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Charlie Mike
11-05-11, 3:19 pm
To keep this short and sweet... I am 24 and have always been active, but started really getting into weight lifting last year, now I am a dedicated player in the iron game. I am in the Air Force and I am stationed in Colorado, but I am currently deployed right now. My one simple goal: to get huge and become stronger. My aim is to weigh between 185 and 200 by the time I am 27. I turn 25 in March. Right now I am sitting at a little under 160 and I am 5'9. I have just started taking Universal/Animal supps and am hooked for life! Right now I am taking Pak, Pump, Whey Protein, and will start taking M-Stak and Real Gains on Monday. Food is somewhat limited where I am but I am getting around 200g of protein a day. It's too hard to count calories here. I will be eating more once I start M-Stak. As for my workouts, I just started a modified version of Hell Raiser Training with my training partner. Working out Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri, and resting the other 3 days. Time to get big!


So this is it. THIS IS MY CAMPAIGN. This is my journey.

Charlie Mike
11-05-11, 3:40 pm
NOV 01 - Legs

ALL EXERCISES: 2 X 8 + 4
Leg Press: 478lbs (both sets)
Leg Extension: 80lbs (both sets)
Hack Squats: 130lbs (both sets)
Hamstring Raises: 40lbs (first set) 50lbs (second set)*
*The weights aren't marked on this machine so I assumed the 4th plate ment 40lbs, etc.)
1 Leg Standing Curls: 30lbs (both sets)
More like kneeling curls, had to use the Leg Extension machine for this, but it worked, sorta.

NOV 03 - Chest/Shoulders

ALL EXERCISES: 2 X 8 + 4
DB Press: 50lbs (both sets)
DB Incline Flyes: 30lbs (first set) 35lbs (second set)
Pec Dec: 115lbs (both sets)
DB Shoulder Press: 40lbs (both sets)
Side Laterals: 15lbs (both sets)
Barbell Shrugs: 135lbs (both sets)

NOV 04 - Back/Rear Delts/Calves

ALL EXERCISES: 2 X 8 + 4
Wide Grip Pull Ups: Body weight
Deadlift: 185lbs (both sets)
Narrow Grip Pulldowns: 100lbs (both sets)
Reverse Pec Dec: 85lbs (both sets)
Calf Press: 298lbs (first set) 388lbs (second set)
Calf Raises: 135lbs (both sets)


This was my first time with any type of negative resistance training so it was all new to me. I will be doing Arms on Monday for the first time with this workout so we will see how it goes. Thinking up upping the weights on a few exercises.

Charlie Mike
11-06-11, 7:43 am
Nothing going on today...it's a rest day. Tomorrow is Arms.

Excited to start M-Stak tomorrow!

Charlie Mike
11-09-11, 2:03 am
Well I got hit with a bad stomach bug late Sunday night, so I took off Monday and Tuesday from the gym. I haven't been eating much because with the stomach bug, it's not staying in me. I am thinking about just resting the rest of the week and hit it hard on Monday. Since I haven't been eating much, I postponed taking M-Stak until next week. I have been able to eat a little more today, so I MIGHT be game for a workout Friday. Time will tell I guess.

Haha this is probably not the best time to start a journal, but stay tuned for next week!

Jay
11-09-11, 3:54 am
Following along.

Appollonian
11-09-11, 5:43 am
Subbed for the ride. Hope you recover quick and can put the M Stak to use.

Charlie Mike
11-11-11, 2:39 pm
Felt a bit better today so I decided to do a "light" day at the gym. I hit chest, shoulders, and calves. Once I got to the gym I felt 100% better. No matter how shitty I am feeling, once I walk into the gym I always feel 100% better. I will hit it HARD on Monday with the HRT and starting my M-Stak.

Can't wait to really tear it up in the gym!

Charlie Mike
11-15-11, 1:23 pm
So I am back in the gym and I feel awesome! I took my M-Stak 40 minutes before my workout on Monday, and then Pump 20 minutes after the M-Stak, minus the red pill. I did the same today but I took both red pills, and I felt great! I have a pretty high tolerance to stims, so I think I will stick with taking both red pills. Anyways here is what the last two workouts looked like...

NOTE: I am working out abs, calves, and forearms every MWF.

