Personal best on bench last night

[stangin4lyfe]

I know this is an excuse, but the older i get the harder it is to do cardio cause i have a severe deviated septem(it's at a 90* angle) to where i damn near can't breathe out of my left nostril. I need to get it fixed but that's not cheap. So i haven't ran since 2010. I can just breathe out of my mouth but it's very aggravating with this nose issue.

NOW, after all that said, i do plan on trying to see how well i can do some cardio after April

Best thing you can do for yourself!
I have severe asthma and cannot keep up with the amount of oxygen my body requires breathing through my nose.
All my cardio that I do comes from breathing out of my mouth.
I huff and puff, but I still get it done and usually have to take a breathing treatment afterwards, but tis life.
You too can do it!!

[stangin4lyfe]

I prefer HIIT for cardio(specifically the Little Method), especially with having breathing issues.

[BERT]

I prefer HIIT for cardio(specifically the Little Method), especially with having breathing issues.

I've done this on the treadmill before, might have to give it another try

[BERT]

Well since last week was a jumbled mess i had to fit my chest day in with my bi's/tri's day. That might've been the most i've ever sweated in a workout without diong cardio. So last night was the first time i've had a chance to do my high rep workout on flat bench. Did 4 sets total, 135x15, 155x15, 175x15 and then 185x12. Didn't think i was going to get those last 3 reps up at 185 lol

Now i have a question. Should i be doing it like this where i raise the weight each time? Or keep it at 175 or 185 and do 3 sets at that weight? It really feels weird doing these at a lighter weight. I do like how i can feel it burn at the end of my incline and decline sets though

[Big A]

Now i have a question. Should i be doing it like this where i raise the weight each time? Or keep it at 175 or 185 and do 3 sets at that weight? It really feels weird doing these at a lighter weight. I do like how i can feel it burn at the end of my incline and decline sets though

Keep adding weight as you get stronger, doing higher reps isn't an excuse to get lazy.

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Keep adding weight as you get stronger, doing higher reps isn't an excuse to get lazy.

Did that come off as i am being lazy?

[Big A]

Did that come off as i am being lazy?

I didn't mean it like that, anyone getting to the gym regularly is hardly lazy. I meant that moving to a high-rep program is no excuse to back off the intensity. It hurts in a totally different way, but you can get to total failure on 12-15 reps just like you can 8-10 or 5-6. You can also get stronger if your diet supports it, so add weight when possible to do so and still keep in your target rep range.

If you are trying to lose weight for summer though, and have cut your calories accordingly, don't expect the poundages to go up much once you find your true max for the new rep range. At that point I have found it psychologically more motivating to intentionally lighten the weights some, and go for slow and super-controlled reps. That way it's my choice to get "weaker" and not just the diet doing it to me.

12 slooooow reps is a whole new experience in pain and fatigue, you can absolutely demolish your chest with 135lbs on the bar, the worst DOMS I've ever had was after such a workout.

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I didn't mean it like that, anyone getting to the gym regularly is hardly lazy. I meant that moving to a high-rep program is no excuse to back off the intensity. It hurts in a totally different way, but you can get to total failure on 12-15 reps just like you can 8-10 or 5-6. You can also get stronger if your diet supports it, so add weight when possible to do so and still keep in your target rep range.

If you are trying to lose weight for summer though, and have cut your calories accordingly, don't expect the poundages to go up much once you find your true max for the new rep range. At that point I have found it psychologically more motivating to intentionally lighten the weights some, and go for slow and super-controlled reps. That way it's my choice to get "weaker" and not just the diet doing it to me.

12 slooooow reps is a whole new experience in pain and fatigue, you can absolutely demolish your chest with 135lbs on the bar, the worst DOMS I've ever had was after such a workout.

I've found this out already. I tried to do all the chest workouts like this monday night. It's taking some getting used to, especially when i'm on rep 6-7 and i'm used to being almost done with that set. I start thinking "fuck, i'm only half way through"

I try and do back the same way and can tell a difference there too. My forearms don't hurt anymore doing the lighter weights for biceps and i've always done more reps during my tricep workouts, so this feels about the same during those workouts

Usually shoulder day i'm by myself cause i'll get off work early on friday and hit the gym then. I hardly take a break between sets and my shoulders are on fire when i get through. I can hear my shoulders cussing me my second workout in


And i didn't take that as you were calling me lazy lol I was just making sure i wasn't making myself look lazy, cause i can be very easily

[White_lightning]

I dont know about new Personal bests because i havent gone heavy in a while.. but i did hit body weight for 17 reps i was happy.

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I dont know about new Personal bests because i havent gone heavy in a while.. but i did hit body weight for 17 reps i was happy.

And what was that? I know you're a pretty big dude, or used to be.

[White_lightning]

And what was that? I know you're a pretty big dude, or used to be.

315


working on getting to 20 reps

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315


working on getting to 20 reps

Damn

[stangin4lyfe]

315


working on getting to 20 reps

Great work!
We just gotta get you on a good diet and some cardio and you'll be all set!!

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Great work!
We just gotta get you on a good diet and some cardio and you'll be all set!!

I wish you would quit saying the word cardio lol

[Big A]

I wish you would quit saying the word cardio lol

Every other day for me instead of weights, until Cancun at the end of July at least. Once I get over this head cold, I am going to try to start running in the am before work again, but at the very least I'll get that 30 min on the elliptical every other day while my leg adjusts.

Diet will only get you so far, and not very fast.

I weighed myself today for the first time in a long time, and I'm back up to 231lbs, which is about what I weighed at the time of my wreck, so most of the size is back, just not all of the strength yet. Total bittersweet moment though, on one hand it's good to be "back," but on the other hand it also means that I haven't been leaning out any. This is where your favorite word comes in, CARDIO.