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mb97 said:

I was actually dieting for the Ronnie Coleman which is in 4 weeks. I got to 9 weeks out and had to stop due to my exwife pulling some BS with me legally and I couldn't take the chance of a drug test and losing my son which she would do in a heartbeat.

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One of my best friend's ex/daughter's mother pulled something like that with no regard for the consequences of being so petty and really fucked things up for him. It's such bullshit... hearing you post something similar gets me all fired up after being there for my buddy dealing with the consequences of a petty self absorbed insane ex/devil that only cared about making him pay for not still being with her regardless of the consequences to their daughter.

Anyways glad you're careful.

Thanks Johnny we are really excited about our new baby girl getting here. Its not bad juggling everything as long as my schedule doesn't get jacked up. I train 4 days a week which translate sinto about 6 hours max per week, so my wife is pretty understanding about that.
As for my last show I did the Keto diet and was sooooooo depleted. I won't be doing that type of diet again. I'm currently working with Guy Cisternino, hes a close friend but also a great mentor and very smart when it comes to diet, both offseason and prep time. He believes in more food when dieting but a lot more cardio which is fine with me. When I get a chance I will post my diet.


Sat was delts and chest (great workout)
side lats 4 sets, last set was what I call a partial set with a drop set, I did 70s for 8 half reps then grabbed the 35s and did a full set of 10 with 35s
Dbell presses 4 sets, last 2 sets was 100's x 8 (felt great)
bbell upright rows 4 sets
cable side lats behind the back 3 sets
Dbell rear delts 60x12 65x 12 65x10
front raises with EZ bar 2 sets of 12

Cable crossovers 2 sets of 15
bbell benchpress 135x12 225x10 275x6 285x5 290x4
Dbell incline press 4 sets, last 2 sets were 100x8 105x8
machine flies 4 sets
heavy cable crossover 3 sets


Legs tonight!!!!

Holy Shit!!!!!!!! Thats the phrase for todays leg workout. I was thinking about my reply to the thread about leg training the other day. It got me to thinking about my early days training legs. I had some pretty insane high volume days, so as I was driving to the gym I decided I was going to switch things up and do something a little crazy today. heres the workout

Cardio 25 minutes on the treadmill first thing this morning.
Leg ext 4 sets of 25
leg press 4 plates each side x 20 7 plates each side x 15 10 plates each side x 10
10 plates each side x 10, drop 1 plate x 10, did this all the way down to no plates x 10, so when I was finished I had done 10 sets of 10 without stopping. My quads were so full of blood they were cold feeling, I haven't felt like that in years. amazing rush
Went to the abbductor and adductor machine just to let my quads recover a little I did 3 sets of 20 on each machine
squats 4 sets of 12 but could only handle jup to 225lbs
lying hamstring curls 2 sets... I wouldve done my usual light hamstring workout, but everything started cramping up! I called it quits. I usually do a lot more volume than this but my legs were just completely shot to hell! They have been on the verge of cramping for hours now so I think they got a solid workout.

Just cardio tomorrow

Hit arms pretty good this morning
10 & 10 2 sets 2nd set was with 35s which is the heaviest I have done.
1 arm dbell curls 3 sets 8-10 (I do NOT alternate, I do all of them on 1 arm then switch to other arm)
rope hammer curls 3 sets
Machine curl 2 sets of 8 I went heavier on this exercise too
high cable 2 arm curl 3 sets of 12
rope tricep ext 3 sets 20, 20, 20
close grip bench 4 sets last set was 235lbs x 8
dip machine 3 sets
overhead DBell ext 95s x10 2 sets
kickbacks 2 sets

great workout.

It's been a couple of days since I posted my workouts but it was a good back workout on Friday, then a great shoulder chest workout on sat!
Didn't deadlift on Friday, still having some lower back tightness and I don't want to risk an injury so I stuck with machines.
Sat was delts and chest. I'm "off" now so I'm trying really hard to keep my strength up. I finished my dbell presses with 2 sets of 100lbs first set I got 9 reps and 2nd set I got 7. Rest of tge delt workout was pretty normal. My last 2 sets on benchpress was with 295lbs which is really heavy for me. I had a shitty spotter that helped a little too much. Overall, it's was a positive to workout!

I'm out for spring break now (I teach elem pe) so I took yesterday off and will gobtrain legs this morning!

Sounds like still strong bro. Do u train chest and delts together regularly? Just curious

Hey Presser, yeah I've been training them together for about a year now. I had some shoulder problems so I would literally spend 20 min warming them up Before chest so one day I went in and decided to try delts and chest together. I loved it!! No shoulder pain at all and still had a great workout! I've always had a very stamina in the gym so that's never a problem. it also allows for more recovery time for my rotator cuffs. Plus with my busy schedule I can only train 4 days a week and I feel I really need a day just for my arms as they are a weaker body part.

Hit legs really hard Monday and arms Tuesday! I took it a little easy on squats this week due to my lower back still feeling so damn tight. I hit the leg press pretty hard and tge finished tge quad workout with a burnout on leg ext. Tried hamstring curls but they cramped up pretty bad after 3 sets.
Hitting back in a few min. Still not going to deadlift but I'll hit everything else hard!

mb97 said:

Hey Presser, yeah I've been training them together for about a year now. I had some shoulder problems so I would literally spend 20 min warming them up Before chest so one day I went in and decided to try delts and chest together. I loved it!! No shoulder pain at all and still had a great workout! I've always had a very stamina in the gym so that's never a problem. it also allows for more recovery time for my rotator cuffs. Plus with my busy schedule I can only train 4 days a week and I feel I really need a day just for my arms as they are a weaker body part.

