5Six's Pursuit for Strength, Functionality and Mass (and Looking Good Naked)

[5Six]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

I'm not really for the oil and tights myself. I am aiming for my first competition in the near future, and might just go in pasty white with a 300 Spartan beard.

Originally Posted by jwood

Good workouts man and the pics look good. Legs are looking thick, keep it up. I'll be checking in on your log regularly

Originally Posted by onetiredkris

Welcome 56, log looks great.
Your quads are thick! especially at your bf...that's all lean muscle on them bad boys.



@BTB: spartan beard for damn sure!!!!! that's bonus points right there

Originally Posted by jhuse2

Nice to meet you. Congrats on the Deadlift PR. I will check in often.

Originally Posted by RickB

Welcome 5six! The quads are definitely seeing the work. Good job!

Originally Posted by Max1973

Nice work man, Keep pushing and training!

Originally Posted by xKyle10

subbed, hey man saw you on bb.com

good luck with your goals, solid squats and legs bro keep it up

Originally Posted by jslep

worth repeatin those are some nice quad castles you have built. good work man keep it up!

Originally Posted by velocityrob

Subbed for the stumpy, manlet journal.

Wow! The support here is great. For me being on here for such a brief moment in time, it's fairly evident on how awesome the support is. Thank you everyone

[5Six]

Feb 17 '10
Battle of Mental Fortitude: Victor? Me

Gym Partner: Yes

Forward:
Eighth day in a row at the gym. Got into the home made wine last night, but not much. ****ty sleep. Gym partner and I both battling mentally. We pushed each other. Upped the ante (no homo). And this was the result. Due the just ridic'ness of this workout, and potential questions my sanity, I'm putting up the exercises we did without numbers. Except for one PR

Reps were kept from 5 -6. Sets were three of each

Standing BTN Presses Super setted with: Band assisted pull ups
Note: New PR on the Standing BTN Presses: 125 lbs x 6


RDL Super setted with: Bosu Ball Work Super setted with: BB Rows

Upright Rows Super setted with: Med Ball Work Super setted with: Neutral Grip Pull Downs

GHR with Towel Super setted with: Front Plate Raises Super setted with: Plate Throws (Low to High) Super setted with: Farmer's

15 minutes of cardio

Time: 70 minutes. Warm-up was sorta long

Pumps and Vascularity : Hell yeah

Energy and Focus: Maybe one of the most demanding battles I've had mentally

Post Working Ramblings of a Manlet:

- Yeah. . .

- How GHR with towels were done is you have your knees on a thera-ball. And you're in the start of a push-up position. A partner wraps a towel around your ankles, so they're able to pull down on the towel as you flex your knee (bringing your heel to your ass) and they pull down on the towel. And as soon as you start the eccentric phase they're pulling down on the towel as hard as they can, and you're trying to fight it. Hurts like a bitch. But awesome.

Heh. Just thinking of this now, this is more laying leg curls. meh

[xKyle10]

good workout.

[RickB]

Originally Posted by 5Six

Wow! The support here is great. For me being on here for such a brief moment in time, it's fairly evident on how awesome the support is. Thank you everyone

Yes, this ain't BB.com Bunch of good people here and those that aren't get weeded out....eventually.

[BendtheBar]

I like seeing hell yeah in a workout. I give you credit for hitting the gym that many days in a row. 3 is about my limit.

[5Six]

Originally Posted by xKyle10

good workout.

Thank you kindly

Originally Posted by RickB

Yes, this ain't BB.com Bunch of good people here and those that aren't get weeded out....eventually.

Well, I'm hoping I can get to everyone's journal tomorrow so I can see how they approach things. Just a lot of going in my life right now: it's all good, so I shouldn't be complaining

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

I like seeing hell yeah in a workout. I give you credit for hitting the gym that many days in a row. 3 is about my limit.

It's all mental man when it comes to the gym. And of course listening to your body

[5Six]

Feb 19 '10
Deads. . .and chest WTF?!

Gym Partner: Yes

Forward:

Bizarre workout. Partner and I just did what we wanted. Was good. Also dropped down the dead weight a bit to get more reps. This worked out really well, I found

Deads

140 kg (308 lbs) x 6
145 kg (319 lbs) x 6
150 kg (330 lbs)6
Note: Maybe a new PR, but I want to claim it is any how. It'll be a PR based on set though

Flat BP

135 lbs x 6
155 lbs x 6
175 lbs x 6
155 lbs x ??

Note: Super Setted With:

Core Circuit

• Dave's - explained below
• Plate Twists
• Planks - 1 min hold

Incline DB

65 lbs x 6
75 lbs x 6
85 lbs x 2 -
80 lbs x 7
Note: 85 lbs x 2 is techincally a new PR, but I'm not happy with it. But 80 lbs x 7 is a new one

Pull Overs super setted with: DB Flys

3 sets

Time: 70 minutes

Pumps and Vascularity : Chest is super pumped. fap fap fap

Energy and Focus: Def great

Post Working Ramblings of a Manlet:

- Somewhat of a bizarre workout due to exercises. But happy with it all

- Dave's are done as following: Get yourself a bosu and a theraball. Turn over the bosu so the black side is facing up. Now position yourself so the theraball is at your shins, or a bit below and your grasping onto the bosu. It should basically look like you're in a push-up position with your feet elevated up. Now come down as if you're doing a push-up (so start going down) and bring your knees to your chest (bringing the theraball closer to you). And then to finish explode with the legs out, and out of the 'push-up'. Feels good man, but hard when you're CNS is fried

Length of Sleep: 7 h

Sleep Quality: Sh*tty

Pre-Workout Water In-take: 2.0 L

Workout Water In-take: 2.0 L

[xKyle10]

solid deads and incline dbs..hoping for 80s in a few more workouts here

[jslep]

good work on the deads PR!

[5Six]

Originally Posted by xKyle10

solid deads and incline dbs..hoping for 80s in a few more workouts here

Originally Posted by jslep

good work on the deads PR!

Thanks guys. And sorry for not being around much, these next three weeks are fairly busy.

• Prepare for an admissions interview for my masters in physiotherapy
• Finish a project about ankle injuries
• Start and finish a project about faulty biomechanics of a squat and lunge, and how one can fix it
• Make an exercise progression for an individual who has shoulder impingment
• Other things work related

But what's going on lately is I tweaked something in my lower leg/quad. Think it might be my patellar tendon, but not to sure. Any how, incoming workout from Saturday