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
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Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 3: Vacation Training
Posted: July 13, 2016 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: 1 Arm DB, 22BB, 22nd Street Barbell, Arms, Back, Barbell, Bench, Bench Press, Biceps, Block Pulls, Bulldog, Calves, Curl, Curls, Cut-off, Daily "Selfie", DB, DB Lateral Raise, Deadlift, Deadlift Blocks, Deltoids, Delts, Des Moines IA, EZ Bar, French Press, Friday, Front Squat, Gainz, Hammer Curl, High Bar, Hips, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Hypertrophy Mesocycle, Jesup Gym Equipment, Jesup IA, Lifting Straps, Low Bar, Monday, Overhead Press, Preacher, Renaissance Hypertrophy, Row, Rows, Saturday, Selfie, Shoulders, Shrugs, Squat, Straps, Tank, Thursday, Traps, Triceps, Tuesday, Underhand EZ Bar Row, Upright Rows, Vacation, Volume, Wednesday, Week 2, Week 3, Wide Grip, Wrist Curl
Sorry it has been a little over a week since I have posted. My wife and I took our daughter on a little vacation. We went to Des Moines, IA (Polk City) and stayed with my in-laws. While we were there we went to an Iowa Cubs game and visited the Blank Park Zoo and Living History Farms while spending a lot of time with my wife's family. It was a fun 10 day vacation. The best part about it was not missing a day of training. The owner of 22nd Street Barbell in Des Moines was kind enough to let me train at their gym while I was on vacation. It was a great place and I will do a post about their gym later. On to my Training Journal:
Week: 2
Date: Friday 7/2/16
Time: 9:00 am
Location: Jesup Gym Equipment, Jesup, IA
Training Partner: None
Working Sets:
High Bar Squat – 375x3x3/fail, 6/6/6 reps, -1 rating
Wide Grip Bench Press – 185x2x6, 6/6 reps, +1 rating
One Arm DB Row - 80x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps
Barbell Upright Row - 95x2x3/fail, 12/12
Accessories:
Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 30/80x3x3/fail, 10/12/12 reps
Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 50x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Calf Press - 300x3x3/fail - 30/30/30 reps
Daily "Selfie" -
This is a picture of me in my Jesup Gym Cut-off, however, I took this one day while training at 22nd Street Barbell, hence the 22BB hat.
Week: 3
Date: Monday 7/4/16
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA
Training Partner: None
Working Sets:
Wide Grip Bench Press – 210x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps, +1 rating
Underhand EZ Bar Row - 135x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Accessories:
Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 35x70x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 60x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps
Calf Raise - 315x3x3/fail - 20/20/20 reps
Week: 3 Date: Wednesday 7/6/16 Time: 3:00 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: Front Squat – 215x3x2/fail, 9/10/10 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 390x2x2/fail, 8/10 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 35/85x3x3/fail, 12/12/10 reps Shrugs w/Straps - 245x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps
Week: 3 Date: Thursday 7/7/16 Time: 6:45 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: Tank the Bulldog Working Sets: Overhead Press – 155x7x2/fail, 10,10,9,8,8,8,8 reps, 0 rating Underhand EZ Bar Row – 335x2x2/fail, 12/12 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: EZ Bar Curl/Overhead Machine Ext. superset – 85/65x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 60x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps Calf Raise - 315x3x3/fail - 20/20/20 reps
Week: 3 Date: Friday 7/8/16 Time: 5:30 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: Block Pull – 390x3x2/fail, 8/8/8 reps, 0 rating Low Bar Good Morning - 95x2x2/fail - 12/12 reps Barbell Upright Row - 95x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 35/65x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/Straps - 245x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps
Week: 3 Date: Saturday 7/9/16 Time: 6:30 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: High Bar Squat – 380x3x2/fail, 6/6/6 reps, -1 rating Wide Grip Bench Press - 190x2x6 - 6/6 reps, +1 rating One Arm DB Row – 80x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps, 0 rating Barbell Upright Row - 95x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 35/85x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps This week of training seemed to go pretty well. I am finding that the volume I have been doing for quads is too much. The program is giving me less and less Front Squats to try to recover better. I don't mind the extra rest. I really think it does help me. I just have never really training with this much volume before. It is interesting to note that the volume for my shoulders/chest has been going up. Apparently my upper body is fine with more volume, but my lower body isn't. At least I am learning to ready my body better. My hips were very sore this week. I had to stretch them out in between every set. My back didn't bother me too much. My biceps started hurting a bit due to the fact that I have never really trained my biceps much. Now I am doing them 5 days a week. I have noticed huge gains in size in just 3 weeks or so. Oh those Noob Gainz. No videos this week...sorry.
Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 2: 6/28/16
Posted: June 29, 2016 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: Abdominals, ABs, Avengers, Back, Biceps, Block Pulls, Core, Curl, Curls, Daily "Selfie", DB, DB Lateral Raise, Deadlift, Deadlift Blocks, Deltoids, Delts, French Press, Front Squat, Hamstrings, Heavy Hammer Gym, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Hypertrophy Mesocycle, Lateral Raise, Legs, Lifting Straps, Morning, Nick Bennigsdorf, Planks, Preacher, Quads, Renaissance Hypertrophy, Selfie, Shrugs, Squat, Straps, Training Partner, Traps, Triceps, Tuesday, Video, Week 2
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
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