gry's log

[grywlf]

didn't go as well as i hoped but this is what i did
bench
165 x 10
175 x 5
155 x 8
last workout i did 205 for 5

preachers
80 x 9
90 x 4
80 x 7

tricep ez bar ex
80 x 15
100 x 8
100 x 8

hammer curls 45 db
45x 6
45x 7
45 x7

rev ez bar curls
80 x 8
80 x 8
posted 2 new pics on new bloghttp://gryshouse.blogspot.com/2005_0...e_archive.html

hope that went in right

[Minotaur]

Those are not shabby numbers! Don't worry about the bench workout. There are days when you can't get anywhere near your previous workouts, and days you advance. It happens all the time.

[ethernet_jock]

I - too - struggle massively with Bench. Just when I think I'm going up - sometimes I end up taking a 10-15lb step back down for 2-3 weeks before I get back up again.

There is seemingly no explanation other than - I wasn't actually ready for that weight other than having a singular very good day.

Just keep pushing hard - you'll get it. Bench is a difficult movement for anyone over 6'2" or so... you're not alone.

[ethernet_jock]

incidentally - those are GREAT bicep numbers! Good work!!

Great pictures too!! Those arms look quite a bit bigger than mine - are you sure about that cold/flex measurement?!

nice.

[grywlf]

thick but not much of a peak

[grywlf]

military press 6/28/05 5am
135x 5
135x 5
same thing with db
45's x 12
45's x 12

upright rows
135x8
135x7
135x7

bent over rows
165x 7
165x 7
165x 6

db lateralls
30's x 8
30's x 8
30's x 7

i worked late so i kept it brief i'll work out again when i get up

[grywlf]

had a couple hours before i have to be back at work got in a brief workout before
the afternoon heat got to me got to work 5pm- to 2am tonight so i don't think i will
be doing any late night workouts tonight been up since 10 am

bench
165 x 10
175 x 7
185 x 4
155 x 10

flat bench flys
30 x 12
35 x 12
35 x 10

preacher curls
80 x 5
80 x 7
60 x 10

[grywlf]

this week didn't go as planned but then i didn't plan to work 50+ hours this week either
military press
135x 5
145 x 1
115x 6
115x5

upright rows
135x 10
135x 8
115x 10

tricep ex
60x15
80x10
90x8

hoping next week to get back to a full shedule

bent over rows
165x9
175x 7
185x 5
155x 7

[grywlf]

bench
185 x 5
165 x 8
165 x 7
155 x 7

tricep ext
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 9

preacher curls
80 x 7
70 x 9
70 x 8

db flys
35,s x10
35's x 10
35's x 10

hammer curls
45's x 10
45's x 10
45's x 10

rev ez curls
70 x 10
80x 9
80x 9

things are starting to finally calm down at work hopefully now i can get back on my normal shedule after a nightmare week of sales with not enough staff i ended up having to work 12 hours on monday and ended up spending my day off resting my feet
before going back wensday last night i finally got out at a more normal time i didn't miss more then one workout this past week but the ones i had didn't go as well as i hoped still struggling with bench while all my other lifts seem to be climing
my diet hasn't been up to par with everything going on at work i had a hard time keeping up my food intake as a result i lost about 5 lbs think next time i bench i'll lower the weight a bit so i can get more reps see if that helps i already i have dropped over 40lbs off what i was doing full reps with a month ago bt not sure what else to do

[grywlf]

been sleeping more and eating a bit more like yesterday i ate a whole 12 "grilled chicken grinder never done that before but it seems to be helping

military press
135 x 7
145 x 4
150 x 2
135 x 4

upright rows
135x 10
145 x10
155 x 8

bent over rows
185 x 8
195 x 5
185 x 7

bench
185 x 6
175 x 7
155 x 10

my weight keeps jumping between 145-150 depending on the day in the week
but i'm getting stronger and my bf is down i think my biceps are finally getting a decent peak but the measure just over 16" now which is odd since i'm curling about 15-20lbs more since they were 16.5

on a side note the money i been saving for my bday think i may have to finally go clothes shopping my sneakers are dead all my pants don't fit right i don't have enough shirts that fit not to mention all my shirt are taking a beating at work
and one other thing someone at work well actaully 2 guys there suggested i join the **** lodge that they would sponser me i'm not into drinking but this lodge has a fullsize 24 hour gym in the back all the members have key cards while its a temping thought it on my street not sure this whould be a very safe idea been getting alot of complement at work and such lately so i think i'm doing well but this i'd really have to think about

[grywlf]

preacher curls
80 x 8
70 x 9
70 x 9

hammer curls
55's x 10
55's x 10
55's x 7

ez bar tri extentions
100 x 12
110 x 8
115 x 6

ez bar rev forearm curls

110 x 7
100 x 10
100 x 10

time about 40 mins
all my sets are going up except bench still not so hot
weight is still dropping only thing i can think of is either iam eating enough and my bf is dropping or i'm not eating enough and my gains will crash to a halt very soon

[ethernet_jock]

just keep eating hard and lifting hard with an emphasis on protein. Everyone's body goes through weight cycles to some degree and particularly in the summertime we're prone to lose some fat.

