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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 11, 2007 12:03:21 GMT -5
Starting a new log. I will not be doing the Clash in Oct. due to some personal choices. I will be shooting for another show in Oct. not exactly sure which one yet, but it will be either the 20th or 27th. Most likely the 27th (Granite state open) This is a pro qualfier that brings along with it some VERY tuff competition..
I am dieting MUCH differently this time around. I feel as though I am NO where near my potential and I believe this new twist will at least take me closer for this season. Then its off to a VERY strong off season which I am hoping will bring a whole new ME to the stage early next year!
My training is still going to be RAMO style. Its the BEST! I will be hitting each BP more frequently. Each BP will get hit once every 4th - 5th day. The only exception may be legs. They will be every 5th - 7th day. Havnt decided yet. I will be putting deads back into my roiutine starting today, so I will see how it all pans out.
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 11, 2007 12:07:46 GMT -5
8/10/07
Incl smith press 205 x 12,3,2 RP 225 x 9,2,1 RP 245 x 6,1,1 RP
Flat db press 105 x 6 105 x 5 105 x 5 105 x 4
DB flye 65 x 10, D-50 x 6 65 x 8, D-50 x 5 65 x 6, D-50 x 3, D-35 x 4
Seated Db press 80 x 5 80 x 5 80 x 4 80 x 3
Plate front raise 45 x 10, D-35 x 10, D-25 x 10 45 x 10, D-35 x 10, D-25 x 10 45 x 10, D-35 x 10, D-25 x 10
Lying Tri ext 100 x 8,3 RP 100 x 6,2 RP 100 x 5,2 RP, D-80 x 4
Rope push down 120 x 10,4,3 RP 120 x 8,3, D x 4, D x 4
Very good day. Busted A$$!!!!!! I was so pumped up during this workout. I just felt like eating 45's for dinner!!
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Post by oldnavy on Aug 11, 2007 12:26:25 GMT -5
Good luck, Warrior. Turtle (that's the promoter's nick name) runs a great NGA Granite State show. I may be judging that one. She and I are pals. If you win your Pro card at her event, you will qualify for the NGA Pro show in Florida on November 10th. I may be judging that show, too. If you do win your NGA Pro card, you just might still be ready enough to do well at the NGA Pro Show a few weeks later. Then you can hang it up for awhile. Give it some thought.
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 11, 2007 12:39:32 GMT -5
Good luck, Warrior. Turtle (that's the promoter's nick name) runs a great NGA Granite State show. I may be judging that one. She and I are pals. If you win your Pro card at her event, you will qualify for the NGA Pro show in Florida on November 10th. I may be judging that show, too. If you do win your NGA Pro card, you just might still be ready enough to do well at the NGA Pro Show a few weeks later. Then you can hang it up for awhile. Give it some thought. WOW! Great. Do you live around here? (Boston/NH area) She runs a tight ship. Thats what I like about her. NO nonsense. Jen competed in her show as a warm up for the Mike Katz show a couple years back.
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Post by TNA on Aug 11, 2007 15:30:11 GMT -5
Best of luck Randy! We're all behind you on this!!
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 11, 2007 18:25:28 GMT -5
8/11/07 Back Thickness, Traps, Biceps
Deads (First time in 6 months!) 135 x 10 225 x 8 315 x 6 405 x 5 455 x 1 UHG! Starting over, LOL.. 405 x 5
Seated cable row 180 x 10,4,3 RP 200 x 7,3,2 RP 210 x 5,2,2 RP
Lat pulldown behind 170 x 10,4,2 RP 180 x 8,3,2 RP 200 x 5,2, Drop x 4, Drop x 4
Rack pulls 225 x 5 315 x 5 365 x 5 405 x 5
BB shrug 225 x 10 315 x 6 405 x 5 495 x 5
Strive preacher curl 5 sets of 6-10. 1 in each position
Incl db curl 35 x 10 40 x 8,3 RP 45 x 6,3 RP
Good workout. Feeling great!
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Post by oldnavy on Aug 11, 2007 18:26:40 GMT -5
Good luck, Warrior. Turtle (that's the promoter's nick name) runs a great NGA Granite State show. I may be judging that one. She and I are pals. If you win your Pro card at her event, you will qualify for the NGA Pro show in Florida on November 10th. I may be judging that show, too. If you do win your NGA Pro card, you just might still be ready enough to do well at the NGA Pro Show a few weeks later. Then you can hang it up for awhile. Give it some thought. WOW! Great. Do you live around here? (Boston/NH area) She runs a tight ship. Thats what I like about her. NO nonsense. Jen competed in her show as a warm up for the Mike Katz show a couple years back. Turtle and I judged the 2007 OCB Spirit of America in Cape Cod, Mass. in April. We sat next to each other at the judge's table and had dinner together after. She is the NGA chairperson in the New Hampshire area and I do pro bono work for the NGA. I live in Alabama. My next judging assignment is an NGA show in Tennessee in September.
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 11, 2007 18:28:34 GMT -5
WOW! Great. Do you live around here? (Boston/NH area) She runs a tight ship. Thats what I like about her. NO nonsense. Jen competed in her show as a warm up for the Mike Katz show a couple years back. Ahhhhh. I see. Good stuff! Turtle and I judged the 2007 OCB Spirit of America in Cape Cod, Mass. in April. We sat next to each other at the judge's table and had dinner together after. She is the NGA chairperson in the New Hampshire area and I do pro bono work for the NGA. I live in Alabama. My next judging assignment is an NGA show in Tennessee in September.