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Makes sense. How bad is ur shoulder, does it need surgery or do u know what exactly is wrong with it?

And I think 4 days a week is perfect! For years I lifted 2 on , 1 off, 2 on, 2 off. with wednesdays and weekends off and those were my best years.

It's been well over a decade since I've been "off" as I'm on HRT, but those numbers are impressive as is your recovery ability. I rarely train more than 1 on and 1 off. Sometimes it's 1 on 2 off.

Presser, my shoulders great now. I've found that if I get it adjusted once a month it doesn't bother me. It just gets out of alignment (probably from sleeping on my side). I really like my training split rt now so I'll stick with it.

thx Dude, I don't train extremely heavy which probably helps with tge recovery. I do train with fast and with a lot of volume though. I'm a very light user. 2 cycles a year at most sometimes only one. I've never done more than 500mg of test a week, and 400 EQ, & 450 deca a week. I used masteron and winny for my last show 4 years ago but I'm not sure I even did enough to help lol. Never done tren, dbol, anavar, etc. If I decide to comets in the fall I'll be throwing in a lot more. I'm happy with what ive accomished though.

I moved up my workouts one day this week due to a very hectic sat. I did back sat which turned out to be great workout. No deadlifts again but I added a few new lifts to the workout and I made sure to get every ounce of effort out of each re for the entire workout. I know I need to bring up my thickness so it bugs me when I can't deadlift. I was sore as he'll lastnight and again tgis morning so I know I killed it!
Yesterday was delts and chest, I got 95s for 10 reps on presses, so my strength is still pretty good. For chest I hit the 110 for a solid 8 on incline. 4sets of flat, 4 sets of machine flies 2 sets on hammer incline & 3 sets on cable crossover! Felt good. I'm off today and will kill legs tomorrow!

Legs today, nothing special but legs are shot! Squated for 5 sets and my back didn't bother me at all.

I've decided that instead of going all tge way to Pittsburgh to compete in tge fall I'm going to stay here in Dallas and compete in a small show on sept 8th then more than likely go to San Antonio the next weekend and do another small show. Neither one Of these shows are NQ but to be honest I'm not going to be doing a national show anyway. So my goal for tge next couple of months is to stay lean and get ready for the prep.

Welcome!!! Great log and your avatar pic looks great. I would guess you would be much bigger when you compete this time around. I also am very impressed at how you juggle things and stay in such great shape, I could never do it and have a ton of respect for bodybuilders who do. Looking forward to seeing more of you!

Thx for checking out my log Jenn! Yes I'm hoping to be 40lbs bigger the next Time I step on stage. I'm hoping 225-230lbs. I need to stay a shw because I'm 6 foot tall and I feel I would look pretty stringy in the hw class. We shall see in a few months!

Trained arms this morning! I've been "off" now for two weeks and I could swear I'm stronger now than I was on. I feel like l look fuller too. I'm going to post pics later today so maybe yah can give me some feedback.

10 & 10 20s 35s 35s (I'm really pushing myself on these)
machine curls 4 sets
rope hammer curls 4 sets
1 arm dbell curls 50 x 10 55 x 10 55 x 10
high cable curls 3 sets
rope tricep ext 3 sets of 20
close grip bench press 135 x 10 225x10 275x8
flipems 2 sets
dip machine 4 sets

I HATE. Days off from the gym!!! I know they nessary but I still hate not training!!!!

Been a few days since I posted in my log so I'll catch it up.

Friday I trained back, still didn't deadlift due to my lower back but still had a good workout I did
lat pulldown
hammer strength high row
bbell row
low cable row
row machine with hands facing each other
bbell shrugs
Sat was delts then chest. I've lost a little strength, I only got tge 95s for 8 for 2 sets which is down from the 100s I had been getting for tge past couple of months. Chest was good, my bench went up a little, I got 275 for 5 then 295 for 3. Incline dbells with the 105s for 8 for 2 sets! Really good workout.

Sunday I trained legs but I switched things up a lot. I've been watching a lot if kai green videos and decided to try his methods for a few weeks. So I started with hamstrings. I only did 9 sets of hammys but they were cramping on my last set, so I know I killed them.
Lying hamstring curl
stiff legged deads with 65lb dbells
45 degree unilateral hammy curl
legs ext 4 sets of 20
leg press 5 sets, last set was 1000lb for 15
squats 135 x 20 185 x 20 225 x 20 though my quads were going to explode
bitch machine 4 sets
legs were hammered and they are already so as shit!!
I did get 25 min on treadmill yesterday and the same again this morning! Off today arms tomorrow!!

Arms yesterday. Great workout, biceps are killing me today from the soreness. I'm going to switch up my triceps a little. I feel im getting a little stagnet.
On a sidenote, tge wife went to the dr on Monday and she is already dialated 1cm so tge dr is expecting my new baby girl to get here a little earlier than her April 18th due date, which is exciting.
I'll hit back and hopefully deadlift a little on friday morning.

Don't know how I missed your videos. Very impressive leg press!!!!!