Keep up the hard work and while you may plateau occasionally on one part or another - if you push through - it'll always pick back up.

[ethernet_jock]

oddly and in stark contrast..... I went to the dr's office with my wife yesterday for one of her pregnancy checkups and I checked myself on their high-tech digital scale while we were waiting...

I'm up to 260!!

and yet - my waist has not increased... so I must be doing ok.

[grywlf]

my waist continues to shrink one of the reasons i have t go clothes shopping this week i may end up being the onlt person i know who spent the summer bulking and ended up with abs not quite yet but bf% seems to be heading that way

[ethernet_jock]

wow gry!! abs?! I wish I could say that. I'm still hovering right about 19% I'm sure... not too fat... but no where even remotely close to "ab" territory.

[grywlf]

before mid may i used to work out about 2 hours twice a week and about an hour into really drag i broke up my workout into 2 diffrent ones have more energry to work harder in shorter workout sleeping better and made better gain in the past
i felt like i was in a 2 year sticky point then i wasn't able to workout during the winter and ever summer became i mad dash to regain what i had in the past fall like i said before i made good gains everywhere except my bench i had something similer to a bowflex for safety in 99 a power bench or what they call a slide bench before i got my olympic one i broke the thing i was just started to bench over 300
on it when i came up with the idea which i though was good at the time to put the arm up alittle put 400lbs on the rack lie on the bench and use my feet on the bar which worked great for my legs till the whole rack arm part went crunch

[grywlf]

7/15/05

bench
185 x 6
175 x 7
175 x 6
155 x 8
135 x 8

upright rows
135 x 10
145 x 10
155 x 8
165 x 5

bent over rows
165 x 10
185 x 6
185 x 6

started off ok but heat got to me early and was still tried from work at least i did something though even though i really just wanted to sleep when i got home

[grywlf]

11/28
bench upright rows military press db side raises preacher curls
155 x 10 145 x 8 135 x 4 25 x 10 75 x 10
185 x 6 155 x 5 145 x 1 25 x 9 85 x 7
175 x 8 155 x 5 115 x 7 25 x 8 90 x 3

11/29 first time doing any leg work in months

leg curls leg ext bo rows tricep ext
45 x 15 70 x 15 185 x 7 90 x 15
65 x 4 95 x 12 195 x 5 100 x 12
55 x 7 105 x 12 195 x 5 110 x 9
135 x 10

11/30

upright rows bench military press preachers side db raises
155 x 7 175 x 8 135 x 5 85 x 8 25 x 10
165 x 6 175 x 6 115 x 10 90 x 3 25 x 10
165 x 6 175 x 5 115 x 9 65 x 10 25 x 9
135 x 10

think i should of waited a day before tonights workout i been doing so well i really wanted to push myself early in the week besides work wise i had a half day monday and was off all day wensday
p.s. check this out

from my log
10 /20 only a week or so after my 2 month break at this point i was down to 228 yesterday i was back up to 245
bench bent over rows military press 2 sets of 21's with 55
155 x 10 155x 7 95 x 10
165 x 7 155 x 7 105 x 6
175 x 2 155 x 5 115 x 3
155x 4
might not be doing as bad as i thought have to see how the next couple of weeks go

[grywlf]

didn't look like that on my screen before i posted it

[grywlf]

took it easy tonight just did a bit of leg work letting my back get some extra rest before tommorrow

leg ext
125 x 15
135 x 10
135 x 9

leg curls
70 x 8
55 x 10
55 x 10

[grywlf]

12/2/05
had a great workout really went well definatly gaining strength and size i wanted to get back to where i was before the break and zoomed right pass can't wait to workout tonight here last night's log

bent over rows
195 x 7
205 x 5
215 x 3
185 x 6

mititary press

135 x 8
135 x 7
135 x 5

upright rows

155 x 9
165 x 7
175 x 4
135 x 8

side db raises
30 x 10
30 x 8
30 x 8

[grywlf]

12/3/05
kept it brief i got to go in to work for someone tonight saved arms for tommorrow

bench
155 x 10
175 x 9
185 x 7

db flys
35 x 12
35 x 12
35 x 12

leg ext

135 x 10
145 x 12
155 x 9

leg curl
80 x 8
80 x 7
80 x 5

[grywlf]

well i was gonna do arms tonight but after this week between working out every day and work i'm just gonna go to bed early and get a fresh start for tommorrow
btw i'm up to 254 from 235 oct 7 should hit 260 before jan 1

