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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 20, 2016, 03:24:51 pm »
Week 112
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Thursday - 05/19/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12                            >> Too dead. Tired. Weak. Unmotivated.           
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1

Bench Press
45 x 20
95 x 12
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
225 x 5

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 8

Okay. Obviously these de-load workouts aren't helping. I think what I have to do is ALSO take it easier on the days where I do pull ups and stuff like that, where I'm still progressing. And I need more volume but less intensity and need to build back up slowly. I need to get back into the swing of a full workout.

I'll start with probably:
Squat 345x5, 315x8
Bench 185x5
RDL 345x5
lateral raise 35'sx12
pull ups +30lbsx8

But I'll do the usual 3-5 sets of them. And I'll go up little by little each workout.

Also I'm going to start tracking calories.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Chris' training journal
« on: May 19, 2016, 12:34:39 pm »
Quote from: ChrisM on May 19, 2016, 11:14:26 am
i tried a semi JusFly approach where i 'hopped' into the plant. Boom. Instant inches even tho it felt weird as shit.

I experienced this a while ago too. i completely forgot about it for a couple years though. definitely looking forward to try it out again.

i wonder if it'll still benefit your jump verses your normal approach once you get your movement efficiency back

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 19, 2016, 09:46:32 am »
^lol


Internship with my school: I declined. found out it was at a different campus, 1 hour 20 min away, and in a TERRIBLE neighborhood. not just 45min away in a great neighborhood. I am going to be depressed making that commute. and for what? a huge pay cut?

i did the math and taking the internship means i'll make $2k less per month versus my current job, and i already dont make much by NYC standards where i live. its like a 70% pay cut. Yes internships are integral to landing full time jobs, and i dont have a single internship yet but... i cant justify the huge pay cut for a horrible commute. i'm better off taking my chances looking for internships (and full time jobs) elsewhere. even if it takes me 4 months to find a different one, it will have been worth it!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 19, 2016, 09:30:31 am »
Quote from: Raptor on May 19, 2016, 03:31:42 am
Have you ever took ZMA?

Yep! I don't remember if I had better sleep quality from it, but I do remember having more vivid and weird dreams on it. Nothing crazy like I've read online, but definitely an effect that I couldn't deny. Also it made me bust huge loads. That part is true too.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 18, 2016, 12:55:41 pm »
Quote from: Leonel on May 18, 2016, 11:24:36 am
I'm not really informed about taking creatine to be honest but I thought about trying it out myself, because I've heard a lot of positive things about it. Are there times you would especially suggest creatine supplementation like for example during a strength block or are you just constantly taking it? My only fear is that I will blow up even more and store a lot of water weight as I've heard of some people that have gained quite a bit of weight while being on creatine.

I suggest taking it non stop. I used to hold water weight from it, until i switched to a non-flavored version that had much finer powder. This one seems to have no effect on my water weight. Try it out for a while.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 18, 2016, 10:03:49 am »
Week 112
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Tuesday - 05/17/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 3
+50lbs x 1
+75lbs x 6 PR
+55lbs x 4
+35lbs x 5
+15lbs x 5
+5lbs x 6

Lateral Raises
40's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 6 PR
45's x 8 PR
45's x 6

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 5                          >> 2min rests.
220 x 3                          >> PR is 240x7 so I'm not so far off.
240 x 5
240 x 3
220 x 3

Negative Dragon Flags
3                  >> Abs still very sore from last workout. This was painful.

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
40's x 3                    >> 60sec rest.
45's x 10 PR
45's x 6

Just a couple of days of good protein, fish oil, taking creatine again, and better sleep, and I hit a few PRs! Well I was already PRing on pull ups, lateral raises, and rear delts. But I'm almost back up to par on cable rows, which I was stalling on. That's the important part (as well as squats and bench next workout). We'll see how that goes.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 18, 2016, 09:34:26 am »
Quote from: Raptor on May 18, 2016, 02:45:54 am
Quote from: Dreyth on May 17, 2016, 06:16:55 pm
On another note:

my uni officially (i think -- they sent me payroll forms to fill out lol) offered me a part time cyber security summer internship thanks to my friend. its lower pay than my current job plus less hours. However, it's necessary in order to build experience to land an entry level job upon graduation in december. the good news is my friend said i can extend the internship past the summer up until my december graduation if i dont find work elsewhere when the internship ends in september. nice. also - he may get promoted soon, and he will recommend me for his current position where he started at 60k/yr. he says its an easy ass job but boring, which is fine by me. i'll keep myself occupied with studying to further my career. or maybe by then i'll figure out how to make a little cash online.

Sounds like the perfect situation for me: not too many hours, promotion possibility, already having friends in. Definitely go for it. You'll also have time to train and learn.