Monday - Guns
Tricep Extension (seated, behind head) - 40lbs 8+4 / 50lbs 8+4
Lying Tricep Extension (one arm) - 25lbs 8+4 / 20lbs 8+4
Tricep Pushdown - 55lbs 8+4 / 55lbs 8+4
Incline DB Curls - 25lbs 8+4 / 25lbs 8+4
Hammer Curls - 25lbs 8+4 / 25lbs 8+4
DB Preacher Curls - 20lbs 8+4 / 25lbs 8+4
Dips - 22lb chain X10 / 44lb chain X5
Calves (calf press) - 298lbs 3X10 each 3 toe positons
Forearms (behind the back wrist curls) - 55lbs 3X10
Abs (decline crunches) - 3X10
*This was a pretty good workout...I had a great pump but looking at my weight, it looks a little low. I will rest up my arms this week and see if I can up the weight a bit next Monday*

Tuesday - Legs
Leg Press - Warmup 298lbs X10 / 478lbs 8+4 / 478lbs 8+4
Leg Extension - 80lbs 8+4 / 80lbs 8+4
Box Squats - 135lbs 8+4 / 155lbs 8+4
Hack Squats - 130lbs 8+4 / 130lbs 8+4
Lying Leg Curls - 50lbs 8+4 / 50lbs 8+4
Stiff Leg Deadlift - 135lbs 8+4 / 135lbs 8+4
*Awesome workout - I LOVE working out legs! Felt a little pull in my hamstring while doing the lying leg curls so I didn't want to push, or rather pull, too much weight.*

Tomorrow is a rest day from lifting big, but I will at least do some abs. It's hard to stay out of the gym on rest days!

Also, I have never done a log or Journey before, so if anyone has any tips on writing out my exercises, weights, and sets/reps, that would be great!

ToSo
11-15-11, 3:04 pm
Sick training log you got there. Rest up bro, time to grow!

J-Dawg
11-15-11, 3:14 pm
Great log here CM. How do you like the HRT on legs? Is it much harder to do than the upper body work?

Charlie Mike
11-16-11, 1:52 am
Great log here CM. How do you like the HRT on legs? Is it much harder to do than the upper body work?

Thanks J. I love HRT on the legs! Its not much harder to do than the upper body work. Although the Straight Leg Deadlifts were a bit rough.

Charlie Mike
11-18-11, 8:26 am
Wednesday: Forearms/Abs
Behind the back barbell wrist curls
Dumbell curls
Weighted ab crunch on pulldown machine
Decline situps
Reverse situps

Thursday: Chest/Shoulders
DB Chest Press: 50lbs X 8+4 / 50lbs X 8+4
Incline DB Flyes: 35lbs X 8+4 / 40lbs X 8+4
Pec Dec: 115lbs X 8+4 / 130lbs X 8+4
DB Shoulder Press: 40lbs X 8+4 / 40lbs X 8+4
Side Laterals: 15lbs X 8+4 / 15lbs X 8+4
BB Shrugs: 225lbs X 8+4 / 225lbs X 8+4

Charlie Mike
01-04-12, 12:41 am
I have been working out since my last post, but with shotty internet at my deployed location it was hard to get on and update my log. I also finally got home as of 23 December! So, I took a week off from training to spend time with the family, and to give myself a break. Also, the gym I go to on base was closed for a total of 4 days do to the holidays.

Well I am back in the gym with a new workout and I am going to kill it this year! Bring on the mass! I have started the Animal Training Routine #19 today and I started with shoulders...

Seated bar overhead press: 10x65, 8x95, 6x105, 10x65
Side dumbbell raises: 10x15, 8x20, 6x25, 10x15
Rear delt dumbbell raises: 10x10, 8x15, 6x20, 10x10
Upright bar rows: 10x55, 8x65, 6x75, 10x55
Front bar raises: 10x45, 8x55, 6x60, 10x45
Seated dumbbell press: 10x25, 8x35, 8x35, 10x25

This was an awesome shoulder workout...I think I might go a little higher in weight with the dumbbell raises. I love doing the seated bar overhead presses but for me its a struggle to reach back and grab the bar off the rack. A spotter would help a lot and I could go up in weight if I had one, but I train alone for now.

Tomorrow is an off day, then I will be hitting it hard on Thursday with the chest workout!

Oh, I just ordered some Universal ZMA and Animal Nitro. Should be getting here tomorrow...can't wait to start taking it and see what it brings to the table!

Appollonian
01-04-12, 1:08 pm
I have been working out since my last post, but with shotty internet at my deployed location it was hard to get on and update my log. I also finally got home as of 23 December! So, I took a week off from training to spend time with the family, and to give myself a break. Also, the gym I go to on base was closed for a total of 4 days do to the holidays.

Well I am back in the gym with a new workout and I am going to kill it this year! Bring on the mass! I have started the Animal Training Routine #19 today and I started with shoulders...

