ks32561's TP-PT Journal

I am going to start my TP-PT training on tuesday. I am not really sure how much I can reveal. I am doing things a little different. Along with some other people I am going to be splitting my workouts into two daily workouts except for on saturday since I will not be at school which is where I will be doing my morning workouts. If some of you are wondering why I say saturday its because I pushed the original schedule a day forward. I am taking some before pictures tonight and will upload them asap. Also I will try to get a measuring tape tomorrow and will post my meaures. I am going to begin using Syntrax swole V2, and will be drinking Xtreme Formulations "Ice" During my workouts, I am trying to talk someone into lending me some cash so I can buy a 12 week supply of whey and calcium casein. I have yet to calculate my exact diet but I will have that posted asap as well, but check back tuesday night for an update on my feelings about my workout.

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

Hey ks, looks like you and I are starting on the same day. Good luck man... looks like it's going to be an interesting 12 weeks.

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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?

My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble

Well I finished half of my workout earlier today. I cant really judge half of a workout I just thought Id add this little update as I dont really have much else to do. This morning I did Wide grip pulldowns, bentover barbell rows, shrugs and leg curls. I have also changed my diet a bit for the better. This morning I had 4 eggs and about a cup of oatmeal, 3 hours later a turkey sandwich and a banana. After that meal I worked out and then it ws lunch time. For lunch I drank a couple cups of powerade for glycogen and such, ate a 6oz tin of tuna and another turkey sandwich. This puts me where I am now, I am about to eat again, cant really decide what but after this meal I am going to workout and ill put an update when Im done.

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

Well I wasnt able to get on last night so here is my update for last nights workout and this morning. Before my workout I ate a can of tuna and a bowl of oatmeal. Last night I did two sets of straight bar curls with two sets of hammer cable curls both for sets of nine. Along with that I did standing calf raises also for nine reps. At first I really didnt like the idea of only doing to two exercises for biceps, but my mind changed after my first set of the hammer cable curls. Afterward I had a paltry postworkout shake consisting of simply two and a half scoops of protein powder, I couldnt really find any simple sugars besides table sugar and I had no money for a powerade. Later I had a bowl of chicken soup and before bed I ate some sugarless yogurt with canteloupe (sp?).When I woke up this morning my calves were mildly sore nothing really out of the norm.

My diet for today has been pratically the same since yesterday. Only difference is that this morning we only had 3 eggs to eat and instead of a banana during my second meal I had a few peanuts and some raisins. I also didnt get another turkey sandwich during my lunch I did however have a huge bag of raisins and peanuts which I finished off during lunch instead of munching on them throughout the whole day. I am about to go home from school (2:20) and I am going to eat another can of tuna with some oatmeal. I really enjoyed my workout today and Ill add on later cause school is now over...

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

As im sure anyone thats reading this can tell (is anyoe reading this?) I havent been real specific on my weights and exercises and all that. Thats because IM still kinda trying to set up the weights I use. Its extremely hard for me to adjust from max-ots 4-6 to 9 reps. Ill pick up a weight and itll be soo easy the first 6 reps then right when I hit 7 or 8 it feels like Ive picked up a weight 30lbs heavier. So when I start my scond week expect more specific updates. I do have a question though since Ive been tryin have a steady diet and not just eating whatever I can find it was real easy to fork everything in. All of a sudden though eating has been getting alot harder for example I have always been eating a can of tuna and about a 9' sandwich. Just yesterday I could barley eat just the sandwich. Its like my stomach has shrunk. Any ideas whats going on?

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

Its extremely hard for me to adjust from max-ots 4-6 to 9 reps. Ill pick up a weight and itll be soo easy the first 6 reps then right when I hit 7 or 8 it feels like Ive picked up a weight 30lbs heavier.

Heh. The same thing happens to me. My body got so used to going to 6 and stopping that this was a big adjustment. Especially in the curls for some reason... I hit six and then die.

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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?

My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble

Probably just some major changes.. fatigue.

I'm following these journals. I'm very interested in what goes on with this particular training.

Marc C. David
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I really think is mostly a mental thing. For months, I've been shooting for 4-6 reps, and always dropped the weights after six. Now I do number seven, and my muscles are like... "Dude, WTF? We're done, ain't we?" But I noticed yesterday that that's starting to fade a bit...

And if you want to see what's going on with this program, just keep your eyes peeled, it gets interesting. And I hear that we don't even know just how interesting it gets. I really can't wait to see how my body (and everyone else's) respond to the wackiness that will no doubt ensue.