I agree. I called that other place again today and nobody picked up. I left a message 2 days ago as well. I'll be asking my friend when I can officially hand in my payroll papers and such this week.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 17, 2016, 06:16:55 pm »
On another note:

my uni officially (i think -- they sent me payroll forms to fill out lol) offered me a part time cyber security summer internship thanks to my friend. its lower pay than my current job plus less hours. However, it's necessary in order to build experience to land an entry level job upon graduation in december. the good news is my friend said i can extend the internship past the summer up until my december graduation if i dont find work elsewhere when the internship ends in september. nice. also - he may get promoted soon, and he will recommend me for his current position where he started at 60k/yr. he says its an easy ass job but boring, which is fine by me. i'll keep myself occupied with studying to further my career. or maybe by then i'll figure out how to make a little cash online.

on the other hand, OTC Market had a phone interview with me for an information security summer internship. its 40 hours a week. not sure what the pay is -- they had to check with HR on that and didn't get back to me. this ends at the end of august. if it pays better than my uni, i'll take this internship instead. but i haven't been offered it yet.

also yesterday i started working on my Security+ certification. hope to take the exam for this one june 21st.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 17, 2016, 10:56:20 am »
Quote from: Raptor on May 17, 2016, 09:46:42 am
Do you take any pre-workout supplements such as NO Explode? If not, you should try it, see what happens.

I don't, and I tend to shy away from those for various reasons. I don't want to become dependent on them to have a good workout. Also, I feel like it's an "artifical" boost that will lead to me burning out faster, because I'm performing better than I could have otherwise.

What I need is something to fix my mental feeling. My muscular system seems fine when I lift. But mentally I feel tired. But hey, I'll give that pre-workout stuff a try! Or maybe I should experiment with just caffeine first?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 17, 2016, 09:40:39 am »
Week 112
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Monday - 05/17/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12                            >> Kind of disappointed I could only hit 4. Damn man.               
135 x 5                              >> 5lbs and 1 rep short of my PR.
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
385 x 4

Bench Press
45 x 20
95 x 12                            >> Just so lazy man.
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
225 x 5

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 8

I don't know what the fuck is going on, but I haven't felt good going into the gym in over a month. That's a lot of workouts in a row where I feel shitty. The only exception is when I SOMEHOW maxed my squat at 455lbs.

This is really starting to get to me. I don't understand. On my walk home from the gym I realized I'm not getting enough protein, haven't taken creatine or fish oil in the past 2 weeks, and not getting enough sleep. So I'm going to change all of that. But I still can't help but feel like it's not enough. How does my bench drop from 250x5 to 225x5?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 15, 2016, 04:44:59 pm »
Week 111
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Friday - 05/13/16

-= Workout Log =-

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 3                            >> 60sec rests.
220 x 8                   >> Dropped a lot on these...
220 x 6
200 x 8

Lateral Raises
40's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 5
45's x 8
40's x 12


Saturday - 05/14/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 3                       >> On these higher rep days, once I can hit 12 reps on the top set, I'll move up in weight.
+50lbs x 2
+75lbs x 1
+20lbs x 12 PR
+20lbs x 4 PR
+20lbs x 5 PR

Negative Dragon Flags
5                  >> 60sec rests.
5
5

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
35's x 5                    >> 60sec rest.
40's x 3
45's x 8 PR
45's x 8 PR

Split the workout up into two days.

What's stalling: squats, rows, bench
what's improving: lateral raises, pull ups, rear delt flyes

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 13, 2016, 11:35:00 am »
Week 111
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Thursday - 05/12/16
195.2lbs

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12                            >> This is only 10lbs under my PR. So I'm not so far behind, actually.               
135 x 5                              >> Not to mention I weighed 195 this morning, not 200 like usual.
185 x 5                              >> So really I'm at my goal of 2.25x bw squat anyway!
225 x 3                              >> Now I don't feel so shitty.
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
380 x 5

Bench Press
45 x 20                            >> 2min rest.
95 x 12                            >> Don't know what happened here. Going to have to scale back the weight.
135 x 5                            >> I'll work back up over time.
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 3
225 x 1

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 10

Not feeling it today either. I don't know what's going on.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 11, 2016, 09:46:05 am »
Week 111
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Tuesday - 05/10/16

-= Workout Log =-

Weighted Pull ups
BW x 5                            >> 60sec rests.
+25lbs x 3
+75lbs x 5 PR
+75lbs x 3
+75lbs x 1
 BW x 10

Lateral Raises
40's x 5                    >> 60sec rests.
45's x 3
50's x 3
45's x 8
30's x 15

Seated Cable Rows
200 x 5                      >> 2min rests.
220 x 3
240 x 7
220 x 6
200 x 8

Negative Dragon Flags
5                  >> 60sec rest.
5

Rear Delt Incline W Flyes
35's x 3                    >> 60sec rest.
40's x 15
40's x 8

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 11, 2016, 09:44:25 am »
Week 111
Quote
Monday - 05/09/16

-= Workout Log =-

ATG Squat
135 x 12                            >> Played 40min of a league game on a big court before this.                   
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
395 x 3

Bench Press
45 x 20                            >> 2min rest.
95 x 12
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
225 x 5
225 x 1

Calf Raise Machine
495 x 10

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: May 10, 2016, 08:29:34 am »
Quote from: Raptor on May 10, 2016, 03:01:24 am
I'm wondering - how much do you feel you load up on your left leg (the first leg you plant) and how much on "both"?

A lot more load on the left leg. I do remember a while back though, i accidentally figured out this approach where i do more of a hop instead of a 1-2 into my plant, and it loaded the legs more equally. It made me get up higher too (at the time). I have to experiment with that again.

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