Dloves lifting log

[mikea]

I think actual pre-exhaustion work has is role in BBing, but not in powerlifting at all. The idea is to tax the major muscles in order to focus on bringing up specific areas of the body or muscle group. I think it's useful if for some reasons you're so advanced that it makes sense, but in general, 90% of people out there don't really need to do much pre-exhaustion.

The idea in powerlifting is to get stronger each and every workout and pre-exhausting the muscles only creates a situation in which sub-optimal strength can be used.

I guess what I meant about warm up sets was this... If you are shooting for 2 sets of 5 at 315lbs, get there as quickly as possible without jeopardizing your muscle/joint health. For example, rather than doing:
135 x 15
185 x 15
225 x 10
275 x 5 and then going for your sets... Stretch out your chest, loosen up your joints, and do something more like:
135 x 10
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 2 and then get at the sets...

I'm just a firm believer that it's very easy to tax your body more than you mean to and the next thing you know, you're going to be giving a sub-optimal effort.

I'd like Mikea to chime in because he is the PLing authority around here right now.

I agree what Milky is saying to a great degree, but like you and me Dlove have discussed before, that for me i like to do quite a lot of warm up work and this gives me the best results. Im shure this is individual too, but i recomend experimenting and seeing what your body likes and need to get ready for that pr set.

´´The idea in powerlifting is to get stronger each and every workout and pre-exhausting the muscles only creates a situation in which sub-optimal strength can be used. ´´

This statement i can sign 100%, pre-exhausting is the stupidest thing to do, however i like to work to 5rep maxes and to do quite a lot of warm ups, to avoid exhausting i drop reps early and the last 3 or so warm up sets i will do 2-3reps. But again experiment, but the idea is to get joints and cns ready not to exchaust the muscles!

I like the idea of doing at least 5warm up sets, and obviously when you add 100pounds to your max, you should add some more warm up sets.

My 2cents.

 

[mikea]

Side note everyone needs to see The Hangover tonight it looks great. Mikea probably alredy got it over in wonderland, Nice!. He says theatres are bad ass there. They get flics before us too, Im ptretty sure.

I would be shocked if we get them before you? I dont know tho?!

Hey man there bad ass for me, but im pretty shure theyre the same ones you have there over yankland! Like Imax for instance! The great thing is that the vip rooms with lazyboy style chairs and blankets are so cheap for a western salary

My hand is now messed up, not broken thank god but somethings wrong with it, oh well it was for a good reason anyways but ill see tomorrow if i can train Ill hit you with the story later D.

 

[Dlove]

Trained Legs today but no need to log it pretty much cruising this week. Same workout style which I definitely still like a lot. I was able to squat today since I let the knees heel up. Drop weight to 305 for 5 several left in the tank. I used the Box to stand on for bent BB rows. Saw something similar from Mr. Lats Franco Columbo a while back. I had more bend and closer stance today and they felt much better. Traps are coming around a bit. Finished off with HS Hammy curls real slow nice stretch feels good. Ill be feeling that tommorow im sure.

I got some bad news this week I thought I would share. I got my blood work done and all was fine but test level came back 146. That is outrageously low. I dunno know what to do at this point but wait to hear back from the doc. I did decide to go ahead and start test-e and d-bol but I am a little curious about D-bol with this low level like this? Maybe someone could chime in on this.

 

[mikea]

Whats up dough boy?

For cruising i would do stuff that you dont do when blasting, and keeping the reps at 10-15, this way you dont get in a rut and in the longer run its gonna be healthier that you dont stick with the same movement all the time.

Let us know what happens with the doc, dont really know what to say about that, but im intrested nevertheless.

 

[Dlove]

Let us know what happens with the doc, dont really know what to say about that, but im intrested nevertheless.

Yeah it's fucked up my man. First time I ran NPP and I just couldn't seem t recover from it. I don't know how I am even going to the gym let alone slowly progressing the weight with a 146 test level. Dude this shit is embarrasing to be quite honest. I just turned 33 not 93 lol. I started test-e at 250mg's a week and ill just carry that dose through the summer. By the time i am off my test level will drop and it will be time to see the endro. It takes 4-6 months to see one around here.

Hey did you get my email? Hit me up some good movies you like that I can get threw isohunt. Do you know of anonther movie database like iso?

 

[Dlove]

Pretty crazy week. Not much training just legs Wed. and going to the gym now for chest. Cruised with lighter weight on wed. probably just do the same today.

I did get some golf in for my b-day the the other day and i am taking the canoe out this evening.

