Today's arm day: Pretty good. Curled 85 x 10 with 2 hard cheat reps (barbell), the rest were pretty decent. Did 10 sets total, came down to 45 pounds at the end in 5 pound increments (85 -> 45), all hitting 10 reps which a few cheats here and there (less cheating as weight came down). Concentration curls with dumbbells weren't that great but they were productive. Close-grip bench press I got a good tricep pump but my weight wasn't too intense (did diamond-grip and 135 pounds and came down to 115 pounds, so it was terribly low weight); form was super precise, and grip was ultra-narrow. Dips were good. Finished with some tricep pushdowns and resistance band curls for a pump, did some flexercising.
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Here is my current physical condition. Note this is not progress from November: it's just where I am right now, so that there's a reference point for my progress here on in.

Weighed in at 174 pounds today. 5'10. 22 years old.

February 19th/20th Pictures

http://i41.tinypic.com/o7iyyo.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2drrj7m.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/nc19xj.jpg unflexed stomach to show fat levels
http://i44.tinypic.com/1r93jr.jpg unflexed stomach but upright posture
http://i42.tinypic.com/20h0yko.jpg 3/4 flexed stomach
http://i43.tinypic.com/241o5dv.jpg 100% relaxed stomach
http://i42.tinypic.com/6r3w5x.jpg 100% relaxed stomach, slightly bad posture
http://i39.tinypic.com/e9dyqe.jpg bad back picture, attempting to flex but not achieving it well with the camera in hand
http://i39.tinypic.com/2uonptc.jpg unflexed back picture, showing bit of love handles
http://i42.tinypic.com/2581n9l.jpg same as above
http://i41.tinypic.com/2r4hbnc.jpg 20 or so minutes after arm workout, pump going away but slightly there, everything partially flexed

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Feb 20 2012 06:59pm

Gl hf and gz so far m9

Ucandoit

Thanks. Yes this is happening.

got a ways to go but definitely good improvement.

There's definitely a ways to go. Otherwise I'll continue to look like a relatively filled-out teenager, growing closer into to my mid-20's (22 right now).

Today I had a pretty decent chest routine. I shifted around the Burns 10x10 plan (I will do it strictly starting next week), but today I did 10x10 of bb bench, then 5 sets of dumbbell flies, then 5 sets of bodyweight dips, then 4 sets of tricep pushdowns. Getting my body ready for a real 10x10. Only reason I'm doing the 10x10 again is because I saw such great results last time, so I'm just doing the same routines I did last time, and working from there (5x5 will come in 1-3 months from now, and I'll do 5x5 for 2-3 months).

I was really happy with my bench today:

185 x 6
175 x 7
170 x 7
160 x 8 (and then so on and so forth, hitting 8 and 9 reps as I went down in 5 pound increments down to 135).

I'm going to bring my bench up to 185 x 10 asap, and from there my goal is to get to 200 x10.

I'll probably do progress pics 2 weeks after my first ones just because 1 week would be rather pointless (2 weeks is too, but it's a progress thread).

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Feb 24 2012 01:36am

You've got a great base m9, keep at it and don't stop.

gz stcik with it brah. losing gains suck and I speak from experience haha

That's... what... she said

Thanks



The wonderful part is getting back on track. The worst part of course is the point in your life when you go "I was in much better shape just a tiny bit ago, and it's not old age doing it to me".

This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Feb 24 2012 01:38am

If she says m9, marry her.

Yeah haha it sucks. But oh well shit happens.