Workout: What did you do today?

[Guybrush]

Looking good and strong, grindy 🙂

[jimmy jazz]

I did a good squat session yesterday.

Mountain Dog (RIP) said that he does leg curls before squatting and recommended it because 'it just feels better'.

So I tried it.

Didn't notice a thing tbh.

[Guybrush]

Doing a workout at home today. Feeling super strong.

I've been mixing it up a lot for September up until now and that's made it a lot harder to keep track of progress. Different exercises, different weights. I've been trying to get some fewer reps exercises in as well as more reps on certain things.

So I've lost track on progress, except for when it comes to squats. However, I basically aim to get to failure in the last set of whatever it is. I'm gonna start going for partial reps as well on stuff like pullups.

So losing progress in terms of numbers, but it's apparent on my bod which is swelling up at a nice pace 😅

Something I did today was situps from a decline with a 10kg disk under my chin which was a lot easier now than the last time I attempted it. Was planning on 8 x 3, but ended up doing 10 more reps, so.. need to up the weight on that.

[jimmy jazz]

When you say lost track, do you write down everything you do?

[Guybrush]

When you say lost track, do you write down everything you do?

Yes, ideally, but I forgot to write down everything I did this week basically. I can remember some of it, so will write.

The reason is I had two sessions at the gym at work and my clipboard is in the gym at home.

[DJChameleon]

Yes, ideally, but I forgot to write down everything I did this week basically. I can remember some of it, so will write.

The reason is I had two sessions at the gym at work and my clipboard is in the gym at home.

Do you take your cell phone to work? You can use your notes app to jot down stuff too.

[grindy]

I used to write down nothing and just trained to what I assumed was failure. Turned out I had no idea what failure was and basically trained with the same weights and reps for ages. Nowadays I write down weights and reps every time in an excel sheet on my phone and really push to increase the reps or weight. Helps a ton.

[jimmy jazz]

I use a literal pad and pen. I've got through one book already and almost through a second book.

I did back and bis yesterday.

I'm on about 45kg ez curls for 12 reps and 27kg for the concentration curls (7, 6, 6).

I don't go heavy on bis often because it fucks with my forearm bones. It's like shin splints but in your forearms. But every now and then I like to see where I'm at.

[Guybrush]

I also like to write on pen and paper for this, even though I take notes in Google keep for most other things.

Despite my slip up, I have recorded everything so I can get back on track. It's more the mental overview / general idea about upper body strength that has become a little more abstract.

Something that I also noticed is as I've gained strength, form has improved and the strain on the muscles has increased. If I go all out, I only have one rest day to recuperate between a couple of my workouts (Sunday / Tuesday) which doesn't seem like enough.

Considering changing my program so that I exercise every three days or so instead 🤔

[jimmy jazz]

It is enough, it might not be if you were obliterating a muscle group then training it again but you're not doing that.

Just to be sure can you post what you'd do on Sunday then Tuesday?

[grindy]

My mom told me today that I'm too buff and should train less, because otherwise it's bad for my health and I will become a bodybuilder and won't be able to properly move my limbs. That's some high level momming right there.

[FETCHER.]

I got a new training plan this week, I'm doing lots more free weights and gradually increasing my confidence in the gym.

I had my first introduction to drop sets today... that was lovely. I had other exercises but I done drop sets on the leg extension, hamstring curl and leg press. I was really really close to being sick lol.

[grindy]

I got a new training plan this week, I'm doing lots more free weights and gradually increasing my confidence in the gym.

I had my first introduction to drop sets today... that was lovely. I had other exercises but I done drop sets on the leg extension, hamstring curl and leg press. I was really really close to being sick lol.

Would be curious to see the whole plan.

[FETCHER.]

Would be curious to see the whole plan.

Stairmaster - 10mins

Barbell Squat - 3 sets of 10
Barbell sumo squat - 3 sets of 10
Dumbbell reverse lunge - 3 sets of 10
Leg extension - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Hamstring curl - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Leg press - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Dumbbell step ups - 3 sets of 12
Dumbbell Bulgarian split squats - 3 sets of 12
 

[grindy]

Stairmaster - 10mins

Barbell Squat - 3 sets of 10
Barbell sumo squat - 3 sets of 10
Dumbbell reverse lunge - 3 sets of 10
Leg extension - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Hamstring curl - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Leg press - 10 reps no rest reduce weight by 3 pins and continue til failure
Dumbbell step ups - 3 sets of 12
Dumbbell Bulgarian split squats - 3 sets of 12
 

Is this one day of training? Damn that's a lot of volume. Hope you're able to do it properly and recover.