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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 31, 2018, 12:47:11 pm »
Quote from: Mutumbo000 on October 31, 2018, 04:24:56 am
It's harder to take gym/sport seriously when you're working full time but I'm really happy that you got your dream job doing cyber security at deloitte after all those years studying!

Man, i forgot about how desparate i was for work and that crazy year i had of studying! Even though i'm working full time, i really have no excuse not to take the gym seriously lol. I wake up at dawn to pray so i have plenty of time to lift before work, and on top of that im wide awake after making ablution and praying. Its awesome. Before, even if i slept 8 hours and woke up at 5am, i would still be tired for several hours. Even if i slept from like 12am to 9am. Wouldn't really "wake up" until about 11:30am. Now i'm fully wide awake before sunrise. My day is so freakin long and i can get so much done, and with less fatigue.

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I'm pretty much in the same boat body and strength wise. I was at my leanest when I was doing a factory job before I started working professionally 5 years ago.  I made some good strength gains (PR bench & squat) at the beginning of the year before I had an injury plagued rugby league season, which shattered my training and motivation. You've been at that state before so if you get your motivation back and can be willing to diet you'll get your leanness back.

Yeah i know the feeling of no motivation. Looking at old pics of myself really gave me some motivatinon back though! I look at them and I'm like "that was ME? how?" It's funny because when we are AT that stage, we don't think anything of it. It's only when i have huge set backs and put on fat am i impressed with my former physique.[/quote]

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Awesome that you're in a great state mentally. Thanks for the update. It was weird how you started thinking of your training at around the same time I posted in your journal- telepathic communication haha.
Yeah i noticed that as well lol. I felt a little ESP there...


I should probably start logging my training again.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 30, 2018, 11:55:11 pm »
Quote from: Mutumbo000 on October 29, 2018, 08:21:47 am
I miss Dreyth!!!

Hope you're doing well and update us on your progress / career soon.

Still around

I dont take weights as seriously anymore. Lately my body has somehow been letting go and ive been stalling. Knees are still kinda messed up from that injury a few years ago. Squatting 275x5 now. Would like to just get to 315x5 and maintain that at least. Hit like a 455x6 RDL or something like that a year ago, and then i stalled and regressed again :/ story of my life

My legs are way smaller than before even if my upper body isnt. I noticed my face is fatter! I guess the big muscular legs lowered my bf% to the point where it even had an effect on my face! I hate having a soft face, and i justttt came across a pic of how ripped i used to be a few years ago and now inwant that back. I actually just came to this site now to see what my numbers were in march 2015 because i had a decent body then and chiseled face. And by chance you guys left me a comment here haha

Lifes been good. Never better actually. Praying 5x/day now in fact. No more partying, much more respect for my parents, never ever have anxiety or depression anymore, my irritability is gone, patience is through the roof, i dont care at all who’s ahead of me in the corporate world at all i just care about myself. I cant believe what a difference *actually practicing* my religion has made on me. Wish i started sooner. I had no clue what i was missing out on. Such tranquility in my heart. Still working for deloitte cyber security consulting. Stilll trying to make moving to Macedonia a reality. Really want a wife. And to be extra ripped again (by my standards - i still look great compared to the average population)

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Article & Video Discussion / Re: Whats up guys
« on: January 08, 2018, 08:01:40 pm »
Oh shoot its Kelly
Thanks for introducing me to Verk and all that. All these years ive been walking around with training knowledge that 95% of the people in your average chain gym lack. Training for VJ really teaches you some interesting things about the CNS and max strength. And this really is just from a couple of weeks of reading, too. The dirty work has already been done for us - just gotta read it and apply it.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 08, 2018, 07:54:37 pm »
Just so lazy to post

When my left knee screwed up, it kinda healed, then right knee screwed up once my squat was getting back to 405 max. It screwed up in the same way as the left, so im doing what my PT had me do for my other knee. I notice relief right away. Glute med activation basicaly

Currently RDLing 445x6, kinda deep too, at like 200lbs bw
Dropped barbell benching completely. Just felt like trying incline dumbell only. Stuck with it for like two months. Tried out a 2 plate bench for fun... oh God the strain on the shoulders! I might still with DBs only for a while. Currently at 100’s x6 at a low incline, followed by 90’s x8 at mid incline

Pull ups - 5 clean reps with 80lbs attached

Played light bball to see how my knees feel tomorrow. Only jumped hard once - touched rim from standstill

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: walking on rocks for foot health
« on: August 28, 2017, 07:32:43 am »
Did a lot of this kind of walking this sunmer on pebbly beaches. Sometimes its a really good kind of pain... i know what you mean. When theres a rock thats a perfecr size and in the perfect spot under your foot and you take a step and sink in slightly while it massages your plantar area... aw man its great.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 28, 2017, 04:51:11 am »
Enjoying life with the little money they have, unfortunately. Then again so many complain about low salaries yet they don't realize they live in 2-4 story houses!

I haven't posted these on any social media. I was thinking of dumping all of them into a new IG, maybe I'll do that (i deleted my IG a while ago).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 27, 2017, 03:56:06 pm »
Vacation's almost over. Got some seriously beautiful photos to show you guys. Still lifting, but not taking it as serious. Just enjoying life. Im dying to move out of USA.

