. Wide grip cable pull downs. 8 sets. Low to High to low. I never go to high weight on this exercise. "Low" means 5 reps. Maybe 4. 6 2 minute rounds on the bag. No rest - just sit ups whilst my partner used the bag. Practiced some punches. Left hook to the body. Ran a mile and raced my partner. He beat me. He is strong but weighs 5 stone lighter than me. Stone is 14 lbs. Good mornings for the back since I left them out last time I did Deadlifts. Swimming, front crawl for a little while. Just chilling. Just finished 3 sets of tennis. 2-1 me. :happy:happy:happy Ps. Andy Murray is a ****ing cry babby bum and should retire.
Flat bench. Warm up (stretching, push ups, 20 reps, 12 reps - 5 minute in - over 5 minute. We stretch a lot). Heavy weight stacked. No lift off. 4 reps. 3 min break. Up weight. 1 rep. Break. Up weight. 1 rep. Break. Up weight. 1 rep max. Failed. It was a basic error. 5 minutes of stretching. 1 rep max completed :happy **** off to the Sauna and Steam Room.
About to go to the gym with a plan to lift a lot and lift heavy. I will detail this when I get back. It will show you how to get big, strong, good looking etc.
Rows, rows and more rows. Dumbell rows. 8 Sets each side. High low High (rep wise) Two arm cable rows, both narrow and wide grip. These are seated and legs are pressed against a board. Love them and did a 4 rep max with 12 sets in total, all to failure. More sets were done in the warm up phase for this exercise. Cable pull downs. Light weight. 3 sets behind neck, 3 to chest. Narrow grip pull ups. 12 reps. 6 sets. Dumbell raises just to work the pump. Squats. warm up 20 reps. 4 reps. increase weight 4 reps. increase weight. 1 rep. increase weight. 1 rep near max. 12 reps to warm down with stretching. Plyometrics in the studio. Jumping jacks with weights and skipping. Nothing serious after the workout. We then took the 50kg dumbells into the studio and walked back and forth for as long as we could. edit: Deadlifts too and dumbell bench too. Was doing one rep max bench the other day so I took it easy but hit out a good 5 reps. Did 5 sets of 4 sumo deadlifts. We then said **** it and hit the shower. Not much of a plan. What plan we had was broken. We just worked until we dropped. That is how you do it (if you are a man who is not obsessed about his fitness).
19th. Two sessions. 3 mile run. dips * 6 sets to failure, 10 sets of crunches to failure. Had a lot of junk food and cocktails and whiskey with friends. Back to gym: 50 lengths of 25 metre pool.