thebrick's - What are you Training Today?

[AtomAnt]

So I'm back... trying to do everything I do out a hotel room and being in a location with terrible phone service to use tapatalk makes it tough to get on here and actually post.

So I ended up breaking up legs and arms. Wednesday was arms and I rocked 'em! Just completely numbed them out, which felt awesome as I flooded my body with nutrients.

Since I broke up arms and legs, instead of doing the feeder workout for both of them, they each got special attention. Legs got slammed. Started with 6 sets of lying leg curls to get some blood in my hammies then did adductors before moving to squats. I worked up to a 6 rep max and then did 4 sets at that weight. From there it is was leg extensions 4 sets of 12 and each set had a progressively higher number of partials after. Then came leg press, which was a rest-pause drop set. SO you do a RP set DC style, drop the weight, do it again and then drop the weight and do it again. After this I hit DB stiff leg deadlifts taking a 3-4 second negative and pause at the bottom. I finished off by hammering some calves.

Today was chest, shoulders and tris. Another fun workout Today was all about keeping the tension on the muscle and working from stretched position. I needed to add some extra carbs and protein to my drink mid-way through because I felt my body just getting slammed and could feel a crash coming on.

That is all for now folks... Going to smash back and bis tomorrow.

The more I am working with Mountain Dog training the more I like it and I look visibly better in my shoulders already.

 

[Big-John]

Back to 100% today and am happy.. Had a good workout!

 

[AtomAnt]

OH MY.... Today was back and biceps. I didn't realize what I started until I got there. Start with meadows rows, then move to T-Bar rows with a 2 sec squeeze at the top and bottom pause. The I had a superset of rack deadlifts and weighted sternum pull-ups... 8 SETS!!!! 5 reps on dead and 6 on pull-ups. If this does not torch you, you are superhuman. I was literally seeing stars. Then was a WM style set with DB shrugs (20 reps) with a 3 second hold at the top and finished off by doing banded back extensions.

Biceps were all done using tension training. All sets had a 3 second negative, squeeze at the top and pause on the bottom. Alternating DB curls with off-set grip, straight bar curls and preacher bench hammer curls. Fucking toasted.

 

[thebrick]

Took the day off from the gym brothers. Cut the grass, hit the grocery, worked my job... and now.... and now??? The fucking toilet just started leaking. So its Home Depot in the AM and hopefully legs later in the day.

 

[tripletotal]

Not dead...just sleeping. Lol. Seriously, I've been on a training and eating bender. 6 days in a row of full body destruction followed by 15-20 units of slin in divided doses and 500-600g of carbs. Gained some weight, lost some fat, feeling sore.

Carb nite is great for fast fat loss and you can build on it, unless your an ecto...then its Carb backloading. A couple tweaks and I'm loving it! Adding in the fat burning stack and fasted HIIT starting this Monday. Tomorrow is much needed rest day.

Good to see a lot of you here and to read about Turbo getting put back together again.

Goddamn, life is good.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Took the day off from the gym brothers. Cut the grass, hit the grocery, worked my job... and now.... and now??? The fucking toilet just started leaking. So its Home Depot in the AM and hopefully legs later in the day.

Day off too
.now Brick whats leaking on the throne? At base with wax seal,.toilet running nonstop? Ib the bad ass plumber waiting for more info so he can assist.asap!!!

Hey triple!! Thats great .saw u in promo issues. Rofl..

Turbos still an astronaut but i did catch him mid flight and he says hello to you guys..one arm just cant run a mouse and his multivision tricks him into using microwave as his pc......dnt tell him i said that....lol..

 

[turbobusa]

hey goodmorning. trying to get feeling better.. hope you have a good day.
thanks t

 

[thebrick]

Hey T! Good to see you around. Keep on that recovery track brother!

IB, looks like its leaking where the water feeds into the base of the tank. I'm guessing that seal needs to be replaced? I'll get the entire unit with the float. I'm open for any tips!

 

[AtomAnt]

Not dead...just sleeping. Lol. Seriously, I've been on a training and eating bender. 6 days in a row of full body destruction followed by 15-20 units of slin in divided doses and 500-600g of carbs. Gained some weight, lost some fat, feeling sore.

Carb nite is great for fast fat loss and you can build on it, unless your an ecto...then its Carb backloading. A couple tweaks and I'm loving it! Adding in the fat burning stack and fasted HIIT starting this Monday. Tomorrow is much needed rest day.

Good to see a lot of you here and to read about Turbo getting put back together again.

Goddamn, life is good.

Triple, carb nite is NOT intermittent fasting, correct? It is basically just a variation on a timed carb diet (TCD), am I right?

I have the Carb Backloading book and there is eating throughout the day, but the bulk of kcals is post training.

I know this approach works, but here is my thing (not necessarily good or bad), not with the diet, but with Keifer. TCDs have been around for a long time. Lyle McDonald was one of the first I know of to write about them. What Keifer did was give it a name everyone can understand and relate to, put it in a non-scientific form, and get some EXCELLENT marketing help.

Hell, I eat minimal to zero carbs all day up until training time. Some days when I am feeling completely burnt out, I eat some carbs pre-workout.

