Author Topic: Scrawny to Brawny Journal (Read 273872 times)

Zetz · « **Reply #390 on:** January 06, 2012, 09:32:02 pm »

Friday 1/6/2011:

Notable lifts from today:

Squats: 115x10, 135x10, 155x8
185x8, 205x6, 220x5+1F.

DB Bench: 35x10, 40x10, 45x8
50x8, 55x6, 60x7

Zetz · « **Reply #391 on:** January 10, 2012, 01:33:41 am »

Monday 1/9/2012:

More notable stuff from today:

Squats: 115x10, 135x10, 155x8
190x8

, 210x6

, 220x6

DB Bench press: 35x10, 40x10, 45x8, 50x8
55x6, 65x6

(Wooo!

)

Fieldhouse was soooo crowded it was pissing me off. Couldn't do much about it but my lifts went well. Had to breath a few times between reps on the last squats. Starting at rep 4 everything felt like max effort.

60 pound dumbbells were being used by some other d-bags, so I did the only logical thing to do: I told myself to quit being such a weak excuse for a lifter and go straight to the 65s for the reps. Wasn't expecting much. Came out on top. Awwww yeah.

creativelyric · « **Reply #392 on:** January 10, 2012, 03:43:42 am »

Good stuff, man. Nice PRs. How's that bulking going, btw?

LBSS · « **Reply #393 on:** January 10, 2012, 09:25:54 am »

Quote from: creativelyric on January 10, 2012, 03:43:42 am

Good stuff, man. Nice PRs. How's that bulking going, btw?

+1

Zetz · « **Reply #394 on:** January 11, 2012, 12:02:42 am »

Quote from: LBSS on January 10, 2012, 09:25:54 am

Quote from: creativelyric on January 10, 2012, 03:43:42 am
Good stuff, man. Nice PRs. How's that bulking going, btw?

+1

Thanks, man. It's not actually "bulking" per se, as I'm not really just stuffing my face every day. Usually I'm getting 300-400 kcal more than I need daily (sometimes less, sometimes more of course), so right now it's really more of a slow but very consistent gain. It's working quite well with the program I'm using right now. I'm liking it quite a bit. I'm just hoping I can keep the diet consistent now that school's going again and I have more classes than last semester.

In short: some weight measurements and calorie logging have helped a lot, but I've tracked an average of .8 pounds/week gained over the month and a half or so that I've been recording all my stuff.

Zetz · « **Reply #395 on:** January 11, 2012, 12:07:40 am »

Also, I can't say I've gained as much as I expected, and I'm still really light, but I'm over 140 every night and gaining. If I can keep up the gain I'm doing now, I'll be at 150, by the end of March, 160 sometime in July, and I may hit 170 by my 20th birthday. All without changing BF %

creativelyric · « **Reply #396 on:** January 11, 2012, 12:48:58 am »

Seems like you got a plan. You'll get to where you want, then, easy.

How tall are you btw?

Zetz · « **Reply #397 on:** January 11, 2012, 01:02:44 am »

5'11"

(Basically that leaves me looking pretty damn skinny, and most people think I'm also very weak. I don't generally worry much, since I know I can always outperform pretty much anyone who judges me negatively for it. As long as I'm improving and my strength is good, people can think what they want about how skinny I look)

creativelyric · « **Reply #398 on:** January 11, 2012, 02:42:50 am »

Huh, we're about the same height.

And I know what you mean about people misjudging your lankiness for weakness. I actually had several people comment that I was too thin, though I knew I was stronger than a lot of people. I had reduced myself to 150 several months ago trying to go for as pure performance as I could, and I did well at those levels. I had a decent running vert at that weight, but my jump didn't mean much when I was finally balling with some decent competition that weighed much more than I did. I was getting shoved around, lol. So I decided to bulk while still keeping up performance.

Zetz · « **Reply #399 on:** January 11, 2012, 10:58:48 pm »

Not a bad idea if you're playing ball. haha. I'm just doing it to basically look and feel more awesome. Being strong always feels cool and it's useful ha.

Zetz · « **Reply #400 on:** February 04, 2012, 06:08:33 pm »

(Well... not really. Another time I did 225x6, but it was technically breath squats... so yeah, this is totally a PR)

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKkQrQ7MyU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKkQrQ7MyU</a>

Zetz · « **Reply #401 on:** February 06, 2012, 09:40:31 pm »

Max squat day today. Hit 265 cleanly, 5 pounds over projected. Felt confident on 275, looked like it was gonna come up, but it was not to be.... then I realized.... If I had hit that.... that would only be a tiny bit off 2x bodyweight. AWWWWWW YEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

Video to come.

Also hit 27 in standing vert after squats. (no video unfortunately) 7'4" reach, hit 9'7" on the wall.

Edit: Also, weight gain seems to have stopped all together. (As you should obviously be able to tell from my squat video)
Not sure if my caloric expenditure has increased or intake has dropped, since I haven't had time to log calories as accurately as I was. Regardless, this upsets me. Intake is gonna go up again.

Zetz · « **Reply #402 on:** March 06, 2012, 01:51:09 am »

This was a couple weeks ago. Bench vid will be up in the morning. Not much to it. Bench is weak. Weight's crap. Strained my back about a week after the vid. Doctor said it was a lack of vitamin d combined with the exercise. Muscles should be golden, but apparently some imbalance in nutrition combined with the exercise stopped my muscle from recovering properly and eventually I strained my lower back. I've been out until this last week and I didn't eat much while my back was hurting, but I'm back at it. This time with better nutrition and supplementation for proper recovery.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yctnhjw14" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3yctnhjw14</a>

Raptor · « **Reply #403 on:** March 06, 2012, 05:34:13 am »

Looking great man

Seriously, you have been doing great lately

vag · « **Reply #404 on:** March 06, 2012, 05:45:17 am »

Awesome squat , great depth/form!
Such a lift at ~1,9*BW is no joke!

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