Kuba's Intense Bulking Journal (X-Factor, ActivaTe, Animal Pak)

RE: Day 5 - Saturday - Chest (kubakuba)

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:36:11 GMT

Boy has it been awhile.. so unfortunately I never really finished this cycle to its entirety for one reason or another..

I've recently gotten back into bodybuilding but im over all the "supplement" whoopla.. dont get me wrong x-f and activate gave you a slight edge in the gym but nowhere near the edge protein, creatine, fish oil, and your multi's do..

I went from 200lbs to 160lbs but within the past 3-4 weeks ive gotten back to 175lbs. Strength gains are almost back up to where they were..

I'd be willing to start a new workout log in a few more weeks when i hit a more reasonable weight (180-185lbs) and begin my next cycle and new training routine (DC training) which looks like the following:

500mg/wk test-e
35mg ED dbol
40/40/20/20 nolva

RE: Day 5 - Saturday - Chest (Italian Stallion)

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:50:00 GMT

Any updates on your progress????

RE: Day 19 - Saturday - Chest (joez7219)

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:09:03 GMT

what happened? any after pics?

RE: Day 19 - Saturday - Chest (kubakuba)

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:06:33 GMT

Day 21 - Monday - Arms

Started ActivaTe yesterday. Will be looking forward to seeing how this affects my workouts. Today I was very focused and pumped.

Tricep Cable Pressdowns 2 x 4-6 6 @ 72lbs, 6 @ 84lbs

Lying Tricep Extensions 2 x 4-6 5 @ 75lbs, 7 @ 65lbs

Close-grip Bench 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 135lbs (used smith on second set )

Straight Bar Curls 2 x 4-6 6x7 @ 75lbs

Alt. DB Curls 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 35lbs DBs

Straight Bar Cable Curl 1 x 6 6 @ 142lbs

Wrist Curls 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 65lbs

DB Wrist Curls 1 x 6 6 @ 25lbs DBs

Day 19 - Saturday - Chest (kubakuba)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:27:06 GMT

Day 19 - Saturday - Chest

Finally got a hold of my workout partner. His PO screwed him over and he also lost his phone so that explains that..

After reading a post about partial reps I decided to definitly incorporate them in my chest workouts as they put more stress on the chest rather than the full lock-out w/ your delts and tri's.

Bench Press 3 x 4-6 6PR @ 205lbs, 4FR 205lbs, 6PR 185lbs

Incline DB Bench Press 3 x 4-6 6x4 @ 70lbs, 4 @ 65lbs (all Full Reps on these)

Decline Bench Press 2 x 4-6 6PR @ 185lbs, 6FR @ 165lbs, 7PR @ 165lbs (hmm, guess i did 3 sets)

PR = Partial Reps, FR = Full Reps

I found the Partial Reps harder especially when going till failure as this is when the weight really starts putting stress on your chest. And to think I always thought people doing PRs just had bad form and that it was easier...

Tomarrow I start the ActivaTe, excited =)

Day 18 - Friday - Back (kubakuba)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:19:29 GMT

Day 18 - Friday - Back

Not sure what happened w/ my workout partner, after not getting a hold of me last night I couldn't manage to get a hold of him today so by 7-8pm I just hit up the gym alone :-\

Seated Rows (not cable this week) 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 120lbs

Cable Pulldowns (front) 3 x 4-6 6 @ 144lbs, 7 @ 132lbs (went lower for better form)

Bent Over BB Rows 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 135lbs, 7 @ 145lbs (did extra rep)

Hyper Extensions 2 x 6-8 7 @ 45lbs, 9 @ 35lbs (these KILLED, loved it )

Decline Weighted Crunches 1 x 8-10 8 @ 35lbs

Weighted Cable Crunches 2 x 8-10 10x8 @ 100lbs

Day 17 - Thursday - Back (kubakuba)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:11:21 GMT

Day 17 - Thursday - Back

Workout partner MIA-- postponed 'till tomarrow

RE: Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (kubakuba)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:04:41 GMT

I'd like to, however the cam i used for the beginning pics was my sister's when she was visiting from NYC. She flew back awhile back but my dad got some bonus gift for working at Chrysler for 15 years and we picked the digital cam, it's been at least 2 weeks now though still no cam =\

RE: Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (jeffro1080)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:21:56 GMT

you should post some new pics soon

RE: Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (40 yard dash 2)

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:08:44 GMT

Wow, awesome log. Keep up the great work! Activate and XF are both two great products.

RE: Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (kubakuba)

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:06:01 GMT

yea, i read as soon as you start takin x-f bump up cal's a lot so I did :P

I think 2-3 lbs is good per week, 4-5 is gonna be addin to much to by bf

RE: Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (twistedlink)

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:34:47 GMT

4lbs gain in one week jesus christ man! lol.

Max OT is a good routine, i dont know anyone who's ever not had results from it, so keep with it.

Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders (kubakuba)

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:21:41 GMT

Day 16 - Wednesday - Shoulders

Military Press 3 x 4-6 6x6x8 @ 105lbs

DB Press 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 50's (100)

BB Upright Rows 2 x 4-6 6x6 @ 95lbs

DB Side Laterals 2 x 6-8 8x8 @ 15's (30)

DB Shrugs 2 x 8-10 10x10 @ 75's (150)

Good workout. My core must be getting stronger because on the 3rd set of military press it was much easier than I had expected, so i'll be trying heavier weights DB press went up from last week (45's) and were also pretty easy. DB shrugs felt much better than doing BB shrugs like I have been doing.

Not sure if its the DOMS kickin in from X-Factor but my neck is KILLING. Ever since my workout on monday its progressively gotten more and more tight/stiff, but im stretching and pushin through it.

Day 15 - Tuesday - Legs (kubakuba)

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:44:54 GMT

Day 15 - Tuesday - Legs

Squats 3 x 4-6 6x5x6 @ 205lbs went for the 7th and hit the floor lol

Leg Press 2 x 4-6 6x9 @ 360lbs

SLDL 2 x 6 6x6 @ 185lbs

Seated Calf Raises 2 x 8-10 10x8 @ 90lbs

Standing Calf Raises 2 x 8-10 10x10 @ 164lbs

Awesome workout. Getting a lot more comfortable with squats and my form.

Day 14 - Monday - Arms (kubakuba)

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:41:47 GMT

Day 14 - Monday - Arms?

Did arms today because of last night's intense cardio session. Felt I'd be better off doing legs tomarrow and arms today. My goal for this week was to do 85lbs straight bar curls, but in changing things up decided on doing straight bar curls after cable curls, so next week 85lbs no problem

Straight Bar Cable Curls 1 x 6 7 @ 120lbs

Straight Bar Curls 2 x 4-6 4 @ 85lbs , 7 @ 75lbs

Alt. DB Curls 2 x 4-6 5 @ 35's (70) AGH just noticed I was supposed to do 2 sets, doi!

Lying Tricep Presses 2 x 4-6 7 @ 65lbs, 7 @ 75lbs

Tricep Cable Pressdowns 2 x 6 6x5 @ 72lbs

Close-grip Bench 1 x 6 12 @ 115lbs (first time doing them)

Wrist Curls 2 x 6-8 7x6 @ 55lbs (did 75lbs last week but perfected form this week)

DB Wrist Curls 1 x 6-8 6 @ 25's (50)

Solid workout.