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In six months, what will your t-shirt say?

My training journal: Sweating with the toadies
My scattered thoughts: The Bramble

Well IM not dead, I just havent on the pc much lately becasuse well my computer is, well crappy. Ive been keeping track of everything but my notes are kinda jumbled so for now i will post my latest. Ive missed one or two workouts but I had good reasons. I will also include my side notes.

4/30/04
Pull Downs
100x9
115x9 this set was hard cause I didnt have any leg support I had to make due in a different gym this day
Bent BB Row
95x9
95x9 -try 100
Leg Curls
I did two sets of 9 but cant really say how much weight was there I just used this huge unmarked weight and a couple smaller 25's
BB curls
55x9
55x9
DB hammer curls
Normally its hammer cable curls but I couldnt do those here
35x9 - too much
30x9
Calf Raise
295x9
295x9

5/1/04
Incline BP
115x9
115x9
CAble Crossover
5.5x9
5.5x9 - weights are not given the weights are just numbered
Military DB press
45x7 - 40 seemed so easy...
40x9
Skinny Grip Bench
100x9
100x9
V-bar press downs
110x9
120x9
130x8 - I was just showing off on this set :p, I knew I shouldnt have though
BB Squats
185x9
205x9
Leg extension
232.5x9
240x9

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

Are you finding this workout to be different yet difficult? So far, all signs point to it being pretty intense.

Marc C. David
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In my opinion the first phase was pretty easy I got mildly sore my first couple workouts and all but other than that Ive been fine since. Now that Ive started phase two that might change, I finished my chest and calf workout last night and cant really say im very sore at all. However I dont usually get very sore from working out. Back when I first started I used to train for two hours a day with a two day split. I got very sore doing that but after a while I got used to it, so I guess my body is just very resilient(sp?). I had to cancel my two workouts a day cause school is over soon and I wanted all of phase2 to be the same. Here are my weights from last nights workout.

I used a maxot style warmup for each muscle group but I think I will add another light set inbetween more intense exercises.

Flat BP
145x9
135x8
135x6
Incline BB Bench
115x6
115x6
115x6
Cable Cross from bottom
20x9
30x9
25x9
Standing Calf raise
295x9
295x9
295x7
Seated Calf Raise
135x9
115x9
115x9

I messed up and did flat bench first yesterday. Also I found cable crossovers from the bottom to be odd I could force out reps with 30 pounds but I wasnt really sure when I was cheating too much. Also the seated calf raises killed my right knee, I ended up not being to use very much weight for my calves on this exercise because of there being so much pressure on my knee it hurt kinda bad so I need to find an exercise to replace this. I am hoping to be able to update each day since school is winding down and I have a bit more free time. I have another question and it is: I have ICE by XtremeFormulations but it has no carbs in it so shoould I mix it up with some powerade or something.

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

Holy crap! well I just realized I did phase one well wrong. I went and tried to increase weight instead of volume. That just goes to show im an idiot. I wondered why it felt so easy. Well I want to do this phase right so I have confirmed that this phase will be weight loading. Thatll teach me not to look at other peoples Logs I looked at WD's and thought What the heck!?!? 9,9,8,7,7,7 AHHHH!!!!!

Well here is yesterdays weights

With pull ups I used 10 pounds of resistance not really told to do that but I can do 18 pull-ups so I wanted to stay in the rep range.
10x7
10x6
10x6
Close grip pulldowns
120x11
125x7
127.5x7
Deadlift - for these I couldnt really figure how my form was doing, 225 was not very hard but I figured till I was sure I would lower the weight a bit to be safe.
225x8
205x6
185x8
One arm rows
65x7
65x7
65x7 ( all per arm )

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

I was wondering. Everybody else was dying and you were okay.

I'm watching the Phase 1 pretty close. I'm going to try it. Looks like a real killer. Sorry to hear you did it wrong but at least you caught the mistake.

Marc C. David
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yea it makes me feel like a real Idiot. Phase II is obviously tougher because im doing it right. My shoulders and lower back are pretty worn but its not really a bad feeling, I can just feel that I did something. Hopefully I didnt screw up so much that it makes a huge difference, but I gotta say im liking phase II so much already that im considering to model my own rotine after I finish the tp-pt

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"

AARRRGH! end of the year exams have completely screwed me over. I can hardly sleep and because of that Ive missed workouts, (not that I have had time to anyway). So basically Ive decided to restart my trainng completely, do the first phase correctly this time and no more school will make it alot easier to make each and every workout.

"If spot reduction worked people who chew gum would have skinny faces"