Later ill post a few beautiful pics i took from my phone. I plan on making a dropbox album of everything eventually, which ill post as well.

Here's a few for now:






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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: June 16, 2017, 08:51:02 pm »
Been so lazy to post. Haven't made real lifting progress - just been cutting extra slowly. Enjoying a nice ramadan right now. Getting kinda cut. Not as cut as last time (yet) but I clearly have more muscle so the potential is there.

Oh and I'm in Europe for ~3 months so maybe I'll update with some nice pics at some point.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 10, 2017, 08:37:38 am »
Week 154
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Wednesday - 03/10/17

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 10             >> 3min rest.
135 x 5               >> Increased by 1 rep on backup set.
185 x 5
225 x 3
285 x 1
345 x 1
385 x 1
370 x 2

DB Walking Lunges
80's x 6

Back Extensions
BW x 5
45 x 10

Seated Calf Raises
can't remember

Dragon Flags
5               >> 60sec rest.
5

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 07, 2017, 09:10:21 am »
Week 154
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Monday - 03/06/17

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20                  >> 2min rest.
95 x 8                    >> This felt very light, but I rested way too long between warm ups.
135 x 5                  >> I was not stable during the worksets as a result.
185 x 3
225 x 2
255 x 3
215 x 8

Pull Ups
BW x 5                 >> 2min rest.
+30lbs x 3             >> 4 reps with full ROM
+60lbs x 5
BW x 8

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10              >> 2min rest.
80's x 6

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 5                 >> 2min rest.
220 x 3
240 x 1
270 x 3
240 x 6

Too lazy to update food log lately. I'm looking cutter though!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 03, 2017, 08:29:44 am »
Week 153
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Thursday - 03/02/17

-= Calorie Log =-

FOOD / ACTIVITY                CALORIES
Chicken burger                       +600
1 slice of pizza                       +300
1 laziza                                +150
2 garlic knots                        +200
Fish oil                                +100
Honey                                 +50
Chicken breast thing               +500
Otmeal                                +350
Chocolate                             +100
Total in                                       +2,350

BMR                                   -2,000
Walked 4 miles                      -400
Worked Out                           -200
Thermic Effect of Food             -200
Total out                                    -2,800   

Balance                                        -450

-= Workout Log =-

Bench Press
45 x 20                  >> 2min rest.
95 x 8
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 2
275 x 1
255 x 3
215 x 8

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 5                 >> 2min rest.
220 x 3
240 x 1
270 x 3
240 x 6 PR

Incline DB Bench Press
80's x 10              >> 2min rest.
80's x 6

Pull Ups
BW x 5                 >> 2min rest.
+30lbs x 3             >> 3 reps with full ROM
+60lbs x 4
BW x 7

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 02, 2017, 11:16:56 am »




Don't know what it is about these pics that makes the plate look small, but that's a 10" plate.

$6.53 after tax  :almostascoolasnyancat:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 02, 2017, 10:55:26 am »


Might be the best bakllava i've ever had. There's this afghan spot by my job where i eat lunch most of the time. That's where i get my chicken schawarma, too, with that crack sauce.

Turns out their pizza is surprisingly good as well. Best chicken rolls ive ever had, also. And the chicken parm hero i had yesterday was banging. The burgers tastes VERY weird at first, until i got to the buns+veggies+condiments part of it (the patty sticks out past the buns), where altogether it tastes great

god dammit i love that spot. prices are nice, too!

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Re: Does anyone else feel it in their glutes while doing calf raises?
« on: March 02, 2017, 09:14:29 am »
I read somewhere that the glutes are also actually plantar flexors due to the way the muslces attach to the knee joint and the physics resulting from that... let me find this before I sound crazy to everyone

edit: i cannot seem to find it. basically, since the anterior and posterior attachments to the knee don't line up perfectly (there is some overlap), and since the leg is a multi-jointed limb, it turns out that flexing the glute causes some slight plantar flexion as well. the physics behind it was interesting.

but thats probably not at all what's causing your glute soreness after calf raises. it does seem like a few people get sore glutes from calf raises, but i havent seen any explanation yet. maybe you are contracting your glutes without realizing? perhaps you're pulling your hips forward to line yourself under the weight properly

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: March 02, 2017, 09:13:27 am »
Week 153
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Wednesday - 03/01/17

-= Calorie Log =-

FOOD / ACTIVITY                CALORIES
Chicken parm hero                  +800
Baklava                                +300
Chicken korma                       +800
Rose lassi                             +250
Rasmalai                              +100
Mochi ice cream                     +500
Total in                                       +2,750

BMR                                   -2,000
Walked 4 miles                      -400
Worked Out                           -200
Thermic Effect of Food             -200
Total out                                    -2,800   

Balance                                         -50

-= Workout Log =-

Seated Calf Raises
185 x 5             >> 60sec rest.
255 x 6
205 x 12

Standing Calf Raises
495 x 5               >> 60sec rest.
570 x 8
495 x 12

Negative Dragon Flags
5               >> 60sec rest.
5

Ate a bit too much dammit. Did not plan on (some awesome) Indian food nor desert, but hey I guess it counts as a refeed.

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