Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness

5/6/2011
squat - 20kgx6, 20x6, 50x5, 70x3, 100x3, 120x5, 135x3, 150x3
good morning - 20kgx8, 50x6, 70x10, 10, 10, 10, 8
standing cable crunch - 140x10, 10, 10, 10, 10
superset with
wide grip pull up - BWx7, 7, 7, 7, 5
barbell curl - 20kgx6, 30x10, 10, 8

BW: 234.5
Changed up my squat form a bit. It felt really good on the warm up sets but I wasn't able to hold it on my final set. I'll just have to keep working on it, getting a higher amount of volume on warm ups. Elbows and forearm extensors were a little sore today for some reason so I decided to go with a lighter weight/higher rep scheme on curls. Got a really good sweat going and really hammered my posterior chain so I didn't bother with any cardio. Which might just be another way of saying I got lazy, but whatever.

5/9/2011
military press - 20kgx6, 20x6, 30x5, 40x5, 50x3, 55x3, 60x5, 65x5, 75x5
wide grip pull up - BWx12, 9, 6, 6, 5
dip - BW+25x12, 12, 12, 10, 9
neck curl - 5kgx10, 10x8, 15x12, 12, 12

Did some light shoulder rehab stuff, then box jumps. Jumped onto a 32.5" box, 4 sets of 10, rapid fire. Rested about a minute and a half between sets.
BW: 234

5/10/2011
deadlift - 70kgx6, 5, 90x3, 110x3, 128x5, 148x5, 178x9
glute ham raise - BWx10, 9, 7, 6, 4
lunge - 40kgx8, 65x10, 10, 8
standing cable crunch - 150x10, 10, 10, 10, 10

Did two sets of 21 tire flips/20 sledge hammer hits then sprinted around the perimeter of my yard (which is really big) twice then called it a day. I had trouble getting motivated today, but I got in and got it done. I've also cut back my food intake a bit, so that might have something to do with it. Time to shed this winter coat.
BW: 235

5/12/2011 BW: 235.5
bench press - 45x6, 6, 95x6, 135x6, 155x3, 185x5, 210x5, 240x8+1 assisted
incline press - 45x6, 95x6, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1+1 assisted
close grip press - 45x6, 135x6, 185x5, 225x3, 255x5
dumbbell row - 100x10, 10, 7 (per arm)

I was all messed up today. My sleep schedule got really thrown off last night. I went to a hardcore show which ended up going until 1 AM, so I didn't get home and in bed until almost 2. I normally get up at 4 AM to be at work by about 5:50. Today I was off, but I had a meeting at work from 7-8. So after the meeting I came home and napped from about 9-12:30. Only ate a small meal before the meeting (Clif bar and half of a field roast sausage) to maximize sleep time. After my nap I went and got a big lunch with a few friends, then hit the gym about two hours later. So my sleep being thrown off really threw off my eating as well. That having been said, I was pretty happy with my work out today. I got about 3/4 of the way up on the 9th rep with 240 but just couldn't lock it out. My incline sucks. I don't know if it's just because I wasn't doing it for so long, but I even put it before close grip to give it some prioritization. Every time I bomb off my chest. I want to do some dead benching (starting from a dead stop just off my chest in a rack), but I know it will tear up my shoulders. I'll see what I can come up with. PR on close grip presses, stoked about that. They're consistently moving up. I was wiped by the time I got to rows, and by the third set I just had nothing left in the tank. After that I did some light rotator cuff, trap and neck work.

Training log looking good, as always!

Thanks man! I was actually feeling really weak and fatigued last week, so I'm taking this week off to let my body recover. I've been putting in a lot of extra hours at work, so between that and skipping the recommended deload week for the last few cycles, I was definitely feeling it. I also just broke up with the girl I thought I was gonna marry and am pretty beat up over it, so I don't feel too bad about taking a week off. I start my new job next week as part owner of the contracting company for which I used to work. The hours will be long and it's incredibly physically demanding work, and as such my training may suffer a bit at first, but I'll eventually get things on track. Also, just realized I forgot to post my squat workout from last Friday, so I'll do that now.

5.13.2011 BW 234.5
squat - 20kgx8, 6, 50x5, 70x3, 90x3, 108x5, 123x5, 140x4
good morning - 70kgx10, 10, 8
plank w/ 45 lb plate on my back - 1:30, 1:15
lying leg raise - BWx13
barbell curl - 20kgx8, 35x10, 9, 8

I was feeling overtrained big time. Couldn't even hit the minimum 5 reps on my last set of squats. Had absolutely no energy for my assistance exercises. Broke up with my girlfriend the night before, probably didn't help. Pretty much a total shit day in the gym. Hope to come back stronger next week.

Head up man, bad workouts happen. You'll be back on track before you know it!

Thanks dude. I'm trying to keep that mindset. I don't even have much of an appetite and I've been eating like crap the last week. The gym is like therapy for me and not being able to go this week when I'm thinking about so much is killing me

Hope you're still able to get in the gym now and then. How's the new job? Is it kicking your butt?

Haven't been to the gym in a month. New job is killing me. I've been training two new guys I hired and have been putting in 60-70 hours a week working out in the field, building and roofing. Plus paper work, emails and other business stuff on top of that, adding about another hour onto each day. Sleeping about 4 hours a night. Hopefully it will pay off in the end.

Here's an update on my life. My business partners and I just sold our contracting company. I am officially without a job, and I'm ok with that. I have some prospects lined up, I'm not at all worried about it as I know I always have one to fall back on, but I plan on just relaxing for a few weeks, maybe going to visit my brother in Denver. Work was killing me. I was putting in about 75 hours a week most weeks, trying to make time to see my friends and see my gf who lives an hour away. At the same time I sold the business, my gf and I broke up, and I'm now left with a lot of free time, so I'm going to take advantage of it. I just got back from my first trip to the gym in over 4 months. Size and strength are down considerably, but I'm going into it with a positive attitude. Took it fairly easy today, didn't push myself too hard, just wanted to re-acclimate my body to the weights.

9.19.2011 BW: 208
military press - 45lbsx 5, 5, 65x5, 75x5, 95x5, 115x5, 135x5, 65x16
pull up - BWx6, 6, 6, 5, 5
dip - BWx10, 10, 9, 8, 7

I was so excited to be back in the gym my body was shaking. I can tell my body is going to be really sore tomorrow, but there's something I love about that feeling. There's nothing more satisfying to me than knowing I've accomplished something. It feels good to be back.

I love it as well man. Glad your mind is in the right place despite what's happened. Must be as strong mentally as you are physically =D

Looking forward to following your progress again

Got really sick yesterday. Barely left my bed, couldn't eat anything all day, threw up the small bit of orange juice and water I got down, everything was in pain. Woke up today feeling 10x better. Probably just going to take it easy this week though, get back at it next week. And thanks for the kind words Chewy!

OH WOW someone from JERSEY!! We should be friends!