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Week: 4
Date: Tuesday 7/12/16
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: Heavy Hammer Gym
Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf
Working Sets:
Wide Grip Bench Press – 215x3x1/fail, 12/12/12 reps, +1 rating
Underhand EZ Bar Row - 140x3x1/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Crunches - Bodyweightx2x1/fail, 35/35 reps
Accessories:
Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 40x70x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 65x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Calf Raise - 325x4x25 - 25/25/25/25 reps
Daily "Selfie" -
This is my new 22nd Street Barbell T-shirt. It is a great shirt for lifting. Stretchy and light weight. Also pictured: SBD Elbow Sleeves, Strong(er) Lever Belt, Little People Farm, Nick's shoe, camera trip-pod.
Volume has still been too high for my legs. Program cut out my Front Squats again for today. Hopefully tomorrow they will go well. Tried to do some benching with my belt on to see how that felt. I actually kind of liked the extra pressure. Maybe if I had a single pronged, 10mm belt it would feel a little better. This 13mm lever is a little thick for benching.
Here is the link to the video -
Heavy Hammer Gym: Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 4: 7/12/16
Week: 2 Date: Tuesday 6/28/16 Time: 10:30 am Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: Front Squat – 210x4x3/fail, 9/9/9/9 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 385x2x3/fail, 7/10 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Planks – bodyweightx3x35sec Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 30/80x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/ Straps – 230x3x3/fail (used Pro-Versa Wraps) Daily "Selfie":Mt. Avengers. Mt.Rushmore of Avengers T-Shirt. It has Avengers superheroes instead of the presidents on Mt.Rushmore. I hope you have that clearly now. I am pretty sure I got this shirt at Wal-Mart. Flip-Flops... I watched out for my back on Front squats and especially on Block Pulls. I used a belt on Block Pulls and I only tightened it enough so that I could still fit my hand through it. This allowed me to get into a good position while still giving me enough back protection. (I know that the belt, especially being loose, doesn't help much with actual back support, but is more for intra-abdominal pressure. It is a psychological thing for me.) Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: Heavy Hammer Gym - Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 2: 6/28/16
Week: 2 Date: Monday 6/27/16 Time: 11:00 am Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: Wide Grip Bench Press - 205x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps, 1 rating Front Squat – 210x1x3/fail, 12 reps, 0 rating Underhand EZ Bar Row – 130x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Crunches – bodyweightx3x3/fail, 20/20 reps Accessories: Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 30/60x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps BB Wrist Curl/Ext. – 50x3x3/fail Calf Raises - Bodyweight+20x3x30 Daily "Selfie":Kicking Mass & Taking Names Cut-off. This was our summer volleyball shirt from last year. Our team is made up of parishioners from our Catholic church, hence the Kicking "Mass" part. Red, High Top, Converse shoes I've had since before high school. Back felt much better. I did a 10 min back stretching video before the workout and it really helped. I might work that in a few times a week now. Bench press is still feeling really easy while squats are getting harder. I am finished with Week 1 now and I feel that my muscles have adapted (very slightly) to the new volume and rep scheme. Hopefully that will get better and better. Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: Heavy Hammer Gym - Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 1: 6/27/16
Week: 1 Date: Friday 6/24/16 Time: 12:30 pm Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: High Bar Squat - 355x3x3/fail, 6/6/6 reps, -1 (really hard today) Wide Grip Bench Press – 155x2x1/2 Mondays reps, 6/6 reps, 1 rating One Arm DB Row – 75x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps BB Upright Row - 90x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Crunches – bodyweightx3x3/fail, 20/20 reps Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 25/75x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps DIY Wrist Roller – 45x3 Calf Raises - Bodyweightx9x10 Daily "Selfie":Crusaders: Bash at the Barefoot 2007 Cut-off. The was a high school reunion type of party I went to almost 10 years ago. Flip-flops... Back felt tight, but after a few sets of squats it started to loosen up. It was a bit sore the whole time, but manageable. Some of the movements each day are starting to get hard while others are still really easy. I am not sure how the program will auto regulate this, but I trust it and the great staff at Renaissance Periodization. Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: Heavy Hammer Gym - Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 1: 6/24/16
Week: 1 Date: Tuesday 6/21/16 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: Front Squat – 200x5x3/fail, 8/8/7/7/7 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 365x2x3/fail, 7/8 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise – 20x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Planks – bodyweightx2, 30sec/30sec Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 25/75x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/straps (used new Ludus Magnus straps from www.wenningstrength.com ) – 225x3x3/fail, 12/12/12
Daily "Selfie":
Tough As Nails T-shirt. Flip-Flops... I feel that this new style of full-body hypertrophy training is going to kill me. I have never trained this way before. I hate reps higher than 5 (I am a powerlifter you know). This is going to take some getting used to. That being said, I have been having fun with some new exercises and have actually been hitting most of my reps. I feel that this training will really help with my muscular endurance (not a lot of endurance, but better than what I currently have) and give me some GAINZ in the muscle size department. My quads are sore after two days of front squats, but not as bad as I thought they would be. Maybe they will be worse tomorrow. Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu__D3O2-lc
After a long hiatus from blogging I have decided to return to the world of digital journaling. (thats basically what my blog is) I have begun a new training program supplied by Renaissance Periodization. It will include a 15 week Hypertrophy Block, a 12-16 week Strength Block, and a 4 week Peaking Block before my next competition. I just started week 1/workout 1 today. Check out the blog entitled Hypertrophy Block 6/20/16 if you want to see what it included. I will try to do a better job next time discussing my feelings (like a social justice warrior/triggered person) next time on how I think that particular training session went. I will also resume my book reviews and product reviews. I have started DIY (Do-It-Yourself) pre-workout and post-workout supplements and will review that process too, as well as give you an easy receipe you could follow. I will also post DIY projects that I have been working on in regards to equipment or gym accessories. Hopefully, I will also start posting videos again and I will introduce you to my new training partner Nick. This is just a heads up. Look for more posts coming soon.
PS: Here is my daily selfie coming back. This is a shirt I got for helping carry the giant Warner Bros balloon during a parade a few years back.