Diet has been better but not getting 5 meals like I like. I stopped the fast food chcolate etc.. this week and drank my last few beers on my birthday, lol. Not taking serquel to sleep so I should be feeling good next week sleeping without it hopefully. I saw the farm leauge playing ball at the stadium the other night and that was pretty depressing. I originally used gear to help my game I thought but it killed it I got to big and couldn't swing didn't make the team. So it made me wonder why I kept taking juice just to end up like this with low t-level. Fuck it I quess if this is the worst thing that happens to me thats not bad. I just really don't wanna be depended a sht a week for the rest of my life.

Ill keep you guys posted next week on main lifts etc.. Should get interesting with d-bol up in the mix.

 

[leanbody]

Hey man
i feel your pain - you are a young 'un tho - maybe it takes longer to recover - Does the doc know you've done gear? I don't remember my natty test levels but they were piss poor - altho the doc said "low end of normal for a guy my age!" Yeah that made me feel better. Don't know what I'll do when this cycle is over - have to wait & see what my new natty test levels are. Take care bud - don't worry - it will all work out for you one way or another!

BTW Happy B-day! canoeing sounds like a great way to spendf the day!

 

[TheMilkMan]

Yeah it's fucked up my man. First time I ran NPP and I just couldn't seem t recover from it. I don't know how I am even going to the gym let alone slowly progressing the weight with a 146 test level. Dude this shit is embarrasing to be quite honest. I just turned 33 not 93 lol. I started test-e at 250mg's a week and ill just carry that dose through the summer. By the time i am off my test level will drop and it will be time to see the endro. It takes 4-6 months to see one around here.

I take it you saw my post on your thread about your low t-levels in the Anabolic Section???

While it does suck that at a rather young age you may have some issue with hormone production, you've got to see where it came from. For example, I'm 10 years younger than you and my levels are only 452ng/dL (pre-cycling), so I expect that I'll be on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) by the time I'm your age. Everyone is different and it's amazing what actually triggers the problems. I know another Mod on the board, I can't remember who, came out of back surgery and his hormone levels had crashed. They were never an issue previously and they never recovered. Go figure.

 

[Dlove]

Sup guys. Damn when it rains it fucking pores no doubt. My fiancee fell down these concrete steps to the apartment last night and shattered her ankle. So I took her to the ER and while I was there finally decided to get my right knee checked. It is crazy inflammed and has tore tendons from lifting and to top it off the knee cap has shifted badly to the right. The doc said the best thing for it is ice, naproxen and building up my quads. Im wearing a brace to. Now i didn't ask what he meant by building the quads. I doubt it's to throw 3-4 plates on and start squatting.

Heres a pic of my x-ray it doesn't look to good. I wonder what to do at this point? I haven't started the d-bol you think that would help rebuild or fuck me up further? This happened to any of you? Thanx

 

[Dlove]

To top it off I was gonna start the 5/3/1 today as well desn't look like thats happening

 

[Dlove]

I take it you saw my post on your thread about your low t-levels in the Anabolic Section???

I did man thanx i am just going to see where 250 a week takes me.

I also read a few other places where this guy was in a bad motorcycle wreck and that crashed his t-level to where he takes testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) too.

Now for this knee situation that's really got me bummed.

 

[Kane_Red_Machine]

i came as you ask Dlove.

So my thought is than you have not that bad calcification. so ligament and tendon injurys would be the only thing it will preocupe me.

ice is good within the week the inflammation came; and only fresh dry application after one week. do it all along the time you feel to lot of pain for 15 minuts.

after that make an ointement, i would prefer an idrocialamide prepartion for massage 5%, possible it exist a brand which make it and also alternatively diclofenac massage 5 to 10% concentration, it will reduce to soreness a lot, and stop localy the fixation of prostaglandine which increase the inflammation.

no oral. or only ibuprofen sometimes. and following the notice.

do not squat for a time. but make appartement-bike. you will make the whole movement of your leg without charge. it's good for the joint of knee.

also, stretch for knees in injurys are not good. let it health. do ice, ointment. slow movement ( bike).

if you find it : knee pad. it usefull to help the ligament. her's a pic, ther's 100 kind different, you have to choose one.

And ho, yes, don't make injection in leg!

 

[Dlove]

Thanx Kane I appreciate the advice a lot. Can't get much advice from docs around here. I am definitely looking into that ointment concetrations.

I wonder about deadlifts with knee wraps? My quess is thats a no-no?

How often for ointment?

I am ging to get the higher end brace definitely mine is nice but probably not tight enugh or stable enough.