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Post by mrky03 on Aug 12, 2007 8:43:37 GMT -5
Good going Randy! Its nice to be in a gym that allows a real bodybuilder, huh? Deads are the best exercise you can do, I call them my multi purpose exercise because they work so many different body parts!
I'm starting to develop a thery that maybe legs need to be trained more frequently than once a week. Here's my reasoning, the upper body gets a lot of overlap from training each body part. You know your shoulders and arms get trained hard just from doing chest and back exercises, so they rarely get sore. Legs on the other hand only get trained once a week with no overlap. They go a whole week without getting much stimulation, so they get extremely sore most of the time. Make sense?
Now I'm not saying that I don't get good results this way, its just that sometimes I think it would be better to not wait so long between leg days. Thoughts?
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 12, 2007 9:46:20 GMT -5
Good going Randy! Its nice to be in a gym that allows a real bodybuilder, huh? Deads are the best exercise you can do, I call them my multi purpose exercise because they work so many different body parts! I'm starting to develop a thery that maybe legs need to be trained more frequently than once a week. Here's my reasoning, the upper body gets a lot of overlap from training each body part. You know your shoulders and arms get trained hard just from doing chest and back exercises, so they rarely get sore. Legs on the other hand only get trained once a week with no overlap. They go a whole week without getting much stimulation, so they get extremely sore most of the time. Make sense? Now I'm not saying that I don't get good results this way, its just that sometimes I think it would be better to not wait so long between leg days. Thoughts? Remeber Joel. We can't learn form our sucess. We can only learn from failure. I guess, what that means is that we may get great success doing something one way, but then again we may get greater success doing it another. I agree w/ your theory. Even though legs are my strong point, I may hit them sooner than once per week. Then again I may let deads be my second indirect hit for legs. I am just kind of sick of the hampering pain my legs are in for days. Compromises cardio and just life in general. if they are hit more often they will not be nearly as sore, as with Bi's and Tri's... I think that all BP's can be hit more frequently. i really do..
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 12, 2007 9:48:57 GMT -5
Joel. There are some great examples out there. Look at Layne or Mo. Both had lagging legs. Hit them once every 4th - 5th day and BAM!!! HUGE legs!!
Last time Mo visited me for a workout, we did Legs together. I had just done them about 4 days prior. I thought, OMG, this is going to be terrible. Ya know what? WE KILLED them. I have to be honest, I was not even sore after that. Hmmmmmmm. Makes ya think
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 13, 2007 14:17:02 GMT -5
8/12/07
Walked Jule 5 miles + 5 all out sprints
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 13, 2007 14:18:58 GMT -5
8/13/07
Squat 315 x 5 365 x 5 375 x 5 375 x 3
Leg press 600 x 5 690 x 5 740 x 5 740 x 5
Glute/Ham raise BW 5 x 5
Leg press calf 600 x 10 690 x 10 780 x 10 780 x 10 780 x 10
Hang abs x 15 x 15 x 12 x 12 x 10
Walked Jule 4 miles
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Post by mrky03 on Aug 13, 2007 18:36:40 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess thats really what I was getting at, the soreness just gets to be like you said a hampering pain that generally compromises life in general!
And after todays leg workout I'm going to be compromised for the rest of the week!
Good workout BTW. the diet really does take its toll doesn't it? I know it does with me.
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 13, 2007 19:33:46 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess thats really what I was getting at, the soreness just gets to be like you said a hampering pain that generally compromises life in general! And after todays leg workout I'm going to be compromised for the rest of the week! Good workout BTW. the diet really does take its toll doesn't it? I know it does with me. I am hoping that putting deads back in will solve the prob. We'll see..
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 14, 2007 13:23:46 GMT -5
OK. Today is going down as one of the best workouts ever. Definitly made my top 10 list! NO DOUBT! Flat Bench 275 x 3 275 x 2 275 x 1 225 x 10,4,2 RP 235 x 7,2,1 RP 245 x 4,1, Drop the 10 x 4, + 3 NEG'S Incl Leverage machine (This thing is BRUTAL!) 145 x 10,4,2 RP 150 x 7,3,2 RP 160 x 5,3, Drop x 3, + 3 NEG'S Cable cross 60 x 15,5,4 RP 70 x 10,5, Drop - 50 x 8, Drop - 40 x 8 Immediatley went to DB chest stretch 35 x 60 seconds Strive Preacher curl - (Another killer!) This machine has 3 overload postitions. One for the beggining of the exercise. One for the middle, and one for the end. We followed the pattern given on the machine , but added RAMO to it!! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) 1) 60 x 10,4 RP 2) 60 x 8,4 RP 3) 60 x 7,4 RP 4) 60 x 5,3 RP + 2 NEGS 5) 60 x 5,2 RP + 2 Negs Right over to Bicep stretch. Bi's were ABSOLUTELY fried! ;D Great day!
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Post by Tim Wescott on Aug 14, 2007 14:28:17 GMT -5
Crazy !! #arockon6ha#
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Post by RUBICON19 on Aug 14, 2007 14:37:39 GMT -5
Tim. I tell ya. This felt AWSOME!! Hope the rest of the week goes the same
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Post by mrky03 on Aug 14, 2007 18:33:52 GMT -5
Whoa! Great workouts Randy!
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Post by Tim Wescott on Aug 14, 2007 18:46:06 GMT -5
Tim. I tell ya. This felt AWSOME!! Hope the rest of the week goes the same I`m sure it will bro...............yoa seem really motivated,as usual !! Stay focused, and be intense!
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