[grywlf]

late night workout went well seem to be gain size and strength slower then last week but still gaining only problem was by the time i got to my arms i was getting tired may try doing arms on a seprate day next time

bent over rows
195 x 8
205 x 6
215 x 4
175 x 9

military press
135 x 7
145 x 4
155 x 1
115 x 9

upright rows
165 x 7
165 x 6
165 x 6

side db lateralls
30 x 10
30 x 9
30 x 9

preachers
85 x 8
85 x 7
65 x 10

tri ext
85 x 20
105 x 12
115 x 9

hammer curls
55's x 16
55's x 12
good thing i work in a resteraunt i ate like a fiend last week even with discounted food and sometime free food still having to give my boss about $10 a night

[grywlf]

12/8
awesome workout tonight tried something new bench wise and worked and felt great extra rest i had after last week probaly didn't hurt either
i did all my bench press set with chains tonight i was curios about why use chains
and i read up on it and tried it was suppose to buy 2 ft chains weighing a total of 30 i goofed and bought 15 i weighed em they felt more then that but that what the scale said so that what i went by hard to tell how much 5 ft will weigh when it still on the spool just gonna have to buy 2 more chains later

bench
155 + 15 lbs of chain x 10
175 + 15 lbs " x 7
185 + 15 lbs " x 4
185 + 15 lbs " x 4
165 + 15 lbs " x 10
165 + 15 lbs " x 9
yeah i had alot of fun with these

conct curls
55 db x 4

preachers
85 x 8
95 x 5
100 x 2

single hand preacher
35 x 15

leg curls
70 x 10
80 x 8
80 x 8

leg ex
155 x 10
165 x 8
165 x 9

hammer curls
55's x 20 (10 per arm )
55's x 16
55's x 14

[grywlf]

yesterday didn't go as well as i planned with fridays storm twice as much orders the usal this weekend didn't have time or energy to workout i didn't eat as much as i have been i got some extra rest and hoped for the best dropped about 4lbs this last week good if that was a goal but i been trying to bulk so that pretty bad
12/12

miltary press

135 x6
135 x 5
135 x 5

upright rows
155 x 9
155 x 7
155 x 6

laterall raises
30 x 8
30 x 7
30 x7

bent over rows
155 x 10
175 x 9
195 x 6

leg curls
70 x 10
70 x 7
70 x 7

leg ext

160 x 15
170x 10
180 x 10

leg ext are the only thing that went up everything else dropped a bit

[grywlf]

bench
175 x 10
185 x 8
135 x16

cont curl
45's x 10
55's x 3

preachers
90 x 8
85 x 7
60 x 10

rev curls
85 x 10
95 x 8
95 x 8

tri ext
115 x 12
120 x 10
125 x 9

hammer curls
55's x 20
55's x 18
55's x 14

[grywlf]

12/16
didn't have as much time as i'd hoped for today had a brief workout before running to work

military presses
115 x 10
135 x 7

upright rows
135 x 10
155 x 10

db lateralls

30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 10

[grywlf]

bench

155 x 10
175 x 8
185 x 6

bent over rows

185 x 10
205 x 7
225 x 4

preachers
95 x 6
85 x 9
90 x 6

hammer curls
65's x 14
65's x 14

ran outta time have to finish when i get home but i feel great bench dropped slightly again but everything else is up

[grywlf]

12/19

military presses
135 x 6
135 x 6
145 x 2
115 x 10

upright rows

155 x 10
175 x 7
185 x 5

db lateralls
30 x 10
30 x 10
30 x 8

leg curls
55 x 12
65 x 10
75 x 8

leg ext
180 x 10
205 x 7
190 x 9

everything went fine except mp were alittle weak today and still struggling with leg curls

[grywlf]

bench
175 x 10
185 x 8
195 x 4
185 x 7

bent over rows
195 x 9
205 x 7
225 x 5
dropped 40lb and did 5 more

preachers
90 x 5
85 x 6
85 x 6

tricep ext
105 x 12
105 x 12
105 x 12

hammer curls
65's x 18
65's x 16
65's x 12

forearm curls
105 x 10
105 x 8

bulk cycle ends in 3 days went much better then i'd thought it would not sure
what to do next don't really need to cut much but my elbows could use a holiday
from the heavy weights maybe be take it easier for a month then start hitting heavy again

[grywlf]

felt strange working out after almost 3 weeks off was lagging a bit in strength but it felt good to workout again my elbow felt a little wierd near the end may have to take it alittle easier next time till i get back up to speed

1/9/06

bench
135 x 10
155 x 10
185 x 8

inc bench
135 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 7

upright rows
155 x6
155x 8
155 x 7

bentover rows
185 x 10
205 x 5
185 x 7

side lateralls
35's x 8
35 's x 8