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TheCount
13-Jan-2006, 12:46 AM
This is my current semi routine which I am getting into far more and I'm achieving a bright and beautiful start to the new year.

My current Diet consists of fair portions of meat at my evening meals along with abotu 1 - 1.5 portion of vegetables (5 a day etc.) and often potato or a similar carbohydrate. At lunch times each day I have either a cooked or cold meal ussually consisting of carbohydrates and I am aiming for slightly more high calorie things. In my sandwiches I usually have Peanut Butter and Honey, aka Fat and Simple Carb. Alongside this I will have possibly a food bar of sorts but it varies. Throughout the day I eat some fruit usually 2 or more pieces of and when its there I drink a fair whack of orange juice or similar, giving me another protion of fruit. When I feel the need I drink Milo (good energy drink, 75% carbs in the powder, of which 40 are simple along with vitamins and minerals)with semi skimmed milk. On the days I train and am recovering (which is most of them) I get some Whey C80 down me as well which means on training and recovering days I get near enough 100 to 120 grams of protein if not more at a bodyweight of about 110Lb and about 200+ carbs. If I'm getting tired and I can see/feel my bodyat running low (Veins are more visible, I hover at about 8/9% BF so its obv when ive lost fat, and I drink tea which helps water loss) I'll devour 120 - 150g Oats with Milk and some Sugar to aid the taste a little which equats to... 90ish g of carbohydrates an hour before bed.

Training routine

With weather conditions being volitile (I have little doubt this morn the winds were reaching 20 - 30knots) I generally feel less inclined to go running when I'm going to either freeze, slip and kill myself or get blown into a gully somewhere, and probably kill myself. I none the less have run and managed to keep a more than reasonable pace (guestimating 10 - 11mph) al the way, even up hills. I'm aiming to get running a distance which is near enough 1 mile or just off and expand the distance because high intensity running seems to help me more than lots of low intensity.

My weights routine is marginally fragmented but it is working :D

Day 1
Chest Flyes/Press 4*6/3*8/5*5 (I alternate a lot and its helped me gain much more much faster)
Thors Hammer or Sword Work for Forearms
Tricep Kickbacks 4*6/5*5 (I dont care what people say, the way I do these has given me brill gains and it doesn't hurt my elbows)
Situps 1*Silly Big Number OR 2*10 Heavy
Leg Raises on occasion too

Day 2
Shoulder press 4*6/3*8/5*5
Lateral Raises same reps (where i bring the shoulder presses to the Lat raises hit the back and the presses hit the front)
Bent Over Rows same reps again
Hammer Curls Again same reps, on 4*6 the 3rd set I switch to bicep curls then back to hammer for hte 4th. Seems to work

Day 3
Front Squats and Powercleans
I powerclean the bar to squat it so I kill two birds (or two joints) with one stone ;)

Then on day 3 I throw in neck exercises when I feel inclined or trap exercise. Yes it could do with a bit more structure but I have gained a fair lot and regained a lot of strength.

I'm Dumbell Pressing on one arm 15.1kg or more, my right chest is weaker
The hateful curls annoy me because you just cant push yourself on them, but I curl 14.1 anyway with good form for reps.
Tricp Kickbacks Im at about 7/8kg
Shoulder Press 15.1 again but its building
Lateral Raises - Dropped the weight from 6.6kg to 5.6 to sort out my form on my left shoulder
Front Squats, 40kg and counting. I'm currently sorting out my form and getting into the habit of it. I dropped to 30 to really check my form and get it right and sorted after trying some bodyweight dry runs. I have videod myself as well to see my knees don't drift forward again and happy to say my form is ever improving.... but my lower back is still getting used to it!

Ok, now you may flog me! (Yes, I know I don't deadlift)

TheMachine
13-Jan-2006, 02:24 AM
Why so much isolation?

Achilles
13-Jan-2006, 04:04 AM
You've been here for a while so I think you already know that you need to cut all the iso garbage and add more compounds

JKD_forever
13-Jan-2006, 06:20 AM
yes

TheCount
13-Jan-2006, 11:19 AM
I know, isos blah blah but fact is I can't do chins because my right bicep and back are much stronger than the left so the left barely gets trained (hence rows), The hammer curls hit my biceps really pretty well and I am benefitting (Sword practice etc. turns it into more practical strength as does the powercleans).
And, to be frank, I would get bored senseless doing just compounds, theres no fun in that.

pgm316
13-Jan-2006, 12:15 PM
And, to be frank, I would get bored senseless doing just compounds, theres no fun in that.

You often need a few iso exercises to attempt to cover what a compound one does. The fact I need to do less exercises with compounds stops me from getting bored.

Plus I like the feel when my functional strength increases, gives you great satisfaction :)

Amused me at the gym last night with some of the guys working their shoulders with several different shoulder exercises. Little dumbells flying in every direction possible :D And they think I'm missing out, just pressing a large weight.......

