Trevor's log stardate 02/01/11

[Trevor Ross]

A:

BB press: 100x12
DB upright row: 25'sx12
Squats: 235x12 (Got my old Squat groove back, Platzville here I come!)
Front squat: 110x12
Chest dip: Bodyweightx12 (Good form)
Reverse grip bench press (to the clavicle): 115x12
BB calf raise: 150x12
BB seated calf raise: 60x20 (15 second rests between sets)
Tricep dip: Bodyweightx12
Close grip bench press (reverse grip): 100x12

Lesson learned, chest before shoulders, otherwise things go to hell! Lots of guys like to Press before Bench work, I don't!

[Abaddon]

Originally Posted by Trevor Ross

Thanks for the props. They run around 60-70 minutes, depends how quick I can load and unload barbells and navigate through the mess the losers that were there before me left. How hard is it to put weights and equipment away, and why the f*** am I tripping over a bosu balance board around the Olympic Lifting platform and the power rack?

Firstly,
^major LOLs at this!!I empathise with the first part, and am so so glad I train at home coz of the second part.

Secondly:
Great log, and very interesting routine - I am reading that you do 10 different exercises per workout @ 1 set each? Or did I get that wrong?!

Are you using pounds or kilos?

How long have you been training, this way and any other way you might have tried in the past?

Sub'd, btw.

[Trevor Ross]

Originally Posted by Abaddon

Firstly,
^major LOLs at this!!I empathise with the first part, and am so so glad I train at home coz of the second part.

Secondly:
Great log, and very interesting routine - I am reading that you do 10 different exercises per workout @ 1 set each? Or did I get that wrong?!

Are you using pounds or kilos?

How long have you been training, this way and any other way you might have tried in the past?

Sub'd, btw.

I do two warm ups then a balls out set (something I "borrowed" from Reg Park), but I only count the last set. I am using pounds, and this isn't too much different from the Upper/Lower split I used for a few years when I first started out. Push/Pull just splits the body better then Upper/Lower, so you can call it evolution lol. This is only the second week I've been using this routine.

[Trevor Ross]

Here's my history in point form.

-Year 2003.
-Started Bodyweight training, then noticed skinny legs.
-Talked to co-worker (former Powerlifter).
-I got told "Squat like man".
-Got taught "man lifts".
-Did Upper/Lower split, got big and strong.
-Luck with ladies improved 100%. See connection?
-Had knee and back injury, shelved eight months.
-Therapist sucked.
-"Experts" told not to train, surgery only option.
-Met and started violating wife.
-I said "UGH", picked up where I left off.
-Learned Squats heal. (the reason I can walk and not cry like man baby)
-Got big and strong again.
-Started bodypart split routine.
-Not big, not strong.
-Bought house.
-Married wife.
-Did Westside Barbell method.
-Got huge! Got bull elephant strong!!
-Got hurt lots too, had to try something else.
-Did 3x3 Big three workout.
-Got stronger, not much bigger.
-Did Fullbody routine.
-Got a little bigger, got strong AND leaner.
-Had "little me".
-Had "parental" layoff.
-During layoff, got Personal Trainer Certificate, just because.
-Wanted to Upper/Lower again, decided to read book instead.
-Decided on Push/Pull, makes more sense then Upper/Lower.
-Getting back what I lost during layoff.
-Having second "little me".
-Joined Muscle and Brawn forum.
-Started 1st log.
-Having the most fun I've had in years.
-Kept wife.

[BendtheBar]

-Luck with ladies improved 100%. See connection?

I had the same thing happen. Squats did wonder for my back side.

[Abaddon]

Thanks for sharing LOL. That's quite a history, in no-nonsense point form. I like it.

[Trevor Ross]

Originally Posted by Abaddon

Thanks for sharing LOL. That's quite a history, in no-nonsense point form. I like it.

Yeah, I'm turning 29 this year, and I thought damn, am I starting to get old lol? When I started training again when I was really banged up (against the suggestion of all the "experts") I thought, "F*** it, if I wind up in a wheelchair so be it." How I hurt myself in the first place, I drank my face off the night before, came to work still reeling drunk, and fell going up a flight of stairs messing up my knee. To top it off the way I was walking to compensate for my injury, pinched the nerves in my back on my OPPOSITE side!! I had two half legs! To make a long story short, training cured me, and I didn't mess around with the light stuff either. I went heavy from day one, and it paid off.

[Trevor Ross]

B:

Chins: Bodyweightx12 (I'm going to be doing these with added weight soon!)
DB row: 75'sx12
Deadlift: 235x12
Glute/ham raise: Bodyweightx12 (Going to be adding weight with these too!)
One arm BB shrug: 100x12
Wide grip BB row to the chest: 100x12 (A big jump! What the hell?)
BB preacher curl: 70x12
Incline curl: 25'sx12
DB wrist curl: 40'sx12
Hammer curl: 20'sx12

[Trevor Ross]

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[Trevor Ross]

Chest dip: Bodyweight+15lbsx8
Reverse grip bench press (to the clavicle): 155x8
BB press: 135x8
DB upright row: 40'sx8
Squats: 315x8
Front squat: 135x8
BB calf raise: 225x8
BB seated calf raise: 110x20 (15 second rests between sets)
Tricep dip: Bodyweight+15lbsx8
Close grip bench press: 155x8