Seated bar overhead press: 10x65, 8x95, 6x105, 10x65
Side dumbbell raises: 10x15, 8x20, 6x25, 10x15
Rear delt dumbbell raises: 10x10, 8x15, 6x20, 10x10
Upright bar rows: 10x55, 8x65, 6x75, 10x55
Front bar raises: 10x45, 8x55, 6x60, 10x45
Seated dumbbell press: 10x25, 8x35, 8x35, 10x25

This was an awesome shoulder workout...I think I might go a little higher in weight with the dumbbell raises. I love doing the seated bar overhead presses but for me its a struggle to reach back and grab the bar off the rack. A spotter would help a lot and I could go up in weight if I had one, but I train alone for now.

Tomorrow is an off day, then I will be hitting it hard on Thursday with the chest workout!

Oh, I just ordered some Universal ZMA and Animal Nitro. Should be getting here tomorrow...can't wait to start taking it and see what it brings to the table!

Nice work Charlie Mike! I have issues grabbing the bar for overhead presses without a proper rack at my gym. My old gym had a much better rack actually designed with seated overhead presses in mind, but my current one does not. That was a small part of the reason I dropped those in favor of standing overhead presses. Looking forward to the chest destruction!

Charlie Mike
01-05-12, 7:35 pm
Today was chest day. This is the first time doing chest on the new workout and I loved it! I changed it up a bit and did incline dumbbell presses instead of barbell (I feel a better stretch from the dumbbells) and took out the dips due to time. Here is what I did (I think I had my weight x reps backwards last post btw)...

Incline Dumbbell Press: 40x10, 45x8, 50x6, 40x10
Incline Dumbbell Flyes: 30x8, 35x8, 40x8
Incline Cable Flyes: 25x10, 20x8, 20x6, 15x10
Flat Dumbbell Press: 45x10, 50x8, 55x6, 45x10
Cable Crossovers: 20x10, 25x8, 30x6, 20x10

This was an awesome workout for me. I have never done any kind of cable flyes or crossover for me so I went a little light, but man even with the light weights it was tough! I loved it though! I could REALLY feel my pecs stretch on them.

I took Nitro for the first time right after my workout too.

Can't wait to hit legs tomorrow!

Charlie Mike
01-07-12, 1:10 am
Hit legs today, felt pretty good afterwords. I have only done leg presses in my previous workout so I am excited to see my results with squats! Here's the rundown...

Squats: 135x10, 165x8, 185x6, 135x5
Seated Leg Curls: 70x10, 90x10, 110x10, 90x10
Machine Hack Squat: 90x10, 120x8, 150x6, 90x10
Kneeling Leg Curls: 50x10, 60x10, 60x10, 50x10
Leg Extensions: 45x10, 70x10, 80x10, 90x10
Calf Press on Leg Press: 90x30, 90x30, 90x30, 90x30

The weights for the hack squat and calf press are the weights only. I know the machines themselves add weight but I do not know how much. The machines I used when I was deployed was 118lbs for the leg press and I think 65lbs for the hack squat. Is this a standard? Should I even factor it in with my actual weights?

Hittin' arms tomorrow morning!!

Appollonian
01-07-12, 10:28 am
Hit legs today, felt pretty good afterwords. I have only done leg presses in my previous workout so I am excited to see my results with squats! Here's the rundown...

Squats: 135x10, 165x8, 185x6, 135x5
Seated Leg Curls: 70x10, 90x10, 110x10, 90x10
Machine Hack Squat: 90x10, 120x8, 150x6, 90x10
Kneeling Leg Curls: 50x10, 60x10, 60x10, 50x10
Leg Extensions: 45x10, 70x10, 80x10, 90x10
Calf Press on Leg Press: 90x30, 90x30, 90x30, 90x30

The weights for the hack squat and calf press are the weights only. I know the machines themselves add weight but I do not know how much. The machines I used when I was deployed was 118lbs for the leg press and I think 65lbs for the hack squat. Is this a standard? Should I even factor it in with my actual weights?

Hittin' arms tomorrow morning!!

Nice squat work. First time hitting... have fun walking! Seriously though I love the DOMS from squats, but I always stretch thoroughly after to maintain as much flexibility as possible.

As for the added weight from the machine it might be nice to know in case you use a different machine somewhere, and there is nothing wrong with adding the weights to your total, either I think. I've run into a case at two different gyms where the base weight were the same, the body movement was a bit different, and the machine mechanics were different but they were called the same thing: on one I could handle 200 lb easy, and on the other I could handle 300. Sorry for the long story but my point is with some machines added weight is only relative for that particular machine.

Charlie Mike
01-08-12, 11:40 am
Nice squat work. First time hitting... have fun walking! Seriously though I love the DOMS from squats, but I always stretch thoroughly after to maintain as much flexibility as possible.