So, as a business person, basically, what I am saying is, Keifer was brilliant at recognizing a market need and saw an opportunity with a proven diet strategy that can work for the masses but because of the way it was currently presented, was not easily understood by all. By refining the language and repackaging the strategy, he was able to reach a mass market and find appeal on a large scale. Although I feel bad for the people who first introduce TCDs, kudos to him for being able to adapt this and make bank.

....yeah, so that was completely off-topic lol

Anyway, was debating whether to take today off or train legs. I haven't done a feeder workout for legs since the last tiem I was supposed to do a feeder workout (light, explosive movements to help with recovery - Meadows talks about the way using such exercise actually helps the CNS recover if done correctly), so I think I will go that route.

 

[tripletotal]

Atom- no, it's not IF. Yes, it is a TCD. It's easy to IF as part of CBL using "morning accelerator shakes." I agree and disagree about Keifer. I think his marketing until very recently was totally inadequate and sophomoric. The real difference, for me, between TCDs and CBL/Carb Nite is the research that backs up what he says. There are 30 pages of references (research papers cited) at the end of CBL.

I'm not 100% sold on everything he claims, and I think he's holding back to protect his in-person coaching business. Me and Mrs. Triple have been hacking IF, CBL, and now Carb Nite for some time and learned a lot about the techniques and ourselves.

You gotta eat, why not have fun trying new things and seeing what can be accomplished?

 

[AtomAnt]

Atom- no, it's not IF. Yes, it is a TCD. It's easy to IF as part of CBL using "morning accelerator shakes." I agree and disagree about Keifer. I think his marketing until very recently was totally inadequate and sophomoric. The real difference, for me, between TCDs and CBL/Carb Nite is the research that backs up what he says. There are 30 pages of references (research papers cited) at the end of CBL.

Actually Lyle has a lot more research and science backing TCDs... The science is there, that is why it works. The same studies that back the carb nite diet, back TCDs. And Scott Stevenson has presented me with countless studies on timed carb diets as well as been implementing them himself for about two decades. But then again, it all depends on where you get your information on it. If you didn't go to people who were authorities on it, then I can see how you would be unsure of the realities and whether there really was proof they would work. IMO, it was just the way TCDs were presented and really kept within the BBing community that prevented them from becoming more mainstream.

I'm not 100% sold on everything he claims, and I think he's holding back to protect his in-person coaching business. Me and Mrs. Triple have been hacking IF, CBL, and now Carb Nite for some time and learned a lot about the techniques and ourselves.

You gotta eat, why not have fun trying new things and seeing what can be accomplished?

That is what I am doing now... moreso with training than diet, but if you never leave the comfort zone, who knows what awaits you.

All in all, I am with you all the way on the topic. I was just in a rambling mood haha

 

[tripletotal]

Thanks for the new info, Atom. I'm going to check Lyle's website out.

I was thinking the same thing about how you're experimenting with training when I was writing about experimenting with nutrition. Kaizen ...continuous improvement.

 

[AtomAnt]

Well shit on me.... Once I got rolling today I thought, "why not push it a bit?" So my feeder workout turned into much more. This is the third time hitting legs this week. I said I was doing a planned over-reaching phase and you can be damn sure I am following through.

I'm on my way back to the naval air station...


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[thebrick]

Chest was a bomb today. Shoulder held me back today. Some days suck! Doctor told me last fall, after a shoulder replacement I can still lift, just much lighter. Well, hell, I can do that now with a raggedy-ass shoulder.

 

[AtomAnt]

Brick, I wish I could give you some of my rejuvenative qualities for that shoulder... I feel for ya brother.

I hit a good chest and shoulder session tonight. Did something similar to whey John did on the video with Santana Anderson for chest and a different workout for shoulders, which was a slight variation to John's delt decimation workout. I love doing pre-fatigue supersets and for shoulders these are sick!

I finished off with some ab work.

My PC crashed on me and I don't have the boot-disk on me on this trip. I'm stuck doing everything on my phone. Do you know how bad it sucks watching porn on your phone?


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[Ironbuilt]

Brick.get a stainless steel flex supply..16" long..
Houses newer than 1970 all take 3/8 compression by closet(7/8) on tank side.. ridged supplys get bumped by brooms and tweak cone seal.so go flexy bro.
Turbo u suppose to stay resting dammit..lay down ..lol

 

[turbobusa]

Aint that the truth IB.... that little bit of car travel and moving around made for a long painful nite.51 yr old dumbfuck..... had to resort to ain medsglad you guys getting some good training.. saw E yesterday ib
looking freaky as hell he definitly gets lot's people pointing.i should be mobile by show.. t

 

[thebrick]

IB, looking closer the bowl has a hairline crack. The thing has a 1955 date on the inside of the lid. Woah, almost as old as me. I have a few hairline cracks too. I'm paying to have it replaced. I have my hands full with my own job.

Hit back today guys and went pretty good. Pulling is always better than pushing on the wing.

Glad you dropped in T!!

 

[AtomAnt]

Brick, I also made today a big back session. Killed it with all kinds of rows and deep most of my vertical pulling from a deep stretch.

Getting leaner by the day brothers. I'm actually looking like I'm a few weeks out from a show... Which has really got me thinking...what if? You just never know


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[AtomAnt]

Mountain dog legs... If anyone questions if I train to my max, I think this picture is worth a thousand words: