Mavric's Journal

Since i'm new here i figured i'd first start off by posting my keto results.  I weighed around 225lbs. with around 16% bf in Feb. and cut down to around 190 with around 10% bf by June.  Here are my before and after pictures.

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I'll start posting a lifting journal. Im doing an upper lower split currently.

15 second rest pauses

Incline Bench 
175 x 12 + 3
Tbar Rows 
3plates + 5 x 14 + 6
DB OH Press 
60s x 15 + 4
Lateral Raise 
25s x 12 + 3
Pull Ups: 
50
Close grip 
145 x 12 + 3
Curls 
70 x 15 + 5
Shrugs 
315 x 12 + 4

Heavy leg day kinda depressing with failures

Squat:
warmup w/ 135 and 225
295 x 3
325 x 2
345 x 1 
355 fail

Power Clean:
warmup 135
185 x 3
205 x 2
225 fail

still need some work on my form here

SLDL:
warmup 225
315 x 5
365 x 2
375 x 2

Front squat:
warmup 135
185 x 4
205 x 4
225 x 2

Lookin pretty cutup. Nice work.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."

30s Rest pauses

Flat Bench: 205 x 8 + 3 + 1

Tbar Rows:
3plates & 25 x 8 + 4 + 3

OH DB Press:
70s x 8 + 1 + 0

Lat Raise:
30s x 8 + 4 + 4

WG Pullups:
8 + 4 + 4

Dips abw + 45
8 + 4 + 4

Curls
90 x 9 + 3 + 3

Shrugs(slow)
225 3 x 8

Light leg day

Box Squat
165 10 x 2

Hexbar Deadlift
275 x 20

the deadlifts gave me the worst headache for whatever reason, but b/c of it i had to stop my workout. it pissed me off

I get headaches from deadlifts too. Were you exhaling during the concentric contraction?

Good lifts, are your pullups 50 straight or in sets?

ACE-CPT, NASM-CPT, AFPA-Nutrition Consultant 

I dont think i was as much as i should have been. im sure lack of oxygen is what caused it, and i regret it now cause it hurt so ****ing bad ha.


I basically just do a race to 50 with sets at about 10 or so. i try to better my previous time each time

30s rest pauses

Flat Bench:
225 x 5 + 2 + 1

Tbar Rows:
4 plates x 5 + 3 + 2

OH BB Press:
160 x 5 + 2 + 1

Lat Raise:
35s x 5 + 3 + 2

Pull ups:
50

Close Grip:
185 x 5 + 2 + 3

Curls:
100 x 5 + 2 + 2

Shrugs(slow)
275 3 x 5


During bench today i got another one of those ass raping headache's. I loaded up on Ibuprofen, took a 10 minute break and pushed through the rest of my workout with slight pain. I wasnt about to miss out on the rest of my workout like yesterday

Heavy Leg Day

Squat
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 2
345 x 1
355 fail.....

Deadlift
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 3

after my first sets in squats i received another one of these headaches, its the worst pain i have ever felt in my head. it called down and i finished my squats, but then it came right back during the deadlifts and i quit the workout during my set of 315.  this is the most unbarable headache ever. i feel i should get medical assistance even tho i dont want to take time off from the gym

Mavric850


30s rest pauses

Flat Bench:
225 x 5 + 2 + 1

Tbar Rows:
4 plates x 5 + 3 + 2

OH BB Press:
160 x 5 + 2 + 1

Lat Raise:
35s x 5 + 3 + 2

Pull ups:
50

Close Grip:
185 x 5 + 2 + 3

Curls:
100 x 5 + 2 + 2

Shrugs(slow)
275 3 x 5


During bench today i got another one of those ass raping headache's. I loaded up on Ibuprofen, took a 10 minute break and pushed through the rest of my workout with slight pain. I wasnt about to miss out on the rest of my workout like yesterday

the point of lifting weights is to inflame the muscles, so taking an anti inflammatory like ibuprofen during or after lifting is going to hinder ur results

Current: 19, 5'11", 190@7%

bench:305 squat:370(atg) deadlift:475
Goals: 4plate squat, 5plate dead

"obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, and taking ibuprofen can help when you are having issues, wether it's muscle pain a slight tear or something like that and you can keep lifting safely but need some pain reliever than do it.  Especially the fact he has a headache and wants to keep going, although I think he needs to figure out what is the problem, maybe high blood pressure, so he doesn't cause serious problems for it.

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yeah i understand the affects of ibuprofen, but as seoinage said, i just wanted to keep going and finish my workout.  lifting is like a drug to me i need it and taking time off just isnt my thing haha

Im gonna take a few days off and see that will help, bc the pain is unbarable and needs to be fixed

Mavric850


yeah i understand the affects of ibuprofen, but as seoinage said, i just wanted to keep going and finish my workout.  lifting is like a drug to me i need it and taking time off just isnt my thing haha

haha i couldn't agree more with that statement

Current: 19, 5'11", 190@7%

bench:305 squat:370(atg) deadlift:475
Goals: 4plate squat, 5plate dead

"obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated"

got back in the gym today just after what seemed a month long break (5 days) haha

I was just testing out the weights to see if another headache was going to erupt.  I got in a few sets of easy squats and hang cleans and had no pain. I think im ready to jump back into it with a nice depletion workout and then a nice carb up tomorrow. 

I almost feel like a kid on christmas eve right now after opening one present and knowing there's tons more tomorrow...haha

Ever figure out what caused your headache?

Good luck

and nice job

bryphil1


Ever figure out what caused your headache?

Good luck

and nice job

I was talking with this one kid who described headaches very similar to mine that he had and he told me that his trainer said they were allergy related.  He took an antihistamine and nasal decongestant and said that got rid of the headaches.

I too have pretty bad allergies so i figure this could be what caused it. so im just going to take some of that and see what happens

did a nice depletion workout this morning and the carb load has begun...

Front squat:
warm up
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3

SLDL
warm up
225 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5

Box Squats
175 10 x 2


Abs

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

Mavric850


Front squat:
warm up
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3

SLDL
warm up
225 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5

Box Squats
175 10 x 2


Abs

bxtch weight

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

12s rest pauses

Incline
180 x 12 + 2

Tbar Rows
3plates & 15 x 12 + 5

Standing OH Press
120 x 12 + 5

Lat Raise
25s x 12 + 4

Close Grip
150 x 15 + 4

BB Curls
80 x 13 + 4

Shrugs(slow)
225 x 12 + 8

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

Squat:
warm up @ 135
225 x 3
315 x 1
345 x 1
365 x 1 new PR

SLDL:
Warmup @ 225
315 x 3
355 x 3
365 x 3

Abs:
Hanging leg raises
Weighted decline crunches

Glute/ham raises

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

Flat Bench:
210 x 8 + 4 + 2

Tbar rows:
3plates + 30 x 8 + 5 + 4

OH DB Press:
70s x 8 + 4 + 3

Lat Raise:
30s x 8 + 5 + 3

WG Pull up
8 + 4 + 3

Dips
abw + 50 x 10 + 4 + 2

BB Curls
100 x 8 + 1 + 1

Shrugs (slow)
245 x 8 + 6 + 6

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

congrats on new squat PR

bryphil1


congrats on new squat PR

thanks man. it went up easy as hell too, so expect more to come ha

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

so im on vacation in this resort type area in virginia for the next couple days.  I was told this place had two gyms in it, so i was pretty excited when i heard that.  I go into each of them just to find they dont have a single olympic bar or weight in there.  All they have is cardio machines, a tiny rack of free weights and some pussy machines. This is the workout i managed to do today with what they had

On the Leg Press machine
Full stack + 6 add on weights 4 x 5 waaaaaay to easy

DB Lunges
60s 4 x 5
Too easy, 60s were the heaviest there....

Abs
Hanging leg raises
weighted crunches

i hate those "family fitness centers" ha

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

i hate those "family fitness centers" ha

 
 
 
Agreed!!!

depletion workout this morning which means its time for some carbs

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

Flat Bench:
230 x 6 + 3 + 1

Tbar Rows:
4plates + 5 x 7 + 3 + 3

OH BB Press:
165 x 5 + 2 + 1

Lat Raise:
35s x 6 + 4 + 2

WG Pullup:
abw x 8 + 5 + 3

Close Grip:
190 x 6 + 3 + 1

BB Curls:
110 x 5 + 2 + 1

Shrugs(slow):
275 3 x 5

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..