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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 07, 2026, 10:47:41 am »
Quote from: Joe on January 03, 2026, 03:51:31 pm
this is exactly how i've been doing my lifting lately as well! fun, fast, efficient, and at the very least you can maintain  with a pretty load time input!

nice!

i should also add that a big drop set like 40kg x 3, 30kg x 4, 20kg x 4 (each taken to failure) also has many reps that are at or near failure

so if one subscribes to the idea that "effective reps are those near failure" well then i had plenty of effective reps in that one big drop set. so size gains are definitely stimulated. CNS gains are also stimulated by going very heavy at the start of the drop set, and via trying to fight through failure 3x in a row

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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: We got Protein, Satiety, and Insulin Wrong!
« on: January 02, 2026, 07:56:40 pm »
+1 for raw milk

best drink there is

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: January 02, 2026, 07:54:33 pm »
Quote from: Raptor on December 08, 2025, 11:19:01 am
Updates?

just so lazy to update my workouts. i have them on my phone though. i need to do a lot of copy/pasting and editing

been sick the last few days so strength no doubt dropped

loving training until failure for a single set. the workouts feel amazing. i stimulated the muscle without beating myself up, so i leave the gym still energized and feeling accomplished

now what i like to do though is fail 3x in a row. So I may DB bench a big dropset of 40kgx3, then 30kgx4, 20kgx4  (failing an additional rep after those) for example. That's 11 reps total yet definitely also stimulated strength gains with the very low reps, and size gains via going to failure 3x in a row on an 11 rep set (14 reps if you count failed reps).

i'm loving this way of training and i wonder how it could have worked out 10-15 years ago in my training career.

the other amazing thing is these style workouts lead to gains even if i only lift 1x per week or every 2 weeks. It used to be the case that I would lose some strength very fast if I missed a couple of workouts

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: October 20, 2025, 10:34:24 am »
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Saturday 08/16/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym
89.50kg after eating and drinking today

Rear Delt Fly Machine
6th pin x 6
9th pin x 5
12th pin x 11, failed 12th

Incline DB Bench
14kg's x 7
20kg's x 5
26kg's x 3

Pec Fly Machine (Superset A)
65kg x 9, failed 10th
Incline DB Bench (Superset A)
30kgs x 4, failed 5th rep

Incline Bench DB External Rotations Focus On Scaps
7.5kgs x 5
14kgs x 12 + 3 crap reps

Lateral Raises (Superset B)
10kgs x 5
14kgs x 12 + 3 crap reps
Standing DB Shoulder Presses (Superset B)
22kgs x 5, failed 6th

Chin Ups
+12kg x 8

Cable Pull Downs
50kg x 14 >> Didnt fail, weight too light

Seated Cable Rows
15th pin x 7, failed 8th

Pronated Barbell Curls
20kg x 15, failed 16th

DB Unilateral Front Raises To Overhead
12kgs x 4, failed 5th

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: September 15, 2025, 03:17:23 pm »
"youre imagining it"

at the same time if they will somehow brush off "alternative" therapies like that one guy who found a connection between emotional suppression and bodily physical pain. he treated many patients with it

if they say we are imagining it, then accept these other forms of medicine/therapy. if you don't accept them, then tell us you just don't know the cause. you can't have it both ways

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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Stomach vaccuums vs deadbugs
« on: September 04, 2025, 04:07:04 pm »
These both work out the transverse abdominis right? If so, why do they feel so different?

I can hold a dead bug and then add a stomach vaccuum on top of that. I cant wrap my brain around why this is the case if both exercises work the TA. It’s like flexing the glute and then flexing it again in a different way on top of that

Also, which of the 2 exercises is better for fixing anterior pelvic tilt?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:32:06 pm »
Still have to update a few more workouts, but something i noticed using mike mentzer's training principles:

- It's nice shortening my workouts. I dont get as stressed and annoyed. Usually after a longer workout, I have to take my headphones out as I get irritated. Might be cortisol rising. With these short workouts, I don't get that. Instead I get that amazing endorphine feeling!
- I feel accomplished after these workouts
- I didn't know how far from failure I actually was. This workout is teaching me that I actually have more reps in the tank than I thought for things like calf raises, db shoullder presses, curls, etc. however, I was pretty accurate with the squats.

