Rossco's journal

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

How was that tofu stuff dude? I'm gonna have to start eating more I reckon aha I've just noticed how big you've gotten by your avatar!! Mental!

I probably only have tofu once or twice a week, but when I do I love the stuff. Tastes kinda like what I remember omelettes to taste like ?!

[vegan_rossco]

Used my blender for the first time today!
400ml of soya milk
3 bananas
A pinch of cinnamon
30g soya protein powder
5-10g creatine monohydrate

Best breakfast ever!
Roughly 40g of protein I'm training chest after work and I'm pumped for it!

[vegan_rossco]

Little photo update, arms are definitely improving in size!

[vegan_rossco]

Here's my new 'gym' I use that wood cabinet as a makeshift bench.. Until I stop being stingey and by a real bench

[vegan_rossco]

Awesome session today! I'm feeling strong again!
Chest and triceps mostly.

DB bench press
10Kg each arm x 12 reps
15Kg each Rm x 12 reps
20Kg each arm x 12 reps
22.5Kg each arm x 12 reps

DB flys
5Kg each arm x 12 reps
10Kg each arm x 12 reps
15Kg each arm x 12 reps
17.5Kg each arm x 12 reps

Skull crushers. Yep , my oly dumbbells are long enough to do these haha
17.5Kg x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Front raises
W/ 10Kg plate x 12 reps
W/ 10Kg plate x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps
17.5Kg x 12 reps

Sticking with the 12 rep thing for a while, feels good after doing powerlifting and low reps for so long!

[vegan_rossco]

Killer workout today!
Legs and biceps

DB hammer curls (weight and reps per arm)
10Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 12 reps
12.5Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 6 reps drop set to 7.5Kg x 15 reps ouch.

Leg circuits.. These nearly killed me.
10 squats- straight into 10 lunges- straight into 20 calf raises.

All of the above plus holding a 10 Kg plate

All of the above plus a 15Kg plate

All of the above plus two 10Kg plates..

Work is going to suck tomorrow..

[mrbear666]

nice mate, bring on the doms!

[chewybaws]

No barbell? Try bulgarian split squats, if you like torture

[vegan_rossco]

Nah man moved into a new place with my girlfriend and my spare rooms floor would collapse if I brought in my Olympic barbell set up man..
They sound dreadful haha will look em up!

[HIT Rob]

Bulgarian split squats (one legged squats) are a decent movement, another good D-B Leg movement is Front Squats, holding the D-B's like your doing an Arnold Press (palms facing you). You could even pre-exhausted the quads first with weighted sissy squats, then right into heavy D-B Squats. For the rear chain stiff legged dead-lifts are the ticket, as well as bodyweight kneeling hamstring raises.

[vegan_rossco]

I had to train as quick as possible last night and get it over with :/ despite being super pumped for it!
Anyway I decided to superset my side raises and shrugs together and miss out dumbbell rows.

Weight shown is per arm and per dumbbell/plate
DB overhead press
10Kg x 10 reps
10Kg x 10 reps
15Kg x 10 reps
20Kg x 10 reps easy

Side raises, did these fairly slow with as best form as possible.
5Kg x12 reps
5Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 8 reps
10Kg x 8 reps

Shrugs, super high reps to obliterate my traps!
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps
10Kg x 25 reps

That's all I had time for we've got guests over tonight so it's doubtful I can train today..
Will try and fit In chest tomorrow!

[vegan_rossco]

Had what was supposed to be a few days rest but actually turned into a very active few days at work..
Tuesday we had to go into a copse woodland because some conifer trees where blocking all light in the area and killing any other plants around it including some ancient oaks.
We cut half a dozen of them down and chopped up what was felled to use in a community project. There's a couple of photos attached.
Wednesday I spent the day with an elderly group of conservationists that were clearing a hedgerow because it was growing through the trees next to it amd choking them, we put all the waste material into a skip which I ended up climbing into to compress the materials... No picture of that yet I'm afraid hahaha.

Am training chest in a couple of hours as I don't need to go into work until the afternoon!

[vegan_rossco]

Chest and triceps!
Weight is per arm and dumbbell for bench and flys
DB bench press
10Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
25Kg x 12 reps, this was a tiny bit difficult. It's weird how 50Kg on a barbell would be a warmup for bench yet when transferred into dumbbells it becomes a very different lift.

DB flys
5Kg x 12 reps
10Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 10 reps

Skull crushers
15Kg x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps
22.5Kg x 12 reps
I experienced some elbow discomfort during the last two sets, will gladly except any alternative dumbbell tricep exercises!

Front raises
10Kg plate x 12 reps
10Kg plate x 12 reps
15Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Good session! Now I've gotta go do a talk at a school and show some bats

[vegan_rossco]

Trained directly after work which sucked a bit..

Biceps/forearms + legs/abs

DB hammer curls, I went for slightly lower reps to get more weight in. Weight and reps are per arm
10Kg x 10 reps
10Kg x 10 reps
15Kg x 10 reps, just about
Concentration curls to finish up. 15Kg x 7 reps

DB front squats,, now this sucked. I had a real tough time keeping the weight to my shoulders/chest when squatting. It's so ,much heavier when you have the weight out in front of you.
30Kg x 12 reps
40Kg x 10 reps.
Decided to go down to a couple of weight plates instead.
20Kg x 12 reps
20Kg x 12 reps

Body weight lunges and ab crunches
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps
Lunges x 5 each leg
Abs crunches x 20 reps

Pretty annoyed tbh..

[esqinchi]

I used to train after work after my old job, usually at 6:45pm, and absolutely hated the schedule. It was always crowded at the gym, and just too damn late in the day. Do you like using creatine? I tend to hold water easily, so I've been hesitant to start. Was this your experience?