Yankee's shakin the gym with IronFlex Quake!! (Sponsored)

[Yjyankee]

First off, big thanks to Lukehayd & the crew over @ IronFlex. I'm just finishing up a bottle of their form & that stuff rocks, so I'm pretty sure that this Quake will be equally as good in the preworkout arena.

I took my first dose this morning in a glass of ice cold water. Talk about great stuff so far! The flavor is fruit punch & the taste is a very light, refreshing fruit punch. Not that sweet, or tart stuff like others. It also mixes VERY easy. I just swirled around my cup a few times & it was completely mixed!

About 15 minutes after drinking it, I was folding towels, it started kicking in! I started warming up and feeling those tingles. I left a few minutes after that, & by the time I walked into the gym, the focus was off the charts!! I went in for a chest workout this morning with one goal on my mind - 100lb db's..

After a couple warmup sets, I was dialed in & filling up w/ blood all over. The pump was getting intense! After knocking out a set of 10 w/ the 80's, I got 10 more w/ the 90's. This was gonna be the day! I knew I had those 100's in me!

Sure as shit! I knocked out 2 sets of 5 with the 100's!!! I couldn't believe it!!! I've always stopped at the 80's..

100 lb dbells! - YouTube

So far, so good!! I've got a feeling this is going to be a fun ride!!!

 

[lukehayd]

You already had the 100s, you just needed the kick in the shorts to go for it! Lol! Good to see you like it so far. It should get better.

 

[Therealkozmo]

Stimulants are a hell of a drug.

 

[Yjyankee]

Shit's awesome so far! I stayed wide the f open all day long!!! Hoping to hit back or shoulders tomorrow morning before giving all the thanks to the lord or God!!

 

[Yjyankee]

Quake - day 3

Weight - N / A

Had a pretty good weekend, not having to work too much overtime! Saturday’s pr still has me feeling pretty stoked! I was gonna hit shoulders yesterday, but slept in & then had to work at the father in laws shop for a few hours. The rest of the day was spent relaxing w / the family.

Got up this morning feeling well rested & ready to hit it. I was out the door by 3:45 & on the road running. I got in 3 miles in 30 minute's, leaving me time to get into the gym for a quick back workout.

I drove to the gym & walked in soaking wet! One of the guys there kinda looked at me funny. I still had plenty of energy and by the time I finished my workout, I was feeling like a friggin cobra! Lol. No pr’s this morning, but I still felt great all the way through. This stuff is giving me some incredible energy!

I'll probably skip the cardio tomorrow and just hit arms.

 

[lukehayd]

So it's safe to say that you'd be mad if I took the Quake back while you were gone?

 

[Yjyankee]

I'd hunt you down like an animal.

 

[Superbeast668]

Quakes a pretty sweet PWO. May grab it next and play with doses. It felt like I needed a second scoop but one was still a nice day. Ironflex has some sexy ass supps in their line.

 

[lukehayd]

Ironflex has some sexy ass reps on their team.

Stop it! You're making me blush!

 

[Yjyankee]

Been a crazy busy day today. Hitting the sack.

Ran 3 miles this morning. Getting up @ 3am (less than 3 fucking hours from now) to hit shoulders..

Might take 1.5 scoops to wake my ass up!

 

[Yjyankee]

Quake - Day 6

weight - 183

PR on the db shrugs!! Pulled the 95's for 2x6 STRICT reps!!

I woke up this morning, pissed, because it was about 10 minutes before my alarm went off.. On top of that, I seemed to wake up every hour, on the hour last night.. WTF!??

Sure enough, I needed 1.5 scoops!! Looking back, I could have easily handled 2 full scoops! I was in the gym yawning & kind of dragging.. I could've tried sleeping till 4:30 & going to work, but I wasn't sleeping good anyway.

My military presses felt good. I worked up to the 60s' but wasn't getting enough reps, so I backed down to the 50's for good reps with good form.

The lateral moves were a joke.. The tendonitis in my left forearm is really weird.. I could only go up to the 15's for laterals before the arm started to hurt. Why is it I can pull 95lb dbells, but can't friggin lateral a 25 pounder?

All in all, despite being tired, I had a pretty good workout with some solid pumps. My traps are nice & tight right now, and my delts seem to have a pretty good fullness to them tonight.

Jogging tomorrow morning. I'd like to see if I can get back up to 5 miles. We'll see..

 

[lukehayd]

How'd the jogging go?

 

[Yjyankee]

Lol, only got 3 miles in. However, I friggin ran like the wind!! First 2 miles were around 8.5 min mile pace. The 3rd was closer to 10.

I hit chest yesterday. Worked with the bar this time. Had a great workout, despite getting off work that morning. Worked out with 200lbs & got in some good strict reps.

Running again today, but arms tomorrow morning. Might get some progress pics then. Really loving the pumps & energy so far.

 

[lukehayd]

There's such a wide spectrum in the category of PREs that finding one that works how you want it to can be tricky. I really think Quake hit it on the nose for my taste. I do however have those days where I really want the "smash my head through the wall" rage energy and so I keep a different pre for that.

 

[Yjyankee]

Sorry for the lack of updates. Had a busy weekend at work, and that had me sleeping more than normal during the days when I was home.

Got off shift yesterday & hit arms. A friend suggested a different arm workout for me, so I figured, what the hell, why not? He calls it shock & awe.. Basically, hitting each exercise for about 8 sets, all to failure. Definitely different from what I normally do, but it was fun to try something different. It definitely taxed me in more ways than one! I had a little mental fatigue after the session too! I pushed myself harder than I have in quite some time!

I shocked the muscles big time by going to extreme failure - basically forced reps w/out the help of a spotter. The awe came later in the day w/ the muscles still feeling full & pumped! lol..

Here's a shot from when I got home.

Today was supposed to be a running day, but I went to the brother in laws house to visit yesterday. He had an adjustable backboard/rim, so we decided to lower it a little & have a dunk contest... I probably should've warmed up first.. The tendons above both knees are beyond sore right now!!! No way I'm running. I took my quake & in just a bit, I'll be going in to hit shoulders instead.. lol.. Sucks getting old!!

 

[Yjyankee]

Oh, notice the nice burn I acquired on my inner forearm the other night at work! The blister finally popped.. Slathered in Neosporin..

 

[lukehayd]

Ouch! That doesn't look fun!

 

[Yjyankee]

Yeah, it f'ing sucks..

Off day today. Gonna get up @ 3 tomorrow morning & maybe hit chest & 3 miles on treadmill..

 

[Yjyankee]

Fucked around with the 100***8217;s again this morning. Better update tonight.

 

[Yjyankee]

OK, I didn't get to update last night.

Like I said yesterday though, I got back to the 100's for my chest workout. This time, I only got 2 sets of 4, but I went much deeper and got a very nice squeeze at the top. After that, I hit the incline, and got up to the 70's for a couple sets of 10 with nice, slow form. The pump was crazy by then. I finished off w/ some cable cross overs and wore my pecs out! I always finish my chest workout by seeing how many pushups I can get. I know I did good when I can only get about 5-10 before collapsing to the floor. Yesterday was no exception. I got 3... Here's a shot from after yesterdays workout.

This morning, I got up nice & early and went for a 3.5 mile jog. Felt good, but missing the weights.. LOL. I might try & sneek in to get a shoulder workout or something today. Or, just take it easy on my day off & hit them hard tomorrow morning.