TheMachine
16-Jan-2006, 02:02 AM
That being the case, you can do negative chins and DB rows to evn out the problem. IF you're getting bored, try doing complexes.

I know, isos blah blah but fact is I can't do chins because my right bicep and back are much stronger than the left so the left barely gets trained (hence rows), The hammer curls hit my biceps really pretty well and I am benefitting (Sword practice etc. turns it into more practical strength as does the powercleans).
And, to be frank, I would get bored senseless doing just compounds, theres no fun in that.

GhostOfYourMind
16-Jan-2006, 04:21 AM
I can see the point in using isolations to help imbalances, which is good that you're correcting them. I'd suggest doing some one armed deadlifts to help even stuff out in the back and kinda bicep area. Also would suggest lots of dumbbell work, with some barbell work. Honestly, I would drop the kickbacks because you may not feel it now, but you will later when you progress to heavier weight. Extensions or single arm pushdowns with supinated and pronated grips will probably do you just as good.;) With all that said, I'd say throw in some more compounds as well just to stress more of the body as a unit, so you don't become a collection of parts or something.:D

TheCount
16-Jan-2006, 03:41 PM
At the moment I can't actually use barbells because my muscles are too un-even, everything is dumbells LOL! Shocker.

Just so y'all know all my test results are back... there is NOTHING wrong with me. I'm just not maintaining levels of iron in my body. This could be down to 2 things:
Not eatign enough iron (I have meat nearly every day and green vegetables etc. Unlikely)
I', using up iron like fury (this is most likely)

Currently I'm rather proud because... well my muscles are looking really quite nice and visible and are rather strong :D

I am doing a bit more running and did some sprints and so on which were cool, I was doing them uphill as well which was different. Either I was going slower this run or I have gotten fitter because it didn't tire me nearly as much as last time. When my leg fixes (Sprints tensed the muscles a bit despite stretching, had to run for bus = uber muscle cease) I am endevouring to do more.

Hiroji
16-Jan-2006, 03:52 PM
At the moment I can't actually use barbells because my muscles are too un-even, everything is dumbells LOL! Shocker.

Just so y'all know all my test results are back... there is NOTHING wrong with me. I'm just not maintaining levels of iron in my body. This could be down to 2 things:
Not eatign enough iron (I have meat nearly every day and green vegetables etc. Unlikely)
I', using up iron like fury (this is most likely)

Currently I'm rather proud because... well my muscles are looking really quite nice and visible and are rather strong :D

I am doing a bit more running and did some sprints and so on which were cool, I was doing them uphill as well which was different. Either I was going slower this run or I have gotten fitter because it didn't tire me nearly as much as last time. When my leg fixes (Sprints tensed the muscles a bit despite stretching, had to run for bus = uber muscle cease) I am endevouring to do more.

Good stuff my man. As long as your enjoying your workouts and getting somewhere thats the main thing. ;)

Kintanon
01-Feb-2006, 11:12 AM
Just out of curiosity, why so much running? You're just slowly pounding your knees and ankles to dust. If you want the endurance, try this:

Get down in a pushup position, go about halfway down, now pull your right knee up to your chest, put it back, now left knee, put it back, repeat at full speed for 30 seconds. Or go at a more moderate pace for 2 minutes. As good or better than running and with no impact on your knees and ankles. Just vary your intensity over the course of the workout. I recommend using bursts, 30 seconds full out, 30 seconds slow and steady, repeat until you've done 8 minutes.

Kintanon

TheCount
04-Feb-2006, 09:07 PM
Just out of curiosity, why so much running? You're just slowly pounding your knees and ankles to dust. If you want the endurance, try this:

Get down in a pushup position, go about halfway down, now pull your right knee up to your chest, put it back, now left knee, put it back, repeat at full speed for 30 seconds. Or go at a more moderate pace for 2 minutes. As good or better than running and with no impact on your knees and ankles. Just vary your intensity over the course of the workout. I recommend using bursts, 30 seconds full out, 30 seconds slow and steady, repeat until you've done 8 minutes.

Kintanon

Or I can just go running ... ?

harhar
04-Feb-2006, 10:45 PM
Compounds are fun as hell.

The blood rushing to your head, puddles of sweat everywhere, straining so hard that it feels like your ass will rip off your hip bone, the sound of plates clanging, the INTENSITY!! I cant understand how anyone can bust their ass on compounds and feel bored.

Im exactly the opposite as I get bored as hell doing isolations. A long time ago I remember doing curls for the first time in the gym. It was also my last.

TheCount
08-Feb-2006, 06:41 PM
Currently I've been doing situps, pressups and things like that to get my body used to exercise again, when its stopped acheing im back into proper training again :D