As for the added weight from the machine it might be nice to know in case you use a different machine somewhere, and there is nothing wrong with adding the weights to your total, either I think. I've run into a case at two different gyms where the base weight were the same, the body movement was a bit different, and the machine mechanics were different but they were called the same thing: on one I could handle 200 lb easy, and on the other I could handle 300. Sorry for the long story but my point is with some machines added weight is only relative for that particular machine.

Ah I see what you mean about the added weight.

And yes, my legs were so sore the past couple of days! It was tough getting in and out of the car haha...but I love it! It's a good feeling.

Charlie Mike
01-08-12, 11:45 am
Yesterday I hit arms for the first time on the new routine. I had a great pump the whole time and by the end on my workout I could barely put my arm over my head to scratch my back.

Barbell Curls: 60x10, 70x10, 80x6, 60x10
Skull Crushers: 55x10, 65x8, 75x6, 55x10
Hammer Curls:20x12, 25x12, 30x12, 25x12
Pushdowns: 30x12, 35x12, 42.5x12, 50x12
Reverse EZ Bar Curls: 45x12, 50x12, 50x12, 45x12
Reverse Pushdowns: 30x12, 35x12, 42.5x12, 35x12
Reverse Barbell Curls: 50x15, 50x15
Behind the Back Curls: 50x15, 50x15

Rest day today and going hard on Back tomorrow starting with deadlifts!

Charlie Mike
01-09-12, 7:42 pm
Awesome back day today. Back days are my least favorite day, but I went balls to the walls today because it is the one body part that is lacking a bit of size. Weights don't seem heavy, but I felt it was right for me...

Deads:
135x10
165x10
185x8
205x6

Wide Grip Pullups (to fail):
10
9
6
5
5
5

Reverse Grip Bent-Over Rows:
95x10
115x10
135x8
155x6

Straightbar Pulldowns (all the way to chest leaning back):
85x12
100x12
105x12
90x12

Hyperextensions:
25x12
25x12
25x12
25x12


Can't wait to hit shoulders tomorrow!

Also going to start drinking a mass gainer shake with whey, whole milk, natty PB, oats, and a bit of honey. Going to drink one in the early morning and one before bed.

Charlie Mike
01-10-12, 7:01 pm
Man I LOVE working on my shoulders. I don't know why but it's my favorite body part to work out other than chest. Had an awesome day at the gym, I took Nitro before and after my workout, whereas I only took it after my workout yesterday. Didn't see much of a difference but I will keep doing it and see how it goes. Looking forward to my tax refund so I can stock up on supps and try some new ones! I am looking at a post-workout drink like Torrent or EAA Nitro. Once I go back to work I will be going to the gym from 7-830, and I will be having a weight gainer shake around 9-930, so I don't know if I should take Torrent and then the gainer, or the Nitro EAA and then my shake. I think the Nitro EAA would be better since it has less calories and I will be able to stomach down my shake after. But I am trying to gain weight and I like the calories in Torrent. Decisions decisions. Any recommendations?

Anyways here was my shoulder workout from today...

Seated BB Overhead Press:
95x10
105x8
115x6
95x8

Side DB Raises:
20x10
20x10
25x6
20x8

Rear Delt DB Raises:
15x10
15x10
20x10
20x10

Front BB Raises:
55x10
55x10
60x8
60x8

Upright BB Rows:
65x10
75x8
75x8
65x10


MUCH needed rest day tomorrow!

Charlie Mike
01-13-12, 11:46 pm
I hit chest yesterday and legs today, and I felt stronger than I did last week. I noticed I went up in my weights. I have been eating more too, getting in at least 3,500 calories. Anyways, here is what my chest and leg days were...

CHEST

Incline DB Press:
40x10
45x10
50x8
50x8 (tried for 55 on this last set but couldn't get it up, went back down to 50)

Incline DB Flyes:
35x12
40x12
45x12

Incline Cable Flyes:
20x12
15x12
15x12

Flat DB Press:
45x10
50x10
55x8
50x8

Dips (bodyweight till failure):
10
9
8
7

Cable Crossovers:
15x12
20x10
25x8
20x10


LEGS

Squats:
135x10
165x8
185x8
205x6

Seated Leg Curls:
90x12
110x10
140x8
160x8

Hack Squats (plate loaded machine):
90x10
110x10
140x8
160x8

Kneeling Leg Curls:
50x10
60x10
70x8
75x6

Leg Extensions:
90x12
115x10
125x10
135x8

Calf Press:
2x Regular 90x25
2x In 90x25
2x Out 90x25


Wow that was long! Legs will be sore for sure on Sunday. Luckily that is my rest day. Hittin' arms tomorrow!