Thinking to do this for around a year before i switch back to traditional strength training and amping up my CNS.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:29:58 pm »
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Friday 08/15/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym

Squat (heels elevated)
60kg x 8
60kg x 4
80kg x 1
100kg x 1
110kg x 3, failed 4th   >> Used too much weight.

DB Lunges
22kg's x 12/leg, failed 13th   >> DB lunges to failure are absolute killer.

Machine Shrugs
+100kg x 21, failed 22nd  >> 30sec rest
+100kg x 6, failed 7th

Seated Rotary Calf Machine (Superset A)
45kg x 26, failed 27th >> Weight too light
Standing Machine Calf Raise Machine
+80kg x 6, failed 7th   >> This superset absolutely destroys my calves.

Kneeling Cable Pulldown Crunches (Superset B)
70kg x 5
95kg x 6, failed 7th
   70kg x 4, failed 5th (drop set)
Captain's Chair Straight Legged (Superset B)
BW x 12

Leg Press
+140kg x 8, failed 9th

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 25, 2025, 02:14:17 pm »
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Wednesday 08/13/2025

-= Workout Log =-
Imperial Gym
88.35kg after eating and drinking today

Rear Delt Fly Machine
6th pin x 6
9th pin x 5
12th pin x 9, failed 10th with 5sec hold

Incline DB Bench
14kg's x 7
20kg's x 5
26kg's x 3
30kg's x 3

Pec Fly Machine (Superset A)
65kg x 8, failed 9th with 3sec hold
Incline DB Bench (Superset A)
30kgs x 3, failed 4th rep

Lateral Raises (Superset B)
13.5kg's x 15 + 2 crap reps
Standing DB Shoulder Presses (Superset B)
18kg's x 8, failed 9th

DB External Rotations Face Down on Incline Bench
7.5kg's x 5
10kg's x 8
    7.5kg's x 12 (drop set)

Chin Ups
BW x 11, failed 12th

DB Rows on Incline Bench
30kg's x 12, failed 13th

Barbell Curls
30kg's x 14, failed 15th

DB Tricep Overhead Extensions on Incline Bench
14kg's x 9, failed 10th

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 20, 2025, 06:21:41 pm »
Still around

Nobody can figure out my knee pain

5 physical therapists
5 chiropractors
1 hijamah expert
1 biomechanics expert
1 massage therapist
1 accupuncturist

Crazy stuff

Reading through my old posts and i miss being so strong and cut. I can still squat but not jump much else my knees act up. My dunking days are over unless someone can figure this out

Currently getting back to being serious in the gym. I barely made any net progress in like 7 years

Need to cut a bit. Im doing some bodybuilding style stuff now (which i should be primed for after doing strength training for like a decade!) maybe for a year before going back to strength training

Training via mike mentzer’s principles right now (1 set to absolute failure) and loving it

Need to start logging my workouts again!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: February 20, 2025, 08:17:03 am »
This log has over a million views

 :personal-record:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Kingfush
« on: September 25, 2024, 08:23:00 pm »
I still remember after you finally fixed the thread title, andrew had to restore an earlier version of the forum and so we are still on kingfoosh for years

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Dreyth's New Journal
« on: August 12, 2024, 10:37:36 am »
I may have figured out the last piece of the puzzle to my knee pain. I need to stretch my tibs!!!

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Pics, Videos, & Links / Re: 5'7" Chinese with insane hops and relative strength
« on: May 08, 2024, 03:13:12 pm »
That first vid is crazy

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Raptor's log
« on: March 02, 2024, 06:28:32 am »
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He also gave me pregabalin, a medicine for chronic pain, to take for 2 weeks or so - maybe my body will "forget" that pain "needs" to be there. I will try.

My fear here is that you may be putting yourself in positions or movements that make the problem worse except you wont stop since you might not feel it due to the painkiller. The concept of “forgetting” the pain does sound interesting though. I dont know anything about it, would be curious to read up on it

+1 on swimming

+1 on doctors not making sense and/or not truly listening to the patients.  My wife went through crazy stuff in labor due to the doctors and nurses “following the book.” We were very happy we hired a doula to push back on them. Thats a wholeeee other topic

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