 

[Dlove]

Monday upper body followed wendlers method.

Military Press 3 sets 25' side x 5 reps, 3 sets 30 side x 5 reps, 2 sets only(fried) 35 side x 5

Flat DB Press 15x50, 12x60, 10x70, 6x80

BB Shrugs 15x225, 12x315, 10x315, 20 super slow 135

Incline DC Stretch- 30's 60 second

Ab crunch 3x20

 

[Kane_Red_Machine]

Thanx Kane I appreciate the advice a lot. Can't get much advice from docs around here. I am definitely looking into that ointment concetrations.

I wonder about deadlifts with knee wraps? (1) My quess is thats a no-no? (2)

How often for ointment? (3)

I am ging to get the higher end brace definitely mine is nice but probably not tight enugh or stable enough.

Ok so 1) it's usefull to use it each time you would train legs, but learn to know your curent limit. cross it step by step don't be as mad-machine. mind always for the best, not for "the more" right?

2) Courage! Never look behind you. what you can do is what you are able to do. tnik positiv! it's a battle, you have to win.

3) it depend person to person, for mean it was ED. for 3 months and now one a week is enough. dry fresh application sometimes after box-training.

one think i learn is : waitting is waste of time. help you body and your body will help you.

 

[Kane_Red_Machine]

Monday upper body followed wendlers method.

Military Press 3 sets 25' side x 5 reps, 3 sets 30 side x 5 reps, 2 sets only(fried) 35 side x 5

Flat DB Press 15x50, 12x60, 10x70, 6x80

BB Shrugs 15x225, 12x315, 10x315, 20 super slow 135

Incline DC Stretch- 30's 60 second

Ab crunch 3x20

seem reasonable. accord just your diet, you are currently on cutting?

 

[Dlove]

Not really cutting or bulking right now Kane. Things are pretty shitty my way with a test level of 146 and now this knee. I am just trying to eat clean for the most part. I like how you suggest white flesh a lot. When I eat lots of turkey off the bird or chicken and fish I really seem to tighten up.

Have you ever tried elk? I hear it's the best for red meat, along with buffalo.

My diet was in the toilet for a while just now getting on track.

So you think light leg exercises aren't bad and deadlift on occasions? I am bringing my exercise bike over tonight and will use it 3-4x week first thing morning empty stomach.

I quess ill but the better brace at the mall tonight. Wear it ED? Thanx buddy You are definitely Steroidologys Injury Specialist,

 

[Kane_Red_Machine]

Not really cutting or bulking right now Kane. Things are pretty shitty my way with a test level of 146 and now this knee. I am just trying to eat clean for the most part. I like how you suggest white flesh a lot. When I eat lots of turkey off the bird or chicken and fish I really seem to tighten up.

Have you ever tried elk? (1) I hear it's the best for red meat, along with buffalo.

My diet was in the toilet for a while just now getting on track.

So you think light leg exercises aren't bad and deadlift on occasions?(2) I am bringing my exercise bike over tonight and will use it 3-4x week first thing morning empty stomach.

I quess ill but the better brace at the mall tonight. Wear it ED? (3) Thanx buddy You are definitely Steroidologys Injury Specialist, (4)

1) it's at the menu for next month if not mistake, i will see buddy

2) simply don't over pass your limit, do what you can, avoid to hurt yourself.

3) no only when the knee is solicit.

4) don't say that, or i will be ban... ther's a doc-forum here.

i just give honestly, and friendly, all knowledge i can.

i have one question : have made local inject of cortisone (or else?)

 

[TheMilkMan]

Monday upper body followed wendlers method.

Military Press 3 sets 25' side x 5 reps, 3 sets 30 side x 5 reps, 2 sets only(fried) 35 side x 5

I went as far as buying the 5/3/1 program, and I'm pretty sure he only prescribes 3 working sets.

Week One is supposed to be:

65% of 1RM x 5
75% of 1RM x 5
85% of 1RM x 5 or more reps but 1 left in the tank

Also, the 1RM are actually 10% less than your actual 1RM. For example, if you bench 300lbs, your 1RM for this program would be 270 and your sets would be:

175 x 5
205 x 5
230 x 5 or more reps

Just something to think about...

 

[TheMilkMan]

And D... Wish I could give you some advice on the injury, but the only thing I can recommend is just taking it easy and making sure you don't injure it any further. I would have to assume that the tendons/ligaments in the knee are weak to allow for the knee cap to end up like that. Again, I'm no doctor, but that's what I would think.