I am loving training now. My current approach is easier in many ways. I just have to make sure I put everything into the working set of each exercise. I was still lifting heavy weight before but lots of sets and fast paced so it was hard. Guys often say but you can't stay super intense for long periods but I really was. On this DNP that would probably not be possible for longer than 15 mins. Although I have noticed I am slightly stronger in certain movements such as standing leg curls. No surprise as before I was resting much less and doing many more sets. I am going to carry on training this way for awhile. On Friday night I trained back and it looked like...
Warm up
Behind the neck Lat Pulldowns... 3 warm up sets and 1 working set with the full weight rack.
Close Grip Lat Pulldowns... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set with the full weight rack.
Lat Pulldown Machine... 1 working set.
Straight Arm Pulldowns... 1 warm up set and 1 working set of 10 reps.
TechnoGym Machine Row... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set.
DB Rows... wasn't going to push it with these due to lower back. Done 3 sets of approx 15 reps going up to 40kg db's.
DB Deadlifts... the same as above.
Incline Bench Rear Delt Flyes... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set of 10 reps.
Standing Rear Delt Cable Flyes... 1 working set of 12 reps.
Abs for about 10 mins.
Back and Leg Stretches and form rolling for about 10 mins.
Last night (Sunday) I trained legs and it looked like...
Warm up on leg extension with very light weight.
Calf Presses on Leg Press... 2 warm up sets then 1 working set. The working set consisted of 3 rest paused sets of approx 10, 6 and 4 reps with partials to finish.
Standing Calf Raises... 1 working set of higher reps.
Horizontal Leg Press Calf Presses... 1 warm up set and 1 working set of 10 reps with about 15 partials.
Seated Calf Raises on Smith Machine... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set of 12 reps.
Stiff Leg Deadlifts on Smith Machine... due to lower back I would never go all out on this. Started at 10kg a side and went up 10kg each set and done 4 sets total. So finished at 40kg (2 plates a side) for 15 reps. I was surprised how light this felt but again I would never push the weight on this movement.
Standing Leg Curls... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set of 6 reps (right) and 7 reps (left).
Walking DB Lunges... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set with 32kg db's.
Horizontal Leg Press... 2 warm up sets and 1 working set of 11 reps. Then I lowered the weight and pushed out another working set of 15 reps.
Leg Extensions... 1 working set of 15 slow reps.
Leg and Back Stretches.
My plan is to train 5 days per week and have off days after legs and back. However nothing is written in stone and I will see how I feel 2moro. I may even just add in an arm day for a change. I hope everyone had a good day. I just took my aas, ate a big steak with onions and now it's time to sleep. I have 2 winny amps left

