Carl1174's Training Log 'Building a Classic Physique'

[MC]

Keep doing work, Carl!

[Szelago]

Good work Carl!
Sometimes a step back helps to make a giant leap forward!

[LtL]

Very nice lifting buddy. Glad to see that DL moving on up.

LtL

[bigtim27]

Awesome job Carl. Great DL as well buddy. Your dips are amazing I don't know how you pull it off after all the pressing. I've been hitting higher numbers but I'm toasted by the 5th set. I really feel it right in the center of my chest. Always feels like I've been punched by Mike Tyson when I'm finished. You're really owning this routine and pushing me harder and harder. SO proud of you buddy!

[bamazav]

B+? You did A work considering what you were up against. Proud of ya !

[Carl1174]

Originally Posted by LtL

Very nice lifting buddy. Glad to see that DL moving on up.

LtL

Yeh its staarting to come along now... Im not gonna rush it though. ill stay at these weights now untill the 137.5 feels easier then up the weight on that set only...

Originally Posted by bigtim27

Awesome job Carl. Great DL as well buddy. Your dips are amazing I don't know how you pull it off after all the pressing. I've been hitting higher numbers but I'm toasted by the 5th set. I really feel it right in the center of my chest. Always feels like I've been punched by Mike Tyson when I'm finished. You're really owning this routine and pushing me harder and harder. SO proud of you buddy!

Cheers Tim. The DL is a real weak spot for me mate, so i am happy that it is starting to move in the right direction now. WRT to Dips I have always been strong in that move for some reason. It burns the hell out of my chest and the last few reps i am almost upright so its all triceps, but mychest is pumped as hell at the end of the session. And YES i do have a sneaky look at it in the changing rooms

Now if it just looked like that BEFORE i trained

Originally Posted by bamazav

B+? You did A work considering what you were up against. Proud of ya !

haha thanks Geezer

Carl.

[BendtheBar]

although i had to mess around with weights as today must have been 'national curling idiot day' the gym has 5 benches all in a line facing the mirrors and everyone was being used by people curling and benching, they all had about 3 lots of DB's each andall had shitty form

I have this mental image of these guys doing this day in and out wait for the chest and bicep explosion. Some day it's gonna happen!

Congrats on the deadlift PR Carl!

[Carl1174]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

I have this mental image of these guys doing this day in and out wait for the chest and bicep explosion. Some day it's gonna happen!

Congrats on the deadlift PR Carl!

thanks Steve... there is one guy who must come straight from a night shift. jeans work boots etc... and he is there every morning and iterally just does curls, occasionally he'll do tricep rope pulldowns, but that is it... the mind boggles

carl.

[bigtim27]

Gotta work on da gunz!!!

[BendtheBar]

Reeves Classic, Week 7 - Day 3

Squats (ATG)
80kg x 12
90kg x 10 upped reps +2
120kg x 8

Deadlifts
85kg x 5
105kg x 5
137.5kg x 4 upped weight, dropped a rep Still a PB for reps at this weight though

WGPU
BW x 7
BW x 6 {i]upped reps +1[/i]

DB Shoulder Press
20kg x 8 upped weight, deloaded rep
22kg x 10 upped reps +2
25kg x 9

DB Bench Press
32.5kg x 8 upped weight, deloaded reps
32.5kg x 10 upped weight held reps
32.5kg x 9 upped reps +1

BB Curls
25kg x 12
30kg x 8
30kg x 8

Dips
BW x 21
BW x 11
BW x 9
BW x 9

BB Calf Raises
130kg x 20
130kg x 15
130kg x 15 held all 3 sets steady

Crunch Chair
35kg x 15
35kg x 15
35kg x 12 held all 3 sets steady

Good session, although i had to mess around with weights as today must have been 'national curling idiot day' the gym has 5 benches all in a line facing the mirrors and everyone was being used by people curling and benching, they all had about 3 lots of DB's each andall had ****ty form I had to up the weights a bit on the first set, but lowered reps so that it didnt wipe me out and kept the feel of the set the same (first set fairly easy, second harder, but not too hard and third as work)....

Squats felt good so upped a couple of reps in the second set and Deadlifts felt good straight after squats, im really enjoying that combo on the last session.

Deads were OK, I really wanted 5 reps but it was only 4, but thats still the highest number of reps i have done for anything over 135kg so fairly happy. I mananged an extra rep in the pull ups, in fact i think icould have got an extra one inthe first set too, but didnt go for it

Presses felt strong and so did bench. With the curls i swapped to BB as all the DB's were being used by the afore mentioned idiots, but i really liked it, so may stick with it from now on. Definitely felt it more in my arms than i have before. Dips were solid and still managed all 50 reps in 4 sets with only 30-40 second breaks

I held steady on abs and Calves as my core takes a battering on session 3 with the squat/dead combo and lower back felt fairly pumped...

Total workout time 1 hour 5 mins, Grade B+ today

Carl.